Hector De Jesús‐Cortés

University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras — PR

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders(7), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(6), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms(4), RNA modifications and cancer(3), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments(2)

Publications20 total

Gut microbiota as a modulator of circadian neural development in the honey bee model
2025Open Access
Using the visual cliff and pole descent assays to detect binocular disruption in mice
2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Microglia enable mature perineuronal nets disassembly upon anesthetic ketamine exposure or 60-Hz light entrainment in the healthy brain
Cell Reports·2021· 145 citedOpen Access
Dissociation of functional and structural plasticity of dendritic spines during NMDAR and mGluR-dependent long-term synaptic depression in wild-type and fragile X model mice
Molecular Psychiatry·2020· 64 citedOpen Access
Correction: D-cycloserine improves synaptic transmission in an animal mode of Rett syndrome
PLoS ONE·2018Open Access
Repeated mild traumatic brain injury produces neuroinflammation, anxiety-like behaviour and impaired spatial memory in mice
Brain Injury·2017· 93 cited
D-cycloserine improves synaptic transmission in an animal mode of Rett syndrome
PLoS ONE·2017· 16 citedOpen Access
Data for article "D-cycloserine improves synaptic transmission in an animal model of Rett syndrome"
Figshare·2017Open Access
Loss of estrogen-related receptor alpha disrupts ventral-striatal synaptic function in female mice
Neuroscience·2016· 14 citedOpen Access
The Neuropsychiatric Disease-Associated Gene<i>cacna1c</i>Mediates Survival of Young Hippocampal Neurons
eNeuro·2016· 58 citedOpen Access
Cacna1c: Protecting young hippocampal neurons in the adult brain
Neurogenesis·2016· 19 citedOpen Access
Erratum: Corrigendum: Wild-type microglia do not reverse pathology in mouse models of Rett syndrome
Nature·2015· 3 citedOpen Access
Protective efficacy of P7C3-S243 in the 6-hydroxydopamine model of Parkinson's disease
npj Parkinson s Disease·2015· 48 citedOpen Access
Wild-type microglia do not reverse pathology in mouse models of Rett syndrome
Nature·2015· 201 citedOpen Access
P7C3 Neuroprotective Chemicals Block Axonal Degeneration and Preserve Function after Traumatic Brain Injury
Cell Reports·2014· 117 citedOpen Access
Discovery of a Neuroprotective Chemical, (<i>S</i>)-<i>N</i>-(3-(3,6-Dibromo-9<i>H</i>-carbazol-9-yl)-2-fluoropropyl)-6-methoxypyridin-2-amine [(−)-P7C3-S243], with Improved Druglike Properties
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry·2014· 70 citedOpen Access
CCDC 1003163: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
The Cambridge Structural Database·2014Open Access
<scp>EF</scp>hd2 is a novel amyloid protein associated with pathological tau in Alzheimer's disease
Journal of Neurochemistry·2013· 44 citedOpen Access
Neuroprotective efficacy of aminopropyl carbazoles in a mouse model of Parkinson disease
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2012· 125 citedOpen Access
Forebrain elimination of cacna1c mediates anxiety-like behavior in mice
Molecular Psychiatry·2012· 96 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Andrew A. Pieper(14), Jeremiah K. Britt(8), Anjali M. Rajadhyaksha(6), Jieqi Wang(5), Latisha McDaniel(5), Paula Huntington(5), Jacinth Naidoo(5), Joseph M. Ready(5), Ruth Starwalt(4), Lorraine Morlock(4), Noelle S. Williams(4), Zeeba D. Kabir(4), Pin Xu(3), Stephanie Tran(3), Whitney Knobbe(3), Mark F. Bear(3), Sandi Jo Estill(3), Elisa S. Na(3), Arlene Martínez-Rivera(3), Vijayashree Ramesh(3)