2026 Osvaldo D. Uchitel: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	39	8384	7748	18	17	121	5166

Research.com Recognitions

1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Osvaldo D. Uchitel is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with particular focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Sensory Systems, and Physiology.

Their work centers on topics including:

Ion channel regulation and function
Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
Ion Channels and Receptors
Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus
Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research

Recent scholarly outputs by Uchitel include:

"Efficacy of a Nasal Spray Containing Iota-Carrageenan in the Postexposure Prophylaxis of COVID-19 in Hospital Personnel Dedicated to Patients Care with COVID-19 Disease" (2021) published in International Journal of General Medicine
"Ion channels and pain in Fabry disease" (2021) published in Molecular Pain
"Evaluation of early microstructural changes in the R6/1 mouse model of Huntington's disease by ultra-high field diffusion MR imaging" (2021) published in Neurobiology of Aging
"Upregulation of ASIC1a channels in an in vitro model of Fabry disease" (2020) published in Neurochemistry International
"Efficacy of a nasal spray containing Iota-Carrageenan in the prophylaxis of COVID-19 in hospital personnel dedicated to patients care with COVID-19 disease A pragmatic multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (CARR-COV-02)" (2021) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Uchitel's work has appeared in prominent venues, including:

Scientific Reports
International Journal of General Medicine
Molecular Pain
Neurobiology of Aging
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations form a significant part of their contributions, with frequent coauthors such as:

Carina Weissmann
Libia Catalina Salinas Castellanos
Rodolfo G. Gatto
María Natalia Gobetto
Georgina Oriana Mingolo Malnati

Osvaldo D. Uchitel received the fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1995.

Best Publications

P-type voltage-dependent calcium channel mediates presynaptic calcium influx and transmitter release in mammalian synapses.

O D Uchitel;D A Protti;V Sanchez;B D Cherksey

460
Citations
Developmental Changes in Calcium Channel Types Mediating Central Synaptic Transmission

Shinichi Iwasaki;Akiko Momiyama;Osvaldo D. Uchitel;Tomoyuki Takahashi

343
Citations
On the release of transmitter at normal, myasthenia gravis and myasthenic syndrome affected human end‐plates.

S G Cull-Candy;R Miledi;A Trautmann;O D Uchitel

261
Citations
Functional compensation of P/Q by N-type channels blocks short-term plasticity at the calyx of Held presynaptic terminal.

Carlota González Inchauspe;Francisco J Martini;Ian D Forsythe;Osvaldo D Uchitel

167
Citations
Altered properties of quantal neurotransmitter release at endplates of mice lacking P/Q-type Ca2+ channels

Francisco J. Urbano;Erika S. Piedras-Rentería;Kisun Jun;Hee-Sup Shin

160
Citations
Transmitter release and presynaptic Ca2+ currents blocked by the spider toxin omega-Aga-IVA.

Dario A. Protti;Osvaldo D. Uchitel

138
Citations
Calcium channels coupled to neurotransmitter release at neonatal rat neuromuscular junctions

Marcelo D. Rosato Siri;Osvaldo D. Uchitel

131
Citations
Evaluation of Antioxidants, Protein, and Lipid Oxidation Products in Blood from Sporadic Amiotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients

Patricia I. Oteiza;Osvaldo D. Uchitel;Fernando Carrasquedo;Alberto L. Dubrovski

122
Citations
Calcium channel blockers and transmitter release at the normal human neurornuscular junction

Dario A. Protti;Ricardo Reisin;Tomas Angelillo Mackinley;Osvaldo D. Uchitel

119
Citations
Modulation of ACh release by presynaptic muscarinic autoreceptors in the neuromuscular junction of the newborn and adult rat

Manel M. Santafé;Isabel Salon;Neus Garcia;M. Angel Lanuza

116
Citations
Calcium channels involved in synaptic transmission at the mature and regenerating mouse neuromuscular junction.

E Katz;P A Ferro;G Weisz;O D Uchitel

99
Citations
Toxins affecting calcium channels in neurons

Osvaldo D. Uchitel

92
Citations
Calcium channels coupled to neurotransmitter release at dually innervated neuromuscular junctions in the newborn rat

M.M Santafé;N Garcia;M.A Lanuza;O.D Uchitel

86
Citations
Congenital myasthenic syndromes: II. Syndrome attributed to abnormal interaction of acetylcholine with its receptor.

Osvaldo Uchitel;Andrew G. Engel;Timothy J. Walls;Alexandre Nagel

84
Citations
Acid-Sensing Ion Channels Activated by Evoked Released Protons Modulate Synaptic Transmission at the Mouse Calyx of Held Synapse.

Carlota González-Inchauspe;Francisco J. Urbano;Mariano N. Di Guilmi;Osvaldo D. Uchitel

81
Citations
Acute modulation of calcium currents and synaptic transmission by gabapentinoids

Osvaldo D Uchitel;Mariano N Di Guilmi;Francisco J Urbano;Carlota Gonzalez-Inchauspe

81
Citations
Coupling of L-type calcium channels to neurotransmitter release at mouse motor nerve terminals.

Francisco J. Urbano;Rafael S. Depetris;Osvaldo D. Uchitel

80
Citations
Differential expression of α1 and β subunits of voltage dependent Ca2+ channel at the neuromuscular junction of normal and p/q Ca2+ channel knockout mouse

R. Pagani;M. Song;Maureen W. McEnery;N. Qin

76
Citations
Autoimmunity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Past and Present

Mario Rafael Pagani;Laura Elisabeth Gonzalez;Osvaldo Daniel Uchitel

75
Citations
Immunoglobulins from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients enhance spontaneous transmitter release from motor-nerve terminals

Osvaldo D. Uchitel;Stanley H. Appel;Fran Crawford;Lidia Sczcupak

74
Citations