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Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni 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 Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 165 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni 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 Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Mexico Leader Award
  • 1989 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. The scientist's research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a particular focus on subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

Their scholarly output includes notable papers such as "Spatial contextual recognition memory updating is modulated by dopamine release in the dorsal hippocampus from the locus coeruleus" (2022) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; "Glutamatergic basolateral amygdala to anterior insular cortex circuitry maintains rewarding contextual memory" (2020) in Communications Biology; and "Age-Dependent Decline in Synaptic Mitochondrial Function Is Exacerbated in Vulnerable Brain Regions of Female 3xTg-AD Mice" (2020) appearing in International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Other papers include "Photostimulation of Ventral Tegmental Area-Insular Cortex Dopaminergic Inputs Enhances the Salience to Consolidate Aversive Taste Recognition Memory via D1-Like Receptors" (2022) in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience and "Top-down circuitry from the anterior insular cortex to VTA dopamine neurons modulates reward-related memory" (2023) in Cell Reports.

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Bermúdez-Rattoni include:

  • Daniel Osorio-Gómez
  • Kioko Guzmán-Ramos
  • Elvi Gil-Lievana
  • Oscar Urrego-Morales
  • Perla Moreno-Castilla

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as Psychopharmacology, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Neuropharmacology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Communications Biology.

Main research topics covered in Bermúdez-Rattoni's work are:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function

Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni received recognition as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Molecular mechanisms of taste-recognition memory

    Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni

  • Insular cortex and amygdala lesions differentially affect acquisition on inhibitory avoidance and conditioned taste aversion.

    Federico Bermudez-Rattoni;James L. McGaugh

  • The consolidation of object and context recognition memory involve different regions of the temporal lobe

    Israela Balderas;Carlos J. Rodriguez-Ortiz;Paloma Salgado-Tonda;Julio Chavez-Hurtado

  • Spatial Long-Term Memory Is Related to Mossy Fiber Synaptogenesis

    Victor Ramı́rez-Amaya;Israela Balderas;Jimena Sandoval;Martha L. Escobar

  • Analysis of the Stress Response in Rats Trained in the Water-Maze: Differential Expression of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, CRH-R1, Glucocorticoid Receptors and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Limbic Regions

    Argel Aguilar-Valles;Edith Sánchez;Patricia de Gortari;Israela Balderas

  • Restoration of dopamine release deficits during object recognition memory acquisition attenuates cognitive impairment in a triple transgenic mice model of Alzheimer's disease

    Kioko Guzmán-Ramos;Perla Moreno-Castilla;Monica Castro-Cruz;James L. McGaugh

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

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

  • Insular cortex is involved in consolidation of object recognition memory.

    Federico Bermudez-Rattoni;Shoki Okuda;Benno Roozendaal;James L. McGaugh

  • The forgotten insular cortex: its role on recognition memory formation.

    Federico Bermudez-Rattoni

  • Protein synthesis underlies post-retrieval memory consolidation to a restricted degree only when updated information is obtained.

    Carlos J. Rodriguez-Ortiz;Vanesa De la Cruz;Ranier Gutiérrez;Federico Bermudez-Rattoni

  • Reversible inactivation of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis induces disruption of cortical acetylcholine release and acquisition, but not retrieval, of aversive memories

    María Isabel Miranda;Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni

  • Differential Effects of Anterior and Posterior Insular Cortex Lesions on the Acquisition of Conditioned Taste Aversion and Spatial Learning

    Ludı̀k Nerad;Victor Ramı́rez-Amaya;Christopher E. Ormsby;Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni

  • Cortical cholinergic activity is related to the novelty of the stimulus

    Marı́a Isabel Miranda;Leticia Ramı́rez-Lugo;Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni

  • Blockade of noradrenergic receptors in the basolateral amygdala impairs taste memory

    M. I. Miranda;R. T. LaLumiere;T. V. Buen;F. Bermudez-Rattoni

  • Long-term potentiation in the insular cortex enhances conditioned taste aversion retention.

    Martha L. Escobar;Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni

  • Synaptogenesis of mossy fibers induced by spatial water maze overtraining.

    Víctor Ramírez‐Amaya;Martha L. Escobar;Vincent Chao;Federico Bermúdez‐Rattoni

  • Reversible inactivation of the insular cortex by tetrodotoxin produces retrograde and anterograde amnesia for inhibitory avoidance and spatial learning.

    Federico Bermudez-Rattoni;Ines B. Introini-Collison;James L. McGaugh

  • Glutamatergic activity in the amygdala signals visceral input during taste memory formation

    María Isabel Miranda;Guillaume Ferreira;Leticia Ramírez-Lugo;Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni

  • Blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the insular cortex disrupts taste aversion and spatial memory formation.

    H Gutiérrez;E Hernández-Echeagaray;V Ramı́rez-Amaya;F Bermúdez-Rattoni

  • Role of cholinergic system on the construction of memories: taste memory encoding.

    Marı́a Isabel Miranda;Guillaume Ferreira;Leticia Ramı́rez-Lugo;Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni

Frequent Co-Authors

James L. McGaugh
James L. McGaugh University of California, Irvine
Ricardo Tapia
Ricardo Tapia National Autonomous University of Mexico
Guillaume Ferreira
Guillaume Ferreira University of Bordeaux
Juan Fernandez-Ruiz
Juan Fernandez-Ruiz National Autonomous University of Mexico
René Drucker-Colín
René Drucker-Colín National Autonomous University of Mexico
Bernhard Bettler
Bernhard Bettler University of Basel
Jan Bures
Jan Bures Czech Academy of Sciences
Etienne Coutureau
Etienne Coutureau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Allan E. Herbison
Allan E. Herbison University of Cambridge
Kjell Öberg
Kjell Öberg Uppsala University

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