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David F. Cechetto

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
11282
World Ranking
5676
National Ranking
334

David F. Cechetto 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 F. Cechetto sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 131 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David F. Cechetto 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 F. Cechetto sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David F. Cechetto is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, contributing to a variety of fields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, and Neurology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics in healthcare and biomedical research, such as:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Maternal and fetal healthcare

Key publications by David F. Cechetto include:

  • "White matter inflammation and cognitive function in a co-morbid metabolic syndrome and prodromal Alzheimer's disease rat model," published in 2020 in the Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • "Developing and implementing a novel mentorship model (4+ 1) for maternal, newborn and child health in Rwanda," published in 2020 in BMC Health Services Research
  • "I cannot say no when a pregnant woman needs my support to get to the health centre": involvement of community health workers in Rwanda's maternal health," published in 2020 in BMC Health Services Research
  • "Developing and implementing a model of equitable distribution of mentorship in districts with spatial inequities and maldistribution of human resources for maternal and newborn care in Rwanda," published in 2021 in BMC Health Services Research
  • "Microglial Inflammation and Cognitive Dysfunction in Comorbid Rat Models of Striatal Ischemic Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease: Effects of Antioxidant Catalase-SKL on Behavioral and Cellular Pathology," published in 2022 in Neuroscience

Frequent publication venues where the scientist's work appears include:

  • BMC Health Services Research
  • Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Neuroscience
  • BMJ Open
  • International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship

Among regular collaborators, David F. Cechetto often coauthors with:

  • Anaclet Ngabonzima
  • Celestin Hategeka
  • Isaac Luginaah
  • Cynthia Kenyon
  • Panagiota Tryphonopoulos

Best Publications

  • Evidence for a viscerotopic sensory representation in the cortex and thalamus in the rat

    David F. Cechetto;Clifford B. Saper

  • Organization of visceral and limbic connections in the insular cortex of the rat.

    Gary V. Allen;Clifford B. Saper;Karen M. Hurley;David F. Cechetto

  • Autonomic responses and efferent pathways from the insular cortex in the rat.

    Y Yasui;C D Breder;C B Saper;C B Saper;D F Cechetto;D F Cechetto

  • Neurochemical organization of the hypothalamic projection to the spinal cord in the rat.

    David F. Cechetto;Clifford B. Saper

  • Spinal and trigeminal dorsal horn projections to the parabrachial nucleus in the rat.

    David F. Cechetto;David G. Standaert;Clifford B. Saper

  • Cerebrogenic Cardiac Arrhythmias: Cerebral Electrocardiographic Influences and Their Role in Sudden Death

    Stephen M. Oppenheimer;David F. Cechetto;Vladimir C. Hachinski

  • Insular cortex stimulation produces lethal cardiac arrhythmias: a mechanism of sudden death?

    Stephen M. Oppenheimer;John X. Wilson;Collette Guiraudon;David F. Cechetto;David F. Cechetto

  • Cardiac chronotropic organization of the rat insular cortex

    Stephen M. Oppenheimer;David F. Cechetto;David F. Cechetto

  • Functional and anatomical organization of cardiovascular pressor and depressor sites in the lateral hypothalamic area: I. descending projections

    Gary V. Allen;David F. Cechetto;David F. Cechetto

  • Cerebral Hemispheric Lateralization in Cardiac Autonomic Control

    Byung-Woo Yoon;Carlos A. Morillo;David F. Cechetto;Vladimir Hachinski

  • Connexin43 null mutation increases infarct size after stroke

    Ramin Siushansian;John F. Bechberger;David F. Cechetto;Vladimir C. Hachinski

  • Human forebrain activation by visceral stimuli.

    Andrew B. King;Ravi S. Menon;Ravi S. Menon;Vladimir Hachinski;Vladimir Hachinski;David F. Cechetto

  • Subcortical sites mediating sympathetic responses from insular cortex in rats.

    D. F. Cechetto;Shu Jun Chen

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) immunoreactive projections from the thalamus to the striatum and amygdala in the rat.

    Yukihiko Yasui;Clifford B. Saper;David F. Cechetto;David F. Cechetto

  • The Insular Cortex and the Regulation of Cardiac Function.

    Stephen Oppenheimer;David Cechetto

  • Asymmetry of sympathetic consequences of experimental stroke.

    Vladimir C. Hachinski;Stephen M. Oppenheimer;John X. Wilson;Colette Guiraudon

  • Calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the visceral sensory cortex, thalamus, and related pathways in the rat.

    Yukihiko Yasui;Clifford B. Saper;David F. Cechetto

  • Autonomic and myocardial changes in middle cerebral artery occlusion: stroke models in the rat.

    David F. Cechetto;John X. Wilson;Karen E. Smith;Darryl Wolski

  • Propofol Anesthesia Compared to Awake Reduces Infarct Size in Rats

    Adrian W. Gelb;Nestor A. Bayona;John X. Wilson;David F. Cechetto

  • Inhibition of the firing of vasopressin neurons by atriopeptin

    David G. Standaert;David F. Cechetto;Philip Needleman;Clifford B. Saper

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir Hachinski
Vladimir Hachinski University of Western Ontario
Isaac Luginaah
Isaac Luginaah University of Western Ontario
Ravi S. Menon
Ravi S. Menon University of Western Ontario
Christian C. Naus
Christian C. Naus University of British Columbia
David G. Munoz
David G. Munoz University of Toronto
Robert J. McDonald
Robert J. McDonald University of Lethbridge
Clifford B. Saper
Clifford B. Saper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Robert Bartha
Robert Bartha University of Western Ontario
Julie A. Schneider
Julie A. Schneider Rush University Medical Center
Lenore J. Launer
Lenore J. Launer National Institutes of Health

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