Publications by Stamatina Tzanoulinou

Programming effects of peripubertal stress on spatial learning

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Cristina Marquez Vega, Stamatina Tzanoulinou

Exposure to adversity during early life can have profound influences on brain function and behavior later in life. The peripubertal period is emerging as an important time-window of susceptibility to stress, with substantial evidence documenting long-term ...

2020

Peripubertal stress-induced heightened aggression: modulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in the central amygdala and normalization by mifepristone treatment

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Stamatina Tzanoulinou, Vandana Veenit, Olivia Zanoletti, Jocelin Grosse, Orbicia Riccio Wicht

Despite the enormous negative impact of excessive aggression for individuals and societies, there is a paucity of treatments. Here, using a peripubertal stress model of heightened aggression in rats, we investigated the involvement of the glucocorticoid sy ...

2019

Neuroligin-2 expression in the prefrontal cortex is involved in attention deficits induced by peripubertal stress

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Stamatina Tzanoulinou, Olivia Zanoletti, Jocelin Grosse, Orbicia Riccio Wicht

Emerging evidence indicates that attention deficits, which are frequently observed as core symptoms of neuropsychiatric disorders, may be elicited by early life stress. However, the mechanisms mediating these stress effects remain unknown. The prefrontal c ...

2016

Peripubertal stress-induced behavioral changes are associated with altered expression of genes involved in excitation and inhibition in the amygdala

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Stamatina Tzanoulinou, Orbicia Riccio Wicht

Early-life stress is a critical risk factor for developing psychopathological alterations later in life. This early adverse environment has been modeled in rats by exposure to stress during the peripubertal period-that is, corresponding to childhood and pu ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

Long-term behavioral programming induced by peripuberty stress in rats is accompanied by GABAergic-related alterations in the amygdala

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Stamatina Tzanoulinou, Vandana Veenit

Stress during childhood and adolescence is a risk factor for psychopathology. Alterations in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, have been found following stress exposure and fear experiences and are often implica ...

Public Library of Science2014

Pathogen-free husbandry conditions alleviate behavioral deficits and neurodegeneration in AD10 anti-NGF mice

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Daniel Constam, Séverine Marguerite Urfer, Stamatina Tzanoulinou

It has been suggested that systemic infection, occurring during aging and chronic neurodegenerative diseases, can evoke an immune response that aggravates the progression of neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. It has been shown that the AD11 neurodege ...

2014

Neurobiological mechanisms involved in the long-term behavioral consequences of peripuberty stress

Stamatina Tzanoulinou

EPFL2014

Increased corticosterone in peripubertal rats leads to long-lasting alterations in social exploration and aggression

Maria del Carmen Sandi Perez, Maria Isabel Cordero Campana, Stamatina Tzanoulinou, Vandana Veenit

Stress during childhood and adolescence enhances the risk of psychopathology later in life. We have previously shown that subjecting male rats to stress during the peripubertal period induces long-lasting effects on emotion and social behaviors. As cortico ...

Frontiers Research Foundation2013