Publications
Batra A.*, Cuesta S.*, Bonesso Alves M, Restrepo-Lozano J.M., Giroux M., Pereira Laureano D., Brondani Mucellini Lovato A., Maidana Miguel P., Diniz Machado T., Dalle Molle R., Flores, C., Pelufo Silveira P. Relationship Between Insulin and Netrin-1/DCC Guidance Cue Pathway Regulation in the Prefrontal Cortex of Rodents Exposed to Prenatal Dietary Restriction. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2023. *Equal Contribution
Reynolds L.M., Hernandez G., MacGowan D., Popescu C., Nouel D., Cuesta S., Burke S., Savell K.E., Zhao J., Restrepo-Lozano J.M., Giroux M., Israel S., Orsini T., He S., Wodzinski M., Avramescu R.G., Pokinko M., Epelbaum J.G., Niu Z., Pantoja Urban A.H., Trudeau E., Kolb B., Day J.J, Flores, C. Amphetamine disrupts dopamine and growth in adolescence by a sex-specific mechanism in mice. Nature communications. 2023
Cuesta S*, Burdisso P, Segev A, Kourrich S, Sperandio V*. Proteobacteria alters host metabolism and modulates cocaine neurobehavioral responses. Cell Host & Microbe. 2022. *co-corresponding authors.
Martins FH, Cuesta S. Citrobacter rodentium infection at the gut-brain axis interface. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2021.
Torres-Berrío A, Morgunova A, Giroux M, Cuesta S, Nestler EJ, Flores C. miR-218 in Adolescence Predicts and Mediates Vulnerability to Stress. Biol Psychiatry. 2021.
Ellermann M, Pacheco AR, Jimenez AG, Russell RM, Cuesta S, Kumar A, Zhu W, Vale G, Martin SA, Raj P, McDonald JG, Winter SE, Sperandio V. Endocannabinoids Inhibit the Induction of Virulence in Enteric Pathogens. Cell. 2020.
Kumar A, Russell RM, Pifer R, Menezes-Garcia Z, Cuesta S, Narayanan S, MacMillan JB, Sperandio V. The Serotonin Neurotransmitter Modulates Virulence of Enteric Pathogens. Cell Host Microbe. 2020.
Cuesta S, Restrepo-Lozano JM, Popescu C, He S, Reynolds LM, Israel S, Hernandez G, Rais R, Slusher BS, Flores C. DCC-related developmental effects of abused- versus therapeutic-like amphetamine doses in adolescence. Addict Biol. 2020.
Cuesta S, Nouel D, Reynolds LM, Morgunova A, Torres-Berrío A, White A, Hernandez G, Cooper HM, Flores C. Dopamine Axon Targeting in the Nucleus Accumbens in Adolescence Requires Netrin-1. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020.
Cuesta S, Funes A, Pacchioni AM. Social Isolation in Male Rats During Adolescence Inhibits the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway in the Prefrontal Cortex and Enhances Anxiety and Cocaine-Induced Plasticity in Adulthood. Neurosci Bull. 2020.
Torres-Berrío A, Nouel D, Cuesta S, Parise EM, Restrepo-Lozano JM, Larochelle P, Nestler EJ, Flores C. MiR-218: a molecular switch and potential biomarker of susceptibility to stress. Mol Psychiatry. 2020.
Kim CS, Gatsios A, Cuesta S, Lam YC, Wei Z, Chen H, Russell RM, Shine EE, Wang R, Wyche TP, Piizzi G, Flavell RA, Palm NW, Sperandio V, Crawford JM. Characterization of Autoinducer-3 Structure and Biosynthesis in E. coli. ACS Cent Sci. 2020.
Torres-Berrio A, Cuesta S, Lopez-Guzman S, Nava-Mesa MO. Interaction Between Stress and Addiction: Contributions From Latin-American Neuroscience. Front Psychol. 2018.
Cuesta S, Restrepo-Lozano JM, Silvestrin S, Nouel D, Torres-Berrío A, Reynolds LM, Arvanitogiannis A, Flores C. Non-Contingent Exposure to Amphetamine in Adolescence Recruits miR-218 to Regulate Dcc Expression in the VTA. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2018.
Reynolds LM, Pokinko M, Torres-Berrío A, Cuesta S, Lambert LC, Del Cid Pellitero E, Wodzinski M, Manitt C, Krimpenfort P, Kolb B, Flores C. DCC Receptors Drive Prefrontal Cortex Maturation by Determining Dopamine Axon Targeting in Adolescence. Biol Psychiatry. 2018.
Cuesta S, Severin MJ, Batuecas J, Rosso SB, Pacchioni AM. Wnt/β-catenin pathway in the prefrontal cortex is required for cocaine-induced neuroadaptations. Addict Biol. 2017.
Torres-Berrío A, Lopez JP, Bagot RC, Nouel D, Dal Bo G, Cuesta S, Zhu L, Manitt C, Eng C, Cooper HM, Storch KF, Turecki G, Nestler EJ, Flores C. DCC Confers Susceptibility to Depression-like Behaviors in Humans and Mice and Is Regulated by miR-218. Biol Psychiatry. 2017.
Cuesta S, Batuecas J, Severin MJ, Funes A, Rosso SB, Pacchioni AM. Role of Wnt/β-catenin pathway in the nucleus accumbens in long-term cocaine-induced neuroplasticity: a possible novel target for addiction treatment. J Neurochem. 2017.
Cuesta S, Proietto R, García GB. Astrogliosis and HSP 70 activation in neonate rats' brain exposed to sodium metavanadate through lactation. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2013.
Cuesta S, Francés D, García GB. ROS formation and antioxidant status in brain areas of rats exposed to sodium metavanadate. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2011.