Dr. Mónica Montesinos
Max Planck Florida Institute
5353 Parkside Drive, Bldg. MC19-RE
Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
monica.montesinos at maxplanckflorida.org
Research Interests
- Synaptic proteins & their implication in synaptic transmission, plasticity, development & maintenance
- Active zone organization
- Recombinant viral vectors
- Imaging and quantification methods
- 3D reconstruction of calyx of Held
Publications
2011
- Monica S. Montesinos, Zuxin Chen, and Samuel M. Young, Jr. pUNISHER: A high level expression cassette for use with recombinant viral vectors for rapid and long term in vivo neuronal expression in the CNS. J Neurophysiol. 106:3230-3244. (2011)
2010
- Montesinos MS., Camacho M., Machado JD., Viveros OH., Beltrán B., Borges R.; The quantal secretion of catecholamines is impaired by the accumulation of beta-adrenoceptor antagonists into chromaffin cell vesicles. Br J Pharmacol. 2010 Apr;159(7):1548-56. Epub 2010 Mar 5.
- Díaz-Vera J., Morales YG., Hernández-Fernaud JR., Camacho M., Montesinos MS., Calegari F., Huttner WB., Borges R., Machado JD.; Chromogranin B gene ablation reduces the catecholamine cargo and decelerates exocytosis in chromaffin secretory vesicles. J Neurosci. 2010 Jan 20;30(3):950-7.
2008
- Machado JD., Montesinos MS. and Borges R.; Good practices in single-cell amperometry. Methods Mol Biol. 2008; 440: 297-313
- Montesinos MS., Machado JD., Camacho M., Díaz J., Morales YG., Alvarez de la Rosa D., Carmona E., Castañeyra A., Viveros OH., O'Connor DT, Mahata SK. and Borges R.; The Crucial Role of Chromogranins in the Storage and Exocytosis Unveiled Using Chromaffin Cells from Chromogranin A Null Mouse. J Neurosci. 2008 Mar 26; 28 (13): 3350-8.
2006
- Camacho M., Machado JD., Montesinos MS., Criado M. and Borges R. Intragranular pH rapidly modulates exocytosis in adrenal chromaffin cells. J. Neurochem. 2006 Jan, 96 (2):324-34.
2003
- Camacho M., Montesinos MS., Machado JD. and Borges R. Exocytosis as the mechanism for neural communication. A view from chromaffin cells. Rev. Neurol. 2003 Feb 15-18; 36 (4): 355-60. Review. Spanish.