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Ferchmin PA, Eterovic VA, Caputto R. Studies of brain weight and RNA content after short periods of exposure to environmental complexity. Brain Res. 1970 May 20;20(1):49-57. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(70)90153-8. PubMed PMID: 5444768.

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Eterovic VA, Ferchmin PA, Caputto R. Influence of rat exploratory activity on brain oxygen uptake in vitro. Int J Neurosci. 1973 Mar;5(3):133-7. doi: 10.3109/00207457309149464. PubMed PMID: 4696816.

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Eterović VA, Bennett EL. Nicotinic cholinergic receptor in brain detected by binding of alpha-(3 H) bungarotoxin. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1974 Sep 5;362(2):346-55. doi: 10.1016/0304-4165(74)90227-x. PubMed PMID: 4424687.

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Eterović VA, Ferchmin PA. Interaction of environment and injections on brain weight in rats. Dev Psychobiol. 1974 Nov;7(6):515-7. doi: 10.1002/dev.420070603. PubMed PMID: 4448305.

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Eterovic VA, Hebert MS, Hanley MR, Bennett EL. The lethality and spectroscopic properties of toxins from Bungarus multicinctus (Blyth) venom. Toxicon. 1975 Feb;13(1):37-48. doi: 10.1016/0041-0101(75)90156-7. PubMed PMID: 1052559.

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Eterović VA, Aune RG, Bennett EL. Radioactive labeling of alpha-bungarotoxin with tritium. Anal Biochem. 1975 Oct;68(2):394-403. doi: 10.1016/0003-2697(75)90635-1. PubMed PMID: 1200344.

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Eterović VA, Ferchmin PA. Predicted secondary structure of snake venom toxins from their primary structures. Int J Pept Protein Res. 1977;10(3):245-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1977.tb01741.x. PubMed PMID: 914428.

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Hanley MR, Eterović VA, Hawkes SP, Hebert AJ, Bennett EL. Neurotoxins of Bungarus multicinctus vernom. Purification and partial characterization. Biochemistry. 1977 Dec 27;16(26):5840-9. doi: 10.1021/bi00645a031. PubMed PMID: 201279.

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Ferchmin PA, Eterović VA. Mechanism of brain growth by environmental stimulation. Science. 1979 Aug 3;205(4405):522. doi: 10.1126/science.451619. PubMed PMID: 451619.

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Ferchmin PA, Eterović VA, Levin LE. Genetic learning deficiency does not hinder environment-dependent brain growth. Physiol Behav. 1980 Jan;24(1):45-50. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(80)90012-8. PubMed PMID: 7384250.

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del Castillo J, Escalona de Motta G, Eterović VA, Ferchmin PA. Succinyl derivatives of N-tris (hydroxymethyl) methyl-2-aminoethane sulphonic acid: their effects on the frog neuromuscular junction. Br J Pharmacol. 1985 Feb;84(2):275-88. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1985.tb12912.x. PubMed PMID: 3872147; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1987284.

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Eterović VA, Ferchmin PA. Interaction with objects by group-living Saimiri sciureus. P R Health Sci J. 1985 Dec;4(3):121-5. PubMed PMID: 3837910.

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Ferchmin PA, Eterović VA. Forty minutes of experience increase the weight and RNA content of cerebral cortex in periadolescent rats. Dev Psychobiol. 1986 Nov;19(6):511-9. doi: 10.1002/dev.420190604. PubMed PMID: 2433174.

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Ferchmin PA, Eterović VA. Role of polyamines in experience-dependent brain plasticity. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1987 Feb;26(2):341-9. doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(87)90128-6. PubMed PMID: 2437595.

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Eterovic VA, Escalona de Motta G, Hann RM, Lasalde JA, Prieto JA, Ferchmin PA. Positive modulators of muscle acetylcholine receptor. J Recept Res. 1989;9(2):107-25. doi: 10.3109/10799898909066048. PubMed PMID: 2787401.

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Ferchmin PA, Eterović VA. Experience affects cortical but not subcortical polyamines. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1990 Jan;35(1):255-8. doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(90)90235-a. PubMed PMID: 2107554.

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Eterović VA, Li L, Palma A, McNamee MG. Regulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function by adenine nucleotides. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1990 Sep;10(3):423-33. doi: 10.1007/BF00711184. PubMed PMID: 2253264.

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Ferchmin PA, Eterović VA. Putrescine decreases exploration of a black and white maze. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1990 Nov;37(3):445-9. doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(90)90010-f. PubMed PMID: 2087486.

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Szczawinska K, Ferchmin PA, Hann RM, Eterović VA. Electric organ polyamines and their effects on the acetylcholine receptor. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1992 Apr;12(2):95-106. doi: 10.1007/BF00713364. PubMed PMID: 1600557.

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Eterović VA, Hann RM, Ferchmin PA, Rodriguez AD, Li L, Lee YH, McNamee MG. Diterpenoids from Caribbean gorgonians act as noncompetitive inhibitors of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1993 Apr;13(2):99-110. doi: 10.1007/BF00735367. PubMed PMID: 8102324.

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Eterović VA, Li L, Ferchmin PA, Lee YH, Hann RM, Rodriguez AD, McNamee MG. The ion channel of muscle and electric organ acetylcholine receptors: differing affinities for noncompetitive inhibitors. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1993 Apr;13(2):111-21. doi: 10.1007/BF00735368. PubMed PMID: 8394213.

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Ferchmin PA, Rivera E, Eterović VA. alpha-Difluoromethylornithine does not antagonize the behavioral effects of putrescine. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1993 Aug;45(4):967-71. doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(93)90149-n. PubMed PMID: 8415838.

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DiScenna PG, Ferchmin PA, Eterovic VA, Teyler TJ. Spermine depresses NMDA, K/AMPA and GABAA-mediated synaptic transmission in the rat hippocampal slice preparation. Brain Res. 1994 Jun 6;647(2):353-6. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91335-8. PubMed PMID: 7922511.

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Gonzalez-Lima F, Ferchmin PA, Eterovic VA, Gonzalez-Lima EM. Metabolic activation of the brain of young rats after exposure to environmental complexity. Dev Psychobiol. 1994 Sep;27(6):343-51. doi: 10.1002/dev.420270603. PubMed PMID: 8001724.

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Hann RM, Pagán OR, Eterović VA. The alpha-conotoxins GI and MI distinguish between the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonist sites while SI does not. Biochemistry. 1994 Nov 29;33(47):14058-63. doi: 10.1021/bi00251a014. PubMed PMID: 7947815.

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Ferchmin PA, Eterović VA, Rivera EM, Teyler TJ. Spermine increases paired-pulse facilitation in area CA1 of hippocampus in a calcium-dependent manner. Brain Res. 1995 Aug 21;689(2):189-96. doi: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00568-b. PubMed PMID: 7583322.

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Eterovic VA, Hann RM. Noncompetitive inhibitors of the acetylcholine receptor help paint a picture of its ion channel. P R Health Sci J. 1995 Sep;14(3):199-209. Review. PubMed PMID: 8588021.

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Hann RM, Evans JE, McCluer RH, Eterovic VA. Gangliosides in membranes from Torpedo electric organ. Lipids. 1996 Jun;31(6):627-33. doi: 10.1007/BF02523833. PubMed PMID: 8784743.

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Hann RM, Pagán OR, Gregory LM, Jácome T, Eterović VA. The 9-arginine residue of alpha-conotoxin GI is responsible for its selective high affinity for the alphagamma agonist site on the electric organ acetylcholine receptor. Biochemistry. 1997 Jul 22;36(29):9051-6. doi: 10.1021/bi970807c. PubMed PMID: 9220994.

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Eaton MJ, Pagán OR, Hann RM, Eterović VA. Differential effects of dimethyl sulfoxide on nicotinic acetylcholine receptors from mouse muscle and Torpedo electrocytes. Neurosci Lett. 1997 Jul 25;230(3):163-6. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3940(97)00505-3. PubMed PMID: 9272686.

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Eterović VA, Torres E, Ferchmin PA. Spermine does not compete with omega-conotoxin GVIA in the striatum radiatum of the hippocampal slice. Brain Res. 1997 Oct 24;772(1-2):191-202. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)00814-7. PubMed PMID: 9406972.

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Hann RM, Pagán OR, Gregory L, Jácome T, Rodríguez AD, Ferchmin PA, Lu R, Eterović VA. Characterization of cembranoid interaction with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1998 Oct;287(1):253-60. PubMed PMID: 9765345.

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Ulrich H, Ippolito JE, Pagán OR, Eterović VA, Hann RM, Shi H, Lis JT, Eldefrawi ME, Hess GP. In vitro selection of RNA molecules that displace cocaine from the membrane-bound nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Nov 24;95(24):14051-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.95.24.14051. PubMed PMID: 9826651; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC24324.

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Eterović VA, Lu R, Eakin AE, Rodríguez AD, Ferchmin PA. Determinants of phencyclidine potency on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors from muscle and electric organ. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1999 Dec;19(6):745-57. doi: 10.1023/a:1006905106834. PubMed PMID: 10456235.

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Eaton MJ, Labarca C, Eterovíc VA. M2 mutations of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor increase the potency of the non-competitive inhibitor phencyclidine. J Neurosci Res. 2000 Jul 1;61(1):44-51. doi: 10.1002/1097-4547(20000701)61:1<44::AID-JNR5>3.0.CO;2-R. PubMed PMID: 10861798.

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Ferchmin PA, Lukas RJ, Hann RM, Fryer JD, Eaton JB, Pagán OR, Rodríguez AD, Nicolau Y, Rosado M, Cortés S, Eterović VA. Tobacco cembranoids block behavioral sensitization to nicotine and inhibit neuronal acetylcholine receptor function. J Neurosci Res. 2001 Apr 1;64(1):18-25. doi: 10.1002/jnr.1049. PubMed PMID: 11276047.

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Ferchmin PA, Perez D, Eterovic VA, de Vellis J. Nicotinic receptors differentially regulate N-methyl-D-aspartate damage in acute hippocampal slices. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2003 Jun;305(3):1071-8. doi: 10.1124/jpet.102.048173. Epub 2003 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 12649299.

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Eaton MJ, Ospina CA, Rodríguez AD, Eterović VA. Differential inhibition of nicotine- and acetylcholine-evoked currents through alpha4beta2 neuronal nicotinic receptors by tobacco cembranoids in Xenopus oocytes. Neurosci Lett. 2004 Aug 5;366(1):97-102. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.05.019. PubMed PMID: 15265598.

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Pagán OR, Rowlands AL, Fattore AL, Coudron T, Urban KR, Bidja AH, Eterović VA. A cembranoid from tobacco prevents the expression of nicotine-induced withdrawal behavior in planarian worms. Eur J Pharmacol. 2009 Aug 1;615(1-3):118-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.05.022. Epub 2009 May 30. PubMed PMID: 19490913; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2904570.

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Ferchmin PA, Pagán OR, Ulrich H, Szeto AC, Hann RM, Eterović VA. Actions of octocoral and tobacco cembranoids on nicotinic receptors. Toxicon. 2009 Dec 15;54(8):1174-82. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.02.033. Epub 2009 Mar 10. Review. PubMed PMID: 19281835; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2783377.

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Nery AA, Resende RR, Martins AH, Trujillo CA, Eterovic VA, Ulrich H. Alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression and activity during neuronal differentiation of PC12 pheochromocytoma cells. J Mol Neurosci. 2010 Jul;41(3):329-39. doi: 10.1007/s12031-010-9369-2. Epub 2010 May 12. PubMed PMID: 20461497.

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Eterović VA, Pérez D, Martins AH, Cuadrado BL, Carrasco M, Ferchmin PA. A cembranoid protects acute hippocampal slices against paraoxon neurotoxicity. Toxicol In Vitro. 2011 Oct;25(7):1468-74. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2011.04.021. Epub 2011 May 4. PubMed PMID: 21569834; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3162106.

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Martins AH, Alves JM, Perez D, Carrasco M, Torres-Rivera W, Eterović VA, Ferchmin PA, Ulrich H. Kinin-B2 receptor mediated neuroprotection after NMDA excitotoxicity is reversed in the presence of kinin-B1 receptor agonists. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e30755. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030755. Epub 2012 Feb 10. PubMed PMID: 22348022; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3277507.

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Rodriguez-Mercado R, Ford GD, Xu Z, Kraiselburd EN, Martinez MI, Eterović VA, Colon E, Rodriguez IV, Portilla P, Ferchmin PA, Gierbolini L, Rodriguez-Carrasquillo M, Powell MD, Pulliam JV, McCraw CO, Gates A, Ford BD. Acute neuronal injury and blood genomic profiles in a nonhuman primate model for ischemic stroke. Comp Med. 2012 Oct;62(5):427-38. PubMed PMID: 23114047; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3472608.

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Ferchmin PA, Pérez D, Castro Alvarez W, Penzo MA, Maldonado HM, Eterovic VA. γ-Aminobutyric acid type A receptor inhibition triggers a nicotinic neuroprotective mechanism. J Neurosci Res. 2013 Mar;91(3):416-25. doi: 10.1002/jnr.23155. Epub 2012 Dec 26. PubMed PMID: 23280428; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4122130.

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Eterović VA, Del Valle-Rodriguez A, Pérez D, Carrasco M, Khanfar MA, El Sayed KA, Ferchmin PA. Protective activity of (1S,2E,4R,6R,7E,11E)-2,7,11-cembratriene-4,6-diol analogues against diisopropylfluorophosphate neurotoxicity: preliminary structure-activity relationship and pharmacophore modeling. Bioorg Med Chem. 2013 Aug 1;21(15):4678-86. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.05.018. Epub 2013 May 24. PubMed PMID: 23769165; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3892699.

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Torres-Rivera W, Pérez D, Park KY, Carrasco M, Platt MO, Eterović VA, Ferchmin PA, Ulrich H, Martins AH. Kinin-B2 receptor exerted neuroprotection after diisopropylfluorophosphate-induced neuronal damage. Neuroscience. 2013 Sep 5;247:273-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.05.054. Epub 2013 Jun 2. PubMed PMID: 23735753; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3740336.

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Ferchmin PA, Andino M, Reyes Salaman R, Alves J, Velez-Roman J, Cuadrado B, Carrasco M, Torres-Rivera W, Segarra A, Martins AH, Lee JE, Eterovic VA. 4R-cembranoid protects against diisopropylfluorophosphate-mediated neurodegeneration. Neurotoxicology. 2014 Sep;44:80-90. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2014.06.001. Epub 2014 Jun 10. PubMed PMID: 24928201; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4176603.

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Vélez-Carrasco W, Green CE, Catz P, Furimsky A, O'Loughlin K, Eterović VA, Ferchmin PA. Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism of 4R-Cembranoid. PLoS One. 2015;10(3):e0121540. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121540. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 25811857; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4374761.

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Martins AH, Hu J, Xu Z, Mu C, Alvarez P, Ford BD, El Sayed K, Eterovic VA, Ferchmin PA, Hao J. Neuroprotective activity of (1S,2E,4R,6R,-7E,11E)-2,7,11-cembratriene-4,6-diol (4R) in vitro and in vivo in rodent models of brain ischemia. Neuroscience. 2015 Apr 16;291:250-259. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.02.001. Epub 2015 Feb 10. PubMed PMID: 25677097; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4369428.