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Dennis D. Spencer

Dennis D. Spencer

Yale University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
113
Citations
43088
World Ranking
4994
National Ranking
2708

Neuroscience

D-Index
113
Citations
42971
World Ranking
492
National Ranking
288

Dennis D. Spencer 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 Dennis D. Spencer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 404 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dennis D. Spencer 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 Dennis D. Spencer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Dennis D. Spencer is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in Medicine and Neuroscience. Throughout their career, Spencer has contributed extensively to the study of neurological disorders, with a particular emphasis on epilepsy research and treatment.

The main fields of study they engage in include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Their work further delves into specialized subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology

Key topics covered in Spencer's research encompass:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Diversity and Career in Medicine

Spencer has published several papers across numerous scientific journals. Some recent works include:

  • "Single-Cell Analyses of Colon and Blood Reveal Distinct Immune Cell Signatures of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease," 2020, published in Gastroenterology
  • "Reduced synaptic vesicle protein 2A binding in temporal lobe epilepsy: A [11C]UCB-J positron emission tomography study," 2020, published in Epilepsia
  • "Contribution of Somatic Ras/Raf/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Variants in the Hippocampus in Drug-Resistant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy," 2023, published in JAMA Neurology
  • "Ectopic HCN4 expression drives mTOR-dependent epilepsy in mice," 2020, published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "A prospective multicenter study of laser ablation for drug resistant epilepsy - One year outcomes," 2020, published in Epilepsy Research

Frequent collaborators working alongside Spencer include:

  • Eyiyemisi C. Damisah
  • Rafeed Alkawadri
  • Jason L. Gerrard
  • Hitten P. Zaveri
  • Lawrence J. Hirsch

Spencer's publications appear regularly in a variety of journals, most notably:

  • Epilepsia
  • Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Operative Neurosurgery
  • Gastroenterology

Best Publications

  • Hippocampal interneuron loss and plasticity in human temporal lobe epilepsy

    N. C. de Lanerolle;J. H. Kim;Richard J. Robbins;D. D. Spencer

  • Practice parameter: Temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology, in Association with the American Epilepsy Society and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons

    Jerome Engel;Samuel Wiebe;Jacqueline French;Michael Sperling

  • Electrophysiological Studies of Human Face Perception. I: Potentials Generated in Occipitotemporal Cortex by Face and Non-face Stimuli

    Truett Allison;Aina Puce;Dennis D. Spencer;Gregory McCarthy

  • Extracellular hippocampal glutamate and spontaneous seizure in the conscious human brain

    M.J. During;D.D. Spencer

  • Characteristics of medial temporal lobe epilepsy: I. Results of history and physical examination

    J. A. French;P. D. Williamson;V. M. Thadani;T. M. Darcey

  • Functional organization of human supplementary motor cortex studied by electrical stimulation.

    I Fried;A Katz;G McCarthy;KJ Sass

  • Human cortical potentials evoked by stimulation of the median nerve. II. Cytoarchitectonic areas generating long-latency activity.

    T. Allison;G. McCarthy;C. C. Wood;P. D. Williamson

  • Complex partial seizures of frontal lobe origin

    Peter D. Williamson;Dennis D. Spencer;Susan S. Spencer;Robert A. Novelly

  • Unilateral transplantation of human fetal mesencephalic tissue into the caudate nucleus of patients with parkinson’s disease

    Dennis D. Spencer;Dennis D. Spencer;Richard J. Robbins;Frederick Naftolin;Frederick Naftolin;Kenneth L. Marek;Kenneth L. Marek

  • Analysis of macromolecule resonances in 1H NMR spectra of human brain.

    Kevin L. Behar;Douglas L. Rothman;Dennis D. Spencer;Ognen A. C. Petroff

  • Access to the posterior medial temporal lobe structures in the surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Dennis D. Spencer;Susan S. Spencer;Richard H. Mattson;Peter D. Williamson

  • Imaging synaptic density in the living human brain

    Sjoerd J. Finnema;Nabeel B. Nabulsi;Tore Eid;Kamil Detyniecki

  • Characteristics of medial temporal lobe epilepsy: II. Interictal and ictal scalp electroencephalography, neuropsychological testing, neuroimaging, surgical results, and pathology

    P. D. Williamson;J. A. French;V. M. Thadani;J. H. Kim

  • Adenosine: a potential mediator of seizure arrest and postictal refractoriness.

    Matthew J. During;Dennis D. Spencer

  • Entorhinal‐Hippocampal Interactions in Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

    Susan S. Spencer;Dennis D. Spencer

  • Practice parameter: temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy.

    Jerome Engel;Samuel Wiebe;Jacqueline French;Michael Sperling

  • Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy: Relationship to neuropathology and neuropsychological function

    Todd Lencz;Gregory McCarthy;Richard A. Bronen;Tammy M. Scott;Tammy M. Scott

  • Loss of glutamine synthetase in the human epileptogenic hippocampus: possible mechanism for raised extracellular glutamate in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

    T Eid;M J Thomas;D D Spencer;E Rundén-Pran

  • Occipital lobe epilepsy: clinical characteristics, seizure spread patterns, and results of surgery.

    P. D. Williamson;V. M. Thadani;V. M. Thadani;T. M. Darcey;T. M. Darcey;D. D. Spencer

  • Localization of human sensorimotor cortex during surgery by cortical surface recording of somatosensory evoked potentials

    Charles C. Wood;Dennis D. Spencer;Truett Allison;Gregory McCarthy

  • Language-related field potentials in the anterior-medial temporal lobe: I. Intracranial distribution and neural generators.

    Gregory McCarthy;Anna C. Nobre;Shlomo Bentin;Dennis D. Spencer

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan S. Spencer
Susan S. Spencer Yale University
Hitten P. Zaveri
Hitten P. Zaveri Yale University
Richard H. Mattson
Richard H. Mattson Yale University
Lawrence J. Hirsch
Lawrence J. Hirsch Yale University
Peter D. Williamson
Peter D. Williamson Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Nihal C. de Lanerolle
Nihal C. de Lanerolle Yale University
Gregory McCarthy
Gregory McCarthy Yale University
Michael Westerveld
Michael Westerveld AdventHealth Orlando
Anne Williamson
Anne Williamson Yale University
Robert B. Duckrow
Robert B. Duckrow Yale University

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