Adriana A. Alcantara

Learning causes synaptogenesis, whereas motor activity causes angiogenesis, in cerebellar cortex of adult rats.

James Black, Kevin R. Isaacs, Brenda J. Anderson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1990 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Motor Learning, Muscle Function, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience +22

Exercise and the Brain: Angiogenesis in the Adult Rat Cerebellum after Vigorous Physical Activity and Motor Skill Learning

Krystyna R. Isaacs, Brenda J. Anderson, Adriana A. Alcantara et al. · Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism · 1992 · 403 citations · Full text

Motor Learning, Exercise Medicine, Brain Circulation +25

Glial hypertrophy is associated with synaptogenesis following motor‐skill learning, but not with angiogenesis following exercise

Brenda J. Anderson, Xiangchun Li, Adriana A. Alcantara et al. · Glia · 1994 · 181 citations

Localization of dopamine D2 receptors on cholinergic interneurons of the dorsal striatum and nucleus accumbens of the rat

Adriana A. Alcantara, Violeta Chen, Bruce E. Herring et al. · Brain Research · 2003 · 138 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Cholinergic Interneurons, Dorsal Striatum +14

Muscarinic m1 and m2 receptor proteins in local circuit and projection neurons of the primate striatum: Anatomical evidence for cholinergic modulation of glutamatergic prefronto‐striatal pathways

Adriana A. Alcantara, Ladislav Mrzljak, Robert L. Jakab et al. · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · 2001 · 110 citations