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Jose Javier Miguel-Hidalgo is affiliated with the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily centers around neuroscience, with a focus on developmental neuroscience, biological psychiatry, behavioral neuroscience, neurology, and physiology. Their scholarly work addresses complex topics including neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, tryptophan and brain disorders, stress responses and cortisol, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, biochemical effects in animals, and advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications.

Their recent published papers cover various aspects of neurobiology and psychiatry, including:

  • "Astroglia in the Vulnerability to and Maintenance of Stress-Mediated Neuropathology and Depression," 2022, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • "Neuroprotective astroglial response to neural damage and its relevance to affective disorders," 2023, Exploration of Neuroprotective Therapy
  • "Astroglia in the Vulnerability and Maintenance of Alcohol Use Disorders," 2021, Advances in Neurobiology
  • "Reduced length of nodes of Ranvier and altered proteoglycan immunoreactivity in prefrontal white matter in major depressive disorder and chronically stressed rats," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Astrocytes as Context for the Involvement of Myelin and Nodes of Ranvier in the Pathophysiology of Depression and Stress-Related Disorders," 2023, Journal of Psychiatry and Brain Science

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Exploration of Neuroprotective Therapy
  • Scientific Reports
  • Advances in Neurobiology

Frequent collaborators in the research work of Jose Javier Miguel-Hidalgo include:

  • Grażyna Rajkowska
  • Isabella Kelly
  • Erik Hearn
  • Khunsa Saleem
  • Craig A. Stockmeier

Best Publications

  • Morphometric evidence for neuronal and glial prefrontal cell pathology in major depression

    Grazyna Rajkowska;José J Miguel-Hidalgo;Jinrong Wei;Ginny Dilley

  • Gliogenesis and glial pathology in depression.

    G. Rajkowska;J.J. Miguel-Hidalgo

  • GABAergic neurons immunoreactive for calcium binding proteins are reduced in the prefrontal cortex in major depression.

    Grazyna Rajkowska;Gillian O'Dwyer;Zsofia Teleki;Craig A Stockmeier;Craig A Stockmeier

  • Neuroprotection by memantine against neurodegeneration induced by β-amyloid(1–40)

    J.J Miguel-Hidalgo;X.A Alvarez;R Cacabelos;G Quack

  • Glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity in the prefrontal cortex distinguishes younger from older adults in major depressive disorder

    José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo;Christie Baucom;Ginny Dilley;James C Overholser

  • Age-Dependent Reductions in the Level of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein in the Prefrontal Cortex in Major Depression

    Xiaohong Si;Jose Javier Miguel-Hidalgo;Gillian O'Dwyer;Craig A Stockmeier

  • Density of GFAP-immunoreactive astrocytes is decreased in left hippocampi in major depressive disorder.

    J.A. Cobb;K. O’Neill;J. Milner;G.J. Mahajan

  • Glial and glutamatergic markers in depression, alcoholism, and their comorbidity

    José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo;Robert Waltzer;Angela A. Whittom;Mark C. Austin

  • Layer-specific reductions in GFAP-reactive astroglia in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia.

    Grazyna Rajkowska;Jose Javier Miguel-Hidalgo;Zoltan Makkos;Herbert Meltzer

  • COVERAGE OF BLOOD VESSELS BY ASTROCYTIC ENDFEET IS REDUCED IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

    Grazyna Rajkowska;Jonathan Hughes;Craig A. Stockmeier;Craig A. Stockmeier;Jose Javier Miguel-Hidalgo

  • Prominent reduction in pyramidal neurons density in the orbitofrontal cortex of elderly depressed patients.

    Grazyna Rajkowska;Jose Javier Miguel-Hidalgo;Priti Dubey;Craig A. Stockmeier;Craig A. Stockmeier

  • The Role of Glial Cells in Drug Abuse.

    Jose Javier Miguel-Hidalgo

  • Glia Pathology in the Prefrontal Cortex in Alcohol Dependence with and without Depressive Symptoms

    José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo;Jinrong Wei;Michael Andrew;James C Overholser

  • Elevated level of metabotropic glutamate receptor 2/3 in the prefrontal cortex in major depression.

    Anteneh M. Feyissa;William L. Woolverton;Jose J. Miguel-Hidalgo;Zhixia Wang

  • Reduced connexin 43 immunolabeling in the orbitofrontal cortex in alcohol dependence and depression.

    José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo;Barbara A. Wilson;Syed Hussain;Ashish Meshram

  • Reduced glial and neuronal packing density in the orbitofrontal cortex in alcohol dependence and its relationship with suicide and duration of alcohol dependence.

    Jose J. Miguel-Hidalgo;James C. Overholser;Herbert Y. Meltzer;Craig A. Stockmeier;Craig A. Stockmeier

  • Oligodendrocyte morphometry and expression of myelin – Related mRNA in ventral prefrontal white matter in major depressive disorder

    Grazyna Rajkowska;Gouri Mahajan;Dorota Maciag;Monica Sathyanesan

  • Gene expression deficits in pontine locus coeruleus astrocytes in men with major depressive disorder

    Michelle J. Chandley;Katalin Szebeni;Attila Szebeni;Jessica Crawford

  • Subtance P-immunoreactive innervation from the retina to the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the rat

    Koichi Takatsuji;Jose-Javier Miguel-Hidalgo;Masaya Tohyama

  • Morphological brain changes in depression: can antidepressants reverse them?

    José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo;Grazyna Rajkowska

  • β-Amyloid(1–40)-induced neurodegeneration in the rat hippocampal neurons of the CA1 subfield

    José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo;Ramón Cacabelos

Frequent Co-Authors

Grazyna Rajkowska
Grazyna Rajkowska University of Mississippi Medical Center
James C. Overholser
James C. Overholser Case Western Reserve University
Yi Pang
Yi Pang University of Mississippi Medical Center
Emiko Senba
Emiko Senba Osaka University
Leo M. Chalupa
Leo M. Chalupa University of California, Davis
Gregor Hasler
Gregor Hasler University of Fribourg
Khalid Iqbal
Khalid Iqbal University of York
Samuel S. Newton
Samuel S. Newton University of South Dakota
Heikki Tanila
Heikki Tanila University of Eastern Finland

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