Lorena Armijo Weingart

Coordinadora Área Neurociencia

Grados:
PhD en Ciencias biomédicas con mención en neurociencia

Publicaciones destacadas

“Changes in neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission in nucleus accumbens in a transgenic Alzheimer’s disease mouse model”. Fernandez-Perez, Eduardo J; Gallegos, Scarlet; Armijo-Weingart, Lorena; Araya, Alejandra; O.Riffo-Lepe, Nicolas; Cayuman, Francisca; Aguayo, Luis G. Science Reports; 2019. WOS. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76456-w.

“Neurotrophins induce fission of mitochondria along embryonic sensory axons”. Armijo-Weingar, Lorena; Ketschek, Andrea; Sainatah, Rajiv; Pacheco, Almudena; Smith, George M; Gallo, Gianluca. eLife; 2019. WOS. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.49494

“Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans negatively regulate the positioning of mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum to distal axons” Sainath, Rajiv; Armijo-Weingart, Lorena; Ketscheck, Andrea; Xu, Zhuxuan; Li, Shuxin; Gallo, Gianluca. Developmental neurobiology; 2017. WOS. DOI 10.1002/dneu.22535

“It takes a village to raise a branch: Cellular mechanisms of the initiation of axon collateral branches”. Armijo-Weingart, Lorena; Gallo, Gianluca. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience; 2017. Scopus. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2017.03.007.

“Daam1a mediates asymmetric habenular morphogenesis by regulating dendritic and axonal outgrowth” Colombo, Alicia; Palma Karina.; Armijo, Lorena; Mione, Marina; Signore, Iskra A; Morales Camila; Guerrero, Nestor; Meynard, Margarita M; Perez, Ramon; Suazo, Jose; Marcelain, Katherine; Briones Luis.; Haartel, Steffen; Wilson, Stephen W; Concha, Miguel L.

Proyectos destacados

“Molecular, cellular and behavioral characterization of Alzheimer disease on glycine receptors in the nucleus accumbens”, Fondecyt Postdoctorado. Lorena Armijo-Weingart, Luis Aguayo; 2021-2024. Estado: En ejecución

“Mechanism and Function of the fission of axonal mitochondria”, NIH. Gianluca Gallo, Lorena Armijo-Weingart, Andrea Ketschek; 2016-2021. Estado: Ejecutado como tesista de doctorado

“Development, evolution and interplay of Brain asymmetries in teleosts”. Fondecyt regular. Miguel Concha, Karina Palma, Lorena Armijo-Weingart; 2009-2011. Estado: Ejecutado como asistente de investigación