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Marta Rodríguez-Arias

Marta Rodríguez-Arias

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Psychology

D-Index
39
Citations
5916
World Ranking
8606
National Ranking
101

Overview

Marta Rodríguez-Arias is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and has an extensive research output focusing primarily on neuroscience and medicine. Their work encompasses a broad spectrum of topics characterized by detailed investigations into neurological and behavioral processes.

Their research output covers several prominent areas within neuroscience and medicine, with a specific emphasis on subfields such as social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, physiology, biological psychiatry, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main topics that Marta Rodríguez-Arias has examined include:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Among their recent publications are:

  • Targeting Alzheimer's disease with multimodal polypeptide-based nanoconjugates, 2021, Science Advances
  • Brief mindfulness session improves mood and increases salivary oxytocin in psychology students, 2020, Stress and Health
  • Role of mTOR-regulated autophagy in spine pruning defects and memory impairments induced by binge-like ethanol treatment in adolescent mice, 2020, Brain Pathology
  • 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

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Marta Rodríguez-Arias include:

  • José Miñarro
  • M. Carmen Blanco-Gandía
  • Marina D. Reguilón
  • María Pascual
  • Fernando Rodrı́guez de Fonseca

Their research findings are often published in venues such as:

  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Nutrients
  • Current Pharmaceutical Design

The combination of expertise in neuroscience and medicine, along with a focus on both molecular mechanisms and behavioral outcomes, positions Marta Rodríguez-Arias within diverse research landscapes. Their work spans molecular neuroscience to applied behavioral studies, often addressing complex neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative conditions.

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

  • 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

  • Changes in histone acetylation in the prefrontal cortex of ethanol-exposed adolescent rats are associated with ethanol-induced place conditioning.

    María Pascual;Bruno R. Do Couto;Silvia Alfonso-Loeches;Maria A. Aguilar

  • 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

  • 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

  • High novelty-seeking predicts greater sensitivity to the conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine

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  • Effects of DA D1 and D2 antagonists on the sensitisation to the motor effects of morphine in mice.

    Amparo Serrano;Maria A Aguilar;Carmen Manzanedo;Marta Rodrı́guez-Arias

  • Acute social defeat stress increases the conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine in adult but not in adolescent mice.

    S. Montagud-Romero;M.A. Aguilar;C. Maldonado;C. Manzanedo

  • Acute behavioural and neurotoxic effects of MDMA plus cocaine in adolescent mice.

    M. Daza-Losada;M. Rodríguez-Arias;C. Maldonado;M.A. Aguilar

  • Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid affects the acquisition and reinstatement of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference in mice.

    Concepción Maldonado;Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Ana Castillo;María A Aguilar

Frequent Co-Authors

José Miñarro
José Miñarro University of Valencia
Rosa M. Baños
Rosa M. Baños University of Valencia
Ausiàs Cebolla
Ausiàs Cebolla University of Valencia
Gabriel Rubio
Gabriel Rubio Complutense University of Madrid
Antonio Verdejo-García
Antonio Verdejo-García Monash University
Marta Torrens
Marta Torrens Autonomous University of Barcelona
Marisol Lila
Marisol Lila University of Valencia

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