2026 Carlos Portera-Cailliau: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	45	6825	6278	2953	2657	86	11423

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Overview

Carlos Portera-Cailliau is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The subfields of their work include cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, molecular biology, and biophysics.

Their publication record reflects a concentration on several key topics:

Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Carlos Portera-Cailliau include:

"Cortical interneurons in autism," 2021, published in Nature Neuroscience
"EZcalcium: Open-Source Toolbox for Analysis of Calcium Imaging Data," 2020, published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits
"Two-photon calcium imaging of neuronal activity," 2022, published in Nature Reviews Methods Primers
"Spectro-temporal encoded multiphoton microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging at kilohertz frame-rates," 2020, published in Nature Communications
"Improvement of sensory deficits in fragile X mice by increasing cortical interneuron activity after the critical period," 2023, published in Neuron

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Carlos Portera-Cailliau include:

Nazim Kourdougli
Anand Suresh
Anubhuti Goel
William Zeiger
Trishala Chari

The scientist's work has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
Nature Neuroscience
Neuron
Journal of Neuroscience

Best Publications

Long-term, high-resolution imaging in the mouse neocortex through a chronic cranial window

Anthony Holtmaat;Anthony Holtmaat;Tobias Bonhoeffer;David K Chow;Jyoti Chuckowree

1155
Citations
Neurodegeneration in Excitotoxicity, Global Cerebral Ischemia, and Target Deprivation: A Perspective on the Contributions of Apoptosis and Necrosis

Lee J. Martin;Nael A. Al-Abdulla;Ansgar M. Brambrink;Jeffrey R. Kirsch

893
Citations
Apoptotic photoreceptor cell death in mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa.

C Portera-Cailliau;C H Sung;J Nathans;R Adler

791
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Evidence for apoptotic cell death in Huntington disease and excitotoxic animal models.

Carlos Portera-Cailliau;John C. Hedreen;Donald L. Price;Vassilis E. Koliatsos

779
Citations
Excitotoxic neuronal death in the immature brain is an apoptosis‐necrosis morphological continuum

Carlos Portera-Cailliau;Donald L. Price;Lee J. Martin

491
Citations
Altered neuronal and circuit excitability in Fragile X Syndrome

Anis Contractor;Vitaly A. Klyachko;Carlos Portera-Cailliau

450
Citations
Non‐NMDA and NMDA receptor‐mediated excitotoxic neuronal deaths in adult brain are morphologically distinct: Further evidence for an apoptosis‐necrosis continuum

Carlos Portera-Cailliau;Donald L. Price;Lee J. Martin

417
Citations
Delayed Stabilization of Dendritic Spines in Fragile X Mice

Alberto Cruz-Martín;Michelle Crespo;Carlos Portera-Cailliau

367
Citations
Activity-Regulated Dynamic Behavior of Early Dendritic Protrusions: Evidence for Different Types of Dendritic Filopodia

Carlos Portera-Cailliau;David T. Pan;Rafael Yuste

339
Citations
Internally Mediated Developmental Desynchronization of Neocortical Network Activity

Peyman Golshani;J. Tiago Gonçalves;Sattar Khoshkhoo;Ricardo Mostany

337
Citations
Hypoxia-ischemia causes abnormalities in glutamate transporters and death of astroglia and neurons in newborn striatum

Lee J. Martin;Ansgar M. Brambrink;Christoph Lehmann;Carlos Portera-Cailliau

336
Citations
Simultaneous two-photon calcium imaging at different depths with spatiotemporal multiplexing

Adrian Cheng;J Tiago Gonçalves;Peyman Golshani;Katsushi Arisaka

335
Citations
Circuit level defects in the developing neocortex of Fragile X mice

J Tiago Gonçalves;James E Anstey;James E Anstey;Peyman Golshani;Carlos Portera-Cailliau

328
Citations
Diverse Modes of Axon Elaboration in the Developing Neocortex

Carlos Portera-Cailliau;Carlos Portera-Cailliau;Robby M Weimer;Vincenzo De Paola;Pico Caroni

253
Citations
The trouble with spines in fragile X syndrome: density, maturity and plasticity.

Cynthia X. He;Carlos Portera-Cailliau

240
Citations
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor proteins NR2A and NR2B are differentially distributed in the developing rat central nervous system as revealed by subunit-specific antibodies.

Carlos Portera-Cailliau;Donald L. Price;Lee J. Martin

226
Citations
A Craniotomy Surgery Procedure for Chronic Brain Imaging

Ricardo Mostany;Carlos Portera-Cailliau

220
Citations
Foxp-Mediated Suppression of N-Cadherin Regulates Neuroepithelial Character and Progenitor Maintenance in the CNS

David L. Rousso;Caroline Alayne Pearson;Zachary B. Gaber;Amaya Miquelajauregui

202
Citations
Altered Synaptic Dynamics during Normal Brain Aging

Ricardo Mostany;James E. Anstey;Kerensa L. Crump;Bohumil Maco

195
Citations
Impaired perceptual learning in a mouse model of Fragile X syndrome is mediated by parvalbumin neuron dysfunction and is reversible.

Anubhuti Goel;Daniel A. Cantu;Janna Guilfoyle;Gunvant R. Chaudhari

188
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