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Brian R. Christie

Brian R. Christie

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
68
Citations
26273
World Ranking
2702
National Ranking
154

Brian R. Christie 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 R. Christie sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 184 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian R. Christie 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 R. Christie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Brian R. Christie is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and neuroscience, producing a significant body of work focused on brain injury, neuroplasticity, and related fields.

The scientist's research primarily contributes to the following fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

The following subfields highlight more specific areas of their expertise:

  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Epidemiology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Brian R. Christie's main research topics include:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Their publication record shows a frequent presence in several scientific journals, including:

  • Journal of Neurophysiology
  • Nature Metabolism
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology

Collaborations have been notable with several co-authors presenting repeated joint authorship, such as:

  • Hannah Reid
  • Taylor Snowden
  • Justin Brand
  • Sandy R. Shultz
  • Eric Eyolfson

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian R. Christie include the following:

  • Exercise hormone irisin is a critical regulator of cognitive function (2021), published in Nature Metabolism
  • Does Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Increase the Risk for Dementia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2020), published in Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
  • Interplay between hormones and exercise on hippocampal plasticity across the lifespan (2020), published in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Chronic AdipoRon Treatment Mimics the Effects of Physical Exercise on Restoring Hippocampal Neuroplasticity in Diabetic Mice (2021), published in Molecular Neurobiology
  • AdipoRon Treatment Induces a Dose-Dependent Response in Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Running enhances neurogenesis, learning, and long-term potentiation in mice

    H M van Praag;B R Christie;T J Sejnowski;F H Gage

  • Functional neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

    Henriette van Praag;Alejandro F. Schinder;Brian R. Christie;Brian R. Christie;Nicolas Toni

  • Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

    Andrew I R Maas;David K Menon;P David Adelson;Nada Andelic

  • Effects of voluntary exercise on synaptic plasticity and gene expression in the dentate gyrus of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats in vivo.

    J Farmer;X Zhao;H van Praag;K Wodtke

  • Environmental enrichment and voluntary exercise massively increase neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus via dissociable pathways.

    Andrea K. Olson;Brennan D. Eadie;Carl Ernst;Brian R. Christie

  • Active properties of neuronal dendrites

    Daniel Johnston;Jeffrey C. Magee;Costa M. Colbert;Brian R. Christie

  • Voluntary exercise alters the cytoarchitecture of the adult dentate gyrus by increasing cellular proliferation, dendritic complexity, and spine density

    Brennan D. Eadie;Van A. Redila;Brian R. Christie

  • Antidepressant effects of exercise: evidence for an adult-neurogenesis hypothesis?

    Carl Ernst;Andrea K Olson;John P J Pinel;Raymond W Lam

  • Dopamine D1/D5 receptor modulation of excitatory synaptic inputs to layer V prefrontal cortex neurons

    Jeremy K. Seamans;Daniel Durstewitz;Brian R. Christie;Charles F. Stevens

  • Mice lacking methyl-CpG binding protein 1 have deficits in adult neurogenesis and hippocampal function

    Xinyu Zhao;Tetsuya Ueba;Tetsuya Ueba;Brian R. Christie;Basam Barkho

  • Exercise hormone irisin is a critical regulator of cognitive function.

    Mohammad R Islam;Sophia Valaris;Michael F Young;Erin B Haley

  • Beneficial microbial allelopathies in the root zone: the management of soil quality and plant disease with rhizobacteria

    A.V Sturz;B.R Christie

  • Physical exercise-induced hippocampal neurogenesis and antidepressant effects are mediated by the adipocyte hormone adiponectin

    Suk Yu Yau;Ang Li;Ruby L C Hoo;Yick Pang Ching

  • Neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

    Brian R. Christie;Heather A. Cameron

  • Active dendrites, potassium channels and synaptic plasticity

    Daniel Johnston;Brian R. Christie;Brian R. Christie;Andreas Frick;Richard A Gray

  • Exercise-induced changes in dendritic structure and complexity in the adult hippocampal dentate gyrus

    V.A. Redila;B.R. Christie

  • Associations of bacterial endophyte populations from red clover and potato crops with potential for beneficial allelopathy

    A V Sturz;B R Christie;B G Matheson

  • Different Ca2+ Channels in Soma and Dendrites of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons Mediate Spike-Induced Ca2+ Influx

    Brian R. Christie;Lise S. Eliot;Ken-Ichi Ito;Hiroyoshi Miyakawa

  • Hippocampal long-term depression mediates acute stress-induced spatial memory retrieval impairment.

    Tak Pan Wong;John G. Howland;Julie M. Robillard;Yuan Ge

  • A Comparison of the Different Animal Models of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Their Use in Studying Complex Behaviors

    Anna R. Patten;Christine J. Fontaine;Brian R. Christie

  • Subthreshold synaptic activation of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels mediates a localized Ca2+ influx into the dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons

    J. C. Magee;G. Christofi;H. Miyakawa;B. Christie

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Grandes
Pedro Grandes University of the Basque Country
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston The University of Texas at Austin
Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Kwok-Fai So
Kwok-Fai So University of Hong Kong
Sandy R. Shultz
Sandy R. Shultz Monash University
Wickliffe C. Abraham
Wickliffe C. Abraham University of Otago
Jeffrey C. Magee
Jeffrey C. Magee Baylor College of Medicine
Yu Tian Wang
Yu Tian Wang University of British Columbia
Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Tatia M.C. Lee
Tatia M.C. Lee University of Hong Kong

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