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Esther Berrocoso

Esther Berrocoso

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
6222
World Ranking
8102
National Ranking
132

Overview

Esther Berrocoso is affiliated with the University of Cádiz in Spain. Their research primarily centers on medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions spanning 73 publications in medicine and 70 in neuroscience. Within these fields, the scientist specializes particularly in cellular and molecular neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, including tryptophan and brain disorders, pain mechanisms and treatments, bipolar disorder and treatment, schizophrenia research and treatment, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, stress responses and cortisol, as well as neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Esther Berrocoso include:

  • The Role of the Locus Coeruleus in Pain and Associated Stress-Related Disorders (2021), published in Biological Psychiatry
  • Pain and depression comorbidity causes asymmetric plasticity in the locus coeruleus neurons (2021), published in Brain
  • Pain in neuropsychiatry: Insights from animal models (2020), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Neuropathic pain increases spontaneous and noxious-evoked activity of locus coeruleus neurons (2020), published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • Sexual differences in locus coeruleus neurons and related behavior in C57BL/6J mice (2023), published in Biology of Sex Differences

Frequent co-authors working with Esther Berrocoso include Meritxell Llorca-Torralba, Miquel Bernardo, Mara Parellada, Sílvia Amoretti, and Irene Suárez-Pereira.

The scientist's publications have often appeared in the following venues:

  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Antidepressants and pain

    Juan A. Micó;Denis Ardid;Esther Berrocoso;Alain Eschalier

  • HCN2 Ion Channels Play a Central Role in Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain

    Edward C. Emery;Gareth T. Young;Esther M. Berrocoso;Esther M. Berrocoso;Lubin Chen

  • Noradrenergic Locus Coeruleus pathways in pain modulation.

    Meritxell Llorca-Torralba;Gisela Borges;Fani Neto;Juan Antonio Mico

  • Origin and consequences of brain Toll-like receptor 4 pathway stimulation in an experimental model of depression

    Iciar Gárate;Borja García-Bueno;José L M Madrigal;Lidia Bravo

  • Fluoxetine: a case history of its discovery and preclinical development

    Laura Perez-Caballero;Sonia Torres-Sanchez;Lidia Bravo;Juan Antonio Mico

  • Chronic pain leads to concomitant noradrenergic impairment and mood disorders.

    Cristina Alba-Delgado;Cristina Alba-Delgado;Meritxell Llorca-Torralba;Igor Horrillo;Igor Horrillo;Jorge E. Ortega;Jorge E. Ortega

  • The mu-opioid receptor and the NMDA receptor associate in PAG neurons: implications in pain control

    María Rodríguez-Muñoz;Pilar Sánchez-Blázquez;Ana Vicente-Sánchez;Esther Berrocoso

  • Monoaminergic system and depression.

    L Perez-Caballero;S Torres-Sanchez;S Torres-Sanchez;C Romero-López-Alberca;F González-Saiz;F González-Saiz

  • Neurotrophins Role in Depression Neurobiology: A Review of Basic and Clinical Evidence

    Fani L Neto;Gisela Borges;Sonia Torres-Sanchez;Juan A Mico

  • The Role of the Locus Coeruleus in Pain and Associated Stress-Related Disorders

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  • Opiates as Antidepressants

    Esther Berrocoso;Pilar Sanchez-Blazquez;Javier Garzon;Juan A. Mico

  • Discovery and development of tramadol for the treatment of pain

    Lidia Bravo;Juan Antonio Mico;Esther Berrocoso

  • Differential central pathology and cognitive impairment in pre-diabetic and diabetic mice

    Juan Jose Ramos-Rodriguez;Oscar Ortiz;Margarita Jimenez-Palomares;Kevin R. Kay

  • Rapid β-Amyloid Deposition and Cognitive Impairment after Cholinergic Denervation in APP/PS1 Mice

    Juan Jose Ramos-Rodriguez;Mar Pacheco-Herrero;Diana Thyssen;Maria Isabel Murillo-Carretero

  • Antidepressant-like effects of tramadol and other central analgesics with activity on monoamines reuptake, in helpless rats.

    M.O Rojas-Corrales;E Berrocoso;J Gibert-Rahola;J.A Micó

  • Depressive-like states heighten the aversion to painful stimuli in a rat model of comorbid chronic pain and depression.

    Lidia Bravo;Juan Antonio Mico;Raquel Rey-Brea;Beatriz Pérez-Nievas

  • Active behaviours produced by antidepressants and opioids in the mouse tail suspension test

    Esther Berrocoso;Kazutaka Ikeda;Ichiro Sora;George R. Uhl

  • Chemogenetic Silencing of the Locus Coeruleus–Basolateral Amygdala Pathway Abolishes Pain-Induced Anxiety and Enhanced Aversive Learning in Rats

    Meritxell Llorca-Torralba;Irene Suárez-Pereira;Lidia Bravo;Carmen Camarena-Delgado

  • Early responses to deep brain stimulation in depression are modulated by anti-inflammatory drugs

    L Perez-Caballero;R Pérez-Egea;C Romero-Grimaldi;D Puigdemont

  • BDNF and NGF Signalling in Early Phases of Psychosis: Relationship With Inflammation and Response to Antipsychotics After 1 Year

    M. Martinez-Cengotitabengoa;K.S. MacDowell;S. Alberich;F.J. Diaz

  • Activation of AMPA Receptors Mediates the Antidepressant Action of Deep Brain Stimulation of the Infralimbic Prefrontal Cortex

    Laura Jiménez-Sánchez;Anna Castañé;Laura Pérez-Caballero;Marc Grifoll-Escoda

  • Monoamines as Drug Targets in Chronic Pain: Focusing on Neuropathic Pain.

    Lidia Bravo;Meritxell Llorca-Torralba;Meritxell Llorca-Torralba;Esther Berrocoso;Juan Antonio Micó;Juan Antonio Micó

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan C. Leza
Juan C. Leza Complutense University of Madrid
Miguel Bernardo
Miguel Bernardo University of Barcelona
J. Javier Meana
J. Javier Meana University of the Basque Country
Celso Arango
Celso Arango Complutense University of Madrid
Ana González-Pinto
Ana González-Pinto University of the Basque Country
Angel Pazos
Angel Pazos University of Cantabria
Tara L. Spires-Jones
Tara L. Spires-Jones University of Edinburgh
José Luis Ayuso-Mateos
José Luis Ayuso-Mateos Autonomous University of Madrid
Lourdes Fañanás
Lourdes Fañanás University of Barcelona

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