Marvin Rafael Diaz

Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure differentially alters acute ethanol sensitivity of GABAergic transmission in CRFR1- and CRFR1+ CeM neurons

This study examines how moderate prenatal alcohol exposure alters acute ethanol effects on GABAergic transmission in CRFR1+ and CRFR1- CeM neurons in adult rats, showing sex-specific differences.

Age- and sex- dependent effects of moderate gestational day 12 prenatal alcohol exposure on anxiety-like behaviors, ethanol intake, and mechanical sensitivity

Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure alters GABAergic transmission and the action of acute alcohol in the CeM of adolescent rats

This study investigates how prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) affects GABAergic transmission and acute alcohol's effects in the CeM of adolescent rats, revealing sex-specific changes in synaptic activity.

Prenatal Methadone Exposure Leads To Disruptions In Adult-Born Dentate Granule Cell Survival And Female Persistent Fear Responding

This study investigates the long-term effects of prenatal methadone exposure on cognitive function and hippocampal neurogenesis in offspring, finding female-specific impairments in fear responding and reduced survival of adult-born neurons.

Prenatal methadone exposure leads to long-term memory impairments and disruptions of dentate granule cell function in a sex-dependent manner

This study examines the long-term cognitive and neural effects of prenatal methadone exposure on adult rats, revealing sex-dependent memory impairments and hippocampal dysfunction.

Gestational day 12 moderate prenatal alcohol exposure produces sex-specific social impairments and attenuates prelimbic excitability and amygdala-cortex modulation of adult social behavior.

This study shows that moderate prenatal alcohol exposure on gestational day 12 causes sex-specific social impairments in adulthood and alters neural circuits involved in social behavior.

Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure modifies sex-specific CRFR1 activity in the central amygdala and anxiety-like behavior in adolescent offspring.

Factors of sex and age dictate the regulation of GABAergic activity by corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 in the medial sub-nucleus of the central amygdala.

The paper investigates age and sex effects on CRFR1-regulated GABAergic activity in the CeM of rats, finding age-specific differences in mIPSC frequency modulation by CRFR1 agonist and antagonist.

Moderate adolescent chronic intermittent ethanol exposure sex-dependently disrupts synaptic transmission and kappa opioid receptor function in the basolateral amygdala of adult rats

This study shows that moderate adolescent ethanol exposure causes long-term sex-dependent changes in BLA physiology and KOR function in adult rats.

Increased Ethanol Intake is Associated with Social Anxiety in Offspring Exposed to Ethanol on Gestational Day 12

This study shows that prenatal ethanol exposure affects social anxiety and ethanol intake differently in male and female offspring, with high social anxiety linked to increased ethanol consumption.

Adolescent forced swim stress increases social anxiety-like behaviors and alters the dynorphin/kappa opioid receptor system in the basolateral amygdala of males

This study shows that adolescent forced swim stress increases social anxiety-like behaviors and alters KOR function in the BLA of male rats, but not adults or females.

Stress alters social behavior and sensitivity to pharmacological activation of kappa opioid receptors in an age-specific manner in Sprague Dawley rats

This study examines how stress and age affect social behavior and response to a kappa opioid receptor agonist in rats, showing age-specific changes in behavior and sensitivity.