Featured Publications

Neurobiology of resilience to early life stress
A Torres-Berrío, A Bortolami, CJ Peña, EJ Nestler
Neuropsychopharmacology, In Press

Transcriptional Profiles of Antidepressant Resistance Across the Corticolimbic Pathway of Chronically Stressed Mice
Trevonn Gyles, Eric Parise, Molly Estill, Caleb J. Browne, Li Shen, Eric J. Nestler and A Torres-Berrío
Biorxiv 2025 Mar 17:2025.03.17.643727

Epigenetic Regulation of Neural Activity in the Depressed Brain: The Two Faces of the Histone Deacetylase SIRT1
A Torres-Berrío
Biological Psychiatry 96 (6), e7-e9

Mono-methylation of Lysine 27 at Histone 3 Confers Lifelong Susceptibility to Stress
A Torres-Berrío, M Estill, V Patel, A Ramakrishnan, H Kronman, et al. 
Neuron 112 (17), 2973-2989.e10

Long-term Behavioral and Cell-type-specific Molecular Effects of Early Life Stress Are Mediated by H3K79me2 Dynamics in Medium Spiny Neurons
H Kronman, A Torres-Berrío, S Sidoli, O Issler, A Godino, A Ramakrishnan, et al. 
Nature Neuroscience 24 (5), 753-754

miR-218 in Adolescence Predicts and Mediates Vulnerability to Stress
A Torres-Berrio, A Morgunova, M Giroux, S Cuesta, EJ Nestler, C Flores
Biological Psychiatry 89 (9), 911-919

The Netrin-1/DCC Guidance Cue Pathway as a Molecular Target in Depression: Translational Evidence
A Torres-Berrío, G Hernandez, EJ Nestler, C Flores
Biological Psychiatry 88 (8), 611-624

Unraveling the epigenetic landscape of depression: focus on early life stress
A Torres-Berrío, O Issler, EM Parise, EJ Nestler
Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 21 (4), 341-357

MiR-218: a Molecular Switch and Potential Biomarker of Susceptibility to Stress
A Torres-Berrio, Dominique Nouel, Santiago Cuesta, Eric M Parise ...
Molecular Psychiatry 25 (5), 951-964

The Ventral Hippocampus is Required for Behavioral Flexibility but not for Allocentric/egocentric Learning
A Torres-Berrío, V Vargas-López, M López-Canul
Brain Research Bulletin 146, 40-50

The Opioid System in Stress-induced Memory Disorders: From Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Implications in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Alzheimer's Disease
A Torres-Berrio, MO Nava-Mesa
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 88, 327-338

Interaction Between Stress and Addiction: Contributions from Latin-American Neuroscience
A Torres-Berrio, S Cuesta, S Lopez-Guzman, MO Nava-Mesa
Frontiers in Psychology 9, 2639

DCC Confers Susceptibility to Depression-like Behaviors in Humans and Mice and Is Regulated by miR-218
A Torres-Berrío, JP Lopez, RC Bagot, D Nouel, G Dal Bo, S Cuesta, L Zhu, ...
Biological Psychiatry 81 (4), 306-315

Credits: Jill K Gregory

The Weight of a Histone
Credits: Lily Armstrong-Davies
Source: https://tinyurl.com/H3K27me1-MedicalXpress