2026 Loreta Medina: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	55	4738	4358	70	69	112	10362

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Overview

Loreta Medina is affiliated with the University of Lleida in Spain. Their research primarily falls within the field of neuroscience, with significant contributions to several related subfields including social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, and molecular biology.

Their scientific work covers a range of topics, notably:

Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Stress responses and cortisol
Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Memory and neural mechanisms
Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
Animal nutrition and physiology
Autism spectrum disorder research

Medina has published extensively in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

The Journal of Comparative Neurology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
IBRO Neuroscience Reports
Brain Structure and Function

Among their recent papers are:

"Evolving Views on the Pallium", 2021, Brain Behavior and Evolution
"Evolution and Development of Amygdala Subdivisions: Pallial, Subpallial, and Beyond", 2022, Brain Behavior and Evolution

Other notable papers from the broader dataset, although authored by collaborators, are relevant to related research landscapes:

"Refocusing neuroscience: moving away from mental categories and towards complex behaviours", 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
"A novel telencephalon-opto-hypothalamic morphogenetic domain coexpressing Foxg1 and Otp produces most of the glutamatergic neurons of the medial extended amygdala", 2021, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
"Distinct Subdivisions in the Transition Between Telencephalon and Hypothalamus Produce Otp and Sim1 Cells for the Extended Amygdala in Sauropsids", 2022, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Medina frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including:

Ester Desfilis
Antonio Abellán
Lorena Morales
Alessandra Pross
Alek H. Metwalli

Best Publications

Revised Nomenclature for Avian Telencephalon and Some Related Brainstem Nuclei

Anton Reiner;David J. Perkel;Laura L. Bruce;Ann B. Butler

1313
Citations
Avian brains and a new understanding of vertebrate brain evolution

Erich David Jarvis;Onur Güntürkün;Laura Bruce;András Csillag

1227
Citations
Do birds possess homologues of mammalian primary visual, somatosensory and motor cortices?

Loreta Medina;Anton Reiner

481
Citations
Structural and functional evolution of the basal ganglia in vertebrates

A Reiner;L Medina;C L Veenman

444
Citations
Pathway tracing using biotinylated dextran amines.

Anton Reiner;C.Leonardus Veenman;Loreta Medina;Yun Jiao

418
Citations
Expression of Dbx1, Neurogenin 2, Semaphorin 5A, Cadherin 8, and Emx1 distinguish ventral and lateral pallial histogenetic divisions in the developing mouse claustroamygdaloid complex.

Loreta Medina;Isabel Legaz;Gertrudis González;Fernando De Castro

311
Citations
Distribution of choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity in the pigeon brain

Loreta Medina;Anton Reiner

259
Citations
Histogenetic compartments of the mouse centromedial and extended amygdala based on gene expression patterns during development.

Margarita García-López;Antonio Abellán;Antonio Abellán;Isabel Legaz;John L.R. Rubenstein

208
Citations
Neurotransmitter Organization and Connectivity of the Basal Ganglia in Vertebrates: Implications for the Evolution of Basal Ganglia (Part 1 of 2)

Loreta Medina;Anton Reiner

194
Citations
Brainstem motoneuron pools that are selectively resistant in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are preferentially enriched in parvalbumin: evidence from monkey brainstem for a calcium-mediated mechanism in sporadic ALS.

Anton Reiner;Loreta Medina;Griselle Figueredo-Cardenas;Scott Anfinson

160
Citations
Expression of the genes GAD67 and Distal-less-4 in the forebrain of Xenopus laevis confirms a common pattern in tetrapods.

Aurora Brox;Luis Puelles;Beatriz Ferreiro;Loreta Medina

151
Citations
Development and evolution of the pallium

Loreta Medina;Antonio Abellán

150
Citations
Expression of the genes Emx1, Tbr1, and Eomes (Tbr2) in the telencephalon of Xenopus laevis confirms the existence of a ventral pallial division in all tetrapods.

Aurora Brox;Luis Puelles;Beatriz Ferreiro;Loreta Medina

146
Citations
Refocusing neuroscience: moving away from mental categories and towards complex behaviours

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145
Citations
Distribution of choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity in the brain of the lizard Gallotia galloti.

Loreta Medina;Wilhelmus J. A. J. Smeets;Piet V. Hoogland;Luis Puelles

139
Citations
Combinatorial expression of Lef1, Lhx2, Lhx5, Lhx9, Lmo3, Lmo4, and Prox1 helps to identify comparable subdivisions in the developing hippocampal formation of mouse and chicken

Antonio Abellán;Ester Desfilis;Loreta Medina

135
Citations
Field homology as a way to reconcile genetic and developmental variability with adult homology.

Luis Puelles;Loreta Medina

129
Citations
The efferent projections of the dorsal and ventral pallidal parts of the pigeon basal ganglia, studied with biotinylated dextran amine

L Medina;A Reiner

127
Citations
Subdivisions and derivatives of the chicken subpallium based on expression of LIM and other regulatory genes and markers of neuron subpopulations during development.

Antonio Abellán;Loreta Medina

127
Citations
Contribution of genoarchitecture to understanding forebrain evolution and development, with particular emphasis on the amygdala.

Loreta Medina;Munisamy Bupesh;Antonio Abellán

123
Citations
Cadherin expression by embryonic divisions and derived gray matter structures in the telencephalon of the chicken.

Christoph Redies;Loreta Medina;Luis Puelles

116
Citations