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C. Fernando Valenzuela

C. Fernando Valenzuela

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
6353
World Ranking
6774
National Ranking
2927

C. Fernando Valenzuela publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C. Fernando Valenzuela sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 139 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

C. Fernando Valenzuela D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where C. Fernando Valenzuela sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

C. Fernando Valenzuela is affiliated with the University of New Mexico in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the effects of prenatal substance exposure, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, and related areas within medicine and neuroscience. The scientist has contributed significantly to pediatrics, perinatology, and child health, with additional work in cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and developmental neuroscience.

Key research topics addressed by Valenzuela include:

  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide
  • Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Alcohol
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research

Some of the recent papers by Valenzuela include:

  • Characterization of motor function in mice developmentally exposed to ethanol using the Catwalk system: Comparison with the triple horizontal bar and rotarod tests (2020), Behavioural Brain Research
  • Moderate prenatal alcohol exposure alters the number and function of GABAergic interneurons in the murine orbitofrontal cortex (2020), Alcohol
  • Persistent myelin abnormalities in a third trimester-equivalent mouse model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (2021), Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Sex-specific effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor function in orbitofrontal cortex pyramidal neurons of mice (2021), Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Prenatal alcohol exposure alters mRNA expression for stress peptides, glucocorticoid receptor function and immune factors in acutely stressed neonatal brain (2023), Frontiers in Neuroscience

Valenzuela has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by Frontiers Media titled Perspectives and Recent Advances in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Research (2023).

Frequent collaborators in Valenzuela's research efforts include Clark W. Bird, Glenna J. Chavez, Jonathan L. Brigman, Shahani Noor, and Belkis Jacquez, indicating a collaborative approach within their field.

Best Publications

  • Genetic ablation of the t-SNARE SNAP-25 distinguishes mechanisms of neuroexocytosis.

    Philip Washbourne;Peter M. Thompson;Peter M. Thompson;Mario Carta;Edmar T. Costa;Edmar T. Costa

  • Alcohol Enhances GABAergic Transmission to Cerebellar Granule Cells via an Increase in Golgi Cell Excitability

    Mario Carta;Manuel Mameli;C Fernando Valenzuela

  • Ethanol modulation of GABAergic transmission: The view from the slice

    J.L. Weiner;C.F. Valenzuela

  • Does moderate drinking harm the fetal brain? Insights from animal models.

    C. Fernando Valenzuela;Russell A. Morton;Marvin R. Diaz;Lauren Topper

  • Prenatal exposure to moderate levels of ethanol alters social behavior in adult rats: relationship to structural plasticity and immediate early gene expression in frontal cortex.

    Derek A. Hamilton;Katherine G. Akers;James P. Rice;Travis E. Johnson

  • Neurosteroid-induced plasticity of immature synapses via retrograde modulation of presynaptic NMDA receptors.

    Manuel Mameli;Mario Carta;L. Donald Partridge;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • Alcohol potently inhibits the kainate receptor-dependent excitatory drive of hippocampal interneurons.

    Mario Carta;Olusegun J. Ariwodola;Jeff L. Weiner;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • Expression and Function of SNAP-25 as a Universal SNARE Component in GABAergic Neurons

    Lawrence C R Tafoya;Manuel Mameli;Teiko Miyashita;John F Guzowski

  • Exposure of neonatal rats to alcohol has differential effects on neuroinflammation and neuronal survival in the cerebellum and hippocampus

    Lauren A. Topper;Brian C. Baculis;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • Tyrosine kinase phosphorylation of GABAA receptors

    C.Fernando Valenzuela;Tina K. Machu;Ruth M. McKernan;Paul Whiting

  • Overexpression of HuD accelerates neurite outgrowth and increases GAP-43 mRNA expression in cortical neurons and retinoic acid-induced embryonic stem cells in vitro.

    K.D. Anderson;J. Sengupta;M. Morin;R.L. Neve

  • Developmentally Regulated Actions of Alcohol on Hippocampal Glutamatergic Transmission

    Manuel Mameli;Paula A. Zamudio;Mario Carta;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • Block of hippocampal CAN channels by flufenamate.

    L.Donald Partridge;C.Fernando Valenzuela

  • Alcohol Exposure Decreases CREB Binding Protein Expression and Histone Acetylation in the Developing Cerebellum

    Weixiang Guo;Erin L. Crossey;Li-Li Zhang;Stefano Zucca

  • Differential expression of NMDA receptor subunits and splice variants among the CA1, CA3 and dentate gyrus of the adult rat.

    Steven J. Coultrap;Kristin M. Nixon;Rachel M. Alvestad;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • A review of the effects of prenatal or early postnatal ethanol exposure on brain ligand-gated ion channels.

    Edmar T. Costa;Daniel D. Savage;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • Alcohol is a potent stimulant of immature neuronal networks: implications for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

    Rafael Galindo;Paula A. Zamudio;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • Repeated third trimester-equivalent ethanol exposure inhibits long-term potentiation in the hippocampal CA1 region of neonatal rats

    Michael P. Puglia;C. Fernando Valenzuela

  • Connexin-36 gap junctions mediate electrical coupling between ventral tegmental area GABA neurons

    David W. Allison;Allison J. Ohran;Sarah H. Stobbs;Manuel Mameli

  • Brain stimulation reward is integrated by a network of electrically coupled GABA neurons.

    Matthew B. Lassen;J. Elliott Brown;Sarah H. Stobbs;Seth H. Gunderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Mameli
Manuel Mameli University of Lausanne
R. Adron Harris
R. Adron Harris The University of Texas at Austin
Erik De Schutter
Erik De Schutter Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Thomas V. Dunwiddie
Thomas V. Dunwiddie University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
James N. Reynolds
James N. Reynolds Queen's University
Derek A. Hamilton
Derek A. Hamilton University of New Mexico
Jeff L. Weiner
Jeff L. Weiner Wake Forest University
Scott C. Steffensen
Scott C. Steffensen Brigham Young University
Yuchio Yanagawa
Yuchio Yanagawa Gunma University
Michael Browning
Michael Browning University of Oxford

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