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Argentina
2023

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Psychology

D-Index
41
Citations
4987
World Ranking
8018
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in Argentina Leader Award

Overview

Juan Carlos Molina is affiliated with the National University of Córdoba in Argentina. Their research encompasses a diverse range of subjects primarily within medicine and physics and astronomy.

Their scholarly output includes work published in various venues, with frequent contributions to arXiv (Cornell University), The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Astronomy and Astrophysics, ABCD Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (São Paulo), and Revista de investigación Clínica. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research activities.

Juan Carlos Molina's areas of study span multiple main fields and subfields. The main fields include Medicine and Physics and Astronomy. Subfields of particular focus are:

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Surgery
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Instrumentation

The scientist's work engages with various specialized topics, highlighting cross-disciplinary themes such as prenatal substance exposure effects, astronomy and astrophysical research, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, galaxies: formation, evolution, phenomena, esophageal and gastrointestinal pathology, cannabis and cannabinoid research, and gastric cancer management and outcomes.

Some notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Juan Carlos Molina include:

  • "Respiratory and emotional reactivity to ethanol odor in human neonates is dependent upon maternal drinking patterns during pregnancy" (2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)
  • "Balloon Dilation for Endosonographic Staging in Esophageal Cancer: A Phase 1 Clinical Trial" (2020, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery)
  • "Alcohol: Immunomodulatory Effects and Cancer" (2023, Revista de investigación Clínica)
  • "Learning experiences comprising central ethanol exposure in rat neonates: Impact upon respiratory plasticity and the activity of brain catalase" (2020, Alcohol)
  • "Observational medical treatment or surgery for giant paraesophageal hiatal hernia in elderly patients" (2022, Diseases of the Esophagus)

The scientist's frequent coauthors include M. Boquien, M. Ginolfi, M. Béthermin, A. Nanni, and G. Zamorani, each collaborating on multiple occasions, which suggests strong interdisciplinary cooperation.

Best Publications

  • Fetal or infantile exposure to ethanol promotes ethanol ingestion in adolescence and adulthood: a theoretical review.

    Norman E. Spear;Juan C. Molina

  • Differential responsiveness to alcohol odor in human neonates: effects of maternal consumption during gestation.

    Ana E Faas;Elvio D Spontón;Pedro R Moya;Juan C Molina

  • Chemosensory factors influencing alcohol perception, preferences, and consumption.

    Alexander A. Bachmanov;Stephen W. Kiefer;Juan Carlos Molina;Michael G. Tordoff

  • Neonatal Responsiveness to Alcohol Odor and Infant Alcohol Intake as a Function of Alcohol Experience During Late Gestation

    HéCtor Daniel Domı́Nguez;Marcelo Fernando LóPez;Juan Carlos Molina

  • Ethanol Intake in the Juvenile, Adolescent, and Adult Rat: Effects of Age and Prior Exposure to Ethanol

    Eric M. Truxell;Juan C. Molina;Norman E. Spear

  • Adolescent but not adult rats exhibit ethanol-mediated appetitive second-order conditioning.

    Ricardo Marcos Pautassi;Mallory Myers;Linda Patia Spear;Juan Carlos Molina

  • Fetal Learning About Ethanol and Later Ethanol Responsiveness: Evidence Against "Safe" Amounts of Prenatal Exposure

    Paula Abate;Mariana Pueta;Norman E. Spear;Juan C. Molina

  • Fetal and infantile alcohol-mediated associative learning in the rat

    Paula Abate;Norman E. Spear;Juan Carlos Molina

  • Perinatal Responsiveness to Alcohol's Chemosensory Cues as a Function of Prenatal Alcohol Administration during Gestational Days 17–20 in the Rat

    Héctor Daniel Domı́nguez;Marcelo Fernando López;Marı́a Gabriela Chotro;Juan Carlos Molina

  • Acute ethanol contamination of the amniotic fluid during gestational day 21: postnatal changes in alcohol responsiveness in rats.

    Maria Gabriela Chotro;Juan Carlos Molina

  • Experience-induced fetal plasticity: the effect of gestational ethanol exposure on the behavioral and neurophysiologic olfactory response to ethanol odor in early postnatal and adult rats

    Steven L. Youngentob;Paul F. Kent;Paul R. Sheehe;Juan C. Molina

  • Relationship between ethanol-induced activity and anxiolysis in the open field, elevated plus maze, light-dark box, and ethanol intake in adolescent rats.

    María Belén Acevedo;Michael E. Nizhnikov;Juan C. Molina;Ricardo Marcos Pautassi

  • Fetal associative learning mediated through maternal alcohol intoxication.

    Paula Abate;Marta Yanina Pepino;Héctor Daniel Dominguez;Norman E. Spear

  • Sensorimotor maturation and alcohol responsiveness in rats prenatally exposed to alcohol during gestational day 8

    Juan C. Molina;Heather Hoffmann;Linda Patia Spear;Norman E. Spear

  • Neonatal Activation of Alcohol‐Related Prenatal Memories: Impact on the First Suckling Response

    Paula Abate;Elena I. Varlinskaya;Sarah J. Cheslock;Norman E. Spear

  • Nimodipine's interactions with other drugs: I. Ethanol.

    Robert L. Isaacson;Juan C. Molina;Laura J. Draski;Jeanne E. Johnston

  • The International Society for Developmental Psychobiology 39th Annual Meeting Symposium: Alcohol and Development: Beyond Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

    Juan Carlos Molina;Norman E. Spear;Linda P. Spear;Julie A. Mennella

  • Ethanol-mediated taste aversions and state-dependency in preweanling (16-day-old) rats.

    Pamela S. Hunt;Juan C. Molina;Linda P. Spear;Norman E. Spear

  • Prenatal ethanol exposure increases ethanol intake and reduces c-Fos expression in infralimbic cortex of adolescent rats.

    Maria Carolina Fabio;Samanta Mabel March;Juan Carlos Molina;Juan Carlos Molina;Michael Nizhnikov

  • Changes in alcohol intake resulting from prior experiences with alcohol odor in young rats

    Juan Carlos Molina;Joseph Serwatka;Norman E. Spear

  • Differential motivational properties of ethanol during early ontogeny as a function of dose and postadministration time.

    Juan Carlos Molina;Ricardo Marcos Pautassi;Eric Truxell;Norman Spear

Frequent Co-Authors

Norman E. Spear
Norman E. Spear Binghamton University
Linda P. Spear
Linda P. Spear Binghamton University
Elena I. Varlinskaya
Elena I. Varlinskaya Binghamton University

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