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Alejandra López-Castro

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoORCID 0000-0002-5460-3857Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:rat· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Assay:electronic health records· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Diego Ángeles-ValdéziD· 4 shared Eduardo A. Garza‐VillarrealiD· 3 shared Jalil Rasgado‐ToledoiD· 2 shared Aileen Schroeter· 1 shared Akira SumiyoshiiD· 1 shared Alberto LazariiD· 1 shared Alejandro Rivera-Olvera· 1 shared Aleksandra B Bortel· 1 shared

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NeuroscienceProgress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological PsychiatryPeer-reviewedMay 10, 2025

Improved classification of alcohol intake groups in the Intermittent-Access Two-Bottle choice rat model using a latent class linear mixed model

Diego Ángeles-Valdéz, Alejandra López-Castro, Jalil Rasgado‐Toledo…·Eduardo A. Garza‐Villarreal

This study uses a latent class linear mixed model to better classify high and low alcohol consumers in rats, showing improved accuracy compared to traditional methods.

4 citations

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintFeb 13, 2025

The effect of chronic stress and chronic alcohol intake on behavior, brain structure, and functional connectivity in a rat model

Jalil Rasgado‐Toledo, Diego Ángeles-Valdéz, César J. Carranza‐Aguilar…·Eduardo A. Garza‐Villarreal

This study examines the combined effects of chronic stress and ethanol intake on brain structure, function, and behavior in rats, finding sex-dependent impacts on brain volume and connectivity.

1 citation

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintMay 16, 2022

Focal electrical stimulation on an alcohol disorder model using MRI-compatible chronic neural monopolar carbon fiber electrodes.

Alejandra López-Castro, Diego Ángeles-Valdéz, Gerardo Rojas‐Piloni, Eduardo A. Garza‐Villarreal

This paper describes a method for constructing and using MRI-compatible carbon fiber electrodes in rats to study neuromodulation effects on alcohol use disorder.

DOI 10.1101/2022.05.16.492128

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintApr 27, 2022

StandardRat: A multi-center consensus protocol to enhance functional connectivity specificity in the rat brain

Joanes Grandjean, Gabriel Desrosiers-Grégoire, Cynthia Anckaerts…·Kajo van der Marel

StandardRat improves functional connectivity specificity in rat brains through a standardized MRI protocol tested across 20 centers.

8 citations

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