Jackson C. Bittencourt

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Best Publications

• Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor

  Joan Vaughan;Cynthia Donaldson;Jackson Bittencourt;Marilyn H. Perrin

  1732
  Citations

• The melanin-concentrating hormone system of the rat brain: an immuno- and hybridization histochemical characterization.

  Jackson Cioni Bittencourt;F Presse;C Arias;C Peto

  1248
  Citations

• Distribution of mRNAs encoding CRF receptors in brain and pituitary of rat and mouse

  Kasia Van Pett;Victor Viau;Jackson C. Bittencourt;Raymond K.W. Chan

  1219
  Citations

• Dopamine: Functions, Signaling, and Association with Neurological Diseases

  Marianne O. Klein;Daniella S. Battagello;Ariel R. Cardoso;David N. Hauser

  983
  Citations

• Do Centrally Administered Neuropeptides Access Cognate Receptors?: An Analysis in the Central Corticotropin-Releasing Factor System

  Jackson C. Bittencourt;Paul E. Sawchenko

  401
  Citations

• Urocortin Expression in Rat Brain: Evidence Against a Pervasive Relationship of Urocortin‐Containing Projections With Targets Bearing Type 2 CRF Receptors

  Jackson C. Bittencourt;Joan Vaughan;Carlos Arias;Robert A. Rissman

  399
  Citations

• The rat melanin-concentrating hormone messenger ribonucleic acid encodes multiple putative neuropeptides coexpressed in the dorsolateral hypothalamus.

  J. L. Nahon;F. Presse;J. C. Bittencourt;P. E. Sawchenko

  301
  Citations

• The Edinger-Westphal Nucleus: A Historical, Structural, and Functional Perspective on a Dichotomous Terminology

  Tamás Kozicz;Jackson Cioni Bittencourt;Paul J. May;Anton Reiner

  219
  Citations

• Anatomical organization of the melanin-concentrating hormone peptide family in the mammalian brain.

  Jackson Cioni Bittencourt

  157
  Citations

• Inhibin β, somatostatin, and enkephalin immunoreactivities coexist in caudal medullary neurons that project to the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

  P E Sawchenko;C Arias;Jackson Cioni Bittencourt

  154
  Citations

• Melanin-concentrating hormone and neuropeptide EI projections from the lateral hypothalamic area and zona incerta to the medial septal nucleus and spinal cord: a study using multiple neuronal tracers

  J.C Bittencourt;C.F Elias

  147
  Citations

• The Ventral Premammillary Nucleus Links Fasting-Induced Changes in Leptin Levels and Coordinated Luteinizing Hormone Secretion

  Jose Donato;Renata J. Silva;Luciane V. Sita;Syann Lee

  145
  Citations

• Hypothalamic cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript neurons project to areas expressing gonadotropin releasing hormone immunoreactivity and to the anteroventral periventricular nucleus in male and female rats.

  T.A Rondini;S.P Baddini;L.F Sousa;J.C Bittencourt

  140
  Citations

• Profound degeneration of wake-promoting neurons in Alzheimer's disease

  Jun Oh;Jun Oh;Rana A. Eser;Rana A. Eser;Alexander J. Ehrenberg;Alexander J. Ehrenberg;Dulce Morales

  124
  Citations

• The Melanin-Concentrating Hormone as an Integrative Peptide Driving Motivated Behaviors.

  Giovanne B. Diniz;Jackson C. Bittencourt

  115
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• Teneurin proteins possess a carboxy terminal sequence with neuromodulatory activity.

  Liqun Wang;Susan Rotzinger;Arij Al Chawaf;Carol F. Elias

  114
  Citations

• Distribution and origins of substance P-immunoreactive projections to the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei: partial overlap with ascending catecholaminergic projections.

  Jackson C. Bittencourt;Robert Benoit;Paul E. Sawchenko

  108
  Citations

• Selective protection of the cerebellum against intracerebroventricular LPS is mediated by local melatonin synthesis.

  Luciana Pinato;Luciana Pinato;Sanseray da Silveira Cruz-Machado;Daiane G. Franco;Leila M. G. Campos

  94
  Citations

• Connectivity pattern suggests that incerto-hypothalamic area belongs to the medial hypothalamic system

  L.V. Sita;C.F. Elias;J.C. Bittencourt

  90
  Citations

• Urocortin in the central nervous system of a primate (Cebus apella): sequencing, immunohistochemical, and hybridization histochemical characterization.

  Luciana A.P. Vasconcelos;Luciana A.P. Vasconcelos;Cynthia Donaldson;Luciane V. Sita;Claudio A. Casatti;Claudio A. Casatti

  84
  Citations

• Chemical identity and connections of medial preoptic area neurons expressing melanin-concentrating hormone during lactation.

  Tatiane Araujo Rondini;José Donato;Bruno de Crudis Rodrigues;Jackson Cioni Bittencourt

  78
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