Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor J Vaughan, C Donaldson, J Bittencourt, MH Perrin, K Lewis, S Sutton, ... Nature 378 (6554), 287-292, 1995 | 1732 | 1995 |
The melanin‐concentrating hormone system of the rat brain: an immuno‐and hybridization histochemical characterization JC Bittencourt, F Presse, C Arias, C Peto, J Vaughan, JL Nahon, W Vale, ... Journal of Comparative Neurology 319 (2), 218-245, 1992 | 1223 | 1992 |
Distribution of mRNAs encoding CRF receptors in brain and pituitary of rat and mouse K Van Pett, V Viau, JC Bittencourt, RKW Chan, HY Li, C Arias, GS Prins, ... Journal of Comparative Neurology 428 (2), 191-212, 2000 | 1207 | 2000 |
Dopamine: functions, signaling, and association with neurological diseases MO Klein, DS Battagello, AR Cardoso, DN Hauser, JC Bittencourt, ... Cellular and molecular neurobiology 39 (1), 31-59, 2019 | 873 | 2019 |
Urocortin expression in rat brain: evidence against a pervasive relationship of urocortin‐containing projections with targets bearing type 2 CRF receptors JC Bittencourt, J Vaughan, C Arias, RA Rissman, WW Vale, ... Journal of Comparative Neurology 415 (3), 285-312, 1999 | 408 | 1999 |
Do centrally administered neuropeptides access cognate receptors?: an analysis in the central corticotropin-releasing factor system JC Bittencourt, PE Sawchenko Journal of Neuroscience 20 (3), 1142-1156, 2000 | 389 | 2000 |
The rat melanin-concentrating hormone messenger ribonucleic acid encodes multiple putative neuropeptides coexpressed in the dorsolateral hypothalamus JL Nahon, F Presse, JC Bittencourt, PE Sawchenko, W Vale Endocrinology 125 (4), 2056-2065, 1989 | 285 | 1989 |
The Edinger‐Westphal nucleus: A historical, structural, and functional perspective on a dichotomous terminology T Kozicz, JC Bittencourt, PJ May, A Reiner, PDR Gamlin, M Palkovits, ... Journal of Comparative Neurology 519 (8), 1413-1434, 2011 | 201 | 2011 |
Inhibin β, somatostatin, and enkephalin immunoreactivities coexist in caudal medullary neurons that project to the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus PE Sawchenko, C Arias, JC Bittencourt Journal of Comparative Neurology 291 (2), 269-280, 1990 | 164 | 1990 |
Anatomical organization of the melanin-concentrating hormone peptide family in the mammalian brain JC Bittencourt General and comparative endocrinology 172 (2), 185-197, 2011 | 154 | 2011 |
The ventral premammillary nucleus links fasting-induced changes in leptin levels and coordinated luteinizing hormone secretion J Donato, RJ Silva, LV Sita, S Lee, C Lee, S Lacchini, JC Bittencourt, ... Journal of Neuroscience 29 (16), 5240-5250, 2009 | 132 | 2009 |
Hypothalamic cocaine-and amphetamine-regulated transcript neurons project to areas expressing gonadotropin releasing hormone immunoreactivity and to the anteroventral … TA Rondini, SP Baddini, LF Sousa, JC Bittencourt, CF Elias Neuroscience 125 (3), 735-748, 2004 | 110 | 2004 |
Teneurin proteins possess a carboxy terminal sequence with neuromodulatory activity L Wang, S Rotzinger, A Al Chawaf, CF Elias, D Baršytė-Lovejoy, X Qian, ... Molecular brain research 133 (2), 253-265, 2005 | 109 | 2005 |
Melanin-concentrating hormone and neuropeptide EI projections from the lateral hypothalamic area and zona incerta to the medial septal nucleus and spinal cord: a study using … JC Bittencourt, CF Elias Brain research 805 (1-2), 1-19, 1998 | 106 | 1998 |
Distribution and origins of substance P-immunoreactive projections to the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei: partial overlap with ascending catecholaminergic projections JC Bittencourt, R Benoit, PE Sawchenko Journal of chemical neuroanatomy 4 (1), 63-78, 1991 | 106 | 1991 |
Profound degeneration of wake-promoting neurons in Alzheimer's disease J Oh, RA Eser, AJ Ehrenberg, D Morales, C Petersen, J Kudlacek, ... Alzheimer's & Dementia 15 (10), 1253-1263, 2019 | 97 | 2019 |
The melanin-concentrating hormone as an integrative peptide driving motivated behaviors GB Diniz, JC Bittencourt Frontiers in systems neuroscience 11, 32, 2017 | 97 | 2017 |
Selective protection of the cerebellum against intracerebroventricular LPS is mediated by local melatonin synthesis L Pinato, S da Silveira Cruz-Machado, DG Franco, LMG Campos, ... Brain Structure and Function 220, 827-840, 2015 | 92 | 2015 |
Connectivity pattern suggests that incerto-hypothalamic area belongs to the medial hypothalamic system LV Sita, CF Elias, JC Bittencourt Neuroscience 148 (4), 949-969, 2007 | 82 | 2007 |
Urocortin in the central nervous system of a primate (Cebus apella): Sequencing, immunohistochemical, and hybridization histochemical characterization LAP Vasconcelos, C Donaldson, LV Sita, CA Casatti, CFP Lotfi, L Wang, ... Journal of Comparative Neurology 463 (2), 157-175, 2003 | 81 | 2003 |