Publications

A single-step radiolabeling strategy for PET, SPECT, and therapeutic radionuclides using nanoparticles as a universal chelator. (doi:10.1038/s44303-026-00142-1)

Acute anti-obesity treatment with celastrol reduces body weight, cerebral inflammation and metabolic imbalances in mice. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s10020-026-01530-4) 

Sodium lanthanide tungstate-based nanoparticles as bimodal probes for T1-T2 magnetic resonance imaging and X-ray computed tomography. (doi:10.1039/d5dt01925g)

The GnRH Agonist Triptorelin Causes Reversible, Focal, and Partial Testicular Atrophy in Rats, Maintaining Sperm Production. (doi:10.3390/ijms26146566)

A multiparametric perspective on C6 and F98 cell lines in orthotopic rat models for glioblastoma research. (doi:10.1038/s41598-025-06684-5)

Aquaporin-4 inhibition alters cerebral glucose dynamics predominantly in obese animals: an MRI study. (doi:10.1038/s41598-025-99641-1)

Periodic table screening for enhanced positive contrast in MRI and in vivo uptake in glioblastoma. (doi:10.1039/d4sc01069h)

Integrative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Metabolomic Characterization of a Glioblastoma Rat Model. (doi:10.3390/brainsci14050409)

Tumors of the nervous system and hearing loss: Beyond vestibular schwannomas. (doi:10.1016/j.heares.2024.109012)

Editorial: Differentiating brain cancers and glioblastoma through imaging methodologies. (doi:10.3389/fonc.2023.1351874)

Hypothalamic JNK1-hepatic fatty acid synthase axis mediates a metabolic rewiring that prevents hepatic steatosis in male mice treated with olanzapine via intraperitoneal: Additional effects of PTP1B inhibition. (doi:10.1016/j.redox.2023.102741)

A tribute to Sebastián Cerdán and his key contributions to brain metabolism. (doi:10.1111/jnc.15828)

Magnetic resonance imaging to assess the brain response to fasting in glioblastoma-bearing rats as a model of cancer anorexia. (doi:10.1186/s40644-023-00553-y)

Editorial: Incorporation of reporting and data systems into cancer radiology. (doi:10.3389/fonc.2023.1171171)

Short-term high-fat diet alters the mouse brain magnetic resonance imaging parameters consistently with neuroinflammation on males and metabolic rearrangements on females. A pre-clinical study with an optimized selection of linear mixed-effects models. (doi:10.3389/fnins.2022.1025108)

Neuroimaging uncovers neuronal and metabolic changes in pain modulatory brain areas in a rat model of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy - MEMRI and ex vivo spectroscopy studies. (doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.10.018)

Modulation of hypothalamic AMPK phosphorylation by olanzapine controls energy balance and body weight. (doi:10.1016/j.metabol.2022.155335)

Iron Oxide Incorporated Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Simultaneous Use in Magnetic Resonance and Fluorescent Imaging of Brain Tumors. (doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics13081258)

Integrative analysis of physiological responses to high fat feeding with diffusion tensor images and neurochemical profiles of the mouse brain. (doi:10.1038/s41366-021-00775-9)

Magnetic resonance assessment of the cerebral alterations associated with obesity development (doi:10.1177/0271678X20941263)

Trojan horse monocyte-mediated delivery of conjugated polymer nanoparticles for improved photodynamic therapy of glioblastoma. (doi:10.2217/nnm-2020-0106)

Dual Imaging Gold Nanoplatforms for Targeted Radiotheranostics. (doi:10.3390/ma13030513)

Carbon Nanotubes in Biomedicine. (doi:10.1007/s41061-019-0278-8)

Transcription factor NRF2 uses the Hippo pathway effector TAZ to induce tumorigenesis in glioblastomas. (doi:10.1016/j.redox.2019.101425)

Systemic Glucose Administration Alters Water Diffusion and Microvascular Blood Flow in Mouse Hypothalamic Nuclei - An fMRI Study. (doi:10.3389/fnins.2019.00921)

Cerebral hunger maps in rodents and humans by diffusion weighted MRI. (doi:10.1016/j.appet.2019.104333)

Assessment of Overall Survival in Glioma Patients as Predicted by Metabolomic Criteria. (doi:10.3389/fonc.2019.00328)

Spatially Resolved Bioenergetic and Genetic Reprogramming Through the Brain of Rats Bearing Implanted C6 Gliomas As Detected by Multinuclear High-Resolution Magic Angle Spinning and Genomic Analysis. (doi:10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00130)

Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging. (doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7531-0_6)

Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI in Small Animals. (doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7531-0_3)

Functional Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging. (doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7531-0_9)

Oxygenation Imaging by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods. (doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7531-0_18)

fDWI Evaluation of Hypothalamic Appetite Regulation Pathways in Mice Genetically Deficient in Leptin or Neuropeptide Y. (doi:10.1007/s11064-015-1596-z)

Image guided drug release from pH-sensitive Ion channel-functionalized stealth liposomes into an in vivo glioblastoma model. (doi:10.1016/j.nano.2015.03.014)

Multiparametric magnetic resonance in the assessment of the gender differences in a high-grade glioma rat model. (doi:10.1186/s13550-014-0044-4)

Blocking NMDA receptors delays death in rats with acute liver failure by dual protective mechanisms in kidney and brain. (doi:10.1007/s12017-013-8283-5)

Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of tumour growth and neovasculature performance in vivo reveals Grb7 as a novel antiangiogenic target. (doi:10.1002/nbm.2918)

Hypothalamic metabolic compartmentation during appetite regulation as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy methods. (doi:10.3389/fnene.2013.00006)

Tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells used as vehicles for anti-tumor therapy exert different in vivo effects on migration capacity and tumor growth. (doi:10.1186/1741-7015-11-139)

Imaging hypothalamic activity using diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the mouse and human brain. (doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.09.033)

VO(dmpp)2 normalizes pre-diabetic parameters as assessed by in vivo magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. (doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2012.06.001)

Gender-dependent behavioural impairment and brain metabolites in young adult rats after short term exposure to lead acetate. (doi:10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.01.012)

MR imaging features of high-grade gliomas in murine models: how they compare with human disease, reflect tumor biology, and play a role in preclinical trials. (doi:10.3174/ajnr.A2959)

Involvement of Cot activity in the proliferation of ALCL lymphoma cells. (doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.06.157)

Dendritic MRI contrast agents: an efficient prelabeling approach based on CuAAC. (doi:10.1021/bm2004466)

Environmentally sensitive paramagnetic and diamagnetic contrast agents for nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy. (doi:10.2174/156802611793611904)

Alterations of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the brain of rats chronically exposed to lead acetate. (doi:10.1016/j.tox.2010.12.009)

Brain region-selective mechanisms contribute to the progression of cerebral alterations in acute liver failure in rats. (doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2010.10.043)

Quantitative (1) H MR spectroscopic imaging of the prostate gland using LCModel and a dedicated basis-set: correlation with histologic findings. (doi:10.1002/mrm.22631)

Imaging tumor hypoxia by magnetic resonance methods. (doi:10.1002/nbm.1558)

Engineering biofunctional magnetic nanoparticles for biotechnological applications. (doi:10.1039/c0nr00104j)

Nanotubular paramagnetic probes as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging based on the diffusion tensor. (doi:10.1002/anie.200906415)

Redox dependence and compartmentation of [13C]pyruvate in the brain of deuterated rats bearing implanted C6 gliomas. (doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05935.x)

Sources of hepatic triglyceride accumulation during high-fat feeding in the healthy rat. (doi:10.1002/nbm.1327)

COX2 expression and Erk1/Erk2 activity mediate Cot-induced cell migration. (doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.05.008)

Gd(III)-EPTPAC16, a new self-assembling potential liver MRI contrast agent: in vitro characterization and in vivo animal imaging studies. (doi:10.1002/nbm.1194)

Magnetic resonance analysis of the effects of acute ammonia intoxication on rat brain. Role of NMDA receptors. (doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04878.x)

Novel generation of pH indicators for proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging. (doi:10.1021/jm070044j)

Serial in vivo spectroscopic nuclear magnetic resonance imaging of lactate and extracellular pH in rat gliomas shows redistribution of protons away from sites of glycolysis. (doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-3459)

Time course of early metabolic changes following diffuse traumatic brain injury in rats as detected by (1)H NMR spectroscopy. (doi:10.1089/neu.2006.0190)

Targeting of lanthanide(III) chelates of DOTA-type glycoconjugates to the hepatic asyaloglycoprotein receptor: cell internalization and animal imaging studies. (doi:10.1002/cmmi.111)

In vitro characterization of an Fe(8) cluster as potential MRI contrast agent. (doi:10.1002/nbm.959)

A novel series of complexones with bis- or biazole structure as mixed ligands of paramagnetic contrast agents for MRI.  (doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2003.07.002)

The COOH-terminal domain of wild-type Cot regulates its stability and kinase specific activity. (doi:10.1128/MCB.23.20.7377-7390.2003)