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Overview

Alfredo Meneses was affiliated with the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico and contributed to the field of neuroscience with a focus on neural mechanisms related to memory and neurotransmitter receptor function. Their research spanned multiple subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology.

The main fields of study connected to Meneses' work included:

  • Neuroscience

More specifically, their subfields of expertise were:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology

The primary topics explored in their publications concerned:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling

Meneses published in peer-reviewed scientific journals with notable venues including:

  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Neuroscience

Two recent academic papers illustrate the scope of their research efforts:

  • "Activation of 5-HT1A and 5-HT7 receptors enhanced a positively reinforced long-term memory," 2020, Behavioural Brain Research
  • "5-HT6 Receptors Control GABAergic Transmission and CA1 Pyramidal Cell Output of Dorsal Hippocampus," 2023, Neuroscience

Collaboration was a notable aspect of their scientific contributions, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Rocío del Carmen Solís-Guillén
  • Marcello Leopoldo
  • David Centurión
  • Luis A. Márquez
  • Emilio J. Galván

The research conducted by Meneses contributed data and insights relevant to neurotransmitter receptor activity within hippocampal and cortical networks, particularly addressing serotonin receptor subtypes and GABAergic transmission. Their academic footprint reflects a consistent engagement with experimental neuroscience and neuropharmacology across multiple years.

Best Publications

  • 5-HT system and cognition.

    A. Meneses

  • Serotonin and emotion, learning and memory

    Alfredo Meneses;Gustavo Liy-Salmeron

  • 5-HT1A receptors and memory

    Alfredo Meneses;Georgina Perez-Garcia

  • Effects of the 5-HT7 receptor antagonists SB-269970 and DR 4004 in autoshaping Pavlovian/instrumental learning task.

    Alfredo Meneses

  • A Pharmacological Analysis of an Associative Learning Task: 5-HT1 to 5-HT7 Receptor Subtypes Function on a Pavlovian/Instrumental Autoshaped Memory

    Alfredo Meneses

  • Stimulation of 5-HT1A, 5-HT1B, 5-HT2A/2C, 5-HT3 and 5-HT4 receptors or 5-HT uptake inhibition: short- and long-term memory.

    Alfredo Meneses

  • Effects of the potential 5-HT7 receptor agonist AS 19 in an autoshaping learning task.

    Georgina S. Perez-García;A. Meneses

  • Oral administration of the 5-HT6 receptor antagonists SB-357134 and SB-399885 improves memory formation in an autoshaping learning task.

    Georgina Perez-García;Alfredo Meneses

  • Effects of the 5-HT6 receptor antagonist Ro 04-6790 on learning consolidation

    Alfredo Meneses

  • Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats: A Potential Model to Identify Drugs for Treatment of Learning Disorders

    Alfredo Meneses;Enrique Hong

  • Effect of 5-HT7 antagonist SB-269970 in the modulation of working and reference memory in the rat

    Antonella Gasbarri;Agata Cifariello;Assunta Pompili;Alfredo Meneses

  • Pronociceptive role of peripheral and spinal 5-HT7 receptors in the formalin test.

    Héctor I. Rocha-González;Alfredo Meneses;Susan M. Carlton;Vinicio Granados-Soto

  • Physiological, pathophysiological and therapeutic roles of 5-HT systems in learning and memory.

    Alfredo Meneses

  • Memory formation, amnesia, improved memory and reversed amnesia: 5-HT role

    G. Perez-Garcia;A. Meneses

  • 5-HT systems: emergent targets for memory formation and memory alterations

    Alfredo Meneses

  • The serotonin1A receptor partial agonist S15535 [4-(benzodioxan-5-yl)1-(indan-2-yl)piperazine] enhances cholinergic transmission and cognitive function in rodents: a combined neurochemical and behavioral analysis.

    Mark J. Millan;Alain Gobert;Sylvain Roux;Roger Porsolt

  • Serotonin, neural markers, and memory

    Alfredo Meneses

  • 8-OH-DPAT facilitated memory consolidation and increased hippocampal and cortical cAMP production.

    L. Manuel-Apolinar;A. Meneses

  • Do serotonin(1-7) receptors modulate short and long-term memory?

    A. Meneses

  • Spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) as an animal model for ADHD: a short overview.

    Alfredo Meneses;Georgina Perez-Garcia;Teresa Ponce-Lopez;Ruth Tellez

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Tapia
Ricardo Tapia National Autonomous University of Mexico
Robert Jaffard
Robert Jaffard University of Bordeaux
Susan M. Carlton
Susan M. Carlton The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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