Ricardo Gómez-Nieto is a permanent professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Pathology at the University of Salamanca. His research career includes work at prominent U.S. institutions like the University of Utah and the University of Connecticut, as well as the multinational pharmaceutical company Merck Animal Health. He currently focuses on neuroscience research, specifically on the acoustic startle reflex, middle ear reflex, and the study of epilepsy with a preclinical model of audiogenic seizures. Beyond his research, he directs the University Master's Degree in "Communication Disorders: Neuroscience of Hearing and Language" and and is a key member of leading research groups on audiomotor disorders and brain plasticity at the Biomedical Research Institute of Salamanca (IBSAL) and the Institute of Neurosciences of Castile and León (INCYL).
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, Histology, Speech and Hearing
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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Projections from the ventral nucleus of the trapezoid body to the dorsal cochlear nucleus in the rat: Morphology, distribution, and cellular origin M Gomez-Martinez, H Rincon, M Gomez-Alvarez, R Gomez-Nieto, ... Hearing Research 458, 109200 , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
Advances and challenges in gene therapy for neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review N García-González, J Gonçalves-Sánchez, R Gómez-Nieto, ... International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 (23), 12485 , 2024 2024 Citations: 26
The role of the Ventral Nucleus of the Trapezoid Body in the auditory prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex NO Barioni, RS Beduschi, AV da Silva, MG Martins, CCD Almeida-Francia, ... Hearing Research 450, 109070 , 2024 2024 Citations: 3
Delving into the significance of the His289Tyr single-nucleotide polymorphism in the glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate-1 ( Grik1 ) gene of a genetically … SM Díaz-Rodríguez, MJ Herrero-Turrión, C García-Peral, R Gómez-Nieto Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience 16, 1322750 , 2024 2024 Citations: 4
THE NUCLEI OF THE LATERAL LEMNISCUS: UNEXPECTED CHARACTERS IN THE DESCENDING AUDITORY PATHWAY H Rincón, M Gómez-Martínez, M Gómez-Álvarez, R Gómez-Nieto IBRO Neuroscience Reports 15, S713-S714 , 2023 2023
The nuclei of the lateral lemniscus: unexpected players in the descending auditory pathway M Gómez-Martínez, H Rincón, M Gómez-Álvarez, R Gómez-Nieto, ... Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 17, 1242245 , 2023 2023 Citations: 14
Proteomic and bioinformatic tools to identify potential hub proteins in the audiogenic seizure-prone hamster GASH/Sal C García-Peral, MM Ledesma, MJ Herrero-Turrión, R Gómez-Nieto, ... Diagnostics 13 (6), 1048 , 2023 2023 Citations: 8
Enhanced membrane incorporation of H289Y mutant GluK1 receptors from the audiogenic seizure-prone GASH/Sal model: Functional and morphological impacts on xenopus oocytes SM Díaz-Rodríguez, I Ivorra, J Espinosa, C Vegar, MJ Herrero-Turrión, ... International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 (23), 16852 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Genetic models of audiogenic seizures: What they are and how cannabinoids and Cannabis-derived compounds can be used to alleviate their symptoms—An updated narrative W Lazarini-Lopes, G Servilha-Menezes, RMP da Silva-Júnior, ... Medicinal Usage of Cannabis and Cannabinoids, 245-263 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Challenges and Conundrums in Cannabinoid-Based Treatments for Epilepsy Syndromes and Associated Neurobehavioral Comorbidities R Gómez-Nieto, DE López, N Garcia-Cairasco Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 15, 781852 , 2021 2021 Citations: 2
Anticonvulsant effect of cannabidiol in males and females in the gash/sal audiogenic epilepsy model GE Cabral Pereira, D Sanchez Benito, MC Sancho Sanchez, ... EPILEPSIA 62, 161-162 , 2021 2021
Molecular tools for the characterization of seizure susceptibility in genetic rodent models of epilepsy JR Bosque, R Gómez-Nieto, S Hormigo, MJ Herrero-Turrión, ... Epilepsy & Behavior 121, 106594 , 2021 2021 Citations: 13
Distribution of the cannabinoid receptor type 1 in the brain of the genetically audiogenic seizure-prone hamster GASH/sal A Fuerte-Hortigón, J Gonçalves, L Zeballos, R Masa, R Gómez-Nieto, ... Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 15, 613798 , 2021 2021 Citations: 15
Behavioral and molecular effects induced by cannabidiol and valproate administration in the GASH/Sal model of acute audiogenic seizures G Cabral-Pereira, D Sánchez-Benito, SM Díaz-Rodríguez, J Gonçalves, ... Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 14, 612624 , 2021 2021 Citations: 27
Prepulse inhibition of the auditory startle reflex assessment as a hallmark of brainstem sensorimotor gating mechanisms R Gómez-Nieto, S Hormigo, DE López Brain sciences 10 (9), 639 , 2020 2020 Citations: 114
Morphological and molecular correlates of altered hearing sensitivity in the genetically audiogenic seizure-prone hamster GASH/Sal D Sánchez-Benito, MA Hyppolito, AJ Alvarez-Morujo, DE López, ... Hearing Research 392, 107973 , 2020 2020 Citations: 16
Inferior colliculus transcriptome after status epilepticus in the genetically audiogenic seizure-prone hamster GASH/Sal SM Díaz-Rodríguez, D López-López, MJ Herrero-Turrión, R Gómez-Nieto, ... Frontiers in Neuroscience 14, 508 , 2020 2020 Citations: 13
Correction: Analysis of gene variants in the GASH/Sal model of epilepsy E Díaz-Casado, R Gómez-Nieto, JM de Pereda, LJ Muñoz, ... Plos one 15 (4), e0231603 , 2020 2020
Analysis of gene variants in the GASH/Sal model of epilepsy E Díaz-Casado, R Gómez-Nieto, JM de Pereda, LJ Muñoz, ... PLoS One 15 (3), e0229953 , 2020 2020 Citations: 30
Top common differentially expressed genes in the epileptogenic nucleus of two strains of rodents susceptible to audiogenic seizures: WAR and GASH/Sal S Damasceno, R Gómez-Nieto, N Garcia-Cairasco, MJ Herrero-Turrión, ... Frontiers in Neurology 11, 33 , 2020 2020 Citations: 25
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Prepulse inhibition of the auditory startle reflex assessment as a hallmark of brainstem sensorimotor gating mechanisms R Gómez-Nieto, S Hormigo, DE López Brain sciences 10 (9), 639 , 2020 2020 Citations: 114
A bushy cell network in the rat ventral cochlear nucleus R Gómez‐Nieto, ME Rubio Journal of Comparative Neurology 516 (4), 241-263 , 2009 2009 Citations: 92
Cholinergic input from the ventral nucleus of the trapezoid body to cochlear root neurons in rats R Gómez‐Nieto, ME Rubio, DE López Journal of Comparative Neurology 506 (3), 452-468 , 2008 2008 Citations: 66
Origin and function of short-latency inputs to the neural substrates underlying the acoustic startle reflex R Gómez-Nieto, JAC Horta-Junior, O Castellano, L Millian-Morell, ... Frontiers in neuroscience 8, 216 , 2014 2014 Citations: 64
Overexpression of the immediate-early genes Egr1, Egr2, and Egr3 in two strains of rodents susceptible to audiogenic seizures D López-López, R Gómez-Nieto, MJ Herrero-Turrión, N Garcia-Cairasco, ... Epilepsy & Behavior 71, 226-237 , 2017 2017 Citations: 50
A fast cholinergic modulation of the primary acoustic startle circuit in rats R Gómez-Nieto, DG Sinex, JA C. Horta-Júnior, O Castellano, ... Brain Structure and Function 219 (5), 1555-1573 , 2014 2014 Citations: 40
Neurochemistry of the afferents to the rat cochlear root nucleus: possible synaptic modulation of the acoustic startle R Gómez-Nieto, JAC Horta-Junior, O Castellano, MJ Herrero-Turrión, ... Neuroscience 154 (1), 51-64 , 2008 2008 Citations: 40
The selective neurotoxin DSP-4 impairs the noradrenergic projections from the locus coeruleus to the inferior colliculus in rats S Hormigo, JAC Horta Júnior, R Gomez-Nieto, DE Lopez Frontiers in neural circuits 6, 41 , 2012 2012 Citations: 36
Ultrastructure, synaptic organization, and molecular components of bushy cell networks in the anteroventral cochlear nucleus of the rhesus monkey R Gómez-Nieto, ME Rubio Neuroscience 179, 188-207 , 2011 2011 Citations: 36
Analysis of gene variants in the GASH/Sal model of epilepsy E Díaz-Casado, R Gómez-Nieto, JM de Pereda, LJ Muñoz, ... PLoS One 15 (3), e0229953 , 2020 2020 Citations: 30
The noradrenergic projection from the locus coeruleus to the cochlear root neurons in rats S Hormigo, R Gómez-Nieto, O Castellano, MJ Herrero-Turrión, DE Lopez, ... Brain Structure and Function 220 (3), 1477-1496 , 2015 2015 Citations: 30
Behavioral and molecular effects induced by cannabidiol and valproate administration in the GASH/Sal model of acute audiogenic seizures G Cabral-Pereira, D Sánchez-Benito, SM Díaz-Rodríguez, J Gonçalves, ... Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience 14, 612624 , 2021 2021 Citations: 27
Advances and challenges in gene therapy for neurodegenerative diseases: a systematic review N García-González, J Gonçalves-Sánchez, R Gómez-Nieto, ... International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 (23), 12485 , 2024 2024 Citations: 26
Morphofunctional alterations in the olivocochlear efferent system of the genetic audiogenic seizure-prone hamster GASH: Sal D Sánchez-Benito, R Gomez-Nieto, S Hernández-Noriega, ... Epilepsy & Behavior 71, 193-206 , 2017 2017 Citations: 26
Top common differentially expressed genes in the epileptogenic nucleus of two strains of rodents susceptible to audiogenic seizures: WAR and GASH/Sal S Damasceno, R Gómez-Nieto, N Garcia-Cairasco, MJ Herrero-Turrión, ... Frontiers in Neurology 11, 33 , 2020 2020 Citations: 25
Morphological correlates of sex differences in acoustic startle response and prepulse inhibition through projections from locus coeruleus to cochlear root neurons S Hormigo, R Gómez-Nieto, C Sancho, J Herrero-Turrión, J Carro, ... Brain Structure and Function 222 (8), 3491-3508 , 2017 2017 Citations: 21
Relations between sensorimotor integration and speech disorders in Parkinson's disease L Millian-Morell, T Lopez-Alburquerque, A Rodriguez-Rodriguez, ... Current Alzheimer Research 15 (2), 149-156 , 2018 2018 Citations: 17
Morphological and molecular correlates of altered hearing sensitivity in the genetically audiogenic seizure-prone hamster GASH/Sal D Sánchez-Benito, MA Hyppolito, AJ Alvarez-Morujo, DE López, ... Hearing Research 392, 107973 , 2020 2020 Citations: 16
Distribution of the cannabinoid receptor type 1 in the brain of the genetically audiogenic seizure-prone hamster GASH/sal A Fuerte-Hortigón, J Gonçalves, L Zeballos, R Masa, R Gómez-Nieto, ... Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 15, 613798 , 2021 2021 Citations: 15
The nuclei of the lateral lemniscus: unexpected players in the descending auditory pathway M Gómez-Martínez, H Rincón, M Gómez-Álvarez, R Gómez-Nieto, ... Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 17, 1242245 , 2023 2023 Citations: 14