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Francisco Gonzalez-Lima is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and neuroscience, with a significant focus on techniques involving laser applications and brain function.

The scientist's main fields of study include Medicine and Neuroscience, with substantial publications also in subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Pharmacology.

Key research topics covered in their work are:

  • Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Medical and Biological Ozone Research
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study

Francisco Gonzalez-Lima's recent research publications include:

  • Transcranial laser stimulation: Mitochondrial and cerebrovascular effects in younger and older healthy adults (2021, Brain Stimulation)
  • Photobiomodulation for the aging brain (2021, Ageing Research Reviews)
  • Photobiomodulation of Cytochrome c Oxidase by Chronic Transcranial Laser in Young and Aged Brains (2022, Frontiers in Neuroscience)
  • Transcranial photobiomodulation-induced changes in human brain functional connectivity and network metrics mapped by whole-head functional near-infrared spectroscopy in vivo (2020, Biomedical Optics Express)
  • Transcranial photobiomodulation and thermal stimulation induce distinct topographies of EEG alpha and beta power changes in healthy humans (2021, Scientific Reports)

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Molecular Neurobiology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Among their frequent collaborators are Douglas W. Barrett, Fabrízio dos Santos Cardoso, Sérgio Gomes da Silva, Roger E. Davis, and Jorge Almeida. These collaborations have contributed to a broad and interdisciplinary scope within their research outputs.

Best Publications

  • Structural equation modeling and its application to network analysis in functional brain imaging

    A. R. McLntosh;Francisco Gonzalez-Lima

  • Prefrontal mechanisms in extinction of conditioned fear.

    Gregory J. Quirk;René Garcia;Francisco González-Lima

  • Transcranial infrared laser stimulation produces beneficial cognitive and emotional effects in humans

    D. W. Barrett;Francisco Gonzalez-Lima

  • Antidepressant-Like Effects of Medial Prefrontal Cortex Deep Brain Stimulation in Rats

    Clement Hamani;Clement Hamani;Mustansir Diwan;Carlos E. Macedo;Marcus L. Brandão

  • Low-level light therapy of the eye and brain.

    Julio C Rojas;F Gonzalez-Lima

  • Energy Hypometabolism in Posterior Cingulate Cortex of Alzheimer's Patients: Superficial Laminar Cytochrome Oxidase Associated with Disease Duration

    J. Valla;Jason D. Berndt;Francisco Gonzalez-Lima

  • Opposite metabolic changes in the habenula and ventral tegmental area of a genetic model of helpless behavior.

    Jason D Shumake;E. Edwards;Francisco Gonzalez-Lima

  • Structural modeling of functional neural pathways mapped with 2-deoxyglucose: effects of acoustic startle habituation on the auditory system.

    A. R. McIntosh;Francisco Gonzalez-Lima

  • Neurological and psychological applications of transcranial lasers and LEDs.

    Julio C. Rojas;F. Gonzalez-Lima

  • Computational approaches to network analysis in functional brain imaging

    F. Gonzalez‐Lima;A. R. McIntosh;Peter T. Fox

  • Neurometabolic mechanisms for memory enhancement and neuroprotection of methylene blue

    Julio C. Rojas;Aleksandra K. Bruchey;Francisco Gonzalez-Lima

  • Up-regulation of cerebral cytochrome-c-oxidase and hemodynamics by transcranial infrared laser stimulation: A broadband near-infrared spectroscopy study

    Xinlong Wang;Fenghua Tian;Divya D Reddy;Sahil S Nalawade

  • Metabolic Mapping of Mouse Brain Activity after Extinction of a Conditioned Emotional Response

    Douglas Barrett;Jason Shumake;Dirk Jones;F. Gonzalez-Lima

  • Cytochrome oxidase activity in the auditory system of the mouse: A qualitative and quantitative histochemical study

    F. Gonzalez-Lima;A. Cada

  • Quantitative mapping of cytovhrome oxidase activity in the central auditory system of the gerbil: a study with calibrated activity standards and metal-intensified histochemistry

    Francisco Gonzalez-Lima;D. Jones

  • Improving executive function using transcranial infrared laser stimulation.

    Nathaniel J. Blanco;W. Todd Maddox;Francisco Gonzalez-Lima

  • Brain systems underlying susceptibility to helplessness and depression.

    Jason D Shumake;Francisco Gonzalez-Lima

  • Neuroprotective Effects of Near-Infrared Light in an In Vivo Model of Mitochondrial Optic Neuropathy

    Julio C. Rojas;Jung Lee;Joseph M. John;F. Gonzalez-Lima

  • Methylene blue improves brain oxidative metabolism and memory retention in rats.

    Narriman Lee Callaway;Penny D Riha;Aleksandra K Bruchey;Zeenat Munshi

  • Network interactions among limbic cortices, basal forebrain, and cerebellum differentiate a tone conditioned as a Pavlovian excitor or inhibitor: fluorodeoxyglucose mapping and covariance structural modeling

    A. R. McIntosh;F. Gonzalez-Lima

  • Neuregulin-1 immunoglobulin-like domain mutant mice: clozapine sensitivity and impaired latent inhibition.

    Mendell Rimer;Douglas W. Barrett;Monica A. Maldonado;Vita M. Vock

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony R. McIntosh
Anthony R. McIntosh Simon Fraser University
Eric M. Reiman
Eric M. Reiman Arizona State University
Henning Scheich
Henning Scheich Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Marie H. Monfils
Marie H. Monfils The University of Texas at Austin
Michael J. Telch
Michael J. Telch The University of Texas at Austin
Timothy J Schallert
Timothy J Schallert The University of Texas at Austin
Marcus Lira Brandão
Marcus Lira Brandão Universidade de São Paulo
Paul J. Fletcher
Paul J. Fletcher Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
George D. Bittner
George D. Bittner The University of Texas at Austin
Jack L. Lancaster
Jack L. Lancaster The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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