Mario A. Acuña

736 total citations
20 papers, 517 citations indexed

About

Mario A. Acuña is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mario A. Acuña has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 517 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 12 papers in Physiology and 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mario A. Acuña's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (3 papers). Mario A. Acuña is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (11 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (3 papers). Mario A. Acuña collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Chile. Mario A. Acuña's co-authors include Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer, Dietmar Benke, William T. Ralvenius, Gonzalo E. Yévenes, Uwe Rudolph, Jacinthe Gingras, Thomas Nevian, Niels R. Ntamati, Patrick Maier and Hendrik Wildner and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Mario A. Acuña

19 papers receiving 510 citations

Peers

Mario A. Acuña
Sandra Leo Belgium
María A. Gandini Canada
Émilie Muller France
Chandana Buddhala United States
Shuqin Zong Japan
Masoud Ghamari‐Langroudi United States
You-Qing Cai United States
Russell E. Nicholls United States
Yun‐Fang Jia United States
William T. Ralvenius Switzerland
Sandra Leo Belgium
Mario A. Acuña
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Acuña, Mario A., et al.. (2024). A cellular mechanism contributing to pain-induced analgesia. Pain. 165(11). 2517–2529. 2 indexed citations
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Neumann, Elena, Mario A. Acuña, Louis Scheurer, et al.. (2024). γ1 GABAAReceptors in Spinal Nociceptive Circuits. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(41). e0591242024–e0591242024.
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Ntamati, Niels R., et al.. (2023). Environmental enrichment promotes resilience to neuropathic pain-induced depression and correlates with decreased excitability of the anterior cingulate cortex. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 17. 1139205–1139205. 8 indexed citations
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Ntamati, Niels R., Mario A. Acuña, & Thomas Nevian. (2023). Pain-induced adaptations in the claustro-cingulate pathway. Cell Reports. 42(5). 112506–112506. 18 indexed citations
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Acuña, Mario A., et al.. (2023). Principles of nociceptive coding in the anterior cingulate cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(23). e2212394120–e2212394120. 15 indexed citations
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Valentinova, Kristina, et al.. (2023). An amygdala-to-cingulate cortex circuit for conflicting choices in chronic pain. Cell Reports. 42(10). 113125–113125. 12 indexed citations
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Acuña, Mario A., Elena Neumann, William T. Ralvenius, et al.. (2020). Mice lacking spinal α2GABAA receptors: Altered GABAergic neurotransmission, diminished GABAergic antihyperalgesia, and potential compensatory mechanisms preventing a hyperalgesic phenotype. Brain Research. 1741. 146889–146889. 9 indexed citations
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Begemann, Anaïs, Mario A. Acuña, Markus Zweier, et al.. (2019). Further corroboration of distinct functional features in SCN2A variants causing intellectual disability or epileptic phenotypes. Molecular Medicine. 25(1). 6–6. 39 indexed citations
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Neumann, Elena, William T. Ralvenius, Mario A. Acuña, Uwe Rudolph, & Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer. (2018). TP003 is a non-selective benzodiazepine site agonist that induces anxiolysis via α2GABAA receptors. Neuropharmacology. 143. 71–78. 9 indexed citations
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Ralvenius, William T., Elena Neumann, Mario A. Acuña, et al.. (2018). Itch suppression in mice and dogs by modulation of spinal α2 and α3GABAA receptors. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3230–3230. 26 indexed citations
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Zeilhofer, Hanns Ulrich, Mario A. Acuña, Jacinthe Gingras, & Gonzalo E. Yévenes. (2017). Glycine receptors and glycine transporters: targets for novel analgesics?. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 75(3). 447–465. 58 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Himanish, Simon Messner, Mario A. Acuña, et al.. (2016). Several posttranslational modifications act in concert to regulate gephyrin scaffolding and GABAergic transmission. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13365–13365. 55 indexed citations
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Ralvenius, William T., Mario A. Acuña, Dietmar Benke, et al.. (2016). The clobazam metabolite N-desmethyl clobazam is an α2 preferring benzodiazepine with an improved therapeutic window for antihyperalgesia. Neuropharmacology. 109. 366–375. 20 indexed citations
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Egan, Timothy J., Mario A. Acuña, Marcy Zenobi‐Wong, Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer, & David Urech. (2016). Effects of N-glycosylation of the human cation channel TRPA1 on agonist-sensitivity. Bioscience Reports. 36(5). 15 indexed citations
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Acuña, Mario A., Gonzalo E. Yévenes, William T. Ralvenius, et al.. (2016). Phosphorylation state–dependent modulation of spinal glycine receptors alleviates inflammatory pain. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 126(7). 2547–2560. 44 indexed citations
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Zeilhofer, Hanns Ulrich, William T. Ralvenius, & Mario A. Acuña. (2015). Restoring the Spinal Pain Gate. Advances in pharmacology. 73. 71–96. 33 indexed citations
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Ralvenius, William T., Dietmar Benke, Mario A. Acuña, Uwe Rudolph, & Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer. (2015). Analgesia and unwanted benzodiazepine effects in point-mutated mice expressing only one benzodiazepine-sensitive GABAA receptor subtype. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6803–6803. 84 indexed citations
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Acuña, Mario A., et al.. (2013). Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Degradation Controls Cell Surface Expression of γ-Aminobutyric Acid, Type B Receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(48). 34897–34905. 26 indexed citations
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Acuña, Mario A., Ana M. Cárdenas, Juan Bacigalupo, et al.. (2011). Altered Voltage Dependent Calcium Currents in a Neuronal Cell Line Derived From the Cerebral Cortex of a Trisomy 16 Fetal Mouse, an Animal Model of Down Syndrome. Neurotoxicity Research. 22(1). 59–68. 4 indexed citations

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