博士后
CONTRERAS Maria
- 职称：
- 职务：博士后
- 研究领域：睡眠，记忆巩固，认知发展，去肾上腺素能系统
- 电话：
- 邮件：maria.contreras @icpbr.ac.cn
简历
在智利大学完成心理学硕士学位后，Maria前往德国，在Jan Born教授的实验室攻读行为神经科学博士学位。在那里，她研究了婴儿时期的经历对记忆巩固的睡眠特征的形成以及对成人记忆能力的影响。之后，她在马格德堡莱布尼茨神经生物学研究所开始了博士后研究，在那里她深入研究了去甲肾上腺素能神经调节系统在健康和病理情况下的作用，如帕金森病。
研究方向
睡眠，记忆巩固，认知发展，记忆发展中的去肾上腺素能调节。
代表论著
•Contreras, M. P., Mendez, M., Shan, X., Fechner, J., Sawangjit, A., Born, J., & Inostroza, M. (2024). Context memory formed in medial prefrontal cortex during infancy enhances learning in adulthood. Nat. Commun. 15(1), 2475. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46734-6
•Contreras, M. P., Fechner, J., Born, J., & Inostroza, M. (2023). Accelerating Maturation of Spatial Memory Systems by Experience: Evidence from Sleep Oscillation Signatures of Memory Processing. J. Neurosci. 43(19), 3509–3519. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1967-22.2023
•Contreras M. P., Born, J. & Inostroza, M. (2019). The expression of allocentric object-place recognition memory during development. Behav. Brain. Res. 372:112013. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112013
•Fechner, J.*, Contreras, M. P.*, Zorzo, C., Shan, X., Born, J., & Inostroza, M. (2024). Sleep Slow Oscillation-Spindle Coupling Precedes Spindle-Ripple Coupling During Development. Sleep. zsae061. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae061
•Harkotte, M.*, Contreras, M. P.*, Inostroza, M., & Born, J. (2022). Effects of Information Load on Schema and Episodic Memory Formation. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 16, 923713. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.923713
•Borquez, M.*, Contreras M. P.*, Vivaldi, E., Born, J. & Inostroza, M. (2017). Post-Learning Sleep Transiently Boosts Context Specific Operant Extinction Memory. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 11:74. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00074
* Denotes shared first authorship / equal contributions.
•Shan, X., Contreras, M. P., Sawangjit, A., Dimitrov, S., Born, J., & Inostroza, M. (2023). Rearing is critical for forming spatial representations in pre-weanling rats. Behav. Brain. Res. 452, 114545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114545
•Shan, X., Contreras, M. P., Mendez, M., Born, J. & Inostroza, M. (2022). Unfolding of spatial representation at systems level in infant rats. Hippocampus. 32(2), 121–133. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23392