• openAccess   Critical evaluation of the anatomical location of the Barrington nucleus: relevance for deep brain stimulation surgery of pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus 

      Herrero Ezquerro, María Trinidad; Blanco, Lisette; Yuste Jiménez, José Enrique; Carrillo de Sauvage, María Ángeles; Gómez, Aurora; Fernández Villalba, Emiliano; Avilés Olmos, Iciar; Limousin, Patricia; Zrinzo, Ludvic Elsevier (2013)
      Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has become the standard surgical procedure for advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD). Recently, the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPN) has emerged as a potential target for DBS in patients ...
    • closedAccess   Persistent phagocytic characteristics of microglia in the substantia nigra of long-term Parkinsonian macaques 

      Barcia, Carlos; Ros Gómez, Carmen María; Ros Bernal, Francisco; Gómez, Aurora; Annese, Valentina; Carrillo de Sauvage, María Ángeles; Yuste Jiménez, José Enrique; Campuzano Brando, Carmen María; De Pablos, Vicente; Fernández Villalba, Emiliano; Herrero Ezquerro, María Trinidad Elsevier (2013-08)
      Patients with Parkinson's disease show persistent microglial activation in the areas of the brain where the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons takes place. The reason for maintaining this activated state is still unknown, ...
    • closedAccess   Potent and multiple regulatory actions of microglial glucocorticoid receptors during CNS inflammation 

      Carrillo de Sauvage, María Ángeles; Maatouk, L.; Arnoux, I.; Pasco, M.; Sanz Díez, A.; Delahaye, M.; Herrero Ezquerro, María Trinidad; Newman, T.A.; Calvo, C.F.; Audinat, E.; Tronche, F.; Vyas, S. Nature Publishing Group (2013-09)
      In CNS, glucocorticoids (GCs) activate both GC receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), whereas GR is widely expressed, the expression of MR is restricted. However, both are present in the microglia, the resident ...