Luis M. Garcia-Segura

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Spain Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• The Distribution and Mechanism of Action of Ghrelin in the CNS Demonstrates a Novel Hypothalamic Circuit Regulating Energy Homeostasis

  Michael A Cowley;Roy G Smith;Sabrina Diano;Matthias Tschöp

  2100
  Citations

• Neuroprotection by estradiol.

  Luis Miguel Garcia-Segura;Iñigo Azcoitia;Lydia L. DonCarlos

  1227
  Citations

• The neuroprotective actions of oestradiol and oestrogen receptors

  Maria-Angeles Arevalo;Iñigo Azcoitia;Luis M. Garcia-Segura

  509
  Citations

• Astrocytic modulation of blood brain barrier: perspectives on Parkinson’s disease

  Ricardo Cabezas;Marcos Ávila;Janneth Gonzalez;Ramon Santos El-Bachá

  496
  Citations

• Aromatase expression by astrocytes after brain injury: implications for local estrogen formation in brain repair.

  L.M. Garcia-Segura;L.M. Garcia-Segura;A. Wozniak;I. Azcoitia;I. Azcoitia;J.R. Rodriguez

  470
  Citations

• Steroid hormones and neurosteroids in normal and pathological aging of the nervous system

  Martin Schumacher;Sebastien Weill-Engerer;Philippe Liere;Francoise Robert

  371
  Citations

• Estradiol upregulates Bcl-2 expression in adult brain neurons.

  Luis M. Garcia-Segura;Patricia Cardona-Gomez;Frederick Naftolin;Julie A. Chowen

  357
  Citations

• Role of astroglia in estrogen regulation of synaptic plasticity and brain repair.

  Luis Miguel Garcia‐Segura;Frederick Naftolin;John B. Hutchison;Iñigo Azcoitia

  333
  Citations

• Gonadal hormones as promoters of structural synaptic plasticity: Cellular mechanisms

  Luis M. García-Segura;Julie A. Chowen;A. Párducz;F. Naftolin

  325
  Citations

• Brain aromatase is neuroprotective.

  Iñigo Azcoitia;Amanda Sierra;Sergio Veiga;Shin‐ichiro Honda

  314
  Citations

• Glial expression of estrogen and androgen receptors after rat brain injury.

  Daniel García-Ovejero;Sergio Veiga;Luis Miguel García-Segura;Lydia L. Doncarlos

  312
  Citations

• Immunohistochemical mapping of calcium-binding protein immunoreactivity in the rat central nervous system

  L.M. Garcia-Segura;D. Baetens;J. Roth;A.W. Norman;A.W. Norman

  310
  Citations

• Localization of Estrogen receptor β-immunoreactivity in astrocytes of the adult rat brain

  Iñigo Azcoitia;Amanda Sierra;Luis Miguel Garcia‐Segura

  282
  Citations

• Steroids and glial cell function.

  Luis M. Garcia-Segura;Roberto C. Melcangi

  272
  Citations

• Gonadal hormones down-regulate reactive gliosis and astrocyte proliferation after a penetrating brain injury

  J. Garcia-Estrada;J.A. Del Rio;S. Luquin;E. Soriano

  268
  Citations

• Neuroactive steroids: State of the art and new perspectives

  R. C. Melcangi;Luis M. García-Segura;A. G. Mensah-Nyagan

  265
  Citations

• Estradiol synthesis within the human brain.

  I. Azcoitia;Josué G. Yagüe;Luis M. García-Segura

  265
  Citations

• Aromatase in the Brain: Not Just for Reproduction Anymore

  Luis M. García-Segura

  264
  Citations

• Glia-neuron crosstalk in the neuroprotective mechanisms of sex steroid hormones.

  Daniel Garcia-Ovejero;Iñigo Azcoitia;Lydia L. DonCarlos;Roberto C. Melcangi

  262
  Citations

• Prenatal stress causes alterations in the morphology of microglia and the inflammatory response of the hippocampus of adult female mice

  Yolanda Diz-Chaves;Olga Pernía;Paloma Carrero;Luis M Garcia-Segura

  253
  Citations

• Estradiol inhibits GSK3 and regulates interaction of estrogen receptors, GSK3, and beta-catenin in the hippocampus

  P Cardona-Gomez;P Cardona-Gomez;M Perez;J Avila;L.M Garcia-Segura

  249
  Citations