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Luis Puelles
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Neuroscience
Spain
2022

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Neuroscience

D-Index
84
Citations
27177
World Ranking
1386
National Ranking
14

Luis Puelles publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luis Puelles sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 303 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Luis Puelles D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Luis Puelles sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • 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

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

    Luis Puelles;John L.R. Rubenstein

  • 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

  • Forebrain gene expression domains and the evolving prosomeric model

    Luis Puelles;John L.R. Rubenstein

  • Longitudinal organization of the anterior neural plate and neural tube

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

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

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

  • The embryonic vertebrate forebrain: the prosomeric model

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

  • REGIONALIZATION OF THE PROSENCEPHALIC NEURAL PLATE

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

    Faustino Marín;Luis Puelles

  • The Mouse Nervous System.

    Charles Watson;George Paxinos;Luis Puelles

  • Atlas of prenatal rat brain development

    Luis Puelles

Frequent Co-Authors

John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
Salvador Martinez
Salvador Martinez Miguel Hernandez University
Loreta Medina
Loreta Medina University of Lleida
Rudolf Nieuwenhuys
Rudolf Nieuwenhuys American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Charles Watson
Charles Watson Curtin University
Michael Hawrylycz
Michael Hawrylycz Allen Institute for Brain Science
Christoph Redies
Christoph Redies Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Lydia Ng
Lydia Ng Allen Institute for Brain Science
Manuel Irimia
Manuel Irimia Pompeu Fabra University
Axel Visel
Axel Visel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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