Villalobos CA, Basso MA. Optogenetic activation of the inhibitory nigro-collicular circuit evokes contralateral orienting movements in mice. Cell Reports, 2022.
Villalobos C.A., Wu Q., Lee P.H., May P.J., Basso M.A. Parvalbumin and GABA Microcircuits in the Mouse Superior Colliculus. Front. Neural Circuits, 2018. 12:35.
Villalobos C.A., Maldonado P.E. & Valdes J.L. Asynchronous ripple oscillations between left and right hippocampi during slow-wave sleep. PLOS One, 2017. 12(2):e0171304.
Villalobos C.A., Foehring R.C., Lee J.C. & Andrade R. Essential role for PtdIns(4,5)P2 in the expression and gating of the slow afterhyperpolarization in the cerebral cortex. J. Neurosci. 2011. 31:18303-12.
Villalobos C.A. & Andrade R. Visinin-like neuronal calcium sensor proteins regulate the slow calcium-activated afterhyperpolarizing current in the rat cerebral cortex. J. Neurosci. 2010. 30:14361-5.
Yan, H., Villalobos C.A. & Andrade R. TRPC channels mediate a muscarinic receptor-induced afterhyperpolarization in cerebral cortex. J Neurosci. 2009. 29:10038-46.
Villalobos C.A., Beique J.C., Gingrich J.A. & Andrade R. Serotonergic regulation of calcium-activated potassium currents in rodent prefrontal cortex. Eur J Neurosci. 2005. 22(5):1120-6.
Villalobos C.A., Vikram G. Shakkottai, K. George Chandy, Sharon K. Michelhaugh, & Rodrigo Andrade. SKCa channels mediate the medium but not the slow calcium-activated afterhyperpolarization in cortical neurons. J. Neurosci. 2004. 24:3537-3542.
Villalobos C.A., Paulina Bull, Patricio Sáez, Bruce K Cassels, and J Pablo Huidobro-Toro. 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-B) and structurally related phenylethylamines are potent 5-HT2A receptor antagonists in Xenopus laevis. Br J Pharmacol. 2004. 141:1167-1174.
Villalobos, C.A. & Huidobro-Toro, JP. Opposing pharmacological profile of the (R)- and (S)-DOI stereoisomers at 5-HT2A/2C receptors. Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology Supplement. 2004. 18(1):144.
Acuña-Castillo C., Villalobos C.A., Moya P.R., Cassels B.K. & Huidobro-Toro J.P. Differences in potency and efficacy of a series of phenylisopropylamine/phenylethylamine pairs at 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C receptors. Br. J. Pharmacol. 2002. 136(4):510-9.
Coddou C., Villalobos C.A., González J., Acuña C., Loeb B. & Huidobro-Toro J.P. Formation of Carnosine-Cu(II) Complexes Prevents and Reverts the Inhibitory Action of Copper on P2X4 and P2X7 Receptors. J. Neurochem. 2002. 80(4):626-33.
Coddou C., Villalobos C.A. & Huidobro-Toro J.P. Carnosine, a brain dipeptide selectively blocks copper but not zinc modulation in P2X-ATP receptors. Journal of Neurochemistry. 2001. 78:173-173.
Gonzalez J., Villalobos C.A. & Huidobro-Toro J.P. 2000. P2X7 receptor-induced currents are inhibited by copper. Biocell-Mendoza. 24:186-186.