Corinne Montes

Corinne was born in Oaxaca, México. She finished her undergrad studies in Psychology in 2003 and received her PhD in Biomedical Science in 2009 at the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM). She completed both degrees in the Neuroscience Group at the Faculty of Medicine supervised by Dr. Oscar Prospéro-Garcia.

Corinne has investigated sleep functions, focusing in two specific areas: sleep as promoter of neuronal survival and as promoter of memory consolidation. Moreover, during her PhD studies she worked with the endocannabinergic system and its relation with memory and reward process.

She joined Dr. Bruce L McNaughton's lab at the CCBN in July 2009. Her actual work is about the self-organization of cortico-hippocampal network in early postnatal development. She is using fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), high density electrodes arrays and voltage-sensitive dye imaging (VSDI).

Recent Publications:

  • Soria-Gómez E, Márquez-Diosdado MI, Montes-Rodríguez CJ, Estrada-González V, Prospéro-García O. (2010) Oleamide administered into the nucleusaccumbens shell regulatesf eeding behavior via CB1 and 5HT2C receptors. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 13(9): 1247-54.
  • Rueda-Orozco PE, Soria-Gómez E, Montes-Rodríguez CJ, Pérez-Morales M, Prospéro-García O. (2010) Intrahippocampal administration of anandamide increases REM sleep. Neurosci Lett 473(2):158-62.
  • Soria-Gómez E, Guzmán K, Pech-Rueda O, Montes-Rodríguez CJ, Cisneros M, Prospéro-García O. (2010) Oleoylethanolamide affects food intake and sleep-waking cycle though hypothalamic modulation. Pharmacol Res 61(5):379-84.
  • Montes-Rodríguez CJ, Alavez S, Soria-Gómez E, Rueda-Orozco PE, Guzmán K, Moran J, Prospéro-García. (2009) BCL-2 and BAX proteins expression throughout the light-dark cycle and modifications induced by sleep deprivation and rebound in adult rat brain. J of Neurosci Res 87: 1602-1609.
  • Rueda-Orozco PE, Montes-Rodríguez CJ, Soria-Gomez E, Prospéro-García O. (2008) Impairment of endocannabinoids activity in the dorsal striatum delays extinction of behavior in a procedural memory task in rats. Neuropharmacology 55: 55-62.
  • Rueda-Orozco PE, Soria-Gómez E, Montes-Rodríguez CJ, Martínez-Vargas M, Galicia O, Navarro L, Prospéro-García O. (2008) A potential function of endocannabinoids in the selection of a navigation strategy by rats. Psychopharmacology ; 198: 565-576.
  • Montes-Rodríguez CJ , Rueda-Orozco P, Urteaga-Urías E, Aguilar-Roblero R, Prospéro-García O. (2006) From neuronal recovery to the reorganization of neuronal circuits: a review of the functions of sleep . Rev Neurol 43: 409- 415. Review. Spanish.
  • Guzmán K, Guevara-Martínez M, Montes-Rodríguez CJ , Prospéro-García O. (2004) RANTES, MDC and SDF-1alpha, prevent the HIVgp120-induced food and water intake decrease in rats . Neurosci Lett 396: 50-53.
  • González-Lira B, Rueda-Orozco PE, Galicia O, Montes-Rodríguez CJ , Guzmán K, Guevara-Martínez M, Elder JH, Prospéro-García O. (2004) Nicotine prevents HIVgp120-caused electrophysiological and motor disturbances in rats. Neurosci Lett 394: 136-139.
  • Montes-Rodríguez CJ , Alavez S, Elder JH, Haro R, Moran J, Pospéro-García O. (2004) Prolonged waking reduces human immunodeficiency virus glycoprotein 120- or tumor necrosis factor alpha- induced apoptosis in the cerebral cortex of rats. Neurosci Lett 360: 133-136.