2026 Dennis D. Spencer: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	113	492	446	288	256	404	42971
Medicine	113	4994	4686	2708	2509	409	43088

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

113

492

446

288

256

404

42971

Medicine

113

4994

4686

2708

2509

409

43088

Neuroscience

D-Index

113

Citations

42971

World Ranking

492

National Ranking

288

Medicine

D-Index

113

Citations

43088

World Ranking

4994

National Ranking

2708

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

1292
Citations
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

1200
Citations
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

1171
Citations
Extracellular hippocampal glutamate and spontaneous seizure in the conscious human brain

M.J. During;D.D. Spencer

1103
Citations
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

1101
Citations
Functional organization of human supplementary motor cortex studied by electrical stimulation.

I Fried;A Katz;G McCarthy;KJ Sass

982
Citations
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

863
Citations
Complex partial seizures of frontal lobe origin

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

613
Citations
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

611
Citations
Analysis of macromolecule resonances in 1H NMR spectra of human brain.

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

583
Citations
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

579
Citations
Imaging synaptic density in the living human brain

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

577
Citations
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

569
Citations
Adenosine: a potential mediator of seizure arrest and postictal refractoriness.

Matthew J. During;Dennis D. Spencer

554
Citations
Entorhinal‐Hippocampal Interactions in Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Susan S. Spencer;Dennis D. Spencer

524
Citations
Practice parameter: temporal lobe and localized neocortical resections for epilepsy.

Jerome Engel;Samuel Wiebe;Jacqueline French;Michael Sperling

520
Citations
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

514
Citations
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

509
Citations
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

454
Citations
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

439
Citations
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

438
Citations