Activational and organizational effects of sex hormones on hippocampal inhibitory neurons

Hernández-Vivanco A, de la Vega-Ruiz R, Montes-Mellado A, Azcoitia Í, Méndez P.

 J Neurosci. 2025 Mar 17;45(18):e1764242025. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1764-24.2025. (Access through BioRxiv here).

Protein Kinase A-Dependent Plasticity of Local Inhibitory Synapses from Hilar Somatostatin-Expressing Neurons

Hernández-Vivanco A, Jiménez-Redondo E, Cano-Adamuz N, Méndez P.

 eNeuro. 2023 Oct 6;10(10):ENEURO.0089-23.2023. doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0089-23.2023

Sex-specific regulation of inhibition and network activity by local aromatase in the mouse hippocampus

Hernández-Vivanco A, Cano-Adamuz N, Sánchez-Aguilera A, González-Alonso A, Rodríguez-Fernández A, Azcoitia Í, de la Prida LM, Méndez P.

 Nat Commun. 2022 Jul 7;13(1):3913. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31635-3

Homeostatic Plasticity in the Hippocampus Facilitates Memory Extinction

Mendez P, Stefanelli T, Flores CE, Muller D, Lüscher C

Cell Reports. 2018 Feb, 6;22(6):1451-1461. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.01.025

Hippocampal Somatostatin Interneurons Control the Size of Neuronal Memory Ensembles

Stefanelli T, Bertollini C, Lüscher C, Muller D, Mendez P

Neuron. 2016 Mar 2;89(5):1074-85. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.024

Estrogenic regulation of hippocampal inhibitory system across lifespan

Méndez P, de la Vega-Ruiz R, Montes-Mellado A. 

 J Neuroendocrinol. 2025, Jul;37(7):e13441. doi: 10.1111/jne.13441

Synthesis and impact of neuroestradiol on hippocampal neuronal networks

Azcoitia I, Hernández-Vivanco A, Cano-Adamuz N, Mendez P 

Current Opinion in Endocrine and Metabolic Research. 2022 Volume 24,100335, doi: 10.1016.j.coemr.2022.100335

Neuroestradiol and neuronal development: Not an exclusive male tale anymore

Garcia-Segura LM, Méndez P, Arevalo MA, Azcoitia I

Front Neuroendocrinol. 2023 Oct;71:101102. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2023.101102

GSK-3β orchestrates the inhibitory innervation of adult-born dentate granule cells in vivo

Moreno-Jiménez EP, Flor-García M, Hernández-Vivanco A, Terreros-Roncal J, Rodríguez-Moreno CB, Toni N, Méndez P, Llorens-Martín M

Cell Mol Life Sci. 2023 Jul 23;80(8):225. doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04874-w

 Visual-area-specific tonic modulation of GABA release by endocannabinoids sets the activity and

coordination of neocortical principal neurons

Koukouli F, Montmerle M, Aguirre A, De Brito Van Velze M, Peixoto J, Choudhary V, Varilh M, Julio-Kalajzic F, Allene C, Mendéz P, Zerlaut Y, Marsicano G, Schlüter OM, Rebola N, Bacci A, Lourenço J

Cell Rep. 2022 Aug 23;40(8):111202. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111202

 A novel role for the lateral habenula in fear learning

Sachella TE, Ihidoype MR, Proulx CD, Pafundo DE, Medina JH, Mendez P, Piriz J

Neuropsychopharmacology. 2022 May;47(6):1210-1219. doi: 10.1038/s41386-022-01294-5

 Paradoxical neuronal hyperexcitability in a mouse model of mitochondrial pyruvate import deficiency

De La Rossa A, Laporte MH, Astori S, Marissal T, Montessuit S, Sheshadri P, Ramos-Fernández E, Mendez P, Khani A, Quairiaux C, Taylor EB, Rutter J, Nunes JM, Carleton A, Duchen MR, Sandi C, Martinou JC

Elife. 2022 Feb 21;11:e72595. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72595

 Insulin-like growth factor I mitigates post-traumatic stress by inhibiting AMP-kinase in orexin neurons

Fernández de Sevilla ME, Pignatelli J, Zegarra-Valdivia JA, Mendez P, Nuñez A, Torres Alemán I

Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Apr;27(4):2182-2196. doi: 10.1038/s41380-022-01442-9

 Formin Activity and mDia1 Contribute to Maintain Axon Initial Segment Composition and Structure

Zhang W, Ciorraga M, Mendez P, Retana D, Boumedine-Guignon N, Achón B, Russier M, Debanne D, Garrido JJ

Mol Neurobiol. 2021 Dec;58(12):6153-6169. doi: 10.1007/s12035-021-02531-6