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Juan Nacher is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and has contributed extensively to the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine. Their research output includes over 100 publications primarily focused on various aspects of neuroscience.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these fields, more specialized subfields of study include:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Genetics
  • Developmental Neuroscience

Juan Nacher has addressed a range of research topics, with significant attention to:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment

Recent prominent publications by Juan Nacher include:

  • Functional hypoxia drives neuroplasticity and neurogenesis via brain erythropoietin, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Perineuronal Nets Regulate the Inhibitory Perisomatic Input onto Parvalbumin Interneurons and γ Activity in the Prefrontal Cortex, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Phylogenetic variation in cortical layer II immature neuron reservoir of mammals, 2020, eLife
  • Perineuronal Nets: Subtle Structures with Large Implications, 2022, The Neuroscientist
  • Alterations in the volume of thalamic nuclei in patients with schizophrenia and persistent auditory hallucinations, 2022, NeuroImage Clinical

Their frequent co-authors include Marta Pérez-Rando, Héctor Carceller, Patrycja Klimczak, Yaiza Gramuntell, and Gracián García-Martí, with collaborations reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Juan Nacher's contributions have appeared regularly in several publication venues, including:

  • Neuroscience Applied
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • The contribution of cannabis use to variation in the incidence of psychotic disorder across Europe (EU-GEI): a multicentre case-control study

    Marta Di Forti;Marta Di Forti;Marta Di Forti;Diego Quattrone;Diego Quattrone;Diego Quattrone;Tom P. Freeman;Giada Tripoli

  • Repeated restraint stress suppresses neurogenesis and induces biphasic PSA-NCAM expression in the adult rat dentate gyrus.

    Kara Pham;Juan Nacher;Juan Nacher;Patrick R. Hof;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Doublecortin expression in the adult rat telencephalon.

    Juan Nacher;Juan Nacher;Carlos Crespo;Bruce S. McEwen

  • NMDA receptor antagonist treatment induces a long‐lasting increase in the number of proliferating cells, PSA‐NCAM‐immunoreactive granule neurons and radial glia in the adult rat dentate gyrus

    Juan Nacher;Daniel R. Rosell;Gregori Alonso-Llosa;Bruce S. McEwen

  • NMDA receptor antagonist treatment increases the production of new neurons in the aged rat hippocampus.

    Juan Nacher;Gregori Alonso-Llosa;Daniel R Rosell;Bruce S McEwen

  • The role of N-methyl-D-asparate receptors in neurogenesis.

    Juan Nacher;Bruce S McEwen

  • Chronic restraint stress and chronic corticosterone treatment modulate differentially the expression of molecules related to structural plasticity in the adult rat piriform cortex.

    J Nacher;J Nacher;K Pham;V Gil-Fernandez;B.S McEwen

  • A Population of Prenatally Generated Cells in the Rat Paleocortex Maintains an Immature Neuronal Phenotype into Adulthood

    María Ángeles Gómez-Climent;Esther Castillo-Gómez;Emilio Varea;Ramón Guirado

  • Functional hypoxia drives neuroplasticity and neurogenesis via brain erythropoietin.

    Debia Wakhloo;Franziska Scharkowski;Yasmina Curto;Yasmina Curto;Umer Javed Butt

  • Chronic stress alters inhibitory networks in the medial prefrontal cortex of adult mice.

    Javier Gilabert-Juan;Esther Castillo-Gomez;Ramón Guirado;Maria Dolores Moltó

  • Chronic stress induces changes in the structure of interneurons and in the expression of molecules related to neuronal structural plasticity and inhibitory neurotransmission in the amygdala of adult mice.

    Javier Gilabert-Juan;Esther Castillo-Gomez;Marta Pérez-Rando;María Dolores Moltó

  • Expression of PSA-NCAM and synaptic proteins in the amygdala of psychiatric disorder patients

    Emilio Varea;Ramón Guirado;Javier Gilabert-Juan;Ulisses Martí

  • N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor expression during adult neurogenesis in the rat dentate gyrus

    J. Nácher;E. Varea;J. Miguel Blasco-Ibáñez;M.Á. Gómez-Climent

  • Alterations in the expression of PSA-NCAM and synaptic proteins in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of psychiatric disorder patients.

    Javier Gilabert-Juan;Emilio Varea;Ramón Guirado;José Miguel Blasco-Ibáñez

  • New scenarios for neuronal structural plasticity in non-neurogenic brain parenchyma: the case of cortical layer II immature neurons.

    Luca Bonfanti;Juan Nacher

  • Chronic fluoxetine treatment increases the expression of PSA-NCAM in the medial prefrontal cortex.

    Emilio Varea;José Miguel Blasco-Ibáñez;María Ángeles Gómez-Climent;Esther Castillo-Gómez

  • Chronic fluoxetine treatment alters the structure, connectivity and plasticity of cortical interneurons.

    Ramon Guirado;Marta Perez-Rando;David Sanchez-Matarredona;Eero Castrén

  • PSA-NCAM expression in the piriform cortex of the adult rat. Modulation by NMDA receptor antagonist administration.

    Juan Nacher;Gregori Alonso-Llosa;Daniel Rosell;Bruce McEwen

  • Perineuronal Nets Regulate the Inhibitory Perisomatic Input onto Parvalbumin Interneurons and γ Activity in the Prefrontal Cortex.

    Hector Carceller;Ramon Guirado;Edna Ripolles-Campos;Vicent Teruel-Marti

  • Alteration of inhibitory circuits in the somatosensory cortex of Ts65Dn mice, a model for Down’s syndrome

    D. Pérez-Cremades;S. Hernández;J. M. Blasco-Ibáñez;C. Crespo

  • Expression of the transcription factor Pax6 in the adult rat dentate gyrus

    Juan Nacher;Emilio Varea;Jose M. Blasco-Ibañez;Esther Castillo-Gomez

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Crespo
Carlos Crespo University of Valencia
Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
Jorge J. Palop
Jorge J. Palop University of California, San Francisco
Eero Castrén
Eero Castrén University of Helsinki
Carmen Sandi
Carmen Sandi École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Luca Bonfanti
Luca Bonfanti University of Turin
Ludwig Aigner
Ludwig Aigner Paracelsus Medical University
Sebastien Couillard-Despres
Sebastien Couillard-Despres Paracelsus Medical University
Marta Di Forti
Marta Di Forti King's College London
Cathryn M. Lewis
Cathryn M. Lewis King's College London

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