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Overview

Víctor Borrell is affiliated with Miguel Hernandez University in Spain. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. The primary focus is on neurogenesis, neuroplasticity, and molecular mechanisms related to development and disease.

The main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Subfields of emphasis cover:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Cancer Research
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Key research topics involve:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling

Notable recent publications include:

  • The regulation of cortical neurogenesis, 2020, Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • Folding brains: from development to disease modeling, 2021, Physiological Reviews
  • The Extracellular Matrix in the Evolution of Cortical Development and Folding, 2020, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Evolution of genetic mechanisms regulating cortical neurogenesis, 2022, Developmental Neurobiology
  • Specific contribution of Reelin expressed by Cajal-Retzius cells or GABAergic interneurons to cortical lamination, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Víctor Borrell frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Virginia Fernández
  • Adrián Cárdenas
  • Anna Prieto-Colomina
  • Ugo Tomasello
  • Salma Amin

The main venues for Víctor Borrell's publications consist of:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Science Advances
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Neuron

Best Publications

  • A Role for Intermediate Radial Glia in the Tangential Expansion of the Mammalian Cerebral Cortex

    Isabel Reillo;Camino de Juan Romero;Miguel Ángel García-Cabezas;Víctor Borrell

  • A role for Cajal–Retzius cells and reelin in the development of hippocampal connections

    José A. Del Río;Bernd Heimrich;Víctor Borrell;Eckart Förster

  • Cerebral cortex expansion and folding: what have we learned?

    Virginia Fernández;Cristina Llinares‐Benadero;Víctor Borrell

  • BDNF regulates spontaneous correlated activity at early developmental stages by increasing synaptogenesis and expression of the K+/Cl- co-transporter KCC2.

    Fernando Aguado;Maria A. Carmona;Esther Pozas;Agustín Aguiló

  • TrkB and TrkC signaling are required for maturation and synaptogenesis of hippocampal connections.

    Albert Martı́nez;Soledad Alcántara;Vı́ctor Borrell;José A. Del Rı́o

  • Meninges control tangential migration of hem-derived Cajal-Retzius cells via CXCL12/CXCR4 signaling

    Víctor Borrell;Oscar Marín

  • Trnp1 Regulates Expansion and Folding of the Mammalian Cerebral Cortex by Control of Radial Glial Fate

    Ronny Stahl;Ronny Stahl;Tessa Walcher;Camino De Juan Romero;Gregor Alexander Pilz

  • Deconstructing cortical folding: genetic, cellular and mechanical determinants.

    Cristina Llinares-Benadero;Víctor Borrell

  • Semaphorins III and IV repel hippocampal axons via two distinct receptors

    A. Chedotal;J. A. Del Rio;M. Ruiz;Zhigang He

  • Chemokine Signaling Controls Intracortical Migration and Final Distribution of GABAergic Interneurons

    Guillermina López-Bendito;Juan Antonio Sánchez-Alcañiz;Ramón Pla;Víctor Borrell

  • Regulation of cerebral cortex size and folding by expansion of basal progenitors

    Miki Nonaka-Kinoshita;Isabel Reillo;Benedetta Artegiani;Maria Ángeles Martínez-Martínez

  • Role of radial glial cells in cerebral cortex folding

    Víctor Borrell;Magdalena Götz

  • Amplification of progenitors in the mammalian telencephalon includes a new radial glial cell type

    Gregor-Alexander Pilz;Atsunori Shitamukai;Isabel Reillo;Emilie Pacary;Emilie Pacary

  • Abundant Occurrence of Basal Radial Glia in the Subventricular Zone of Embryonic Neocortex of a Lissencephalic Primate, the Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus

    Iva Kelava;Isabel Reillo;Ayako Y. Murayama;Alex T. Kalinka

  • Reelin Regulates the Development and Synaptogenesis of the Layer-Specific Entorhino-Hippocampal Connections

    Vı́ctor Borrell;José A. Del Rı́o;Soledad Alcántara;Michèle Derer

  • Emerging roles of neural stem cells in cerebral cortex development and evolution

    Víctor Borrell;Isabel Reillo

  • Germinal Zones in the Developing Cerebral Cortex of Ferret: Ontogeny, Cell Cycle Kinetics, and Diversity of Progenitors

    Isabel Reillo;Víctor Borrell

  • Evolution of Cortical Neurogenesis in Amniotes Controlled by Robo Signaling Levels.

    Adrián Cárdenas;Ana Villalba;Camino de Juan Romero;Esther Picó

  • Discrete domains of gene expression in germinal layers distinguish the development of gyrencephaly

    Camino de Juan Romero;Carl Bruder;Ugo Tomasello;José Miguel Sanz-Anquela

  • Layer Acquisition by Cortical GABAergic Interneurons Is Independent of Reelin Signaling

    Ramón Pla;Víctor Borrell;Nuria Flames;Oscar Marín

  • Slit/Robo Signaling Modulates the Proliferation of Central Nervous System Progenitors

    Víctor Borrell;Adrián Cárdenas;Gabriele Ciceri;Joan Galcerán

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduardo Soriano
Eduardo Soriano University of Barcelona
Oscar Marín
Oscar Marín King's College London
Claus C. Hilgetag
Claus C. Hilgetag University of Hamburg
Magdalena Götz
Magdalena Götz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Jean-François Mangin
Jean-François Mangin University of Paris-Saclay
Edward M. Callaway
Edward M. Callaway Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Xaira Therapeutics
Michael Frotscher
Michael Frotscher Universität Hamburg
Bernd Heimrich
Bernd Heimrich University of Freiburg
Jack M. Parent
Jack M. Parent University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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