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Arenas MC, Navarro-Francés CI, Montagud-Romero S, Miñarro J, Manzanedo C. Baseline prepulse inhibition of the startle reflex predicts the sensitivity to the conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine in male and female mice. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2018 Sep;235(9):2651-2663. doi: 10.1007/s00213-018-4959-8.

Blanco-Gandía MC, Montagud-Romero S, Aguilar MA, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. Housing conditions modulate the reinforcing properties of cocaine in adolescent mice that binge on fat. Physiol Behav. 2018 Jan 1;183:18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.10.014.

Blanco-Gandía MC, Aguilar MA, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. Reinstatement of Drug-seeking in Mice Using the Conditioned Place Preference Paradigm. J Vis Exp.  2018 Jun 7;(136). doi: 10.3791/56983.

Blanco-Gandía MC, Miñarro J, Aguilar MA, Rodríguez-Arias M. Increased ethanol  consumption after interruption of fat bingeing. PLoS One. 2018 Mar 28;13(3):e0194431. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194431. eCollection 2018.

Ferrer-Pérez C, Reguilón MD, Manzanedo C, Aguilar MA, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. Antagonism of corticotropin-releasing factor CRF(1) receptors  blocks the enhanced response to cocaine after social stress. Eur J Pharmacol. 2018 Mar 15;823:87-95. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.01.052.

García-Pardo MP, Miñarro J, Aguilar MA. Role of AMPA glutamate receptors in the conditioned rewarding effects of MDMA in mice. Behav Brain Res. 2018 Jul 16;347:57-60. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2018.03.010.

Montagud-Romero S, Blanco-Gandía MC, Reguilón MD, Ferrer-Pérez C, Ballestín R, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. Social defeat stress: mechanisms underlying the increase in rewarding effects of drugs of abuse. Eur J Neurosci. 2018 Aug 25. doi: 10.1111/ejn.14127.

Aguilar MA, Ledesma JC, Rodríguez-Arias M, Penalva C, Manzanedo C, Miñarro J,  Arenas MC. Adolescent Exposure to the Synthetic Cannabinoid WIN 55212-2 Modifies  Cocaine Withdrawal Symptoms in Adult Mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Jun 21;18(6). pii: E1326. doi: 10.3390/ijms18061326.

Arenas MC, Caballero-Reinaldo C, Navarro-Frances CI, Manzanedo C. Effects of cocaine on prepulse inhibition of the startle response. Rev Neurol. 2017 Dec 1;65(11):507-519. Review. Spanish.

Blanco-Gandía MC, Aracil-Fernández A, Montagud-Romero S, Aguilar MA, Manzanares J, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. Changes in gene expression and sensitivity of cocaine reward produced by a continuous fat diet. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Aug;234(15):2337-2352. doi: 10.1007/s00213-017-4630-9.

Blanco-Gandía MC, Ledesma JC, Aracil-Fernández A, Navarrete F, Montagud-Romero S, Aguilar MA, Manzanares J, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. The rewarding effects  of ethanol are modulated by binge eating of a high-fat diet during adolescence. Neuropharmacology. 2017 Jul 15;121:219-230. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.04.040.

Blanco-Gandía MC, Cantacorps L, Aracil-Fernández A, Montagud-Romero S, Aguilar MA, Manzanares J, Valverde O, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. Effects of bingeing on fat during adolescence on the reinforcing effects of cocaine in adult male mice. Neuropharmacology. 2017 Feb;113(Pt A):31-44. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.09.020.

Blanco-Gandía MC, Rodríguez-Arias M. Bingeing on fat increases cocaine reward. Oncotarget. 2017 Mar 7;8(10):16105-16106. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.15260.

Esteve-Arenys A, Gracia-Rubio I, Cantacorps L, Pozo OJ, Marcos J, Rodríguez-Árias M, Miñarro J, Valverde O. Binge ethanol drinking during adolescence modifies cocaine responses in mice. J Psychopharmacol. 2017 Jan;31(1):86-95. doi: 10.1177/0269881116681457.

García-Pardo MP, Rodríguez-Arias M, Miñarro J, Aguilar MA. Role of nitric oxide pathway in the conditioned rewarding effects of MDMA in mice. Behav Brain Res. 2017 Jul 14;330:75-77. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.05.010.

García-Pardo MP, Roger-Sánchez C, Rodríguez-Arias M, Miñarro J, Aguilar MA. Cognitive and behavioural effects induced by social stress plus MDMA administration in mice. Behav Brain Res. 2017 Feb 15;319:63-72. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.11.012.

Gutiérrez-Sacristán A, Bravo À, Portero-Tresserra M, Valverde O, Armario A, Blanco-Gandía MC, Farré A, Fernández-Ibarrondo L, Fonseca F, Giraldo J, Leis A, Mané A, Mayer MA, Montagud-Romero S, Nadal R, Ortiz J, Pavon FJ, Perez EJ, Rodríguez-Arias M, Serrano A, Torrens M, Warnault V, Sanz F, Furlong LI. Text mining and expert curation to develop a database on psychiatric diseases and their genes. Database (Oxford). 2017 Jan 1;2017. doi: 10.1093/database/bax043.

Ledesma JC, Aguilar MA, Giménez-Gómez P, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. Adolescent but not adult ethanol binge drinking modulates cocaine withdrawal symptoms in mice. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 14;12(3):e0172956. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172956. .

Montagud-Romero S, Nuñez C, Blanco-Gandia MC, Martínez-Laorden E, Aguilar MA,  Navarro-Zaragoza J, Almela P, Milanés MV, Laorden ML, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias  M. Repeated social defeat and the rewarding effects of cocaine in adult and adolescent mice: dopamine transcription factors, proBDNF signaling pathways, and  the TrkB receptor in the mesolimbic system. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Jul;234(13):2063-2075. doi: 10.1007/s00213-017-4612-y.

Pascual M, Montesinos J, Montagud-Romero S, Forteza J, Rodríguez-Arias M, Miñarro J, Guerri C. TLR4 response mediates ethanol-induced neurodevelopment alterations in a model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. J Neuroinflammation.  2017 Jul 24;14(1):145. doi: 10.1186/s12974-017-0918-2.

Reguilón MD, Montagud-Romero S, Ferrer-Pérez C, Roger-Sánchez C, Aguilar MA,  Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. Dopamine D(2) receptors mediate the increase in reinstatement of the conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine induced by acute social defeat. Eur J Pharmacol. 2017 Mar 15;799:48-57. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2017.01.039.

Rodríguez-Arias M, Montagud-Romero S, Rubio-Araiz A, Aguilar MA, Martín-García E, Cabrera R, Maldonado R, Porcu F, Colado MI, Miñarro J. Effects of repeated social defeat on adolescent mice on cocaine-induced CPP and self-administration in adulthood: integrity of the blood-brain barrier. Addict Biol. 2017 Jan;22(1):129-141. doi: 10.1111/adb.12301.

Rodríguez-Arias D, Wilkinson D, Youngner S. How Can You Be Transparent About Labeling the Living as Dead? Am J Bioeth. 2017 May;17(5):24-25. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2017.1299243.

Arenas MC, Aguilar MA, Montagud-Romero S, Mateos-García A, Navarro-Francés CI, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. Influence of the Novelty-Seeking Endophenotype on the Rewarding Effects of Psychostimulant Drugs in Animal Models. Curr Neuropharmacol. 2016;14(1):87-100.

Arenas MC, Mateos-García A, Manzanedo C, Rodríguez-Arias M, Aguilar MA, Navarrete F, Gutiérrez MS, Manzanares J, Miñarro J. Topiramate increases the rewarding properties of cocaine in young-adult mice limiting its clinical usefulness. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2016 Dec;233(23-24):3849-3859.

Bonet-Costa V, Herranz-Pérez V, Blanco-Gandía M, Mas-Bargues C, Inglés M, Garcia-Tarraga P, Rodriguez-Arias M, Miñarro J, Borras C, Garcia-Verdugo JM, Viña J. Clearing Amyloid-β through PPARγ/ApoE Activation by Genistein is a Treatment of Experimental Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016 Feb 10. [Epub ahead of print]

García-Pardo MP, Roger-Sanchez C, Rodríguez-Arias M, Miñarro J, Aguilar MA. Pharmacological modulation of protein kinases as a new approach to treat addiction to cocaine and opiates. Eur J Pharmacol. 2016 Jun 15;781:10-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2016.03.065.

Montagud-Romero S, Montesinos J, Pascual M, Aguilar MA, Roger-Sanchez C, Guerri C, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. `Up-regulation of histone acetylation induced by social defeat mediates the conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2016 Oct 3;70:39-48. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2016.04.016.

Montagud-Romero S, Reguilon MD, Roger-Sanchez C, Pascual M, Aguilar MA, Guerri C, Miñarro J, Rodríguez-Arias M. Role of dopamine neurotransmission in the long-term effects of repeated social defeat on the conditioned rewarding effects  of cocaine. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2016 Nov 3;71:144-54. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2016.07.008.

Montesinos J, Pascual M, Rodríguez-Arias M, Miñarro J, Guerri C. Involvement of TLR4 in the long-term epigenetic changes, rewarding and anxiety effects induced by intermittent ethanol treatment in adolescence. Brain Behav Immun. 2016 Mar;53:159-171. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.12.006.

Rodríguez-Arias M, Navarrete F, Blanco-Gandía MC, Arenas MC, Bartoll-Andrés A, Aguilar MA, Rubio G, Miñarro J, Manzanares J. Social defeat in adolescent mice increases vulnerability to alcohol consumption. Addict Biol. 2016 Jan;21(1):87-97. doi: 10.1111/adb.12184.

Rodríguez-Arias M, Roger-Sánchez C, Vilanova I, Revert N, Manzanedo C, Miñarro J, Aguilar MA. Effects of Cannabinoid Exposure during Adolescence on the Conditioned Rewarding Effects of WIN 55212-2 and Cocaine in Mice: Influence of the Novelty-Seeking Trait. Neural Plast. 2016; 6481862. doi: 10.1155/2016/6481862. Epub 2015 Dec 31. Erratum in: Neural Plast. 2016;2016:6702083. PubMed PMID: 26881125; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4736006.

Roger-Sánchez C, García-Pardo MP, Rodríguez-Arias M, Miñarro J, Aguilar MA. Neurochemical substrates of the rewarding effects of MDMA: implications for the development of pharmacotherapies to MDMA dependence. Behav Pharmacol. 2016 Apr;27(2-3 Spec Issue):116-32. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000210