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Gemma Navarro 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 Gemma Navarro sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 235 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gemma Navarro 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 Gemma Navarro sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Gemma Navarro is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, pharmacology, and neurology.

Navarro's research covers a range of topics mainly focused on receptor mechanisms and signaling, cannabis and cannabinoid research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, adenosine and purinergic signaling, neuropeptides and animal physiology, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Frequent co-authors in Navarro's work include Rafael Franco, Irene Reyes-Resina, Jaume Lillo, Iu Raïch, and Rafael Rivas-Santisteban.

Navarro has published in a variety of scientific journals, with a notable presence in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cells
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Pharmacological Research
  • British Journal of Pharmacology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Navarro include:

  • Homodimerization of CB2 cannabinoid receptor triggered by a bivalent ligand enhances cellular signaling, 2024, Pharmacological Research
  • Pharmacological data of cannabidiol- and cannabigerol-type phytocannabinoids acting on cannabinoid CB1, CB2 and CB1/CB2 heteromer receptors, 2020, Pharmacological Research

Additional recent notable papers connected to Navarro's network include:

  • Dopamine in Health and Disease: Much More Than a Neurotransmitter, 2021, Biomedicines
  • Adenosine/A2B Receptor Signaling Ameliorates the Effects of Aging and Counteracts Obesity, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • Experimental data using candesartan and captopril indicate no double-edged sword effect in COVID-19, 2021, Clinical Science

Best Publications

  • Detection of heteromerization of more than two proteins by sequential BRET-FRET.

    Paulina Carriba;Gemma Navarro;Francisco Ciruela;Sergi Ferré

  • Cognitive Impairment Induced by Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol Occurs through Heteromers between Cannabinoid CB1 and Serotonin 5-HT2A Receptors.

    Xavier Viñals;Estefanía Moreno;Laurence Lanfumey;Arnau Cordomí

  • Lipid modified triblock PAMAM-based nanocarriers for siRNA drug co-delivery.

    Swati Biswas;Pranali P. Deshpande;Gemma Navarro;Namita S. Dodwadkar

  • Binding and Signaling Studies Disclose a Potential Allosteric Site for Cannabidiol in Cannabinoid CB2 Receptors

    Eva Martínez-Pinilla;Katia Varani;Irene Reyes-Resina;Edgar Angelats;Edgar Angelats

  • Direct involvement of σ-1 receptors in the dopamine D1 receptor-mediated effects of cocaine

    Gemma Navarro;Estefanía Moreno;Marisol Aymerich;Daniel Marcellino

  • Dopamine in Health and Disease: Much More Than a Neurotransmitter

    Rafael Franco;Rafael Franco;Irene Reyes-Resina;Gemma Navarro;Gemma Navarro

  • Allosteric interactions between agonists and antagonists within the adenosine A2A receptor-dopamine D2 receptor heterotetramer

    Jordi Bonaventura;Jordi Bonaventura;Gemma Navarro;Verònica Casadó-Anguera;Karima Azdad

  • A1R–A2AR heteromers coupled to Gs and Gi/0 proteins modulate GABA transport into astrocytes

    Sofia Cristóvão-Ferreira;Gemma Navarro;Marc Brugarolas;Kamil Pérez-Capote

  • Adenosine-cannabinoid receptor interactions. Implications for striatal function.

    Sergi Ferré;Carme Lluís;Zuzana Justinova;Zuzana Justinova;César Quiroz

  • Detection of heteromers formed by cannabinoid CB1, dopamine D2, and adenosine A2A G-protein-coupled receptors by combining bimolecular fluorescence complementation and bioluminescence energy transfer.

    Gemma Navarro;Paulina Carriba;Jorge Gandí;Francisco Ciruela

  • Cannabigerol Action at Cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 Receptors and at CB1-CB2 Heteroreceptor Complexes.

    Gemma Navarro;Gemma Navarro;Katia Varani;Irene Reyes-Resina;Irene Reyes-Resina;Verónica Sánchez de Medina

  • Cocaine inhibits dopamine D2 receptor signaling via sigma-1-D2 receptor heteromers.

    Gemma Navarro;Estefania Moreno;Jordi Bonaventura;Marc Brugarolas

  • Dopamine D1-histamine H3 Receptor Heteromers Provide a Selective Link to MAPK Signaling in GABAergic Neurons of the Direct Striatal Pathway

    Estefanía Moreno;Hanne Hoffmann;Hanne Hoffmann;Marta Gonzalez-Sepúlveda;Gemma Navarro

  • Targeting Cannabinoid CB2 Receptors in the Central Nervous System. Medicinal Chemistry Approaches with Focus on Neurodegenerative Disorders

    Gemma Navarro;Gemma Navarro;Paula Morales;Paula Morales;Carmen Rodríguez-Cueto;Carmen Rodríguez-Cueto;Javier Fernández-Ruiz;Javier Fernández-Ruiz

  • Basic Pharmacological and Structural Evidence for Class A G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Heteromerization.

    Rafael Franco;Eva Martínez-Pinilla;José L. Lanciego;Gemma Navarro

  • Interactions between Intracellular Domains as Key Determinants of the Quaternary Structure and Function of Receptor Heteromers

    Gemma Navarro;Sergi Ferré;Arnau Cordomi;Estefania Moreno

  • Receptor-heteromer mediated regulation of endocannabinoid signaling in activated microglia. Role of CB1 and CB2 receptors and relevance for Alzheimer’s disease and levodopa-induced dyskinesia

    Gemma Navarro;Dasiel Borroto-Escuela;Edgar Angelats;Íñigo Etayo

  • Quaternary structure of a G-protein-coupled receptor heterotetramer in complex with Gi and Gs

    Gemma Navarro;Arnau Cordomí;Monika Zelman-Femiak;Monika Zelman-Femiak;Marc Brugarolas

  • Evidence for functional pre-coupled complexes of receptor heteromers and adenylyl cyclase.

    Gemma Navarro;Arnau Cordomí;Verónica Casadó-Anguera;Estefanía Moreno

  • Allosteric mechanisms within the adenosine A2A–dopamine D2 receptor heterotetramer

    Sergi Ferré;Jordi Bonaventura;Dardo Tomasi;Gemma Navarro

  • Adenosine/A2B Receptor Signaling Ameliorates the Effects of Aging and Counteracts Obesity

    Thorsten Gnad;Gemma Navarro;Gemma Navarro;Minna Lahesmaa;Laia Reverte-Salisa

  • Targeting Cannabinoid CB 2 Receptors in the Central Nervous System. Medicinal Chemistry Approaches with Focus on Neurodegenerative Disorders

    Gemma Navarro;Paula Morales;Carmen Rodríguez-Cueto;Javier Fernández-Ruiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Franco
Rafael Franco University of Barcelona
Enric I. Canela
Enric I. Canela University of Barcelona
Vicent Casadó
Vicent Casadó University of Barcelona
Sergi Ferré
Sergi Ferré National Institute on Drug Abuse
Josefa Mallol
Josefa Mallol University of Barcelona
Jose L. Labandeira-Garcia
Jose L. Labandeira-Garcia University of Santiago de Compostela
José L. Lanciego
José L. Lanciego University of Navarra
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Leonardo Pardo
Leonardo Pardo Autonomous University of Barcelona
Carmen Lluis
Carmen Lluis University of Barcelona

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