Tonali Blanco Ayala

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 924 citations indexed

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Tonali Blanco Ayala is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tonali Blanco Ayala has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 924 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Biological Psychiatry, 7 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Tonali Blanco Ayala's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (8 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (3 papers). Tonali Blanco Ayala is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (8 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers) and Circadian rhythm and melatonin (3 papers). Tonali Blanco Ayala collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, United States and Sweden. Tonali Blanco Ayala's co-authors include José Pedraza-Chaverrı́, Ana Cristina Andérica‐Romero, Verónica Pérez de la Cruz, Benjamín Pineda, Paul Carrillo‐Mora, Daniela Ramírez Ortega, Dinora F. González‐Esquivel, Saúl Gómez‐Manzo, Jaime Marcial‐Quino and Mónica Torres-Ramos and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuroscience, Nutrients and Cells.

In The Last Decade

Tonali Blanco Ayala

17 papers receiving 919 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.

Cognitive Impairment Induced by Lead Exposure during Lifespan: Mechanisms of Lead Neurotoxicity

2021 176 citations Daniela Ramírez Ortega, Dinora F. González‐Esquivel et al. Toxics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tonali Blanco Ayala Mexico	12	320	258	178	151	140	17	924
Mukaddes Güleç Türkiye	19	212 0.7×	257 1.0×	129 0.7×	134 0.9×	108 0.8×	22	1.5k
Dinora F. González‐Esquivel Mexico	20	426 1.3×	271 1.1×	242 1.4×	153 1.0×	70 0.5×	44	1.3k
Andrzej Wróbel Poland	21	422 1.3×	290 1.1×	222 1.2×	67 0.4×	110 0.8×	159	1.9k
Nataša Petronijević Serbia	20	327 1.0×	186 0.7×	246 1.4×	29 0.2×	106 0.8×	62	1.2k
Ana Paula Costa Brazil	22	381 1.2×	410 1.6×	233 1.3×	85 0.6×	39 0.3×	56	1.4k
Józef Kędziora Poland	21	151 0.5×	247 1.0×	96 0.5×	88 0.6×	58 0.4×	59	1.3k
Mahino Fatima India	18	156 0.5×	174 0.7×	132 0.7×	137 0.9×	43 0.3×	23	962
Daniela Silva‐Adaya Mexico	16	388 1.2×	362 1.4×	215 1.2×	68 0.5×	19 0.1×	28	1.1k
Abdülhadi Cihangir Uğuz Türkiye	23	142 0.4×	432 1.7×	90 0.5×	75 0.5×	49 0.3×	44	1.4k
Ashok Jangra India	23	402 1.3×	363 1.4×	246 1.4×	67 0.4×	37 0.3×	51	1.5k

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17 of 17 papers shown

Ayala, Tonali Blanco, Karla F. Meza‐Sosa, Daniela Ramírez Ortega, et al.. (2025). N-Acetylcysteine Prevents Skeletal Muscle Cisplatin-Induced Atrophy by Inducing Myogenic microRNAs and Maintaining the Redox Balance. Antioxidants. 14(11). 1344–1344. 1 indexed citations

Ortega, Daniela Ramírez, Tonali Blanco Ayala, Dinora F. González‐Esquivel, et al.. (2024). Modulation of Brain Kynurenic Acid by N-Acetylcysteine Prevents Cognitive Impairment and Muscular Weakness Induced by Cisplatin in Female Rats. Cells. 13(23). 1989–1989. 5 indexed citations

Sathyasaikumar, Korrapati V., Tonali Blanco Ayala, Lilly Schwieler, et al.. (2024). The Tryptophan Metabolite Indole-3-Propionic Acid Raises Kynurenic Acid Levels in the Rat Brain In Vivo. PubMed. 17. 944247580–944247580. 4 indexed citations

González‐Esquivel, Dinora F., Daniela Ramírez Ortega, Tonali Blanco Ayala, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms Associated with Cognitive and Behavioral Impairment Induced by Arsenic Exposure. Cells. 12(21). 2537–2537. 29 indexed citations

Ortega, Daniela Ramírez, Tonali Blanco Ayala, Gabriel Roldán-Roldán, et al.. (2023). Modulation of Kynurenic Acid Production by N-acetylcysteine Prevents Cognitive Impairment in Adulthood Induced by Lead Exposure during Lactation in Mice. Antioxidants. 12(12). 2035–2035. 5 indexed citations

Ayala, Tonali Blanco, Gabriel Roldán-Roldán, Dinora F. González‐Esquivel, et al.. (2022). Pregestational Exposure to T. gondii Produces Maternal Antibodies That Recognize Fetal Brain Mimotopes and Induces Neurochemical and Behavioral Dysfunction in the Offspring. Cells. 11(23). 3819–3819. 3 indexed citations

Ayala, Tonali Blanco, Daniela Ramírez Ortega, Benjamín Pineda, et al.. (2021). Subchronic N-acetylcysteine Treatment Decreases Brain Kynurenic Acid Levels and Improves Cognitive Performance in Mice. Antioxidants. 10(2). 147–147. 21 indexed citations

Ortega, Daniela Ramírez, Dinora F. González‐Esquivel, Tonali Blanco Ayala, et al.. (2021). Cognitive Impairment Induced by Lead Exposure during Lifespan: Mechanisms of Lead Neurotoxicity. Toxics. 9(2). 23–23. 176 indexed citations breakdown →

Ortega, Daniela Ramírez, Tonali Blanco Ayala, Benjamín Pineda, et al.. (2021). On the Antioxidant Properties of L-Kynurenine: An Efficient ROS Scavenger and Enhancer of Rat Brain Antioxidant Defense. Antioxidants. 11(1). 31–31. 32 indexed citations

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Ortega, Daniela Ramírez, et al.. (2021). Redox and Anti-Inflammatory Properties from Hop Components in Beer-Related to Neuroprotection. Nutrients. 13(6). 2000–2000. 35 indexed citations

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Ayala, Tonali Blanco, et al.. (2020). N-Acetylcysteine Inhibits Kynurenine Aminotransferase II. Neuroscience. 444. 160–169. 27 indexed citations

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Álvarez‐Arellano, Lourdes, et al.. (2017). Autophagy impairment by caspase‐1‐dependent inflammation mediates memory loss in response to β‐Amyloid peptide accumulation. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 96(2). 234–246. 29 indexed citations

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Ayala, Tonali Blanco. (2015). Alternative kynurenic acid synthesis routes studied in the rat cerebellum. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 9. 178–178. 45 indexed citations

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Ayala, Tonali Blanco, Ana Cristina Andérica‐Romero, & José Pedraza-Chaverrı́. (2014). New insights into antioxidant strategies against paraquat toxicity. Free Radical Research. 48(6). 623–640. 202 indexed citations

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Ayala, Tonali Blanco, Rafael Lugo-Huitrón, Ricardo Reyes‐Chilpa, et al.. (2013). Antioxidant properties of xanthones from Calophyllum brasiliense: prevention of oxidative damage induced by FeSO4. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 13(1). 262–262. 25 indexed citations

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Maldonado, Perla D., Verónica Pérez de la Cruz, Mónica Torres-Ramos, et al.. (2012). Selenium-induced antioxidant protection recruits modulation of thioredoxin reductase during excitotoxic/pro-oxidant events in the rat striatum. Neurochemistry International. 61(2). 195–206. 15 indexed citations

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Lugo-Huitrón, Rafael, Tonali Blanco Ayala, Perla Ugalde‐Muñiz, et al.. (2011). On the antioxidant properties of kynurenic acid: Free radical scavenging activity and inhibition of oxidative stress. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 33(5). 538–547. 270 indexed citations

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