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Francisco Aboitiz Domínguez

Francisco Aboitiz D.

Profesor Titular
Jefe Laboratorio Neurociencia Cognitiva
Departamento de Psiquiatría
Email: faboitiz@puc.cl

FORMACIÓN

Pregrado

  • 1975 - 1983 : Biología ,  Universidad de Chile ,  Chile

Postgrado

  • 1985 - 1991 : Doctor of Philosophy in Neurosciece , Universidad de California , USA
  • 1991 - 1992 : Postdoctorado en Neurociencias , Universidad de California , USA


Actividades docentes y asistenciales (ÚLTIMOS 5 AÑOS)

2003  - a la fecha : Profesor Colaborador. Curso Neurociencia, Licenciatura en Biología. , P. Universidad Católica


2003  - a la fecha : Profesor Colaborador. Curso Bases Neurobiológicas de la Psiquiatría. Carrera de Medicina, 5º año. , P. Universidad Católica


2004  - a la fecha : Profesor Colaborador. Curso Neurofisiología. Carrera de Medicina PUC 2º año. , P. Universidad Católica


2004  - a la fecha : Introducción a la Neurociencia Cognitiva. Segundo semestre, Doctorado en Cs. Médicas. Director del curso. , P. Universidad Católica

2005 : Participación en el Diplomado en Trastornos de la Alimentación. Centro de Extensión.

    2006 Director Diplomado "Bases Biológicas y Evolutivas de la Psiquiatria"


    Publicaciones seleccionadas (ÚLTIMOS 5 AÑOS)

    2001 : Ide, A., Aboitiz, F. A sex difference in the postcentral sulcus of the human brain. Brain Research, 890: 330-332.

    2001 : Aboitiz, F. The evolution of cortical development. Trends in Neurosciences, 24: 202-203.



    2001 : Olivares, R., Montiel, J., and Aboitiz, F. Species differences and similarities in the fine structure of the mammalian corpus callosum. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 57: 98-105.



    2001 : Barrera, A., Jiménez, L., González, G.M., Montiel, J., and Aboitiz, F. Sex and Hemispheric differences in the dendritic structure of the hippocampus of middle-aged and elderly human subjects. Brain Research, 906: 31-37.


    2001 : Aboitiz, F. What determines evolutionary brain growth? Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Commentary. 24: 278-279. 

    2001 : Aboitiz, F., Morales, D., Montiel, J. The inverted neurogenetic gradient of the mammalian isocortex. Development and evolution. Brain Research Reviews, 38: 129-139.


    2002 : Aboitiz, F., Montiel, J., López, J. An hypothesis on the early volution of the development of the isocortex. Brain Research Bulletin, 57: 481-483.


    2002 : Aboitiz F, Montiel D, Morales D, Concha M. Evolutionary divergence of the reptilian and the mammalian brains. Considerations on connectivity and development. Brain Research Reviews, 39: 141-153.


    2002 : Díaz-Veliz G, Mora S, Dossi M, Gomez P, Arriagada C, Montiel J, Aboitiz F, Segura-Aguilar J. Behavioral effects of aminochrome and dopachrome injected in the rat substantia nigra. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 73: 843-850.


    2002 : Aboitiz, F, Montiel, J., López, J. Critical steps in the early evolution of isocortex. Insights from developmental biology. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 35: 1455-1472.


    2002 : Lavados, M., Carrasco, X., Peña, M., Zaidel, E., Zaidel, D.W., Aboitiz, F. A new sign of callosal disconnection syndrome: agonistic dyspraxia. A case study. Neurocase, 8: 480-483.


    2003 : Cordero ME, Valenzuela CY, Rodríguez A, Aboitiz F. Dendritic Morphology And Orientation Of Pyramidal Cells Of The Neocortex In Two Groups Of Early Postnatal Undernourished–Rehabilitated Rats. Developmental Brain Research, 142: 37-45.


    2003 : Aboitiz F, Montiel J. One hundred million years of interhemispheric communication: the history of the corpus callosum. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 36: 409-420.


    2003 : Aboitiz F, Carrasco X, Schröter C, Zaidel D, Zaidel E, Lavados M. The alien hand syndrome: classification of forms reported and discussion of a new condition. Neurological Sciences 24:252-257.


    2003 : Aboitiz F, Morales D, Montiel J. The evolutionary origin of the mammalian isocortex: towards an integrated developmental and functional approach. Target Article. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 26: 535-586.


    2004 : Díaz-Veliz G, Mora S, Gomez P, Dossi MT, Montiel J, Arriagada C, Aboitiz F, Segura-Aguilar J. Behavioral effects of manganese injected in the rat substantia nigra are potentiated by dicumarol, a DT-diaphorase inhibitor. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 77:245-251.


    2004 : Bosman C, García R, Aboitiz F. FOXP2 and the language working memory system. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8:251-252.

    2004 : Aboitiz F., Schröter C. Prelinguistic evolution and motherese: a hypothesis on theneural substrates. Commentary . Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27: 503-504.


    2004 : Carrasco, X., Castillo, S., Aravena, T., Rothhammer, P. Aboitiz, F. Williams syndrome: Pediatric, neurological and cognitive development. Pediatric Neurology. 32: 166-172.


    2004 : García R, Montiel JF, Villalón AU, Gatica MA, Aboitiz F. AChE-rich Magnopyramidal Neurons Have a Left-Right Size Asymmetry in Broca's Area. Brain Research, 1026:313-316.


    2004 : Olivares R, Godoy G, Adaro L, Aboitiz F. Densidad neuronal en la corteza visual primaria en dos especies de roedores silvestres. International Journal of Morphology, 22:279-284.


    2004 : Bosman C, Brunetti E, Aboitiz F. Schizophrenia is a disease of general connectivity more than of a specifically "social brain" network. Commentary. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27:856.


    2005 : Bosman C, López V, Aboitiz F. Sharpening Occam's razor: is there necessity of a hand-signing stage prior to vocal communication? Commentary. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28:128-129.


    2005 : Vargas A, Aboitiz F. How ancient is the adult swimming capacity in the lineage leading to euchordates?. Evolution and Development, 7:171-174.


    2005 : Inestrosa NC , Reyes AE, Chacón MA, Villalón A, Montiel J, Merabachvili G, Aldunate R, Bozinovic F, Aboitiz F. Human-Like Rodent Amyloid-b-Peptide Determines Alzheimer Pathology in Aged Wild-type Octodon degu. Neurobiology of Aging. 26, 1023-1028. 

    2005 : Aboitiz F, Schröter C. Effective callosal connectivity is also a ratio. Commentary. Current Anthropology, 46:262-263.


    2005 : Rojas D, Carmona-Fontaine C, López-Calderón J, Aboitiz F. Do discreteness and rivalry coexist in illusory motion reversals? Vision Research, 46:1155-1157.


    2005 : Aboitiz F, García,R Brunetti E, Bosman C. Imitation and memory in language origins. Neural Networks, 18:1357


    2005 : Aboitiz F, García R, Montiel J. Ancestry of the mammalian preplate and its derivatives: Evolutionary relicts or embryonic adaptations? Reviews in the Neurosciences, 16:359-376.


    2005 : Dagnino, A., Terreros G., Carmona-Fontaine C., Zepeda R., Orellana JA., Diaz-Veli G,. Mora S. and Aboitiz F. Chronic stress impairs acoustic conditioning more than visual conditioning in rats: Morphological anda behavioural evidence. Neuroscience. 135: 1067-1074


    2006 : Lopez V., Lopez J., Ortega R., Kreiter J., Carrasco X., Rothhammer P., Rothhammer F., Rosas R., Aboitiz, F. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder involves differential cortical processing in a visual spatial attention paradigm. Clinical Neurophysiology, en prensa.



    2006 : Carrasco X., Rothhammer P., Moraga M., Henríquez H., Chakraborty R., Aboitiz F. Rothhammer F. Genotipyc interaction between DRD4 and DAT1 loci is a high risk factor for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in chilean families. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B, 141B: 51-54, 2006.


    2006 : Aboitiz F, Montiel J. Origin and evolution of the vertebrate telencephalon, with special reference to the mammalian neocortex. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, in press


    2006 : Aboitiz F, García R, Bosman C, Brunetti E. Cortical memory mechanisms and language origins. Brain and Language, 98:40-56.


    2006 : Dagnino-Subiabre A, Orellana JA, Carmona-Fontaine C, Montiel J, Díaz-Velíz G, Serón-Ferré M, Wyneken U, Concha ML, Aboitiz F.Chronic Stress Decreases the Expression of Sympathetic Markers in the Pineal Gland and Increases Plasma Melatonin Concentration in Rats . Journal of Neurochemistry, 97: 1279-1287.


    2006 : Dagnino-Subiabre A, Díaz-Véliz G, Mora S, Aboitiz F. Chronic Stress Induces Up-Regulation of Brain-derived-neurotrophic-factor (BDNF) mRNA and Integrin α5 expression in the rat pineal gland. Molecular Brain Research, 1086: 27-34.


    2006 : Carrasco, X., Lopez, V., Aboitiz, F. Frontal and executive dysfunction is a central aspectof ADHD. Behavioral anda Brain Sciences. en prensa 


    Líneas de interés

    • Neurociencia Cognitiva

    • Neurobiología Comparada


    Contacto:


    • Marcoleta 391, 2 piso

    • 354 3808