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Victoria Arango is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and specializes in neuroscience. Their scholarly contributions predominantly focus on several key areas within neuroscience, exploring the intersections of neurogenesis, brain disorders, stress responses, and neurological conditions.

Arango's main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience

Their research extends into the following subfields:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Key topics covered in their work are:

  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Treatment of Major Depression

Victoria Arango has co-authored numerous publications with collaborators including J. John Mann, Gorazd Rosoklija, Andrew J. Dwork, Anissa Abi-Dargham, and New York-based researchers.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Brain
  • Nature Neuroscience

Notable recent papers by Victoria Arango encompass:

  • COVID-19 induces CNS cytokine expression and loss of hippocampal neurogenesis, 2022, Brain
  • Altered adult neurogenesis and gliogenesis in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • COVID-19 Induces CNS Cytokine Expression and Loss of Hippocampal Neurogenesis, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Less NMDA Receptor Binding in Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex and Anterior Cingulate Cortex Associated With Reported Early-Life Adversity but Not Suicide, 2020, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • A Stress Protein-Based Suicide Prediction Score and Relationship to Reported Early-Life Adversity and Recent Life Stress, 2023, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Best Publications

  • Human Hippocampal Neurogenesis Persists throughout Aging

    Maura Boldrini;Camille A. Fulmore;Alexandria N. Tartt;Laika R. Simeon

  • Antidepressants increase neural progenitor cells in the human hippocampus

    Maura Boldrini;Maura Boldrini;Mark D Underwood;René Hen;Gorazd B Rosoklija;Gorazd B Rosoklija

  • A serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and prefrontal cortical binding in major depression and suicide.

    J. John Mann;Yung Yu Huang;Mark D. Underwood;Suham A. Kassir

  • Localized alterations in pre- and postsynaptic serotonin binding sites in the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex of suicide victims

    Victoria Arango;Mark D. Underwood;Ananda V. Gubbi;J. John Mann

  • Autoradiographic demonstration of increased serotonin 5-HT2 and beta-adrenergic receptor binding sites in the brain of suicide victims

    Victoria Arango;Paul R Ernsberger;Peter M. Marzuk;Jaw Sy Chen

  • The Neurobiology and Genetics of Suicide and Attempted Suicide:: A Focus on the Serotonergic System

    J John Mann;David A Brent;Victoria Arango

  • Altered Editing of Serotonin 2C Receptor Pre-mRNA in the Prefrontal Cortex of Depressed Suicide Victims

    Ilona Gurevich;Hadassah Tamir;Victoria Arango;Andrew J. Dwork

  • Abnormalities of myelination in schizophrenia detected in vivo with MRI, and post-mortem with analysis of oligodendrocyte proteins

    S W Flynn;D J Lang;A L Mackay;V Goghari

  • Volumetric analysis of the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hippocampus in major depression.

    Ramin S Hastings;Ramin V Parsey;Ramin V Parsey;Maria A Oquendo;Maria A Oquendo;Victoria Arango;Victoria Arango

  • Serotonin 1A receptors, serotonin transporter binding and serotonin transporter mRNA expression in the brainstem of depressed suicide victims.

    Victoria Arango;Victoria Arango;Mark D Underwood;Mark D Underwood;Maura Boldrini;Maura Boldrini;Hadassah Tamir;Hadassah Tamir

  • Candidate Endophenotypes for Genetic Studies of Suicidal Behavior

    J. John Mann;Victoria A. Arango;Shelli Avenevoli;David A. Brent

  • Hippocampal Granule Neuron Number and Dentate Gyrus Volume in Antidepressant-Treated and Untreated Major Depression

    Maura Boldrini;Maura Boldrini;Adrienne N Santiago;René Hen;Andrew J Dwork

  • Altered depression-related behaviors and functional changes in the dorsal raphe nucleus of serotonin transporter-deficient mice.

    Alena Lira;Mingming Zhou;Nathalie Castanon;Mark S Ansorge

  • Altered serotonin 1A binding in major depression : A [carbonyl-c-11]way100635 positron emission tomography study

    Ramin V. Parsey;Maria A. Oquendo;R. Todd Ogden;Doreen M. Olvet

  • Hippocampal Angiogenesis and Progenitor Cell Proliferation Are Increased with Antidepressant Use in Major Depression

    Maura Boldrini;Maura Boldrini;René Hen;Mark D. Underwood;Gorazd B. Rosoklija;Gorazd B. Rosoklija

  • Effects of sex, age, and aggressive traits in man on brain serotonin 5-HT1A receptor binding potential measured by PET using [C-11]WAY-100635.

    Ramin V Parsey;Maria A Oquendo;Norman R Simpson;R.Todd Ogden

  • Serotonin brain circuits involved in major depression and suicide

    Victoria Arango;Mark D Underwood;J John Mann

  • Genetics of the serotonergic system in suicidal behavior.

    Victoria Arango;Yung-yu Huang;Mark D. Underwood;J.John Mann

  • Lower Serotonin Transporter Binding Potential in the Human Brain During Major Depressive Episodes

    Ramin V. Parsey;Ramin S. Hastings;Maria A. Oquendo;Yung-yu Huang

  • Effect of a triallelic functional polymorphism of the serotonin-transporter-linked promoter region on expression of serotonin transporter in the human brain.

    Ramin V. Parsey;Ramin S. Hastings;Maria A. Oquendo;Xianzhang Hu

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark D. Underwood
Mark D. Underwood Columbia University
J. John Mann
J. John Mann Columbia University
Gorazd Rosoklija
Gorazd Rosoklija Columbia University
Maria A. Oquendo
Maria A. Oquendo University of Pennsylvania
Hanga Galfalvy
Hanga Galfalvy Columbia University
René Hen
René Hen Columbia University
Etienne Sibille
Etienne Sibille University of Toronto
Thomas B. Cooper
Thomas B. Cooper Columbia University
Sarah H. Lisanby
Sarah H. Lisanby Arizona State University
Donald J. Reis
Donald J. Reis Cornell University

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