Epernicus: Cecilia M Borghese, Ph.D.

Cecilia M Borghese, Ph.D.

Position:
Research Associate

Neurobiology

Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research

University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Advisor:
R. Adron Harris
Degrees:

Ph.D., Pharmacology, National University of Cordoba (Cordoba, Argentina)
Past Advisors:

Otto Orsingher (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)
Research:

Communities:

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Cecilia Borghese's Publications (17)

Effects of acamprosate on neuronal receptors and ion channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes.
Reilly MT, Lobo IA, McCracken LM, Borghese CM, Gong D, Horishita T, Harris RA

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. 2008 Feb;32(2):188-96
Studies of ethanol actions on recombinant delta-containing gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors yield contradictory results.
Borghese CM, Harris RA

Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.). 2007 May;41(3):155-62
An isoflurane- and alcohol-insensitive mutant GABA(A) receptor alpha(1) subunit with near-normal apparent affinity for GABA: characterization in heterologous systems and production of knockin mice.
Borghese CM, Werner DF, Topf N, Baron NV, Henderson LA, Boehm SL, Blednov YA, Saad A, Dai S, Pearce RA, Harris RA, Homanics GE, Harrison NL

The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics. 2006 Oct;319(1):208-18
Knockin mice with ethanol-insensitive alpha1-containing gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors display selective alterations in behavioral responses to ethanol.
Werner DF, Blednov YA, Ariwodola OJ, Silberman Y, Logan E, Berry RB, Borghese CM, Matthews DB, Weiner JL, Harrison NL, Harris RA, Homanics GE

The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics. 2006 Oct;319(1):219-27
The delta subunit of gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors does not confer sensitivity to low concentrations of ethanol.
Borghese CM, Stórustovu S, Ebert B, Herd MB, Belelli D, Lambert JJ, Marshall G, Wafford KA, Harris RA

The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics. 2006 Mar;316(3):1360-8
Beta3-containing gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptors are not major targets for the amnesic and immobilizing actions of isoflurane.
Liao M, Sonner JM, Jurd R, Rudolph U, Borghese CM, Harris RA, Laster MJ, Eger EI

Anesthesia and analgesia. 2005 Aug;101(2):412-8, table of contents
Sites of excitatory and inhibitory actions of alcohols on neuronal alpha2beta4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
Borghese CM, Henderson LA, Bleck V, Trudell JR, Harris RA

The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics. 2003 Oct;307(1):42-52
Mutation in neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes blocks ethanol action.
Borghese CM, Wang L, Bleck V, Harris RA

Addiction biology. 2003 Sep;8(3):313-8
Inhaled drugs of abuse enhance serotonin-3 receptor function.
Lopreato GF, Phelan R, Borghese CM, Beckstead MJ, Mihic SJ

Drug and alcohol dependence. 2003 May 1;70(1):11-5
Acetylcholine and alcohol sensitivity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: mutations in transmembrane domains.
Borghese CM, Ali DN, Bleck V, Harris RA

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. 2002 Dec;26(12):1764-72
Anesthetic-induced immobility: neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are no longer in the picture.
Borghese CM, Harris RA

Anesthesia and analgesia. 2002 Sep;95(3):509-11
Does acetaldehyde mediate ethanol action in the central nervous system?
Mascia MP, Maiya R, Borghese CM, Lobo IA, Hara K, Yamakura T, Gong DH, Beckstead MJ

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. 2001 Nov;25(11):1570-5
A transmembrane site determines sensitivity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors to general anesthetics.
Yamakura T, Borghese C, Harris RA

The Journal of biological chemistry. 2000 Dec 29;275(52):40879-86
Lack of tolerance to the anxiolytic effect of diazepam and pentobarbital following chronic administration in perinatally undernourished rats.
Borghese CM, Córdoba NE, Laino CH, Orsingher OA, Rubio MC, Niselman V

Brain research bulletin. 1998 Jun;46(3):237-44
Reduced tolerance to certain pharmacological effects of ethanol after chronic administration in perinatally undernourished rats.
Cordoba NE, Borghese CM, Arolfo MP, Orsingher OA

Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior. 1997 Aug;57(4):659-63
Phosphatidylserine increases hippocampal synaptic efficacy.
Borghese CM, Gómez RA, Ramírez OA

Brain research bulletin. 1993;31(6):697-700
The learning capacity of high or low performance rats is related to the hippocampus NMDA receptors.
Keller EA, Borghese CM, Carrer HF, Ramirez OA

Brain research. 1992 Mar 27;576(1):162-4

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Cecilia M Borghese, Ph.D.

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Cecilia Borghese's Publications (17)