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Nicola Palomero-Gallagher

Nicola Palomero-Gallagher

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Neuroscience

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15017
World Ranking
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Overview

Nicola Palomero-Gallagher is a researcher affiliated with Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. Their body of work primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with particular contributions to Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics.

The scientist's recent publications include studies on various aspects of brain structure and function. Notable papers are:

  • Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex (2022, Nature Neuroscience)
  • BigBrain 3D atlas of cortical layers: Cortical and laminar thickness gradients diverge in sensory and motor cortices (2020, PLoS Biology)
  • A short review on emotion processing: a lateralized network of neuronal networks (2021, Brain Structure and Function)
  • The natural axis of transmitter receptor distribution in the human cerebral cortex (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • A dopamine gradient controls access to distributed working memory in the large-scale monkey cortex (2021, Neuron)

Palomero-Gallagher has collaborated frequently with several researchers. The most recurrent co-authors include:

  • Katrin Amunts
  • Meiqi Niu
  • Karl Zilles
  • Thomas Funck
  • Seán Froudist-Walsh

Their work appears in multiple specialized venues, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • NeuroImage
  • eLife
  • Imaging Neuroscience

The main research topics addressed by Nicola Palomero-Gallagher encompass various aspects of brain function and neuroimaging, including:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms

Overall, Nicola Palomero-Gallagher's work covers extensive areas within neuroscience, integrating structural, molecular, and functional approaches to study the human brain and its cognitive processes. Their research contributes to understanding how brain systems are organized and how neurotransmitter distributions correlate with various brain functions.

Best Publications

  • A probabilistic atlas and reference system for the human brain: International Consortium for Brain Mapping (ICBM)

    J. Mazziotta;A. Toga;A. Evans;P. Fox

  • Mapping neurotransmitter systems to the structural and functional organization of the human neocortex

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  • Development of cortical folding during evolution and ontogeny

    Karl Zilles;Nicola Palomero-Gallagher;Katrin Amunts;Katrin Amunts

  • A four-dimensional probabilistic atlas of the human brain

    J. Mazziotta;A. Toga;A. Evans;Peter T Fox

  • Broca's region: Novel organizational principles and multiple receptor mapping

    Katrin Amunts;Katrin Amunts;Marianne Lenzen;Marianne Lenzen;Marianne Lenzen;Angela D. Friederici;Axel Schleicher

  • Imaging of copper, zinc, and other elements in thin section of human brain samples (hippocampus) by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.

    J S Becker;M V Zoriy;C Pickhardt;N Palomero-Gallagher

  • Receptor architecture of human cingulate cortex: Evaluation of the four-region neurobiological model

    Nicola Palomero-Gallagher;Brent A. Vogt;Axel Schleicher;Helen S. Mayberg

  • 21 – Quantitative Analysis of Cyto- and Receptor Architecture of the Human Brain

    Karl Zilles;Axel Schleicher;Nicola Palomero-Gallagher;Katrin Amunts

  • Cytoarchitectonic Analysis of the Human Extrastriate Cortex in the Region of V5/MT+: A Probabilistic, Stereotaxic Map of Area hOc5

    Aleksandar Malikovic;Katrin Amunts;Axel Schleicher;Hartmut Mohlberg

  • Cortical layers: Cyto-, myelo-, receptor- and synaptic architecture in human cortical areas

    Nicola Palomero-Gallagher;Nicola Palomero-Gallagher;Karl Zilles;Karl Zilles

  • Architectonics of the human cerebral cortex and transmitter receptor fingerprints: reconciling functional neuroanatomy and neurochemistry

    K. Zilles;N. Palomero-Gallagher;C. Grefkes;F. Scheperjans

  • Quantitative analysis of sulci in the human cerebral cortex: Development, regional heterogeneity, gender difference, asymmetry, intersubject variability and cortical architecture

    Karl Zilles;Axel Schleicher;Christian Langemann;Katrin Amunts

  • Organization of the Human Inferior Parietal Lobule Based on Receptor Architectonics

    Svenja Caspers;Axel Schleicher;Mareike Bacha-Trams;Mareike Bacha-Trams;Nicola Palomero-Gallagher

  • Cytology and receptor architecture of human anterior cingulate cortex.

    Nicola Palomero-Gallagher;Hartmut Mohlberg;Karl Zilles;Brent A. Vogt

  • Subspecialization in the human posterior medial cortex

    Danilo Bzdok;Adrian Heeger;Robert Langner;Angela R. Laird

  • BigBrain 3D atlas of cortical layers: Cortical and laminar thickness gradients diverge in sensory and motor cortices.

    Konrad Wagstyl;Konrad Wagstyl;Konrad Wagstyl;Stéphanie Larocque;Guillem Cucurull;Claude Lepage

  • Oxidative stress markers in the brain of patients with cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy.

    Boris Görg;Natalia Qvartskhava;Hans-Jürgen Bidmon;Nicola Palomero-Gallagher

  • Transmitter receptors and functional anatomy of the cerebral cortex

    Karl Zilles;Nicola Palomero-Gallagher;Axel Schleicher

  • Quantitative architectural analysis: a new approach to cortical mapping

    A. Schleicher;N. Palomero-Gallagher;P. Morosan;S. B. Eickhoff

  • Microstructural proliferation in human cortex is coupled with the development of face processing

    Jesse Gomez;Michael A. Barnett;Vaidehi Natu;Aviv Mezer

  • The role of anterior midcingulate cortex in cognitive motor control: evidence from functional connectivity analyses.

    Felix Hoffstaedter;Christian Grefkes;Svenja Caspers;Christian Roski

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Zilles
Karl Zilles Forschungszentrum Jülich
Katrin Amunts
Katrin Amunts Forschungszentrum Jülich
Axel Schleicher
Axel Schleicher Forschungszentrum Jülich
Simon B. Eickhoff
Simon B. Eickhoff Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Hartmut Mohlberg
Hartmut Mohlberg Forschungszentrum Jülich
Felix Hoffstaedter
Felix Hoffstaedter Forschungszentrum Jülich
Brent A. Vogt
Brent A. Vogt Boston University
Roger P. Woods
Roger P. Woods University of California, Los Angeles
Paul C. Fletcher
Paul C. Fletcher University of Cambridge
Svenja Caspers
Svenja Caspers Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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