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Rosa Villalba PhD

  • NND-Neuroscience
    Research Associate
  • rvillal@emory.edu

Research

Publications

  • Dysfunction of motor cortices in Parkinson's disease.
    Cereb Cortex Volume: 34
    07/03/2024 Authors: Chu H-Y; Smith Y; Lytton WW; Grafton S; Villalba R; Masilamoni G; Wichmann T
  • Ultrastructural analysis of nigrostriatal dopaminergic terminals in a knockin mouse model of DYT1 dystonia.
    Eur J Neurosci Volume: 59 Page(s): 1407 - 1427
    04/01/2024 Authors: Pan K; Jinnah HA; Hess EJ; Smith Y; Villalba RM
  • Structural Plasticity of GABAergic Pallidothalamic Terminals in MPTP-Treated Parkinsonian Monkeys: A 3D Electron Microscopic Analysis.
    eNeuro Volume: 11
    03/01/2024 Authors: Masilamoni GJ; Kelly H; Swain AJ; Pare JF; Villalba RM; Smith Y
  • Comparative Ultrastructural Analysis of Thalamocortical Innervation of the Primary Motor Cortex and Supplementary Motor Area in Control and MPTP-Treated Parkinsonian Monkeys.
    Cereb Cortex Volume: 31 Page(s): 3408 - 3425
    06/10/2021 Authors: Villalba RM; Behnke JA; Pare J-F; Smith Y
  • Ultrastructural localization of glutamate delta 1 (GluD1) receptor immunoreactivity in the mouse and monkey striatum.
    J Comp Neurol Volume: 529 Page(s): 1703 - 1718
    05/01/2021 Authors: Hoover AH; Pavuluri R; Shelkar GP; Dravid SM; Smith Y; Villalba RM
  • Striatal glutamate delta-1 receptor regulates behavioral flexibility and thalamostriatal connectivity.
    Neurobiol Dis Volume: 137 Page(s): 104746
    04/01/2020 Authors: Liu J; Shelkar GP; Gandhi PJ; Gawande DY; Hoover A; Villalba RM; Pavuluri R; Smith Y; Dravid SM
  • Thalamic degeneration in MPTP-treated Parkinsonian monkeys: impact upon glutamatergic innervation of striatal cholinergic interneurons.
    Brain Struct Funct Volume: 224 Page(s): 3321 - 3338
    12/01/2019 Authors: Villalba RM; Pare J-F; Lee S; Lee S; Smith Y
  • Striatal Interneurons in Transgenic Nonhuman Primate Model of Huntington's Disease.
    Sci Rep Volume: 9 Page(s): 3528
    03/05/2019 Authors: Lallani SB; Villalba RM; Chen Y; Smith Y; Chan AWS
  • Loss and remodeling of striatal dendritic spines in Parkinson's disease: from homeostasis to maladaptive plasticity?
    J Neural Transm (Vienna) Volume: 125 Page(s): 431 - 447
    03/01/2018 Authors: Villalba RM; Smith Y
  • Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons in a Knock-in Mouse Model of L-DOPA-Responsive Dystonia.
    Front Syst Neurosci Volume: 12 Page(s): 28
    01/01/2018 Authors: Yalcin-Cakmakli G; Rose SJ; Villalba RM; Williams L; Jinnah HA; Hess EJ; Smith Y
  • BAI1 regulates spatial learning and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus.
    J Clin Invest Volume: 125 Page(s): 1497 - 1508
    04/01/2015 Authors: Zhu D; Li C; Swanson AM; Villalba RM; Guo J; Zhang Z; Matheny S; Murakami T; Stephenson JR; Daniel S
  • Reduced cortical innervation of the subthalamic nucleus in MPTP-treated parkinsonian monkeys.
    Brain Volume: 138 Page(s): 946 - 962
    04/01/2015 Authors: Mathai A; Ma Y; Par J-F; Villalba RM; Wichmann T; Smith Y
  • Progressive cognitive deficit, motor impairment and striatal pathology in a transgenic Huntington disease monkey model from infancy to adulthood.
    PLoS One Volume: 10 Page(s): e0122335
    01/01/2015 Authors: Chan AWS; Jiang J; Chen Y; Li C; Prucha MS; Hu Y; Chi T; Moran S; Rahim T; Li S
  • Morphological changes of glutamatergic synapses in animal models of Parkinson's disease.
    Front Neuroanat Volume: 9 Page(s): 117
    01/01/2015 Authors: Villalba RM; Mathai A; Smith Y
  • Neuronal loss in the caudal intralaminar thalamic nuclei in a primate model of Parkinson's disease.
    Brain Struct Funct Volume: 219 Page(s): 381 - 394
    01/01/2014 Authors: Villalba RM; Wichmann T; Smith Y
  • The thalamostriatal system in normal and diseased states.
    Front Syst Neurosci Volume: 8 Page(s): 5
    01/01/2014 Authors: Smith Y; Galvan A; Ellender TJ; Doig N; Villalba RM; Huerta-Ocampo I; Wichmann T; Bolam JP
  • Dendrite spines plasticity in brain disorders.
    Neuroscience Volume: 251 Page(s): 1
    10/22/2013 Authors: Smith Y; Villalba RM
  • Differential striatal spine pathology in Parkinson's disease and cocaine addiction: a key role of dopamine?
    Neuroscience Volume: 251 Page(s): 2 - 20
    10/22/2013 Authors: Villalba RM; Smith Y
  • Differential structural plasticity of corticostriatal and thalamostriatal axo-spinous synapses in MPTP-treated Parkinsonian monkeys.
    J Comp Neurol Volume: 519 Page(s): 989 - 1005
    04/01/2011 Authors: Villalba RM; Smith Y
  • Neuroglial plasticity at striatal glutamatergic synapses in Parkinson's disease.
    Front Syst Neurosci Volume: 5 Page(s): 68
    01/01/2011 Authors: Villalba RM; Smith Y
  • (18)F-FECNT: validation as PET dopamine transporter ligand in parkinsonism.
    Exp Neurol Volume: 226 Page(s): 265 - 273
    12/01/2010 Authors: Masilamoni G; Votaw J; Howell L; Villalba RM; Goodman M; Voll RJ; Stehouwer J; Wichmann T; Smith Y
  • Striatal spine plasticity in Parkinson's disease.
    Front Neuroanat Volume: 4 Page(s): 133
    01/01/2010 Authors: Villalba RM; Smith Y
  • Striatal spine plasticity in Parkinson's disease: pathological or not?
    Parkinsonism Relat Disord Volume: 15 Suppl 3 Page(s): S156 - S161
    12/01/2009 Authors: Smith Y; Villalba RM; Raju DV
  • Dopaminergic denervation and spine loss in the striatum of MPTP-treated monkeys.
    Exp Neurol Volume: 215 Page(s): 220 - 227
    02/01/2009 Authors: Villalba RM; Lee H; Smith Y
  • Striatal and extrastriatal dopamine in the basal ganglia: an overview of its anatomical organization in normal and Parkinsonian brains.
    Mov Disord Volume: 23 Suppl 3 Page(s): S534 - S547
    01/01/2008 Authors: Smith Y; Villalba R
  • GABA(B) receptors in the centromedian/parafascicular thalamic nuclear complex: an ultrastructural analysis of GABA(B)R1 and GABA(B)R2 in the monkey thalamus.
    J Comp Neurol Volume: 496 Page(s): 269 - 287
    05/10/2006 Authors: Villalba RM; Raju DV; Hall RA; Smith Y
  • GABAergic modulation of the activity of globus pallidus neurons in primates: in vivo analysis of the functions of GABA receptors and GABA transporters.
    J Neurophysiol Volume: 94 Page(s): 990 - 1000
    08/01/2005 Authors: Galvan A; Villalba RM; West SM; Maidment NT; Ackerson LC; Smith Y; Wichmann T
  • Expression of GABAB receptors in magnocellular neurosecretory cells of male, virgin female and lactating rats.
    J Neuroendocrinol Volume: 17 Page(s): 413 - 423
    07/01/2005 Authors: Richards DS; Villalba RM; Alvarez FJ; Stern JE
  • Vesicular glutamate transporters in the spinal cord, with special reference to sensory primary afferent synapses.
    J Comp Neurol Volume: 472 Page(s): 257 - 280
    05/03/2004 Authors: Alvarez FJ; Villalba RM; Zerda R; Schneider SP
  • Differential distribution of metabotropic glutamate receptors 1a, 1b, and 5 in the rat spinal cord.
    J Comp Neurol Volume: 422 Page(s): 464 - 487
    07/03/2000 Authors: Alvarez FJ; Villalba RM; Carr PA; Grandes P; Somohano PM
  • C-PON immunoreactive neurons in the neostriatum of the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus): a correlated light- and electron-microscopic study.
    Cell Tissue Res Volume: 277 Page(s): 177 - 181
    07/01/1994 Authors: Villalba RM; Martnez-Murillo R; Polak JM; Rodrigo J
  • High ammonia diet: its effect on the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).
    Neurochem Res Volume: 18 Page(s): 971 - 975
    09/01/1993 Authors: Bodega G; Surez I; Boyano MC; Rubio M; Villalba RM; Arilla E; Gonzlez-Guijarro L; Fernndez B
  • Presence of C-flanking peptide of neuropeptide Y(C-PON)-immunoreactive neurons in the olfactory cortex of the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus).
    Neurosci Lett Volume: 158 Page(s): 109 - 112
    08/06/1993 Authors: Villalba RM; Rodrigo J; Martnez-Murillo R
  • Astroglial pattern in the spinal cord of the adult barbel (Barbus comiza).
    Anat Embryol (Berl) Volume: 187 Page(s): 385 - 398
    04/01/1993 Authors: Bodega G; Surez I; Rubio M; Villalba RM; Fernndez B
  • Effects of experimentally induced hyperammonemia on glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in the rhombencephalon of goldfish (Carassius auratus L.).
    Neurosci Res Volume: 16 Page(s): 59 - 64
    01/01/1993 Authors: Rubio M; Bodega G; Surez I; Villalba RM; Fernndez B
  • Hyperammonemia induces transient GFAP immunoreactivity changes in goldfish spinal cord (Carassius auratus L.).
    Neurosci Res Volume: 13 Page(s): 217 - 225
    04/01/1992 Authors: Bodega G; Surez I; Rubio M; Villalba RM; Fernndez B
  • Different response of astrocytes and Bergmann glial cells to portacaval shunt: an immunohistochemical study in the rat cerebellum.
    Glia Volume: 6 Page(s): 172 - 179
    01/01/1992 Authors: Surez I; Bodega G; Arilla E; Rubio M; Villalba R; Fernndez B
  • Immunocytochemical localization of cholinergic terminals in the region of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis of the rat: a correlated light and electron microscopic study.
    Neuroscience Volume: 36 Page(s): 361 - 376
    01/01/1990 Authors: Martinez-Murillo R; Villalba RM; Rodrigo J
  • Light and electron microscopic study of galanin-immunoreactive nerve fibers in the rat posterior thalamus.
    J Comp Neurol Volume: 283 Page(s): 1 - 12
    05/01/1989 Authors: Blasco I; Alvarez FJ; Villalba RM; Solano ML; Martnez-Murillo R; Rodrigo J
  • Cholinergic somata and terminals in the rat substantia nigra: an immunocytochemical study with optical and electron microscopic techniques.
    J Comp Neurol Volume: 281 Page(s): 397 - 415
    03/15/1989 Authors: Martnez-Murillo R; Villalba R; Montero-Caballero MI; Rodrigo J
  • Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-immunoreactive neurons in the main olfactory bulb of the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus).
    Neurosci Lett Volume: 98 Page(s): 19 - 24
    03/13/1989 Authors: Lpez-Mascaraque L; Villalba RM; de Carlos JA
  • Electron microscopic localization of cholinergic terminals in the rat substantia nigra: an immunocytochemical study.
    Neurosci Lett Volume: 96 Page(s): 121 - 126
    01/16/1989 Authors: Martnez-Murillo R; Villalba RM; Rodrigo J
  • Localization of C-PON immunoreactivity in the rat main olfactory bulb. Demonstration that the population of neurons containing endogenous C-PON display NADPH-diaphorase activity.
    Neuroscience Volume: 33 Page(s): 373 - 382
    01/01/1989 Authors: Villalba RM; Rodrigo J; Alvarez FJ; Achaval M; Martinez-Murillo R
  • Immunocytochemical analysis of calcitonin gene-related peptide and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in Merkel cells and cutaneous free nerve endings of cats.
    Cell Tissue Res Volume: 254 Page(s): 429 - 437
    11/01/1988 Authors: Alvarez FJ; Cervantes C; Villalba R; Blasco I; Martnez-Murillo R; Polak JM; Rodrigo J
  • Distribution of enkephalin-immunoreactive nerve fibres and terminals in the region of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis of the rat: a light and electron microscopic study.
    J Neurocytol Volume: 17 Page(s): 361 - 376
    06/01/1988 Authors: Martnez-Murillo R; Blasco I; Alvarez FJ; Villalba R; Solano ML; Montero-Caballero MI; Rodrigo J
  • Presence of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and substance P (SP) immunoreactivity in intraepidermal free nerve endings of cat skin.
    Brain Res Volume: 442 Page(s): 391 - 395
    03/01/1988 Authors: Alvarez FJ; Cervantes C; Blasco I; Villalba R; Martinez-Murillo R; Polak JM; Rodrigo J
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