Doctor en Ciencias Biomédicas (Neurociencias), Universidad de Chile, 2005, Chile
Líneas de Investigación
Aprendizaje y memoria, Sistemas de alerta, Conductas Motivadas
Publicaciones Recientes
Valdés J.L., McNaughton B.L., Fellous J.M. 2015. “Off-Line Reactivation of Experience-Dependent Neuronal Firing Patterns in the Rat Ventral Tegmental Area”. J Neurophysiol (in Press) ISSN: 0022- 3077. IF: 2.887
Velásquez N.A., Valdés J.L., Vásquez R.A., Penna M. 2015. “Lack of phonotactic preferences of female frogs and its consequences for signal evolution”. Behav Processs 4(118):76-84. ISSN: 0376-6357. IF:1.567
Torrealba F, Riveros ME, Contreras M, Valdes JL, 2012, “Histamine and Motivation”. Front Syst Neurosc 6(51):1-14, 2012. ISSN: 1662-5137
Allende-Castro C, Espina-Marchant P, Bustamante D, Rojas-Mancilla E, Neira T, Gutierrez-Hernandez MA, Esmar D, Valdes JL, Morales P, Gebicke-Haerter PJ, Herrera-Marschitz M. 2012. “Further studies on the hypothesis of PARP-1 inhibition as a strategy for lessening the long-term effects produced by perinatal asphyxia: effects of nicotinamide and theophylline on PARP-1 activity in brain and peripheral tissue: nicotinamide and theophylline on PARP-1 activity”. Neurotox Res. 2012;22:79-90. ISSN: 1029-8428. IF: 3.538
Valdés J.L., Riveros M.E., Blandina P., Farías P., Sánchez C. and Torrealba F. 2010. “The histaminergic tuberomammillary nucleus plays an essential role in motivated arousal”. Eur J Neurosci 31:2073-2085, 2010. ISSN: 1460-9568. IF: 3.181.
Torrealba F. and Valdés J.L., 2008. “The parietal association cortex of the rat”, Biol Res 41:369-377, 2008. ISSN: 0717-6287. IF: 1.480
Valdés J.L., Maldonado P., Recabarren M., Fuentes R. and Torrealba F. 2006. “The infralimbic cortical area commands the behavioral and vegetative arousal during appetitive behavior in the rat” Eur J Neurosci 23:1352-1364, 2006. ISSN: 1460-9568. IF: 3.181.