2026 Luis Puelles: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	84	1386	1259	14	13	303	27177

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Neuroscience

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Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Luis Puelles is affiliated with the University of Murcia in Spain and conducts research primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans subfields including Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The main topics of Luis Puelles's research encompass:

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Congenital heart defects research
Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

The scientist has a record of publications in multiple frequent venues, including:

Brain Structure and Function
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
The Journal of Comparative Neurology
Biomolecules
Brain Behavior and Evolution

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Luis Puelles include:

"In search of common developmental and evolutionary origin of the claustrum and subplate," 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
"A radial histogenetic model of the mouse pallial amygdala," 2020, Brain Structure and Function
"LacZ-reporter mapping of Dlx5 / 6 expression and genoarchitectural analysis of the postnatal mouse prethalamus," 2020, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
"Developmental Genes and Malformations in the Hypothalamus," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
"Single cell enhancer activity distinguishes GABAergic and cholinergic lineages in embryonic mouse basal ganglia," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Luis Puelles frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their common coauthors include:

Elena García-Calero
Antonia Alonso
José Luis Ferrán
Margaret Martínez-de-la-Torre
John L.R. Rubenstein

Best Publications

Cortical Excitatory Neurons and Glia, But Not GABAergic Neurons, Are Produced in the Emx1-Expressing Lineage

Jessica A. Gorski;Tiffany Talley;Mengsheng Qiu;Luis Puelles

1570
Citations
Pallial and subpallial derivatives in the embryonic chick and mouse telencephalon, traced by the expression of the genes Dlx-2, Emx-1, Nkx-2.1, Pax-6, and Tbr-1

Luis Puelles;Ellen Kuwana;Eduardo Puelles;Alessandro Bulfone

1068
Citations
Expression patterns of homeobox and other putative regulatory genes in the embryonic mouse forebrain suggest a neuromeric organization

Luis Puelles;John L.R. Rubenstein

933
Citations
Spatially restricted expression of Dlx-1, Dlx-2 (Tes-1), Gbx-2, and Wnt- 3 in the embryonic day 12.5 mouse forebrain defines potential transverse and longitudinal segmental boundaries

A. Bulfone;L. Puelles;M. H. Porteus;M. A. Frohman

824
Citations
Forebrain gene expression domains and the evolving prosomeric model

Luis Puelles;John L.R. Rubenstein

804
Citations
Longitudinal organization of the anterior neural plate and neural tube

Kenji Shimamura;Dennis J. Hartigan;Salvador Martinez;Luis Puelles

756
Citations
Delineation of multiple subpallial progenitor domains by the combinatorial expression of transcriptional codes.

Nuria Flames;Ramón Pla;Diego M. Gelman;John L. R. Rubenstein

624
Citations
The embryonic vertebrate forebrain: the prosomeric model

John L. R. Rubenstein;Salvador Martinez;Kenji Shimamura;Luis Puelles

621
Citations
REGIONALIZATION OF THE PROSENCEPHALIC NEURAL PLATE

John L. R. Rubenstein;Kenji Shimamura;Salvador Martinez;Luis Puelles

614
Citations
Six3 repression of Wnt signaling in the anterior neuroectoderm is essential for vertebrate forebrain development

Oleg V. Lagutin;Changqi C. Zhu;Daisuke Kobayashi;Jacek Topczewski

569
Citations
T-brain-1: a homolog of Brachyury whose expression defines molecularly distinct domains within the cerebral cortex.

Alessandro Bulfone;Susan M. Smiga;Kenji Shimamura;Andrew Peterson

504
Citations
Oligodendrocytes originate in a restricted zone of the embryonic ventral neural tube defined by DM-20 mRNA expression

S Timsit;S Martinez;B Allinquant;F Peyron

372
Citations
DLX-1, DLX-2, and DLX-5 expression define distinct stages of basal forebrain differentiation.

David D. Eisenstat;Jen Kuei Liu;Marina Mione;Weimin Zhong

348
Citations
A high resolution spatiotemporal atlas of gene expression of the developing mouse brain

Carol L. Thompson;Lydia Ng;Vilas Menon;Salvador Martinez;Salvador Martinez

347
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
An anatomic gene expression atlas of the adult mouse brain.

Lydia Ng;Amy Bernard;Chris Lau;Caroline C Overly

310
Citations
Segment-related, mosaic neurogenetic pattern in the forebrain and mesencephalon of early chick embryos: I. Topography of AChE-positive neuroblasts up to stage HH18.

L. Puelles;J. A. Amat;M. Martinez‐de‐la‐Torre

293
Citations
Expression from a Dlx Gene Enhancer Marks Adult Mouse Cortical GABAergic Neurons

Thorsten Stühmer;Luis Puelles;Marc Ekker;John L.R. Rubenstein

290
Citations
Morphological fate of rhombomeres in quail/chick chimeras: a segmental analysis of hindbrain nuclei.

Faustino Marín;Luis Puelles

290
Citations
The Mouse Nervous System.

Charles Watson;George Paxinos;Luis Puelles

160
Citations
Atlas of prenatal rat brain development

Luis Puelles

10
Citations