Fernando J. Álvarez-Cervera

Chronic caffeine consumption prevents cognitive decline from young to middle age in rats, and is associated with increased length, branching, and spine density of basal dendrites in CA1 hippocampal neurons

S. Vila-Luna, S. Cabrera-Isidoro, L. Vila-Luna et al. · Neuroscience · 2011 · 66 citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Capsaicin produces antidepressant-like effects in the forced swimming test and enhances the response of a sub-effective dose of amitriptyline in rats

Miriam E. Reyes‐Méndez, Luis Castro‐Sánchez, Adán Dagnino-Acosta et al. · Physiology & Behavior · 2018 · 34 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +12

An automated Y-maze based on a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) microcontroller for the assessment of continuous spontaneous alternation in rats

Francisco J. Heredia-López, Fernando J. Álvarez-Cervera, J. Guillermo Colli Alfaro et al. · Behavior Research Methods · 2015 · 23 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Neuroscience +10

Quinolinic acid lesions of the pedunculopontine nucleus impair sleep architecture, but not locomotion, exploration, emotionality or working memory in the rat

Nancy G. Hernández‐Chan, José L. Góngora‐Alfaro, Fernando J. Álvarez-Cervera et al. · Behavioural Brain Research · 2011 · 19 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

Clinical doses of citalopram or reboxetine differentially modulate passive and active behaviors of female Wistar rats with high or low immobility time in the forced swimming test

Ana Gisela Flores-Serrano, María Leonor Vila-Luna, Fernando J. Álvarez-Cervera et al. · Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior · 2013 · 18 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +11