Javier González‐Maeso

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
101 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Javier González‐Maeso is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Javier González‐Maeso has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 61 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Javier González‐Maeso's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (49 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (40 papers) and Psychedelics and Drug Studies (31 papers). Javier González‐Maeso is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (49 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (40 papers) and Psychedelics and Drug Studies (31 papers). Javier González‐Maeso collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. Javier González‐Maeso's co-authors include Stuart C. Sealfon, Juan F. López‐Giménez, José L. Moreno, J. Javier Meana, Noelia Weisstaub, Ming‐Ming Zhou, Jay A. Gingrich, Terrell Holloway, Pokman Chan and Rosalind L. Ang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Javier González‐Maeso

99 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Hallucinogens Recruit Specific Cortical 5-HT2A Receptor-Mediated Signaling Pathways to Affect Behavior

2007 653 citations Javier González‐Maeso, Noelia Weisstaub et al. profile →
Identification of a serotonin/glutamate receptor complex implicated in psychosis

2008 626 citations Javier González‐Maeso, Noelia Weisstaub et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Javier González‐Maeso United States	37	3.5k	2.5k	1.8k	817	717	101	5.6k
Marius C. Hoener Switzerland	45	4.1k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	468 0.6×	356 0.5×	94	6.7k
Charles D. Nichols United States	36	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	949 1.2×	467 0.7×	85	4.9k
Kathryn A. Cunningham United States	52	5.4k 1.6×	3.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	286 0.4×	249 0.3×	214	7.5k
Christian P. Müller Germany	44	2.5k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	430 0.2×	791 1.0×	627 0.9×	201	6.9k
Elaine Sanders‐Bush United States	57	6.4k 1.9×	5.6k 2.3×	1.2k 0.7×	622 0.8×	435 0.6×	163	10.2k
J. Javier Meana Spain	41	3.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	503 0.3×	364 0.4×	906 1.3×	243	6.3k
Nicholas M. Barnes United Kingdom	42	4.0k 1.1×	3.3k 1.3×	344 0.2×	404 0.5×	867 1.2×	147	7.7k
Luís F. Callado Spain	35	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	305 0.2×	329 0.4×	484 0.7×	170	3.9k
Aaron Janowsky United States	43	3.5k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	473 0.3×	430 0.5×	205 0.3×	129	5.5k
Wouter Koek United States	42	4.2k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	281 0.2×	279 0.3×	275 0.4×	211	6.0k

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Silverman, J. M., Marco Fiorillo, Charles B. Jones, et al.. (2025). Dual Modulation of 5-HT _2A Receptors and SERT by α-Ethyltryptamine and Its Optical Isomers. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 16(24). 4592–4601.

Martín‐Guerrero, Sandra M., María Martín‐Estebané, Antonio Jesús Lara Ordóñez, et al.. (2025). Maternal immune activation imprints translational dysregulation and differential MAP2 phosphorylation in descendant neural stem cells. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(7). 2994–3007. 1 indexed citations

Sierra, Salvador, et al.. (2025). Upregulation of the neuropeptide receptor calcitonin receptor-like in the spinal cord via MLL2 in a mouse model of paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy. Molecular Pain. 21. 834516137–834516137.

Damaj, M. Imad, et al.. (2024). Pharmacology of Classical Psychedelic in Mouse Models of Chronic Pain. Journal of Pain. 25(4). 19–19. 2 indexed citations

Avet, Charlotte, Mario de la Fuente Revenga, Patricia Robledo, et al.. (2024). Pharmacological fingerprint of antipsychotic drugs at the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(9). 2753–2764. 14 indexed citations

Zhu, Bohan, Richard I. Ainsworth, Zhengzhi Liu, et al.. (2024). Antipsychotic-induced epigenomic reorganization in frontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia. eLife. 12. 5 indexed citations

Ibi, Daisuke, Keisuke Yoshida, Kento Mizutani, et al.. (2023). Ethopharmacological evaluation of antidepressant-like effect of serotonergic psychedelics in C57BL/6J male mice. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 397(5). 3019–3035. 19 indexed citations

Zhu, Bohan, Richard I. Ainsworth, Zhengzhi Liu, et al.. (2023). Antipsychotic-induced epigenomic reorganization in frontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations

Meana, J. Javier & Javier González‐Maeso. (2023). Serotonin 5-HT2A receptors in schizophrenia: Reflexions on an unfinished story. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 74. 89–91. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Chanjuan, Pauline Scholler, Jérôme A. J. Becker, et al.. (2022). Nanobody-based sensors reveal a high proportion of mGlu heterodimers in the brain. Nature Chemical Biology. 18(8). 894–903. 29 indexed citations

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Wolstenholme, Jennifer T., Justin M. Saunders, Maren L. Smith, et al.. (2022). Reduced alcohol preference and intake after fecal transplant in patients with alcohol use disorder is transmissible to germ-free mice. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6198–6198. 43 indexed citations

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Revenga, Mario de la Fuente, Bohan Zhu, Christopher A. Guevara, et al.. (2021). Prolonged epigenomic and synaptic plasticity alterations following single exposure to a psychedelic in mice. Cell Reports. 37(3). 109836–109836. 145 indexed citations

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Segarra, Rafael, et al.. (2021). Characterization of dopamine D2 receptor coupling to G proteins in postmortem brain of subjects with schizophrenia. Pharmacological Reports. 73(4). 1136–1146. 3 indexed citations

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Mayer, Carl R., Justin M. Saunders, Miguel Fribourg, et al.. (2020). Interclass GPCR heteromerization affects localization and trafficking. Science Signaling. 13(654). 31 indexed citations

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Sierra, Salvador, et al.. (2020). Adjunctive effect of the serotonin 5-HT2C receptor agonist lorcaserin on opioid-induced antinociception in mice. Neuropharmacology. 167. 107949–107949. 12 indexed citations

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García‐Bea, Aintzane, Patrícia Miranda-Azpiazu, Carolina Muguruza, et al.. (2019). Serotonin 5-HT2A receptor expression and functionality in postmortem frontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia: Selective biased agonism via Gαi1-proteins. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 29(12). 1453–1463. 38 indexed citations

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Liu, Runping, Jason D. Kang, R. Balfour Sartor, et al.. (2019). Neuroinflammation in Murine Cirrhosis Is Dependent on the Gut Microbiome and Is Attenuated by Fecal Transplant. Hepatology. 71(2). 611–626. 82 indexed citations

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Fribourg, Miguel, George Liapakis, Javier González‐Maeso, et al.. (2014). G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling to Kir Channels in Xenopus Oocytes. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 15(10). 987–995. 15 indexed citations

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Weisstaub, Noelia, Ming‐Ming Zhou, Alena Lira, et al.. (2006). Cortical 5-HT _2A Receptor Signaling Modulates Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Mice. Science. 313(5786). 536–540. 328 indexed citations

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González‐Maeso, Javier, Rafael Rodríguez‐Puertas, J. Javier Meana, Jesús A. García‐Sevilla, & José Guimón. (2002). Neurotransmitter receptor-mediated activation of G-proteins in brains of suicide victims with mood disorders: selective supersensitivity of α2A-adrenoceptors. Molecular Psychiatry. 7(7). 755–767. 77 indexed citations

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