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Overview

Carolina Escobar is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Hematology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Sleep and related disorders

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Carolina Escobar include:

  • "Chocolate for breakfast prevents circadian desynchrony in experimental models of jet-lag and shift-work" (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • "Suprachiasmatic Nucleus-Arcuate Nucleus Axis: Interaction Between Time and Metabolism Essential for Health" (2020) published in Obesity
  • "The circadian system: From clocks to physiology" (2021) published in Handbook of clinical neurology
  • "Time-restricted feeding prevents depressive-like and anxiety-like behaviors in male rats exposed to an experimental model of shift-work" (2020) published in Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • "Timing of chocolate intake affects hunger, substrate oxidation, and microbiota: A randomized controlled trial" (2021) published in The FASEB Journal

Frequent coauthors working with Carolina Escobar include:

  • Ruud M. Buijs
  • Natalí N. Guerrero-Vargas
  • Estefania Espítia-Bautista
  • Mara A. Guzmán-Ruiz
  • Gabriela Hurtado-Alvarado

The scientist publishes predominantly in several venues, such as:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Scientific Reports
  • Handbook of clinical neurology
  • Advanced Biology
  • Frontiers in Nutrition

Their work involves understanding physiological processes and metabolic regulation in relation to circadian rhythms, dietary influences, and behaviors related to sleep and obesity. The publications reflect studies ranging from molecular mechanisms to behavioral models involving chronobiology and nutrition.

Best Publications

  • Food Intake during the Normal Activity Phase Prevents Obesity and Circadian Desynchrony in a Rat Model of Night Work

    Roberto Salgado-Delgado;Manuel Angeles-Castellanos;Nadia Saderi;Ruud M. Buijs

  • Disruption of circadian rhythms due to chronic constant light leads to depressive and anxiety-like behaviors in the rat

    Araceli Tapia-Osorio;Roberto Salgado-Delgado;Manuel Angeles-Castellanos;Carolina Escobar

  • Internal desynchronization in a model of night-work by forced activity in rats.

    R. Salgado-Delgado;M. Ángeles-Castellanos;M.R. Buijs;C. Escobar

  • Interaction between hypothalamic dorsomedial nucleus and the suprachiasmatic nucleus determines intensity of food anticipatory behavior

    Guadalupe Acosta-Galvan;Chun-Xia Yi;Jan van der Vliet;Jack H. Jhamandas

  • Persistence of metabolic rhythmicity during fasting and its entrainment by restricted feeding schedules in rats.

    Carolina Escobar;Mauricio Díaz-Muñoz;Fabiola Encinas;Raúl Aguilar-Roblero

  • Restricted feeding schedules phase shift daily rhythms of c-Fos and protein Per1 immunoreactivity in corticolimbic regions in rats.

    M. Ángeles-Castellanos;J. Mendoza;C. Escobar;C. Escobar

  • Shift Work or Food Intake during the Rest Phase Promotes Metabolic Disruption and Desynchrony of Liver Genes in Male Rats

    Roberto C. Salgado-Delgado;Roberto C. Salgado-Delgado;Nadia Saderi;Nadia Saderi;María del Carmen Basualdo;Natali N. Guerrero-Vargas

  • Disruption of Circadian Rhythms: A Crucial Factor in the Etiology of Depression

    Roberto Salgado-Delgado;Araceli Tapia Osorio;Nadia Saderi;Carolina Escobar

  • Anticipatory changes in liver metabolism and entrainment of insulin, glucagon, and corticosterone in food-restricted rats.

    Mauricio Díaz-Muñoz;Olivia Vázquez-Martínez;Raúl Aguilar-Roblero;Carolina Escobar

  • c-Fos expression in hypothalamic nuclei of food-entrained rats.

    Manuel Angeles-Castellanos;Raul Aguilar-Roblero;Carolina Escobar

  • Entrainment by a palatable meal induces food-anticipatory activity and c-Fos expression in reward-related areas of the brain.

    J. Mendoza;M. Angeles-Castellanos;C. Escobar

  • Spleen Vagal Denervation Inhibits the Production of Antibodies to Circulating Antigens

    Ruud M. Buijs;Jan van der Vliet;Mari-Laure Garidou;Inge Huitinga

  • A light/dark cycle in the NICU accelerates body weight gain and shortens time to discharge in preterm infants

    Samuel Vásquez-Ruiz;José Alfonso Maya-Barrios;Patricia Torres-Narváez;Benito Rubén Vega-Martínez

  • Expectancy for food or expectancy for chocolate reveals timing systems for metabolism and reward.

    M. Ángeles-Castellanos;R. Salgado-Delgado;K. Rodríguez;R.M. Buijs

  • Peripheral oscillators: the driving force for food-anticipatory activity.

    Carolina Escobar;Cathy Cailotto;Manuel Angeles-Castellanos;Roberto Salgado Delgado

  • The circadian system and the balance of the autonomic nervous system.

    Ruud M Buijs;Carolina Escobar;Dick F Swaab

  • A daily palatable meal without food deprivation entrains the suprachiasmatic nucleus of rats.

    Jorge Mendoza;Manuel Angeles-Castellanos;Carolina Escobar

  • Differential role of the accumbens Shell and Core subterritories in food-entrained rhythms of rats

    Jorge Mendoza;Manuel Angeles-Castellanos;Carolina Escobar

  • Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Interaction with the Arcuate Nucleus; Essential for Organizing Physiological Rhythms.

    Frederik N. Buijs;Mara Guzmán-Ruiz;Luis León-Mercado;Mari Carmen Basualdo

  • Dissociation between adipose tissue signals, behavior and the food-entrained oscillator.

    MT Martinez-Merlos;M Angeles-Castellanos;M Diaz-Munoz;R Aguilar-Roblero

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruud M. Buijs
Ruud M. Buijs National Autonomous University of Mexico
Etienne Challet
Etienne Challet University of Strasbourg
Ralph E. Mistlberger
Ralph E. Mistlberger Simon Fraser University
Shigenobu Shibata
Shigenobu Shibata Waseda University
Dick F. Swaab
Dick F. Swaab Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Jack H. Jhamandas
Jack H. Jhamandas University of Alberta
Mitsuhiro Kawata
Mitsuhiro Kawata RMIT University
Inge Huitinga
Inge Huitinga Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience
Maria Carmen Collado
Maria Carmen Collado Spanish National Research Council
Seymour Levine
Seymour Levine Stanford University

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