Javier Blesa

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
53 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Javier Blesa is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Javier Blesa has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Neurology, 27 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Javier Blesa's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (40 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (29 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers). Javier Blesa is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (40 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (29 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers). Javier Blesa collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and United Kingdom. Javier Blesa's co-authors include Serge Przedborski, Vernice Jackson‐Lewis, José Á. Obeso, Inés Trigo‐Damas, Ana Quiroga‐Varela, María Rodríguez‐Oroz, Sudarshan Phani, Manuel Rodrı́guez, Concepció Marı́n and Beatriz Benítez‐Temiño and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Javier Blesa

51 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Oxidative stress and Parkinson’s disease

2015 677 citations Javier Blesa, Inés Trigo‐Damas et al. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy profile →
Lewy body extracts from Parkinson disease brains trigger α‐synuclein pathology and neurodegeneration in mice and monkeys

2013 485 citations Iria Carballo‐Carbajal, Javier Blesa et al. profile →
Parkinsonâ€™s disease: animal models and dopaminergic cell vulnerability

2014 388 citations Javier Blesa, Serge Przedborski Frontiers in Neuroanatomy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Javier Blesa Spain	25	2.7k	1.8k	1.2k	795	684	53	4.6k
Rachel Saunders‐Pullman United States	38	3.1k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	841 0.7×	504 0.6×	822 1.2×	113	4.3k
Pierre‐Olivier Fernagut France	39	3.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	909 1.1×	815 1.2×	90	5.1k
Francesca Cicchetti Canada	47	2.4k 0.9×	3.3k 1.9×	2.7k 2.3×	1.3k 1.7×	898 1.3×	138	6.4k
Claire Henchcliffe United States	30	1.6k 0.6×	910 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	345 0.4×	503 0.7×	70	3.3k
Rita Raisman‐Vozari France	42	2.2k 0.8×	3.0k 1.7×	1.6k 1.3×	993 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	141	6.2k
Veronica Ghiglieri Italy	37	2.3k 0.8×	2.7k 1.5×	1.0k 0.9×	792 1.0×	564 0.8×	78	4.8k
Zhong Pei China	35	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	1.5k 1.9×	1.0k 1.5×	134	5.6k
Fredric P. Manfredsson United States	36	1.9k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	523 0.7×	945 1.4×	108	4.2k
Xiaomin Wang China	40	1.0k 0.4×	741 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	612 0.8×	798 1.2×	121	4.3k
Sheila M. Fleming United States	34	3.5k 1.3×	3.2k 1.8×	1.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	76	6.7k

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Balzano, Tiziano, Mariana H.G. Monje, Raúl Martínez‐Fernández, et al.. (2025). Nigrostriatal iron accumulation in the progression of Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinson s Disease. 11(1). 72–72. 3 indexed citations

Martínez‐Fernández, Raúl, Steffen Paschen, Marta del Álamo, et al.. (2025). Focused ultrasound therapy for movement disorders. The Lancet Neurology. 24(8). 698–712. 3 indexed citations

Izco, María, Carme Solà, Martin Schleef, et al.. (2025). Development of human targeted extracellular vesicles loaded with shRNA minicircles to prevent parkinsonian pathology. Translational Neurodegeneration. 14(1). 26–26.

Zamarbide, Marta, Belén Gago, Javier Blesa, et al.. (2025). Resilience of striatal synaptic plasticity over early structural adaptations in premotor parkinsonism. npj Parkinson s Disease. 11(1). 146–146.

Gasca‐Salas, Carmen, José A. Pineda‐Pardo, Marta del Álamo, et al.. (2024). Nigrostriatal blood-brain barrier opening in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 95(11). 1089–1092. 7 indexed citations

Izco, María, Susanna Navarro, Salvador Ventura, et al.. (2024). Gut microbiota produces biofilm-associated amyloids with potential for neurodegeneration. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4150–4150. 29 indexed citations

Blesa, Javier, et al.. (2024). The road ahead to successful BBB opening and drug-delivery with focused ultrasound. Journal of Controlled Release. 372. 901–913. 16 indexed citations

Blesa, Javier, José A. Pineda‐Pardo, Ken‐ichi Inoue, et al.. (2023). BBB opening with focused ultrasound in nonhuman primates and Parkinson’s disease patients: Targeted AAV vector delivery and PET imaging. Science Advances. 9(16). eadf4888–eadf4888. 51 indexed citations

Matarazzo, Michele, Javier Blesa, Mariana H.G. Monje, et al.. (2023). Dopaminergic denervation and associated MRI microstructural changes in the nigrostriatal projection in early Parkinson’s disease patients. npj Parkinson s Disease. 9(1). 144–144. 9 indexed citations

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Blesa, Javier, Natalia López‐González del Rey, Carlos Juri, et al.. (2022). Cerebral metabolic pattern associated with progressive parkinsonism in non-human primates reveals early cortical hypometabolism. Neurobiology of Disease. 167. 105669–105669. 10 indexed citations

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Izco, María, Javier Blesa, Martin Schleef, et al.. (2019). Systemic Exosomal Delivery of shRNA Minicircles Prevents Parkinsonian Pathology. Molecular Therapy. 27(12). 2111–2122. 173 indexed citations

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Rey, Natalia López‐González del, Ana Quiroga‐Varela, Elisa Garbayo, et al.. (2018). Advances in Parkinson’s Disease: 200 Years Later. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 12. 113–113. 104 indexed citations

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Pifl, Christian, Harald Reither, Natalia López‐González del Rey, et al.. (2017). Early Paradoxical Increase of Dopamine: A Neurochemical Study of Olfactory Bulb in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic MPTP Treated Monkeys. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 11. 46–46. 8 indexed citations

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Blesa, Javier, Inés Trigo‐Damas, Natalia López‐González del Rey, & José Á. Obeso. (2017). The use of nonhuman primate models to understand processes in Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neural Transmission. 125(3). 325–335. 20 indexed citations

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Blesa, Javier, Inés Trigo‐Damas, & José Á. Obeso. (2016). Parkinson's disease and thalamus: facts and fancy. The Lancet Neurology. 15(7). e2–e2. 12 indexed citations

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Gonzalez‐Reyes, Luis E., Miguel Verbitsky, Javier Blesa, et al.. (2012). Sonic Hedgehog Maintains Cellular and Neurochemical Homeostasis in the Adult Nigrostriatal Circuit. Neuron. 75(2). 306–319. 114 indexed citations

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Blesa, Javier, Christian Pifl, Miguel Ángel Sánchez-González, et al.. (2012). The nigrostriatal system in the presymptomatic and symptomatic stages in the MPTP monkey model: A PET, histological and biochemical study. Neurobiology of Disease. 48(1). 79–91. 87 indexed citations

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Blesa, Javier, Carlos Juri, María Collantes, et al.. (2010). Progression of dopaminergic depletion in a model of MPTP-induced Parkinsonism in non-human primates. An 18F-DOPA and 11C-DTBZ PET study. Neurobiology of Disease. 38(3). 456–463. 65 indexed citations

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Halliday, Glenda M., María Trinidad Herrero, Karen E. Murphy, et al.. (2009). No Lewy pathology in monkeys with over 10 years of severe MPTP Parkinsonism. Movement Disorders. 24(10). 1519–1523. 55 indexed citations

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Rodrı́guez, Manuel, Lydia Alvarez‐Erviti, Javier Blesa, et al.. (2007). Bone-marrow-derived cell differentiation into microglia: A study in a progressive mouse model of Parkinson's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 28(3). 316–325. 54 indexed citations

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