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Overview

Sergio R. Ojeda is affiliated with the Oregon National Primate Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broader fields, their subfields of study include Reproductive Medicine, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Plant Science.

The main topics addressed in Ojeda's work cover a range of biological and medical subjects. These include hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, ovarian function and disorders, epigenetics and DNA methylation, plant molecular biology research, genomics and chromatin dynamics, migraine and headache studies, and axon guidance and neuronal signaling.

Among their recent scholarly contributions are several papers published between 2020 and 2024. Notable works include:

  • MKRN3 inhibits the reproductive axis through actions in kisspeptin-expressing neurons, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • GnRH neurons recruit astrocytes in infancy to facilitate network integration and sexual maturation, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Polycomb represses a gene network controlling puberty via modulation of histone demethylase Kdm6b expression, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • MKRN3 inhibits the reproductive axis through actions in kisspeptin-expressing neurons, 2021, Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Persistence, effectiveness, and tolerability of anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibodies in patients with chronic migraine, 2024, Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain

Frequent co-authors in Ojeda's research include Alejandro Lomniczi, Carlos A. Toro, Carlos F. Aylwin, Hollis Wright, and Anna de Dios.

Publications by Ojeda have appeared in a variety of scientific venues, such as Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Neuroscience, Scientific Reports, and Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology.

Best Publications

  • Increased hypothalamic GPR54 signaling: a potential mechanism for initiation of puberty in primates.

    Muhammad Shahab;Claudio Mastronardi;Stephanie B. Seminara;William F. Crowley

  • CHAPTER 38 – Puberty in the Rat

    Sergio R. Ojeda;Michael K. Skinner

  • Preclinical Differences of Intravascular AAV9 Delivery to Neurons and Glia: A Comparative Study of Adult Mice and Nonhuman Primates

    Steven James Gray;Valerie Matagne;Lavanya Bachaboina;Swati Yadav

  • Environmental Factors and Puberty Timing: Expert Panel Research Needs

    Germaine M. Buck Louis;L. Earl Gray;Michele Marcus;Sergio R. Ojeda

  • Recent Advances in the Endocrinology of Puberty

    S. R. Ojeda;W. W. Andrews;J. P. Advis;S. Smith White

  • Minireview: The Neuroendocrine Regulation of Puberty: Is the Time Ripe for a Systems Biology Approach?

    Sergio R. Ojeda;Alejandro Lomniczi;Claudio Mastronardi;Sabine Heger

  • Activation of A-Type γ-Aminobutyric Acid Receptors Excites Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons

    R. Anthony DeFazio;Sabine Heger;Sergio R. Ojeda;Suzanne M. Moenter

  • Immature rat ovaries become revascularized rapidly after autotransplantation and show a gonadotropin-dependent increase in angiogenic factor gene expression

    Gregory Dissen;H. E. Lara;W. H. Fahrenbach;M. E. Costa

  • Epigenetic control of female puberty

    Alejandro Lomniczi;Alberto Loche;Alberto Loche;Juan Manuel Castellano;Oline K Ronnekleiv;Oline K Ronnekleiv

  • A role for N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the control of LH secretion and initiation of female puberty.

    Henryk F. Urbanski;Sergio R. Ojeda

  • Insulin-like growth factor I: a possible metabolic signal involved in the regulation of female puberty.

    Jill K. Hiney;Sergio R. Ojeda;W. Les Dees

  • Nerve growth factor is required for early follicular development in the mammalian ovary.

    Gregory A. Dissen;Carmen Romero;Anne Newman Hirshfield;Sergio R. Ojeda

  • Activation of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone Release Advances the Onset of Female Puberty

    Henryk F. Urbanski;Sergio R. Ojeda

  • Preclinical Safety of RNAi-Mediated HTT Suppression in the Rhesus Macaque as a Potential Therapy for Huntington's Disease

    Jodi L McBride;Jodi L McBride;Mark R Pitzer;Ryan L Boudreau;Brett Dufour

  • Androgens regulate aromatase cytochrome P450 messenger ribonucleic acid in rat brain.

    Salah E. Abdelgadir;John A. Resko;Sergio R. Ojeda;Edwin D. Lephart

  • An Increased Intraovarian Synthesis of Nerve Growth Factor and Its Low Affinity Receptor Is a Principal Component of Steroid-Induced Polycystic Ovary in the Rat

    H. E. Lara;G. A. Dissen;V. Leyton;A. Paredes

  • Transforming growth factor-α gene expression in the hypothalamus is developmentally regulated and linked to sexual maturation

    Ying Jun Ma;Marie-Pierre Junier;Maria E. Costa;Sergio R. Ojeda

  • Involvement of transforming growth factor alpha in the release of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone from the developing female hypothalamus.

    S R Ojeda;H F Urbanski;M E Costa;D F Hill

  • A role for neurotransmitters in early follicular development: induction of functional follicle-stimulating hormone receptors in newly formed follicles of the rat ovary.

    Artur Mayerhofer;Gregory A. Dissen;Maria E. Costa;Sergio R. Ojeda

  • Expression of neurotrophins and their receptors in the mammalian ovary is developmentally regulated: changes at the time of folliculogenesis

    G A Dissen;A N Hirshfield;S Malamed;S R Ojeda

Frequent Co-Authors

Angel Balmaseda
Angel Balmaseda University of California, Berkeley
Vincent Prevot
Vincent Prevot University of Lille
Eva Harris
Eva Harris University of California, Berkeley
Richard L. Stouffer
Richard L. Stouffer Oregon Health & Science University
Oline K. Rønnekleiv
Oline K. Rønnekleiv Oregon Health & Science University
Jacob Raber
Jacob Raber Oregon Health & Science University
Florian Krammer
Florian Krammer Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Gabriel Corfas
Gabriel Corfas University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Henryk F. Urbanski
Henryk F. Urbanski Oregon National Primate Research Center
Beverly L. Davidson
Beverly L. Davidson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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