Carlos A. Saura

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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Carlos A. Saura is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos A. Saura has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 33 papers in Physiology and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Carlos A. Saura's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (31 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (26 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (13 papers). Carlos A. Saura is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (31 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (26 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (13 papers). Carlos A. Saura collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Japan. Carlos A. Saura's co-authors include Jorge Valero, Rafael Franco, Enric I. Canela, Arnaldo Parra‐Damas, Carmen Lluís, Josefa Mallol, José Rodrı́guez-Álvarez, Alfredo Kirkwood, Francisco Ciruela and Se‐Young Choi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Carlos A. Saura

68 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Loss of Presenilin Function Causes Impairments of Memory and Synaptic Plasticity Followed by Age-Dependent Neurodegeneration

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carlos A. Saura Spain	34	1.9k	1.8k	1.6k	720	544	69	4.2k
Marcello D’Amelio Italy	39	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	491 0.7×	737 1.4×	90	4.7k
Luis Barbeito Uruguay	47	2.7k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	486 0.7×	1.3k 2.4×	112	6.6k
Satyabrata Kar Canada	41	2.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.6×	1.7k 1.0×	947 1.3×	554 1.0×	118	5.7k
Inger Lauritzen France	33	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	309 0.4×	330 0.6×	47	4.5k
Michael K. Ahlijanian United States	30	2.7k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	432 0.6×	346 0.6×	59	4.5k
Warren D. Hirst United States	46	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.5×	475 0.7×	773 1.4×	90	5.9k
Kaitlyn Ho United States	20	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.1×	379 0.5×	727 1.3×	25	3.8k
Céline Perier Spain	33	2.6k 1.4×	1.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	252 0.3×	950 1.7×	41	6.7k
Marc Gleichmann United States	27	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	909 0.6×	308 0.4×	580 1.1×	40	3.9k
Yijuang Chern Taiwan	43	3.0k 1.6×	676 0.4×	2.2k 1.3×	232 0.3×	715 1.3×	143	5.1k

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Andrade‐Talavera, Yuniesky, et al.. (2025). Synaptic vulnerability to amyloid-β and tau pathologies differentially disrupts emotional and memory neural circuits. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(7). 2966–2979. 4 indexed citations

Navarro, Gemma, Jaume Lillo, Carlos A. Saura, et al.. (2025). Cannabinoid CB₁ Receptor Activation Mitigates N-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptor-Mediated Neurotoxicity. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science. 8(9). 3019–3032. 1 indexed citations

Lutzu, Stefano, et al.. (2023). Activity-Dependent Nr4a2 Induction Modulates Synaptic Expression of AMPA Receptors and Plasticity via a Ca^2+/CRTC1/CREB Pathway. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(17). 3028–3041. 5 indexed citations

Rivas‐Santisteban, Rafael, et al.. (2023). The Expression of Cellular Prion Protein, PrPC, Favors pTau Propagation and Blocks NMDAR Signaling in Primary Cortical Neurons. Cells. 12(2). 283–283. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Wenwen, Rut Fadó, Núria Casals, et al.. (2020). Proteasomal-Mediated Degradation of AKAP150 Accompanies AMPAR Endocytosis during cLTD. eNeuro. 7(2). ENEURO.0218–19.2020. 9 indexed citations

Parra‐Damas, Arnaldo & Carlos A. Saura. (2019). Synapse-to-Nucleus Signaling in Neurodegenerative and Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Biological Psychiatry. 86(2). 87–96. 28 indexed citations

Jeugd, Ann Van der, Arnaldo Parra‐Damas, Tariq Ahmed, et al.. (2018). Reversal of memory and neuropsychiatric symptoms and reduced tau pathology by selenium in 3xTg-AD mice. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 6431–6431. 42 indexed citations

López‐Font, Inmaculada, Aitana Sogorb‐Esteve, Gunnar Brinkmalm, et al.. (2018). Decreased circulating ErbB4 ectodomain fragments as a read-out of impaired signaling function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of Disease. 124. 428–438. 10 indexed citations

Duch, Marta, F. Javier del Campo, Lilian Enríquez-Barreto, et al.. (2017). Suspended Silicon Microphotodiodes for Electrochemical and Biological Applications. Small. 13(41). 7 indexed citations

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Parra‐Damas, Arnaldo, Jorge Valero, Meng Chen, et al.. (2014). Crtc1 Activates a Transcriptional Program Deregulated at Early Alzheimer's Disease-Related Stages. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(17). 5776–5787. 79 indexed citations

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Fadó, Rut, Rana S. Moubarak, Alfredo J. Miñano‐Molina, et al.. (2013). X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein negatively regulates neuronal differentiation through interaction with cRAF and Trk. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2397–2397. 14 indexed citations

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Giralt, Albert, Mar Puigdellívol, Paola Paoletti, et al.. (2011). Long-term memory deficits in Huntington's disease are associated with reduced CBP histone acetylase activity. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(6). 1203–1216. 119 indexed citations

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Saura, Carlos A., Emilia Servián‐Morilla, & Francisco G. Scholl. (2011). Presenilin/γ-Secretase Regulates Neurexin Processing at Synapses. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e19430–e19430. 61 indexed citations

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Valero, Jorge, Alfredo J. Miñano‐Molina, Roser Masgrau, et al.. (2010). -Amyloid Disrupts Activity-Dependent Gene Transcription Required for Memory through the CREB Coactivator CRTC1. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(28). 9402–9410. 100 indexed citations

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Mao, Jian‐Hua, Sílvia Ginés, Daniel Metzger, et al.. (2010). Presenilin modulates EGFR signaling and cell transformation by regulating the ubiquitin ligase Fbw7. Oncogene. 29(20). 2950–2961. 36 indexed citations

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Giménez‐Llort, Lydia, Jorge Valero, Alberto Rábano, et al.. (2009). Intraneuronal β-Amyloid Accumulation in the Amygdala Enhances Fear and Anxiety in Alzheimer's Disease Transgenic Mice. Biological Psychiatry. 67(6). 513–521. 158 indexed citations

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Xifró, Xavier, et al.. (2008). Estradiol facilitates neurite maintenance by a Src/Ras/ERK signalling pathway. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 39(2). 143–151. 30 indexed citations

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Saura, Carlos A., Taisuke Tomita, Salvador Soriano, et al.. (2000). The Nonconserved Hydrophilic Loop Domain of Presenilin (PS) Is Not Required for PS Endoproteolysis or Enhanced Aβ42 Production Mediated by Familial Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease-linked PS Variants. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(22). 17136–17142. 54 indexed citations

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Franco, Rafael, Vicent Casadó, Francisco Ciruela, et al.. (1997). Cell surface adenosine deaminase: Much more than an ectoenzyme. Progress in Neurobiology. 52(4). 283–294. 221 indexed citations

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Ciruela, Francisco, Carlos A. Saura, Enric I. Canela, et al.. (1996). Adenosine deaminase affects ligand‐induced signalling by interacting with cell surface adenosine receptors. FEBS Letters. 380(3). 219–223. 148 indexed citations

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