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Elvira Galarraga 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 Elvira Galarraga sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 104 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Elvira Galarraga 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 Elvira Galarraga sits on this spectrum.

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

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Overview

Elvira Galarraga is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with a specific emphasis on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional areas of study include Neurology, Molecular Biology, and Physiology.

The main topics explored in their work cover a range of subjects such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neurological disorders and treatments, and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior.

Galarraga has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with recent papers that include the following:

  • Activation of parvalbumin-expressing neurons reconfigures neuronal ensembles in murine striatal microcircuits, 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Synaptic determinants of cholinergic interneurons hyperactivity during parkinsonism, 2022, Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
  • Dimensionality reduction and recurrence analysis reveal hidden structures of striatal pathological states, 2022, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
  • Spontaneous Activity of Neuronal Ensembles in Mouse Motor Cortex: Changes after GABAergic Blockade, 2020, Neuroscience
  • Firing Differences Between Adult Intralaminar Thalamo-striatal Neurons, 2021, Neuroscience

Their frequent co-authors include José Bargas, Antonio Laville, Dagoberto Tapia, Montserrat Padilla-Orozco, and Aidán Ortega. This collaboration network reflects interdisciplinary engagement within the field of Neuroscience.

Galarraga's research has been published predominantly in journals such as Neuroscience, Neuroscience Letters, European Journal of Neuroscience, Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, and Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, indicating a focus on areas related to brain function and neural systems.

Best Publications

  • D2 Dopamine Receptors in Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons Reduce L-Type Ca2+ Currents and Excitability via a Novel PLCβ1–IP3–Calcineurin-Signaling Cascade

    Salvador Hernández-López;Tatiana Tkatch;Enrique Perez-Garci;Elvira Galarraga

  • D1 Receptor Activation Enhances Evoked Discharge in Neostriatal Medium Spiny Neurons by Modulating an L-Type Ca2+ Conductance

    Salvador Hernández-López;José Bargas;D. James Surmeier;Arturo Reyes

  • Encoding network states by striatal cell assemblies.

    Luis Carrillo-Reid;Fatuel Tecuapetla;Dagoberto Tapia;Arturo Hernández-Cruz

  • Dopaminergic Modulation of Axon Collaterals Interconnecting Spiny Neurons of the Rat Striatum

    Jaime N. Guzmán;Adán Hernández;Elvira Galarraga;Dagoberto Tapia

  • Spontaneous Voltage Oscillations in Striatal Projection Neurons in a Rat Corticostriatal Slice

    R. Vergara;C. Rick;S. Hernández-López;J. A. Laville

  • Cholinergic modulation of neostriatal output: a functional antagonism between different types of muscarinic receptors.

    Elvira Galarraga;Salvador Hernández-López;Arturo Reyes;Isabel Miranda

  • Cholinergic Control of Firing Pattern and Neurotransmission in Rat Neostriatal Projection Neurons: Role of CaV2.1 and CaV2.2 Ca2+ Channels

    Tamara Perez-Rosello;Alejandra Figueroa;Humberto Salgado;Carmen Vilchis

  • Dopaminergic modulation of short-term synaptic plasticity at striatal inhibitory synapses

    Fatuel Tecuapetla;Luis Carrillo-Reid;José Bargas;Elvira Galarraga

  • Dopamine selects glutamatergic inputs to neostriatal neurons.

    Jorge Flores‐Hernández;Elvira Galarraga;José Bargas

  • Presynaptic α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Increase Glutamate Release and Serotonin Neuron Excitability in the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus

    Julieta Garduño;Luis Galindo-Charles;Javier Jiménez-Rodríguez;Elvira Galarraga

  • Charybdotoxin and apamin sensitivity of the calcium-dependent repolarization and the afterhyperpolarization in neostriatal neurons.

    J. C. Pineda;E. Galarraga;J. Bargas;M. Cristancho

  • An early outward conductance modulates the firing latency and frequency of neostriatal neurons of the rat brain.

    J. Bargas;E. Galarraga;J. Aceves

  • Inhibitory action of dopamine involves a subthreshold Cs(+)-sensitive conductance in neostriatal neurons.

    M. T. Pacheco-Cano;J. Bargas;S. Hernández-López;D. Tapia

  • Ca2+ channels that activate Ca2+-dependent K+ currents in neostriatal neurons

    C. Vilchis;J. Bargas;G.X. Ayala;E. Galván

  • Spontaneous synaptic potentials in dopamine-denervated neostriatal neurons.

    Elvira Galarraga;José Bargas;Daniel Martínez-Fong;Jorge Aceves

  • Control of the Subthalamic Innervation of Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata by D1 and D2 Dopamine Receptors

    Osvaldo Ibañez-Sandoval;Adán Hernández;Benjamin Florán;Elvira Galarraga

  • A reconfiguration of CaV2 Ca2+ channel current and its dopaminergic D2 modulation in developing neostriatal neurons.

    Humberto Salgado;Fatuel Tecuapetla;Tamara Perez-Rosello;Azucena Perez-Burgos

  • Dopamine facilitates striatal EPSPs through an L-type Ca2+ conductance.

    E Galarraga;S Hernández-López;A Reyes;J Barral

  • Muscarinic presynaptic inhibition of neostriatal glutamatergic afferents is mediated by Q-type Ca2+ channels.

    J Barral;E Galarraga;J Bargas

  • Serotoninergic dorsal raphe neurons possess functional postsynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

    Luis Galindo-Charles;Salvador Hernandez-Lopez;Elvira Galarraga;Dagoberto Tapia

Frequent Co-Authors

José Bargas
José Bargas National Autonomous University of Mexico
Jorge Aceves
Jorge Aceves Instituto Politécnico Nacional
René Drucker-Colín
René Drucker-Colín National Autonomous University of Mexico
Tatiana Tkatch
Tatiana Tkatch Northwestern University
D. James Surmeier
D. James Surmeier Northwestern University
Hitoshi Kita
Hitoshi Kita University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Andrew Sharott
Andrew Sharott University of Oxford
Robert C. Foehring
Robert C. Foehring University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni
Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni National Autonomous University of Mexico
Stephan Kröger
Stephan Kröger Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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