Montserrat Navarro

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — United States

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Regulation of Appetite and Obesity(35), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques(31), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior(21), Stress Responses and Cortisol(15), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism(15)

Publications89 total

Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Modulates Binge-Like Ethanol Drinking in a Sex-Dependent Manner: Impact of Amygdala Deletion and Inhibition of a Central Amygdala to Lateral Hypothalamus Circuit
UNC Libraries·2024Open Access
Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Modulates Binge-Like Ethanol Drinking in a Sex-Dependent Manner: Impact of Amygdala Deletion and Inhibition of a Central Amygdala to Lateral Hypothalamus Circuit
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science·2024· 12 citedOpen Access
Insula Dynorphin and Kappa Opioid Receptor Systems Regulate Alcohol Drinking in a Sex-Specific Manner in Mice.
UNC Libraries·2024Open Access
The kappa opioid receptor modulates GABA neuron excitability and synaptic transmission in midbrain projections from the insular cortex
UNC Libraries·2024Open Access
Distinct and Overlapping Patterns of Acute Ethanol-Induced C-Fos Activation in Two Inbred Replicate Lines of Mice Selected for Drinking to High Blood Ethanol Concentrations
UNC Libraries·2024Open Access
Inhibiting CRF Projections from the Central Amygdala to Lateral Hypothalamus and Amygdala Deletion of CRF Alters Binge-Like Ethanol Drinking in a Sex-Dependent Manner
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Chemogenetic inhibition of locus coeruleus to rostromedial tegmental nucleus noradrenergic pathway increases light cycle ethanol drinking in male and female mice and blunts ethanol-induced CTA
Neuropharmacology·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Insula Dynorphin and Kappa Opioid Receptor Systems Regulate Alcohol Drinking in a Sex-Specific Manner in Mice
Journal of Neuroscience·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Insula dynorphin and kappa opioid receptor systems regulate alcohol drinking in a sex-specific manner in mice
2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Activation of locus coeruleus to rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg) noradrenergic pathway blunts binge-like ethanol drinking and induces aversive responses in mice
Neuropharmacology·2021· 38 citedOpen Access
Lateral hypothalamus-projecting noradrenergic locus coeruleus pathway modulates binge-like ethanol drinking in male and female TH-ires-cre mice
Neuropharmacology·2021· 29 citedOpen Access
Central Neuropeptide Y Modulates Binge-Like Ethanol Drinking in C57BL/6J Mice via Y1 and Y2 Receptors
UNC Libraries·2021Open Access
Evidence that Melanocortin Receptor Agonist Melanotan-II Synergistically Augments the Ability of Naltrexone to Blunt Binge-Like Ethanol Intake in Male C57BL/6J Mice
UNC Libraries·2021Open Access
Distinct and Overlapping Patterns of Acute Ethanol-Induced C-Fos Activation in Two Inbred Replicate Lines of Mice Selected for Drinking to High Blood Ethanol Concentrations
Brain Sciences·2020· 22 citedOpen Access
Reduction in repeated ethanol-withdrawal-induced anxiety-like behavior by site-selective injections of 5-HT1A and 5-HT2C ligands
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Adolescent binge-like ethanol exposure reduces basal α-MSH expression in the hypothalamus and the amygdala of adult rats
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
CRF-1 Antagonist and CRF-2 Agonist Decrease Binge-Like Ethanol Drinking in C57BL/6J Mice Independent of the HPA Axis
UNC Libraries·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Prior Multiple Ethanol Withdrawals Enhance Stress-Induced Anxiety-Like Behavior: Inhibition by CRF1- and Benzodiazepine-Receptor Antagonists and a 5-HT1a-Receptor Agonist
UNC Libraries·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
The protective effects of the melanocortin receptor (MCR) agonist, melanotan-II (MTII), against binge-like ethanol drinking are facilitated by deletion of the MC3 receptor in mice
UNC Libraries·2020Open Access
Repeated Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or Cytokine Treatments Sensitize Ethanol Withdrawal-Induced Anxiety-Like Behavior
UNC Libraries·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Todd E. Thiele(35), Inmaculada Cubero(20), Francisca Carvajal(11), Darin J. Knapp(10), Thomas L. Kash(9), José Manuel Lerma-Cabrera(9), George R. Breese(8), Jeffrey J. Olney(6), Nathan W. Burnham(5), Emily G. Lowery‐Gionta(5), Jennifer A. Rinker(5), Gretchen M. Sprow(5), David H. Overstreet(5), Kristen E. Pleil(4), Robert A. Angel(4), Ana Paula Segantine Dornellas(4), Christopher M. Mazzone(3), Benjamin R. Cox(3), Jon R. Fee(3), Kendall L. Luhn(3)