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Neuroscience Research Center: San José, San José, CR

Researcher (Neurobiology)
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Oscar Brenes

University of Costa Rica: San José, San José, CR

2008-01-01 to present | Principal / Professor / Researcher (Department of Physiology)
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Universidad de Costa Rica: San José, San José, CR

PhD (Department of Physiology)
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Works (15)

The membrane origin of epileptic-related paroxysms: numerical experiments to model the transition from a pacemaker potential to paroxysmal depolarization shifts in the absence of synaptic inputs

Biophysical Reviews
2025-02-21 | Journal article
Contributors: José Luis Hernández-Cáceres; Oscar Brenes
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ClC-1 Chloride Channel: Inputs on the Structure–Function Relationship of Myotonia Congenita-Causing Mutations

Biomedicines
2023-09-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Oscar Brenes; Michael Pusch; Fernando Morales
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Invertebrate neurons as a simple model to study the hyperexcitable state of epileptic disorders in single cells, monosynaptic connections, and polysynaptic circuits

Biophysical Reviews
2022-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Oscar Brenes
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Functional and Structural Characterization of ClC-1 and Nav1.4 Channels Resulting from CLCN1 and SCN4A Mutations Identified Alone and Coexisting in Myotonic Patients

Cells
2021-02-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Oscar Brenes; Raffaella Barbieri; Melissa Vásquez; Rebeca Vindas-Smith; Jeffrey Roig; Adarli Romero; Gerardo del Valle; Luis Bermúdez-Guzmán; Sara Bertelli; Michael Pusch et al.
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Bases fisiológicas de la analgesia: Desde la modulación periférica hasta la regulación cortical

Revista Médica de la Universidad de Costa Rica
2020-04-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Oscar Brenes García; David Mauricio Rodríguez Umaña; María Laura Ríos Reyes
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Acuaporinas en los sistemas cardiovascular y nervioso: evidencia experimental de sus roles fisiológicos y patológicos.

Revista Médica de la Universidad de Costa Rica
2018 | Journal article
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Subconvulsant doses of pentylenetetrazol uncover the epileptic phenotype of cultured synapsin-deficient Helix serotonergic neurons in the absence of excitatory and inhibitory inputs

Epilepsy Research
2016-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Oscar Brenes; Valentina Carabelli; Sara Gosso; Adarli Romero; Emilio Carbone; Pier Giorgio Montarolo; Mirella Ghirardi
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Disorders of gaze related to vertigo: physiological mechanisms of vestibuloocular and optokinetic reflex

Revista Médica de la Universidad de Costa Rica
2016-04-26 | Journal article
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Knock-down of synapsin alters cell excitability and action potential waveform by potentiating BK and voltage-gated Ca2+ currents in Helix serotonergic neurons

Neuroscience
2015-10-01 | Journal article
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Synapsin knockdown is associated with decreased neurite outgrowth, functional synaptogenesis impairment, and fast high-frequency neurotransmitter release

Journal of Neuroscience Research
2015-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Oscar Brenes; Carlo Natale Giuseppe Giachello; Anna Margherita Corradi; Mirella Ghirardi; Pier Giorgio Montarolo
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Cell death induced by Bothrops asper snake venom metalloproteinase on endothelial and other cell lines

Experimental and Molecular Pathology
2010-06 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.yexmp.2010.02.002

Contributors: Oscar Brenes; Eduardo Muñóz; Raquel Roldán-Rodríguez; Cecilia Díaz
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Chemical composition of Schinus molle essential oil and its cytotoxic activity on tumour cell lines

Natural Product Research
2008-11 | Journal article
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10.1080/14786410701848154

Contributors: Cecilia Díaz; Silvia Quesada; Oscar Brenes; Gilda Aguilar; José F. Cicció
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Characterization of cell death events induced by anti-neoplastic drugs cisplatin, paclitaxel and 5-fluorouracil on human hepatoma cell lines: Possible mechanisms of cell resistance

2007 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.biopha.2007.02.007

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2-s2.0-34547549805

Contributors: Brenes, O.; Arce, F.; Gätjens-Boniche, O.; Díaz, C.
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Characterization of events associated with apoptosis/anoikis induced by snake venom metalloproteinase BaP1 on human endothelial cells

J. Cell. Biochem.
2005 | Journal article
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10.1002/jcb.20322

Contributors: Cecilia D�az; Lorena Valverde; Oscar Brenes; Alexandra Rucavado; Jos� Mar�a Guti�rrez
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LA APOPTOSIS Y SU RELACIÓN CON DIVERSOS NUTRIENTES

Rev. chil. nutr.
2005 | Journal article
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10.4067/s0717-75182005000300002

Contributors: Juan Diego Zamora S; Isabel C Otárola A; Oscar Brenes G
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