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1. Castro AE, López-Quiroz MA, Ávila-González D, Camacho FJ, Paredes RG, Díaz NF, Portillo W, Social experience and social cohabitation with mating promote spinogenesis in the nucleus accumbens of adult female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), Plos One, noviembre de 2025; 3(21), 15

2. Rivera-Bautista GD, Arzate DM, Ávila-González D, Castro AE, Vázquez-Martínez ER, Díaz NF, Portillo W, Epigenetic changes and neurogenesis associated with socio-sexual behaviors, Neuroscience Biobehavioral Review, noviembre de 2025; 178(106359), 16

3. Ávila-González D, Lugo-Baca J, Camacho-Barrios F, Castro AE, Arzate DM, Paredes-Guerrero R, Díaz NF, Portillo W, Transcriptomic shifts in Microtus ochrogaster neurogenic niches reveal psychiatric-risk pathways engaged by pair-bond formation, Progress in Neurobiology, septiembre de 2025; 2025(102831), 15

4. Martínez-Rodríguez D, Salazar-Alonso J, Castro-Abrego A, Ávila-González D, Martínez-Alarcón O, Molina-Hernández A, Martínez-Juárez A, Godoy-Morales H, Lara-Barragán D, Portillo W, Díaz-Martínez N, García-López G, Díaz N.F, Differentiation to insulin-positive cells from human amnion epithelial cells using a pancreatic development mimicry protocol, Histochem Cell Biology, julio de 2025; 14(163), 14

5. Martínez-Alarcon O, Daniela Colin-Lagos D, Ramirez-Meza X, Castilla A, Hernandez-Montes G, Flores-Garza E, Lopez-Saavedra A, Avila-Gonzalez D, Martinez-Juarez A, Molina-Hernández A, Diaz-Martinez NE, Portillo W Diaz N.F, Prolactin drives cortical neuron maturation and dendritic development during murine embryonic stem cell differentiation, Frontiers in Cell Development Biology, febrero de 2025; 26(1551090), 17

6. Ferreira-Nuño A, Young LJ, Morales Otal A, Camacho F, Diaz NF, Paredes RG, Prado A, Cruz Benites A, Portillo W, Kin affiliation, socio-sexual and mating preference in the female Microtus ochrogaster in a multiple socio-sexual preference test, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, enero de 2024; 1(1), 14

7. Avila-Gonzalez D, Romero-Morales I, Caro L, Martinez-Juarez A, Young LJ, Camacho-Barrios F, Martinez-Alarcon O, Castro AE, Paredes-Guerrero RG, Diaz N, Portillo W, Increased Proliferation and Neuronal Fate in Prairie Vole Brain Progenitor Cells Cultured In Vitro: Effects by Social Exposure and Sexual Dimorphism, Biology of Sex Differences, noviembre de 2023; 14(77), 28

8. Mier Quesada Z, Portillo W, Paredes RG, Behavioral evidence of the functional interaction between the main and accessory olfactory system suggests a large olfactory system with a high plastic capability, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, octubre de 2023; 1(1), 13

9. Ávila-González D, Gidi-Grenat M.A, García-López G, Martínez-Juárez , Pluripotent Stem Cells as a Model for Human Embryogenesis, Cells, abril de 2023; 12(8), 19

10. López-Gutiérrez MF, Mejía-Chávez S, Alcauter S and Portillo W, The neural circuits of monogamous behavior, Frontiers in Neural Circuits , noviembre de 2022; 29(978344), 20

11. Marco-Manclus P, Ávila-González D, Paredes RG, Portillo W, Sexual experience in female mice involves synaptophysin-related plasticity in the accessory olfactory bulb, Physiology And Behavior, noviembre de 2022; 244(113649), 5

12. Castro AE, Domínguez-Ordoñez R, Young LJ, Camacho F, Ávila-González D, Paredes RG, Díaz NF, Portillo W, Pair-bonding and social experience modulate new neurons survival in adult male and female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, septiembre de 2022; 16(987229), 17

13. Ávila-González D, Portillo W, Barragán-Álvarez CP, Hernandez-Montes G, Flores-Garza E, Molina-Hernández A, Díaz-Martínez NE, Díaz NF, The human amniotic epithelium confers a bias to differentiate toward the neuroectoderm lineage in human embryonic stem cells, eLife, julio de 2022; 11(e68035), 32

14. Martínez-Alarcón O, García-López G, Guerra-Mora JR, Molina-Hernández A, Diaz-Martínez NE, Portillo W, Díaz NF, Prolactin from Pluripotency to Central Nervous System Development. Neuroendocrinology, Neuroendocrinology, noviembre de 2021; 112(1), 14

15. Ávila-González, Portillo W, García-López G, Molina-Hernández A, Díaz-Martínez N E. Díaz NF, Unraveling the Spatiotemporal Human Pluripotency in Embryonic Development, Frontiers in Cell Development Biology, junio de 2021; 9(676998), 14

16. Valera-Marín G, Young LJ, Camacho FJ, Paredes RG, Rodríguez VM, Diaz NF*, Portillo W*, Raised without a father: monoparental care effects over development, sexual behavior, sexual reward, and pair bonding in prairie voles, Behavioral Brain Reserch, junio de 2021; 408(1), 11

17. Fernanda López-Gutiérrez M, Gracia-Tabuenca Z, Ortiz JJ, Camacho FJ, Young LJ, Paredes RG, Diaz NF*, Portillo W*, Alcauter S*, Brain functional networks associated with social bonding in monogamous voles, eLife sciences, enero de 2021; 1(1), 25

18. Castro A.E, Young L.J, Camacho F.J, Paredes R.G, Diaz N.F and Portillo W, Effects of mating and social exposure on cell proliferation in the adult male prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster), Neural Plasticity, agosto de 2020; 1(1), 30

19. Daniela Ávila-González, Larry J. Young, Francisco Camacho, Raúl G. Paredes, Néstor F. Díaz, Wendy Portillo, Culture of neurospheres derived from the neurogenic niches in adult prairie voles, JOVE, abril de 2020; 1(e61402), 9

20. Marco-Manclus P, Paredes RG, Portillo W., Sexual Experience With a Known Male Modulates c-Fos Expression in Response to Mating and Male Pheromone Exposure in Female Mice, Physiology And Behavior, abril de 2020; 222(112906), 9

21. Portillo W, Ortiz M, Predes RG, Repeated paced mating increases the survival of new neurons in the accessory olfactory bulb, Frontiers in Neuroscience, marzo de 2020; 14(249), 10

22. Avila-González D, García-López G, Díaz-Martínez NE, Flores- Herrera H, Molina-Hernández A, Portillo W, Díaz NF, In Vitro Culture of Epithelial Cells from Different Anatomical Regions of the Human Amniotic Membrane, JOVE, diciembre de 2019; 1(1), 5

23. Becerra-González M, Varman R, Ostos Al, Gualda-Manzano EJ, Loza-Alvarez P, Portillo W, Gómez-González GB, Buffo A, Martínez-Torres A, Response to hypoxic preconditioning of glial cells from the roof of the fourth ventricle. Neuroscience, Neuroscience , diciembre de 2019; 1(1), 10

24. Portillo W, Paredes RG, Motivational drive in non-copulating and socially monogamous mammals, Frontiers in Neuroscience, julio de 2019; 4(13), 11

25. García-López G, Ávila-González D, García-Castro I.L, Flores-Herrera H, Molina-Hernández A, Portillo W, Díaz-Martínez N.E, Sanchez-Flores A, Verleyen J, Merchant-Larios H, Díaz N.F, Pluripotency markers in tissue and cultivated cells in vitro of different regions of human amniotic epithelium, Experimental Cell Research, febrero de 2019; 375(1), 10

26. Ávila-González D, Martínez-Alarcón O, García-López G, Díaz-Martínez N.E, Razo-Aguilera G, Valdespino-Vázquez M.Y, Moreno-Verduzco E.R, Vega-Hernández E, Regalado-Hernández J.C, De la Jara-Díaz J.F, Molina-Hernández A, Flores-Herrera H, Portillo W, Díaz N.F., Establishment of human embryonic stem cell line Amicqui-2 using poor-quality embryos from Mexican population, Stem Cell Reserch , enero de 2019; 10(34), 5

27. Velazco-Mendoza M, Camacho FJ, Paredes RG, Portillo W, The first mating experience induces new neurons in the olfactory bulb in male mice, Neuroscience, enero de 2019; 1(1), 10

28. Ortiz J, Portillo W, Paredes R, Young LJ, Alcauter S, Resting state brain networks in the prairie vole, Scientific Reports, junio de 2018; 1(1), 1

29. Ulloa M, Portillo W *, Díaz NF *, Young LJ, Camacho FJ, Rodríguez VM, Paredes RG. * Autores de correspondencia, Mating and social exposure induces an opioid-dependent conditioned place preference in male but not female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster), Hormones And Behavior, junio de 2018; 1(1), 9

30. Ventura-Aquino, Portillo W, Paredes RG, Sexual Motivation: a comparative approach in vertebrate species, Current Sexual Healt Report , junio de 2018; 1(1), 10

31. Bedos M, Portillo W, Paredes RG, Neurogenesis and sexual behavior , Frontiers In Neuroendocrinology, febrero de 2018, 12

32. Santoyo-Zedillo, M., Portillo, W., Paredes, R.G. , Neurogenesis in the olfactory bulb induced by paced mating in the female rat is opioid dependent, Plos One, junio de 2017; 1(1), 13

33. Solís K, Méndez L, García-López G, Díaz N, Portillo W, De Nova-Ocampo M, Molina-Hernández M, The Histamine H1 receptor participates in the increased dorsal thelencephalic neurogenesis in embryons from diabetic rats , Frontiers in Neuroscience, junio de 2017; 11(1), 14

34. Bedos M, Portillo W, Dubois J, Duarte G, Flores J, Chemineau,P, Keller M, Paredes R, Delgadillo J. , A high level of male sexual activity is necessary for the activation of the medial preoptic area and the arcuate nucleus during the ‘male effect’ in anestrous goats. , Physiology And Behavior, julio de 2016; 165, 173-178

35. Ávila-González D, García-López G, García-Castro IL, Flores-Herrera H, Molina-Hernández A, Portillo W, Díaz NF., Capturing the ephemeral human pluripotent state., Developmental Dynamics, junio de 2016; 1(1), 1-42

36. Guerrero MA, Osornio R, Portillo W, Retana-Marquez S, Tactile stimulation sffects on hippocampal neurogenesis and spatial learning and memory in prenatally stressed rats, Brain Research Bulletin, junio de 2016; 1(1), 15

37. Portillo W, Gonzalez-Flores O, Camacho FJ, Mani SK and Paredes RG. , Participation of progesterone receptors in facilitation and sequential inhibition of lordosis response induced by ring A-reduced progesterone metabolites in female mice. Behavioral Neuroscience. Aceptado , Behavioral Neuroscience, junio de 2016; 1(1), 15

38. Unda N, Portillo W*, Rebeca Corona, Raúl G Paredes, Sexual stimulation increases the survival of new cells in the accessory olfactory bulb of the male rat., Frontiers in Neuroscience, febrero de 2016; 1(1), 1

39. Corona R, Retana-Márquez S, Portillo W, Paredes RG, Sexual behavior increases cell proliferation in the rostral migratory stream and promotes the differentiation of the new cells into neurons in the accessory olfactory bulb of female rats. , Frontiers in Neuroscience, enero de 2016; 1(1), 1-34

40. Antaramian A, González-Gallardo A, García-Ugalde C, Portillo W, Paredes R, Steroid Receptors and Aromatase Gene Expression in Different Brain Areas of Copulating and Sexually Sluggish Male Rats, Journal of sexual medicine, diciembre de 2015; 1(1), 9

41. García-Castro IL, García-López G, Ávila-González D, Flores-Herrera H, Molina-Hernández A, Portillo W, Ramón-Gallegos E, Díaz NF., Markers of Pluripotency in Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells and Their Differentiation to Progenitor of Cortical Neurons., Plos One, diciembre de 2015; 31(10), 1-18

42. Ávila-González D, Vega-Hernández E, Regalado-Hernández J, De la Jara-Díaz J, García-Castro I, Molina-Hernández A, Moreno-Verduzco E, Razo-Aguilera G, Portillo W, Díaz-Martínez E, García-López G, Díaz N, Human amniotic epithelial cells as feeder layer to derive and maintain human embryonic stem cells from poor-quality embryos, Stem Cell Reserch , agosto de 2015

43. Coronas-Sámano G, Portillo W, Beltrán Campos V, Medina-Aguirre G, Paredes RG, Diaz-cintra S. , Changes in odor-guided behaviors in the transgenic 3xTg-AD female mouse model of alzheimer’s disease. , Brain Research, mayo de 2014; 1(1), 10

44. Portillo W, Antonio-Cabrera E, Camacho FJ, Díaz NF and Paredes RG. , Behavioral characterization of non-copulating male mice, Hormones And Behavior, mayo de 2013

45. Arzate D, Portillo W, Corona R, Paredes RG. , Repeated paced mating promotes the arrival of more newborn neurons in the main and accessory olfactory bulbs of adult female rats., Neuroscience, marzo de 2013; 232(1), 151-160

46. Portillo W, Unda N, Camacho FJ, Sánchez M, Corona R, Arzate D, Díaz NF, Paredes RG. , Sexual activity increases the number of newborn cells in the accessory olfactory bulb of male rats. , Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, julio de 2012; 6(25), 1-9

47. Oyola MG, Portillo W, Reyna A, Foradori CD, Kudwa A, Hinds L, Handa RJ, Mani SK. , Anxiolytic Effects and Neuroanatomical Targets of Estrogen Receptor-β (ERβ) Activation by a Selective ERβ Agonist in Female Mice. , Endocrinology, febrero de 2012; 153(2), 837-846

48. Arzate D, Portillo W, Rodríguez C, Corona R, Paredes RG., Extended paced mating tests induces conditioned place preference without affecting sexual arousal, Hormones And Behavior, septiembre de 2011; (15), 1-8

49. Mani SK, Portillo W. , Activation of progestin receptors in female reproductive behavior: Interactions with neurotransmitters. , Frontiers In Neuroendocrinology, junio de 2010; 31(2), 157-171

50. Portillo W, Camacho FJ, Eguibar JR, Paredes RG. , Behavioral characterization of non-copulating male rats with high spontaneous yawning frequency rate. , Behavioural Brain Research, junio de 2010; (1), 1-6

51. Portillo W, Paredes RG., Conditioned place preference induced by morphine in non-copulating male rats. , Behavioural Brain Research, noviembre de 2009; 203(2), 308-311

52. Camacho FJ, Portillo W, Quintero-Enríquez O, Paredes RG., Reward value of intromissions and morphine in male rats evaluated by conditioned place preference, Physiology And Behavior, septiembre de 2009; (30), 1-6

53. Mani SK, Portillo W, Reyna A., Steroid hormone action in the brain: cross-talk between signalling pathways., Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, enero de 2009; (0), 1-5

54. Gill JC, Wadas B, Chen P, Portillo W, Reyna A, Jorgensen E, Mani SK, Schwarting GA, Moenter SM, Tobet S, Kaiser UB., The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuronal population is normal in size and distribution in GnRH-deficient and GnRH receptor-mutant hypogonadal mice., Endocrinology, junio de 2008; 22(0), 4596-4604

55. Balasubramanian B, Portillo W, Reyna A, Chen JZ, Moore AN, Dash PK, Mani SK., Nonclassical mechanisms of progesterone action in the brain: II. Role of calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in progesterone-mediated signaling in the hypothalamus of female rats., Endocrinology, enero de 2008; 11(0), 5518-5526

56. Balasubramanian B, Portillo W, Reyna A, Chen JZ, Moore AN, Dash PK, Mani SK., Nonclassical mechanisms of progesterone action in the brain: I. Protein kinase C activation in the hypothalamus of female rats. , Endocrinology, enero de 2008; 11(0), 5509-5517

57. Markaverich BM, Alejandro M, Thompson T, Mani SK, Reyna A, Portillo W, Sharp J, Turk J, Crowley JR, Tetrahydrofurandiols (THF-diols), leukotoxindiols (LTX-diols), and endocrine disruption in rats., Environmental Health Perspectives, junio de 2007; 115(0), 702-708

58. Portillo W, Castillo CG, Retana-Márquez S, Roselli E, Paredes RG., Neuronal activity of aromatase enzyme in non-copulating male rats., Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, enero de 2007; 19(0), 139-141

59. Portillo W, Díaz NF, Cabrera EA, Fernández-Guasti A, Paredes RG., Comparative analysis of immunoreactive cells for androgen receptors and oestrogen receptor alpha in copulating and non-copulating male rats., Journal Of Neuroendocrinology, enero de 2006; 18(0), 168-176

60. Portillo W, Díaz NF, Retana-Márquez S, Paredes RG., Olfactory, partner preference and Fos expression in the vomeronasal projection pathway of sexually sluggish male rats., Physiology And Behavior, enero de 2006; 88(0), 389-397

61. Portillo W, Paredes RG., Sexual incentive motivation, olfactory preference, and activation of the vomeronasal projection pathway by sexually relevant cues in non-copulating and naive male rats., Hormones And Behavior, 2004; (3), 330-340

62. Domínguez-Salazar E, Portillo W, Velázquez-Moctezuma J, Paredes RG., Facilitation of male-like coital behavior in female rats by kindling., Behavioural Brain Research, enero de 2003; 140(0), 57-64

63. Portillo W, Basañez E, Paredes RG., Permanent changes in sexual behavior induced by medial preoptic area kindling-like stimulation., Brain Research, enero de 2003; 961(0), 10-14

64. Portillo W, Paredes RG., Sexual and olfactory preference in noncopulating male rats., Physiology And Behavior, enero de 2003; 80(0), 155-162

65. Domínguez E, Portillo W, Baum MJ, Bakker J, Paredes RG., Effect of prenatal androgen receptor antagonist or aromatase inhibitor on sexual behavior, partner preference and neuronal Fos responses to estrous female odors in the rat accessory olfactory system., Physiology And Behavior, enero de 2002; 75(0), 337-346