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María A. Aguilar

María A. Aguilar

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
38
Citations
5113
World Ranking
6006
National Ranking
49

Overview

María A. Aguilar is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and focuses on research within the field of Environmental Science, specifically addressing various subfields including Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Organic Chemistry, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Their publication record includes contributions to several scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Processes
  • International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
  • Sustainability
  • Water
  • Biomedicines

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by María A. Aguilar include:

  • "Heavy metals effect on the heterotrophic activity of activated sludge," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
  • "Use of the Box-Behnken Experimental Design for the Optimization of Orange II (Acid Orange 7) Adsorption on Aloe vera," 2023, Sustainability
  • "Ciprofloxacin Uptake from an Aqueous Solution via Adsorption with K2CO3-Activated Biochar Derived from Brewing Industry Bagasse," 2024, Processes
  • "Oxygen Consumption in Two Subsurface Wastewater Infiltration Systems under Continuous Operation Mode," 2020, Water
  • "Competitive Effect of Zinc and Cadmium on the Biosorption of Chromium by Orange Waste," 2024, Processes

María A. Aguilar has collaborated frequently with a core group of coauthors, which include:

  • Mercedes Lloréns Pascual del Riquelme
  • A.B. Pérez-Marín
  • J.F. Ortuño
  • V. Meseguer
  • J. M. Fernández-Garrido

Best Publications

  • Neurobiological mechanisms of the reinstatement of drug-conditioned place preference.

    Maria A. Aguilar;Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Jose Miñarro

  • Effects of dopamine antagonists with different receptor blockade profiles on morphine-induced place preference in male mice.

    Carmen Manzanedo;Marı́a A. Aguilar;Marta Rodrı́guez-Arias;José Miñarro

  • Effects of risperidone and SCH 23390 on isolation-induced aggression in male mice

    M Rodrı́guez-Arias;J Miñarro;M.A Aguilar;J Pinazo

  • Chronic Moderate Hyperammonemia Impairs Active and Passive Avoidance Behavior and Conditional Discrimination Learning in Rats

    M.A. Aguilar;J. Miñarro;V. Felipo

  • Role of CB2 Cannabinoid Receptors in the Rewarding, Reinforcing, and Physical Effects of Nicotine

    Francisco Navarrete;Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Elena Martín-García;Elena Martín-García;Daniela Navarro

  • Social stress is as effective as physical stress in reinstating morphine-induced place preference in mice

    B. Ribeiro Do Couto;M. A. Aguilar;C. Manzanedo;M. Rodríguez-Arias

  • Changes in histone acetylation in the prefrontal cortex of ethanol-exposed adolescent rats are associated with ethanol-induced place conditioning.

    María Pascual;Bruno R. Do Couto;Silvia Alfonso-Loeches;Maria A. Aguilar

  • Rewarding Effects and Reinstatement of MDMA-Induced CPP in Adolescent Mice

    Manuel Daza-Losada;Bruno Ribeiro Do Couto;Carmen Manzanedo;Maria A Aguilar

  • NMDA glutamate but not dopamine antagonists blocks drug-induced reinstatement of morphine place preference.

    B. Ribeiro Do Couto;M.A. Aguilar;C. Manzanedo;M. Rodríguez-Arias

  • Social experiences affect reinstatement of cocaine-induced place preference in mice

    Bruno Ribeiro Do Couto;Maria A. Aguilar;Javier Lluch;Marta Rodríguez-Arias

  • Effect of memantine and CNQX in the acquisition, expression and reinstatement of cocaine-induced conditioned place preference.

    C. Maldonado;M. Rodríguez-Arias;A. Castillo;M.A. Aguilar

  • Predicting how equipotent doses of chlorpromazine, haloperidol, sulpiride, raclopride and clozapine reduce locomotor activity in mice

    V.M Simón;A Parra;J Miñarro;M.C Arenas

  • Social defeat in adolescent mice increases vulnerability to alcohol consumption

    Marta Rodriguez-Arias;Marta Rodriguez-Arias;Francisco Navarrete;Francisco Navarrete;Maria Carmen Blanco-Gandia;Maria Carmen Blanco-Gandia;Maria Carmen Arenas;Maria Carmen Arenas

  • CB1 cannabinoid receptor-mediated aggressive behavior

    Marta Rodriguez-Arias;Marta Rodriguez-Arias;Francisco Navarrete;Manuel Daza-Losada;Daniela Navarro

  • Effects of NMDA receptor antagonists (MK-801 and memantine) on the acquisition of morphine-induced conditioned place preference in mice.

    Bruno Ribeiro Do Couto;Maria A. Aguilar;Carmen Manzanedo;Marta Rodríguez-Arias

  • Effects of repeated social defeat on adolescent mice on cocaine‐induced CPP and self‐administration in adulthood: integrity of the blood–brain barrier

    Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Marta Rodríguez-Arias;Sandra Montagud-Romero;Sandra Montagud-Romero;Ana Rubio-Araiz;Ana Rubio-Araiz;María A. Aguilar;María A. Aguilar

  • Cannabidiol Treatment Might Promote Resilience to Cocaine and Methamphetamine Use Disorders: A Review of Possible Mechanisms

    Claudia Calpe-López;M. Pilar García-Pardo;Maria A. Aguilar

  • The effects of dopamine D2 and D3 antagonists on spontaneous motor activity and morphine-induced hyperactivity in male mice.

    C Manzanedo;M A Aguilar;J Miñarro

  • High novelty-seeking predicts greater sensitivity to the conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine

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  • Effects of DA D1 and D2 antagonists on the sensitisation to the motor effects of morphine in mice.

    Amparo Serrano;Maria A Aguilar;Carmen Manzanedo;Marta Rodrı́guez-Arias

  • Acute social defeat stress increases the conditioned rewarding effects of cocaine in adult but not in adolescent mice.

    S. Montagud-Romero;M.A. Aguilar;C. Maldonado;C. Manzanedo

  • Acute behavioural and neurotoxic effects of MDMA plus cocaine in adolescent mice.

    M. Daza-Losada;M. Rodríguez-Arias;C. Maldonado;M.A. Aguilar

Frequent Co-Authors

Marta Rodríguez-Arias
Marta Rodríguez-Arias University of Valencia
José Miñarro
José Miñarro University of Valencia
Olga Valverde
Olga Valverde Pompeu Fabra University
Gabriel Rubio
Gabriel Rubio Complutense University of Madrid
Vicente Felipo
Vicente Felipo Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe
Andrew C. Parrott
Andrew C. Parrott Swansea University
Vincenzo De Feo
Vincenzo De Feo University of Salerno

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