Evolutionary Developmental Neurobiology

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Ester Desfilis Barcelo

973 702 413

ester.desfilis(ELIMINAR)@udl.cat

Publications (62)

Freixes, J; Desfilis, E; Medina, L

Postnatal plasticity in the paralaminar nucleus of the pallial amygdala in juvenile swine brain

Brain Structure & Function 231 -. 06/04/2026.

[doi:10.1007/s00429-026-03106-8]

Freixes, J; Abdel-Rahman, FES; Nebbia, R; Medina, L; Desfilis, E

Postnatal plasticity in the olfactory system of the juvenile swine brain

Brain Structure & Function 230 152-152. 06/10/2025.

[doi:10.1007/s00429-025-03008-1]

Medina, L; Csillag, A

Editorial: Dopaminoceptive forebrain regions: a search for structural and functional organization underlying normal and impaired social adaptation

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 19 1694730-1694730. 22/09/2025.

[doi:10.3389/fnana.2025.1694730]

Torrijos-Saiz, LI; Freixes, J; Desfilis, E; Medina, L; Sawamoto, K; García-Verdugo, JM; Herranz-Pérez, V

Cellular Organization and Migration Pathways of the Ventricular-Subventricular Zone in the Juvenile Swine Brain (Sus scrofa domesticus)

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 533 -. 01/07/2025.

[doi:10.1002/cne.70070]

Bakker, S; ten Donkelaar, HJ; Voogd, J; Nicholson, C; Bannister, LH; Medina, L; Desfilis, E; Wullimann, MF; Meek, J; Puelles, L; Broere, CAJ; Turner, R; Cerliani, L; Glasser, MF

Rudolf Nieuwenhuys (11 June 1927-4 November 2024): a scholarly life

Brain Structure & Function 230 90-90. 08/06/2025.

[doi:10.1007/s00429-025-02953-1]

Medina, L

Fascinated by brain evolution

Brain Structure & Function 230 57-57. 26/04/2025.

[doi:10.1007/s00429-025-02920-w]

González-Alonso, A; Morales, L; Sanz, E; Medina, L; Desfilis, E

Expression of Sex-Steroid Receptors and Sex Differences of Otp Glutamatergic Neurons of the Medial Extended Amygdala

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 533 -. 01/04/2025.

[doi:10.1002/cne.70047]

Morales, L; Desfilis, E; Medina, L

Development of catecholaminergic neurons of Otp-lineage in the medial extended amygdala and related forebrain centers

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 19 1553952-1553952. 19/03/2025.

[doi:10.3389/fnana.2025.1553952]

Reiner, A; Medina, L; Abellan, A; Deng, YP; Toledo, CAB; Luksch, H; Vega-Zuniga, T; Riley, NB; Hodos, W; Karten, HJ

Neurochemistry and circuit organization of the lateral spiriform nucleus of birds: A uniquely nonmammalian direct pathway component of the basal ganglia

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 532 -. 01/05/2024.

[doi:10.1002/cne.25620]

Pross A; Metwalli AH; Abellán A; Desfilis E; Medina L

Subpopulations of corticotropin-releasing factor containing neurons and internal circuits in the chicken central extended amygdala.

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 532 -. 01/02/2024.

[doi:10.1002/cne.25569]

Metwalli AH; Pross A; Desfilis E; Abellán A; Medina L

Mapping of corticotropin-releasing factor, receptors, and binding protein mRNA in the chicken telencephalon throughout development.

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 531 1389-1424. 02/07/2023.

[doi:10.1002/cne.25517]

González-Granero S; Font E; Desfilis E; Herranz-Pérez V; García-Verdugo JM

Adult neurogenesis in the telencephalon of the lizard Podarcis liolepis.

Frontiers in Neuroscience 17 1125999-1125999. 23/02/2023.

[doi:10.3389/fnins.2023.1125999]