Carla Sanchís Segura

csanchis@uji.es

Position

  • Associate Professor.

Bio

  • 2010 Associate professor. Universitat Jaume I. Area de Psicobiologia
  • 2006-2010 Researcher “Programa Ramón y Cajal”. Universitat Jaume I. Dept. Psicologia bàsica, clinica i psicobiologia.
  • 2003-2006 Postdoctoral researcher. Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit. Dept. Psychopharmacology. (Mannheim, Germany).
  • 2001-2003 Assistant Professor. Universitat Jaume I. Dept. Psicologia bàsica, clinica i psicobiologia.
  • 2001 PhD. Thesis title “Catalasa y núcleo arqueado hipotalámico: Una propuesta explicativa de algunos de los efectos conductuales observados tras la administración de etanol”. Thesis supervisor: Dr. Carlos M. G. Aragón. Universitat Jaume I. Area de Psicobiologia.
  • 1996 Master in neurosciences. Universidad Internacional de Andalucía.
  • 1995 Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. Universitat Jaume I.

Research Interest

  • Sex-gender
  • Implicit bias
  • Cognition
  • Addiction

Publications

1 Perreau-Lenz, Stephanie; Hoelters, Laura-Sophie; Leixner, Sarah; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Hansson, Anita; Bilbao, Ainhoa; Spanagel, Rainer. mPer1 promotes morphine induced locomotor sensitization and conditioned place preference via histone deacetylase activity. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 234 - 11, pp. 1713 - 1724.

2 Fittipaldi-Marquez, Maria Sol; Cruz-Gomez, Alvaro Javier; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Belenguer, Antonio; Avila, Cesar; Forn, Cristina. Exploring Neural Efficiency in Multiple Sclerosis Patients during the Symbol Digit Modalities Test: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study . Neuro-degenerative diseases. 17 - 4-5, pp. 199 - 207.

3 Gonzalez Torre, Julio Alberto; Cruz-Gomez, Alvaro Javier; Belenguer, Antonio; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Avila, Cesar; Forn, Cristina. Hippocampal dysfunction is associated with memory impairment in multiple sclerosis: A volumetric and functional connectivity study. Multiple Sclerosis

4 Sanchis-Segura, C.; Cruz-Gomez, A. J.; Belenguer, A.; Fittipaldi Marquez, M. S.; Avila, C.; Forn, C.Increased regional gray matter atrophy and enhanced functional connectivity in male multiple sclerosis patients. NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 630, pp. 154 - 157.

5 Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Becker, Jill B.Why we should consider sex (and study sex differences) in addiction research. ADDICTION BIOLOGY. 21 - 5, pp. 995 - 1006.

6 Miquel, Marta; Vazquez-Sanroman, Dolores; Carbo-Gas, Maria; Gil-Miravet, Isis; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Carulli, Daniela; Manzo, Jorge; Coria-Avila, Genaro A.Have we been ignoring the elephant in the room? Seven arguments for considering the cerebellum as part of addiction circuitry. NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. 60, pp. 1 - 11.

7 Vazquez-Sanroman, Dolores; Carbo-Gas, Maria; Leto, Ketty; Cerezo-Garcia, Miguel; Gil-Miravet, Isis; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Carulli, Daniela; Rossi, Ferdinando; Miquel, Marta. Cocaine-induced plasticity in the cerebellum of sensitised mice (vol 232, pg 4455, 2015). PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 233 - 1, pp. 159 - 162.

8 Vazquez-Sanroman, Dolores; Carbo-Gas, Maria; Leto, Ketty; Cerezo-Garcia, Miguel; Gil-Miravet, Isis; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Carulli, Daniela; Rossi, Ferdinando; Miquel, Marta. Cocaine-induced plasticity in the cerebellum of sensitised mice. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 232 - 24, pp. 4455 - 4467.

9 Vazquez-Sanroman, Dolores; Leto, Ketty; Cerezo-Garcia, Miguel; Carbo-Gas, Maria; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Carulli, Daniela; Rossi, Ferdinando; Miquel, Marta. The cerebellum on cocaine: plasticity and metaplasticity. ADDICTION BIOLOGY. 20 - 5, pp. 941 - 955. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 01/09/2015.

10 Carbo-Gas, Maria; Vazquez-Sanroman, Dolores; Gil-Miravet, Isis; De las Heras-Chanes, Joan; Coria-Avila, Genaro A.; Manzo, Jorge; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Miguel, Marta. Cerebellar hallmarks of conditioned preference for cocaine. PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 132, pp. 24 - 35.

11 Carbo-Gas, Maria; Vazquez-Sanroman, Dolores; Aguirre-Manzo, Luisa; Coria-Avila, Genaro A.; Manzo, Jorge; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Miquel, Marta. Involving the cerebellum in cocaine-induced memory: pattern of cFos expression in mice trained to acquire conditioned preference for cocaine. ADDICTION BIOLOGY. 19 - 1, pp. 61 -76.

12 Vazquez-Sanroman, D.; Sanchis-Segura, C.; Toledo, R.; Hernandez, M. E.; Manzo, J.; Miquel, M. The effects of enriched environment on BDNF expression in the mouse cerebellum depending on the length of exposure. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 243, pp. 118 - 128.

13 Brunk, Irene; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Blex, Christian; Perreau-Lenz, Stephanie; Bilbao, Ainhoa; Spanagel, Rainer; Ahnert-Hilger, Gudrun. Amphetamine regulates NR2B expression in Go2 alpha knockout mice and thereby sustains behavioral sensitization. JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY. 115 - 1, pp. 234 - 246.

14 Perreau-Lenz, Stephanie; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Leonardi-Essmann, Fernando; Schneider, Miriam; Spanagel, Rainer. Development of morphine-induced tolerance and withdrawal: Involvement of the clock gene mPer2. EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 20 - 7, pp. 509 - 517.

15 Enkel, Thomas; Gholizadeh, Donya; von Bohlen und Halbach, Oliver; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Hurlemann, Rene; Spanagel, Rainer; Gass, Peter; Vollmayr, Barbara. Ambiguous-Cue Interpretation is Biased Under Stress and Depression-Like States in Rats. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 35 - 4, pp. 1008 - 1015.

16 Malvaez, Melissa; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Vo, Darren; Lattal, K. Matthew; Wood, Marcelo A. Modulation of Chromatin Modification Facilitates Extinction of Cocaine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 67 - 1, pp. 36 - 43.

17 Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Lopez-Atalaya, Jose P.; Barco, Angel. Selective Boosting of Transcriptional and Behavioral Responses to Drugs of Abuse by Histone Deacetylase Inhibition. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 34 - 13, pp. 2642 - 2654.

18 Malvaez, Melissa; Barrett, Ruth M.; Wood, Marcelo A.; Sanchis-Segura, Carla. Epigenetic mechanisms underlying extinction of memory and drug-seeking behavior. MAMMALIAN GENOME. 20 - 9-10, pp. 612 - 623.

19 Pham, Jon; Cabrera, Sara M.; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Wood, Marcelo A.Automated scoring of fear-related behavior using EthoVision software. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS. 178 - 2, pp. 323 - 326.

20 Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Jancic, Dragana; Jimenez-Minchan, Maria; Barco, Angel. Inhibition of cAMP responsive element binding protein in striatal neurons enhances approach and avoidance responses toward morphineand mophine withdrawal-related cues. FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. 3.

21 Bilbao, Ainhoa; Parkitna, Jan Rodriguez; Engblom, David; Perreau-Lenz, Stephanie; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Schneider, Miriam; Konopka, Witold; Westphal, Magdalena; Breen, Gerome; Desrivieres, Sylvane; Klugmann, Matthias; Guindalini, Camila; Vallada, Homero; Laranjeira, Ronaldo; de Fonseca, Fernando Rodriguez; Schumann,

Gunter; Schuetz, Guenther; Spanagel, Rainer. Loss of the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type IV in dopaminoceptive neurons enhances behavioral effects of cocaine. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 105 - 45, pp. 17549 - 17554.

22 Brunk, Irene; Blex, Christian; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Sternberg, Jan; Perreau-Lenz, Stephanie; Bilbao, Ainhoa; Hoertnagl, Heide; Baron, Jens; Juranek, Judyta; Laube, Gregor; Birnbaumer, Lutz; Spanagel, Rainer; Ahnert-Hilger, Gudrun. Deletion of Go2 alpha abolishes cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization by disturbing the striatal dopamine system. FASEB JOURNAL. 22 - 10, pp. 3736 - 3746.

23 Engblom, David; Bilbao, Ainhoa; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Dahan, Lionel; Perreau-Lenz, Stephanie; Balland, Benedicte; Parkitna, Jan Rodriguez; Lujan, Rafael; Halbout, Briac; Mameli, Manuel; Parlato, Rosanna; Sprengel, Rolf; Luescher, Christian; Schuetz, Guenther; Spanagel, Rainer. Glutamate receptors on dopamine neurons control the persistence of cocaine seeking. NEURON. 59 - 3, pp. 497 - 508.

24 Pawlak, Cornelius R.; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Soewarto, Dian; Wagner, Sibylle; de Angelis, Martin Hrabe; Spanagel, Rainer. A phenotype-driven ENU mutagenesis screen for the identification of dominant mutations involved in alcohol consumption. MAMMALIAN GENOME. 19 - 2, pp. 77 - 84.

25 Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Cline, Brandon; Jurd, Rachel; Rudolph, Uwe; Spanagel, Rainer. Etomidate and propofol-hypo sensitive GABAA receptor beta 3(N265M) mice show little changes in acute alcohol sensitivity but enhanced tolerance and withdrawal. NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 416 - 3, pp. 275 - 278.

26 Zghoul, Tarek; Abarca, Carolina; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Albrecht, Urs; Schumann, Gunter; Spanagel, Rainer. Ethanol self-administration and reinstatement of ethanol-seeking behavior in Per1(Brdm1) mutant mice. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 190 - 1, pp. 13 - 19.

27 Chourbaji, Sabine; Urani, Alexandre; Inta, Ioana; Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Brandwein, Christiane; Zink, Mathias; Schwaninger, Markus; Gass, Peter. IL-6 knockout mice exhibit resistance to stress-induced development of depression-like behaviors. NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE. 23 - 3, pp. 587 - 594.

28 Sanchis-Segura, Carla; Spanagel, Rainer. Behavioural assessment of drug reinforcement and addictive features in rodents: an overview. ADDICTION BIOLOGY. 11 - 1, pp. 2 - 38.

29 Sanchis-Segura, C; Borchardt, T; Vengeliene, V; Zghoul, T; Bachteler, D; Gass, P; Sprengel, R; Spanagel, R. Involvement of the AMPA receptor GluR-C subunit in alcohol-seeking behavior and relapse. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 26 - 4, pp. 1231 - 1238.

30 Chourbaji, S; Zacher, C; Sanchis-Segura, C; Dormann, C; Vollmayr, B; Gass, P. Learned helplessness: Validity and reliability of depressive-like states in mice. BRAIN RESEARCH PROTOCOLS. 16 - 1-3, pp. 70 - 78.

31 Correa, M; Pascual, M; Sanchis-Segura, C; Guerri, C; Aragon, CMG. Lead-induced catalase activity differentially modulates behaviors induced by short-chain alcohols. PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR. 82 -3, pp. 443 - 452.

32 Chourbaji, S; Zacher, C; Sanchis-Segura, C; Spanagel, R; Gass, P. Social and structural housing conditions influence the development of a depressive-like phenotype in the learned helplessness paradigm in male mice. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 164 - 1, pp. 100 - 106.

33 Sanchis-Segura, C; Spanagel, R; Henn, FA; Vollmayr, B. Reduced sensitivity to sucrose in rats bred for helplessness: a study using the matching law. BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY. 16 - 4, pp. 267 - 270.

34 Pastor, R; Sanchis-Segura, C; Aragon, CMG. Effect of selective antagonism of mu(1)-, mu(1/2)-, mu(3)-, and delta-opioid receptors on the locomotor-stimulating actions of ethanol. DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 78-83, pp. 289 - 295.

35 Sanchis-Segura, C; Correa, M; Miquel, M; Aragon, CMG. Catalase inhibition in the Arcuate nucleus blocks ethanol effects on the locomotor activity of rats. NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 376 - 1, pp. 66 - 70.

36 Spanagel, R; Pendyala, G; Abarca, C; Zghoul, T; Sanchis-Segura, C; Magnone, MC; Lascorz, J; Depner, M; Holzberg, D; Soyka, M; Schreiber, S; Matsuda, F; Lathrop, M; Schumann, G; Albrecht, U. The clock gene Per2 influences the glutamatergic system and modulates alcohol consumption. NATURE MEDICINE. 11 - 1, pp. 35 - 42.

37 Pastor, R; Sanchis-Segura, C; Aragon, CMG. Brain catalase activity inhibition as well as opioid receptor antagonism increases ethanol-induced HPA axis activation. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 28 - 12, pp. 1898 - 1906.

38 Sanchis-Segura, C; Cline, BH; Marsicano, G; Lutz, B; Spanagel, R. Reduced sensitivity to reward in CB1 knockout mice. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 176 - 2, pp. 223 - 232.

39 Correa, M; Sanchis-Segura, C; Pastor, R; Aragon, CMG. Ethanol intake and motor sensitization: the role of brain catalase activity in mice with different genotypes. PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 82 - 2-3, pp. 231 - 240.

40 Sanchis-Segura, C; Pastor, R; Aragon, CMG. Opposite effects of acute versus chronic naltrexone administration on ethanol-induced locomotion. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 153 - 1, pp. 61 - 67.

41 de Souza, FAM; Sanchis-Segura, C; Fukada, SY; de Bortoli, VC; Zangrossi, H; de Oliveira, AM. Intracerebroventricular effects of angiotensin II on a step-through passive avoidance task in rats. NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY. 81 - 1, pp. 100 - 103.

42 Spanagel, R; Sanchis-Segura, C. The use of transgenic mice to study addictive behavior. CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH. 3 - 4-5, pp. 325 - 331.

43 Forn-Frias, C; Sanchis-Segura, C. The possible role of acetaldehyde in the brain damage caused by the chronic consumption of alcohol. REVISTA DE NEUROLOGIA. 37 - 5, pp. 485 - 493.

44 Miquel, M; Font, L; Sanchis-Segura, C; Aragon, CMG. Neonatal administration of monosodium glutamate prevents the development of ethanol- but not psychostimulant-induced sensitization: a putative role of the arcuate nucleus. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE. 17 - 10, pp. 2163 - 2170.

45 Pastor, R; Sanchis-Segura, C; Aragon, CMG. Ethanol-stimulated behaviour in mice is modulated by brain catalase activity and H2O2 rate of production. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 165 - 1, pp. 51 - 59.

46 Sanchis-Segura, C; Aragon, CMG. Consequences of monosodium glutamate or goldthioglucose arcuate nucleus lesions on ethanol-induced locomotion. DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 68 - 2, pp. 189 - 194.

47 Sanchis-Segura, C; Carlos, MG. Brain catalase inhibition blocks ethanol-related decrease of blood luteinizing hormone levels in mice. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 26 - 8, pp. 1275 - 1280.

48 Correa, M; Sanchis-Segura, C; Aragon, CMG. Influence of brain catalase on ethanol-induced loss of righting reflex in mice. DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 65 - 1, pp. 9 - 15.

49 Correa, M; Sanchis-Segura, C; Aragon, CMG. Brain catalase activity is highly correlated with ethanol-induced locomotor activity in mice. PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 73 - 4, pp. 641 - 647.

50 Sanchis-Segura, C; Correa, M; Aragon, CMG. Lession on the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus by estradiol valerate results in a blockade of ethanol-induced locomotion. BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 114 - 1-2, pp. 57 - 63.

51 Sanchis-Segura, C; Miquel, M; Correa, M; Aragon, CMG. Daily injections of cyanamide enhance both ethanol-induced locomotion and brain catalase activity. BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY. 10 - 5, pp. 459 - 465.

52 Sanchis-Segura, C; Miquel, M; Correa, M; Aragon, CMG. The catalase inhibitor sodium azide reduces ethanol-induced locomotor activity. ALCOHOL. 19 - 1, pp. 37 - 42.

53 Correa, M; Miquel, M; Sanchis-Segura, C; Aragon, CMG. Effects of chronic lead administration on ethanol-induced locomotor and brain catalase activity. ALCOHOL. 19 - 1, pp. 43 - 49.

54 Correa, M; Miquel, M; Sanchis-Segura, C; Aragon, CMG. Acute lead acetate administration potentiates ethanol-induced locomotor activity in mice: The role of brain catalase. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 23 - 5, pp. 799 - 805.

55 Sanchis-Segura, C; Miquel, M; Correa, M; Aragon, CMG. Cyanamide reduces brain catalase and ethanol-induced locomotor activity: is there a functional link?. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 144 - 1, pp. 83 - 89.

56 Miquel, M; Correa, M; Sanchis-Segura, C; Aragon, CMG. The ethanol-induced open-field activity in rodents treated with isethionic acid, a central metabolite of taurine. LIFE SCIENCES. 64 - 18, pp. 1613 - 1621.