Cassandra Gastelum Lugo, MSc
Clinical Research Coordinator
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Publications (4)

Top publication keywords:
Pro-OpiomelanocortinObesityReceptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating PolypeptideArcuate Nucleus of HypothalamusTransient Receptor Potential ChannelsHomeostasisOpioid PeptidesGuinea PigsVentral Tegmental AreaDopaminergic NeuronsSex CharacteristicsEnergy MetabolismPituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating PolypeptideAnorexiaReceptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide, Type I

• Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide Inhibits A10 Dopamine Neurons and Suppresses the Binge-like Consumption of Palatable Food.
  Neuroscience 2021 Le N, Hernandez J, Gastelum C, Perez L, Vahrson I, Sayers S, Wagner EJ
• Adaptive Changes in the Central Control of Energy Homeostasis Occur in Response to Variations in Energy Status.
  International journal of molecular sciences 2021 Gastelum C, Perez L, Hernandez J, Le N, Vahrson I, Sayers S, Wagner EJ
• Nociceptin/orphanin FQ neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus and Ventral Tegmental Area Act via Nociceptin Opioid Peptide Receptor Signaling to Inhibit Proopiomelanocortin and A10 Dopamine Neurons and Thereby Modulate Ingestion of Palatable Food.
  Physiology & behavior 2020 Hernandez J, Perez L, Soto R, Le N, Gastelum C, Wagner EJ
• Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide Excites Proopiomelanocortin Neurons: Implications for the Regulation of Energy Homeostasis.
  Neuroendocrinology 2020 Chang R, Hernandez J, Gastelum C, Guadagno K, Perez L, Wagner EJ