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Boyer D. Winters

Boyer D. Winters

University of Guelph
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
32
Citations
5660
World Ranking
9498
National Ranking
550

Boyer D. Winters 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 Boyer D. Winters sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 82 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Boyer D. Winters 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 Boyer D. Winters sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Boyer D. Winters is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience and molecular biology. Their research focuses on cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and behavioral neuroscience, addressing complex topics such as memory mechanisms, receptor signaling, and neuropharmacology.

The scientist's work spans key areas including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Their publication record includes papers in notable venues such as Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Communications Biology, Learning & Memory, and European Neuropsychopharmacology. These multiple publications across various respected journals reflect their diverse research interests within neuroscience and molecular biology.

Some recent research papers by Winters include:

  • "CADM2 is implicated in impulsive personality and numerous other traits by genome- and phenome-wide association studies in humans and mice" (2023, Translational Psychiatry)
  • "Effects of vapourized THC and voluntary alcohol drinking during adolescence on cognition, reward, and anxiety-like behaviours in rats" (2020, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry)
  • "The evidence for and against reactivation-induced memory updating in humans and nonhuman animals" (2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews)
  • "Inhibition of 5α Reductase Impairs Cognitive Performance, Alters Dendritic Morphology and Increases Tau Phosphorylation in the Hippocampus of Male 3xTg-AD Mice" (2020, Neuroscience)
  • "Activation of cortical M1 muscarinic receptors and related intracellular signaling is necessary for reactivation-induced object memory updating" (2020, Scientific Reports)

Winters has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Kristen H. Jardine, Andrew E. Huff, Cassidy E. Wideman, Samantha D. Creighton, and Krista A. Mitchnick. These collaborations indicate a network of scholars working on related topics within neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Double Dissociation between the Effects of Peri-Postrhinal Cortex and Hippocampal Lesions on Tests of Object Recognition and Spatial Memory: Heterogeneity of Function within the Temporal Lobe

    Boyer D. Winters;Suzanna E. Forwood;Rosemary A. Cowell;Lisa M. Saksida

  • Object recognition memory: neurobiological mechanisms of encoding, consolidation and retrieval.

    Boyer D. Winters;Lisa M. Saksida;Timothy J. Bussey

  • Transient Inactivation of Perirhinal Cortex Disrupts Encoding, Retrieval, and Consolidation of Object Recognition Memory

    Boyer D. Winters;Timothy J. Bussey

  • The Touchscreen Cognitive Testing Method for Rodents: How to Get the Best out of Your Rat

    Timothy J. Bussey;Tina L. Padain;Elizabeth A. Skillings;Boyer D. Winters

  • Hippocampal lesions that abolish spatial maze performance spare object recognition memory at delays of up to 48 hours.

    S.E. Forwood;B.D. Winters;T.J. Bussey

  • Glutamate Receptors in Perirhinal Cortex Mediate Encoding, Retrieval, and Consolidation of Object Recognition Memory

    Boyer D Winters;Timothy J Bussey

  • Perirhinal cortex resolves feature ambiguity in configural object recognition and perceptual oddity tasks

    Susan J. Bartko;Boyer D. Winters;Rosemary A. Cowell;Lisa M. Saksida

  • Perceptual Functions of Perirhinal Cortex in Rats: Zero-Delay Object Recognition and Simultaneous Oddity Discriminations

    Susan J. Bartko;Boyer D. Winters;Rosemary A. Cowell;Lisa M. Saksida

  • Paradoxical false memory for objects after brain damage.

    Stephanie M. McTighe;Rosemary A. Cowell;Boyer D. Winters;Timothy J. Bussey

  • Older and stronger object memories are selectively destabilized by reactivation in the presence of new information.

    Boyer D. Winters;Mark C. Tucci;Melynda DaCosta-Furtado

  • Removal of cholinergic input to perirhinal cortex disrupts object recognition but not spatial working memory in the rat.

    Boyer D. Winters;Timothy J. Bussey

  • A novel touchscreen-automated paired-associate learning (PAL) task sensitive to pharmacological manipulation of the hippocampus: a translational rodent model of cognitive impairments in neurodegenerative disease.

    J. C. Talpos;B. D. Winters;R. Dias;L. M. Saksida

  • A Distributed Cortical Representation Underlies Crossmodal Object Recognition in Rats

    Boyer D. Winters;James M. Reid

  • Paradoxical Facilitation of Object Recognition Memory after Infusion of Scopolamine into Perirhinal Cortex: Implications for Cholinergic System Function

    Boyer D. Winters;Lisa M. Saksida;Timothy J. Bussey

  • Heightened susceptibility to interference in an animal model of amnesia: Impairment in encoding, storage, retrieval – or all three?

    Susan J. Bartko;Rosemary A. Cowell;Boyer D. Winters;Timothy J. Bussey

  • Implications of animal object memory research for human amnesia.

    Boyer D. Winters;Lisa M. Saksida;Timothy J. Bussey

  • Rapid effects of dorsal hippocampal G-protein coupled estrogen receptor on learning in female mice.

    Jennifer Lymer;Alana Robinson;Boyer D. Winters;Elena Choleris

  • Nicotinic receptor activation in perirhinal cortex and hippocampus enhances object memory in rats.

    Ashley M. Melichercik;Kevin S. Elliott;Cristina Bianchi;Sarah M. Ernst

  • On the Dynamic Nature of the Engram: Evidence for Circuit-Level Reorganization of Object Memory Traces following Reactivation

    Boyer D. Winters;Mark C. Tucci;Derek L. Jacklin;James M. Reid

  • Scopolamine infused into perirhinal cortex improves object recognition memory by blocking the acquisition of interfering object information.

    Boyer D. Winters;Susan J. Bartko;Lisa M. Saksida;Timothy J. Bussey

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy J. Bussey
Timothy J. Bussey University of Western Ontario
Lisa M. Saksida
Lisa M. Saksida University of Western Ontario
Vania F. Prado
Vania F. Prado University of Western Ontario
Linda A. Parker
Linda A. Parker University of Guelph
Neil J. MacLusky
Neil J. MacLusky University of Guelph
Elena Choleris
Elena Choleris University of Guelph
Marco A. M. Prado
Marco A. M. Prado University of Western Ontario
Bruce L. McNaughton
Bruce L. McNaughton University of California, Irvine
Timothy W. Bredy
Timothy W. Bredy University of Queensland
Robert Bartha
Robert Bartha University of Western Ontario

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