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José Manuel García-Verdugo

José Manuel García-Verdugo

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Neuroscience
Spain
2026
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Biology and Biochemistry
Spain
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
106
Citations
60554
World Ranking
625
National Ranking
2

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
106
Citations
59627
World Ranking
1128
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award

Overview

José Manuel García-Verdugo is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Their research includes significant work across various subfields such as Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Genetics.

The scientist's research addresses a range of topics, including:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling

José Manuel García-Verdugo has published numerous articles in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 18 publications
  • eLife with 4 publications
  • Antioxidants with 4 publications
  • Cell Reports with 3 publications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences with 3 publications

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by José Manuel García-Verdugo are:

  • Positive Controls in Adults and Children Support That Very Few, If Any, New Neurons Are Born in the Adult Human Hippocampus, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Single-cell analysis of the ventricular-subventricular zone reveals signatures of dorsal and ventral adult neurogenesis, 2021, eLife
  • Ensembles of endothelial and mural cells promote angiogenesis in prenatal human brain, 2022, Cell
  • Wnt-Dependent Oligodendroglial-Endothelial Interactions Regulate White Matter Vascularization and Attenuate Injury, 2020, Neuron
  • A cross-species proteomic map reveals neoteny of human synapse development, 2023, Nature

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Vicente Herranz-Pérez
  • Susana González-Granero
  • Arturo Álvarez-Buylla
  • Arantxa Cebrián-Silla
  • Eric J. Huang

Best Publications

  • Subventricular Zone Astrocytes Are Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Mammalian Brain

    Fiona Doetsch;Isabelle Caillé;Daniel A. Lim;Jose Manuel García-Verdugo

  • Cellular Composition and Three-Dimensional Organization of the Subventricular Germinal Zone in the Adult Mammalian Brain

    Fiona Doetsch;Jose Manuel Garcı́a-Verdugo;Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

  • Fusion of bone-marrow-derived cells with Purkinje neurons, cardiomyocytes and hepatocytes

    Manuel Alvarez-Dolado;Ricardo Pardal;Jose M. Garcia-Verdugo;John R. Fike

  • Astrocytes Give Rise to New Neurons in the Adult Mammalian Hippocampus

    Bettina Seri;Jose Manuel Garcı́a-Verdugo;Bruce S. McEwen;Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

  • Neurogenesis in adult subventricular zone.

    Arturo Alvarez-Buylla;Jose Manuel Garcı́a-Verdugo

  • Chain Migration of Neuronal Precursors

    Carlos Lois;Jose-Manuel García-Verdugo;Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

  • Human hippocampal neurogenesis drops sharply in children to undetectable levels in adults

    Shawn F. Sorrells;Mercedes F. Paredes;Arantxa Cebrian-Silla;Kadellyn Sandoval

  • Noggin antagonizes BMP signaling to create a niche for adult neurogenesis

    Daniel A. Lim;Anthony D. Tramontin;Jose M. Trevejo;Daniel G. Herrera

  • A specialized vascular niche for adult neural stem cells.

    Masoud Tavazoie;Lieven Van der Veken;Violeta Silva-Vargas;Marjorie Louissaint

  • A unified hypothesis on the lineage of neural stem cells.

    Arturo Alvarez-Buylla;José Manuel García-Verdugo;Anthony D. Tramontin

  • EGF Converts Transit-Amplifying Neurogenic Precursors in the Adult Brain into Multipotent Stem Cells

    Fiona Doetsch;Leopoldo Petreanu;Isabelle Caille;Jose Manuel Garcia-Verdugo

  • Origin of Oligodendrocytes in the Subventricular Zone of the Adult Brain

    Bénédicte Menn;Jose Manuel Garcia-Verdugo;Cynthia Yaschine;Oscar Gonzalez-Perez

  • Neural stem cells confer unique pinwheel architecture to the ventricular surface in neurogenic regions of the adult brain

    Zaman Mirzadeh;Florian T. Merkle;Mario Soriano-Navarro;Jose Manuel Garcia-Verdugo

  • Graph theoretical analysis of magnetoencephalographic functional connectivity in Alzheimer's disease.

    C. J. Stam;W. de Haan;A. Daffertshofer;B. F. Jones

  • Radial glia give rise to adult neural stem cells in the subventricular zone

    Florian T. Merkle;Anthony D. Tramontin;José Manuel García-Verdugo;Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

  • Corridors of migrating neurons in the human brain and their decline during infancy

    Nader Sanai;Thuhien Nguyen;Rebecca A. Ihrie;Zaman Mirzadeh;Zaman Mirzadeh

  • Spontaneous Cardiomyocyte Differentiation From Adipose Tissue Stroma Cells

    Valérie Planat-Benard;C. Menard;Mireille André;Michel Puceat

  • New neurons follow the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the adult brain.

    Kazunobu Sawamoto;Hynek Wichterle;Oscar Gonzalez-Perez;Jeremy A. Cholfin

  • Regeneration of a germinal layer in the adult mammalian brain

    Fiona Doetsch;Jose Manuel García-Verdugo;Arturo Alvarez-Buylla

  • Cell types, lineage, and architecture of the germinal zone in the adult dentate gyrus

    Bettina Seri;José Manuel García-Verdugo;Lucia Collado-Morente;Bruce S. McEwen

Frequent Co-Authors

Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla University of California, San Francisco
Kazunobu Sawamoto
Kazunobu Sawamoto Nagoya City University
Felipe Prosper
Felipe Prosper University of Navarra
Fiona Doetsch
Fiona Doetsch University of Basel
Eric J. Huang
Eric J. Huang University of California, San Francisco
Enrique Font
Enrique Font University of Valencia
Stefano Pluchino
Stefano Pluchino University of Cambridge
Juan J. Canales
Juan J. Canales University of Tasmania
Jeremy F. Reiter
Jeremy F. Reiter University of California, San Francisco
David H. Rowitch
David H. Rowitch University of Cambridge

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