Francisco J. Alvarez

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Best Publications

• Early Functional Impairment of Sensory-Motor Connectivity in a Mouse Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

  George Z. Mentis;Dvir Blivis;Wenfang Liu;Estelle Drobac

  421
  Citations

• Vesicular glutamate transporters in the spinal cord, with special reference to sensory primary afferent synapses

  Francisco J. Alvarez;Rosa María Villalba;Ricardo Zerda;Stephen P. Schneider

  319
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• Postnatal Phenotype and Localization of Spinal Cord V1 Derived Interneurons

  Francisco J. Alvarez;Philip C. Jonas;Tamar Sapir;Robert Hartley

  283
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• Spinal Inhibitory Interneuron Diversity Delineates Variant Motor Microcircuits

  Jay B. Bikoff;Mariano I. Gabitto;Andre F. Rivard;Estelle Drobac

  274
  Citations

• V1 and V2b Interneurons Secure the Alternating Flexor-Extensor Motor Activity Mice Require for Limbed Locomotion

  Jingming Zhang;Guillermo M. Lanuza;Guillermo M. Lanuza;Olivier Britz;Zhi Wang

  256
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• Pax6 and Engrailed 1 Regulate Two Distinct Aspects of Renshaw Cell Development

  Tamar Sapir;Eric J. Geiman;Zhi Wang;Tomoko Velasquez

  224
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• The continuing case for the Renshaw cell.

  Francisco J. Alvarez;Robert E. W. Fyffe

  194
  Citations

• Cell-type specific organization of glycine receptor clusters in the mammalian spinal cord

  Francisco J. Alvarez;Dianne E. Dewey;Deborah A. Harrington;Robert E.W. Fyffe

  182
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• Distribution of 5-hydroxytryptamine-immunoreactive boutons on alpha-motoneurons in the lumbar spinal cord of adult cats.

  Francisco J. Alvarez;John C. Pearson;Deborah Harrington;Dianne E. Dewey

  179
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• Noncholinergic excitatory actions of motoneurons in the neonatal mammalian spinal cord

  George Z. Mentis;Francisco J. Alvarez;Agnes Bonnot;Dannette S. Richards

  170
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• Differential distribution of metabotropic glutamate receptors 1a, 1b, and 5 in the rat spinal cord.

  Francisco J. Alvarez;Rosa María Villalba;Patrick A. Carr;Patrick A. Carr;Pedro Grandes

  167
  Citations

• A Clinical Trial of 7α-Methyl-19-Nortestosterone Implants for Possible Use as a Long-Acting Contraceptive for Men

  Sigrid von Eckardstein;Gabriela Noe;Vivian Brache;Eberhard Nieschlag

  154
  Citations

• Gamma motor neurons express distinct genetic markers at birth and require muscle spindle-derived GDNF for postnatal survival

  Neil A Shneider;Neil A Shneider;Meghan N Brown;Courtney A Smith;James Pickel

  152
  Citations

• Diversity of structure and function at mammalian central synapses

  Bruce Walmsley;Francisco J. Alvarez;Robert E.W. Fyffe

  148
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• Permanent Central Synaptic Disconnection of Proprioceptors After Nerve Injury and Regeneration. I. Loss of VGLUT1/IA Synapses on Motoneurons

  Francisco J. Alvarez;Haley E. Titus-Mitchell;Katie L. Bullinger;Michal Kraszpulski

  148
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• Synaptic interactions between GABA-immunoreactive profiles and the terminals of functionally defined myelinated nociceptors in the monkey and cat spinal cord.

  Francisco J. Alvarez;Anahid M. Kavookjian;Alan R. Light

  136
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• Mesostriatal and mesolimbic dopamine uptake binding sites are reduced in Parkinson's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy: a quantitative autoradiographic study using [3H]mazindol.

  G. Chinaglia;Francisco J. Alvarez;A. Probst;J. M. Palacios

  135
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• Functional significance of isoform diversification in the protocadherin gamma gene cluster

  Weisheng V. Chen;Francisco J. Alvarez;Julie L. Lefebvre;Brad Friedman

  131
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• Ultrastructural morphology, synaptic relationships, and CGRP immunoreactivity of physiologically identified C-fiber terminals in the monkey spinal cord.

  Francisco J. Alvarez;Anahid M. Kavookjian;Alan R. Light

  125
  Citations

• Renshaw Cells and Ia Inhibitory Interneurons Are Generated at Different Times from p1 Progenitors and Differentiate Shortly after Exiting the Cell Cycle

  Ana Benito-Gonzalez;Francisco J. Alvarez

  123
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