!!Jesus Avila - Selected Publications

*Lucas JJ, Hernandez F, Gomez-Ramos P, Moran MA, Hen R, Avila J (2001) Decreased nuclear beta-catenin, tau hyperphosphorylation and neurodegeneration in GSK-3beta conditional transgenic mice. Embo J 20:27-39.

*Gomez de Barreda E, Perez M, Gomez Ramos P, de Cristobal J, Martin-Maestro P, Moran A, Dawson HN, Vitek MP, Lucas JJ, Hernandez F, Avila J (2010) Tau-knockout mice show reduced GSK3-induced hippocampal degeneration and learning deficits. Neurobiol Dis 37:622-629.

*Sirerol-Piquer M, Gomez-Ramos P, Hernandez F, Perez M, Moran MA, Fuster-Matanzo A, Lucas JJ, Avila J, Garcia-Verdugo JM (2010) GSK3beta overexpression induces neuronal death and a depletion of the neurogenic niches in the dentate gyrus. Hippocampus, in press.

*Diaz-Hernandez M, Gomez-Ramos A, Rubio A, Gomez-Villafuertes R, Naranjo JR, Miras-Portugal MT, Avila J (2010) Tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase promotes the neurotoxicity effect of extracellular tau. J Biol Chem 285:32539-32548. 

*Avila J (2010) Alzheimer disease: Caspases first. Nat Rev Neurol 6:587-588.
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