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Biology and Biochemistry
Spain
2023

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Neuroscience

D-Index
77
Citations
21386
World Ranking
1839
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Salvador Martinez is affiliated with the University of Murcia in Spain and has a research portfolio primarily focused on medicine and neuroscience. Their work encompasses significant contributions to molecular biology, genetics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, and neurology.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Pluripotent stem cells research
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders

Martinez has published in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Differentiation of human adult-derived stem cells towards a neural lineage involves a dedifferentiation event prior to differentiation to neural phenotypes, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Intramuscular Injection of Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy Ablation in Pericytes Reveals New Glioblastoma Prognostic Markers and Efficient Treatment Against Tumor Progression, 2022, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • The association of telomere length with substance use disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, 2020, Addiction
  • Pericyte-Glioblastoma Cell Interaction: A Key Target to Prevent Glioblastoma Progression, 2023, Cells

Salvador Martinez has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • David García-Bernal
  • José M. Moraleda
  • Emilio Geijo-Barrientos
  • Diego Echevarría
  • Eduardo Puelles

Best Publications

  • Midbrain development induced by FGF8 in the chick embryo

    Philip H. Crossley;Salvador Martinez;Gail R. Martin

  • Longitudinal organization of the anterior neural plate and neural tube

    Kenji Shimamura;Dennis J. Hartigan;Salvador Martinez;Luis Puelles

  • A high-resolution anatomical atlas of the transcriptome in the mouse embryo.

    Graciana Diez-Roux;Sandro Banfi;Marc Sultan;Lars Geffers

  • The embryonic vertebrate forebrain: the prosomeric model

    John L. R. Rubenstein;Salvador Martinez;Kenji Shimamura;Luis Puelles

  • REGIONALIZATION OF THE PROSENCEPHALIC NEURAL PLATE

    John L. R. Rubenstein;Kenji Shimamura;Salvador Martinez;Luis Puelles

  • Consensus Paper: Cerebellar Development.

    Ketty Leto;Marife Arancillo;Esther B. E. Becker;Annalisa Buffo

  • Specification of the anterior hindbrain and establishment of a normal mid/hindbrain organizer is dependent on Gbx2 gene function.

    K. M. Wassarman;M. Lewandoski;K. Campbell;A. L. Joyner

  • Null mutation of Dlx-2 results in abnormal morphogenesis of proximal first and second branchial arch derivatives and abnormal differentiation in the forebrain.

    Mengsheng Qiu;A. Bulfone;S. Martinez;J. J. Meneses

  • FGF8 induces formation of an ectopic isthmic organizer and isthmocerebellar development via a repressive effect on Otx2 expression.

    Salvador Martinez;Philip H. Crossley;Inma Cobos;John L. R. Rubenstein

  • Dose-dependent functions of Fgf8 in regulating telencephalic patterning centers.

    Elaine E. Storm;Sonia Garel;Ugo Borello;Jean M. Hebert

  • Early neocortical regionalization in the absence of thalamic innervation.

    Emily M. Miyashita-Lin;Robert Hevner;Karen Montzka Wassarman;Salvador Martinez

  • Dyrk1A Haploinsufficiency Affects Viability and Causes Developmental Delay and Abnormal Brain Morphology in Mice

    Vassiliki Fotaki;Mara Dierssen;Soledad Alcántara;Salvador Martínez

  • Induction of a mesencephalic phenotype in the 2-day-old chick prosencephalon is preceded by the early expression of the homeobox gene en

    Salvador Martinez;Marion Wassef;Rosa-Magda Alvarado-Mallart

  • The isthmic organizer signal FGF8 is required for cell survival in the prospective midbrain and cerebellum.

    Candace L. Chi;Salvador Martinez;Wolfgang Wurst;Gail R. Martin

  • Oligodendrocytes originate in a restricted zone of the embryonic ventral neural tube defined by DM-20 mRNA expression

    S Timsit;S Martinez;B Allinquant;F Peyron

  • Multiple Restricted Origin of Oligodendrocytes

    N. Spassky;C. Goujet-Zalc;E. Parmantier;C. Olivier

  • A high resolution spatiotemporal atlas of gene expression of the developing mouse brain

    Carol L. Thompson;Lydia Ng;Vilas Menon;Salvador Martinez;Salvador Martinez

  • The mouse homeodomain protein Phox2 regulates Ncam promoter activity in concert with Cux/CDP and is a putative determinant of neurotransmitter phenotype

    I. Valarche;J.P. Tissier-Seta;M.R. Hirsch;S. Martinez

  • A Wnt1-regulated genetic network controls the identity and fate of midbrain-dopaminergic progenitors in vivo

    Nilima Prakash;Claude Brodski;Thorsten Naserke;Eduardo Puelles

  • Coordinate expression of Fgf8, Otx2, Bmp4, and Shh in the rostral prosencephalon during development of the telencephalic and optic vesicles.

    P.H Crossley;S Martinez;Y Ohkubo;J.L.R Rubenstein

  • Increased LIS1 expression affects human and mouse brain development

    Weimin Bi;Tamar Sapir;Oleg A. Shchelochkov;Feng Zhang

  • "Expression patterns of two murine homologs of Drosophila single-minded suggest possible roles in embryonic patterning and in the pathogenesis of Down syndrome.".

    Chen Ming Fan;Ellen Kuwana;Alessandro Bulfone;Colin F. Fletcher

  • Fate map of the avian anterior forebrain at the four-somite stage, based on the analysis of quail-chick chimeras.

    Inmaculada Cobos;Kenji Shimamura;John L.R. Rubenstein;Salvador Martínez

  • Multiple Restricted Origin of Oligodendrocytes

    N Spassky;C Goujet-Zalc;E Parmantier;S Martinez

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis Puelles
Luis Puelles University of Murcia
John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
Bernard Zalc
Bernard Zalc Grenoble Alpes University
Eduard Vieta
Eduard Vieta University of Barcelona
Carmen Navarro
Carmen Navarro Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Maria-Pau Ginebra
Maria-Pau Ginebra Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Constantino Sotelo
Constantino Sotelo Sorbonne University
Mathilde M. Husky
Mathilde M. Husky University of Bordeaux
Josep A. Planell
Josep A. Planell Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
G. Giacomo Consalez
G. Giacomo Consalez Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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