2026 Derek A. Denton: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	64	3265	86	383	14981

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D-Index

World Ranking

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Publications

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Neuroscience

3265

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14981

Research.com Recognitions

1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1986 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1979 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Best Publications

Physiological response to long-term peripheral and central leptin infusion in lean and obese mice

Jeffrey L. Halaas;Carol Boozer;John Blair-West;Naseem Fidahusein

1529
Citations
The effect of increased salt intake on blood pressure of chimpanzees

Derek Denton;Richard Weisinger;Nicholas I. Mundy;E. Jean Wickings

533
Citations
Brain responses associated with consciousness of breathlessness (air hunger)

Mario Liotti;Stephen Brannan;Gary Egan;Robert Shade

339
Citations
Sensors for antidiuresis and thirst--osmoreceptors or CSF sodium detectors?

M.J. McKinley;D.A. Denton;R.S. Weisinger

333
Citations
The role of primordial emotions in the evolutionary origin of consciousness

Derek Denton;Derek Denton;Michael J McKinley;Michael Farrell;Gary Egan

275
Citations
Neuroimaging of genesis and satiation of thirst and an interoceptor-driven theory of origins of primary consciousness

Derek Denton;Robert Shade;Frank Zamarippa;Gary Egan

243
Citations
THE EFFECT OF THE HEPTAPEPTIDE (2-8) AND HEXAPEPTIDE (3-8) FRAGMENTS OF ANGIOTENSIN II ON ALDOSTERONE SECRETION1

John R. Blair-West;John P. Coghlan;Derek A. Denton;John W. Funder

243
Citations
Neuroimaging of cerebral activations and deactivations associated with hypercapnia and hunger for air

Stephen Brannan;Mario Liotti;Gary Egan;Robert Shade

238
Citations
Mice lacking angiotensin-converting enzyme have increased energy expenditure, with reduced fat mass and improved glucose clearance

Anura P. Jayasooriya;Michael L. Mathai;Lesley L. Walker;Denovan P. Begg

224
Citations
Hypothalamic integration of body fluid regulation.

D A Denton;M J McKinley;R S Weisinger

219
Citations
Physiological, Morphological and Behavioural Adaptation to a Sodium Deficient Environment by Wild Native Australian and Introduced Species of Animals

J. R. Blair-West;J. P. Coghlan;D. A. Denton;J. F. Nelson

210
Citations
HUMORAL STIMULATION OF ADRENAL CORTICAL SECRETION

J. R. Blair-West;J. P. Coghlan;D. A. Denton;J. R. Goding

201
Citations
Neural correlates of the emergence of consciousness of thirst

Gary Egan;Tim Silk;Frank Zamarripa;John Williams

187
Citations
Prolonged intracerebroventricular infusion of neurosteroids affects cognitive performances in the mouse.

Nathalie Ladurelle;Bernard Eychenne;Derek Denton;John Blair-West

181
Citations
The ontogeny and regulation of corticosteroid secretion by the ovine foetal adrenal.

Wintour Em;Brown Eh;Denton Da;Hardy Kj

178
Citations
Localization of angiotensin II receptor binding in rabbit brain by in vitro autoradiography

Frederick Ao Mendelsohn;A M Allen;J Clevers;D A Denton

174
Citations
The Primordial Emotions: The Dawning of Consciousness

Derek A. Denton

174
Citations
Change in Salt Intake Affects Blood Pressure of Chimpanzees: Implications for Human Populations

Paul Elliott;Lesley L. Walker;Mark P. Little;John R. Blair-West;John R. Blair-West

168
Citations
THE CONTROL OF ALDOSTERONE SECRETION.

Blair West;Coghlan Jp;Denton Da;Goding

167
Citations
The study of sheep with permanent unilateral parotid fistulae.

D. A. Denton

160
Citations
Neuroimaging evidence implicating cerebellum in the experience of hypercapnia and hunger for air

Lawrence M. Parsons;Gary Egan;Mario Liotti;Stephen Brannan

153
Citations
Subfornical organ lesion decreases sodium appetite in the sodium-depleted rat.

R.S. Weisinger;D.A. Denton;R. Di Nicolantonio;D.K. Hards

152
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary F. Egan Monash University

Peter T. Fox The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Brian J. Oldfield Monash University

Robin M. McAllen University of Melbourne

Jack L. Lancaster The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Andrew M. Allen University of Melbourne

Mario Liotti University of Padua

Frederick A.O. Mendelsohn University of Melbourne

Andrew L. Gundlach Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Remco J. Renken University Medical Center Groningen

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