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  1. Drospondin, a glial glycoprotein with similarities to human Reelin/F-spondin, contributes to Drosophila brain development and function

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  2. Genetic sex of enteric neurons enables ovarian relaxin to gate maternal gut plasticity

    Article • January 2026, openRxiv

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  3. The innexin 7 gap junction protein contributes to synchronized activity in the Drosophila antennal lobe and regulates olfactory function

    Article • Frontiers in Neural Circuits, April 2025, Frontiers

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  4. Kanamycin treatment in the pre-symptomatic stage of a Drosophila PD model prevents the onset of non-motor alterations

    Article • Neuropharmacology, September 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  5. Parkinsonian phenotypes induced by Synphilin-1 expression are differentially contributed by serotonergic and dopaminergic circuits and suppressed by nicotine treatment

    Article • PLOS One, March 2023, PLOS

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  6. Navigating Like a Fly: Drosophila melanogaster as a Model to Explore the Contribution of Serotonergic Neurotransmission to Spatial Navigation

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  7. Lipophorin receptors regulate mushroom body development and complex behaviors in Drosophila

    Article • BMC Biology, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  8. Autocrine/Paracrine Slit–Robo Signaling Controls Optic Lobe Development in Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, July 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  9. An Early Disturbance in Serotonergic Neurotransmission Contributes to the Onset of Parkinsonian Phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster

    Article • Cells, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  10. The Drosophila ortholog of the schizophrenia-associated CACNA1A and CACNA1B voltage-gated calcium channels regulate memory, sleep and circadian rhythms

    Article • Neurobiology of Disease, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  11. Assessing olfactory, memory, social and circadian phenotypes associated with schizophrenia in a genetic model based on Rim

    Article • Translational Psychiatry, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  12. Nicotine suppresses Parkinson’s disease like phenotypes induced by Synphilin-1 overexpression in Drosophila melanogaster by increasing tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine levels

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  13. Slit/Robo Signaling Regulates Multiple Stages of the Development of the Drosophila Motion Detection System

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, April 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Jorge M Campusano, Jimena Sierralta

  14. Studying the Contribution of Serotonin to Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Can This Fly?

    Article • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, January 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  15. Dynamic changes in serotonin and octopamine in brains of flies learning of odors

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, June 2020, Wiley

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  16. The behavioral and neurochemical characterization of a Drosophila dysbindin mutant supports the contribution of serotonin to schizophrenia negative symptoms

    Article • Neurochemistry International, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  17. Dop1R1, a type 1 dopaminergic receptor expressed in Mushroom Bodies, modulates Drosophila larval locomotion

    Article • PLOS One, February 2020, PLOS

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  18. Slit neuronal secretion coordinates optic lobe morphogenesis in Drosophila

    Article • Developmental Biology, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jorge M Campusano, Jimena Sierralta

  19. Modeling of the Binding of Octopamine and Dopamine in Insect Monoamine Transporters Reveals Structural and Electrostatic Differences

    Article • ACS Chemical Neuroscience, January 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  20. Specific Drosophila dopaminergic pathways play defined roles in behaviors

    Article • Neuroscience, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  21. Characterization of a presymptomatic stage in a Drosophila Parkinson's disease model: Unveiling dopaminergic compensatory mechanisms

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  22. Characterization of a Novel Drosophila SERT Mutant: Insights on the Contribution of the Serotonin Neural System to Behaviors

    Article • ACS Chemical Neuroscience, July 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  23. Study of the Contribution of Nicotinic Receptors to the Release of Endogenous Biogenic Amines in Drosophila Brain

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  24. Muscarinic ACh Receptors Contribute to Aversive Olfactory Learning inDrosophila

    Article • Neural Plasticity, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  25. Dopamine D1and corticotrophin-releasing hormone type-2α receptors assemble into functionally interacting complexes in living cells

    Article • British Journal of Pharmacology, December 2014, Wiley

    Dr Jorge M Campusano, Katia Gysling

  26. Serotonin Receptors Expressed in Drosophila Mushroom Bodies Differentially Modulate Larval Locomotion

    Article • PLOS One, February 2014, PLOS

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  27. Octopamine and Dopamine differentially modulate the nicotine-induced calcium response in Drosophila Mushroom Body Kenyon Cells

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  28. nAChR-induced octopamine release mediates the effect of nicotine on a startle response inDrosophila melanogaster

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  29. An NR2B-Dependent Decrease in the Expression of trkB Receptors Precedes the Disappearance of Dopaminergic Cells in Substantia Nigra in a Rat Model of Presymptomatic Parkinson's Disease

    Article • Parkinson s Disease, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  30. Intracellular Calcium Deficits in Drosophila Cholinergic Neurons Expressing Wild Type or FAD-Mutant Presenilin

    Article • PLOS One, September 2009, PLOS

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  31. NMDA receptors mediate an early up-regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in substantia nigra in a rat model of presymptomatic Parkinson's disease

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Research, August 2009, Wiley

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  32. Cav2-Type Calcium Channels Encoded by cac Regulate AP-Independent Neurotransmitter Release at Cholinergic Synapses in Adult Drosophila Brain

    Article • Journal of Neurophysiology, November 2008, American Physiological Society

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  33. Ultrastructural analysis of chemical synapses and gap junctions betweenDrosophila brain neurons in culture

    Article • Developmental Neurobiology, January 2008, Wiley

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  34. Primary Neuronal Cultures from the Brains of Late Stage Drosophila Pupae

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, May 2007, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  35. nAChR-mediated calcium responses and plasticity inDrosophila Kenyon cells

    Article • Developmental Neurobiology, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  36. Novel Alternative Splicing Predicts a Truncated Isoform of the NMDA Receptor Subunit 1 (NR1) in Embryonic Rat Brain

    Article • Neurochemical Research, April 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  37. Drosophila Mushroom Body Kenyon Cells Generate Spontaneous Calcium Transients Mediated by PLTX-Sensitive Calcium Channels

    Article • Journal of Neurophysiology, February 2005, American Physiological Society

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  38. Functional interactions between somatodendritic dopamine release, glutamate receptors and brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in mesencephalic structures of the brain

    Article • Brain Research Reviews, December 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Jorge M Campusano

  39. Modulation of dendritic release of dopamine by metabotropic glutamate receptors in rat substantia nigra

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, April 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Jorge M Campusano