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  • 1993 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Carlos Belmonte is affiliated with Miguel Hernandez University in Spain and has a research focus primarily in Medicine with numerous contributions across several subfields. Their work spans Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Sensory Systems. The researcher's focus areas encompass key topics relating to ocular health and pain mechanisms.

The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Corneal Surgery and Treatments
  • Glaucoma and Retinal Disorders
  • Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery
  • Corneal Surgery and Disorders

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Juana Gallar
  • M. Carmen Acosta
  • Víctor Meseguer
  • Almudena Íñigo-Portugués
  • Carolina Luna

Publications by Carlos Belmonte appear in various journals, including:

  • Acta Ophthalmologica
  • Revista Andaluza de Patología Digestiva
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Piezo2 Mediates Low-Threshold Mechanically Evoked Pain in the Cornea" (2020), Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Sodium Channel Blockers Modulate Abnormal Activity of Regenerating Nociceptive Corneal Nerves After Surgical Lesion" (2021), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • "Identifying ADHD boys by very-low frequency prefrontal fNIRS fluctuations during a rhythmic mental arithmetic task" (2023), Journal of Neural Engineering
  • "Liver transplant with controlled donors after circulatory death with normothermic regional perfusion and brain dead donors: A multicenter cohort study of transfusion, one-year graft survival and mortality" (2021), International Journal of Surgery
  • "Unilateral Corneal Insult Also Alters Sensory Nerve Activity in the Contralateral Eye" (2021), Frontiers in Medicine

Throughout their career, Carlos Belmonte has been recognized with the award of Member of Academia Europaea in 1993.

Best Publications

  • Altered nociception, analgesia and aggression in mice lacking the receptor for substance P.

    Carmen De Felipe;Juan F. Herrero;John A. O'Brien;James A. Palmer

  • TFOS DEWS II pain and sensation report

    Carlos Belmonte;Jason J. Nichols;Stephanie M. Cox;James A. Brock

  • Neural basis of sensation in intact and injured corneas.

    Carlos Belmonte;M. Carmen Acosta;Juana Gallar

  • TRPA1 channels mediate acute neurogenic inflammation and pain produced by bacterial endotoxins

    Victor Meseguer;Yeranddy A. Alpizar;Enoch Luis;Sendoa Tajada

  • Specificity of cold thermotransduction is determined by differential ionic channel expression.

    Félix Viana;Elvira de la Peña;Carlos Belmonte

  • Ocular surface wetness is regulated by TRPM8-dependent cold thermoreceptors of the cornea

    Andrés Parra;Rodolfo Madrid;Rodolfo Madrid;Diego Echevarria;Susana del Olmo

  • Decreased corneal sensitivity in patients with dry eye.

    Tristan Bourcier;Tristan Bourcier;M Carmen Acosta;Vincent Borderie;Fernando Borrás

  • TFOS DEWS II Introduction

    J. Daniel Nelson;J. Daniel Nelson;Jennifer P. Craig;Esen K. Akpek;Dimitri T. Azar

  • Neurobiology of Nociceptors

    Carlos Belmonte;Fernando Cervero

  • Excitation by irritant chemical substances of sensory afferent units in the cat's cornea.

    C Belmonte;J Gallar;M A Pozo;I Rebollo

  • The influence of eye solutions on blinking and ocular comfort at rest and during work at video display terminals.

    M.Carmen Acosta;Juana Gallar;Carlos Belmonte

  • Neurotrophic influences on corneal epithelial cells.

    Julia Garcia-Hirschfeld;Laura G. Lopez-Briones;Carlos Belmonte

  • Attenuation of thermal nociception and hyperalgesia by VR1 blockers.

    Carolina García-Martínez;Marc Humet;Rosa Planells-Cases;Ana Gomis

  • Tetrodotoxin-resistant impulses in single nociceptor nerve terminals in guinea-pig cornea

    James A. Brock;Elspeth M. McLachlan;Carlos Belmonte

  • Response of sensory units with unmyelinated fibres to mechanical, thermal and chemical stimulation of the cat's cornea.

    J Gallar;M A Pozo;R P Tuckett;C Belmonte

  • Nerves and sensations from the eye surface.

    Carlos Belmonte;Adolfo Aracil;M. Carmen Acosta;Carolina Luna

  • Neurobiology of ocular pain

    Carlos Belmonte;Julia Garcia-Hirschfeld;Juana Gallar

  • Measurement of corneal sensitivity to mechanical and chemical stimulation with a CO2 esthesiometer.

    C Belmonte;M C Acosta;M Schmelz;J Gallar

  • What Causes Eye Pain

    Carlos Belmonte;M. Carmen Acosta;Jesus Merayo-Lloves;Juana Gallar

  • Variable Threshold of Trigeminal Cold-Thermosensitive Neurons Is Determined by a Balance between TRPM8 and Kv1 Potassium Channels

    Rodolfo Madrid;Elvira de la Peña;Tansy Donovan-Rodriguez;Carlos Belmonte

  • Contribution of TRPM8 channels to cold transduction in primary sensory neurons and peripheral nerve terminals.

    Rodolfo Madrid;Tansy Donovan-Rodríguez;Victor Meseguer;Mari Carmen Acosta

Frequent Co-Authors

Félix Viana
Félix Viana Spanish National Research Council
Robert F. Schmidt
Robert F. Schmidt University of Würzburg
Nicolás Cuenca
Nicolás Cuenca University of Alicante
Mark D. P. Willcox
Mark D. P. Willcox University of New South Wales
Fernando Cervero
Fernando Cervero McGill University
A. Claudio Cuello
A. Claudio Cuello McGill University
George L. Wilcox
George L. Wilcox University of Minnesota
Niels Birbaumer
Niels Birbaumer University of Tübingen
Lars Arendt-Nielsen
Lars Arendt-Nielsen Aalborg University
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University

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