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Diane K. O'Dowd

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
5645
World Ranking
8152
National Ranking
3493

Diane K. O'Dowd 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 Diane K. O'Dowd sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 78 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Diane K. O'Dowd 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 Diane K. O'Dowd sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Diane K. O'Dowd is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Education, Molecular Biology, Media Technology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's work covers main research topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Innovative Teaching Methods, Ion channel regulation and function, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Experimental Learning in Engineering, Innovations in Educational Methods, and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Diane K. O'Dowd include Soleil S. Schutte, Martin A. Smith, Nicolás Fuenzalida-Uribe, Sergio Hidalgo, and Bryon Silva.

Key venues for publication include eNeuro, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Neuroscience Letters, UNC Libraries, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Diane K. O'Dowd include:

  • Seven practical strategies to add active learning to a science lecture, 2020, Neuroscience Letters
  • Interneuron Dysfunction in a New Mouse Model of SCN1A GEFS+, 2021, eNeuro
  • Seizure Phenotype and Underlying Cellular Defects in Drosophila Knock-In Models of DS (R1648C) and GEFS+ (R1648H) SCN1A Epilepsy, 2021, eNeuro
  • A Behavioral Screen for Heat-Induced Seizures in Mouse Models of Epilepsy, 2021, Journal of Visualized Experiments

Diane K. O'Dowd has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2008.

Best Publications

  • Isolation and characterization of neural progenitor cells from post-mortem human cortex

    Philip H. Schwartz;Philip H. Schwartz;Peter J. Bryant;Tannin J. Fuja;Hailing Su

  • Organized growth of thalamocortical axons from the deep tier of terminations into layer IV of developing mouse barrel cortex.

    Ariel Agmon;Lee T Yang;Diane K O'Dowd;Edward G Jones

  • Development of voltage-dependent calcium, sodium, and potassium currents in Xenopus spinal neurons.

    Diane K O'Dowd;Angeles B Ribera;Nicholas C Spitzer

  • Topological precision in the thalamic projection to neonatal mouse barrel cortex

    Ariel Agmon;Lee T Yang;Edward G Jones;Diane K O'Dowd

  • Circadian- and light-dependent regulation of resting membrane potential and spontaneous action potential firing of Drosophila circadian pacemaker neurons.

    Vasu Sheeba;Huaiyu Gu;Vijay K. Sharma;Diane K. O'Dowd

  • Cholinergic synaptic transmission in adult Drosophila Kenyon cells in situ.

    Huaiyu Gu;Diane K. O'Dowd

  • Differential Expression of K4-AP Currents and Kv3.1 Potassium Channel Transcripts in Cortical Neurons that Develop Distinct Firing Phenotypes

    Jennifer L. Massengill;Martin A. Smith;Dong Ik Son;Diane K. O’Dowd

  • NMDA receptor-mediated currents are prominent in the thalamocortical synaptic response before maturation of inhibition

    Ariel Agmon;Diane K O'Dowd

  • α3Na+/K+-ATPase Is a Neuronal Receptor for Agrin

    Lutz G.W. Hilgenberg;Hailing Su;Huaiyu Gu;Diane K. O'Dowd

  • GABAA Receptor–Mediated Miniature Postsynaptic Currents and α-Subunit Expression in Developing Cortical Neurons

    D D Dunning;C L Hoover;I Soltesz;M A Smith

  • Fast synaptic currents in Drosophila mushroom body Kenyon cells are mediated by alpha-bungarotoxin-sensitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and picrotoxin-sensitive GABA receptors.

    Hailing Su;Diane K. O'Dowd

  • Fast Excitatory Synaptic Transmission Mediated by Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Drosophila Neurons

    Daewoo Lee;Diane K. O’Dowd

  • A Knock-In Model of Human Epilepsy in Drosophila Reveals a Novel Cellular Mechanism Associated with Heat-Induced Seizure

    Lei Sun;Jeff Gilligan;Cynthia Staber;Ryan J. Schutte

  • GABA Receptors Containing Rdl Subunits Mediate Fast Inhibitory Synaptic Transmission in Drosophila Neurons

    Daewoo Lee;Hailing Su;Diane K. O'Dowd

  • FUNCTIONAL GABAERGIC SYNAPTIC CONNECTION IN NEONATAL MOUSE BARREL CORTEX

    Ariel Agmon;Greg Hollrigel;Diane K. O’Dowd

  • Voltage-clamp analysis of sodium channels in wild-type and mutant Drosophila neurons

    Diane K O'Dowd;Richard W Aldrich

  • Cell-specific regulation of agrin RNA splicing in the chick ciliary ganglion

    Martin A. Smith;Diane K. O'Dowd

  • Sodium current density correlates with expression of specific alternatively spliced sodium channel mRNAs in single neurons

    Diane K O'Dowd;Joey R Gee;Martin A Smith

  • Voltage-gated currents and firing properties of embryonic Drosophila neurons grown in a chemically defined medium.

    Diane K O'Dowd

  • Localization of alpha 7 nicotinic receptor subunit mRNA and alpha-bungarotoxin binding sites in developing mouse somatosensory thalamocortical system.

    Keshavan G. Bina;Patricia Guzman;Ron S. Broide;Frances M. Leslie

  • Topological precision in the thalamic projection to neonatal mouse barrel cortex. - eScholarship

    Ariel Agmon;Lee T Yang;Edward G Jones;Diane K O'Dowd

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin A. Smith
Martin A. Smith Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Richard Losick
Richard Losick Harvard University
Sarah C. R. Elgin
Sarah C. R. Elgin Washington University in St. Louis
Richard W. Aldrich
Richard W. Aldrich The University of Texas at Austin
Jo Handelsman
Jo Handelsman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Catherine L. Drennan
Catherine L. Drennan MIT
Edward G. Jones
Edward G. Jones University of California, Davis
Graham F. Hatfull
Graham F. Hatfull University of Pittsburgh
Graham C. Walker
Graham C. Walker MIT
Scott A. Strobel
Scott A. Strobel Yale University

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