Rafael Luján

Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(148), Ion channel regulation and function(64), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling(56), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms(26), Memory and Neural Mechanisms(22)

Publications229 total

Disruption of Ca <sub>V</sub> 2.3 channels in the brain of the 5xFAD mice
Journal of Alzheimer s Disease·2025Open Access
Neuronal lipofuscinosis caused by Kufs disease/CLN4 DNAJC5 mutations but not by a CSPα/DNAJC5 deficiency
Science Advances·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
G protein-gated inwardly rectifying K<sup>+</sup> (GIRK/K<sub>ir</sub>3) channels: Molecular, cellular, and subcellular diversity.
PubMed·2025· 1 cited
Dysregulated cortical excitability and tau phosphorylation in a β3 integrin mouse model of autism
Brain·2025Open Access
Trans-synaptic modulation of cholinergic circuits tunes opioid reinforcement
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Two- and three-dimensional electron microscopy techniques: powerful tools for studying the brain under physiological and pathological conditions
Advanced technology in neuroscience .·2024· 2 cited
Enhanced mGluR5 intracellular activity causes psychiatric alterations in Niemann Pick type C disease
Cell Death and Disease·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Chronic ethanol exposure in mice evokes pre‐ and postsynaptic deficits in GABAergic transmission in ventral tegmental area GABA neurons
British Journal of Pharmacology·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Amyloid-β oligomers trigger sex-dependent inhibition of GIRK channel activity in hippocampal neurons in mice
Science Signaling·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Selective disruption of synaptic NMDA receptors of the hippocampal trisynaptic circuit in Aβ pathology
Biological Research·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Overlapping role of synaptophysin and synaptogyrin family proteins in determining the small size of synaptic vesicles
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Amyloid-beta pathology–induced nanoscale synaptic disruption: the case of the GABAB–GIRK assembly
Neural Regeneration Research·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Nanoarchitecture of Ca<sub>V</sub>2.1 channels and GABA<sub>B</sub> receptors in the mouse hippocampus: Impact of APP/PS1 pathology
Brain Pathology·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Overlapping role of synaptophysin and synaptogyrin family proteins in determining the small size of synaptic vesicles
2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Activation of Shh/Smo is sufficient to maintain oligodendrocyte precursor cells in an undifferentiated state and is not necessary for myelin formation and (re)myelination
Glia·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Resilience to structural and molecular changes in excitatory synapses in the hippocampus contributes to cognitive function recovery in Tg2576 mice
Neural Regeneration Research·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
NEURONAL LIPOFUSCINOSIS CAUSED BY KUFS DISEASE/CLN4 DNAJC5 MUTATIONS BUT NOT BY A CSP-ALPHA/DNAJC5 DEFICIENCY
IBRO Neuroscience Reports·2023Open Access
Histoblot: A sensitive method to quantify the expression of proteins in normal and pathological conditions.
PubMed·2023· 2 cited
Activation of Shh/Smo is sufficient to maintain oligodendrocyte precursor cells in an undifferentiated state but is not necessary for differentiation
2023Open Access
Neuronal lipofuscinosis caused by Kufs disease/CLN4 <i>DNAJC5</i> mutations but not by a CSPα/DNAJC5 deficiency
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ryuichi Shigemoto(14), Masahiko Watanabe(13), Péter Somogyi(6), Kevin Wickman(6), Guillermina López‐Bendito(5), Christian Lüscher(5), Ákos Kulik(5), J. David B. Roberts(4), Francisco Ciruela(4), Rodrigo A. Cunha(4), Sergi Ferré(4), Manuel Mameli(4), John P. Adelman(4), Carme Lluı́s(3), Rafael Franco(3), Annette Dolphin(3), Bénédicte Balland(3), James Maylie(3), Imre Vida(3), Michael Frotscher(3)