Jesús Avila

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
• 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Best Publications

• Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is abundant in neurologically healthy subjects and drops sharply in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

  Elena P. Moreno-Jiménez;Elena P. Moreno-Jiménez;Miguel Flor-García;Miguel Flor-García;Julia Terreros-Roncal;Julia Terreros-Roncal;Alberto Rábano

  1548
  Citations

• Functional recovery of paraplegic rats and motor axon regeneration in their spinal cords by olfactory ensheathing glia.

  Almudena Ramón-Cueto;M.Isabel Cordero;Fernando F. Santos-Benito;Jesús Avila

  1248
  Citations

• Role of tau protein in both physiological and pathological conditions.

  Jesús Ávila;José Javier Lucas;Mar Pérez;Félix Hernández

  1181
  Citations

• Decreased nuclear β‐catenin, tau hyperphosphorylation and neurodegeneration in GSK‐3β conditional transgenic mice

  José Javier Lucas;José Javier Lucas;Félix Hernández;Félix Hernández;Pilar Gómez-Ramos;María A. Morán

  1143
  Citations

• Long-Distance Axonal Regeneration in the Transected Adult Rat Spinal Cord Is Promoted by Olfactory Ensheathing Glia Transplants

  Almudena Ramón-Cueto;Giles W. Plant;Jesus Avila;Mary Bartlett Bunge;Mary Bartlett Bunge

  968
  Citations

• Identification of common variants influencing risk of the tauopathy progressive supranuclear palsy

  Günter U. Höglinger;Nadine M. Melhem;Dennis W. Dickson;Patrick M A Sleiman

  688
  Citations

• Glycogen synthase kinase 3: a drug target for CNS therapies

  Ratan V. Bhat;Samantha L. Budd Haeberlein;Jesús Avila

  627
  Citations

• Structural Insights and Biological Effects of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3-specific Inhibitor AR-A014418

  Ratan Bhat;Yafeng Xue;Stefan Berg;Sven Hellberg

  621
  Citations

• Phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) and its relevance for the regulation of the neuronal cytoskeleton function.

  Carlos Sánchez;Javier Díaz-Nido;Jesús Ávila

  616
  Citations

• GSK-3β, a pivotal kinase in Alzheimer disease

  María Llorens-Martín;María Llorens-Martín;Jerónimo Jurado;Félix Hernández;Jesús Avila

  541
  Citations

• Olfactory ensheathing glia: properties and function

  Almudena Ramón-Cueto;Jesús Avila

  529
  Citations

• Polymerization of τ into filaments in the presence of heparin: The minimal sequence required for τ - τ interaction

  Mar Pérez;José M. Valpuesta;Miguel Medina;Esteban Montejo de Garcini

  524
  Citations

• Analysis of microtubule-associated protein tau glycation in paired helical filaments.

  M D Ledesma;P Bonay;C Colaço;J Avila

  480
  Citations

• Glycogen synthase kinase-3 inhibition is integral to long-term potentiation.

  Claudie Hooper;V Markevich;Florian Plattner;Richard Killick

  420
  Citations

• Is oxidative damage the fundamental pathogenic mechanism of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases?

  George Perry;Akihiko Nunomura;Akihiko Nunomura;Keisuke Hirai;Keisuke Hirai;Xiongwei Zhu

  417
  Citations

• Lithium inhibits Alzheimer's disease-like tau protein phosphorylation in neurons

  Juan Ramón Muñoz-Montaño;Francisco J. Moreno;Jesús Avila;Javier Dı́az-Nido

  414
  Citations

• Spatial learning deficit in transgenic mice that conditionally over-express GSK-3beta in the brain but do not form tau filaments.

  Félix Hernández;José Borrell;Carmen Guaza;Jesús Avila

  406
  Citations

• A novel GSK-3β inhibitor reduces Alzheimer's pathology and rescues neuronal loss in vivo

  Lídia Serenó;Mireia Coma;M. Rodríguez;P. Sánchez-Ferrer

  399
  Citations

• Lithium protects cultured neurons against β-amyloid-induced neurodegeneration

  Gema Alvarez;Juan Ramón Muñoz-Montaño;Jorgina Satrústegui;Jesús Avila

  394
  Citations

• Microtubule Reduction in Alzheimer’s Disease and Aging Is Independent of τ Filament Formation

  Adam D. Cash;Gjumrakch Aliev;Sandra L. Siedlak;Akihiko Nunomura

  390
  Citations