Isaura Tavares

Isaura Tavares 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 Isaura Tavares sits on this spectrum.

Isaura Tavares 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 Isaura Tavares sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• Descending control of nociception: Specificity, recruitment and plasticity.

  M M Heinricher;I Tavares;I Tavares;J L Leith;B M Lumb

  1127
  Citations

• GABA decreases in the spinal cord dorsal horn after peripheral neurectomy

  JoséM. Castro-Lopes;Isaura Tavares;Antonio Coimbra

  321
  Citations

• Amidated and Ibuprofen-Conjugated Kyotorphins Promote Neuronal Rescue and Memory Recovery in Cerebral Hypoperfusion Dementia Model.

  Sónia Sá Santos;Sara M. Santos;Antónia R. T. Pinto;Vasanthakumar G. Ramu

  254
  Citations

• Increase in GABAergic Cells and GABA Levels in the Spinal Cord in Unilateral Inflammation of the Hindlimb in the Rat.

  J. M. Castro-Lopes;Isaura Tavares;T. R. Tölle;Ana Coito

  117
  Citations

• Carrageenan-induced inflammation of the hind foot provokes a rise of GABA-immunoreactive cells in the rat spinal cord that is prevented by peripheral neurectomy or neonatal capsaicin treatment

  J M Castro-Lopes;I Tavares;T R Tölle;A Coimbra

  114
  Citations

• Reticular Formation and Pain: The Past and the Future.

  Isabel Martins;Isaura Tavares

  112
  Citations

• “Hotheaded”: The role OF TRPV1 in brain functions

  D. Martins;I. Tavares;C. Morgado;C. Morgado

  98
  Citations

• Minocycline completely reverses mechanical hyperalgesia in diabetic rats through microglia-induced changes in the expression of the potassium chloride co-transporter 2 (KCC2) at the spinal cord.

  C. Morgado;P. Pereira-Terra;C. D. Cruz;I. Tavares

  97
  Citations

• Neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord projecting to the medullary ventrolateral reticular formation express c-fos after noxious stimulation of the skin.

  I. Tavares;D. Lima;A. Coimbra

  90
  Citations

• Descending projections from the medullary dorsal reticular nucleus make synaptic contacts with spinal cord lamina I cells projecting to that nucleus: An electron microscopic tracer study in the rat

  A. Almeida;I. Tavares;D. Lima;A. Coimbra

  86
  Citations

• Descending projections from the caudal medulla oblongata to the superficial or deep dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord.

  I. Tavares;D. Lima

  81
  Citations

• Participation of μ-opioid, GABAB, and NK1 receptors of major pain control medullary areas in pathways targeting the rat spinal cord: Implications for descending modulation of nociceptive transmission

  Marta Pinto;Marta Sousa;Marta Sousa;Deolinda Lima;Deolinda Lima;Isaura Tavares;Isaura Tavares

  80
  Citations

• Brain afferents to the medullary dorsal reticular nucleus: a retrograde and anterograde tracing study in the rat.

  Armando Almeida;Angeles Cobos;Isaura Tavares;Deolinda Lima

  78
  Citations

• The caudal ventrolateral medulla as an important inhibitory modulator of pain transmission in the spinal cord.

  Isaura Tavares;Deolinda Lima

  77
  Citations

• Projection sites of superficial and deep spinal dorsal horn cells in the nucleus tractus solitarii of the rat

  Filomena O Gamboa-Esteves;Isaura Tavares;Armando Almeida;Trevor F.C Batten

  72
  Citations

• Neuronal hyperactivity at the spinal cord and periaqueductal grey during painful diabetic neuropathy: Effects of gabapentin

  Carla Morgado;Patrícia Pereira Terra;Isaura Tavares

  67
  Citations

• Diabetes affects the expression of GABA and potassium chloride cotransporter in the spinal cord: a study in streptozotocin diabetic rats.

  Carla Morgado;Filipa Pinto-Ribeiro;Isaura Tavares;Isaura Tavares

  64
  Citations

• The ventrolateral medulla of the rat is connected with the spinal cord dorsal horn by an indirect descending pathway relayed in the A5 noradrenergic cell group.

  Isaura Tavares;Deolinda Lima;Antonio Coimbra

  63
  Citations

• Reversal of neuropathic pain by HSV-1-mediated decrease of noradrenaline in a pain facilitatory area of the brain

  I Martins;S Costa-Araújo;J Fadel;S P Wilson

  63
  Citations

• Changes in serotoninergic and noradrenergic descending pain pathways during painful diabetic neuropathy: the preventive action of IGF1.

  Carla Morgado;Liliana Silva;Patrícia Pereira-Terra;Isaura Tavares

  63
  Citations