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Neuroscience
Spain
2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
96
Citations
32019
World Ranking
867
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Javier DeFelipe is affiliated with the Technical University of Madrid in Spain and has made significant contributions to the field of neuroscience, particularly focusing on cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as cognitive neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, biophysics, and physiology, reflecting a comprehensive approach to understanding neural mechanisms.

Their work covers a variety of main topics such as neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neural dynamics and brain function, memory and neural mechanisms, cell image analysis techniques, advanced memory and neural computing, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, and electrochemical analysis and applications.

DeFelipe has published extensively in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, Cerebral Cortex, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Scientific Reports.

Among recent papers, notable publications include:

  • Neuronal excitation/inhibition imbalance: core element of a translational perspective on Alzheimer pathophysiology, 2021, Ageing Research Reviews
  • A brain atlas of synapse protein lifetime across the mouse lifespan, 2022, Neuron
  • A calcium-based plasticity model for predicting long-term potentiation and depression in the neocortex, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Three-dimensional analysis of synaptic organization in the hippocampal CA1 field in Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Brain
  • Strong and reliable synaptic communication between pyramidal neurons in adult human cerebral cortex, 2022, Cerebral Cortex

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Ruth Benavides-Piccione, Lidia Alonso-Nanclares, Sergio Plaza-Alonso, Nicolás Cano-Astorga, and Ángel Merchán-Pérez.

Best Publications

  • Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex

    Giorgio A. Ascoli;Lidia Alonso-Nanclares;Stewart A. Anderson;German Barrionuevo

  • Reconstruction and Simulation of Neocortical Microcircuitry

    Henry Markram;Henry Markram;Eilif Muller;Srikanth Ramaswamy;Michael W. Reimann

  • The pyramidal neuron of the cerebral cortex: morphological and chemical characteristics of the synaptic inputs.

    Javier DeFelipe;Isabel Fariñas

  • 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

  • Microstructure of the neocortex: Comparative aspects

    Javier DeFelipe;Lidia Alonso-Nanclares;Jon I. Arellano

  • Types of neurons, synaptic connections and chemical characteristics of cells immunoreactive for calbindin-D28K, parvalbumin and calretinin in the neocortex

    Javier DeFelipe

  • The Evolution of the Brain, the Human Nature of Cortical Circuits, and Intellectual Creativity

    Javier DeFelipe;Javier DeFelipe

  • Neuropeptide-containing neurons of the cerebral cortex are also GABAergic.

    S. H. C. Hendry;E. G. Jones;J. Defelipe;D. Schmechel

  • Ultrastructure of dendritic spines: correlation between synaptic and spine morphologies.

    Jon I. Arellano;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Javier DeFelipe;Rafael Yuste

  • Silencing microRNA-134 produces neuroprotective and prolonged seizure-suppressive effects

    Eva M Jimenez-Mateos;Tobias Engel;Paula Merino-Serrais;Ross C McKiernan

  • Neocortical Neuronal Diversity: Chemical Heterogeneity Revealed by Colocalization Studies of Classic Neurotransmitters, Neuropeptides, Calcium-binding Proteins, and Cell Surface Molecules

    Javier DeFelipe

  • The pyramidal cell in cognition: a comparative study in human and monkey.

    Guy N. Elston;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Javier DeFelipe

  • Visualization of chandelier cell axons by parvalbumin immunoreactivity in monkey cerebral cortex

    J. DeFelipe;S. H.C. Hendry;E. G. Jones

  • Chandelier cells and epilepsy

    Javier DeFelipe

  • Cajal's degeneration and regeneration of the nervous system

    Santiago Ramon y Cajal;Javier DeFelipe;Edward G. Jones;R. M. May

  • Architecture of the Mouse Brain Synaptome

    Fei Zhu;Fei Zhu;Mélissa Cizeron;Mélissa Cizeron;Zhen Qiu;Ruth Benavides-Piccione

  • A microcolumnar structure of monkey cerebral cortex revealed by immunocytochemical studies of double bouquet cell axons.

    J. DeFelipe;S.H.C. Hendry;T. Hashikawa;M. Molinari

  • Gender differences in human cortical synaptic density

    L. Alonso-Nanclares;J. Gonzalez-Soriano;J. R. Rodriguez;J. DeFelipe

  • Variability in the terminations of GABAergic chandelier cell axons on initial segments of pyramidal cell axons in the monkey sensory‐motor cortex

    J. Defelipe;S. H. C. Hendry;E. G. Jones;D. Schmechel

  • The influence of James and Darwin on Cajal and his research into the neuron theory and evolution of the nervous system.

    Francisco Rômulo Monte Ferreira;Maria Inês Nogueira;Javier DeFelipe

  • Synapses of double bouquet cells in monkey cerebral cortex visualized by calbindin immunoreactivity

    J. DeFelipe;S.H.C. Hendry;E.G. Jones

  • Facilitation of AMPA Receptor Synaptic Delivery as a Molecular Mechanism for Cognitive Enhancement

    Shira Knafo;Shira Knafo;César Venero;Cristina Sánchez-Puelles;Inmaculada Pereda-Peréz

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Muñoz
Alberto Muñoz Complutense University of Madrid
Guy N. Elston
Guy N. Elston University of Queensland
Rafael Yuste
Rafael Yuste Columbia University
Kathleen S. Rockland
Kathleen S. Rockland Boston University
Edward G. Jones
Edward G. Jones University of California, Davis
Henry Markram
Henry Markram École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Seth G. N. Grant
Seth G. N. Grant University of Edinburgh
Idan Segev
Idan Segev Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alfonso Fairén
Alfonso Fairén Miguel Hernandez University

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