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Neuroscience

D-Index
72
Citations
17244
World Ranking
2317
National Ranking
58

Brian Dean 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 Brian Dean sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 395 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian Dean 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 Brian Dean sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian Dean is a researcher affiliated with the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Australia. Their work spans several fields including biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine.

Their research falls notably within subfields such as molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, genetics, and spectroscopy.

Brian Dean's main research topics include:

  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Receptor mechanisms and signaling
  • Metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior
  • Neuropeptides and animal physiology
  • Stress responses and cortisol

Their recent published papers demonstrate focus areas mainly connected to neurological disorders and receptor mechanisms. Notable recent papers include:

  • Muscarinic M1 and M4 receptors: Hypothesis driven drug development for schizophrenia, 2020, Psychiatry Research
  • Associations of psychiatric disease and ageing with FKBP5 expression converge on superficial layer neurons of the neocortex, 2023, Acta Neuropathologica
  • Lipid Pathology of the Corpus Callosum in Schizophrenia and the Potential Role of Abnormal Gene Regulatory Networks with Reduced Microglial Marker Expression, 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • Lower levels of tubulin alpha 1b in the frontal pole in schizophrenia supports a role for changed cytoskeletal dynamics in the aetiology of the disorder, 2021, Psychiatry Research
  • Evidence for Altered Metabolism of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate in the Corpus Callosum of Patients with Schizophrenia, 2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin

Brian Dean frequently collaborates with other researchers including Elizabeth Scarr, Xiaorong Liang, Susan L. Rossell, Andrew S. Gibbons, and Natalie Matosin.

Their work has been published mainly in these venues:

  • Psychiatry Research
  • Biomedical Chromatography
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Schizophrenia Research
  • The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Pathways underlying neuroprogression in bipolar disorder : focus on inflammation, oxidative stress and neurotrophic factors

    Michael Berk;Flavio P Kapczinski;Ana Cristina Andreazza;Ana Cristina Andreazza;Olivia Dean;Olivia Dean

  • Studies on [3H]CP-55940 binding in the human central nervous system: regional specific changes in density of cannabinoid-1 receptors associated with schizophrenia and cannabis use.

    Brian Dean;Suresh Sundram;R Bradbury;Elizabeth Scarr

  • Ionotropic glutamate receptors and expression of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunits in subregions of human hippocampus: effects of schizophrenia.

    Xue Min Gao;Kazuo Sakai;Rosalinda C. Roberts;Robert R. Conley

  • Towards a muscarinic hypothesis of schizophrenia

    T J Raedler;F P Bymaster;R Tandon;David L Copolov

  • Anatomical Abnormalities of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Schizophrenia: Bridging the Gap Between Neuroimaging and Neuropathology

    Alexander Fornito;Murat Yucel;Brian Dean;Brian Dean;Brian Dean;Stephen J Wood

  • Decreased muscarinic receptor binding in subjects with schizophrenia: a study of the human hippocampal formation

    Jeremy M Crook;Jeremy M Crook;Eva Tomaskovic-Crook;David L Copolov;Brian Dean;Brian Dean;Brian Dean

  • Individual differences in allocation of funds in the dictator game associated with length of the arginine vasopressin 1a receptor RS3 promoter region and correlation between RS3 length and hippocampal mRNA

    A Knafo;S Israel;A Darvasi;R Bachner-Melman

  • A Role for Estrogen in Schizophrenia: Clinical and Preclinical Findings

    Andrea Gogos;Alyssa M. Sbisa;Jeehae Sun;Jeehae Sun;Andrew Gibbons

  • Low Muscarinic Receptor Binding in Prefrontal Cortex From Subjects With Schizophrenia: A Study of Brodmann’s Areas 8, 9, 10, and 46 and the Effects of Neuroleptic Drug Treatment

    Jeremy M. Crook;Eva Tomaskovic-Crook;David L. Copolov;Brian Dean

  • Epigenetic Aging in Major Depressive Disorder.

    Laura K.M. Han;Moji Aghajani;Shaunna L. Clark;Robin F. Chan

  • Autophagy has a key role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.

    A Merenlender-Wagner;A Malishkevich;Z Shemer;M Udawela

  • Molecular profiles of schizophrenia in the CNS at different stages of illness.

    Sujatha Narayan;Bin Tang;Steven R. Head;Timothy J. Gilmartin

  • Decreased muscarinic1 receptors in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia.

    Brian Dean;Mark McLeod;D Keriakous;J McKenzie

  • Changes in serotonin2A and GABA(A) receptors in schizophrenia: studies on the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

    Brian Dean;Tabasum Hussain;Wendy Hayes;Elizabeth Scarr

  • Clozapine reverses schizophrenia-related behaviours in the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 knockout mouse: association with N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor up-regulation.

    Laura Gray;Maarten van den Buuse;Elizabeth Scarr;Elizabeth Scarr;Brian Dean;Brian Dean

  • Decreased NR1, NR2A, and SAP102 transcript expression in the hippocampus in bipolar disorder

    Robert E. McCullumsmith;Lars V. Kristiansen;Monica Beneyto;Elizabeth Scarr

  • Increase in Remission Rate in Newly Diagnosed Type I Diabetic Subjects Treated with Azathioprine

    Leonard C Harrison;Peter G Colman;Brian Dean;Royce Baxter

  • Biomarkers in schizophrenia: A focus on blood based diagnostics and theranostics.

    Chi-Yu Lai;Elizabeth Scarr;Madhara Udawela;Ian Everall

  • Biomarkers for psychiatry: The journey from fantasy to fact, a report of the 2013 CINP think tank

    Elizabeth Scarr;Mark J. Millan;Sabine Bahn;Alessandro Bertolino

  • The density of muscarinic M1 receptors is decreased in the caudate-putamen of subjects with schizophrenia.

    Dean B;Crook Jm;Crook Jm;Opeskin K;Opeskin K;Hill C

  • Coexpression network analysis of neural tissue reveals perturbations in developmental processes in schizophrenia

    Ali Torkamani;Brian Dean;Nicholas J. Schork;Elizabeth A. Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Scarr
Elizabeth Scarr University of Melbourne
Elizabeth A. Thomas
Elizabeth A. Thomas University of California, Irvine
Michael Berk
Michael Berk Deakin University
Christos Pantelis
Christos Pantelis University of Melbourne
Takeo Yoshikawa
Takeo Yoshikawa RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Leonard C. Harrison
Leonard C. Harrison University of Melbourne
Anthony J. Hannan
Anthony J. Hannan Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Galila Agam
Galila Agam Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Andrew Mackinnon
Andrew Mackinnon University of New South Wales
Olivia M. Dean
Olivia M. Dean Deakin University

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