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2026

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Neuroscience

D-Index
92
Citations
28990
World Ranking
1031
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Argentina Leader Award
  • 1996 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Jorge H. Medina is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience, with a focus on cognitive and cellular neuroscience. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, clinical psychology, and applied psychology.

The scientist's work centers on key topics such as memory and neural mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, receptor mechanisms and signaling, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors study, COVID-19 and mental health, digital mental health interventions, and stress responses and cortisol.

Jorge H. Medina's publication record includes recent papers addressing various aspects of neural function and memory processes. Notable publications include:

  • "Anterior retrosplenial cortex is required for long-term object recognition memory" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Medial prefrontal cortical control of reward- and aversion-based behavioral output: Bottom-up modulation" (2021, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "AMPA Receptors: A Key Piece in the Puzzle of Memory Retrieval" (2021, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
  • "α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in memory processing" (2023, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "The late consolidation of an aversive memory is promoted by VTA dopamine release in the dorsal hippocampus" (2020, European Journal of Neuroscience)

Collaborations have been a significant part of their research output, with frequent coauthors including Cynthia Katche, Juliana F. Dalto, Magdalena Pereyra, Verónica Pastor, and Haydée Viola.

Jorge H. Medina has been published regularly in a number of journals, with the most frequent venues being the European Journal of Neuroscience, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Neuropsychopharmacology, and the Journal of Neurochemistry.

Their contributions have been recognized by awards such as the Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1996.

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

  • 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

  • Apigenin, a component of Matricaria recutita flowers, is a central benzodiazepine receptors-ligand with anxiolytic effects

    H Viola;C Wasowski;M Levi de Stein;C Wolfman

  • ERK1/2 Activation Is Necessary for BDNF to Increase Dendritic Spine Density in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

    Mariana Alonso;Jorge H. Medina;Lucas Pozzo-Miller

  • 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

  • Possible anxiolytic effects of chrysin, a central benzodiazepine receptor ligand isolated from Passiflora Coerulea

    Claudia Wolfman;Haydeé Viola;Alejandro Paladini;Federico Dajas

  • 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

  • BDNF and Memory Formation and Storage

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

  • BDNF and memory processing

    Pedro Alejandro Bekinschtein;Martin Pablo Cammarota;Jorge Horacio 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

  • 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

  • Immediate Early Genes, Memory and Psychiatric Disorders: Focus on c-Fos, Egr1 and Arc.

    Francisco Tomás Gallo;Cynthia Lorena Katche;Juan Facundo Morici;Jorge Horacio Medina

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan Izquierdo
Ivan Izquierdo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
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
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
Monica R. M. Vianna
Monica R. M. Vianna Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Roger Walz
Roger Walz Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Claudio Da Cunha
Claudio Da Cunha Federal University of Paraná
Nadja Schröder
Nadja Schröder Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Rafael Roesler
Rafael Roesler Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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