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David S.K. Magnuson 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 S.K. Magnuson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 115 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David S.K. Magnuson 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 S.K. Magnuson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David S.K. Magnuson is affiliated with the University of Louisville in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on spinal cord injury and related neurological conditions.

The main subfields of study in which they have contributed include:

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Cell Biology
  • Epidemiology

Magnuson's work covers several key research topics, notably:

  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments

The scientist has published extensively in various academic venues. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Experimental Neurology
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • eLife

Selected recent papers by Magnuson reflect their research focus and include:

  • "Spinal Interneurons as Gatekeepers to Neuroplasticity after Injury or Disease," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Long ascending propriospinal neurons provide flexible, context-specific control of interlimb coordination," 2020, eLife
  • "Promoting FAIR Data Through Community-driven Agile Design: the Open Data Commons for Spinal Cord Injury (odc-sci.org)," 2021, Neuroinformatics
  • "Treadmill-Based Gait Kinematics in the Yucatan Mini Pig," 2020, Journal of Neurotrauma
  • "Silencing long-descending inter-enlargement propriospinal neurons improves hindlimb stepping after contusive spinal cord injuries," 2023, eLife

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Magnuson include:

  • Darlene A. Burke
  • Courtney T Shepard
  • Alice Shum-Siu
  • Johnny Morehouse
  • Brandon Brown

Best Publications

  • Identification of a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat epitope that is neuroexcitatory and neurotoxic.

    Avindra Nath;Karen Psooy;Carol Martin;Bodo Knudsen

  • Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 tat activates non-N-methyl-D-aspartate excitatory amino acid receptors and causes neurotoxicity.

    David S. K. Magnuson;Bodo E. Knudsen;Jonathan D. Geiger;Robert M. Brownstone

  • Comparing deficits following excitotoxic and contusion injuries in the thoracic and lumbar spinal cord of the adult rat.

    David S.K. Magnuson;Tammy C. Trinder;Y.Ping Zhang;Darlene Burke

  • Transplantation of ciliary neurotrophic factor-expressing adult oligodendrocyte precursor cells promotes remyelination and functional recovery after spinal cord injury.

    Qilin Cao;Qian He;Qian He;Yaping Wang;Yaping Wang;Xiaoxin Cheng;Xiaoxin Cheng

  • Mitogen and substrate differentially affect the lineage restriction of adult rat subventricular zone neural precursor cell populations.

    Scott R. Whittemore;Scott R. Whittemore;Dante J. Morassutti;Winston M. Walters;Rong-Huan Liu

  • Functional Redundancy of Ventral Spinal Locomotor Pathways

    David N. Loy;David S. K. Magnuson;Y. Ping Zhang;Stephen M. Onifer

  • Neuronal excitatory properties of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 tat protein

    J Cheng;A Nath;B Knudsen;S Hochman

  • Differential interactions of cholecystokinin and FLFQPQRF-NH2 with μ and δ opioid antinociception in the rat spinal cord

    D. S. K. Magnuson;A. F. Sullivan;G. Simonnet;B. P. Roques

  • Both Dorsal and Ventral Spinal Cord Pathways Contribute to Overground Locomotion in the Adult Rat

    David N. Loy;Jason F. Talbott;Stephen M. Onifer;Michael D. Mills

  • The Louisville Swim Scale: A Novel Assessment of Hindlimb Function following Spinal Cord Injury in Adult Rats

    Rebecca R. Smith;Darlene A. Burke;Angela D. Baldini;Alice Shum-Siu

  • Functional consequences of lumbar spinal cord contusion injuries in the adult rat.

    David S.K. Magnuson;Rachael Lovett;Carree Coffee;Rebecca Gray

  • N-acetylcysteine amide preserves mitochondrial bioenergetics and improves functional recovery following spinal trauma.

    Samir P. Patel;Patrick G. Sullivan;Jignesh D. Pandya;Glenn A. Goldstein

  • Gait analysis in normal and spinal contused mice using the TreadScan system

    Jason E. Beare;Johnny R. Morehouse;William H. DeVries;Gaby U. Enzmann;Gaby U. Enzmann

  • Effects of swimming on functional recovery after incomplete spinal cord injury in rats.

    Rebecca R. Smith;Alice Shum-Siu;Ryan Baltzley;Michelle Bunger

  • Inter-enlargement pathways in the ventrolateral funiculus of the adult rat spinal cord.

    William R. Reed;Alice Shum-Siu;Stephen M. Onifer;David S.K. Magnuson

  • Anatomical and Functional Outcomes following a Precise, Graded, Dorsal Laceration Spinal Cord Injury in C57BL/6 Mice

    Rachel L. Hill;Yi Ping Zhang;Darlene A. Burke;William H. DeVries

  • Large animal and primate models of spinal cord injury for the testing of novel therapies

    Brian K. Kwon;Femke Streijger;Caitlin E. Hill;Aileen J. Anderson

  • Synthesis, resolution, and absolute configuration of the isomers of the neuronal excitant 1-amino-1,3-cyclopentanedicarboxylic acid.

    Kenneth Curry;M. J. Peet;D. S. K. Magnuson;H. McLennan

  • Task-specificity vs. ceiling effect: step-training in shallow water after spinal cord injury.

    J. Kuerzi;E.H. Brown;A. Shum-Siu;A. Siu

  • Swimming as a model of task-specific locomotor retraining after spinal cord injury in the rat

    David S. K. Magnuson;Rebecca R. Smith;Edward H. Brown;Gaby Enzmann

  • Acetyl-L-carnitine treatment following spinal cord injury improves mitochondrial function correlated with remarkable tissue sparing and functional recovery.

    Samir P. Patel;Patrick G. Sullivan;Travis S. Lyttle;David S. K. Magnuson

Frequent Co-Authors

Darlene A. Burke
Darlene A. Burke University of Louisville
Scott R. Whittemore
Scott R. Whittemore University of Louisville
Xiao Ming Xu
Xiao Ming Xu Indiana University
Alexander G. Rabchevsky
Alexander G. Rabchevsky University of Kentucky
Michael W. McBurney
Michael W. McBurney University of Ottawa
Adam R. Ferguson
Adam R. Ferguson University of California, San Francisco
Karim Fouad
Karim Fouad University of Alberta
Jonathan D. Geiger
Jonathan D. Geiger University of Manitoba
Andrei V. Krassioukov
Andrei V. Krassioukov University of British Columbia
Avindra Nath
Avindra Nath National Institutes of Health

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