Carmen Varela

960 total citations
18 papers, 604 citations indexed

About

Carmen Varela is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carmen Varela has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 604 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Carmen Varela's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (7 papers). Carmen Varela is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (7 papers). Carmen Varela collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Carmen Varela's co-authors include Matthew A. Wilson, Sunil Kumar, S. Murray Sherman, Matthew Wilson, Luis M. Martı́nez, Casto Rivadulla, Javier Cudeiro, Yuchun Zhang, John Lisman and Héctor Penagos and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Carmen Varela

16 papers receiving 598 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carmen Varela United States 11 496 420 73 38 31 18 604
Rodrigo Neves Romcy-Pereira Brazil 16 317 0.6× 364 0.9× 123 1.7× 37 1.0× 16 0.5× 25 576
Anja Farovik United States 8 510 1.0× 353 0.8× 57 0.8× 38 1.0× 18 0.6× 8 635
Pia-Kelsey O’Neill United States 6 486 1.0× 397 0.9× 68 0.9× 40 1.1× 30 1.0× 6 636
Jason C. Trageser United States 9 465 0.9× 310 0.7× 42 0.6× 38 1.0× 37 1.2× 11 553
Alexandre A. Miasnikov United States 15 552 1.1× 425 1.0× 93 1.3× 43 1.1× 73 2.4× 27 680
Jamie G. Bunce United States 14 457 0.9× 373 0.9× 92 1.3× 45 1.2× 19 0.6× 17 678
Matthew R. Gielow United States 5 383 0.8× 346 0.8× 177 2.4× 41 1.1× 38 1.2× 6 578
Eduard Kelemen Czechia 12 340 0.7× 272 0.6× 37 0.5× 44 1.2× 17 0.5× 21 471
Ksenia Vlasov United States 8 286 0.6× 248 0.6× 50 0.7× 36 0.9× 16 0.5× 9 483
Rebecca Dias United Kingdom 11 300 0.6× 358 0.9× 123 1.7× 36 0.9× 31 1.0× 15 515

Countries citing papers authored by Carmen Varela

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carmen Varela

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carmen Varela

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carmen Varela. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carmen Varela based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Carmen Varela. Carmen Varela is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Varela, Carmen, et al.. (2024). A mechanism for deviance detection and contextual routing in the thalamus: a review and theoretical proposal. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18. 1359180–1359180. 1 indexed citations
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Penagos, Héctor, et al.. (2022). Eszopiclone and Zolpidem Produce Opposite Effects on Hippocampal Ripple Density. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 792148–792148. 5 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen, et al.. (2021). Distinct burst properties contribute to the functional diversity of thalamic nuclei. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 529(17). 3726–3750. 6 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen & Matthew Wilson. (2020). mPFC spindle cycles organize sparse thalamic activation and recently active CA1 cells during non-REM sleep. eLife. 9. 31 indexed citations
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Coon, William G., Mario Valderrama, Carmen Varela, et al.. (2019). 0100 Human Sleep Spindles Coupled To Hippocampal Sharp Wave Ripples Have Characteristic EEG Features. SLEEP. 42(Supplement_1). A41–A41.
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Penagos, Héctor, Carmen Varela, & Matthew Wilson. (2017). Oscillations, neural computations and learning during wake and sleep. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 44. 193–201. 21 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen, Sarah A. Weiss, Michael M. Halassa, et al.. (2016). Tracking the Time-Dependent Role of the Hippocampus in Memory Recall Using DREADDs. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0154374–e0154374. 18 indexed citations
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Wilson, Matthew A., Carmen Varela, & Miguel Remondes. (2015). Phase organization of network computations. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 31. 250–253. 19 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen. (2014). Thalamic neuromodulation and its implications for executive networks. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 8. 69–69. 91 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen, et al.. (2013). Evaluación nutricional de niños hospitalizados en un servicio de pediatría de referencia. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 27(1). 16–23. 1 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen, et al.. (2013). Anatomical substrates for direct interactions between hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex, and the thalamic nucleus reuniens. Brain Structure and Function. 219(3). 911–929. 193 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen. (2012). The gating of neocortical information by modulators. Journal of Neurophysiology. 109(5). 1229–1232. 8 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen & S. Murray Sherman. (2008). Differences in Response to Serotonergic Activation between First and Higher Order Thalamic Nuclei. Cerebral Cortex. 19(8). 1776–1786. 33 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen & S. Murray Sherman. (2007). Differences in Response to Muscarinic Activation Between First and Higher Order Thalamic Relays. Journal of Neurophysiology. 98(6). 3538–3547. 42 indexed citations
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Lam, Ying‐Wan, Charles L. Cox, Carmen Varela, & S. Murray Sherman. (2005). Morphological Correlates of Triadic Circuitry in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus of Cats and Rats. Journal of Neurophysiology. 93(2). 748–757. 20 indexed citations
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Rivadulla, Casto, Luis M. Martı́nez, Carmen Varela, & Javier Cudeiro. (2002). Completing the Corticofugal Loop: A Visual Role for the Corticogeniculate Type 1 Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(7). 2956–2962. 53 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen, et al.. (1983). Habilidades sociales y esquizofrenia: un estudio piloto. Psiquis: Revista de psiquiatría, psicología médica y psicosomática. 4(5). 33–35. 1 indexed citations

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