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Fernando Torrealba is affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Chile. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with a focus on surgery, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and social psychology. The main topics of their work include memory and neural mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, bladder and urothelial cancer treatments, gastrointestinal motility and disorders, infant health and development, and psychosomatic disorders and their treatments.

Torrealba's recent publications cover diverse subjects within these areas. The following papers illustrate the breadth of their research contributions:

  • Interoceptive Insular Cortex Mediates Both Innate Fear and Contextual Threat Conditioning to Predator Odor, 2020, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Interoceptive insular cortex participates in sensory processing of gastrointestinal malaise and associated behaviors, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • An Inescapable Cat Odor Exposure Protocol for Studying Innate and Contextual Threat Conditioning in Rats, 2021, Journal of Visualized Experiments
  • P285 Does the presence of detrusor muscle in the initial transurethral resection affect the efficacy of immediate second transurethral resection in improving recurrence and progression in T1 high-grade non-muscle invasive bladder carcinoma?, 2024, European Urology Open Science
  • P286 Is there a role for Bacillus Calmette-Güerin in very high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder carcinoma? A real-world multicenter analysis, 2024, European Urology Open Science

Their frequent collaborators include María Rodríguez, Francisco Cerić, Marco Contreras, José Daniel Subiela, and Oscar Buisán. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Their work has appeared regularly in the following publication venues:

  • European Urology Open Science
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments

Best Publications

  • Innervation of Histaminergic Tuberomammillary Neurons by GABAergic and Galaninergic Neurons in the Ventrolateral Preoptic Nucleus of the Rat

    Jonathan E. Sherin;Joel K. Elmquist;Fernando Torrealba;Fernando Torrealba;Clifford B. Saper

  • Inactivation of the Interoceptive Insula Disrupts Drug Craving and Malaise Induced by Lithium

    Marco Contreras;Francisco Ceric;Fernando Torrealba

  • mt1 Melatonin receptor in the primate adrenal gland: inhibition of adrenocorticotropin-stimulated cortisol production by melatonin.

    Claudia Torres-Farfan;Hans G Richter;Pedro Rojas-García;Marcela Vergara

  • Retinotopic organization of striate and peristriate visual cortex in the albino rat.

    Vicente M. Montero;Ari´stides Rojas;Fernando Torrealba

  • Colocalization of orexin a and glutamate immunoreactivity in axon terminals in the tuberomammillary nucleus in rats.

    F. Torrealba;Masashi Yanagisawa;C. B. Saper

  • Antiribosomal-P autoantibodies from psychiatric lupus target a novel neuronal surface protein causing calcium influx and apoptosis.

    Soledad Matus;Patricia V. Burgos;Marcela Bravo-Zehnder;Regine Kraft

  • Maternal Melatonin Effects on Clock Gene Expression in a Nonhuman Primate Fetus

    C. Torres-Farfan;V. Rocco;C. Monsó;F. J. Valenzuela

  • Maternal melatonin selectively inhibits cortisol production in the primate fetal adrenal gland

    Claudia Torres-Farfan;Hans G. Richter;Alfredo M. Germain;Guillermo J. Valenzuela

  • The Circadian Timing System: Making Sense of day/night gene expression

    Hans G Richter;Claudia Torres-Farfán;Pedro P Rojas-García;Carmen Campino

  • Studies of retinal representations within the cat's optic tract

    F. Torrealba;R. W. Guillery;U. Eysel;E. H. Polley

  • Clock gene expression in adult primate suprachiasmatic nuclei and adrenal: is the adrenal a peripheral clock responsive to melatonin?

    F J Valenzuela;C Torres-Farfan;C Torres-Farfan;H G Richter;N Mendez

  • The carotid sinus connections: a WGA-HRP study in the cat

    Fernando Torrealba;Alfonso Claps

  • The Histamine H3 Receptor and Eating Behavior

    Maria Beatrice Passani;Patrizio Blandina;Fernando Torrealba

  • A role for the insular cortex in long-term memory for context-evoked drug craving in rats

    Marco Contreras;Pablo Billeke;Sergio Vicencio;Carlos Madrid

  • Organization of the projection from the superior colliculus to the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the cat.

    F. Torrealba;G.D. Partlow;R.W. Guillery

  • The arrangement of axons according to fiber diameter in the optic tract of the cat

    RW Guillery;EH Polley;F Torrealba

  • A review on electron microscopy and neurotransmitter systems.

    Fernando Torrealba;Maria Angélica Carrasco

  • Histamine and motivation

    Fernando Torrealba;Maria Eugenia Riveros;Marco Contreras;Jose Luis Valdes

  • The histaminergic tuberomammillary nucleus is critical for motivated arousal.

    José Luis Valdés;Cristián Sánchez;María Eugenia Riveros;Patrizio Blandina

  • Glutamate immunoreactivity of insular cortex afferents to the nucleus tractus solitarius in the rat: a quantitative electron microscopic study.

    F. Torrealba;C. Müller

  • The carotid body connections: a WGA-HRP study in the cat

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Frequent Co-Authors

Jaime F. Olavarria
Jaime F. Olavarria University of Washington
Clifford B. Saper
Clifford B. Saper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Ulf T. Eysel
Ulf T. Eysel Ruhr University Bochum

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