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Overview

Alfonso Fairén is affiliated with Miguel Hernandez University in Spain. Their research contributions primarily focus on neuroscience, particularly in the area of neural cell adhesion molecules and their role in brain development.

One of their academic outputs includes a publication titled Neural cell adhesion molecule, NCAM, regulates thalamocortical axon pathfinding and the organization of the cortical somatosensory representation in mouse, published in 2020 at UNC Libraries.

Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authors such as:

  • Lilian Enríquez-Barreto
  • Cecilia Palazzetti
  • Leann H. Brennaman
  • Patricia F. Maness

Fairén's publication venues include:

  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex

    Giorgio A. Ascoli;Lidia Alonso-Nanclares;Stewart A. Anderson;German Barrionuevo

  • New insights into the classification and nomenclature of cortical GABAergic interneurons

    Javier DeFelipe;Pedro L. López-Cruz;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Concha Bielza

  • A new procedure for examining Golgi impregnated neurons by light and electron microscopy.

    Alfonso Fairén;Alan Peters;Julian Saldanha

  • Inhibitory synaptogenesis in mouse somatosensory cortex.

    J De Felipe;P Marco;A Fairén;E G Jones

  • Different origins and developmental histories of transient neurons in the marginal zone of the fetal and neonatal rat cortex.

    Gundela Meyer;José Miguel Soria;Juan Ramón Martínez‐Galán;Begoña Martín‐Clemente

  • Smooth and sparsely-spined stellate cells in the visual cortex of the rat: A study using a combined golgi-electron microscope technique

    Alan Peters;Alfonso Fairén

  • A specialized type of neuron in the visual cortex of cat: a Golgi and electron microscope study of chandelier cells.

    Alfonso Fairen;Facundo Valverde

  • What is a Cajal-Retzius cell? A reassessment of a classical cell type based on recent observations in the developing neocortex.

    Gundela Meyer;André M. Goffinet;Alfonso Fairén

  • Differential Distribution of Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors during Rat Cortical Development

    G. López-Bendito;R. Shigemoto;A. Fairén;R. Luján

  • Non-synaptic dendritic spines in neocortex.

    Jon I. Arellano;Ana Espinosa;Alfonso Fairen;Rafael Yuste

  • Times of generation of glutamic acid decarboxylase immunoreactive neurons in mouse somatosensory cortex.

    Alfonso Fairén;Alfonso Fairén;Alfonso Fairén;Alberto Cobas;Montserrat Fonseca

  • Expression and distribution of metabotropic GABA receptor subtypes GABABR1 and GABABR2 during rat neocortical development.

    G. López-Bendito;R. Shigemoto;A. Kulik;O. Paulsen

  • Cortical cells that migrate beyond area boundaries: characterization of an early neuronal population in the lower intermediate zone of prenatal rats.

    Isabel DeDiego;Anibal Smith‐Fernández;Alfonso Fairén

  • A simple and reliable method for correlative light and electron microscopic studies.

    Javier DeFelipe;Alfonso Fairen

  • A type of basket cell in superficial layers of the cat visual cortex. A Golgi-electron microscope study.

    Javier DeFelipe;Alfonso Fairen

  • Ultrastructural localization of the alpha4-subunit of the neuronal acetylcholine nicotinic receptor in the rat substantia nigra.

    Maria del Mar Arroyo-Jiménez;Maria del Mar Arroyo-Jiménez;Maria del Mar Arroyo-Jiménez;Jean-Pierre Bourgeois;Lisa M. Marubio;Anne-Marie Le Sourd

  • Perlecan controls neurogenesis in the developing telencephalon

    Amparo Girós;Javier Morante;Javier Morante;Cristina Gil-Sanz;Alfonso Fairén

  • Localization of ApoER2, VLDLR and Dab1 in radial glia: groundwork for a new model of reelin action during cortical development.

    Juan M Luque;Javier Morante-Oria;Alfonso Fairén

  • Distribution of metabotropic GABA receptor subunits GABAB1a/b and GABAB2 in the rat hippocampus during prenatal and postnatal development.

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Guillermina López-Bendito;Ryuichi Shigemoto;Akos Kulik;Imre Vida

  • Distribution of calbindin and parvalbumin in the developing somatosensory cortex and its primordium in the rat: an immunocytochemical study.

    M. P. Sánchez;C. Frassoni;G. Álvarez-Bolado;R. Spreafico

Frequent Co-Authors

Javier DeFelipe
Javier DeFelipe Technical University of Madrid
Rafael Luján
Rafael Luján University of Castilla-La Mancha
Guillermina López-Bendito
Guillermina López-Bendito Miguel Hernandez University
Ryuichi Shigemoto
Ryuichi Shigemoto Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Carolina Frassoni
Carolina Frassoni Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Kathleen S. Rockland
Kathleen S. Rockland Boston University
Agnès Gruart
Agnès Gruart Pablo de Olavide University
José M. Delgado-García
José M. Delgado-García Pablo de Olavide University
Roberto Spreafico
Roberto Spreafico Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

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