A. Pascual–Leone

9.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
54 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

A. Pascual–Leone is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Pascual–Leone has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Neurology, 30 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in A. Pascual–Leone's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (35 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (10 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (10 papers). A. Pascual–Leone is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (35 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (10 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (10 papers). A. Pascual–Leone collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Switzerland. A. Pascual–Leone's co-authors include Federico V. Pallardó, Belén Rubio, Felipe Fregni, Gregor Thut, Paulo S. Boggio, Maurice B. Hallett, Joaquim P. Brasil‐Neto, Amir Amedi, Eric M. Wassermann and Verena Brodbeck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

A. Pascual–Leone

52 papers receiving 6.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation of left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in drug-resistant depression

1996 916 citations A. Pascual–Leone, Belén Rubio et al. The Lancet profile →
Transcranial magnetic stimulation in cognitive neuroscience – virtual lesion, chronometry, and functional connectivity

2000 648 citations A. Pascual–Leone Current Opinion in Neurobiology profile →
Functional relevance of cross-modal plasticity in blind humans

1997 643 citations Leonardo Cohen, Pablo Celnik et al. Nature profile →
Spontaneous Fluctuations in Posterior -Band EEG Activity Reflect Variability in Excitability of Human Visual Areas

2007 544 citations Amir Amedi, A. Pascual–Leone et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Pascual–Leone United States	31	4.1k	3.4k	743	699	690	54	6.2k
Massimiliano Oliveri Italy	47	4.7k 1.1×	3.0k 0.9×	692 0.9×	443 0.6×	826 1.2×	151	6.7k
Emiliano Santarnecchi United States	46	3.6k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	570 0.8×	606 0.9×	597 0.9×	198	5.9k
Kate E. Hoy Australia	49	4.3k 1.1×	4.9k 1.4×	761 1.0×	403 0.6×	535 0.8×	129	6.8k
Hubert R. Dinse Germany	46	4.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	398 0.5×	697 1.0×	540 0.8×	155	7.1k
Hugo Théoret Canada	45	3.9k 0.9×	2.5k 0.7×	1.1k 1.5×	394 0.6×	547 0.8×	124	6.7k
Patrick Ragert Germany	35	3.3k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	345 0.5×	969 1.4×	299 0.4×	114	5.4k
Adam J. Woods United States	39	2.7k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	358 0.5×	499 0.7×	402 0.6×	178	5.1k
Martin Tegenthoff Germany	57	4.0k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	978 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	578 0.8×	279	9.8k
Manabu Honda Japan	47	5.3k 1.3×	1.8k 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	927 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	147	7.7k
Christian Wienbruch Germany	29	3.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	363 0.5×	428 0.6×	489 0.7×	52	5.2k

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Cassarà, Antonino M., Taylor Newton, Katie Zhuang, et al.. (2025). Recommendations for the Safe Application of Temporal Interference Stimulation in the Human Brain Part I: Principles of Electrical Neuromodulation and Adverse Effects. Bioelectromagnetics. 46(2). e22542–e22542. 3 indexed citations

Ozdemir, Recep A., Jessica M. Ross, Debby Klooster, et al.. (2025). Preoperative parietal TMS-EEG hyperexcitability in patients with subsequent postoperative delirium. Brain stimulation. 18(1). 609–610.

Ross, Jessica M., Christopher C. Cline, Sara Parmigiani, et al.. (2025). Sensory Entrained TMS ( seTMS ) Enhances Motor Cortex Excitability. Human Brain Mapping. 46(10). e70267–e70267. 1 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Masahito, Hugo Théoret, & A. Pascual–Leone. (2009). Suppression of ipsilateral motor cortex facilitates motor skill learning. European Journal of Neuroscience. 29(4). 833–836. 49 indexed citations

Pascual–Leone, A., et al.. (2007). Activation of Prefrontal Cortex by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Reduces Appetite for Risk during Ambiguous Decision Making. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(23). 6212–6218. 315 indexed citations

Knoch, Daria, Michael A. Nitsche, Urs Fischbacher, et al.. (2007). Studying the Neurobiology of Social Interaction with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation--The Example of Punishing Unfairness. Cerebral Cortex. 18(9). 1987–1990. 172 indexed citations

Candia, Victor, et al.. (2007). Secondary motor disturbances in 101 patients with musician's dystonia. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 78(9). 949–953. 34 indexed citations

Fregni, Felipe, Paulo S. Boggio, Gregor Thut, et al.. (2006). A randomized clinical trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with refractory epilepsy. Annals of Neurology. 60(4). 447–455. 175 indexed citations

Valero‐Cabré, Antoni & A. Pascual–Leone. (2005). Impact of TMS on the primary motor cortex and associated spinal systems. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 24(1). 29–35. 25 indexed citations

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Bermpohl, Felix, A. Pascual–Leone, Amir Amedi, et al.. (2005). Attentional modulation of emotional stimulus processing: An fMRI study using emotional expectancy. Human Brain Mapping. 27(8). 662–677. 74 indexed citations

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Walsh, ⁄ & A. Pascual–Leone. (2003). Transcranial magnetic stimulation: a neurochromometrics of mind.. MIT Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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Mottaghy, Felix M., Bernd J. Krause, Lars Kemna, et al.. (2000). Modulation of the neuronal circuitry subserving working memory in healthy human subjects by repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Neuroscience Letters. 280(3). 167–170. 119 indexed citations

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Pascual–Leone, A.. (2000). Transcranial magnetic stimulation in cognitive neuroscience – virtual lesion, chronometry, and functional connectivity. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 10(2). 232–237. 648 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pascual–Leone, A., et al.. (1998). 255. Why does RTMS have an antidepressant effect? Differences with ECT. Biological Psychiatry. 43(8). S76–S77. 1 indexed citations

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Cohen, Leonardo, Pablo Celnik, A. Pascual–Leone, et al.. (1997). Functional relevance of cross-modal plasticity in blind humans. Nature. 389(6647). 180–183. 643 indexed citations breakdown →

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Catala, Martin, et al.. (1997). Melatonin levels in Parkinson's disease: Drug therapy versus electrical stimulation of the internal globus pallidus. Experimental Gerontology. 32(4-5). 553–558. 30 indexed citations

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Wassermann, Eric M., Thomas A. Zeffiro, Norihiro Sadato, et al.. (1996). Locating the Motor Cortex on the MRI with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and PET. NeuroImage. 3(1). 1–9. 149 indexed citations

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Pascual–Leone, A., et al.. (1996). Rapid-rate transcranial magnetic stimulation of left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in drug-resistant depression. The Lancet. 348(9022). 233–237. 916 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wassermann, Eric M., et al.. (1993). Topography of the inhibitory and excitatory responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation in a hand muscle. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section. 89(6). 424–433. 107 indexed citations

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Roth, Bradley J., A. Pascual–Leone, L. G. Cohen, & Maurice B. Hallett. (1992). The heating of metal electrodes during rapid-rate magnetic stimulation: a possible safety hazard. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology/Evoked Potentials Section. 85(2). 116–123. 62 indexed citations

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