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Marco A. M. Prado

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
11169
World Ranking
14439
National Ranking
507

Neuroscience

D-Index
57
Citations
11189
World Ranking
4350
National Ranking
250

Marco A. M. Prado 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 Marco A. M. Prado sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 244 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marco A. M. Prado 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 Marco A. M. Prado sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Marco A. M. Prado is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spans several intersecting fields, primarily focusing on Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist has contributed substantially to subfields including Molecular Biology, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their scholarly output covers numerous topics, with notable focus areas including:

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Significant recent publications by Marco A. M. Prado include:

  • "An optimized acetylcholine sensor for monitoring in vivo cholinergic activity," 2020, Nature Methods
  • "Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines: Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors," 2020, Neuron
  • "Repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in mice triggers a slowly developing cascade of long-term and persistent behavioral deficits and pathological changes," 2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • "Cholinergic dysfunction in the dorsal striatum promotes habit formation and maladaptive eating," 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "Chronic hM3Dq signaling in microglia ameliorates neuroinflammation in male mice," 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity

The scientist frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including Vânia F. Prado, Lisa M. Saksida, Flávio H. Beraldo, Timothy J. Bussey, and Daniel Gallino. Their publications often appear in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Alzheimer's & Dementia, Journal of Neurochemistry, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology.

Marco A. M. Prado was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Exercise-linked FNDC5/irisin rescues synaptic plasticity and memory defects in Alzheimer's models

    Mychael V. Lourenco;Mychael V. Lourenco;Rudimar L. Frozza;Rudimar L. Frozza;Guilherme B. de Freitas;Guilherme B. de Freitas;Hong Zhang

  • Physiology of the Prion Protein

    Rafael Linden;Vilma R. Martins;Marco A. M. Prado;Martín Cammarota

  • An optimized acetylcholine sensor for monitoring in vivo cholinergic activity.

    Miao Jing;Yuexuan Li;Yuexuan Li;Jianzhi Zeng;Jianzhi Zeng;Pengcheng Huang

  • The Hsp70/Hsp90 Chaperone Machinery in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

    Rachel E. Lackie;Andrzej Maciejewski;Valeriy G. Ostapchenko;Jose Marques-Lopes

  • Mice Deficient for the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Are Myasthenic and Have Deficits in Object and Social Recognition

    Vania F. Prado;Cristina Martins-Silva;Braulio M. de Castro;Ricardo F. Lima

  • Cellular prion protein: on the road for functions.

    Vilma R Martins;Rafael Linden;Marco A.M Prado;Roger Walz

  • Phoneutria nigriventer Venom: A Cocktail of Toxins That Affect Ion Channels

    Marcus V. Gomez;Evanguedes Kalapothakis;Cristina Guatimosim;Marco A. M. Prado

  • Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines : Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors

    Lin Luo;Mateusz C. Ambrozkiewicz;Fritz Benseler;Cui Chen

  • Regulation of acetylcholine synthesis and storage.

    Marco A.M Prado;Ricardo A.M Reis;V.F Prado;Maria Christina de Mello

  • Uptake and Neuritic Transport of Scrapie Prion Protein Coincident with Infection of Neuronal Cells

    Ana Cristina Magalhães;Gerald S. Baron;Kil Sun Lee;Olivia Steele-Mortimer

  • Regulation of cholinergic activity by the vesicular acetylcholine transporter

    Vania F. Prado;Ashbeel Roy;Benjamin Kolisnyk;Robert Gros

  • The Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Is Required for Neuromuscular Development and Function

    Braulio M. de Castro;Xavier De Jaeger;Xavier De Jaeger;Xavier De Jaeger;Cristina Martins-Silva;Cristina Martins-Silva;Ricardo D. F. Lima

  • Cholinergic circuits in cognitive flexibility.

    Vania F. Prado;Helena Janickova;Mohammed A. Al-Onaizi;Marco A.M. Prado

  • The Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 2 (TRPM2) Channel Contributes to β-Amyloid Oligomer-Related Neurotoxicity and Memory Impairment

    Valeriy G. Ostapchenko;Megan Chen;Monica S. Guzman;Yu-Feng Xie

  • Endocytic intermediates involved with the intracellular trafficking of a fluorescent cellular prion protein.

    Ana C. Magalhães;Juliana A. Silva;Kil S. Lee;Kil S. Lee;Vilma R. Martins

  • Internalization of mammalian fluorescent cellular prion protein and N-terminal deletion mutants in living cells.

    Kil S. Lee;Ana C. Magalhães;Silvio M. Zanata;Silvio M. Zanata;Ricardo R. Brentani

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors transduce signals for neurite outgrowth after binding of the prion protein to laminin γ1 chain

    Flavio H. Beraldo;Camila P. Arantes;Tiago G. Santos;Cleiton F. Machado

  • ChAT–ChR2–EYFP Mice Have Enhanced Motor Endurance But Show Deficits in Attention and Several Additional Cognitive Domains

    Benjamin Kolisnyk;Monica S. Guzman;Sandra Raulic;Jue Fan

  • The “ins” and “outs” of the high‐affinity choline transporter CHT1

    Fabiola M. Ribeiro;Stefanie A. G. Black;Stefanie A. G. Black;Vania F. Prado;R. Jane Rylett;R. Jane Rylett

  • Prion protein: orchestrating neurotrophic activities.

    Vilma R. Martins;Flavio H. Beraldo;Glaucia N.M. Hajj;Marilene H. Lopes

Frequent Co-Authors

Vania F. Prado
Vania F. Prado University of Western Ontario
Vilma R. Martins
Vilma R. Martins National Institute of Standards and Technology
Carlos R. Diniz
Carlos R. Diniz Ezequiel Dias Foundation
Stephen S. G. Ferguson
Stephen S. G. Ferguson University of Ottawa
Marc G. Caron
Marc G. Caron Duke University
Ivan Izquierdo
Ivan Izquierdo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Michael K. Richardson
Michael K. Richardson Leiden University
Robert Bartha
Robert Bartha University of Western Ontario
Rafael Linden
Rafael Linden Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Sergio T. Ferreira
Sergio T. Ferreira Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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