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Overview

Elena Galea was affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research predominantly focused on the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a substantial emphasis on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

The body of work produced by Elena Galea covered key topics in neurobiology and disease mechanisms, particularly addressing:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Immune cells in cancer

Their publication record included papers in respected venues such as Nature Neuroscience, Glia, Neurobiology of Disease, Molecular Neurodegeneration, Neuron, SSRN Electronic Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Research Square. Frequent publication venues with multiple contributions were Nature Neuroscience and Glia.

Selected significant papers authored or coauthored by Elena Galea included:

  • "Multi-transcriptomic analysis points to early organelle dysfunction in human astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease," 2022, Neurobiology of Disease
  • "Amyloid-β impairs the phagocytosis of dystrophic synapses by astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease," 2020, Glia

Other influential publications from their collaborative networks included:

  • "Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads," 2022, Neuron
  • "Sex-dependent calcium hyperactivity due to lysosomal-related dysfunction in astrocytes from APOE4 versus APOE3 gene targeted replacement mice," 2020, Molecular Neurodegeneration

Frequent coauthors who worked alongside Elena Galea were Levi B. Wood, Carole Escartin, Alfonso Araque, Antonia Gutiérrez, and Ksenia V. Kastanenka. These collaborations likely contributed to advancements in the study of astrocytes, microglia, neurodegenerative disease mechanisms, and cellular dysfunction in the central nervous system.

Best Publications

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

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  • Synthesis of nitric oxide in CNS glial cells.

    Sean Murphy;Martha L. Simmons;Luis Agullo;Agustina Garcia

  • Induction of calcium-independent nitric oxide synthase activity in primary rat glial cultures.

    Elena Galea;Douglas L. Feinstein;Donald J. Reis

  • Inhibition of mammalian nitric oxide synthases by agmatine, an endogenous polyamine formed by decarboxylation of arginine

    Elena Galea;S. Regunathan;Vassily Eliopoulos;Douglas L. Feinstein

  • Heat Shock Protein 70 Suppresses Astroglial-inducible Nitric-oxide Synthase Expression by Decreasing NFκB Activation *

    Douglas L. Feinstein;Elena Galea;Dennis A. Aquino;Gloria C. Li

  • Peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptor‐γ agonists prevent experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Douglas L. Feinstein;Elena Galea;Vitality Gavrilyuk;Celia F. Brosnan

  • Noradrenergic Depletion Potentiates β-Amyloid-Induced Cortical Inflammation: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease

    Michael T. Heneka;Elena Galea;Vitality Gavriluyk;Lucia Dumitrescu-Ozimek

  • Neurons and neuronal activity control gene expression in astrocytes to regulate their development and metabolism.

    Philip Hasel;Owen Dando;Owen Dando;Zoeb Jiwaji;Paul Baxter

  • Noradrenergic regulation of inflammatory gene expression in brain

    Douglas L Feinstein;Michael T Heneka;Vitaliy Gavrilyuk;Cinzia Dello Russo

  • Cloning and expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase from rat astrocytes.

    E. Galea;D. J. Reis;D. L. Feinstein

  • Phagocytic clearance of presynaptic dystrophies by reactive astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease.

    Angela Gomez-Arboledas;Jose C. Davila;Elisabeth Sanchez-Mejias;Victoria Navarro

  • Regulation of the expression of the inflammatory nitric oxide synthase (NOS2) by cyclic AMP

    Elena Galea;Douglas L. Feinstein

  • Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ Thiazolidinedione Agonists Increase Glucose Metabolism in Astrocytes

    Cinzia Dello Russo;Cinzia Dello Russo;Vitaliy Gavrilyuk;Guy Weinberg;Guy Weinberg;Angeles Almeida

  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonists protect cerebellar granule cells from cytokine-induced apoptotic cell death by inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase.

    Michael T Heneka;Michael T Heneka;Douglas L. Feinstein;Elena Galea;Marc Gleichmann

  • Induction of nitric oxide synthase in rat C6 glioma cells.

    Douglas L. Feinstein;Elena Galea;Steven Roberts;Henrik Berquist

  • Agmatinase activity in rat brain: a metabolic pathway for the degradation of agmatine.

    Magdalena Sastre;Soundararajan Regunathan;Elena Galea;Donald J. Reis

  • Norepinephrine Suppresses Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in Rat Astroglial Cultures

    Douglas L. Feinstein;Elena Galea;Donald J. Reis

  • Oxidative stress underlying axonal degeneration in adrenoleukodystrophy: A paradigm for multifactorial neurodegenerative diseases? ☆

    Elena Galea;Nathalie Launay;Manuel Portero-Otin;Montserrat Ruiz

  • Central neurogenic neuroprotection: Central neural systems that protect the brain from hypoxia and ischemia

    Donald J. Reis;Eugene V. Golanov;Elena Galea;Douglas L. Feinstein

  • Molecular targets of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in neurodegenerative diseases.

    A. Lleo;E. Galea;M. Sastre

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald J. Reis
Donald J. Reis Cornell University
Michael T. Heneka
Michael T. Heneka University Hospital Bonn
Antonia Gutierrez
Antonia Gutierrez University of Malaga
Giles E. Hardingham
Giles E. Hardingham University of Edinburgh
Gertrudis Perea
Gertrudis Perea Spanish National Research Council
Richard M. Ransohoff
Richard M. Ransohoff Harvard University
David J. A. Wyllie
David J. A. Wyllie University of Edinburgh
Angel Barco
Angel Barco Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante
Stephen D. Schmidt
Stephen D. Schmidt National Institutes of Health

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