PUBLICATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
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Prokosch, V., Panagis, L., Volk, G.F., Dermon, C.R. and Thanos, S. (2010) Alpha2-adrenergic receptors and their core involvment in the process of axonal growth in retinal explants.Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. (In press).

 

Ampatzis, K. and Dermon, C.R. (2010) Regional distribution and cellular localization of beta2-adrenoceptors in the adult zebrafish brain. J Comp Neurol 518, 1418-1441

 

Chatzifotis, S., Kokou, F., Ampatzis, K., Papadakis. I.E., Divanach, P., and Dermon, C.R. (2008) Effects of dietary caffeine on growth, body composition, somatic indexes, andcerebral distribution of acetyl-cholinesterase and nitric oxide synthase in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), reared in winter temperature. Aquaculture Nutrition 14, 405-415.

 

Ampatzis, K., Kentouri, M., and C.R. Dermon (2008) Neuronal and glial localization of α2A adrenergic reeptors in the adult zebrafish brain. J Comp Neurol 508, 72-93.

 

Ampatzis, K and Dermon, C.R. (2007) Sex differences in adult cell proliferation within the zebrafish (Danio rerio) cerebellum. Eur J Neurosci 25, 1030-1040.

 

Nikolakopoulou, A.M., Dermon, C.R., Panagis, L., Pavlidis, M. and Stewart, M.G. (2006) Passive avoidance training is correlated with decreased cell proliferation in the chick hippocampus. Eur J Neurosci, 24, 2631-2642.

 

Nikolakopoulou, A.M., Parpas, A., Panagis, L., Zikopoulos, B. and Dermon, C.R. (2006) Early post-hatching sex differences in cell proliferation and survival in the quail telencephalic ventricular zone and intermediate medial mesopallium. Brain Res Bull, 70, 107-116.

 

Zikopoulos, B. and Dermon, C.R. (2005) Comparative anatomy of alpha(2) and beta adrenoceptors in the adult and developing brain of the marine teleost the red porgy (Pagrus pagrus, Sparidae): [(3)H]clonidine and [(3)H]dihydroalprenolol quantitative autoradiography and receptor subtypes immunohistochemistry. J Comp Neurol, 489, 217-240.

 

Panagis, L., Thanos, S., Fischer, D. and Dermon, C.R. (2005) Unilateral optic nerve crush induces bilateral retinal glial cell proliferation. Eur J Neurosci, 21, 2305-2309.

 

Barbas H, Hilgetag CC, Saha S, Dermon CR, Suski JL (2005) Parallel organization of contralateral and ipsilateral prefrontal cortical projections in the rhesus monkey. BMC Neiroscience 6:32.

 

Katharios P, Papadakis I.E, Prapas A, Dermon CR, Ampatzis K & Divanach P (2005) Mortality control of viral encephalopathy and retinopathy in 0+grouper Epinephelus marginatus after prolonged bath in dense Chlorella minutissima culture. Bull. Eur. Ass. Fish Pathol. 25(1) 28-32

 

Stamatakis, A., Barbas, H. and Dermon, C.R. (2004) Late granule cell genesis in quail cerebellum. J Comp Neurol, 474, 173-189.[PDF]

Potamias, G. and Dermon, C.R. (2004) Protein synthesis profiling in the developing brain: a graph theoretic clustering approach. Comput Methods Programs Biomed, 76, 115-129.

Dermon, C.R., Stamatakis, A., Giakoumaki, S. and Balthazart, J. (2004) Differential effects of testosterone on protein synthesis activity in male and female quail brain. Neuroscience, 123, 647-666.

Dermon, C.R., Zikopoulos, B., Panagis, L., Harrison, E., Lancashire, C.L., Mileusnic, R. and Stewart, M.G. (2002) Passive avoidance training enhances cell proliferation in 1 dayold chicks. Eur J Neurosci, 16, 1267-1274.

Balthazart J, Stamatakis A, Bacola S, Absil P, Dermon CR. (2001) Effects of lesions of the medial preoptic nucleus on the testosterone-induced metabolic changes in specific brain areas in male quail. Neuroscience 108:447-66

 

Zikopoulos, B., Kentouri, M. and Dermon, C.R. (2001) Cell genesis in the hypothalamus is associated to the sexual phase of a hermaphrodite teleost. Neuroreport, 12, 2477-2481.

Zikopoulos, B., Kentouri, M. and Dermon, C.R. (2000) Proliferation zones in the adult brain of a sequential hermaphrodite teleost species (Sparus aurata). Brain Behav Evol, 56, 310-322.

Dermon, C.R., Stamatakis, A., Tlemcani, O. and Balthazart, J. (1999) Performance of appetitive or consummatory components of male sexual behavior is mediated by different brain areas: a 2deoxyglucose autoradiographic study. Neuroscience, 94, 1261-1277.

Stamatakis, A., Stewart, M.G. and Dermon, C.R. (1998) Passive avoidance learning involves alpha2 noradrenergic receptors in a day old chick. Neuroreport, 9, 1679-1683.

Bodeutsch N., Siebert H., Dermon C.R., Thanos S. "(1998) Unilateral injury to the adult rat optic nerve causes multiple cellular responses in the contralateral site J. Neurobiology, 38:116-128.

 

Dermon C.R., Bacola S. and Stamatakis A. (19996) A2 noradrenergic receptors in the developing chick brain areas. Int. J. Develop. Neurosci. 14: 97.

 

Stamatakis A., J. Balthazart and C.R. Dermon (1996) Sex differences in local cerebral protein synthesis activity in quail as revealed by the in vivo autoradiographic 14C-leucine method. It. J. Anat. Embryol 101:207-210.

 

Steele R.J., Dermon C.R. and Stewart M.G. (1996) D-cycloserine, causes transient enhancement of memory for a weak aversive stimulus in day old chicks (Gallus domesticus). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 66:236-240

 

Raos, V.C., Dermon, C.R. and Savaki, H.E. (1995) Functional anatomy of the thalamic centrolateral nucleus as revealed with the [14C deoxyglucose method following electrical stimulation and electrolytic lesion. Neuroscience, 68, 299-313.

Dermon C.R. and Barbas H. (1994) Contralateral thalamic projections predominantly reach transitional cortices in the rhesus monkey. J. Comp. Neurol., 344: 508-531.

 

Tsagournisakis M., Dermon C.R. and Savaki H. (1994) Functional metabolic mapping of the rat brain during unilateral electrical stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. J. Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 14: 132-144.

 

Dermon, C.R. and Stamatakis, A. (1994) Laminar pattern of NADPH diaphorase activity in the developing avian cerebellum. Neuroreport, 5, 1941-1945.

 

Savaki, H.E., Raos V. and Dermon C.R. (1992) Bilateral cerebral metabolic effects of pharmacological manipulation of the substantia nigra in the rat: Unilateral intranigral application of the inhibitory GABAA receptor agonist Muscimol. Neuroscience 50: 781-794.

 

Dermon C.R., Tzagrounissakis, M., and Savaki, H.E. (1992) Bilateral cerebral metabolic effects of pharmacological manipulation of the substantia nigra in the rat: Unilateral intranigral application of the putative excitatory neurotransmitter Substance P. Neuroscience 50: 795-809.

 

Barbas, H., Henion, T.H. and Dermon, C.R. (1991) Diverse thalamic projections to the prefrontal cortex in the rhesus monkey. J. Comp. Neurol. 313: 65-94.

 

Dermon C.R., Pizarro, P., Georgopoulos P. and Savaki, H. (1990) Bilateral alterations in local cerebral glucose utilization following intranigral application of the GABAergic agonist muscimol" J. Neurosci. 10(9): 2861-2878

 

Mitsakos, A., Dermon, C.R., Stasi, K. and Kouvelas, E.D. (1990) Localization of L-glutamate binding sites in chick brain by quantitative autoradiography. Brain Res. 513: 348-352.

 

Dermon C.R and Kouvelas E.D. (1989) Quantitative analysis of localization of adrenergic receptors in chick brain. J. Neurosci. Res. 23: 297-303.

 

Savaki, H., Pizarro, P., Dermon, C. and Arsenis, S. (1988) Deoxyglucose analysis of the specific topographic functional inter-relations between substantia nigra and globus pallidus. Brain Res. Bull. 21: 855-86.

 

Dermon C. and Kouvelas E.D. (1988) Binding properties, regional ontogeny and localization of α1, α2 and β adrenergic receptors in chick brain Int. J. Develop. Neurosci. 6: 471-482.

 

Dermon, C. and Kouvelas E.D. (1986) Topographic distribution of adrenergic receptors in chick brain" Neurosci. Lett. Suppl. 26: S71.

 

Dermon, C. and Kouvelas E.D. (1985) Binding and ontogenetic study of adrenergic receptors in chick heart" Neurosci. Lett. Supl.22: S550.

 

PhD THESES
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K. Ampatzis (2008). Plastisity mechanisms in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) brain: Sexual differentiations. University of Crete. Biology Department.

L. Panagis (2006). Bilateral degenerative mechanisms in rat retina following unilateral experimental manipulation of the optic nerve. University of Crete. Biology Department.
 
B. Zikopoulos (2004). Sexual and Developmental Plasticity Mechanisms in the Brain of Hermaphrodite Teleosts. Study of the adrenoceptors Expression and cell Proliferation Pattern.University of Crete. Biology Department.
 
A.S. Stamatakis (2000). Plasticity mechanisms in the developing brain. Role of Nitric Oxide free radical and a2 noradrenergic receptors.University of Crete. Biology Department.