Ángel Núñez

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Ángel Núñez is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ángel Núñez has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 59 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ángel Núñez's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (37 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (17 papers). Ángel Núñez is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (37 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (17 papers). Ángel Núñez collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Peru and United States. Ángel Núñez's co-authors include Mircea Steriade, Florin Amzica, Ignacio Torres‐Alemán, Eva Carro, S. Busiguina, Washington Buño, David Fernández de Sevilla, Diego Contreras, Ana M. Fernández and Roberto Curro ́Dossi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Ángel Núñez

102 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

A novel slow (< 1 Hz) oscillation of neocortical neurons ... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 2000 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. A novel slow (< 1 Hz) oscillation of neocortical neurons in vivo: depolarizing and hyperpolarizing components.
    1993 1.3k citations Ángel Núñez et al. profile →
  2. Circulating Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Mediates Effects of Exercise on the Brain
    2000 601 citations Eva Carro, Ángel Núñez et al. profile →

Peers

Ángel Núñez
Jelena Radulović United States
Thérèse M. Jay France
Wolfgang H. Sommer Germany
Kuei‐Sen Hsu Taiwan
Barry D. Waterhouse United States
Maarten van den Buuse Australia
George Paxinos Australia
Charles Watson Australia
Jaideep S. Bains Canada
Matthew Ennis United States
Jelena Radulović United States
Ángel Núñez
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ángel Núñez

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Núñez, Ángel, et al.. (2024). Impairment of synaptic plasticity in the primary somatosensory cortex in a model of diabetic mice. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 18. 1444395–1444395. 1 indexed citations
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Moreno, Estefanía, Ricardo Martín, José Sánchez‐Prieto, et al.. (2023). Control of a hippocampal recurrent excitatory circuit by cannabinoid receptor-interacting protein Gap43. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2303–2303. 12 indexed citations
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Wojtas, Magdalena N., Poonam Verma, Alberto Ouro, et al.. (2023). Interplay between hippocampal TACR3 and systemic testosterone in regulating anxiety-associated synaptic plasticity. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(3). 686–703. 6 indexed citations
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Zegarra-Valdivia, Jonathan, Ángel Núñez, & Ignacio Torres‐Alemán. (2023). Untangling IGF-I signaling in the aging brain. Aging. 15(3). 599–600. 3 indexed citations
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Gil‐Miravet, Isis, Ángel Núñez, Esther Castillo-Gómez, et al.. (2023). Nucleus incertus projections to rat medial septum and entorhinal cortex: rare collateralization and septal-gating of temporal lobe theta rhythm activity. Brain Structure and Function. 228(5). 1307–1328. 3 indexed citations
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Núñez, Ángel, et al.. (2023). The neurobiology of insulin-like growth factor I: From neuroprotection to modulation of brain states. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(8). 3220–3230. 13 indexed citations
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Luengo, Enrique, Cristina Fernández‐Mendívil, Ángel Núñez, et al.. (2021). Implication of type 4 NADPH oxidase (NOX4) in tauopathy. Redox Biology. 49. 102210–102210. 24 indexed citations
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Reinoso‐Suárez, Fernando, et al.. (2021). The anatomy of dreaming, and REM sleep. European Journal of Anatomy. 3(3). 163–175.
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Núñez, Ángel & Washington Buño. (2021). The Theta Rhythm of the Hippocampus: From Neuronal and Circuit Mechanisms to Behavior. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15. 649262–649262. 105 indexed citations
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Martín-Cortecero, Jesús, et al.. (2021). Higher-Order Thalamic Encoding of Somatosensory Patterns and Bilateral Events. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 15. 752804–752804. 5 indexed citations
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Rojo, Ana I., Marta Pajares, Patricia Rada, et al.. (2017). NRF2 deficiency replicates transcriptomic changes in Alzheimer's patients and worsens APP and TAU pathology. Redox Biology. 13. 444–451. 181 indexed citations
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Stein, Angélica Miki, et al.. (2017). Acute exercise does not modify brain activity and memory performance in APP/PS1 mice. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0178247–e0178247. 58 indexed citations
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Trueba-Sáiz, Ángel, Carmen Cavada, Ana M. Fernández, et al.. (2013). Loss of serum IGF-I input to the brain as an early biomarker of disease onset in Alzheimer mice. Translational Psychiatry. 3(12). e330–e330. 69 indexed citations
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Nishijima, Takeshi, Joaquín Piriz, Sylvie Duflot, et al.. (2010). Neuronal Activity Drives Localized Blood-Brain-Barrier Transport of Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor-I into the CNS. Neuron. 67(5). 834–846. 242 indexed citations
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Núñez, Ángel, Eva Carro, & Ignacio Torres‐Alemán. (2003). Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Modifies Electrophysiological Properties of Rat Brain Stem Neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 89(6). 3008–3017. 58 indexed citations
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Núñez, Ángel. (2002). El concepto de América latina, los discursos postmodernos y la palabra auténtica del continente. 19. 1 indexed citations
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Núñez, Ángel, Fivos Panetsos, & Carlos Avendaño. (2000). Rhythmic neuronal interactions and synchronization in the rat dorsal column nuclei. Neuroscience. 100(3). 599–609. 21 indexed citations
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Malmierca, Eduardo & Ángel Núñez. (1998). Corticofugal action on somatosensory response properties of rat nucleus gracilis cells. Brain Research. 810(1-2). 172–180. 23 indexed citations
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Núñez, Ángel, et al.. (1997). Electrophysiological properties and cholinergic responses of rat ventral oral pontine reticular neurons in vitro. Brain Research. 754(1-2). 1–11. 26 indexed citations
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