2026 Carla J. Shatz: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	100	754	677	419	366	172	41176
Medicine	100	8222	7731	4261	3947	168	41132

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Kavli Prize, The Kavli Foundation for the discovery of mechanisms that allow experience and neural activity to remodel brain function
2015 - Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
2013 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
2011 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
1999 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
1996 - W. Alden Spencer Award, College of Physicians and Surgeons
1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1979 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Carla J. Shatz is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has an extensive body of research primarily within the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience, and Immunology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms, Immune Response and Inflammation, and Chemokine Receptors and Signaling.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Aram Raissi, Eddy Albarran, Omar Jáidar, Jun B. Ding, and Jun Ding.

Notable publication venues where this scientist has contributed multiple works are:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Neuron
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
SSRN Electronic Journal

Selected recent papers include:

Enhancing motor learning by increasing the stability of newly formed dendritic spines in the motor cortex, 2021, Neuron
The nonclassical MHC class I Qa-1 expressed in layer 6 neurons regulates activity-dependent plasticity via microglial CD94/NKG2 in the cortex, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Enhancing motor learning by increasing stability of newly formed dendritic spines in motor cortex, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
C4d, a high-affinity LilrB2 ligand, is elevated in Alzheimer's disease and mediates synapse pruning, 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Enhancing Motor Learning by Increasing Stability of Newly Formed Dendritic Spines in Motor Cortex, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Carla J. Shatz has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Kavli Prize from The Kavli Foundation in 2016 for the discovery of mechanisms that allow experience and neural activity to remodel brain function, the Gruber Prize in Neuroscience from the Society for Neuroscience in 2015, and the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award in 2013.

They have also been elected as a Fellow of several prestigious organizations, including the Royal Society (United Kingdom), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Memberships in the National Academy of Sciences (1995) and the National Academy of Medicine (1999) are also part of their career milestones. Additionally, the scientist is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

Synaptic Activity and the Construction of Cortical Circuits

L. C. Katz;C. J. Shatz

3689
Citations
Developmental mechanisms that generate precise patterns of neuronal connectivity

Corey S. Goodman;Carla J. Shatz

1829
Citations
Synchronous Bursts of Action Potentials in Ganglion Cells of the Developing Mammalian Retina

Markus Meister;Rachel O. L. Wong;Denis A. Baylor;Carla J. Shatz

1384
Citations
Functional requirement for class I MHC in CNS development and plasticity.

Gene S. Huh;Lisa M. Boulanger;Hongping Du;Patricio A. Riquelme

975
Citations
Impulse activity and the patterning of connections during cns development

Carla J. Shatz

945
Citations
Ocular dominance in layer IV of the cat's visual cortex and the effects of monocular deprivation.

C J Shatz;M P Stryker

864
Citations
The subplate, a transient neocortical structure: its role in the development of connections between thalamus and cortex

Karen L. Allendoerfer;Carla J. Shatz

783
Citations
Ocular dominance columns and their development in layer IV of the cat's visual cortex: a quantitative study.

Simon Levay;Michael P. Stryker;Carla J. Shatz

779
Citations
Inhibition of ocular dominance column formation by infusion of NT-4/5 or BDNF.

Robert J. Cabelli;Andreas Hohn;Carla J. Shatz

753
Citations
Subplate neurons pioneer the first axon pathway from the cerebral cortex

Susan K. McConnell;Anirvan Ghosh;Carla J. Shatz

707
Citations
Transient period of correlated bursting activity during development of the mammalian retina.

R.O.L. Wong;M. Meister;C.J. Shatz

702
Citations
Prenatal Tetrodotoxin Infusion Blocks Segregation of Retinogeniculate Afferents

Carla J. Shatz;Michael P. Stryker

671
Citations
Requirement for cholinergic synaptic transmission in the propagation of spontaneous retinal waves.

Marla B. Feller;David P. Wellis;David Stellwagen;Frank S. Werblin

669
Citations
Regulation of Class I MHC Gene Expression in the Developing and Mature CNS by Neural Activity

Roderick A Corriveau;Gene S Huh;Carla J Shatz

669
Citations
Sernaphorin III can function as a selective chemorepellent to pattern sensory projections in the spinal cord

Elizabeth K Messersmith;E.David Leonardo;Carla J Shatz;Marc Tessier-Lavigne

647
Citations
Competition in Retinogeniculate Patterning Driven by Spontaneous Activity

Anna A. Penn;Patricio A. Riquelme;Marla B. Feller;Carla J. Shatz

640
Citations
Requirement for subplate neurons in the formation of thalamocortical connections

Anirvan Ghosh;Antonella Antonini;Susan K. McConnell;Carla J. Shatz

637
Citations
The developing brain.

Carla J. Shatz

630
Citations
PirB Is a Functional Receptor for Myelin Inhibitors of Axonal Regeneration

Jasvinder K. Atwal;Julie Pinkston-Gosse;Josh Syken;Scott Stawicki

610
Citations
Studies of the earliest generated cells of the cat's visual cortex: cogeneration of subplate and marginal zones

MB Luskin;CJ Shatz

575
Citations