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65
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Rosario Moratalla 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 Rosario Moratalla sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 168 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rosario Moratalla 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 Rosario Moratalla sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Rosario Moratalla is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on fundamental aspects of medicine and neuroscience, producing a substantial body of work in these fields. They have contributed extensively to the fields of cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, physiology, molecular biology, and cell biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of important areas, including:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Rosario Moratalla has published in numerous scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Neurobiology of Disease
  • IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Movement Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology

Some of their recent papers are as follows:

  • Modeling Parkinson's Disease With the Alpha-Synuclein Protein, 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • The Role of Cholesterol in α-Synuclein and Lewy Body Pathology in GBA1 Parkinson's Disease, 2020, Movement Disorders
  • Diabetes Causes Dysfunctional Dopamine Neurotransmission Favoring Nigrostriatal Degeneration in Mice, 2020, Movement Disorders
  • Dopamine D2R is Required for Hippocampal-dependent Memory and Plasticity at the CA3-CA1 Synapse, 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • Beneficial effects of the phytocannabinoid Δ9-THCV in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease, 2020, Neurobiology of Disease

They frequently collaborate with several other researchers, including:

  • Samuel Alberquilla
  • Noelia Granado
  • Patricia García-Sanz
  • Adrián Sanz-Magro
  • Mario Gustavo Murer

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Amphetamine and cocaine induce drug-specific activation of the c-fos gene in striosome-matrix compartments and limbic subdivisions of the striatum

    Ann M. Graybiel;Rosario Moratalla;Harold A. Robertson

  • A(2A) adenosine receptor deficiency attenuates brain injury induced by transient focal ischemia in mice

    J.-F. Chen;Zhihong Huang;Jianya Ma;Jinmin Zhu

  • Dopamine D1 receptor mutant mice are deficient in striatal expression of dynorphin and in dopamine-mediated behavioral responses

    Ming Xu;Rosario Moratalla;Lisa H. Gold;Noboru Hiroi

  • Elimination of cocaine-induced hyperactivity and dopamine-mediated neurophysiological effects in dopamine D1 receptor mutant mice

    Ming Xu;Xiu-Ti Hu;Donald C. Cooper;Rosario Moratalla

  • Dopamine D3 Receptor Mutant Mice Exhibit Increased Behavioral Sensitivity to Concurrent Stimulation of D1 and D2 Receptors

    Ming Xu;Timothy E Koeltzow;Giovanni Tirado Santiago;Rosario Moratalla

  • Modeling Parkinson's Disease With the Alpha-Synuclein Protein

    Mónica Gómez-Benito;Noelia Granado;Noelia Granado;Patricia García-Sanz;Patricia García-Sanz;Anne Michel

  • ERK Phosphorylation and FosB Expression Are Associated with L-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesia in Hemiparkinsonian Mice

    Nancy Pavón;Ana B. Martín;Ainhoa Mendialdua;Rosario Moratalla

  • Network-Level Changes in Expression of Inducible Fos–Jun Proteins in the Striatum during Chronic Cocaine Treatment and Withdrawal

    Rosario Moratalla;Bulent Elibol;Mario Vallejo;Ann M Graybiel

  • Circuit-specific signaling in astrocyte-neuron networks in basal ganglia pathways

    R. Martín;Raquel Bajo-Grañeras;Rosario Moratalla;Rosario Moratalla;Gertrudis Perea

  • Striatal adenosine A2A and cannabinoid CB1 receptors form functional heteromeric complexes that mediate the motor effects of cannabinoids.

    Paulina Carriba;Oskar Ortiz;Kshitij Patkar;Zuzana Justinova;Zuzana Justinova

  • Distinct Roles of D1 and D5 Dopamine Receptors in Motor Activity and Striatal Synaptic Plasticity

    Diego Centonze;Cristina Grande;Emilia Saulle;Ana B. Martín

  • Genetic Inactivation of Dopamine D1 but Not D2 Receptors Inhibits L-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesia and Histone Activation

    Sanja Darmopil;Ana B. Martín;Irene Ruiz De Diego;Sara Ares

  • The role of the D2 dopamine receptor (D2R) in A2A adenosine receptor (A2AR)-mediated behavioral and cellular responses as revealed by A2A and D2 receptor knockout mice

    Jiang Fan Chen;Rosario Moratalla;Francesco Impagnatiello;David K. Grandy

  • Receptor Subtypes Involved in the Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Actions of Dopamine on Striatal Interneurons

    Diego Centonze;Cristina Grande;Alessandro Usiello;Paolo Gubellini

  • D1 but not D5 Dopamine Receptors Are Critical for LTP, Spatial Learning, and LTP-Induced arc and zif268 Expression in the Hippocampus

    Noelia Granado;Oskar Ortiz;Luz M. Suárez;Eduardo D. Martín

  • Dynamic regulation of NGFI-A (zif268, egr1) gene expression in the striatum

    Rosario Moratalla;Robertson Ha;A.M. Graybiel

  • Amphetamine-related drugs neurotoxicity in humans and in experimental animals: Main mechanisms.

    Rosario Moratalla;Amit Suresh Khairnar;Nicola Simola;Noelia Granado

  • Cellular responses to psychomotor stimulant and neuroleptic drugs are abnormal in mice lacking the D1 dopamine receptor

    Rosario Moratalla;Ming Xu;Susumu Tonegawa;Ann M. Graybiel

  • Neuroanatomical relationship between type 1 cannabinoid receptors and dopaminergic systems in the rat basal ganglia

    M.D. Julian;A.B. Martin;B. Cuellar;F. Rodriguez De Fonseca

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Schwarzschild
Michael A. Schwarzschild Harvard University
Eduardo D. Martín
Eduardo D. Martín Yale School of Medicine
Stafford L. Lightman
Stafford L. Lightman University of Bristol
Philip L. Johnson
Philip L. Johnson Indiana University
Yousef Tizabi
Yousef Tizabi Howard University
Ming Xu
Ming Xu University of Chicago
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca Complutense University of Madrid
Noboru Hiroi
Noboru Hiroi The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Jaime Kulisevsky
Jaime Kulisevsky Autonomous University of Barcelona

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