RCID: 691071
Link to this profile: http://www.researchcrossroads.org/researchers/691071

Joseph Luis Nunez
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY


Department
Neuroscience
Website

Degrees
BS (Biological Sciences) - University of California, Irvine
PhD (Neuroscience) - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Interests
Developmental Neuroscience
Neuroendocrinology
Early Brain Injury

All Funding
$ 788,855


Grants (Principal Investigator)

Grants for which Joseph Luis Nunez acted as the principal investigator (includes data since 1992)
Title/Granting Organization
Fiscal Years
Total Funding
Novel Gaba Actions On The Developing Brain
    National Institute of Mental Health(NIMH)2004 - 2008$ 694,603
Minority Predoctoral Fellowship Program--nigms
    National Institute of General Medical Sciences(NIGMS)1994 - 1999$ 94,252


Publications


1) McClean, J., Nuñez, J.L. (In press) 17α-estradiol is neuroprotective in male and female rats in a model of early brain injury. Experimental Neurology

2) Nuñez, J.L., Yang, Z., Jiang, Y., Grandys, T., Mark, I., Levison, S.W. (In press) 17β-Estradiol protects the neonatal brain from hypoxia-ischemia. Experimental Neurology

3) Nuñez, J.L., McCarthy, M.M. (2007) Evidence for an extended duration of GABA-mediated excitation in the developing male versus female hippocampus. Developmental Neurobiology

4) Hilton G.D., Nuñez, J.L., Bambrick, L.L., Thompson, S.M., McCarthy M.M. (2006)
Glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity in neonatal hippocampal neurons is mediated by
mGluR-induced release of Ca2+ from intracellular stores and is prevented by estradiol.
European Journal of Neuroscience 24: 3008-3016.

5) Hilton, G.D., Ndubuizu, A., Nuñez, J.L., McCarthy, M.M. (2005) Simultaneous glutamate and GABAA receptor agonist administration increases calbindin levels and prevents hippocampal damage induced by either agent alone in a model of perinatal brain injury. Developmental Brain Research 159: 99-111.

6) Nuñez, J.L., Bambrick, L.L., Krueger, B.K., McCarthy, M.M. (2005) Prolongation
and enhancement of GABAA receptor mediated excitation by chronic treatment with
estradiol in developing rat hippocampal neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience
21:3251-3261.

7) Brazel, C.Y. Nuñez, J.L., Yang, Z., Levison, S.W. (2005) Glutamate enhances survival
and proliferation of neural progenitors derived from the subventricular zone.
Neuroscience 131: 55-65.

8) Nuñez, J.L., McCarthy, M.M. (2004) Cell death in the rat hippocampus in a model of
prenatal brain injury: time course and expression of death-related proteins. Neuroscience
129: 393-402.

9) Nuñez, J.L., McCarthy, M.M. (2003) Sex differences and hormonal effects in a model of
preterm infant brain injury. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Conference
on the Roots of Mental Illness in Children. 1008: 281-284.

10) Nuñez, J.L., Huppenbauer, C.B., McAbee, M.M., Juraska, J.M., DonCarlos, L.L. (2003) Androgen receptor expression in the developing male and female rat cerebral
cortex. Journal of Neurobiology 56: 293-302.

11) Nuñez, J.L., McCarthy, M.M. (2003) Estradiol exacerbates hippocampal damage in a
model of preterm infant brain injury. Endocrinology 144: 2350-2359.

12) Nuñez, J.L., Alt, J.J., McCarthy, M.M. (2003) A new model for prenatal brain damage: I.
GABAA receptor activation induces cell death in developing rat hippocampus.
Experimental Neurology 181: 258-269.

13) Nuñez, J.L., Alt, J.J., McCarthy, M.M. (2003) A novel model for prenatal brain damage: II. Long-term deficits in hippocampal cell number and hippocampal-dependent
behavior following neonatal GABAA receptor activation. Experimental Neurology 181:
270-280.

14) Hilton, G.D., Nuñez, J.L., McCarthy, M.M. (2003) Kainic acid induced excitotoxicity in
the developing rat hippocampus: effect of sex and estradiol. Neuroscience 116: 383-
391.

15) Nuñez, J.L., Sodhi, J., Juraska, J.M. (2002) Ovarian hormones after postnatal day 20
reduce neuron number in the rat primary visual cortex. Journal of Neurobiology 52: 312-
321.

16) Mong, J.A., Nuñez, J.L., McCarthy, M.M. (2002) GABA mediates steroid-induced astrocyte differentiation in the neonatal rat hypothalamus. Joural of Neuroendocrinology.
14: 1-11.

17) Nuñez, J.L., Lauschke, D.M., Juraska, J.M. (2001) Cell death in the development of the
posterior cortex in male and female rats. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 436: 32-41.

18) Nuñez, J.L., Jurgens, H.A., Juraska, J.M. (2000) Androgens prevent cell death in the
developing rat visual cortex. Developmental Brain Research. 125: 83-88.

19) Nuñez, J.L., Juraska, J.M. (2000) Neonatal halothane affects cortical morphology.
Developmental Brain Research. 124: 121-124.

20) Nuñez, J.L., Koss, W.A., Juraska, J.M. (2000) Neonatal cryoanesthesia affects hippocampal anatomy and water maze performance in adult rats. Hormones and Behavior, 37:169-178.

21) Nuñez, J.L., Nelson, J., Pych, J.C., Kim, J.H.Y., Juraska, J.M. (2000) Myelination in the
splenium of the corpus callosum in adult male and female rats. Developmental Brain
Research, 120: 87-90.

22) Nuñez, J.L., Kim, B.Y., Juraska, J.M. (1998) Neonatal cryoanesthesia affects the
morphology of the visual cortex in the adult rat. Developmental Brain Research, 111:
89-98.

23) Nuñez, J.L., Juraska, J.M. (1998) The size of the splenium of the rat corpus callosum:
influence of hormones, sex ratio and neonatal cryoanesthesia. Developmental Psychobiology, 33:295-303.


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