2026 Mercedes Atienza: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	45	6993	6439	112	109	109	6322

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Overview

Mercedes Atienza is affiliated with Pablo de Olavide University in Spain. Their research focus encompasses the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant subfield contributions in Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The primary topics of their work include:

Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Diet and metabolism studies
Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

Mercedes Atienza has published extensively in several journals, frequently contributing to:

Alzheimer s Research & Therapy (3 publications)
Translational Psychiatry (2 publications)
Aging (2 publications)
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (2 publications)
The Journals of Gerontology Series A (2 publications)

Some of their recent papers include:

"Unmasking selective path integration deficits in Alzheimer's disease risk carriers," 2020, Science Advances
"Decreased salivary lactoferrin levels are specific to Alzheimer's disease," 2020, EBioMedicine
"Effects of Nutrition on Cognitive Function in Adults with or without Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials," 2021, Nutrients
"Salivary lactoferrin is associated with cortical amyloid-beta load, cortical integrity, and memory in aging," 2021, Alzheimer s Research & Therapy
"Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles from Human Saliva: Effects of Age and Isolation Techniques," 2024, Cells

Collaborations play an important role in their work, with frequent co-authors including:

José L. Cantero (22 collaborations)
Marina Fernandez-Alvarez (9 collaborations)
Miriam Palomar-Bonet (3 collaborations)
Eva Carro (3 collaborations)
Karel M. Lopez-Vilaret (3 collaborations)

Best Publications

The restorative effect of naps on perceptual deterioration.

Sara C. Mednick;Ken Nakayama;Jose L. Cantero;Mercedes Atienza

464
Citations
Sleep-Dependent θ Oscillations in the Human Hippocampus and Neocortex

Jose L. Cantero;Mercedes Atienza;Robert Stickgold;Michael J. Kahana

441
Citations
The Time Course of Neural Changes Underlying Auditory Perceptual Learning

Mercedes Atienza;Jose L. Cantero;Elena Dominguez-Marin

344
Citations
Human alpha oscillations in wakefulness, drowsiness period, and REM sleep: different electroencephalographic phenomena within the alpha band

Jose L Cantero;Mercedes Atienza;Rosa M Salas

261
Citations
Reduction of Basal Forebrain Cholinergic System Parallels Cognitive Impairment in Patients at High Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease

Michel Grothe;Laszlo Zaborszky;Mercedes Atienza;Eulogio Gil-Neciga

254
Citations
Posttraining Sleep Enhances Automaticity in Perceptual Discrimination

Mercedes Atienza;Jose L. Cantero;Robert Stickgold

176
Citations
Auditory information processing during human sleep as revealed by event-related brain potentials.

Mercedes Atienza;José Luis Cantero;Carles Escera

169
Citations
Gamma EEG dynamics in neocortex and hippocampus during human wakefulness and sleep

Jose Luis Cantero;Jose Luis Cantero;Mercedes Atienza;Mercedes Atienza;Joseph R. Madsen;Robert Stickgold

165
Citations
Measuring directional coupling between EEG sources

Germán Gómez-Herrero;Mercedes Atienza;Karen O. Egiazarian;Jose Luis Cantero

164
Citations
Complex sound processing during human REM sleep by recovering information from long-term memory as revealed by the mismatch negativity (MMN).

Mercedes Atienza;José Luis Cantero

161
Citations
Polysomnographic and subjective sleep markers of mild cognitive impairment.

Eva Hita-Yañez;Mercedes Atienza;Jose L. Cantero

151
Citations
Effects of network resolution on topological properties of human neocortex

Rafael Romero-Garcia;Mercedes Atienza;Line Katrine Harder Clemmensen;Jose L. Cantero

140
Citations
Muscle Artifact Removal from Human Sleep EEG by Using Independent Component Analysis

Maite Crespo-Garcia;Mercedes Atienza;Jose L. Cantero

140
Citations
Modulatory effects of emotion and sleep on recollection and familiarity.

Mercedes Atienza;Jose L. Cantero

132
Citations
Disturbed Sleep Patterns in Elders with Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Role of Memory Decline and ApoE ε 4 Genotype

Eva Hita-Yanez;Mercedes Atienza;Eulogio Gil-Neciga;Jose L. Cantero

124
Citations
Unmasking selective path integration deficits in Alzheimer’s disease risk carriers

Anne Bierbrauer;Lukas Kunz;Carlos A. Gomes;Maike Luhmann

122
Citations
Alpha EEG coherence in different brain states: an electrophysiological index of the arousal level in human subjects.

José L. Cantero;Mercedes Atienza;Rosa M. Salas;Carlos M. Gómez

113
Citations
Spectral structure and brain mapping of human alpha activities in different arousal states.

José Luis Cantero;Mercedes Atienza;Carlos M. Gómez;Rosa M. Salas

103
Citations
Decreased salivary lactoferrin levels are specific to Alzheimer's disease.

Marta González-Sánchez;Fernando Bartolome;Desiree Antequera;Veronica Puertas-Martín

99
Citations
The mismatch negativity component reveals the sensory memory during REM sleep in humans

Mercedes Atienza;José L. Cantero;Carlos M Gómez

97
Citations
Mismatch negativity (MMN): an objective measure of sensory memory and long-lasting memories during sleep

Mercedes Atienza;Jose L Cantero;Elena Dominguez-Marin

86
Citations