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Lisette Blanco Lezcano
Country of origin: Cuba Currently in: Cuba, La Habana General field of specialization: Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences-
Degrees
2008 Doctorate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences -
Current Research Activities
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Lisette Blanco Lezcano, Esteban Alberti Amador, María Elena González Fraguela, Guadalupe Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea, Rosa Martha Pérez Serrano, Nadia Angélica Jiménez Luna, Dianet Camejo Rodríguez, Teresa Serrano Sánchez, Liliana Francis Turner, Bárbara Estupiñán Díaz, Yamilé Vega Hurtado and Isabel Fernández Jiménez Motor. Coordination Disorders Evaluated through the Grid Test and Changes in the Nigral Nrf2 mRNA Expression in Rats with Pedunculopontine Lesion. Behav. Sci. 2020, 10, 156; doi:10.3390/bs10100156
2. Lisette Blanco-Lezcano, Esteban Alberti, Ma. Elena González, Guadalupe Zaldívar, Rosa Martha Pérez, Nadia Jiménez, Teresa Serrano, Liliana Francis, Dianet Camejo, Yamilé Vega. Nurr1, Pitx3, and α7 nAChRs mRNA Expression in Nigral Tissue of Rats with Pedunculopontine Neurotoxic Lesion. Medicina 2019, 55, 616; doi:10.3390/medicina55100616
3. Lisette Blanco-Lezcano, Esteban Alberti-Amador, Mei-Li Díaz-Hung, Ma. Elena González-Fraguela, Bárbara Estupiñán-Díaz, Teresa Serrano-Sánchez, Liliana Francis-Turner, Javier Jiménez-Martín, Yamilé Vega-Hurtado, Isabel Fernández-Jiménez. Tyrosine Hydroxylase, Vesicular Monoamine Transporter and Dopamine Transporter mRNA Expression in Nigrostriatal Tissue of Rats with Pedunculopontine Neurotoxic Lesion. Behav. Sci. (2018), 8(2), 20; doi:10.3390/bs8020020.
4. Ma. Elena González-Fraguela, Lisette Blanco, Caridad Ivette Fernández, Lourdes Lorigados, Teresa Serrano, Jessica López. Glutathione depletion: Starting point of brain metabolic stress, neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment in rats. Brain Research Bulletin 137: 120–131 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2017.11.015.
5. Lisette Blanco, Javier Jiménez, Mei-Li Díaz, Esteban Alberti, Maylin Wing, Ma. Elena González, Bárbara Estupiñán, Teresa Serrano, Liliana Francis, Susana Delgado, Yanier Fdez, Yamilé Vega, Isabel Fdez. Motor dysfunction and alterations in Glutathione concentration, cholinesterase activity, and BDNF expression in Substantia Nigra pars compacta in rats with Pedunculopontine lesion. Neuroscience 348: 83–97, (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.02.008
6. Teresa Serrano, Paula Pierozan, Esteban Alberti, Lisette Blanco, Karelys de la Cuétara, MaE González, Nancy Pavón, Lourdes Lorigados, Ma Robinson, Jorge Bergado. Transplantation of mononuclear cells from bone marrow in a rat model of Huntington’s disease. Journal of Neurorestoratology 4: 95-105, (2016)
7. Mei Li Díaz Hung, Arianna Yglesias, Luis F Hernández, Sandra Orozco, Jenny Laura Ruiz, Alexis Díaz, Rilda León, Lisette Blanco, Nancy Pavón, Lourdes Lorigados. Transient glutathione depletion in the substantia nigra compacta is associated with neuroinflammation in rats. Neuroscience 335 : 207–220, (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.08.023
8. Díaz-Hung M, González ME, Blanco L. El sistema antioxidante del glutatión en la etiopatología de la disfunción nigro-estriatal. Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas 34(2): 168-186, (2015)
9. León R, Pentón G, Almaguer W, Marín J, Cruz A, Lorigados L, Blanco L, Estupiñán B, Mercerón D, Macías L, Bergado J, Pavón N. Modelo Experimental de Hipoperfusión Cerebral produce déficit de la memoria y aprendizaje y modificaciones en la expresión de genes. Acta biol. Colomb., 20(1):15-25, (2015) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/abc.v20n1.40976.
10. Jiménez-Martin J, L. Blanco Lezcano, ME González, ML Díaz, T Serrano, JL Almenares, L Francis Turner. Effect of neurotoxic lesión of pedunculopontine nucleus in nigral and striatal redox balance and motor performance in rats. Neuroscience 289: 300–314, (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.12.056
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeaching