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Maria Margarita Behrens

Title(s)Adjunct Professor, Psychiatry
SchoolVc-health Sciences-schools
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    1. Neural embedding of frailty in cognitively unimpaired aging and dementia across Latin America. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Apr; 22(4):e71232. Migeot J, Wen O, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Hernandez H, Aguillon D, Avila-Funes JA, Behrens MI, Bruno MA, Custodio N, Delgado C, Duran-Aniotz C, Duron-Reyes D, García AM, Godoy ME, Hu K, Lawlor B, Li P, Maito MA, Matallana DL, Miller B, de Oliveira MO, Pina-Escudero SD, Possin KL, Resende EPF, Reyes P, Santamaria-Garcia H, Slachevsky A, Takada LT, Vergara P, Yaffe K, Yokoyama JS, Romero-Ortuño R, Ibanez A. PMID: 42017463; PMCID: PMC13100973.
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    2. Single-cell epigenomics uncovers heterochromatin instability and transcription factor dysfunction during mouse brain aging. Cell Rep. 2026 Mar 24; 45(3):117073. Amaral ML, Mamde S, Miller M, Hou X, Arzavala J, Osteen J, Johnson ND, Smoot EW, Yang Q, Eisner E, Zeng Q, Báez-Becerra CT, Olness J, Kern JC, Rink J, Barcoma A, Cho S, Cao S, Emerson N, Lee J, Willier J, Loe T, Jiao H, Zu S, Zhu Q, Preissl S, Wang A, Ecker JR, Behrens MM, Ren B. PMID: 41824460.
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    3. Social exposome and brain health outcomes of dementia across Latin America. Nat Commun. 2025 Sep 11; 16(1):8196. Migeot J, Pina-Escudero SD, Hernandez H, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Legaz A, Fittipaldi S, Resende EPF, Duran-Aniotz C, Avila-Funes JA, Behrens MI, Bruno MA, Cardona JF, Custodio N, García AM, Godoy ME, Hu K, Lanata S, Lawlor B, Lopera F, Maito MA, Matallana DL, Miller B, Jaime Miranda J, de Oliveira MO, Reyes P, Santamaria-Garcia H, Slachevsky A, Sosa AL, Takada LT, Torres JM, Vanneste S, Valcour V, Wen O, Yokoyama JS, Possin KL, Ibanez A. PMID: 40935836; PMCID: PMC12426228.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    4. Single-Cell Epigenomics Uncovers Heterochromatin Instability and Transcription Factor Dysfunction during Mouse Brain Aging. bioRxiv. 2025 May 20. Amaral ML, Mamde S, Miller M, Hou X, Arzavala J, Osteen J, Johnson ND, Smoot EW, Yang Q, Eisner E, Zeng Q, Báez-Becerra CT, Olness J, Kern JC, Rink J, Barcoma A, Cho S, Cao S, Emerson N, Lee J, Willier J, Loe T, Jiao H, Zu S, Zhu Q, Wang A, Ecker JR, Behrens MM, Ren B. PMID: 40475496; PMCID: PMC12139859.
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    5. Critical Review of the Methodological Shortcoming of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Cognitive Function Studies. Clocks Sleep. 2025 Mar 06; 7(1). Haghayegh S, Hermida RC, Smolensky MH, Jimenez Gallardo M, Duran-Aniotz C, Slachevsky A, Behrens MI, Aguillon D, Santamaria-Garcia H, García AM, Matallana D, Ibáñez A, Hu K. PMID: 40136848; PMCID: PMC11941602.
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    6. Author Correction: The BrainLat project, a multimodal neuroimaging dataset of neurodegeneration from underrepresented backgrounds. Sci Data. 2024 Jan 02; 11(1):19. Prado P, Medel V, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Sainz-Ballesteros A, Vidal V, Santamaría-García H, Moguilner S, Mejia J, Slachevsky A, Behrens MI, Aguillon D, Lopera F, Parra MA, Matallana D, Maito MA, Garcia AM, Custodio N, Funes AÁ, Piña-Escudero S, Birba A, Fittipaldi S, Legaz A, Ibañez A. PMID: 38168123; PMCID: PMC10761837.
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    7. The BrainLat project, a multimodal neuroimaging dataset of neurodegeneration from underrepresented backgrounds. Sci Data. 2023 12 09; 10(1):889. Prado P, Medel V, Gonzalez-Gomez R, Sainz-Ballesteros A, Vidal V, Santamaría-García H, Moguilner S, Mejia J, Slachevsky A, Behrens MI, Aguillon D, Lopera F, Parra MA, Matallana D, Maito MA, Garcia AM, Custodio N, Funes AÁ, Piña-Escudero S, Birba A, Fittipaldi S, Legaz A, Ibañez A. PMID: 38071313; PMCID: PMC10710425.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. The autophagy protein Def8 is altered in Alzheimer's disease and Aβ42-expressing Drosophila brains. Sci Rep. 2023 10 10; 13(1):17137. Oyarce-Pezoa S, Rucatti GG, Muñoz-Carvajal F, Sanhueza N, Gomez W, Espinoza S, Leiva M, García N, Ponce DP, SanMartín CD, Rojas-Rivera D, Salvadores N, Behrens MI, Woehlbier U, Calegaro-Nassif M, Sanhueza M. PMID: 37816871; PMCID: PMC10564863.
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    9. Antitumor Effect of Açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) Seed Extract in LNCaP Cells and in the Solid Ehrlich Carcinoma Model. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Apr 28; 15(9). Filho WEM, Almeida-Souza F, Vale AAM, Victor EC, Rocha MCB, Silva GX, Teles AM, Nascimento FRF, Moragas-Tellis CJ, Chagas MDSDS, Behrens MD, Hardoim DJ, Taniwaki NN, Lima JA, Abreu-Silva AL, Gil da Costa RM, Calabrese KDS, Azevedo-Santos APS, Nascimento MDDSB. PMID: 37174010; PMCID: PMC10177358.
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    10. Biomarkers for dementia in Latin American countries: Gaps and opportunities. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 02; 19(2):721-735. Parra MA, Orellana P, Leon T, Victoria CG, Henriquez F, Gomez R, Avalos C, Damian A, Slachevsky A, Ibañez A, Zetterberg H, Tijms BM, Yokoyama JS, Piña-Escudero SD, Cochran JN, Matallana DL, Acosta D, Allegri R, Arias-Suárez BP, Barra B, Behrens MI, Brucki SMD, Busatto G, Caramelli P, Castro-Suarez S, Contreras V, Custodio N, Dansilio S, la Cruz-Puebla M, de Souza LC, Diaz MM, Duque L, Farías GA, Ferreira ST, Guimet NM, Kmaid A, Lira D, Lopera F, Meza BM, Miotto EC, Nitrini R, Nuñez A, O'Neill S, Ochoa J, Pintado-Caipa M, Resende EPF, Risacher S, Rojas LA, Sabaj V, Schilling L, Sellek AF, Sosa A, Takada LT, Teixeira AL, Unaucho-Pilalumbo M, Duran-Aniotz C. PMID: 36098676; PMCID: PMC10906502.
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    11. Neuronal Rubicon Represses Extracellular APP/Amyloid β Deposition in Alzheimer's Disease. Cells. 2022 06 07; 11(12). Espinoza S, Grunenwald F, Gomez W, García F, Abarzúa-Catalan L, Oyarce-Pezoa S, Hernandez MF, Cortés BI, Uhrig M, Ponce DP, Durán-Aniotz C, Hetz C, SanMartín CD, Cornejo VH, Ezquer F, Parra V, Behrens MI, Manque PA, Rojas-Rivera D, Vidal RL, Woehlbier U, Nassif M. PMID: 35740989; PMCID: PMC9221152.
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    12. Carajurin: a anthocyanidin from Arrabidaea chica as a potential biological marker of antileishmanial activity. Biomed Pharmacother. 2021 Sep; 141:111910. Silva-Silva JV, Moragas-Tellis CJ, Chagas MSS, Souza PVR, Moreira DL, de Souza CSF, Teixeira KF, Cenci AR, de Oliveira AS, Almeida-Souza F, Behrens MD, Calabrese KS. PMID: 34323692.
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    13. The Multi-Partner Consortium to Expand Dementia Research in Latin America (ReDLat): Driving Multicentric Research and Implementation Science. Front Neurol. 2021; 12:631722. Ibanez A, Yokoyama JS, Possin KL, Matallana D, Lopera F, Nitrini R, Takada LT, Custodio N, Sosa Ortiz AL, Avila-Funes JA, Behrens MI, Slachevsky A, Myers RM, Cochran JN, Brusco LI, Bruno MA, Brucki SMD, Pina-Escudero SD, Okada de Oliveira M, Donnelly Kehoe P, Garcia AM, Cardona JF, Santamaria-Garcia H, Moguilner S, Duran-Aniotz C, Tagliazucchi E, Maito M, Longoria Ibarrola EM, Pintado-Caipa M, Godoy ME, Bakman V, Javandel S, Kosik KS, Valcour V, Miller BL. PMID: 33776890; PMCID: PMC7992978.
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