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José Miñarro

José Miñarro

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Psychology

D-Index
42
Citations
7176
World Ranking
7559
National Ranking
85

Overview

José Miñarro is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and medicine. Their research spans numerous subfields, including behavioral neuroscience, biological psychiatry, physiology, social psychology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Miñarro's work centers around several main topics, such as stress responses and cortisol, tryptophan and brain disorders, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, adipose tissue and metabolism, cannabis and cannabinoid research, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, and mechanisms involved in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.

The scientist has published articles in several frequent venues, which include:

  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Physiology & Behavior
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Notable recent papers authored by Miñarro or contributing to their body of work include:

  • Targeting Alzheimer's disease with multimodal polypeptide-based nanoconjugates, 2021, Science Advances
  • Voluntary wheel running protects against the increase in ethanol consumption induced by social stress in mice, 2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Cannabidiol Modulates Behavioural and Gene Expression Alterations Induced by Spontaneous Cocaine Withdrawal, 2020, Neurotherapeutics
  • Ketogenic Diet Decreases Alcohol Intake in Adult Male Mice, 2021, Nutrients
  • Adolescent binge-ethanol accelerates cognitive impairment and β-amyloid production and dysregulates endocannabinoid signaling in the hippocampus of APP/PSE mice, 2020, Addiction Biology

Frequent collaborators in their research network include Marta Rodrí́guez-Arias, Marina D. Reguilón, M. Carmen Blanco-Gandía, Carmen Ferrer-Pérez, and Carmen Manzanedo. The collaboration counts range from 5 to 28 joint works, indicating ongoing partnerships within related research areas.

Best Publications

  • Neurobiological mechanisms of the reinstatement of drug-conditioned place preference.

    Maria A. Aguilar;Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Jose Miñarro

  • Effects of risperidone and SCH 23390 on isolation-induced aggression in male mice

    M Rodrı́guez-Arias;J Miñarro;M.A Aguilar;J Pinazo

  • Chronic Moderate Hyperammonemia Impairs Active and Passive Avoidance Behavior and Conditional Discrimination Learning in Rats

    M.A. Aguilar;J. Miñarro;V. Felipo

  • Involvement of TLR4 in the long-term epigenetic changes, rewarding and anxiety effects induced by intermittent ethanol treatment in adolescence

    Jorge Montesinos;María Pascual;Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Jose Miñarro

  • TLR4 elimination prevents synaptic and myelin alterations and long-term cognitive dysfunctions in adolescent mice with intermittent ethanol treatment.

    Jorge Montesinos;María Pascual;Antoni Pla;Concepción Maldonado

  • Role of CB2 Cannabinoid Receptors in the Rewarding, Reinforcing, and Physical Effects of Nicotine

    Francisco Navarrete;Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Elena Martín-García;Elena Martín-García;Daniela Navarro

  • Social stress is as effective as physical stress in reinstating morphine-induced place preference in mice

    B. Ribeiro Do Couto;M. A. Aguilar;C. Manzanedo;M. Rodríguez-Arias

  • Long-Term Effects of Postovulatory Aging of Mouse Oocytes on Offspring: A Two-Generational Study

    Juan J. Tarín;Sonia Pérez-Albalá;Asunción Aguilar;José Miñarro

  • Neuroimmune Activation and Myelin Changes in Adolescent Rats Exposed to High-Dose Alcohol and Associated Cognitive Dysfunction: A Review with Reference to Human Adolescent Drinking

    María Pascual;Antoni Pla;José Miñarro;Consuelo Guerri

  • TLR4 response mediates ethanol-induced neurodevelopment alterations in a model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

    María Pascual;María Pascual;Jorge Montesinos;Sandra Montagud-Romero;Jerónimo Forteza

  • Plasma profile of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in cocaine users under outpatient treatment: influence of cocaine symptom severity and psychiatric co-morbidity

    Pedro Araos;María Pedraz;Antonia Serrano;Miguel Lucena

  • Rewarding Effects and Reinstatement of MDMA-Induced CPP in Adolescent Mice

    Manuel Daza-Losada;Bruno Ribeiro Do Couto;Carmen Manzanedo;Maria A Aguilar

  • Clearing Amyloid-β through PPARγ/ApoE Activation by Genistein is a Treatment of Experimental Alzheimer’s Disease

    Vicent Bonet-Costa;Vicente Herranz-Pérez;MariCarmen Blanco-Gandía;Cristina Mas-Bargues

  • Social experiences affect reinstatement of cocaine-induced place preference in mice

    Bruno Ribeiro Do Couto;Maria A. Aguilar;Javier Lluch;Marta Rodríguez-Arias

  • Effect of memantine and CNQX in the acquisition, expression and reinstatement of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference.

    C. Maldonado;M. Rodríguez-Arias;A. Castillo;M.A. Aguilar

  • Predicting how equipotent doses of chlorpromazine, haloperidol, sulpiride, raclopride and clozapine reduce locomotor activity in mice

    V.M Simón;A Parra;J Miñarro;M.C Arenas

  • Social defeat in adolescent mice increases vulnerability to alcohol consumption

    Marta Rodriguez-Arias;Marta Rodriguez-Arias;Francisco Navarrete;Francisco Navarrete;Maria Carmen Blanco-Gandia;Maria Carmen Blanco-Gandia;Maria Carmen Arenas;Maria Carmen Arenas

  • CB1 cannabinoid receptor-mediated aggressive behavior

    Marta Rodriguez-Arias;Marta Rodriguez-Arias;Francisco Navarrete;Manuel Daza-Losada;Daniela Navarro

  • Effects of repeated social defeat on adolescent mice on cocaine‐induced CPP and self‐administration in adulthood: integrity of the blood–brain barrier

    Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Sandra Montagud-Romero;Sandra Montagud-Romero;Ana Rubio-Araiz;Ana Rubio-Araiz;María A. Aguilar;María A. Aguilar

  • The effects of dopamine D2 and D3 antagonists on spontaneous motor activity and morphine-induced hyperactivity in male mice.

    C Manzanedo;M A Aguilar;J Miñarro

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta Rodríguez-Arias
Marta Rodríguez-Arias University of Valencia
Gabriel Rubio
Gabriel Rubio Complutense University of Madrid
Paul F. Brain
Paul F. Brain Swansea University
Marta Torrens
Marta Torrens Autonomous University of Barcelona
Antonio Verdejo-García
Antonio Verdejo-García Monash University

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