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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Molecular and Cellular Neurology and Neuropathology |
| Keywords | Plasticity, Neuron anatomy, Hippocampus, Brain damage, Adult neurogenesis |
| Honours and awards | 2025: President of the Club Alumni Alexander von Humboldt México 2024: Fulbright-García Robles, Comisión México-Estados Unidos evaluation board for PhD fellowships 2024: President of the organizing board for 5o Congreso Nacional de la Rama de Neurobiología, Sociedad Mexicana de Bioquímica 2023: Vicepresident of the Club Alumni Alexander von Humboldt México 2020: Fulbright-García Robles, Comisión México-Estados Unidos evaluation board for PhD fellowships 2018: Georg Forster fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung 2017: Member of the organizing board for 2o Congreso Nacional de la Rama de Neurobiología, Sociedad Mexicana de Bioquímica 2016: Coordination of a “Kleine Seminar DAAD Alumni” 2016: DAAD evaluation board for PhD and postdoc fellowships 2016: DAAD-CONACyT evaluation board for PhD and postdoc fellowships 2016: Fulbright-García Robles, Comisión México-Estados Unidos evaluation board for PhD fellowships 2016: Member of the organizing board for 1er Congreso Nacional de la Rama de Neurobiología, Sociedad Mexicana de Bioquímica 2016: Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI-II) 2014: Scholarship to attend the 22nd Jerusalem School in life Sciences “Frontiers in Neuroscience”. Universidad Hebrea de Jerusalem. 2012: Fulbright-García Robles, Comisión México-Estados Unidos evaluation board for fellowships 2004: Alfonso caso award for best PhD thesis in Biomedical Science 2004: PhD obtained with honours from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM 2004: Silanes award for best PhD thesis from Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas 2003: Silanes award for best PhD publication: Zepeda, A*., Vaca, L., Arias, C., Sengpiel, F. (2003) Reorganization of Visual Cortical Maps After Focal Ischemic Lesions. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 23(7): 811-820 1998: DAAD Scholarship to follow PhD studies 1998: Member of the Graduierten Kollege “Sensomotorik Interaktion der Systemen” Ludwig Maximilian Universität 1997: BSc obtained with honours from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM |
Current contact address
| Country | Mexico |
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| City | Ciudad de Mexico |
| Institution | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) |
| Institute | Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Deller | Anatomie I - Klinische Neuroanatomie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/08/2018 |
Programme(s)
| 2017 | Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2025 | ) Aguilar-Arredondo, A; Zepeda A*: A critical opinion on adult endogenous neurogenesis as a brain repair mechanism after traumatic brain injury.. In: Front Behav Neurosci, 2025, |
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| 2025 | Barón-Mendoza I, Márquez LA, González-Arenas A, Guzmán-Condado J, Martínez-Rojas VA, Anguiano-Buenfil J, Mejía-Hernández M, Almazán JL, Pérez-Martínez L, Pedraza-Alva G, Galván EJ*, Zepeda A*. Single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis accurately predicts multiple impairments in hippocampal activity and memory performance in a murine model of idiopathic autism. In: Sci Rep, 2025, |
| 2024 | Barón-Mendoza I, Mejía-Hernández M, Hernández-Mercado K, Guzmán-Condado J, Zepeda A*, González-Arenas A*. Altered hippocampal neurogenesis in a mouse model of autism revealed by genetic polymorphisms and by atypical development of newborn neurons.. In: Sci Rep;, 2024, |
| 2024 | Jungenitz, T; Frey, L; Kirscht S; Scwarzacher SWS; Zepeda A.*: Hippocampal damage through foreign body placement in organotypic cultures leads to plastic responses in newly born granule cells. . In: Neural Regeneration Research. , 2024, |
| 2024 | Galván, EJ and Zepeda, A*: The impact of maternal immune activation on the morphology and electrophysiological properties of postnatally-born neurons in the offspring . In: Neural Reg Res, 2024, 399-400. |
| 2023 | González-Alfonso, WL; Petrosyan, P; Hernández-Mercado K; Del Razo LM; Sanchez-Peña LC; Zepeda, A; Gonsebatt, ME.: Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic and fluoride induces redox imbalances, inhibits the transsulfuration pathway, and alters glutamate receptor expression in the brain, resulting in memory impairment in adult male mouse offspring. In: Arch Toxicol, 2023, 2371-2383 |
| 2022 | Hernández Mercado K, Martínez Moreno A, Rodríguez Durán LF, Escobar ML* and Zepeda A* Progression in Time of Dentate Gyrus Granule Cell Layer Widening due to Excitotoxicity Occurs along In Vivo LTP Reinstatement and Contextual Fear Memory. In: Neural Plasticity, 2022, |
| 2022 | Zepeda A*, Encinas-Pérez JM, Urbán N: Editorial: Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis as Potential Contributors to Neurorepair After Brain Damage. . In: Front Neuroscience. , 2022, |
| 2022 | Hernández-Mercado, K and Zepeda, A* Morris water maze and contextual fear conditioning tasks to evaluate cognitive functions associated with adult hippocampal neurogenesis. . In: Front Neuroscience, 2022, |
| 2021 | Domínguez-Rivas, E; Ávila-Muñoz, E ; Schwarzacher, SW; Zepeda, A*.: Adult hippocampal neurogenesis in the context of lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation: A molecular, cellular and behavioral review.. In: Brain Behav Immun, 2021, 286-302. |
| 2021 | Domínguez-Rivas E., Pérez-Domínguez M., Zepeda A*. La modulación de la neurogénesis hipocampal en el contexto de la neuroinflamación inducida por lipopolisacáridos. . In: Revista Mexicana de Psicología., 2021, 45-60 |
| 2020 | Gómez-Correa G and Zepeda A: Chronic Bumetanide Infusion Alters Young Neuron Morphology in the Dentate Gyrus Without Affecting Contextual Fear Memory. In: Front. Neurosci. , 2020, |
| 2019 | Pérez-Domínguez M*, Ávila-Muñoz E, Domínguez-Rivas E, Zepeda, A. The detrimental effects of lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation on adult hippocampal neurogenesis depend on the duration of the pro-inflammatory response. In: Neural Reg Res., 2019, 817-825. |
| 2018 | Arias C, Zepeda A*. Do new neurons contribute to functional reorganization after brain damage? . In: Neural Regen Res., 2018, 2083-2084 |
| 2018 | Aguilar-Arredondo A; Zepeda A*.: Memory retrieval-induced activation of adult-born neurons generated in response to damage to the dentate gyrus. In: Brain Struct Funct , 2018, |
| 2018 | Melo-Salas MS, Pérez-Domínguez M, Zepeda A*.: Systemic Inflammation Impairs Proliferation of Hippocampal Type 2 Intermediate Precursor Cells.. In: Cell Mol Neurobiol, 2018, 1517-1528 |
| 2017 | Andrea Aguilar-Arredondo, Fernanda López-Hernández, Lizbeth García-Velázquez, Clorinda Arias and Angélica Zepeda* Behavior-Associated Neuronal Activation after Kainic Acid-Induced Hippocampal Neurotoxicity is Modulated in Time. In: Anatomical Record, 2017, 425-432 |
| 2017 | Pérez-Domínguez M, Tovar-Y-Romo LB, Zepeda A* Neuroinflammation and physical exercise as modulators of adult hippocampal neural precursor cell behavior. In: Rev Neurosci. , 2017, |
| 2015 | Aguilar-Arredondo, A; Arias, C; Zepeda, A*. Evaluating the functional state of adult-born neurons in the adult dentate gyrus of the hippocampus: from birth to functional integration.. In: Rev Neurosci., 2015, 269-79 |
| 2013 | Abril Ortiz-Matamoros, Pamela Salcedo-Tello, Evangelina Muñoz-Avila, Angélica Zepeda and Clorinda Aria: Role of Wnt signaling in the control of adult hippocampal functioning in health and disease: therapeutic implications . In: Current Neuropharamacology., 2013, 456-476 |
| 2013 | Zepeda A*, Aguilar-Arredondo A, Michel G, Ramos-Languren LE, Escobar ML, AriasC. Functional recovery of the dentate gyrus after a focal lesion is accompanied by structural reorganization in the adult rat. In: Brain Struct Funct., 2013, 437-53 |
| 2012 | Liquitaya-Montiel A, Aguilar-Arredondo A, Arias C, Zepeda A*. Insulin Growth Factor-1 Promotes Functional Recovery after a Focal Lesion in the Dentate Gyrus. In: CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets , 2012, 818-28 |
| 2009 | Luis B Tovar-y-Romo; Luz Diana Santa-Cruz; Angélica Zepeda; R. Tapia Chronic elevation of extracellular glutamate due to transport blockade is innocuous for spinal motoneurons in vivo. In: Neurochemistry International, 2009, 186-91 |
| 2009 | Angélica Zepeda*, Gabriela Michel, Andrea Aguilar-Arredondo, Clorinda Arias Neurogenesis after brain stroke: Is there a relationship with functional recovery?. In: Current Trends in Neurol , 2009, 33 - 44 |
| 2009 | Clorinda Arias; Angélica Zepeda; Karina Hernández-Ortega; Perla Leal-Galicia; Cinthia Lojero; Ignacio Camacho: Sex and estrous cycle-dependent differences in glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity in the adult rat hippocampu. In: Horm Behav., 2009, 257-63 |
| 2007 | Tovar-y-Romo, L., Zepeda, A., Tapia, R. Vascular endothelial growth factor prevents paralysis and motoneuron death in a rat model of excitotoxic spinal cord neurodegeneration.. In: J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. , 2007, 913-22 |
| 2004 | Zepeda, A., Sengpiel, F., Guagnelli, MA., Vaca, L., Arias, C.: Functional reorganization of visual cortex maps after ischemic lesions is accompanied by changes in expression of cytoskeletal proteins and NMDA and GABA(A) receptor subunits. . In: J Neurosci,, 24, 2004, 1812-21 |
| 2004 | Zepeda, A., Arias, C., Sengpiel, F. Optical imaging of intrinsic signals: recent developments in the methodology and its applications.. In: J Neurosci Methods, 136, 2004, 1-21 |
| 2003 | Zepeda, A*., Vaca, L., Arias, C., Sengpiel, F.: Reorganization of Visual Cortical Maps After Focal Ischemic Lesions. . In: J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 23, 2003, 811-820 |
| 1999 | Zepeda, A*, Montiel, T. y Brailowsky, S. Functional recovery from cortical hemiplegia in the rat: effects of a callosotomy. In: J Neurotrauma, 16, 1999, 267-271 |