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David N. Furness

David N. Furness

Keele University
United Kingdom

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
5752
World Ranking
7716
National Ranking
587

David N. Furness 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 N. Furness sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 102 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David N. Furness 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 N. Furness sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David N. Furness is affiliated with Keele University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience and medicine, with a particular focus on sensory systems, neurology, cognitive neuroscience, otorhinolaryngology, and biomedical engineering.

The main research topics addressed by David N. Furness include:

  • Hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, and genetics
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders
  • Hearing loss and rehabilitation
  • Ear surgery and otitis media
  • Acoustic wave phenomena research
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • RNA regulation and disease

The scientist has contributed to a range of publications over the years, highlighting their ongoing engagement with auditory and neurological research. Notable recent papers include:

  • The conductance and organization of the TMC1-containing mechanotransducer channel complex in auditory hair cells, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Age-related changes in the biophysical and morphological characteristics of mouse cochlear outer hair cells, 2020, The Journal of Physiology
  • BAI1 localizes AMPA receptors at the cochlear afferent post-synaptic density and is essential for hearing, 2024, Cell Reports
  • How 'hidden hearing loss' noise exposure affects neural coding in the inferior colliculus of rats, 2024, Hearing Research
  • Electrical and Immunohistochemical Properties of Cochlear Fibrocytes in 3D Cell Culture and in the Excised Spiral Ligament of Mice, 2022, Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

David N. Furness frequently collaborates with other researchers. Prominent co-authors include Jing-Yi Jeng, Stuart L. Johnson, Adam J. Carlton, Lara De Tomasi, and Francesca De Faveri.

Their work has appeared in several scientific venues, with multiple publications in Hearing Research, alongside contributions to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Physiology, Cell Reports, and the Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology.

Best Publications

  • Gene disruption of p27(Kip1) allows cell proliferation in the postnatal and adult organ of corti.

    Hubert Löwenheim;David N. Furness;Jonathan Kil;Christoph Zinn

  • Cross-links between stereocilia in the guinea pig cochlea

    D.N. Furness;C.M. Hackney

  • A quantitative assessment of glutamate uptake into hippocampal synaptic terminals and astrocytes: New insights into a neuronal role for excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2)

    D.N. Furness;Y. Dehnes;A.Q. Akhtar;D.J. Rossi;D.J. Rossi

  • The Density of EAAC1 (EAAT3) Glutamate Transporters Expressed by Neurons in the Mammalian CNS

    Silvia Holmseth;Yvette Dehnes;Yanhua H. Huang;Yanhua H. Huang;Virginie V. Follin-Arbelet

  • Neuronal vs glial glutamate uptake: Resolving the conundrum

    Niels Christian Danbolt;David N Furness;Yun Zhou

  • Localization of the glutamate-aspartate transporter, GLAST, in rat taste buds.

    D. Maxwell Lawton;David N. Furness;Bernd Lindemann;Carole M. Hackney

  • Immunocytochemical Localization of a High‐affinity Glutamate‐Aspartate Transporter, GLAST, in the Rat and Guinea‐pig Cochlea

    David N. Furness;Knut P. Lehre

  • Mutations in Protocadherin 15 and Cadherin 23 Affect Tip Links and Mechanotransduction in Mammalian Sensory Hair Cells

    Kumar N. Alagramam;Richard J. Goodyear;Ruishuang Geng;David N. Furness

  • Mechanotransduction in vertebrate hair cells: structure and function of the stereociliary bundle

    C. M. Hackney;D. N. Furness

  • miR-96 regulates the progression of differentiation in mammalian cochlear inner and outer hair cells

    Stephanie Kuhn;Stuart L. Johnson;David N. Furness;Jing Chen

  • Auditory Hair Cell-Afferent Fiber Synapses Are Specialized to Operate at Their Best Frequencies

    M.E. Schnee;D.M. Lawton;D.N. Furness;T.A. Benke

  • Eps8 regulates hair bundle length and functional maturation of mammalian auditory hair cells.

    Valeria Zampini;Lukas Rüttiger;Stuart L. Johnson;Christoph Franz

  • The Dimensions and Composition of Stereociliary Rootlets in Mammalian Cochlear Hair Cells: Comparison between High- and Low-Frequency Cells and Evidence for a Connection to the Lateral Membrane

    David N. Furness;Shanthini Mahendrasingam;Mitsuru Ohashi;Robert Fettiplace

  • Synaptotagmin IV determines the linear Ca2+ dependence of vesicle fusion at auditory ribbon synapses

    Stuart L Johnson;Christoph Franz;Stephanie Kuhn;Stephanie Kuhn;David N Furness

  • Comparative distribution of glutamate transporters and receptors in relation to afferent innervation density in the mammalian cochlea.

    David N. Furness;D. Maxwell Lawton

  • The role of transmembrane channel–like proteins in the operation of hair cell mechanotransducer channels

    Kyunghee X. Kim;Maryline Beurg;Carole M. Hackney;David N. Furness

  • Molecular basis of hair cell loss.

    David N. Furness

  • Presynaptic maturation in auditory hair cells requires a critical period of sensory-independent spiking activity

    Stuart L. Johnson;Stephanie Kuhn;Christoph Franz;Neil Ingham

  • Tubulin and microtubules in cochlear hair cells: Comparative immunocytochemistry and ultrastructure

    P.S Steyger;D.N Furness;C.M Hackney;G.P Richardson

  • Modeling and Preventing Progressive Hearing Loss in Usher Syndrome III

    Ruishuang Geng;Akil Omar;Suhasini R. Gopal;Daniel H.-C. Chen

  • Rapid, Learning-Induced Inhibitory Synaptogenesis in Murine Barrel Field

    Malgorzata Jasinska;Ewa Siucinska;Anita Cybulska-Klosowicz;Elzbieta Pyza

Frequent Co-Authors

Carole M. Hackney
Carole M. Hackney University of Sheffield
Walter Marcotti
Walter Marcotti University of Sheffield
Robert Fettiplace
Robert Fettiplace University of Wisconsin–Madison
Guy P. Richardson
Guy P. Richardson University of Sussex
Niels C. Danbolt
Niels C. Danbolt University of Oslo
Marlies Knipper
Marlies Knipper University of Tübingen
Richard J. Goodyear
Richard J. Goodyear University of Sussex
Karen P. Steel
Karen P. Steel King's College London
Lukas Rüttiger
Lukas Rüttiger University of Tübingen
Dale J. Benos
Dale J. Benos University of Alabama at Birmingham

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