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Carlos Portera-Cailliau

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
11423
World Ranking
6825
National Ranking
2952

Carlos Portera-Cailliau 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 Carlos Portera-Cailliau sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 86 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Carlos Portera-Cailliau 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 Carlos Portera-Cailliau sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • 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

  • Apoptotic photoreceptor cell death in mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Altered neuronal and circuit excitability in Fragile X Syndrome

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

  • 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

  • Delayed Stabilization of Dendritic Spines in Fragile X Mice

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

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

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

  • Internally Mediated Developmental Desynchronization of Neocortical Network Activity

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • Diverse Modes of Axon Elaboration in the Developing Neocortex

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

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

    Cynthia X. He;Carlos Portera-Cailliau

  • 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

  • A Craniotomy Surgery Procedure for Chronic Brain Imaging

    Ricardo Mostany;Carlos Portera-Cailliau

  • 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

  • Altered Synaptic Dynamics during Normal Brain Aging

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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee J. Martin
Lee J. Martin Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Peyman Golshani
Peyman Golshani University of California, Los Angeles
Anis Contractor
Anis Contractor Northwestern University
Donald L. Price
Donald L. Price Johns Hopkins University
Karel Svoboda
Karel Svoboda Allen Institute
Vassilis E. Koliatsos
Vassilis E. Koliatsos Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Graham Knott
Graham Knott École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Linda Wilbrecht
Linda Wilbrecht University of California, Berkeley
Anthony Holtmaat
Anthony Holtmaat University of Geneva

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