2026 Angel Pazos: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	65	3108	2840	44	43	218	15639

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Overview

Angel Pazos is affiliated with the University of Cantabria in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on Neuroscience and Medicine, with significant work in subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Biological Psychiatry, Cancer Research, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The main topics covered in Pazos's scientific work include:

Tryptophan and brain disorders
Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
Treatment of Major Depression
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Recent publications by Angel Pazos include:

"Cannabidiol antidepressant-like effect in the lipopolysaccharide model in mice: Modulation of inflammatory pathways" (2021), published in Biochemical Pharmacology
"mTOR Knockdown in the Infralimbic Cortex Evokes A Depressive-like State in Mouse" (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"Brain matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity is altered in the corticosterone mouse model of depression" (2022), published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
"5-HT₄Receptors Are Not Involved in the Effects of Fluoxetine in the Corticosterone Model of Depression" (2021), published in ACS Chemical Neuroscience
"P.291 Antidepressant-like effect and molecular mechanism of action of cannabidiol in the lipopolysaccharide model of depression in mice" (2020), published in European Neuropsychopharmacology

The frequent publication venues for Pazos's work are:

Biochemical Pharmacology
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
ACS Chemical Neuroscience
European Neuropsychopharmacology

Frequent collaborators in Angel Pazos's research include:

Elena Castro
Álvaro Díaz
Fuencisla Pilar-Cuéllar
Eva Florensa-Zanuy
Emilio Garro-Martínez

Best Publications

Quantitative autoradiographic mapping of serotonin receptors in the rat brain. I. Serotonin-1 receptors.

A. Pazos;J.M. Palacios

1787
Citations
The binding of serotonergic ligands to the porcine choroid plexus: Characterization of a new type of serotonin recognition site

Angel Pazos;Daniel Hoyer;Jose M. Palacios

790
Citations
Serotonin receptors in the human brain--IV. Autoradiographic mapping of serotonin-2 receptors.

A. Pazos;A. Probst;J.M. Palacios

640
Citations
Serotonin receptors in the human brain. I. Characterization and autoradiographic localization of 5-HT1A recognition sites. Apparent absence of 5-HT1B recognition sites.

D. Hoyer;A. Pazos;A. Probst;J.M. Palacios

489
Citations
Quantitative autoradiographic mapping of serotonin receptors in the rat brain. II. Serotonin-2 receptors

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449
Citations
The distribution of adenosine A1 receptors and 5'-nucleotidase in the brain of some commonly used experimental animals.

J. Fastbom;A. Pazos;J.M. Palacios

367
Citations
Serotonin receptors in the human brain. II. Characterization and autoradiographic localization of 5-HT1C and 5-HT2 recognition sites.

D. Hoyer;A. Pazos;A. Probst;J.M. Palacios

359
Citations
Cannabidiol induces rapid-acting antidepressant-like effects and enhances cortical 5-HT/glutamate neurotransmission: role of 5-HT1A receptors.

Raquel Linge;Laura Jiménez-Sánchez;Leticia Campa;Fuencisla Pilar-Cuéllar

306
Citations
A single in-vivo exposure to delta 9THC blocks endocannabinoid-mediated synaptic plasticity.

Susana Mato;Vivien Chevaleyre;David Robbe;David Robbe;Angel Pazos

262
Citations
Mechanisms of cannabidiol neuroprotection in hypoxic–ischemic newborn pigs: Role of 5HT1A and CB2 receptors

M. Ruth Pazos;Nagat Mohammed;Hector Lafuente;Martin Santos

257
Citations
Ontogenetic development of cannabinoid receptor expression and signal transduction functionality in the human brain.

Susana Mato;Elena Del Olmo;Angel Pazos

255
Citations
Autoradiography of antidepressant binding sites in the human brain: localization using [3H]imipramine and [3H]paroxetine.

R. Cortés;E. Soriano;A. Pazos;A. Probst

254
Citations
BDNF impairment in the hippocampus is related to enhanced despair behavior in CB1 knockout mice.

Ester Aso;Andrés Ozaita;Elsa M. Valdizán;Catherine Ledent

231
Citations
Mesulergine, a selective serotonin-2 ligand in the rat cortex, does not label these receptors in porcine and human cortex: evidence for species differences in brain serotonin-2 receptors.

Angel Pazos;Daniel Hoyer;Jose M. Palacios

220
Citations
Pharmacological characteristics and anatomical distribution of [3H]oxytocin-binding sites in the wistar rat brain studied by autoradiography

M.J. Freund-Mercier;M.E. Stoeckel;J.M. Palacios;A. Pazos

217
Citations
Dopamine receptors in human brain: Autoradiographic distribution of D1 sites

R. Cortés;B. Gueye;A. Pazos;A. Probst

201
Citations
Adenosine A1 receptors in the human brain: a quantitative autoradiographic study.

J. Fastbom;A. Pazos;A. Probst;J.M. Palacios

199
Citations
Reducing GABAA α5 receptor-mediated inhibition rescues functional and neuromorphological deficits in a mouse model of down syndrome.

Carmen Martínez-Cué;Paula Martínez;Noemí Rueda;Rebeca Vidal;Rebeca Vidal

185
Citations
Strategies for producing faster acting antidepressants.

Albert Adell;Elena Castro;Pau Celada;Analéa Bortolozzi

177
Citations
Are Wistar-Kyoto rats a genetic animal model of depression resistant to antidepressants?

Abdeljalil Lahmame;Carmen del Arco;Angel Pazos;Mercedes Yritia

173
Citations
Selective Increase of α2A‐Adrenoceptor Agonist Binding Sites in Brains of Depressed Suicide Victims

Luis F. Callado;J. Javier Meana;Bernardo Grijalba;Angel Pazos

172
Citations
β-Adrenoceptor blocking agents recognize a subpopulation of serotonin receptors in brain

A. Pazos;G. Engel;J.M. Palacios

170
Citations