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Ricardo Tapia

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Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
6339
World Ranking
5844
National Ranking
8

Ricardo Tapia 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 Ricardo Tapia sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 173 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ricardo Tapia 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 Ricardo Tapia sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ricardo Tapia was affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico. Their research spanned across several subfields within medicine, including neurology, genetics, molecular biology, orthopedics and sports medicine, and physiology.

Their main areas of study encompassed the following topics:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Sports Performance and Training
  • Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

Their body of published work reflected these research interests. Selected papers include:

  • Sodium butyrate does not protect spinal motor neurons from AMPA-induced excitotoxic degeneration in vivo, 2023, Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • Characterization of body composition and hydration status in adolescent table tennis and basketball athletes from Chile, 2024, Nutrición clínica y dietética hospitalaria/Nutrición clínica, dietética hospitalaria
  • Prescripciones Técnicas para Viviendas e Infraestructuras Críticas en Interfaz Urbano-Forestal frente a Incendios: El Caso de San José de Maipo, Chile, 2020, Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER
  • Early motor deficits in the phalangeal fine movements induced by chronic AMPA infusion in the rat spinal cord assessed by a novel method: Phalangeal tension recording test, 2020, Neuroscience Letters
  • Characterization of Mitochondria Degeneration in Spinal Motor Neurons Triggered by Chronic Over-activation of α-Amino-3-Hydroxy-5-Methylisoxazole-4-Propionic Acid Receptors in the Rat Spinal Cord in Vivo, 2023, Neuroscience

The venues where Ricardo Tapia published included:

  • Disease Models & Mechanisms
  • Nutrición clínica y dietética hospitalaria/Nutrición clínica, dietética hospitalaria
  • Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER
  • Neuroscience Letters
  • Neuroscience

Throughout their career, coauthors who collaborated most frequently with Tapia were:

  • Uri Nimrod Ramírez-Jarquín
  • Mara Prior-González
  • Rafael Lazo-Gómez
  • Ximena RODRÍGUEZ PALLERES
  • Claudia Liliana Espinoza Rojas

Best Publications

  • Aminergic and peptidergic pathways in the nervous system with special reference to the hypothalamus.

    Hökfelt T;Elde R;Fuxe K;Johansson O

  • Seizures and neurodegeneration induced by 4-aminopyridine in rat hippocampus in vivo: role of glutamate- and GABA-mediated neurotransmission and of ion channels.

    F Peña;R Tapia

  • Accumulation of extracellular glutamate by inhibition of its uptake is not sufficient for inducing neuronal damage : an in vivo microdialysis study

    Lourdes Massieu;Alberto Morales-Villagrán;Ricardo Tapia

  • Demonstration of central γ-aminobutyrate-containing nerve terminals by means of antibodies against glutamate decar☐ylase

    M. Pe´rez de la mora;L.D. Possani;R. Tapia;L. Teran

  • beta-Amyloid peptide fragment 25-35 potentiates the calcium-dependent release of excitatory amino acids from depolarized hippocampal slices.

    C. Arias;I. Arrieta;R. Tapia

  • Relationships among seizures, extracellular amino acid changes, and neurodegeneration induced by 4-aminopyridine in rat hippocampus : A microdialysis and electroencephalographic study

    Fernando Peña;Ricardo Tapia

  • Effect of 4-aminopyridine on transmitter release in synaptosomes.

    Ricardo Tapia;Mari´a Sitges

  • Glutamate excitotoxicity and therapeutic targets for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Juan C Corona;Luis B Tovar-y-Romo;Ricardo Tapia

  • Trophic factors as modulators of motor neuron physiology and survival: implications for ALS therapy

    Luis B. Tovar-y-Romo;Uri Nimrod Ramírez-Jarquín;Rafael Lazo-Gómez;Ricardo Tapia

  • Biochemical Pharmacology of GABA in CNS

    Ricardo Tapia

  • On the relationship between extracellular glutamate, hyperexcitation and neurodegeneration, in vivo.

    R. Tapia;L. Medina-Ceja;F. Peña

  • Glutamine and glutamate as precursors of the releasable pool of gaba in brain cortex slices

    Ricardo Tapia;Rosa Maria Gonzalez

  • Preferential stimulation of glutamate release by 4-aminopyridine in rat striatum in vivo.

    Alberto Morales-Villagrán;Ricardo Tapia

  • Ruthenium red as a tool to study calcium channels, neuronal death and the function of neural pathways

    Ricardo Tapia;Iván Velasco

  • Glutamate Uptake Impairment and Neuronal Damage in Young and Aged Rats In Vivo

    Lourdes Massieu;Ricardo Tapia

  • Effects of MPTP on locomotor activity in mice

    Victor A. Colotla;Eduardo Flores;Alejandro Oscos;Alfredo Meneses

  • Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptors and intracellular Ca2+ determine motoneuron vulnerability in rat spinal cord in vivo.

    Juan Carlos Corona;Ricardo Tapia

  • Inhibition by ruthenium red of the calcium-dependent release of [3H]GABA in synaptosomal fractions.

    Ricardo Tapia;Graciela Meza-Ruíz

  • Evidence for a role of glutamate decarboxylase activity as a regulatory mechanism of cerebral excitability.

    R. Tapia;María‐Elena Sandoval;P. Contreras

  • Seizures and wet-dog shakes induced by 4-aminopyridine, and their potentiation by nifedipine.

    Jorge Fragoso-Veloz;Lourdes Massieu;Raúl Alvarado;Ricardo Tapia

  • Mechanism of the calcium-dependent stimulation of transmitter release by 4-aminopyridine in synaptosomes.

    Ricardo Tapia;Maria Sitges;Ezequiel Morales

Frequent Co-Authors

Lourival D. Possani
Lourival D. Possani National Autonomous University of Mexico
Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni
Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni National Autonomous University of Mexico
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Herminia Pasantes-Morales
Herminia Pasantes-Morales National Autonomous University of Mexico
Francisco J. Cervantes
Francisco J. Cervantes National Autonomous University of Mexico
Robert Balázs
Robert Balázs University of California, Irvine
Juan Fernandez-Ruiz
Juan Fernandez-Ruiz National Autonomous University of Mexico
Åke Ljungdahl
Åke Ljungdahl Karolinska Institute
Robert Elde
Robert Elde University of Minnesota
Tracey C. Dickson
Tracey C. Dickson University of Tasmania

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