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Joaquín Del Río

Joaquín Del Río

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Neuroscience

D-Index
43
Citations
7103
World Ranking
7408
National Ranking
121

Overview

Joaquín Del Río is affiliated with the University of Navarra in Spain, focusing on research within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, Geometry and Topology, Developmental Biology, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's research encompasses a variety of main topics such as:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Morphological variations and asymmetry
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Marine animal studies overview

Del Río's scholarly output includes publications in a range of peer-reviewed journals with a focus on morphological adaptations and evolutionary biology. Notable publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Mammalian Evolution
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Royal Society Open Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Joaquín Del Río are:

  • "Allometry, Function and Shape Diversification in the Inner Ear of Platyrrhine Primates," 2020, Journal of Mammalian Evolution
  • "Variations in cochlea shape reveal different evolutionary adaptations in primates and rodents," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "The shape of water: adaptations of cochlea morphology in seals and otters," 2023, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Variability of Auditory Brainstem Responses in Diversity Outbred Mice," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Interplay between evolutionary history, morphological constraints and functional adaptations in the primate cochlea," 2025, Royal Society Open Science

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Del Río has co-authored several articles with Manuela Nowotny, Alexander Stoessel, Roxana Taszus, Leandro Arístide, and Sérgio F. dos Reis.

Best Publications

  • Cognitive impairment associated to HPA axis hyperactivity after maternal separation in rats

    Bárbara Aisa;Rosa Tordera;Berta Lasheras;Joaquín Del Río

  • Phenylbutyrate ameliorates cognitive deficit and reduces tau pathology in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model.

    Ana Ricobaraza;Mar Cuadrado-Tejedor;Alberto Pérez-Mediavilla;Diana Frechilla

  • Rosiglitazone Rescues Memory Impairment in Alzheimer's Transgenic Mice: Mechanisms Involving a Reduced Amyloid and Tau Pathology

    Luis Escribano;Ana-María Simón;Esther Gimeno;Mar Cuadrado-Tejedor

  • Antibodies and Antisense Oligonucleotide for Probing the Distribution and Putative Functions of Central 5-HT6 Receptors

    Michel Hamon;Edith Doucet;Karine Lefèvre;Marie-Christine Miquel

  • Long-lasting behavioral effects and recognition memory deficit induced by chronic mild stress in mice: effect of antidepressant treatment

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  • Effects of maternal separation on hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal responses, cognition and vulnerability to stress in adult female rats

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  • Effects of neonatal stress on markers of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus: implications for spatial memory.

    Bárbara Aisa;Natalia Elizalde;Rosa Tordera;Berta Lasheras

  • Rosiglitazone reverses memory decline and hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor down-regulation in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model

    Luis Escribano;Ana-María Simón;Alberto Pérez-Mediavilla;Pablo Salazar-Colocho

  • Chronic antidepressant treatment increases the membrane expression of AMPA receptors in rat hippocampus

    Rebeca Martinez-Turrillas;Diana Frechilla;Joaquín Del Río

  • Increased Vulnerability to Depressive-Like Behavior of Mice With Decreased Expression of VGLUT1

    Alvaro L. Garcia-Garcia;Natalia Elizalde;Denis Matrov;Jaanus Harro

  • Hyperactivity induced in rats by long-term isolation: Further studies on a new animal model for the detection of antidepressants

    Javier Garzón;Joaquín Del Río

  • Interactions between age, stress and insulin on cognition: implications for Alzheimer's disease

    Maite Solas;Bárbara Aisa;María C Mugueta;Joaquín Del Río

  • Enhanced expression of the voltage-dependent anion channel 1 (VDAC1) in Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice: an insight into the pathogenic effects of amyloid-β.

    Mar Cuadrado-Tejedor;Marcos Vilariño;Felipe Cabodevilla;Joaquín Del Río

  • Recovery of Chronic Parkinsonian Monkeys by Autotransplants of Carotid Body Cell Aggregates into Putamen

    M.Rosario Luquin;Rafael J. Montoro;Javier Guillén;Laura Saldise

  • Serotonin 5-HT1A receptor expression is selectively enhanced in the striosomal compartment of chronic Parkinsonian monkeys

    Diana Frechilla;Almudena Cobreros;Laura Saldise;Rosario Moratalla

  • Early Changes in Hippocampal Eph Receptors Precede the Onset of Memory Decline in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease

    Ana María Simón;Rakel López de Maturana;Ana Ricobaraza;Luis Escribano

  • Overexpression of wild-type human APP in mice causes cognitive deficits and pathological features unrelated to Aβ levels

    Ana-María Simón;Lucio Schiapparelli;Pablo Salazar-Colocho;Mar Cuadrado-Tejedor

  • Sequential changes in BDNF mRNA expression and synaptic levels of AMPA receptor subunits in rat hippocampus after chronic antidepressant treatment

    Rebeca Martínez-Turrillas;Joaquín Del Río;Diana Frechilla

  • Antidepressants selectively antagonize the hyperactivity induced in rats by long-term isolation.

    Javier Garzón;JoséA. Fuentes;Joaquín Del Rio

  • Extensive loss of brain dopamine and serotonin induced by chronic administration of MPTP in the marmoset.

    M.T. Herrero;C. Oset;M.L. De Ceballos

  • Tramiprosate, a drug of potential interest for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, promotes an abnormal aggregation of tau

    Ismael Santa-Maria;Félix Hernández;Joaquín Del Rio;Francisco J Moreno

  • BDNF mediates the neuroprotective effect of PACAP-38 on rat cortical neurons.

    Diana Frechilla;Ana Garcia-Osta;Sara Palacios;Edurne Cenarruzabeitia

  • Sustained stress-induced changes in mice as a model for chronic depression

    Natalia Elizalde;Alvaro L. García-García;Susan Totterdell;Nerea Gendive

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Insausti
Ricardo Insausti University of Castilla-La Mancha
Laurence Lanfumey
Laurence Lanfumey Université Paris Cité
Jaanus Harro
Jaanus Harro University of Tartu
Yasin Temel
Yasin Temel Maastricht University
Rosario Moratalla
Rosario Moratalla Spanish National Research Council
Reinhard Schliebs
Reinhard Schliebs Leipzig University
Jose R. Naranjo
Jose R. Naranjo Spanish National Research Council
Agnès Gruart
Agnès Gruart Pablo de Olavide University
José M. Delgado-García
José M. Delgado-García Pablo de Olavide University
Anna M. Planas
Anna M. Planas Spanish National Research Council

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