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Our most meaningful publications

  • Diniz GB, Bittencourt JC. The Melanin-Concentrating Hormone as an Integrative Peptide Driving Motivated Behaviors. Front Syst Neurosci. 2017;11:32. Published 2017 May 29. doi:10.3389/fnsys.2017.00032
  • Rondini TA, Donato J Jr, Rodrigues Bde C, Bittencourt JC, Elias CF. Chemical identity and connections of medial preoptic area neurons expressing melanin-concentrating hormone during lactation. J Chem Neuroanat. 2010;39(1):51-62. doi:10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.10.005
  • Ferreira JGP, Duarte JCG, Diniz GB, Bittencourt JC. Litter size determines the number of melanin-concentrating hormone neurons in the medial preoptic area of Sprague Dawley lactating dams. Physiol Behav. 2017;181:75-79. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.08.028
  • Diniz GB, Battagello DS, Cherubini PM, et al. Melanin-concentrating hormone peptidergic system: Comparative morphology between muroid species. J Comp Neurol. 2019;527(18):2973-3001. doi:10.1002/cne.24723

Professor Jackson Cioni Bittencourt's most cited publications

  • Bittencourt JC, Presse F, Arias C, et al. The melanin-concentrating hormone system of the rat brain: an immuno- and hybridization histochemical characterization. J Comp Neurol. 1992;319(2):218-245. doi.org/10.1002/cne.903190204
  • Vaughan J, Donaldson C, Bittencourt J, et al. Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor. Nature. 1995;378(6554):287-292. doi.org/10.1038/378287a0
  • Van Pett K, Viau V, Bittencourt JC, et al. Distribution of mRNAs encoding CRF receptors in brain and pituitary of rat and mouse. J Comp Neurol. 2000;428(2):191-212. doi.org/10.1002/1096-986

Professor Luciane Valéria Sita's most cited publications

  • Donato J Jr, Silva RJ, Sita LV, et al. The ventral premammillary nucleus links fasting-induced changes in leptin levels and coordinated luteinizing hormone secretion. J Neurosci. 2009;29(16):5240-5250 doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0405-09.2009
  • Vasconcelos LA, Donaldson C, Sita LV, et al. Urocortin in the central nervous system of a primate (Cebus apella): sequencing, immunohistochemical, and hybridization histochemical characterization. J Comp Neurol. 2003;463(2):157-175.  doi.org/10.1002/cne.10742
  • Sita LV, Elias CF, Bittencourt JC. Connectivity pattern suggests that incerto-hypothalamic area belongs to the medial hypothalamic system. Neuroscience. 2007;148(4):949-969. doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.07.010

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