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Luis Villanueva

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Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
6282
World Ranking
6067
National Ranking
272

Luis Villanueva 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 Villanueva sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 124 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Luis Villanueva 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 Villanueva sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Luis Villanueva is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on various subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Physiology, Neurology, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
  • Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Patient Safety and Medication Errors
  • Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills

The publication record of Luis Villanueva features articles in a variety of venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • European Journal of Pain
  • Atención Primaria
  • Actas del Congreso Internacional de Ingeniería de Sistemas

Notable recent papers by Luis Villanueva include:

  • "Altered Cortical Trigeminal Fields Excitability by Spreading Depolarization Revealed with in Vivo Functional Ultrasound Imaging Combined with Electrophysiology" (2022), published in Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Central generators of migraine and autonomic cephalalgias as targets for personalized pain management: Translational links" (2023), published in European Journal of Pain
  • "Caracterización de las interrupciones que se producen en las consultas de los médicos de familia. Observatorio de la Medicina de Familia del Maresme" (2020), published in Atención Primaria
  • "Faculty Opinions recommendation of Interictal pontine metabolism in migraine without aura patients: A 3 Tesla proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study." (2021), published in Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • "Faculty Opinions recommendation of Early and late visual deprivation induce hypersensitivity to mechanical and thermal noxious stimuli in the ZRDBA mouse." (2021), published in Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Frequent co-authors of Luis Villanueva are:

  • Rodrigo Noseda
  • Laurence Bourgeais
  • Laurianne Beynac
  • Jean-Charles Mariani
  • Mickaël Tanter

Best Publications

  • The activation of bulbo-spinal controls by peripheral nociceptive inputs: diffuse noxious inhibitory controls.

    L Villanueva;D Le Bars

  • Involvement of the subnucleus reticularis dorsalis in diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in the rat

    Didier Bouhassira;Luis Villanueva;Zhu Bing;Daniel le Bars

  • Organization of the efferent projections from the spinal cervical enlargement to the parabrachial area and periaqueductal gray: a PHA-L study in the rat.

    Jean‐Franiçois Bernard;Radhouane Dallel;Patrick Raboisson;Luis Villanueva

  • Diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC) in animals and in man.

    Le Bars D;Villanueva L;Bouhassira D;Willer Jc

  • The medullary subnucleus reticularis dorsalis (SRD) as a key link in both the transmission and modulation of pain signals

    L. Villanueva;D. Bouhassira;D. Le Bars

  • Acupuncture and diffuse noxious inhibitory controls: naloxone-reversible depression of activities of trigeminal convergent neurons.

    Z. Bing;L. Villanueva;D. Le Bars

  • Diffuse Noxious Inhibitory Controls (DNIC) in animals and in man

    Daniel Le Bars;Luis Villanueva;J C Willer;Didier Bouhassira

  • Convergence of heterotopic nociceptive information onto subnucleus reticularis dorsalis neurons in the rat medulla.

    L. Villanueva;D. Bouhassira;Zhu Bing;D. Le Bars

  • Paraventricular hypothalamic regulation of trigeminovascular mechanisms involved in headaches.

    Claude Robert;Laurence Bourgeais;Charles-Daniel Arreto;Miguel Condes-Lara

  • Differential projections to the intralaminar and gustatory thalamus from the parabrachial area: a PHA-L study in the rat.

    Hervé Bester;Laurence Bourgeais;Luis Villanueva;Jean‐Marie Besson

  • Depression of activities of dorsal horn convergent neurones by propriospinal mechanisms triggered by noxious inputs; comparison with diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC)

    Samuel W. Cadden;Luis Villanueva;Djamel Chitour;Daniel Le Bars

  • Changes of Meningeal Excitability Mediated by Corticotrigeminal Networks: A Link for the Endogenous Modulation of Migraine Pain

    Rodrigo Noseda;Luis Constandil;Laurence Bourgeais;Maryse Chalus

  • Chapter 20 Electrophysiological evidence for the activation of descending inhibitory controls by nociceptive afferent pathways

    Daniel Le Bars;Luis Villanueva

  • Involvement of the dorsolateral funiculus in the descending spinal projections responsible for diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in the rat.

    L. Villanueva;D. Chitour;D. Le Bars

  • Encoding of electrical, thermal, and mechanical noxious stimuli by subnucleus reticularis dorsalis neurons in the rat medulla

    L. Villanueva;Zhu Bing;D. Bouhassira;D. Le Bars

  • Ascending pathways in the spinal cord involved in triggering of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in the rat.

    L. Villanueva;M. Peschanski;B. Calvino;D. Le Bars

  • Heterotopic activation of A delta and C fibres triggers inhibition of trigeminal and spinal convergent neurones in the rat.

    D Bouhassira;D Le Bars;L Villanueva

  • Efferent projections from the subnucleus reticularis dorsalis (SRD): a Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin study in the rat.

    J.F. Bernard;L. Villanueva;J. Carroué;D. Le Bars

  • Aspects of Sensory Processing through Convergent Neurons

    Daniel Le Bars;Anthony H. Dickenson;Jean Marie Besson;Luis Villanueva

  • Organization of diencephalic projections from the medullary subnucleus reticularis dorsalis and the adjacent cuneate nucleus: a retrograde and anterograde tracer study in the rat.

    Luis Villanueva;Christophe Desbois;Daniel le Bars;Jean‐François Bernard

  • Review article The medullary subnucleus reticularis dorsalis (SRD) as a key link in both the transmission and modulation of pain signals

    L. Villanueva;D. Bouhassira;D. Le Bars

Frequent Co-Authors

D. Le Bars
D. Le Bars Grenoble Alpes University
Daniel Le Bars
Daniel Le Bars Sorbonne University
Didier Bouhassira
Didier Bouhassira Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-François Bernard
Jean-François Bernard Grenoble Alpes University
Yves Boucher
Yves Boucher Harvard University
Sylvie Bourgoin
Sylvie Bourgoin Inserm
Marc Peschanski
Marc Peschanski Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-Claude Willer
Jean-Claude Willer Sorbonne University
Ignacio A. Romero
Ignacio A. Romero The Open University
Michel Hamon
Michel Hamon Université Paris Cité

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