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Ivan Izquierdo
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Neuroscience
Brazil
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
106
Citations
41178
World Ranking
6543
National Ranking
11

Neuroscience

D-Index
106
Citations
41256
World Ranking
635
National Ranking
1

Ivan Izquierdo 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 Ivan Izquierdo sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 598 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ivan Izquierdo 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 Ivan Izquierdo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1997 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Ivan Izquierdo was affiliated with the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Their research primarily focused on neuroscience and medicine, with extensive work in cognitive neuroscience and cellular and molecular neuroscience. They also contributed to social psychology, physiology, and molecular biology studies.

The main topics covered in their body of work included memory and neural mechanisms, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, cholinesterase and neurodegenerative diseases, stress responses and cortisol, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and tryptophan and brain disorders.

The scientist published research papers in several notable venues, including:

  • Neuroscience (4 publications)
  • Behavioural Brain Research (2 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)
  • Psychopharmacology (1 publication)
  • Experimental Gerontology (1 publication)

Representative recent papers included:

  • "The role of carbonic anhydrases in extinction of contextual fear memory," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Modulation of Carbonic Anhydrases Activity in the Hippocampus or Prefrontal Cortex Differentially Affects Social Recognition Memory in Rats," 2022, Neuroscience
  • "Molecular Mechanisms in Hippocampus Involved on Object Recognition Memory Consolidation and Reconsolidation," 2020, Neuroscience
  • "Strength training or green tea prevent memory deficits in a β-amyloid peptide-mediated Alzheimer's disease model," 2020, Experimental Gerontology
  • "Cellular mechanisms of contextual fear memory reconsolidation: Role of hippocampal SFKs, TrkB receptors and GluN2B-containing NMDA receptors," 2023, Psychopharmacology

Frequent collaborators throughout their career included Jociane de Carvalho Myskiw, Cristiane Regina Guerino Furini, Eduarda Godfried Nachtigall, Scheila Daiane Schmidt, and Maria Beatrice Passani.

Ivan Izquierdo received key recognitions such as:

  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 2007
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2007
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1997

Best Publications

  • Memory formation: the sequence of biochemical events in the hippocampus and its connection to activity in other brain structures.

    Ivan Izquierdo;Jorge H. Medina

  • BDNF is essential to promote persistence of long-term memory storage.

    Pedro Bekinschtein;Martín Cammarota;Cynthia Katche;Leandro Slipczuk

  • Physiology of the Prion Protein

    Rafael Linden;Vilma R. Martins;Marco A. M. Prado;Martín Cammarota

  • Persistence of Long-Term Memory Storage Requires a Late Protein Synthesis- and BDNF- Dependent Phase in the Hippocampus

    Pedro Bekinschtein;Martín Cammarota;Lionel Müller Igaz;Lia R.M. Bevilaqua

  • Different molecular cascades in different sites of the brain control memory consolidation

    Iván Izquierdo;Lia R.M. Bevilaqua;Lia R.M. Bevilaqua;Janine I. Rossato;Janine I. Rossato;Juliana S. Bonini;Juliana S. Bonini

  • Involvement of hippocampal cAMP/cAMP-dependent protein kinase signaling pathways in a late memory consolidation phase of aversively motivated learning in rats

    Ramon Bernabeu;Lia Bevilaqua;Patricia Ardenghi;Elke Bromberg

  • Dopamine Controls Persistence of Long-Term Memory Storage

    Janine I. Rossato;Lia R. M. Bevilaqua;Iván Izquierdo;Jorge H. Medina

  • Fear Memory.

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  • Neurotransmitter receptors involved in post-training memory processing by the amygdala, medial septum, and hippocampus of the rat.

    Ivan Izquierdo;Claudio da Cunha;Claudio da Cunha;Renata Rosat;Diana Jerusalinsky

  • BDNF-triggered events in the rat hippocampus are required for both short- and long-term memory formation.

    Mariana Alonso;Monica R.M. Vianna;Amaicha Mara Depino;Tadeu Mello e Souza

  • Learning-associated activation of nuclear MAPK, CREB and Elk-1, along with Fos production, in the rat hippocampus after a one-trial avoidance learning: abolition by NMDA receptor blockade

    Martin Cammarota;Lia R.M Bevilaqua;Lia R.M Bevilaqua;Patricia Ardenghi;Gustavo Paratcha

  • Cellular prion protein binds laminin and mediates neuritogenesis

    Edgard Graner;Adriana F Mercadante;Silvio M Zanata;Orestes V Forlenza

  • BDNF and Memory Formation and Storage

    Pedro Bekinschtein;Martin Cammarota;Ivan Izquierdo;Jorge H. Medina

  • Mechanisms for memory types differ.

    Iván Izquierdo;Daniela M. Barros;Tadeu Mello e Souza;Marcia M. de Souza

  • Two Time Periods of Hippocampal mRNA Synthesis Are Required for Memory Consolidation of Fear-Motivated Learning

    Lionel Muller Igaz;Monica R. M. Vianna;Jorge H. Medina;Ivan Izquierdo

  • Effect of naloxone and morphine on various forms of memory in the rat: Possible role of endogenous opiate mechanisms in memory consolidation

    Ivan Izquierdo

  • Role of Hippocampal Signaling Pathways in Long-Term Memory Formation of a Nonassociative Learning Task in the Rat

    Monica R.M. Vianna;Mariana Alonso;Haydee Viola;Joao Quevedo

  • Sequential Role of Hippocampus and Amygdala, Entorhinal Cortex and Parietal Cortex in Formation and Retrieval of Memory for Inhibitory Avoidance in Rats

    I. Izquierdo;J. A. Quillfeldt;M. S. Zanatta;J. Quevedo

  • Separate mechanisms for short- and long-term memory.

    Iván Izquierdo;Jorge H. Medina;Mônica R.M. Vianna;Luciana A. Izquierdo

  • Retrieval of memory for fear-motivated training initiates extinction requiring protein synthesis in the rat hippocampus.

    Monica R. M. Vianna;German Szapiro;James L. McGaugh;Jorge H. Medina

  • On the role of hippocampal protein synthesis in the consolidation and reconsolidation of object recognition memory

    Janine I. Rossato;Lia R.M. Bevilaqua;Jociane C. Myskiw;Jorge H. Medina

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge H. Medina
Jorge H. Medina Buenos Aires Institute of Technology
Martín Cammarota
Martín Cammarota Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Lia R. M. Bevilaqua
Lia R. M. Bevilaqua Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Roger Walz
Roger Walz Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Monica R. M. Vianna
Monica R. M. Vianna Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
João Quevedo
João Quevedo The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Janine I. Rossato
Janine I. Rossato Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Daniela M. Barros
Daniela M. Barros Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Rafael Roesler
Rafael Roesler Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Carlos Alexandre Netto
Carlos Alexandre Netto Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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