| Ethanol as a prodrug: brain metabolism of ethanol mediates its reinforcing effects E Karahanian, ME Quintanilla, L Tampier, M Rivera‐Meza, D Bustamante, ... Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 35 (4), 606-612, 2011 | 135 | 2011 |
| Reward and relapse: complete gene‐induced dissociation in an animal model of alcohol dependence ME Quintanilla, L Tampier, E Karahanian, M Rivera‐Meza, ... Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 36 (3), 517-522, 2012 | 51 | 2012 |
| Salsolinol, free of isosalsolinol, exerts ethanol-like motivational/sensitization effects leading to increases in ethanol intake ME Quintanilla, M Rivera-Meza, PA Berrios-Cárcamo, D Bustamante, ... Alcohol 48 (6), 551-559, 2014 | 48 | 2014 |
| Mechanism of protection against alcoholism by an alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphism: development of an animal model M Rivera-Meza, ME Quintanilla, L Tampier, CV Mura, A Sapag, Y Israel The FASEB Journal 24 (1), 266, 2010 | 47 | 2010 |
| The “first hit” toward alcohol reinforcement: role of ethanol metabolites Y Israel, ME Quintanilla, E Karahanian, M Rivera‐Meza, ... Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 39 (5), 776-786, 2015 | 46 | 2015 |
| Long‐term inhibition of ethanol intake by the administration of an aldehyde dehydrogenase‐2 (ALDH 2)‐coding lentiviral vector into the ventral tegmental area of rats E Karahanian, M Rivera‐Meza, L Tampier, ME Quintanilla, ... Addiction Biology 20 (2), 336-344, 2015 | 46 | 2015 |
| Beyond the “First Hit”: Marked Inhibition by N‐Acetyl Cysteine of Chronic Ethanol Intake But Not of Early Ethanol Intake. Parallel Effects on Ethanol‐Induced … ME Quintanilla, M Rivera‐Meza, P Berríos‐Cárcamo, C Salinas‐Luypaert, ... Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 40 (5), 1044-1051, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| (R)‐Salsolinol, a product of ethanol metabolism, stereospecifically induces behavioral sensitization and leads to excessive alcohol intake ME Quintanilla, M Rivera‐Meza, P Berríos‐Cárcamo, BK Cassels, ... Addiction Biology 21 (6), 1063-1071, 2016 | 38 | 2016 |
| The alcohol deprivation effect: marked inhibition by anticatalase gene administration into the ventral tegmental area in rats L Tampier, ME Quintanilla, E Karahanian, M Rivera‐Meza, ... Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 37 (8), 1278-1285, 2013 | 37 | 2013 |
| Gene specific modifications unravel ethanol and acetaldehyde actions Y Israel, M Rivera-Meza, E Karahanian, ME Quintanilla, L Tampier, ... Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 7, 80, 2013 | 34 | 2013 |
| Racemic salsolinol and its enantiomers act as agonists of the μ-opioid receptor by activating the Gi protein-adenylate cyclase pathway P Berríos-Cárcamo, ME Quintanilla, M Herrera-Marschitz, V Vasiliou, ... Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10, 253, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
| Fenofibrate administration reduces alcohol and saccharin intake in rats: possible effects at peripheral and central levels M Rivera-Meza, D Muñoz, E Jerez, ME Quintanilla, C Salinas-Luypaert, ... Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 11, 133, 2017 | 23 | 2017 |
| Acquisition, maintenance and relapse-like alcohol drinking: lessons from the UChB rat line Y Israel, E Karahanian, F Ezquer, P Morales, M Ezquer, M Rivera-Meza, ... Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 11, 57, 2017 | 22 | 2017 |
| Reduction of ethanol consumption in alcohol-preferring rats by dual expression gene transfer M Rivera-Meza, ME Quintanilla, L Tampier Alcohol and Alcoholism 47 (2), 102-108, 2012 | 21 | 2012 |
| Overexpression of Hyperpolarization‐Activated Cyclic Nucleotide‐Gated Channels into the Ventral Tegmental Area Increases the Rewarding Effects of Ethanol in UChB Drinking Rats M Rivera‐Meza, ME Quintanilla, D Bustamante, R Delgado, M Buscaglia, ... Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 38 (4), 911-920, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| Activation of mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) by ALDA-1 reduces both the acquisition and maintenance of ethanol intake in rats: A dual mechanism? M Rivera-Meza, D Vásquez, ME Quintanilla, D Lagos, B Rojas, ... Neuropharmacology 146, 175-183, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Silencing brain catalase expression reduces ethanol intake in developmentally-lead-exposed rats MS Mattalloni, PA Albrecht, C Salinas-Luypaert, R Deza-Ponzio, ... NeuroToxicology 70, 180-186, 2019 | 11 | 2019 |
| PPARα agonists reduce alcohol drinking: do they act in the brain or in the liver? E Karahanian, M Rivera-Meza, ME Quintanilla, D Muñoz, K Fernández, ... Alcohol and Alcoholism 50 (6), 717-718, 2015 | 11 | 2015 |
| Acetaldehyde burst protection of ADH1B* 2 against alcoholism: an additional hormesis protection against esophageal cancers following alcohol consumption? Y Israel, M Rivera‐Meza, ME Quintanilla, A Sapag, L Tampier Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 35 (5), 806-810, 2011 | 8 | 2011 |
| UFR2709, a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist, decreases ethanol intake in alcohol-preferring rats G Quiroz, R Sotomayor-Zárate, JP González-Gutierrez, F Vizcarra, ... Frontiers in Pharmacology 10, 482350, 2019 | 5 | 2019 |
