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LORETA MEDINA, Ph.D. Department homepage (in Spanish): http://www.um.es/dp-anatomia Research: Publications (last 10 years): Medina, L., W.J.A.J. Smeets, and L. Puelles (1994) Development of catecholaminergic systems in the brain the lizard Gallotia galloti, using antibodies against tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine. In A. Reiner and W.J.A.J. Smeets (eds.): Phylogeny and Development of the Catecholamine Systems in the CNS of Vertebrates, Cambridge Univ. Press, 361-379. Reiner, A., E.J. Karle, K.D. Anderson, and L. Medina (1994) Catecholaminergic perikarya and fibers in the avian nervous system. In A. Reiner and W.J.A.J. Smeets (eds.): Phylogeny and Development of the Catecholamine Systems in the CNS of Vertebrates, Cambridge Univ. Press, 135-181. Puelles, L., and L. Medina (1994) Development of neurons expressing tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine in the chick brain: a comparative segmental analysis. In A. Reiner and W.J.A.J. Smeets (eds.): Phylogeny and Development of the Catecholamine Systems in the CNS of Vertebrates, Cambridge Univ. Press, 381-404. Medina, L., and A. Reiner (1994) Distribution of Choline Acetyltransferase immunoreactivity in the Pigeon brain. J. Comp. Neurol. 342:497-537. Medina, L., L. Puelles, and W.J.A.J. Smeets (1994) Development of catecholamine systems in the brain of the lizard Gallotia galloti. J. Comp. Neurol. 350:41-62. Smeets, W.J.A.J., and L. Medina (1995) The efferent connections of the nucleus accumbens in the lizard Gekko gecko: a combined tract-tracing/transmitter-immunohistochemical study. Anat. Embryol. 191:73-81. Medina, L., K.D. Anderson, E.J. Karle, and A. Reiner (1995) An ultrastructural double-label immunohistochemical study of the enkephalin input to the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the pigeon. J. Comp. Neurol. 357:408-432. Reiner, A., L. Medina, G. Figueredo-Cardenas, and S. Anfinson (1995) Brainstem motoneuron pools that are selectively resistant in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis are preferentially enriched in parvalbumin: Evidence from monkey brainstem for a calcium-mediated mechanism in sporadic ALS. Exp. Neurol. 131:239-250. Medina, L., and A. Reiner (1995) Neurotransmitter organization and connectivity of the basal ganglia in different vertebrates: Implications for the evolution of the basal ganglia. Brain, Behav. Evol. 46:235-258. Medina, L., G. Figueredo-Cardenas, J.D. Rothstein, and A. Reiner (1996) Brainstem motoneuron cell groups that die in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis are rich in the GLT-1 glutamate transporter. In G. Fiskum (Ed.): Neurodegenerative Diseases ‘95: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Advances. Plenum Press, Washinton D.C., pp. 69-76. Medina, L., G. Figueredo-Cardenas, and A. Reiner (1996) Differential abunadance of superoxide dismutase in interneurons versus projection neurons and in matrix verus striosome neurons in monkey striatum. Brain Res. 708:59-70. Karle, E.J., K.D. Anderson, L. Medina, and A. Reiner (1996) Light and electron microscopic immunohistochemical study of the dopaminergic terminals in the pigeon striatum using antisera against dopamine and tyrosine hydroxylase. J. Comp. Neurol. 369:109-124. Figueredo-Cardenas, G., L. Medina, and A. Reiner (1996) Calretinin is largely localized to a unique population of striatal interneurons in rats. Brain Res. 709: 145-150. Medina, L., G. Figueredo-Cardenas, J.D. Rothstein, and A. Reiner (1996) Differential abundance of glutamate transporter subtypes in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)-vulnerable versus ALS-resistant brainstem motor cell groups. Exp. Neurol., 142:287-295. Veenman, C.L., L. Medina, and A. Reiner (1997) The avian homologues of the mammalian intralaminar, mediodorsal, and midline thalamic nuclei: Immunohistochemical and hodological evidence. Brain, Behav. Evol. 49:78-98. Medina, L., C.L. Veenman, and A. Reiner (1997) Evidence for a possible avian dorsal thalamic region comparable to the mammalian ventral anterior, ventral lateral, and oral ventroposterolateral nuclei. J. Comp. Neurol. 384: 86-108 Medina, L., and A. Reiner (1997) The efferent projections of the dorsal and ventral pallidal parts of the pigeon basal ganglia, studied with biotinylated dextran amine. Neuroscience 81:773-802. Chen, Q., C.L. Veenman, K. Knopp, Z. Yan, L. Medina, W.J. Song, D.J. Surmeier & A. Reiner (1998) Evidence for the preferential localization of GluR1 subunits of AMPA receptors to the dendritic spines of medium spiny neurons in rat striatum. Neuroscience 83:749-761. Reiner, A., L. Medina, and C.L. Veenman (1998) Structural and Functional Evolution of the Basal Ganglia in Vertebrates. Brain Res. Rev., 28:235-285. Reiner, A., M. Pereira, R. Paullus, y L. Medina (1998) Immunohistochemical localization of DARPP32 in striatal projection neurons and striatal interneurons in pigeons. J. Chem. Neuroanat., 16:17-33. Reiner, A., L. Medina, and S.N. Haber (1999) The distribution of dynorphinergic terminals in striatal target regions in comparison to the distribution of substance P-containing and enkephalinergic terminals in monkeys and humans. Neuroscience, 88:775-793. Guirado, S., M.A. Real, J.C. Dávila, and L. Medina (1999) The nucleus accumbens in the lizard Psammodromus algirus: chemoarchitecture and cortical afferent connections. J. Comp. Neurol. , 405:15-31 Medina, L., Y. Jiao, and A. Reiner (1999) The functional anatomy of the basal ganglia of birds. Eur. J. Morphol., 37:98-103.
Medina, L., and A. Reiner (2000) Do birds possess homologues of mammalian primary visual, somatosensory and motor cortices? Trends Neurosci., 23:1-12 Jiao, Y., L. Medina, C.L. Veenman, C. Toledo, L. Puelles, and A. Reiner (2000) Identification of the anterior nucleus of the ansa lenticularis in birds as the homologue of the mammalian subthalamic nucleus. J. Neurosci. 20:6998-7010. Reiner, A., C.L. Veenman, L. Medina, Y. Jiao, N. Del Mar and M. Honing (2000) Pathway tracing using dextran amines. J. Neurosci. Methods 103:23-37 Guirado, S., J.C. Dávila, M.A. Del Real and L. Medina (2000) Light and electron microscopic evidence for projections from the thalamic nucleus rotundus to targets in the basal ganglia, the anterior dorsal ventricular ridge and the amygdaloid complex in a lizard. J. Comp. Neurol. 424:216-232. Redies, C., L. Medina and L. Puelles (2001) Cadherin expression by embryonic divisions and derived gray matter structures in the telencephalon of the chicken. J. Comp. Neurol. 438 :253-285. K. Obst-Pernberg, L. Medina, and C. Redies (2001) Expression of R-cadherin and N-cadherin by cell groups and fiber tracts in developing mouse forebrain: relation to the formation of functional circuits: Neuroscience 106:505-533. González, G., L. Puelles, and L. Medina (2002) Organization of the mouse dorsal thalamus based on topology, calretinin immunostaining and gene expression. Brain Res. Bull. (Special Issue from Proc. 3rd Eur. Conf. Comp. Neurobiol.) 57 :439-442. Brox, A., B. Ferreiro, L. Puelles and L. Medina (2002) The telencephalon of the frog Xenopus based on calretinin immunosatining and gene expression patterns. Brain Res. Bull. (Special Issue from Proc. 3rd Eur. Conf. Comp. Neurobiol.) 57: 381-384. Puelles, L. and L. Medina (2002) Field homology as a way to reconcile genetic and developmental variability with adult homology. Brain Res. Bull. (Special Issue from Proc. 3rd Eur. Conf. Comp. Neurobiol.) 57: 243 -255. Redies, C., D. Kovjanic, D. Heyers, L. Medina, S. Hirano, S.T. Suzuki and L. Puelles (2002) Patch/matrix patterns of gray matter differentiation in the telencephalon of chicken and mouse. Brain Res. Bull. (Special Issue from Proc. 3rd Eur. Conf. Comp. Neurobiol.) 57: 489-493. Garda, A.L., L. Puelles, J.L.R. Rubenstein and L. Medina (2002) Expression patterns of Wnt8b and Wnt7b in the chicken embryonic brain suggests a correlation with forebrain organizers. Neuroscience 113:689-698. Puelles, L., H.J. ten Donkelaar and L. Medina (2002) Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Comparative Neurobiology: Modern Views on Brain Homologies. Brain Research Bulletin - Special Issue. Vol. 57: 237-564 (Guest editors) Brox, A., B. Ferreiro, L. Puelles, and L. Medina (2003) Expression of the genes GAD-67 and Distal-less-4 in the forebrain of the amphibian Xenopus confirms a common pattern in tetrapods. J. Comp. Neurol. 461:370-393. Medina, L. (2003) Histogenetic divisions, developmental mechanisms, and cortical evolution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 26 (5):563-564. Reiner, A., David J. Perkel, L.L. Bruce, A.B. Butler, A. Csillag, W. Kuenzel, L. Medina, G. Paxinos, T. Shimizu, M. Wild et al. (2004) Revised Nomenclature for Avian Telencephalon and Some Related Brainstem Nuclei. J. Comp. Neurol. 473:377-414. Reiner, A., David J. Perkel, L.L. Bruce, A.B. Butler, A. Csillag, W. Kuenzel, L. Medina, G. Paxinos, T. Shimizu, M. Wild et al. (2004) The Avian Brain Nomenclature Forum: Terminology for a New Century in Comparative Neuroanatomy. J. Comp. Neurol. 473: E1-E6. Medina, L., I. Legaz, G. González, F. De Castro, and L. Puelles (2004) Expression of Dbx1, Neurogenin 2, Semaphorin 5A, Cadherin 8, and Emx1 distinguish ventral and lateral pallial histogenetic divisions in the developing mouse claustroamygdaloid complex. J. Comp. Neurol. 474:504-523. Brox, A., B. Ferreiro, L. Puelles, and L. Medina (2004) Expression of the genes Emx1, Tbr1, and Eomes (Tbr2) in the telencephalon of Xenopus laevis confirms the existence of a ventral pallial division in all tetrapods. J. Comp. Neurol. 474:562-577. Legaz, I., M. García-López and L. Medina (2005) Subpallial origin of part of the calbindin-positive neurons of the claustral complex and piriform cortex. Brain Res. Bull. (special issue from the Proceedings of the 4ECCN) (in press) Medina, L., A. Brox, I. Legaz, M. García-López and L. Puelles (2005) Expression patterns of developmental regulatory genes show comparable divisions in the telencephalon of Xenopus and mouse: insights into the evolution of the tetrapod forebrain. Brain Res. Bull. (special issue from the Proceedings of the 4ECCN) (in press) Dávila, J.C., M.A. Real, L. Olmos, I. Legaz, L. Medina and S. Guirado (2005) Embryonic and postnatal development of GABA, calbindin, calretinin, and parvalbumin in the mouse claustral complex. J. Comp. Neurol. 481:42-57.
Isabel Legaz, Luis Olmos, M. Ángeles Real, Salvador Guirado,
José Carlos Dávila and Loreta Medina (2005) Development
of neurons and fibers containing calcium-binding proteins in the pallial
amygdala of mouse, with special emphasis in those of the basolateral
amygdalar complex. J. Comp. Neurol. (accepted, in revision) |
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