Josep M. Canals

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Josep M. Canals is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Josep M. Canals has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 52 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Josep M. Canals's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (29 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (25 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (23 papers). Josep M. Canals is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (29 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (25 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (23 papers). Josep M. Canals collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Sweden and United States. Josep M. Canals's co-authors include Jordi Alberch, Ernest Arenas, Esther Pérez‐Navarro, Raquel Martín‐Ibáñez, Evan Y. Snyder, Albert Giralt, Patrik Ernfors, Miquel Bosch, José Ramón Pineda and José J. Lucas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Josep M. Canals

98 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Disease‐specific phenotypes in dopamine neurons from human iPS‐based models of genetic and sporadic Parkinson's disease

2012 442 citations Albert Giralt, Josep M. Canals et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Josep M. Canals Spain	36	2.7k	2.6k	904	840	446	99	4.6k
Toshiyuki Araki Japan	33	2.2k 0.8×	2.7k 1.0×	529 0.6×	757 0.9×	698 1.6×	94	5.6k
Lorraine Iacovitti United States	37	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	578 0.6×	921 1.1×	341 0.8×	99	3.4k
Carey Backus United States	33	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	499 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 2.8×	41	5.0k
Daniela M. Vogt Weisenhorn Germany	34	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	918 1.0×	507 0.6×	507 1.1×	64	3.6k
Zhong Xie United States	31	2.3k 0.8×	3.1k 1.2×	758 0.8×	574 0.7×	786 1.8×	67	5.3k
Åsa Petersén Sweden	37	2.8k 1.0×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	335 0.4×	695 1.6×	104	4.8k
Theo Hagg United States	43	3.3k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	609 0.7×	2.1k 2.5×	449 1.0×	103	5.6k
Shernaz X. Bamji Canada	32	1.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	266 0.3×	604 0.7×	579 1.3×	47	3.8k
Myriam Heiman United States	26	1.7k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	713 0.8×	455 0.5×	736 1.7×	36	5.4k
Bettina Holtmann Germany	31	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	460 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	254 0.6×	44	4.5k

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Martı́n, Francisco, Gloria Carmona, Josep M. Canals, et al.. (2025). Regulatory Strategies for Accelerating the Translation of Gene Therapies to Clinical Practice: Focus on GMO Considerations. Human Gene Therapy. 36(17-18). 1154–1158. 1 indexed citations

Navarro, Alfons, et al.. (2022). Human embryonic mesenchymal lung-conditioned medium promotes differentiation to myofibroblast and loss of stemness phenotype in lung adenocarcinoma cell lines. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 41(1). 37–37. 4 indexed citations

Perpiñá, Unai, Raquel Martín‐Ibáñez, Anna Boronat, et al.. (2020). Cell Banking of HEK293T cell line for clinical-grade lentiviral particles manufacturing. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

Orlandi, Javier G., Andrés Miguez, Marco Straccia, et al.. (2020). Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neurons Are Functionally Mature In Vitro and Integrate into the Mouse Striatum Following Transplantation. Molecular Neurobiology. 57(6). 2766–2798. 20 indexed citations

Valente, Tony, Andrés Miguez, Verónica Brito, et al.. (2019). CD200 is up-regulated in R6/1 transgenic mouse model of Huntington's disease. PLoS ONE. 14(12). e0224901–e0224901. 7 indexed citations

Fernández, F., Raquel Martín‐Ibáñez, Cristian de la Fuente, et al.. (2016). Spontaneously Arising Canine Glioma as a Potential Model for Human Glioma. Journal of Comparative Pathology. 154(2-3). 169–179. 28 indexed citations

Martín‐Flores, Núria, Laura Rué, Phil Sanders, et al.. (2015). RTP801 Is Involved in Mutant Huntingtin-Induced Cell Death. Molecular Neurobiology. 53(5). 2857–2868. 19 indexed citations

Telezhkin, Vsevolod, Gerardo Garcia-Díaz Barriga, David A. Brown, et al.. (2014). Kv7.2/7.3 Channels are Enhanced During Striatal Development and Promote Neuronal Functional Maturation of iPS Cell-Derived Neurons. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 142a–142a. 1 indexed citations

Damiano, Maria, Elsa Diguet, Carole Malgorn, et al.. (2013). A role of mitochondrial complex II defects in genetic models of Huntington's disease expressing N-terminal fragments of mutant huntingtin. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(19). 3869–3882. 89 indexed citations

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Giralt, Albert, Hana Friedman, Noelia Urbán, et al.. (2010). BDNF regulation under GFAP promoter provides engineered astrocytes as a new approach for long-term protection in Huntington's disease. Gene Therapy. 17(10). 1294–1308. 85 indexed citations

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Martín‐Ibáñez, Raquel, et al.. (2007). Interplay of leukemia inhibitory factor and retinoic acid on neural differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 85(12). 2686–2701. 26 indexed citations

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Pineda, José Ramón, Núria Rubio, Peter Åkerud, et al.. (2006). Neuroprotection by GDNF-secreting stem cells in a Huntington's disease model: optical neuroimage tracking of brain-grafted cells. Gene Therapy. 14(2). 118–128. 60 indexed citations

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Canudas, Anna M., et al.. (2005). Endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor protects dopaminergic nigral neurons against transneuronal degeneration induced by striatal excitotoxic injury. Molecular Brain Research. 134(1). 147–154. 31 indexed citations

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Sieber, Beth‐Anne, Alexander Kuzmin, Josep M. Canals, et al.. (2004). Disruption of EphA/ephrin-A signaling in the nigrostriatal system reduces dopaminergic innervation and dissociates behavioral responses to amphetamine and cocaine. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 26(3). 418–428. 45 indexed citations

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Canals, Josep M., José Ramón Pineda, Jesús F. Torres-Peraza, et al.. (2004). Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Regulates the Onset and Severity of Motor Dysfunction Associated with Enkephalinergic Neuronal Degeneration in Huntington's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(35). 7727–7739. 278 indexed citations

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Alberch, Jordi, Esther Pérez‐Navarro, & Josep M. Canals. (2004). Neurotrophic factors in Huntington's disease. Progress in brain research. 146. 197–229. 78 indexed citations

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Canals, Josep M., et al.. (2001). TrkB and TrkC Are Differentially Regulated by Excitotoxicity during Development of the Basal Ganglia. Experimental Neurology. 172(2). 282–292. 16 indexed citations

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Naveilhan, Philippe, Josep M. Canals, Ernest Arenas, & Patrik Ernfors. (2001). Distinct roles of the Y1 and Y2 receptors on neuropeptide Y‐induced sensitization to sedation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 78(6). 1201–1207. 35 indexed citations

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Pérez‐Navarro, Esther, Sònia Marco, Josep M. Canals, et al.. (2000). Neurturin protects striatal projection neurons but not interneurons in a rat model of Huntington’s disease. Neuroscience. 98(1). 89–96. 40 indexed citations

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Gallart, Teresa, et al.. (1978). A New Case of Gamma-Heavy Chain Disease. Acta Haematologica. 59(5). 262–276. 9 indexed citations

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