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Claudia Lorena Torres Farfan

Full Professor

UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

Valdivia, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Fetal Physiology; Circadian Rhytm; Perinatal Physiology; Circadian Rhythms & Melatonin Receptors; Developmental Programming of Adult Disease; Fisiologia Fetal; Cronobiologia; Endocrinologia

Educación

  •  Fisiologia, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2004

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Medicina

    Santiago, Chile

    2007 - 2011

  •   Profesor Asociado (II) Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

    Medicina

    Valdivia, Chile

    2011 - 2019

  •   Profesor Titular (I) Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

    Medicina

    Valdivia, Chile

    2019 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    Universidad de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2007 - 2011

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    Universidad Austral de Chile

    Valdivia, Chile

    2011 - 2019

  •   Profesor Titular Full Time

    Universidad Austral de Chile

    Valdivia, Chile

    2019 - At present


 

Article (25)

Long-Term Effects of Altered Photoperiod During Pregnancy on Liver Gene Expression of the Progeny
Gestation under chronic constant light leads to extensive gene expression changes in the fetal rat liver
Gestational Chronodisruption Impairs Hippocampal Expression of NMDA Receptor Subunits Grin1b/Grin3a and Spatial Memory in the Adult Offspring
Impact of gestational chronodisruption on fetal cardiac genomics
Impact of maternal melatonin suppression on amount and functionality of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in the newborn sheep
Impact of Chronodisruption during Primate Pregnancy on the Maternal and Newborn Temperature Rhythms
Timed Maternal Melatonin Treatment Reverses Circadian Disruption of the Fetal Adrenal Clock Imposed by Exposure to Constant Light
A Circadian Clock Entrained by Melatonin Is Ticking in the Rat Fetal Adrenal
Melatonin Exerts Direct Inhibitory Actions on ACTH Responses in the Human Adrenal Gland
Interactions between Melatonin and ACTH in the Human Adrenal Gland: Adrenal Clockwork Inhibition?.
Cryptochrome 2 Expression Level Is Critical for Adrenocorticotropin Stimulation of Cortisol Production in the Capuchin Monkey Adrenal
Circadian cortisol secretion and circadian adrenal responses to ACTH are maintained in dexamethasone suppressed capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)
Clock gene expression in adult primate suprachiasmatic nuclei and adrenal: Is the adrenal a peripheral clock responsive to melatonin?
Evidence of a role for melatonin in fetal sheep physiology: direct actions of melatonin on fetal cerebral artery, brown adipose tissue and adrenal gland
Melatonin reduces cortisol response to ACTH in humans
Melatonin reduces cortisol response to ACTH in humans La melatonina reduce la respuesta de cortisol al ACTH en humanos
Rhythmic expression of functional MT1 melatonin receptors in the rat adrenal gland
Immunocytochemical demonstration of day/night changes of clock gene protein levels in the murine adrenal gland: differences between melatonin-proficient (C3H) and melatonin-deficient (C57BL) mice
Maternal melatonin effects on clock gene expression in a nonhuman primate fetus
Maternal melatonin stimulates growth and prevents maturation of the capuchin monkey fetal adrenal gland
Maternal melatonin selectively inhibits cortisol production in the primate fetal adrenal gland
mt1 melatonin receptor in the primate adrenal gland: Inhibition of adrenocorticotropin-stimulated cortisol production by melatonin
Neuroendocrine rhythms and the organization of the circadian timing system Ritmos neuroendocrinos y la organización del sistema circadiano
Perinatal neuroendocrine regulation. Development of the circadian time-keeping system
Plasma prolactin/oestradiol ratio at 38 weeks gestation predicts the duration of lactational amenorrhoea

Abstract (13)

Posnatal Melatonin Modifies the Fetal to Neonatal Heart Transition in the Lamb
A Circadian Clock Entrained by Melatonin Is Ticking in the Rat Fetal Adrenal.
A Different Temporal Order between Fetal Atrium and Ventricle? Identification of Adrenergic Receptor Beta 1 (ADRB1), Atrial Natriuretic Peptide (ANP), Clock Genes and Melatonin Receptor 1 (MT1) in Fetal Capuchin Monkey Heart. Preliminary Results
Adrenocortical response to a superimposed episode of acute hypoxia in high altitude fetal lambs
Different effects of melatonin on PER2 expression in the adrenal gland of fetal and adult Capuchin monkey
Differential expression of the clock gene Cry2 in capuchin monkey fetal tissues
Melatonin blocks noradrenaline-induced vasoconstriction in middle cerebral artery in lowland fetal sheep
Melatonin restrains cortisol production in sheep fetal adrenal in late gestation
The capuchin monkey adrenal has an intrinsic capacity to oscillate in vivo
Maternal melatonin during gestation participates in newborn thermoregulation
Maternal melatonin inhibits 30-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenase expression in the primate fetal adrenal gland.
Regulation of 3b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3b-HSD) expression in the capuchin monkey fetal adrenal gland by maternal melatonin.
Plasma prolactin and the preponderant prolactin isoforms in pregnancy may predict the duration of lactational amenorrhoea

Review (5)

In utero circadian changes; facing light pollution
Environmental Control of Biological Rhythms: Effects on Development, Fertility and Metabolism
Circadian rhythms in the fetus
The circadian timing system: Making sense of day/night gene expression
The development of circadian rhythms in the fetus and neonate
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Claudia Torres

Full Professor

Instituto de Anatomía, Histología y Patología

UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

Valdivia, Chile

12
Francisco Valenzuela

Academico

Ciencias Básicas

UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO

Chillan, Chile

8
Lorena Abarzúa

Investigador

Medicina

Universidad de los Andes

Santiago, Chile

5
Emilio HERRERA

Full Professor

Faculty of Medicine, ICBM

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Natalia Mendez

Profesor Auxiliar

UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

valdivia, Chile

4
Hans Richter

Profesor Titular

Facultad de Medicina

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

3
Bernardo Krause

Associate Professor

Insituto de Ciencias de la Salud

Universidad de O'Higgins

Rancagua, Chile

2
Jorge Llanos

PROFESOR TITULAR

FISIOPATOLOGÍA

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE - FACULTAD DE MEDICINA

Santiago, Chile

1
Jose Sarmiento

Assistant Professor

Physiology

UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE

Valdivia, Chile

1
Víctor Parraguez

Profesor Titular

Ciencias Biológicas Animales

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS Y PECUARIAS

Santiago, Chile

1
Priscilla Brebi

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Anatomía Patológica.

Universidad de La Frontera

Temuco, Chile

1
Luis Constandil

Profesor Titular

Biología

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile