Rodrigo Carrasco

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 2012 Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile 
• MSc in Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, 2016 University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• PhD in Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, 2021 University of Saskatchewan, Canada 
• Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2022 University of Saskatchewan, Canada 
• Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023-2024 University of California San Diego, USA

• Reproductive physiology and endocrinology
• Neuroendocrinology of reproduction
• Puberty
• Assisted reproductive technologies
• Neuronal and glial function
• Role of ovarian innervation on ovarian function
• In vivo and ex vivo imaging

• Carrasco RA, Breen KM. 2025. Brainstem noradrenergic neuronal populations: dual effects on regulating GnRH and LH secretion. Endocrinology 5;166(3): bqaf021. 
  
  
• Carrasco RA, Jang J, Jung J, McCosh RB, Kreisman MJ, Breen KM. 2025. Prostaglandin synthesis mediates the suppression of pulsatile luteinizing hormone secretion during immune/inflammatory stress in female mice. J Neuroendocrinol. e70004. 
• Carrasco RA, Bogle OA, Ratto MH, Ulloa-Leal C, Mamani-Cato RH, Adams GP. 2024. Predictive characteristics of male fertility in alpacas with special reference to seminal NGF. Theriogenology, 216, 177–184. 
  
  
• Carrasco RA, Breen KM. 2023. Allostasis in neuroendocrine systems controlling reproduction. Endocrinology, 164(10), bqad12. 
  
  
• Ratto MH, Paiva L, Carrasco RA, Silva ME, Ulloa-Leal C, Ratto VF, Goicochea J. 2023. Unveiling the effect of β-NGF on the reproductive function in llamas and cows. Animal 17(1), 100754. 
  
  
• Paiva L, Silva M, Carrasco R, Ratto V, Goicochea J, Ratto M. 2023. Seminal plasma nerve growth factor signaling on the reproductive physiology of female llamas. Animal reproduction, 19(4), e20220116.
   
• Carrasco RA, Pezo S, Zwiefelhofer EM, Lanigan EE, Singh J, Berland ME, Ulloa-Leal C, Ratto MH, Adams GP. 2023. Is seminal NGF-induced LH release in camelids mediated at the hypothalamus? Reproduction, 165, 395–405. 
  
  
• Carrasco RA, Salih AK, Dominguez Garcia M, Khozeimeh ES, Adams GP, Phenix CP, Price EW. 2023. Development and biodistribution of a nerve growth factor radioactive conjugate for PET imaging in a mouse model. Molecular imaging and biology, 10.1007/s11307-023-01805-w. 
  
  
• Leonardi CEP, Carrasco RA, Días FCF, Zwiefelhofer EM, Adams GP, Singh J. 2022. Mechanism of LH Release after Peripheral Administration of Kisspeptin in cattle. PloS one, 17(12), e0278564.