Jorge H. Medina

21.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
292 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Jorge H. Medina is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jorge H. Medina has authored 292 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 237 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 176 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 108 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jorge H. Medina's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (225 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (173 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (69 papers). Jorge H. Medina is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (225 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (173 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (69 papers). Jorge H. Medina collaborates with scholars based in Argentina, Brazil and United States. Jorge H. Medina's co-authors include Iván Izquierdo, Martı́n Cammarota, Lia R. Bevilaqua, Pedro Bekinschtein, Mônica Ryff Moreira Roca Vianna, Janine I. Rossato, Haydée Viola, Mariana Alonso, Cynthia Katche and Daniela M. Barros and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Jorge H. Medina

281 papers receiving 17.1k 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.

Memory Formation: The Sequence of Biochemical Events in the Hippocampus and Its Connection to Activity in Other Brain Structures

1997 760 citations Iván Izquierdo, Jorge H. Medina Neurobiology of Learning and Memory profile →
BDNF is essential to promote persistence of long-term memory storage

2008 537 citations Pedro Bekinschtein, Martı́n Cammarota et al. profile →
Persistence of Long-Term Memory Storage Requires a Late Protein Synthesis- and BDNF- Dependent Phase in the Hippocampus

2007 501 citations Pedro Bekinschtein, Martı́n Cammarota et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jorge H. Medina Argentina	68	11.0k	8.1k	4.9k	2.4k	2.2k	292	17.5k
Iván Izquierdo Brazil	81	14.9k 1.4×	11.1k 1.4×	7.8k 1.6×	3.8k 1.6×	3.4k 1.5×	526	25.1k
Michel Baudry United States	80	13.1k 1.2×	4.3k 0.5×	9.7k 2.0×	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	401	23.0k
Michela Gallagher United States	92	14.5k 1.3×	15.7k 1.9×	5.1k 1.0×	3.4k 1.4×	4.2k 1.9×	284	26.2k
István Módy United States	85	18.6k 1.7×	7.8k 1.0×	9.9k 2.0×	3.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	219	24.6k
Werner Sieghart Austria	75	17.8k 1.6×	4.3k 0.5×	12.2k 2.5×	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	317	23.6k
Jean‐Marc Fritschy Switzerland	88	19.8k 1.8×	6.2k 0.8×	11.3k 2.3×	3.6k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	291	26.8k
Charles V. Vorhees United States	55	5.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.3×	3.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	335	15.4k
Eero Ċastrén Finland	67	9.6k 0.9×	2.7k 0.3×	5.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	2.6k 1.2×	227	17.6k
Paul E. Gold United States	62	6.5k 0.6×	6.7k 0.8×	2.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	211	12.0k
Lisa M. Monteggia United States	59	9.4k 0.9×	3.5k 0.4×	5.8k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	4.6k 2.1×	140	20.6k

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Medina, Jorge H., et al.. (2025). Molecular Underpinnings of Memory Persistence and Forgetting. Journal of Neurochemistry. 169(5). e70089–e70089. 3 indexed citations

Medina, Jorge H., et al.. (2025). Inhibition of Muscle-Specific Protein Kinase (MuSK) Releases Organophosphate-Aged Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) from C2C12 Cells. Toxics. 13(10). 829–829.

Canto, G., et al.. (2024). Strong stretching bond force constants and Young's moduli in boron nitride nanotubes. Solid State Communications. 395. 115734–115734. 1 indexed citations

Pastor, Verónica & Jorge H. Medina. (2023). α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in memory processing. European Journal of Neuroscience. 59(9). 2138–2154. 11 indexed citations

Medina, Jorge H., et al.. (2022). Dopamine neurotransmission in the VTA regulates aversive memory formation and persistence. Physiology & Behavior. 253. 113854–113854. 4 indexed citations

Miranda, Magdalena, et al.. (2021). Functional connectivity of anterior retrosplenial cortex in object recognition memory. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 186. 107544–107544. 7 indexed citations

Pastor, Verónica & Jorge H. Medina. (2021). Medial prefrontal cortical control of reward‐ and aversion‐based behavioral output: Bottom‐up modulation. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(9). 3039–3062. 24 indexed citations

Kramar, Cecilia P., et al.. (2020). The late consolidation of an aversive memory is promoted by VTA dopamine release in the dorsal hippocampus. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(3). 841–851. 12 indexed citations

Rossato, Janine I., Lia R. Bevilaqua, Iván Izquierdo, Jorge H. Medina, & Martı́n Cammarota. (2009). Dopamine Controls Persistence of Long-Term Memory Storage. Science. 325(5943). 1017–1020. 357 indexed citations

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Cammarota, Martı́n, Lia R. Bevilaqua, Jorge H. Medina, & Iván Izquierdo. (2007). ERK1/2 and CaMKII-mediated events in memory formation: Is 5HT regulation involved?. Behavioural Brain Research. 195(1). 120–128. 32 indexed citations

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Cammarota, Martı́n, Lia R. Bevilaqua, Daniela M. Barros, et al.. (2005). Retrieval and the Extinction of Memory. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 25(3-4). 465–474. 51 indexed citations

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Alonso, Mariana, Mariana Melani, Daniela P. Converso, et al.. (2004). Mitochondrial extracellular signal‐regulated kinases 1/2 (ERK1/2) are modulated during brain development. Journal of Neurochemistry. 89(1). 248–256. 81 indexed citations

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Rossato, Janine I., Juliana Sartori Bonini, Adriana Simon Coitinho, et al.. (2004). Retrograde Amnesia Induced by Drugs Acting on Different Molecular Systems.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 118(3). 563–568. 55 indexed citations

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Bevilaqua, Lia R., Daniel S. Kerr, Jorge H. Medina, Iván Izquierdo, & Martı́n Cammarota. (2003). Inhibition of hippocampal Jun N‐terminal kinase enhances short‐term memory but blocks long‐term memory formation and retrieval of an inhibitory avoidance task. European Journal of Neuroscience. 17(4). 897–902. 95 indexed citations

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Vianna, Mônica Ryff Moreira Roca, Mariana Alonso, Haydée Viola, et al.. (2000). Role of Hippocampal Signaling Pathways in Long-Term Memory Formation of a Nonassociative Learning Task in the Rat. Learning & Memory. 7(5). 333–340. 243 indexed citations

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Adris, Soraya, Fernanda Ledda, Jorge H. Medina, et al.. (1999). Different efficacy of in vivo herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene transduction and ganciclovir treatment on the inhibition of tumor growth of murine and human melanoma cells and rat glioblastoma cells. Cancer Gene Therapy. 6(4). 358–366. 7 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, Rafaela Larsen, Roberto Andreatini, Claudia Wolfman, et al.. (1999). The “Anxiety State” and Its Relation with Rat Models of Memory and Habituation. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 72(2). 78–94. 40 indexed citations

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Ardenghi, Patrícia Grolli, Ramón Bernabeu, Lia R. Bevilaqua, et al.. (1998). A dopamine D1-cAMP-protein kinase A-CREB signalling pathway in the late phase of memory consolidation in the rat hippocampus. Ciencia e cultura. 50(1). 9–10.

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Bernabeu, Ramón, Iván Izquierdo, Martı́n Cammarota, Diana Jerusalinsky, & Jorge H. Medina. (1995). Learning-specific, time-dependent increase in [3H]phorbol dibutyrate binding to protein kinase C in selected regions of the rat brain. Brain Research. 685(1-2). 163–168. 46 indexed citations

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Lombardo, Mauro, et al.. (1994). Lack of anxiolytic effect of diazepam in pre-anaesthetic medication. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 72(6). 694–696. 10 indexed citations

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