Begona Fonseca
Overview
Explore the profile of Begona Fonseca including associated specialties, affiliations and a list of published articles.
Author names and details appear as published. Due to indexing inconsistencies, multiple individuals may share a name, and a single author may have variations. MedLuna displays this data as publicly available, without modification or verification
Snapshot
Snapshot
Articles
12
Citations
108
Followers
0
Related Specialties
Related Specialties
Top 10 Co-Authors
Top 10 Co-Authors
Published In
Published In
Affiliations
Affiliations
Soon will be listed here.
Recent Articles
1.
Martinez-Aguila A, Fonseca B, Perez de Lara M, Miras-Portugal M, Gomez-Villafuertes R, Carracedo G, et al.
Mol Vis
. 2020 Aug;
26:530-539.
PMID: 32818016
Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the changes in the melatoninergic receptors of DBA/2J and C57BL/6J mice with the development of glaucoma. DBA/2J mice are widely used...
2.
Jacob T, Singh V, Dixit M, Ginsburg-Shmuel T, Fonseca B, Pintor J, et al.
Purinergic Signal
. 2018 Jul;
14(3):271-284.
PMID: 30019187
Extracellular nucleotides can regulate the production/drainage of the aqueous humor via activation of P2 receptors, thus affecting the intraocular pressure (IOP). We evaluated 5-OMe-UDP(α-B), 1A, a potent P2Y6-receptor agonist, for...
3.
Fonseca B, Martinez-Aguila A, Perez de Lara M, Miras-Portugal M, Gomez-Villafuertes R, Pintor J
Front Pharmacol
. 2017 Nov;
8:719.
PMID: 29085298
Glaucoma is a neuropathology, often accompanied by an elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), which can lead to blindness. Since DBA/2J mice develop glaucoma, several studies of the physiopathology of glaucoma have...
4.
Fonseca B, Martinez-Aguila A, Perez de Lara M, Pintor J
Purinergic Signal
. 2016 Nov;
13(2):171-177.
PMID: 27848070
Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease that produces blindness. The main factor associated with this disease is an abnormally elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). To date, some attempts have been made to...
5.
Alkozi H, Sanchez-Naves J, Perez de Lara M, Carracedo G, Fonseca B, Martinez-Aguila A, et al.
Acta Ophthalmol
. 2016 Sep;
95(3):e185-e189.
PMID: 27595784
Purpose: To study the levels of melatonin in the aqueous humour of normotensive and hypertensive intraocular pressure (IOP) patients and to compare them to an animal model of glaucoma. Methods:...
6.
Carracedo G, Martin-Gil A, Fonseca B, Pintor J
Cont Lens Anterior Eye
. 2016 Apr;
39(4):266-9.
PMID: 27085466
Objective: To evaluate the differences between goblet cell density (GCD) and symptomatology after one month of orthokeratology lens wear. Methods: A pilot, short-term study was conducted. Twenty-two subjects (29.7±7.0 years...
7.
Martinez-Aguila A, Fonseca B, Perez de Lara M, Pintor J
J Pharmacol Exp Ther
. 2016 Mar;
357(2):293-9.
PMID: 26941171
Melatonin is a neurohormone that is produced not only by the pineal gland but also by several ocular structures. One of the main physiologic roles of melatonin is the reduction...
8.
Guzman-Aranguez A, Fonseca B, Carracedo G, Martin-Gil A, Martinez-Aguila A, Pintor J
Eye Contact Lens
. 2015 Sep;
42(5):280-8.
PMID: 26372476
Dry eye disease affects a substantial segment of the word population with increasing frequency. It is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface and tear film, which causes ocular discomfort,...
9.
Fonseca B, Martinez-Aguila A, Diaz-Hernandez M, Pintor J
Purinergic Signal
. 2014 Nov;
11(1):87-93.
PMID: 25398705
The purpose of this study is to investigate if the cholinergic stimulation by carbachol on tear secretion is a direct process or if it is also mediated by purinergic mechanisms....
10.
Martinez-Aguila A, Fonseca B, Hernandez F, Diaz-Hernandez M, Avila J, Pintor J
J Alzheimers Dis
. 2014 Feb;
40 Suppl 1:S71-7.
PMID: 24503615
In recent years, in vitro experiments have shown that the spread of Alzheimer's disease is caused by a non-conventional activation of muscarinic receptors by dephosphorylated extracellular tau protein. However, so...