J. Bittencourt

A. Weller, P. Faris, J. Bittencourt, 2001, Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas.

Anatomical and functional heterogeneity of ‘hypothalamic’ peptidergic neuron populations

J. Bittencourt, 2022, Nature Reviews Endocrinology.

Suckling-induced Fos activation and melanin-concentrating hormone immunoreactivity during late lactation.

J. Bittencourt, G. B. Diniz, L. Felicio, 2016, Life sciences.

Norepinephrine and Glucocorticoids Modulate Chronic Unpredictable Stress-Induced Increase in the Type 2 CRF and Glucocorticoid Receptors in Brain Structures Related to the HPA Axis Activation

C. Scavone, J. Bittencourt, R. Camarini, 2021, Molecular Neurobiology.

Distribution of mRNAs encoding CRF receptors in brain and pituitary of rat and mouse

P. Sawchenko, G. Prins, V. Viau, 2000, The Journal of comparative neurology.

Melanin‐concentrating hormone peptidergic system: Comparative morphology between muroid species

J. Bittencourt, Marianne O. Klein, Daniella S. Battagello, 2019, The Journal of comparative neurology.

Perillyl Alcohol Reduces Parasite Sequestration and Cerebrovascular Dysfunction during Experimental Cerebral Malaria

A. Katzin, J. Bittencourt, S. Epiphanio, 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

Dopamine: Functions, Signaling, and Association with Neurological Diseases

R. G. Correa, J. Bittencourt, Marianne O. Klein, 2018, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology.

Urocortin, a mammalian neuropeptide related to fish urotensin I and to corticotropin-releasing factor

David Lovejoy, Paul E. Sawchenko, Joan Vaughan, 1995, Nature.

Do Centrally Administered Neuropeptides Access Cognate Receptors?: An Analysis in the Central Corticotropin-Releasing Factor System

P. Sawchenko, J. Bittencourt, 2000, The Journal of Neuroscience.

Ciliary melanin‐concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCHR1) is widely distributed in the murine CNS in a sex‐independent manner

A. Adamantidis, J. Ferreira, J. Bittencourt, 2020, Journal of neuroscience research.

The role of co-neurotransmitters in sleep and wake regulation

Christine M. Walsh, L. Grinberg, T. Neylan, 2018, Molecular Psychiatry.

Neuroanatomical Structure of the MCH System

J. Bittencourt, G. B. Diniz, 2018 .

Melanin-concentrating hormone and sleep

A. Adamantidis, J. Ferreira, J. Bittencourt, 2017, Current Opinion in Neurobiology.

The Melanin-Concentrating Hormone as an Integrative Peptide Driving Motivated Behaviors

J. Bittencourt, G. B. Diniz, 2017, Front. Syst. Neurosci..

Female odors stimulate CART neurons in the ventral premammillary nucleus of male rats

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, J. C. Cavalcante, 2006, Physiology & Behavior.

Hypothalamic cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript neurons project to areas expressing gonadotropin releasing hormone immunoreactivity and to the anteroventral periventricular nucleus in male and female rats

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, L. F. Sousa, 2004, Neuroscience.

Differences between rats and mice in the leptin action on the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus: Implications for the regulation of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐thyroid axis

M. Metzger, F. Wasinski, J. Donato, 2020, Journal of neuroendocrinology.

Leptin fragments induce Fos immunoreactivity in rat hypothalamus

M. T. Miranda, J. Bittencourt, A. Miranda, 2005, Regulatory Peptides.

Distribution of the neuronal inputs to the ventral premammillary nucleus of male and female rats

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, J. C. Cavalcante, 2014, Brain Research.

Male and female odors induce Fos expression in chemically defined neuronal population

C. Elias, J. Donato, J. Bittencourt, 2010, Physiology & Behavior.

The Edinger‐Westphal nucleus: A historical, structural, and functional perspective on a dichotomous terminology

Miklós Palkovits, Paul J May, Paul D. Gamlin, 2011, The Journal of comparative neurology.

Urocortin Expression in Rat Brain: Evidence Against a Pervasive Relationship of Urocortin‐Containing Projections With Targets Bearing Type 2 CRF Receptors

J. Vaughan, P. Sawchenko, R. Rissman, 1999, The Journal of comparative neurology.

Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone: Integration of Adaptive Responses to Stress

P. Sawchenko, R. Rissman, J. Bittencourt, 2009 .

The blockage of ventromedial hypothalamus CRF type 2 receptors impairs escape responses in the elevated T-maze

D. Ribeiro, J. Bittencourt, I. C. Céspedes, 2017, Behavioural Brain Research.

Evidence that urocortin is absent from neurons of the Edinger-Westphal nucleus in pigeons.

A. Reiner, J. Bittencourt, C. Toledo, 2003, Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas.

Urocortin in the central nervous system of a primate (Cebus apella): Sequencing, immunohistochemical, and hybridization histochemical characterization

C. Donaldson, C. Elias, C. Lotfi, 2003, The Journal of comparative neurology.

The absence of maternal pineal melatonin rhythm during pregnancy and lactation impairs offspring physical growth, neurodevelopment, and behavior

R. Reiter, G. Xavier, P. Lucassen, 2018, Hormones and Behavior.

The distribution of neuronal primary cilia immunoreactive to melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCHR1) in the murine prosencephalon

A. Adamantidis, J. Ferreira, J. Bittencourt, 2019, bioRxiv.

Characterisation and origins of melanin‐concentrating hormone immunoreactive fibres of the posterior lobe of the pituitary and median eminence during lactation in the Long‐Evans rat

J. Bittencourt, Daniella S. Battagello, J. Horta-Junior, 2019, Journal of neuroendocrinology.

Differential effects of hypo- and hyperthyroidism on remodeling of contacts between neurons expressing the neuropeptide EI and tyrosine hydroxylase in hypothalamic areas of the male rat

J. Bittencourt, A. Seltzer, M. Soaje, 2019, Peptides.

The weaning period promotes alterations in the orexin neuronal population of rats in a suckling-dependent manner

J. Bittencourt, Marianne O. Klein, J. Nahon, 2018, Brain Structure and Function.

Effects of acute restraint and unpredictable chronic mild stress on brain corticotrophin releasing factor mRNA in the elevated T-maze

D. Ribeiro, J. Bittencourt, J. Silva, 2018, Behavioural Brain Research.

The activation and blockage of CRF type 2 receptors of the medial amygdala alter elevated T-maze inhibitory avoidance, an anxiety-related response

J. Bittencourt, I. C. Céspedes, M. Viana, 2016, Behavioural Brain Research.

Chemical identity and connections of medial preoptic area neurons expressing melanin-concentrating hormone during lactation

C. Elias, J. Donato, J. Bittencourt, 2010, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy.

Effects of Spider Venom Toxin PWTX-I (6-Hydroxytrypargine) on the Central Nervous System of Rats

C. Elias, M. Palma, J. Bittencourt, 2011, Toxins.

Isolation and chemical characterization of PwTx-II: a novel alkaloid toxin from the venom of the spider Parawixia bistriata (Araneidae, Araneae).

M. Palma, M. Mendes, J. Bittencourt, 2005, Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology.

Differential effects of undernourishment on the differentiation and maturation of rat enteric neurons

J. Bittencourt, P. Girotti, Rúbia Misawa, 2013, Cell and Tissue Research.

Alternative pathways for catecholamine action in oral motor control

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, M. B. Mascaro, 2005, Neuroscience Letters.

Nomenclature and Comparative Morphology of the Teneurin/TCAP/ADGRL Protein Families

J. Bittencourt, J. Horta-Junior, L. Sita, 2019, Front. Neurosci..

Differential neuronal expression and projections of melanin‐concentrating hormone (MCH) and MCH‐gene‐overprinted‐polypeptide (MGOP) in the rat brain

J. Bittencourt, J. Nahon, G. Toumaniantz, 2000, The European journal of neuroscience.

Effects of ovariectomy on inputs from the medial preoptic area to the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus of young adult rats

J. Ferreira, J. Bittencourt, J. Horta-Junior, 2020, Journal of anatomy.

The Edinger–Westphal nucleus II: Hypothalamic afferents in the rat

J. Bittencourt, I. C. Céspedes, K.R. Torres, 2013, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy.

Distribution of NADPH-diaphorase-positive neurons in the prefrontal cortex of the Cebus monkey

R. Cruz-Rizzolo, E. Ervolino, J. Bittencourt, 2006, Brain Research.

The Rat Mammary Gland as a Novel Site of Expression of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone Receptor 1 mRNA and Its Protein Immunoreactivity

A. Adamantidis, J. Ferreira, P. Sawchenko, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology.

Expression of hypothalamic neuropeptides and the desensitization of pituitary–adrenal axis and hypophagia in the endotoxin tolerance

C. Elias, M. Castro, J. Bittencourt, 2007, Hormones and Behavior.

The centrally projecting Edinger–Westphal nucleus—I: Efferents in the rat brain

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, L. Lima, 2015, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy.

CRF family peptides are differently altered by acute restraint stress and chronic unpredictable stress

J. Bittencourt, I. C. Céspedes, M. Viana, 2014, Behavioural Brain Research.

Melanin-concentrating hormone regulation by estradiol and progesterone in the incerto-hypothalamic area

J. Ferreira, J. Bittencourt, Jessica C. G. Duarte, 2023, Peptides.

The effect of estrogen and progesterone on melanin-concentrating hormone producing-neurons in brain areas related to reproductive behavior in lactating dams

J. Ferreira, J. Bittencourt, Jessica C. G. Duarte, 2022, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy.

Specific pattern of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) neuron degeneration in Alzheimer's disease and possible clinical implications

M. Mladinov, L. Grinberg, W. Seeley, 2021, medRxiv.

Melanin-concentrating hormone inputs to the nucleus accumbens originate from distinct hypothalamic sources and are apposed to GABAergic and cholinergic cells in the Long-Evans rat brain

J. Bittencourt, A. Campos, C.A.S. Haemmerle, 2015, Neuroscience.

Hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone projections to the septo-hippocampal complex in the rat

N. Canteras, R. Mortara, G. Xavier, 2013, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy.

Anatomical organization of the melanin-concentrating hormone peptide family in the mammalian brain.

J. Bittencourt, 2011, General and comparative endocrinology.

Melanin-concentrating hormone projections to areas involved in somatomotor responses

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, L. Sita, 2008, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy.

Connectivity pattern suggests that incerto-hypothalamic area belongs to the medial hypothalamic system

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, L. Sita, 2007, Neuroscience.

Melanin-concentrating hormone is expressed in the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus only in female rats

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, T. A. Rondini, 2007, Brain Research Bulletin.

Distribution of urocortin 3 neurons innervating the ventral premammillary nucleus in the rat brain

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, L. Sita, 2006, Brain Research.

Dopamine and melanin-concentrating hormone neurons are distinct populations in the rat rostromedial zona incerta

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, L. Sita, 2003, Brain Research.

Distribution of melanin-concentrating hormone neurons projecting to the medial mammillary nucleus

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, L. Frigo, 2002, Neuroscience.

The distribution of melanin-concentrating hormone in the monkey brain (Cebus apella)

R. Rissman, J. Bittencourt, L. Frigo, 1998, Brain Research.

Study of the origins of melanin-concentrating hormone and neuropeptide EI immunoreactive projections to the periaqueductal gray matter

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, 1997, Brain Research.

The rat melanin-concentrating hormone gene encodes an additional putative protein in a different reading frame.

J. Bittencourt, J. Nahon, G. Toumaniantz, 1996, Endocrinology.

Cdc2-like kinase 2 in the hypothalamus is necessary to maintain energy homeostasis

Í. Lopes-Cendes, P. Quaresma, T. M. Zanotto, 2017, International Journal of Obesity.

The non-coding RNA BC1 is down-regulated in the hippocampus of Wistar Audiogenic Rat (WAR) strain after audiogenic kindling

S. Mello, G. Passos, D. Gitaí, 2011, Brain Research.

Increased expression of GluR2‐flip in the hippocampus of the Wistar audiogenic rat strain after acute and kindled seizures

C. Elias, D. Gitaí, V. Valente, 2009, Hippocampus.

Comparative distribution of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) in the hypothalamus of the capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) and the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, E. S. Nascimento, 2011, Brain Research.

Neuropeptide Glutamic Acid-Isoleucine May Induce Luteinizing Hormone Secretion via Multiple Pathways

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, A. Attademo, 2006, Neuroendocrinology.

Teneurin proteins possess a carboxy terminal sequence with neuromodulatory activity.

C. Elias, D. Belsham, F. Vaccarino, 2005, Brain research. Molecular brain research.

Kinin B1 receptor gene ablation affects hypothalamic CART productionb

L. Mello, J. Pesquero, J. Bittencourt, 2013, Biological chemistry.

Estrogen imprinting compromises male sexual behavior and affects the number of androgen‐receptor‐expressing hypothalamic neurons†

H. F. Carvalho, J. Bittencourt, O. Pereira, 2018, Biology of reproduction.

Afferent connections of the caudal raphe pallidus nucleus in rats: a study using the fluorescent retrograde tracers fluorogold and true-blue.

M. Nogueira, J. Bittencourt, B. D. de Rezende, 2000, Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft.

Forebrain projections to brainstem nuclei involved in the control of mandibular movements in rats.

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, Carol F Elias, 2009, European journal of oral sciences.

Regulation and neurochemical identity of melanin‐concentrating hormone neurones in the preoptic area of lactating mice

F. Wasinski, J. Donato, R. Frazão, 2019, Journal of neuroendocrinology.

Litter size determines the number of melanin-concentrating hormone neurons in the medial preoptic area of Sprague Dawley lactating dams

J. Ferreira, J. Bittencourt, G. B. Diniz, 2017, Physiology & Behavior.

Hugo A.M. Torres a , Fabiana Louise Motta a , Vicencia Micheline Sales , Carolina Batista ,

J. Bittencourt, M. Bader, T. Vignoli, 2013 .

Selective protection of the cerebellum against intracerebroventricular LPS is mediated by local melatonin synthesis

E. Cecon, J. Bittencourt, R. Markus, 2013, Brain Structure and Function.

Profound degeneration of wake-promoting neurons in Alzheimer's disease

Christine M. Walsh, L. Grinberg, W. Seeley, 2019, Alzheimer's & Dementia.

Behavioral alterations and Fos protein immunoreactivity in brain regions of bile duct-ligated cirrhotic rats.

N. Mendes, J. Bittencourt, M. R. Nagaoka, 2015, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias.

A Putative Role of Teneurin-2 and Its Related Proteins in Astrocytes

R. Cruz-Rizzolo, E. Ervolino, J. Bittencourt, 2019, Front. Neurosci..

The increase in the number of amylin neurons in the medial preoptic area throughout the lactational period and its relationship with melanin-concentrating hormone

J. Ferreira, Á. Dobolyi, J. Donato, 2023, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy.

The weaning period promotes alterations in the orexin neuronal population of rats in a suckling-dependent manner

J. Bittencourt, Marianne O. Klein, J. Nahon, 2018, Brain Structure and Function.

CRF type 1 receptors of the medial amygdala modulate inhibitory avoidance responses in the elevated T-maze

J. Bittencourt, J. Vicentini, I. C. Céspedes, 2014, Hormones and Behavior.

Direct and indirect connections between cochlear root neurons and facial motor neurons: Pathways underlying the acoustic pinna reflex in the albino rat

J. Bittencourt, Dolores E. López, José de Anchieta C. Horta‐Júnior, 2008, The Journal of comparative neurology.

Inhibin beta, somatostatin, and enkephalin immunoreactivities coexist in caudal medullary neurons that project to the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus.

P. Sawchenko, J. Bittencourt, C. Arias, 1990, The Journal of comparative neurology.

Dorsomedial hypothalamus CRF type 1 receptors selectively modulate inhibitory avoidance responses in the elevated T-maze

J. Bittencourt, I. C. Céspedes, M. Viana, 2014, Behavioural Brain Research.

Caudal Brainstem Raphe Nuclei: Neural Substrate for their Involvement in the Expression of Some Biological Rhythms

M. Nogueira, J. Bittencourt, C. Pfeiffer, 1996 .

The melanin‐concentrating hormone system of the rat brain: An immuno‐ and hybridization histochemical characterization

J. Vaughan, P. Sawchenko, W. Vale, 1992, The Journal of comparative neurology.

Diencephalic Origins of Melanin‐Concentrating Hormone Immunoreactive Projections to Medial Septum/Diagonal Band Complex and Spinal Cord Using Two Retrograde Fluorescent Tracers a

J. Bittencourt, C. F. Elias, 1993, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

The centrally projecting Edinger–Westphal nucleus—I: Efferents in the rat brain

C. Elias, J. Bittencourt, L. Lima, 2015, Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy.

The Edinger‐Westphal nucleus: A historical, structural, and functional perspective on a dichotomous terminology

Paul D. Gamlin, P. May, M. Palkovits, 2011, The Journal of comparative neurology.

Effects of ovariectomy on the inputs from the medial nucleus of the amygdala to the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus in young adult rats

J. Ferreira, J. Bittencourt, S. Sá, 2021, Neuroscience Letters.

Increased expression of GluR2‐flip in the hippocampus of the Wistar audiogenic rat strain after acute and kindled seizures

C. Elias, D. Gitaí, V. Valente, 2009, Hippocampus.

Melanin-concentrating hormone regulation by estradiol and progesterone in the incerto-hypothalamic area

J. Ferreira, J. Bittencourt, Jessica C. G. Duarte, 2023, Peptides.

CHARACTERIZATION OF MAMMALIAN MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONES AND THEIR PRECURSORS

J. Vaughan, P. Sawchenko, W. Fischer, 1989 .

CRF family peptides are differently altered by acute restraint stress and chronic unpredictable stress

J. Bittencourt, I. C. Céspedes, M. Viana, 2014, Behavioural Brain Research.

The periaqueductal gray as a critical site to mediate reward seeking during predatory hunting

N. Canteras, C. Elias, M. Baldo, 2012, Behavioural Brain Research.