María Llorens‐Martín

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

María Llorens‐Martín is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, María Llorens‐Martín has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 29 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in María Llorens‐Martín's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (43 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (27 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers). María Llorens‐Martín is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (43 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (27 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers). María Llorens‐Martín collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Argentina. María Llorens‐Martín's co-authors include Jesús Ávila, Alberto Rábano, José Luís Trejo, Ignacio Torres‐Alemán, Julia Terreros‐Roncal, Elena P. Moreno‐Jiménez, Miguel Flor‐García, Félix Hernández, Noemí Pallas‐Bazarra and Jerónimo Jurado‐Arjona and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

María Llorens‐Martín

64 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.

Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is abundant in neurologically healthy subjects and drops sharply in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

2019 1.1k citations Elena P. Moreno‐Jiménez, Miguel Flor‐García et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Impact of neurodegenerative diseases on human adult hippocampal neurogenesis

2021 187 citations Julia Terreros‐Roncal, Elena P. Moreno‐Jiménez et al. profile →
Evidences for Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Humans

2021 175 citations Elena P. Moreno‐Jiménez, Julia Terreros‐Roncal et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
María Llorens‐Martín Spain	34	2.0k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	66	4.6k
Orly Lazarov United States	39	2.2k 1.1×	2.4k 1.6×	2.2k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	66	6.4k
Bharathi Hattiangady United States	39	2.3k 1.2×	503 0.3×	2.1k 1.5×	998 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	57	4.8k
Dan Ehninger Germany	34	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	595 0.5×	1.8k 1.5×	87	4.7k
Volkmar Leßmann Germany	45	1.6k 0.8×	964 0.6×	4.2k 3.0×	783 0.6×	2.3k 2.0×	110	6.9k
Ryuta Koyama Japan	28	1.2k 0.6×	695 0.5×	2.0k 1.4×	3.0k 2.3×	1.3k 1.1×	75	5.5k
José J. Rodrı́guez Spain	41	1.3k 0.7×	2.7k 1.7×	2.8k 2.0×	2.5k 1.9×	1.7k 1.4×	85	6.5k
Baoji Xu United States	44	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	3.4k 2.4×	533 0.4×	2.8k 2.4×	65	7.1k
Ipe Ninan United States	30	798 0.4×	969 0.6×	2.2k 1.6×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	67	5.5k
J. Patrick Kesslak United States	27	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	724 0.6×	686 0.6×	48	4.1k
Alex Dranovsky United States	21	1.4k 0.7×	518 0.3×	2.0k 1.4×	500 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	34	3.9k

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Llorens‐Martín, María, et al.. (2025). Human adult hippocampal neurogenesis in health and disease. PubMed. 8. 100145–100145.

Terreros‐Roncal, Julia, et al.. (2023). Prolonged fixation and post-mortem delay impede the study of adult neurogenesis in mice. Communications Biology. 6(1). 978–978. 8 indexed citations

Terreros‐Roncal, Julia, Miguel Flor‐García, Elena P. Moreno‐Jiménez, et al.. (2022). Methods to study adult hippocampal neurogenesis in humans and across the phylogeny. Hippocampus. 33(4). 271–306. 28 indexed citations

Márquez‐Valadez, Berenice, Alberto Rábano, & María Llorens‐Martín. (2022). Progression of Alzheimer's disease parallels unusual structural plasticity of human dentate granule cells. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 10(1). 125–125. 11 indexed citations

Terreros‐Roncal, Julia, Miguel Flor‐García, Elena P. Moreno‐Jiménez, et al.. (2019). Activity-Dependent Reconnection of Adult-Born Dentate Granule Cells in a Mouse Model of Frontotemporal Dementia. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(29). 5794–5815. 11 indexed citations

Moreno‐Jiménez, Elena P., Miguel Flor‐García, Julia Terreros‐Roncal, et al.. (2019). Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is abundant in neurologically healthy subjects and drops sharply in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Medicine. 25(4). 554–560. 1064 indexed citations breakdown →

Llorens‐Martín, María. (2018). Exercising New Neurons to Vanquish Alzheimer Disease. PubMed. 4(1). 111–126. 15 indexed citations

Bolós, Marta, Noemí Pallas‐Bazarra, Julia Terreros‐Roncal, et al.. (2017). Soluble Tau has devastating effects on the structural plasticity of hippocampal granule neurons. Translational Psychiatry. 7(12). 1267–1267. 42 indexed citations

Bolós, Marta, Juan Ramón Perea, Julia Terreros‐Roncal, et al.. (2017). Absence of microglial CX3CR1 impairs the synaptic integration of adult-born hippocampal granule neurons. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 68. 76–89. 85 indexed citations

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Pallas‐Bazarra, Noemí, Asta Kastanauskaite, Jesús Ávila, Javier DeFelipe, & María Llorens‐Martín. (2017). GSK-3β Overexpression Alters the Dendritic Spines of Developmentally Generated Granule Neurons in the Mouse Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 11. 18–18. 17 indexed citations

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Bolós, Marta, María Llorens‐Martín, Juan Ramón Perea, et al.. (2017). Absence of CX3CR1 impairs the internalization of Tau by microglia. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 12(1). 59–59. 176 indexed citations

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Llorens‐Martín, María, Lidia Blázquez‐Llorca, Ruth Benavides‐Piccione, et al.. (2014). Selective alterations of neurons and circuits related to early memory loss in Alzheimerâ€™s disease. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 8. 38–38. 81 indexed citations

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Llorens‐Martín, María, Cátia M. Teixeira, Almudena Fuster‐Matanzo, et al.. (2012). Tau Isoform with Three Microtubule Binding Domains is a Marker of New Axons Generated from the Subgranular Zone in the Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 29(4). 921–930. 33 indexed citations

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Fuster‐Matanzo, Almudena, María Llorens‐Martín, Ma Salomé Sirerol-Piquer, et al.. (2012). Dual effects of increased glycogen synthase kinase-3β activity on adult neurogenesis. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(7). 1300–1315. 50 indexed citations

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Fuster‐Matanzo, Almudena, María Llorens‐Martín, Elena Gómez de Barreda, Jesús Ávila, & Félix Hernández. (2011). Different Susceptibility to Neurodegeneration of Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampal Dentate Gyrus: A Study with Transgenic Mice Overexpressing GSK3β. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27262–e27262. 31 indexed citations

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Llorens‐Martín, María, Félix Hernández, & Jesús Ávila. (2011). Expression of frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism associated to chromosome 17 tau induces specific degeneration of the ventral dentate gyrus and depressive-like behavior in mice. Neuroscience. 196. 215–227. 13 indexed citations

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Llorens‐Martín, María, Ignacio Torres‐Alemán, & José Luís Trejo. (2010). Exercise modulates insulin-like growth factor 1-dependent and -independent effects on adult hippocampal neurogenesis and behaviour. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 44(2). 109–117. 110 indexed citations

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Glasper, Erica R., María Llorens‐Martín, Benedetta Leuner, Elizabeth Gould, & José Luís Trejo. (2009). Blockade of insulin‐like growth factor‐I has complex effects on structural plasticity in the hippocampus. Hippocampus. 20(6). 706–712. 66 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Rabaza, Vicente, María Llorens‐Martín, Clara Velázquez-Sánchez, et al.. (2008). Inhibition of adult hippocampal neurogenesis disrupts contextual learning but spares spatial working memory, long-term conditional rule retention and spatial reversal. Neuroscience. 159(1). 59–68. 114 indexed citations

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Trejo, José Luís, María Llorens‐Martín, & Ignacio Torres‐Alemán. (2007). The effects of exercise on spatial learning and anxiety-like behavior are mediated by an IGF-I-dependent mechanism related to hippocampal neurogenesis. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 37(2). 402–411. 236 indexed citations

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