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36
Citations
5119
World Ranking
9019
National Ranking
148

Overview

Cosme Salas is affiliated with the University of Seville in Spain and works primarily within the field of Neuroscience. Their research contributions extend into several specialized subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Ecology, Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cell Biology.

The main topics addressed in Salas's work cover various aspects of memory and neural mechanisms alongside studies of coral and marine ecosystems and olfactory and sensory functions. Other notable areas include research on neuroscience and neuropharmacology, zebrafish biomedical research applications, mechanisms of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity, and healthcare professionals' stress and burnout.

Salas has published in a range of peer-reviewed venues with diverse focuses, reflecting their multidisciplinary approach. These venues include:

  • Animals
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Hippocampus
  • Annals of Vascular Surgery
  • ESMO Real World Data and Digital Oncology

Their recent publications provide insight into the scope and diversity of their research interests:

  • "Spatial Cognition in Teleost Fish: Strategies and Mechanisms," 2021, Animals
  • "Trace classical conditioning impairment after lesion of the lateral part of the goldfish telencephalic pallium suggests a long ancestry of the episodic memory function of the vertebrate hippocampus," 2022, Brain Structure and Function
  • "Hippocampal Pallium Lesion Impairs Transitive Inference in Goldfish," 2025, Hippocampus
  • "Vascular Surgeon Burnout in Chile: A Cross-Sectional National Study," 2025, Annals of Vascular Surgery
  • "391P Is Chile ready to regulate artificial intelligence in oncogenomic data?" 2025, ESMO Real World Data and Digital Oncology

Collaboration has featured significantly in Salas's research activities. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Fernando Rodrí́guez
  • Antonia Gómez
  • Blanca Quintero Vera
  • Francisco M. Ocaña
  • Lucas Amores

This network of collaborators suggests a multidisciplinary and international research engagement, particularly in neuroscience and related biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • Conservation of Spatial Memory Function in the Pallial Forebrain of Reptiles and Ray-Finned Fishes

    Fernando Rodrı́guez;J. Carlos López;J. Pedro Vargas;Yolanda Gómez

  • Spatial memory and hippocampal pallium through vertebrate evolution: insights from reptiles and teleost fish

    F. Rodrı́guez;J.C. López;J.P. Vargas;C. Broglio

  • Avoidance Response in Goldfish: Emotional and Temporal Involvement of Medial and Lateral Telencephalic Pallium

    Manuel Portavella;Blas Torres;Cosme Salas

  • The effects of telencephalic pallial lesions on spatial, temporal, and emotional learning in goldfish.

    M Portavella;J.P Vargas;B Torres;C Salas

  • Hallmarks of a common forebrain vertebrate plan: specialized pallial areas for spatial, temporal and emotional memory in actinopterygian fish.

    C. Broglio;A. Gómez;E. Durán;F.M. Ocaña

  • Evolution of Forebrain and Spatial Cognition in Vertebrates: Conservation across Diversity

    Cosme Salas;Cristina Broglio;Fernando Rodríguez

  • Spatial cognition and its neural basis in teleost fishes

    Cristina Broglio;Fernando Rodríguez;Cosme Salas

  • Neuropsychology of learning and memory in teleost fish.

    Cosme Salas;Cristina Broglio;Emilio Durán;Antonia Gómez

  • Performance of goldfish trained in allocentric and egocentric maze procedures suggests the presence of a cognitive mapping system in fishes

    Fernando Rodriguez;Emilio Duran;Juan P. Vargas;Blas Torres

  • Cognitive and emotional functions of the teleost fish cerebellum.

    F. Rodríguez;E. Durán;A. Gómez;F.M. Ocaña

  • Spatial learning and memory deficits after telencephalic ablation in goldfish trained in place and turn maze procedures.

    Cosme Salas;Fernando Rodríguez;Juan Pedro Vargas;Emilio Durán

  • Encoding of geometric and featural spatial information by goldfish (Carassius auratus).

    Juan Pedro Vargas;Juan Carlos López;Cosme Salas;Catherine Thinus-Blanc

  • Selective involvement of the goldfish lateral pallium in spatial memory.

    C. Broglio;F. Rodríguez;A. Gómez;J.L. Arias

  • Tail and eye movements evoked by electrical microstimulation of the optic tectum in goldfish

    L. Herrero;F. Rodríguez;C. Salas;B. Torres

  • Telencephalic ablation in goldfish impairs performance in a ‘spatial constancy’ problem but not in a cued one

    Cosme Salas;Cristina Broglio;Fernando Rodríguez;Juan Carlos López

  • Spatial learning-induced increase in the argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region of dorsolateral telencephalic neurons in goldfish.

    Juan Pedro Vargas;Fernando Rodrı́guez;J.Carlos López;Jorge L Arias

  • Spatial and non-spatial learning in turtles: the role of medial cortex.

    J.C López;J.P Vargas;J.P Vargas;Y Gómez;C Salas

  • Multiple spatial learning strategies in goldfish (Carassius auratus)

    J. C. López;C. Broglio;F. Rodríguez;C. Thinus-Blanc

  • Lesions of the medial pallium, but not of the lateral pallium, disrupt spaced-trial avoidance learning in goldfish (Carassius auratus).

    Manuel Portavella;Blas Torres;Cosme Salas;Mauricio R. Papini

  • Reversal learning deficit in a spatial task but not in a cued one after telencephalic ablation in goldfish.

    J C López;C Broglio;F Rodríguez;C Thinus-Blanc

  • Dissociation of place and cue learning by telencephalic ablation in goldfish.

    J. C. López;V. P. Bingman;F. Rodríguez;Y. Gómez

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauricio R. Papini
Mauricio R. Papini Texas Christian University
Verner P. Bingman
Verner P. Bingman Bowling Green State University
Ana Adan
Ana Adan University of Barcelona
Alicia Salvador
Alicia Salvador University of Valencia
Angel M. Pastor
Angel M. Pastor University of Seville

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