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Guillermina López-Bendito

Guillermina López-Bendito

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Neuroscience

D-Index
39
Citations
7227
World Ranking
8275
National Ranking
136

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Guillermina López-Bendito is affiliated with Miguel Hernandez University in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans various subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's main topics of work focus on neural dynamics and brain function, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, retinal development and disorders, axon guidance and neuronal signaling, and neuroscience and neural engineering.

Recent papers authored by Guillermina López-Bendito include:

  • Spontaneous activity in developing thalamic and cortical sensory networks (2021, Neuron)
  • Astrocytes and neurons share region-specific transcriptional signatures that confer regional identity to neuronal reprogramming (2021, Science Advances)
  • Input-dependent segregation of visual and somatosensory circuits in the mouse superior colliculus (2022, Science)
  • A unique bipartite Polycomb signature regulates stimulus-response transcription during development (2021, Nature Genetics)
  • Adenosine A2A Receptors Contribute to the Radial Migration of Cortical Projection Neurons through the Regulation of Neuronal Polarization and Axon Formation (2021, Cerebral Cortex)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with López-Bendito include:

  • Francisco J. Martini
  • Mar Aníbal-Martínez
  • Lorenzo Puche-Aroca
  • Teresa Guillamón-Vivancos
  • Verónica Moreno-Juan

The scientist's publications commonly appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • UNC Libraries

Guillermina López-Bendito is recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Genetic ablation of the t-SNARE SNAP-25 distinguishes mechanisms of neuroexocytosis.

    Philip Washbourne;Peter M. Thompson;Peter M. Thompson;Mario Carta;Edmar T. Costa;Edmar T. Costa

  • Thalamocortical development: how are we going to get there?

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Zoltán Molnár

  • Glutamate and GABA receptor signalling in the developing brain.

    R. Luján;R. Shigemoto;G. López-Bendito

  • Tangential Neuronal Migration Controls Axon Guidance: A Role for Neuregulin-1 in Thalamocortical Axon Navigation

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Aline Cautinat;Juan Antonio Sánchez;Franck Bielle

  • Preferential Origin and Layer Destination of GAD65-GFP Cortical Interneurons

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Katherine Sturgess;Ferenc Erdélyi;Gábor Szabó

  • Subcellular localization of metabotropic GABA(B) receptor subunits GABA(B1a/b) and GABA(B2) in the rat hippocampus.

    Ákos Kulik;Imre Vida;Rafael Luján;Carola A. Haas

  • Cxcr7 controls neuronal migration by regulating chemokine responsiveness.

    Juan Antonio Sánchez-Alcañiz;Sammy Haege;Sammy Haege;Wiebke Mueller;Ramón Pla

  • Robo1 and Robo2 Cooperate to Control the Guidance of Major Axonal Tracts in the Mammalian Forebrain

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Nuria Flames;Le Ma;Coralie Fouquet

  • Chemokine Signaling Controls Intracortical Migration and Final Distribution of GABAergic Interneurons

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Juan Antonio Sánchez-Alcañiz;Ramón Pla;Víctor Borrell

  • Differential Distribution of Group I Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors during Rat Cortical Development

    G. López-Bendito;R. Shigemoto;A. Fairén;R. Luján

  • Pax6 is required for the normal development of the forebrain axonal connections

    Lucy Jones;Guillermina López-Bendito;Peter Gruss;Anastassia Stoykova

  • Prenatal activity from thalamic neurons governs the emergence of functional cortical maps in mice

    Noelia Antón-Bolaños;Alejandro Sempere-Ferràndez;Teresa Guillamón-Vivancos;Francisco J. Martini

  • Spontaneous Activity in Developing Thalamic and Cortical Sensory Networks

    Francisco J. Martini;Teresa Guillamón-Vivancos;Verónica Moreno-Juan;Miguel Valdeolmillos

  • Prenatal thalamic waves regulate cortical area size prior to sensory processing.

    Verónica Moreno-Juan;Anton Filipchuk;Noelia Antón-Bolaños;Cecilia Mezzera

  • Blockade of GABAB Receptors Alters the Tangential Migration of Cortical Neurons

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Rafael Luján;Ryuichi Shigemoto;Paul Ganter

  • Expression and distribution of metabotropic GABA receptor subtypes GABABR1 and GABABR2 during rat neocortical development.

    G. López-Bendito;R. Shigemoto;A. Kulik;O. Paulsen

  • Mechanisms controlling the guidance of thalamocortical axons through the embryonic forebrain

    Zoltán Molnár;Sonia Garel;Sonia Garel;Sonia Garel;Guillermina López-Bendito;Patricia Maness

  • Shaping brain connections through spontaneous neural activity.

    Nobuhiko Yamamoto;Guillermina López-Bendito

  • Spontaneous activity regulates Robo1 transcription to mediate a switch in thalamocortical axon growth

    Erik Mire;Cecilia Mezzera;Eduardo Leyva-Díaz;Ana V Paternain

  • Choreography of Early Thalamocortical Development

    Zoltán Molnár;Shuji Higashi;Guillermina López-Bendito

  • Distribution of metabotropic GABA receptor subunits GABAB1a/b and GABAB2 in the rat hippocampus during prenatal and postnatal development.

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Guillermina López-Bendito;Ryuichi Shigemoto;Akos Kulik;Imre Vida

Frequent Co-Authors

Sonia Garel
Sonia Garel École Normale Supérieure
Zoltán Molnár
Zoltán Molnár University of Oxford
Rafael Luján
Rafael Luján University of Castilla-La Mancha
Ryuichi Shigemoto
Ryuichi Shigemoto Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Xaira Therapeutics
Oscar Marín
Oscar Marín King's College London
Alfonso Fairén
Alfonso Fairén Miguel Hernandez University
Benedikt Berninger
Benedikt Berninger King's College London
Ole Paulsen
Ole Paulsen University of Cambridge

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