Hernández S

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2014-2020

Study types

  • article 3

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
article 2020
Influence of Stress on the Vitamin D-Vitamin D Receptor System, Macrophages, and the Local Inflammatory Milieu in Endometriosis
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-020-00235-1

We previously demonstrated the negative impact of stress in an animal model of endometriosis. Although its role is unclear, altered levels of vitamin D (VitD) have been found in patients with this condition. VitD signaling through the VitD …

article 2016
Endometriosis Is Associated With a Shift in MU Opioid and NMDA Receptor Expression in the Brain Periaqueductal Gray
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719116630410

Studies have examined how endometriosis interacts with the nervous system, but little attention has been paid to opioidergic systems, which are relevant to pain signaling. We used the autotransplantation rat model of endometriosis and allow…

article 2014
Stress Management Affects Outcomes in the Pathophysiology of an Endometriosis Model
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1177/1933719114542022

We have previously shown detrimental effects of stress in an animal model of endometriosis. We now investigated whether the ability to control stress can affect disease parameters. Endometriosis was surgically induced in female Sprague-Dawl…