2026 Cagla Eroglu: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	41	7757	7159	3330	3010	76	10886

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Overview

Cagla Eroglu is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has focused their research efforts primarily in the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience, and Cell Biology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
RNA regulation and disease
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Neural dynamics and brain function

The scientist has published extensively, with selected recent papers illustrating the scope and impact of their work:

Chemico-genetic discovery of astrocytic control of inhibition in vivo, 2020, Nature
Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines: Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors, 2020, Neuron
HepaCAM controls astrocyte self-organization and coupling, 2021, Neuron
The role of astrocyte structural plasticity in regulating neural circuit function and behavior, 2022, Glia
Prenatal environmental stressors impair postnatal microglia function and adult behavior in males, 2022, Cell Reports

The frequent co-authors contributing to their research include:

Dhanesh Sivadasan Bindu
Kristina Sakers
Christabel Xin Tan
Justin T Savage
Francesco Paolo Ulloa Severino

Cagla Eroglu's work is published predominantly in the following venues:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Neuron
Cell Reports
Nature Communications

Best Publications

Cell Biology of Astrocyte-Synapse Interactions

Nicola J. Allen;Cagla Eroglu

1009
Citations
Gabapentin Receptor α2δ-1 Is a Neuronal Thrombospondin Receptor Responsible for Excitatory CNS Synaptogenesis

Çagla Eroglu;Çagla Eroglu;Nicola J. Allen;Michael W. Susman;Nancy A. O'Rourke

1005
Citations
Regulation of synaptic connectivity by glia

Cagla Eroglu;Ben A. Barres

976
Citations
Astrocytes Control Synapse Formation, Function, and Elimination

Won Suck Chung;Nicola J. Allen;Cagla Eroglu

872
Citations
Control of excitatory CNS synaptogenesis by astrocyte-secreted proteins Hevin and SPARC

Hakan Kucukdereli;Nicola J. Allen;Anthony T. Lee;Ava Feng

697
Citations
Astrocytic neuroligins control astrocyte morphogenesis and synaptogenesis

Jeff A. Stogsdill;Juan Ramirez;Di Liu;Yong Ho Kim

496
Citations
Rapid Golgi Analysis Method for Efficient and Unbiased Classification of Dendritic Spines

W. Christopher Risher;Tuna Ustunkaya;Jonnathan Singh Alvarado;Cagla Eroglu;Cagla Eroglu

354
Citations
Astrocytes Assemble Thalamocortical Synapses by Bridging NRX1α and NL1 via Hevin

Sandeep K. Singh;Jeff A. Stogsdill;Nisha S. Pulimood;Hayley Dingsdale

319
Citations
Protective astrogenesis from the SVZ niche after injury is controlled by Notch modulator Thbs4

Eric J. Benner;Dominic Luciano;Rebecca Jo;Khadar Abdi

316
Citations
Quantifying Synapses: an Immunocytochemistry-based Assay to Quantify Synapse Number

Dominic M. Ippolito;Cagla Eroglu

314
Citations
Thrombospondins 1 and 2 are necessary for synaptic plasticity and functional recovery after stroke

Jason Liauw;Stanley Hoang;Michael Choi;Cagla Eroglu

313
Citations
Chemico-genetic discovery of astrocytic control of inhibition in vivo.

Tetsuya Takano;John T Wallace;Katherine T Baldwin;Alicia M Purkey

242
Citations
Abnormal degradation of the neuronal stress-protective transcription factor HSF1 in Huntington’s disease

Rocio Gomez-Pastor;Eileen T. Burchfiel;Daniel W. Neef;Alex M. Jaeger

225
Citations
Molecular mechanisms of astrocyte-induced synaptogenesis.

Katherine T Baldwin;Cagla Eroglu;Cagla Eroglu

222
Citations
Thrombospondins as key regulators of synaptogenesis in the central nervous system

W. Christopher Risher;Cagla Eroglu

218
Citations
Astrocytes refine cortical connectivity at dendritic spines.

W Christopher Risher;Sagar Patel;Il Hwan Kim;Akiyoshi Uezu

189
Citations
Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines : Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors

Lin Luo;Mateusz C. Ambrozkiewicz;Fritz Benseler;Cui Chen

187
Citations
The interplay between neurons and glia in synapse development and plasticity.

Jeff A Stogsdill;Cagla Eroglu

168
Citations
Huntingtin Is Required for Normal Excitatory Synapse Development in Cortical and Striatal Circuits

SU McKinstry;YB Karadeniz;AK Worthington;VY Hayrapetyan

163
Citations
Thrombospondin receptor α2δ-1 promotes synaptogenesis and spinogenesis via postsynaptic Rac1.

W. Christopher Risher;W. Christopher Risher;Namsoo Kim;Sehwon Koh;Ji-Eun Choi

160
Citations
Gabapentin Receptor alpha 2 delta-1 Is a Neuronal Thrombospondin Receptor Responsible for Excitatory CNS Synaptogenesis

Cagla Eroglu;Nicola J. Allen;Michael W. Susman;Nancy A. O'Rourke

19
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