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Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos

Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
8367
World Ranking
8010
National Ranking
3442

Overview

Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and specializes in neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, and immunology. The scientist has contributed to the broader field of neuroscience through 46 publications.

Their work covers several key topics such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neural dynamics and brain function, memory and neural mechanisms, ion channel regulation and function, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, immune cells in cancer, and tryptophan and brain disorders.

Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos has published in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Some recent papers include:

  • Key Roles of CACNA1C/Cav1.2 and CALB1/Calbindin in Prefrontal Neurons Altered in Cognitive Disorders, 2024, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Kcns3 deficiency disrupts Parvalbumin neuron physiology in mouse prefrontal cortex: Implications for the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, 2021, Neurobiology of Disease
  • Differential gene expression between callosal and ipsilateral projection neurons in the monkey dorsolateral prefrontal and posterior parietal cortices, 2022, Cerebral Cortex
  • Investigating microglia-neuron crosstalk by characterizing microglial contamination in human and mouse Patch-seq datasets, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Strength of Excitatory Inputs to Layer 3 Pyramidal Neurons During Synaptic Pruning in the Monkey Prefrontal Cortex: Relevance for the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia, 2023, Biological Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos include:

  • David A. Lewis
  • Takeaki Miyamae
  • Wataru Inoue
  • Dibyadeep Datta
  • Dominique Arion

Best Publications

  • New insights into the classification and nomenclature of cortical GABAergic interneurons

    Javier DeFelipe;Pedro L. López-Cruz;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Concha Bielza

  • GABA Neurons and the Mechanisms of Network Oscillations: Implications for Understanding Cortical Dysfunction in Schizophrenia

    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos;David A. Lewis

  • Alterations in cortical network oscillations and parvalbumin neurons in schizophrenia.

    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos;Raymond Y. Cho;David A. Lewis

  • NMDA Receptor Hypofunction, Parvalbumin-Positive Neurons, and Cortical Gamma Oscillations in Schizophrenia

    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos;David A. Lewis

  • Neuroplasticity of neocortical circuits in schizophrenia.

    David A Lewis;Guillermo González-Burgos

  • Pathophysiologically based treatment interventions in schizophrenia.

    David A Lewis;Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos

  • Alterations of Cortical GABA Neurons and Network Oscillations in Schizophrenia

    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos;Takanori Hashimoto;David A. Lewis

  • GABA neuron alterations, cortical circuit dysfunction and cognitive deficits in schizophrenia.

    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos;Kenneth N. Fish;David A. Lewis

  • Impairment of long-term potentiation and associative memory in mice that overexpress extracellular superoxide dismutase.

    Edda Thiels;Nathan N. Urban;Guillermo R. Gonzalez-Burgos;Beatriz I. Kanterewicz

  • Localization of Calcium-binding Proteins in Physiologically and Morphologically Characterized Interneurons of Monkey Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex

    A.V. Zaitsev;G. Gonzalez-Burgos;N.V. Povysheva;S. Kröner

  • Dopamine Increases Excitability of Pyramidal Neurons in Primate Prefrontal Cortex

    Darrell A. Henze;Guillermo R. González-Burgos;Nathaniel N. Urban;David A. Lewis

  • Horizontal Synaptic Connections in Monkey Prefrontal Cortex: An In Vitro Electrophysiological Study

    Guillermo González-Burgos;German Barrionuevo;David A. Lewis

  • Functional properties of fast spiking interneurons and their synaptic connections with pyramidal cells in primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

    Guillermo González-Burgos;Leonid S. Krimer;Nadya V. Povysheva;German Barrionuevo

  • Properties of Excitatory Synaptic Responses in Fast-spiking Interneurons and Pyramidal Cells from Monkey and Rat Prefrontal Cortex

    N.V. Povysheva;G. Gonzalez-Burgos;A.V. Zaitsev;S. Kröner

  • Glutamate Receptor Subtypes Mediating Synaptic Activation of Prefrontal Cortex Neurons: Relevance for Schizophrenia

    D. C. Rotaru;H. Yoshino;D. A. Lewis;G. B. Ermentrout

  • Protracted Developmental Trajectories of GABAA Receptor α1 and α2 Subunit Expression in Primate Prefrontal Cortex

    Takanori Hashimoto;Takanori Hashimoto;Quyen L. Nguyen;Diana Rotaru;Tanya Keenan

  • Cluster analysis-based physiological classification and morphological properties of inhibitory neurons in layers 2-3 of monkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

    Leonid S. Krimer;Aleksey V. Zaitsev;Gabriela Czanner;Sven Kröner

  • Distinct Physiological Maturation of Parvalbumin-Positive Neuron Subtypes in Mouse Prefrontal Cortex.

    Takeaki Miyamae;Kehui Chen;David A. Lewis;Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos

  • Interneuron Diversity in Layers 2–3 of Monkey Prefrontal Cortex

    Aleksey V. Zaitsev;Nadezhda V. Povysheva;Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos;Diana Rotaru

  • Synaptic targets of the intrinsic axon collaterals of supragranular pyramidal neurons in monkey prefrontal cortex.

    Darlene S. Melchitzky;Guillermo González‐Burgos;German Barrionuevo;David A. Lewis

  • Parvalbumin-positive basket interneurons in monkey and rat prefrontal cortex.

    N. V. Povysheva;A. V. Zaitsev;D. C. Rotaru;G. Gonzalez-Burgos

  • Review Article GABA Neuron Alterations, Cortical Circuit Dysfunction and Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia

    Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos;Kenneth N. Fish;David A. Lewis

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Lewis
David A. Lewis University of Pittsburgh
German Barrionuevo
German Barrionuevo University of Pittsburgh
Kenneth N. Fish
Kenneth N. Fish University of Pittsburgh
Nathaniel N. Urban
Nathaniel N. Urban University of Pittsburgh
Darrell A. Henze
Darrell A. Henze MSD (United States)
Mitsuru Kikuchi
Mitsuru Kikuchi Kanazawa University
Jeremy K. Seamans
Jeremy K. Seamans University of British Columbia
Evelyn K. Lambe
Evelyn K. Lambe University of Toronto
Bruno Cauli
Bruno Cauli Sorbonne University

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