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David A. Prince 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 David A. Prince sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 267 publications — 77th percentile

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

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

David A. Prince 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 David A. Prince sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 107 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1971 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1934 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David A. Prince is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, with specific attention to epilepsy research and treatment, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, ion channel regulation and function, and anesthesia and neurotoxicity research.

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent venues. These include Neurobiology of Disease, Epilepsia, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They have contributed six publications to the field of medicine and four in neuroscience. Their subfields of study cover psychiatry and mental health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, oncology, and genetics.

Recent papers by David A. Prince include:

  • Repurposed molecules for antiepileptogenesis: Missing an opportunity to prevent epilepsy? (2020, Epilepsia)
  • Chronic partial TrkB activation reduces seizures and mortality in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Prolonged prophylactic effects of gabapentin on status epilepticus-induced neocortical injury (2020, Neurobiology of Disease)
  • Increased excitatory connectivity and epileptiform activity in thrombospondin1/2 knockout mice following cortical trauma (2024, Neurobiology of Disease)

Frequent coauthors in their work include Feng Gu, Isabel Parada, Pavel Klein, Alon Friedman, and Mustafa Q. Hameed.

Awards received by David A. Prince include being named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1971 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1934.

Best Publications

  • Comparative electrophysiology of pyramidal and sparsely spiny stellate neurons of the neocortex.

    D. A. McCormick;B. W. Connors;J. W. Lighthall;D. A. Prince

  • Electrophysiological properties of neocortical neurons in vitro

    B. W. Connors;M. J. Gutnick;D. A. Prince

  • A calcium-activated hyperpolarization follows repetitive firing in hippocampal neurons.

    J. R. Hotson;D. A. Prince

  • Postnatal maturation of the GABAergic system in rat neocortex

    H. J. Luhmann;D. A. Prince

  • A novel T-type current underlies prolonged Ca(2+)-dependent burst firing in GABAergic neurons of rat thalamic reticular nucleus

    JR Huguenard;DA Prince

  • Mechanisms of action of acetylcholine in the guinea-pig cerebral cortex in vitro.

    D A McCormick;D A Prince

  • Characterization of ethosuximide reduction of low-threshold calcium current in thalamic neurons.

    Douglas A. Coulter;John R. Huguenard;David A. Prince

  • Intradendritic recordings from hippocampal neurons.

    R. K. S. Wong;D. A. Prince;A. I. Basbaum

  • Cholinergic switching within neocortical inhibitory networks

    Zixiu Xiang;John R. Huguenard;David A. Prince

  • Calcium currents in rat thalamocortical relay neurones: kinetic properties of the transient, low‐threshold current.

    D A Coulter;J R Huguenard;D A Prince

  • Control Mechanisms in Cortical Epileptogenic Foci*: Surround Inhibition

    David A. Prince;B. Joe Wilder

  • Cellular and field potential properties of epileptogenic hippocampal slices.

    Philip A. Schwartzkroin;David A. Prince

  • Burst generating and regular spiking layer 5 pyramidal neurons of rat neocortex have different morphological features

    Yael Chagnac‐Amitai;Heiko J. Luhmann;David A. Prince

  • Participation of calcium spikes during intrinsic burst firing in hippocampal neurons.

    R.K.S. Wong;D.A. Prince

  • Neurophysiology of epilepsy.

    D A Prince

  • Frequency‐dependent depression of inhibition in guinea‐pig neocortex in vitro by GABAB receptor feed‐back on GABA release.

    R A Deisz;D A Prince

  • Acetylcholine induces burst firing in thalamic reticular neurones by activating a potassium conductance

    David A. McCormick;David A. Prince

  • Afterpotential generation in hippocampal pyramidal cells.

    R K Wong;D A Prince

  • Mechanisms of neocortical epileptogenesis in vitro

    M. J. Gutnick;B. W. Connors;D. A. Prince

  • Intrathalamic rhythmicity studied in vitro: nominal T-current modulation causes robust antioscillatory effects

    JR Huguenard;DA Prince

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Huguenard
John R. Huguenard Stanford University
Philip A. Schwartzkroin
Philip A. Schwartzkroin University of California, Davis
Michael J. Gutnick
Michael J. Gutnick Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Douglas A. Coulter
Douglas A. Coulter Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
David A. McCormick
David A. McCormick University of Oregon
Barry W. Connors
Barry W. Connors Brown University
Robert S. Fisher
Robert S. Fisher Stanford University
Robert K. S. Wong
Robert K. S. Wong SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Timothy A. Pedley
Timothy A. Pedley Columbia University
Viktor Kharazia
Viktor Kharazia University of California, San Francisco

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