http://publicationslist.org/data/gontzal.garcia/atom.xmlGontzal García del Caño's Publications List Gontzal García del Cañohttp://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia$basepathfavicon.icoRecent additions to Gontzal García del Caño's PublicationsList.org pagehttp://publicationslist.org/publications.png2009-06-27T09:17:06Z http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid14 2008-06-22T19:36:15Z Schwannomin-interacting protein-1 isoform IQCJ-SCHIP-1 is a late component of nodes of Ranvier and axon initial segments. Axon initial segments (AISs) and nodes of Ranvier (NRs) are essential regions for saltatory conduction of the action potential along the axon. These two domains are enriched in similar multimolecular complexes, which include voltage-gated sodium channels (Na(v)), NF186 (neurofascin 186), NrCAM (neuron glia-related cell adhesion molecule), and cytoskeleton linkers ankyrin G (AnkG) and betaIV-spectr...<br/><br/>Pierre-Marie Martin, Michèle Carnaud, Gontzal Garcia del Caño, Marie Irondelle, Theano Irinopoulou, Jean-Antoine Girault, Bénédicte Dargent, Laurence Goutebroze (2008) <i>J Neurosci</i> 28: 24 6111-6117<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid11 2007-09-25T16:20:35Z Expression pattern of calcitonin gene-related peptide in the superior colliculus during postnatal development: demonstration of its intrinsic nature and possible roles. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a widespread neuropeptide with multiple central and peripheral targets. In an analysis on the expression of this peptide throughout the rat brain during postnatal development, we observed a discrepancy between results obtained by immunohistochemistry and by in situ hybridization. In the superior colliculus (SC), only the immunohistochemical signal could be...<br/><br/> Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Gontzal García-del-Caño, Jesús Canudas, Manuel Sarasa, Luis Martínez-Millán (2006) <i>J Comp Neurol</i> 494: 5 721-737<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid12 2007-09-25T16:21:11Z Organization and origin of the connection from the inferior to the superior colliculi in the rat. The inferior colliculus (IC) is the main ascending auditory relay station prior to the superior colliculus (SC). The morphology and origin of the connection from inferior to superior colliculus (I-SC) was analyzed both by anterograde and retrograde tracing. Irrespective of the subregion of the IC in which they originate, the terminal fields of these connections formed two main tiers in the SC. Whi...<br/><br/> Gontzal García-del-Caño, Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Amaya Alonso-Cabria, Luis Martínez-Millán (2006) <i>J Comp Neurol</i> 499: 5 716-731<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid10 2007-09-25T16:21:36Z Connection from the dorsal column nuclei to the superior colliculus in the rat: topographical organization and somatotopic specific plasticity in response to neonatal enucleation. Somatosensory stimuli from the body to deep and intermediate strata of the superior colliculus (SC) are relayed from the dorsal column nuclei (DCN), gracile (GrN) and cuneate (CuN). Electrophysiological studies have shown that the somatosensory representation in SC is arranged into a map-like pattern. However, there is a lack of studies confirming a morphological correlate of such an organization....<br/><br/> Gontzal García-del-Caño, Iñigo Uria, Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Luis Martínez-Millán (2004) <i>J Comp Neurol</i> 468: 3 410-424<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid9 2007-09-25T16:28:48Z Quantifying presynaptic terminals at the light microscope level in intact and deafferented central nervous structures. Quantification of presynaptic terminals often requires laborious techniques that involve tissue preparation for ultrastructural analysis. Modern preembedding immunohistochemical techniques provide a high morphological resolution at the light microscope level, thus allowing us to identify immunostained presynaptic boutons using specific antibodies. When absolute density of boutons (D(a)) is analyse...<br/><br/> Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Gontzal García-del-Caño, Luis Martínez-Millán (2002) <i>Brain Res Brain Res Protoc</i> 9: 3 165-172<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid8 2007-09-25T16:27:09Z Plastic reaction of the rat visual corticocollicular connection after contralateral retinal deafferentiation at the neonatal or adult stage: axonal growth versus reactive synaptogenesis. The effects of neonatal or adult enucleation on the final adult pattern of the rat visual corticocollicular (C-Co) connection were studied using the anterograde tracer biotinylated dextranamine 10,000 (BDA) iontophoretically injected in the primary visual cortex. In control animals, column-shaped terminal fields limited to a small portion of the collicular surface were observed. Synaptic boutons w...<br/><br/> Gontzal García-del-Caño, Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Luis Martínez-Millán (2002) <i>J Comp Neurol</i> 446: 2 166-178<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid13 2007-09-25T18:10:30Z Chronic amphetamine administration decreases D2 dopamine receptor immunostaining in the lateral habenular nucleus The effect of chronic amphetamine administration on the expression of D2dopamine receptor was immunolhistochenmically analyzed in the caudate-putamen and the lateral habenular nucleus, which are important links of the dorsal diencephalic conduction system. Significant decrease in the numbers of immunopositive neural cells was observed in both regions, suggesting that chronically administered amphe...<br/><br/> Pedro Luis Méndez, Enrique Echevarría, Gontzal García-del-Caño, G Saracíba, Oscar Casis, Luis Casis (2001) <i>Neurosci Res Comm</i> 29: 1 59-78<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid6 2007-09-25T16:32:58Z Changes of the cholinergic input to the superior colliculus following enucleation in neonatal and adult rats. The effects of neonatal and adult enucleation on the adult pattern of cholinergic inputs to the rat superior colliculus (SC) was analysed. In the superficial layers immunohistochemical labelling revealed that choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) was predominantly confined to single boutons which were almost continuously distributed throughout the rostrocaudal and lateromedial axes. In these layers a h...<br/><br/> Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Gontzal García-del-Caño, Luis Martínez-Millán (2001) <i>Brain Res</i> 898: 1 61-72<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid7 2007-09-25T16:30:44Z Plastic response of the retrospleniocollicular connection after removal of retinal inputs in neonatal rats. An anterograde tracing study. The effects of neonatal enucleation on the final adult pattern of retrospleniocollicular connection in the rat was studied using the anterograde tracer biotindextranamine 10,000 (BDA) iontophoretically injected in different anteroposterior locations of the retrosplenial cortex. Retrosplenial afferents are normally distributed in all collicular layers beneath the stratum griseum superficiale (SGS) ...<br/><br/> Gontzal García-del-Caño, Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Luis Martínez-Millán (2001) <i>Exp Brain Res</i> 138: 3 343-351<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid4 2007-09-25T16:37:21Z Morphology and topographical organization of the retrospleniocollicular connection: a pathway to relay contextual information from the environment to the superior colliculus. The retrospleniocollicular connection is of interest because it constitutes one link between the limbic system, which is considered the anatomical substrate of emotional experience, and the superior colliculus (SC), which mediates approach and avoidance behavior. The morphology, topography, and origin of the retrospleniocollicular connections were studied by using anterograde [biotinylated dextran...<br/><br/> Gontzal García-del-Caño, Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Luis Martínez-Millán (2000) <i>J Comp Neurol</i> 425: 3 393-408<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid5 2007-09-25T16:35:38Z Ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits are differentially regulated in the motoneuronal pools of the rat hypoglossal nucleus in response to axotomy. Unilateral hypoglossal nerve axotomy was used as a model to analyse immunohistochemically the expression of the GluR1, GluR2, GluR3, and GluR4 glutamate receptor subunits of the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA) subtype and the NR1 subunit of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtype in the different morphofunctional hypoglossal pools from 1 to 45 days postaxotomy. Followin...<br/><br/> Gontzal García-del-Caño, Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Manuel Sarasa, Carlos Matute, Luis Martínez-Millán (2000) <i>J Neurocytol</i> 29: 7 509-523<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid3 2007-09-25T16:39:00Z Ionotropic glutamate receptor subunit distribution on hypoglossal motoneuronal pools in the rat. The expression of ionotropic glutamate receptor subunits in the motoneuronal pools of the hypoglossal nucleus was studied using specific antibodies against subunits of the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA), kainate and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtypes. The highest numbers of intensely immunolabelled motoneurons were found in the dorsal tier and caudoventromedial part ...<br/><br/> Gontzal García-del-Caño, Luis Martínez-Millán, Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Manuel Sarasa, Carlos Matute (1999) <i>J Neurocytol</i> 28: 6 455-468<br/> http://publicationslist.org/gontzal.garcia/refid2 2007-09-25T16:40:05Z Sprouting of the visual corticocollicular terminal field after removal of contralateral retinal inputs in neonatal rabbits. The morphological changes occurring in the visual corticocollicular projection following removal of the contralateral retina (within the first 48 h of postnatal life) were studied using New Zealand rabbits. At 45-50 days after lesion, the corticocollicular terminal field was examined by anterograde transport of Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin, which was applied iontophoretically in the central ...<br/><br/> Gontzal García-del-Caño, Inmaculada Gerrikagoitia, Oscar Goñi, Luis Martínez-Millán (1997) <i>Exp Brain Res</i> 117: 3 399-410<br/>