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38
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7274
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8498
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3618

Brett D. Mensh 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 Brett D. Mensh sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 76 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Brett D. Mensh 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 Brett D. Mensh sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Brett D. Mensh is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on neuroscience, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Mensh's scholarly output encompasses a range of specialized subfields including cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cell biology, and neurology.

Their work spans several key topics, notably neural dynamics and brain function, zebrafish biomedical research applications, COVID-19 clinical research studies, long-term effects of COVID-19, neurobiology and insect physiology research, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques.

Frequent publication venues for Mensh's research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, eLife, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Cell. These platforms reflect the scientist's engagement across preprint dissemination and peer-reviewed journals relevant to neuroscience and biomedicine.

Frequent coauthors with whom Mensh has collaborated multiple times are Mikail Rubinov, Misha B. Ahrens, Maximilian F. Konig, Michael Powell, and Verena Staedtke. These collaborations indicate a network of interdisciplinary work, often combining expertise in neuroscience and related fields.

Notable recent papers include the following:

  • Preventing cytokine storm syndrome in COVID-19 using α-1 adrenergic receptor antagonists, 2020, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Cell-Type-Specific Outcome Representation in the Primary Motor Cortex, 2020, Neuron
  • Rapid reconstruction of neural circuits using tissue expansion and light sheet microscopy, 2022, eLife
  • A brainstem integrator for self-location memory and positional homeostasis in zebrafish, 2022, Cell
  • Multisite Hebbian Plasticity Restores Function in Humans with Spinal Cord Injury, 2023, Annals of Neurology

Best Publications

  • A multilevel multimodal circuit enhances action selection in Drosophila

    Tomoko Ohyama;Casey M. Schneider-Mizell;Richard D. Fetter;Javier Valdes Aleman

  • Bright and photostable chemigenetic indicators for extended in vivo voltage imaging.

    Ahmed S. Abdelfattah;Takashi Kawashima;Amrita Singh;Amrita Singh;Ondrej Novak;Ondrej Novak

  • Dopamine Is Required for the Neural Representation and Control of Movement Vigor

    Babita Panigrahi;Kathleen A. Martin;Yi Li;Austin R. Graves

  • Glia Accumulate Evidence that Actions Are Futile and Suppress Unsuccessful Behavior.

    Yu Mu;Davis V. Bennett;Davis V. Bennett;Mikail Rubinov;Mikail Rubinov;Sujatha Narayan

  • A Proposal for a Coordinated Effort for the Determination of Brainwide Neuroanatomical Connectivity in Model Organisms at a Mesoscopic Scale

    Jason W. Bohland;Caizhi Wu;Helen Barbas;Hemant Bokil

  • Cortical pattern generation during dexterous movement is input-driven

    Britton A. Sauerbrei;Jian-Zhong Guo;Jeremy D. Cohen;Matteo Mischiati

  • A large fraction of neocortical myelin ensheathes axons of local inhibitory neurons.

    Kristina D Micheva;Dylan Wolman;Brett D Mensh;Elizabeth Pax

  • Thalamus provides layer 4 of primary visual cortex with orientation-and direction-tuned inputs

    Wenzhi Sun;Zhongchao Tan;Brett D Mensh;Na Ji

  • Cortex commands the performance of skilled movement

    Jian-Zhong Guo;Austin R Graves;Wendy W Guo;Jihong Zheng

  • Convergence of pontine and proprioceptive streams onto multimodal cerebellar granule cells.

    Cheng-Chiu Huang;Ken Sugino;Yasuyuki Shima;Caiying Guo

  • Hippocampal pyramidal neurons comprise two distinct cell types that are countermodulated by metabotropic receptors.

    Austin R. Graves;Shannon J. Moore;Shannon J. Moore;Erik B. Bloss;Brett D. Mensh

  • A suppression hierarchy among competing motor programs drives sequential grooming in Drosophila

    Andrew M Seeds;Primoz Ravbar;Phuong Chung;Stefanie Hampel

  • Slow integration leads to persistent action potential firing in distal axons of coupled interneurons

    Mark E J Sheffield;Tyler K Best;Brett D Mensh;William L Kath

  • Competitive Disinhibition Mediates Behavioral Choice and Sequences in Drosophila.

    Tihana Jovanic;Casey Martin Schneider-Mizell;Mei Shao;Jean-Baptiste Masson;Jean-Baptiste Masson;Jean-Baptiste Masson

  • Illusory movement perception improves motor control for prosthetic hands

    Paul D. Marasco;Paul D. Marasco;Jacqueline S. Hebert;Jacqueline S. Hebert;Jon W. Sensinger;Courtney E. Shell

  • BCI competition 2003-data set Ia: combining gamma-band power with slow cortical potentials to improve single-trial classification of electroencephalographic signals

    B.D. Mensh;J. Werfel;H.S. Seung

  • A repeated molecular architecture across thalamic pathways

    James W Phillips;Anton Schulmann;Erina Hara;Johan Winnubst

  • The Serotonergic System Tracks the Outcomes of Actions to Mediate Short-Term Motor Learning

    Takashi Kawashima;Maarten F. Zwart;Chao-Tsung Yang;Brett D. Mensh

  • Functional dissection of circuitry in a neural integrator

    Emre Aksay;Itsaso Olasagasti;Brett D Mensh;Robert Baker

  • Mindboggle: Automated brain labeling with multiple atlases

    Arno Klein;Arno Klein;Brett Mensh;Satrajit S. Ghosh;Jason A. Tourville

  • Author response: A suppression hierarchy among competing motor programs drives sequential grooming in Drosophila

    Andrew M Seeds;Primoz Ravbar;Phuong Chung;Stefanie Hampel

Frequent Co-Authors

Nelson Spruston
Nelson Spruston Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Joshua T. Vogelstein
Joshua T. Vogelstein Johns Hopkins University
Kenneth W. Kinzler
Kenneth W. Kinzler Johns Hopkins University
Susan Athey
Susan Athey Stanford University
Bert Vogelstein
Bert Vogelstein Johns Hopkins University
Misha B. Ahrens
Misha B. Ahrens Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Nickolas Papadopoulos
Nickolas Papadopoulos Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Konrad P. Kording
Konrad P. Kording University of Pennsylvania
Harold A. Sackeim
Harold A. Sackeim Columbia University
Joshua T. Dudman
Joshua T. Dudman Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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