Donald P. Cain

Donald P. Cain 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 Donald P. Cain sits on this spectrum.

Donald P. Cain 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 Donald P. Cain sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• Neurobiological effects of intraventricular propionic acid in rats: possible role of short chain fatty acids on the pathogenesis and characteristics of autism spectrum disorders.

  Derrick F. MacFabe;Donald P. Cain;Karina Rodriguez-Capote;Andrew E. Franklin

  545
  Citations

• Effects of the enteric bacterial metabolic product propionic acid on object-directed behavior, social behavior, cognition, and neuroinflammation in adolescent rats: Relevance to autism spectrum disorder.

  Derrick F. MacFabe;Nathan E. Cain;Francis Boon;Klaus-Peter Ossenkopp

  450
  Citations

• Spatial learning without NMDA receptor-dependent long-term potentiation.

  Deborah Saucier;Donald P. Cain

  430
  Citations

• Partial reversal of the effect of maternal care on cognitive function through environmental enrichment.

  T.W Bredy;R.A Humpartzoomian;D.P Cain;M.J Meaney

  337
  Citations

• Long-term potentiation and kindling: How similar are the mechanisms?

  Donald P. Cain

  251
  Citations

• Contribution of sex differences in the acute stress response to sex differences in water maze performance in the rat.

  Jason Beiko;Rebecca Lander;Elizabeth Hampson;Francis Boon

  245
  Citations

• Intracerebroventricular Injection of Propionic Acid, an Enteric Bacterial Metabolic End-Product, Impairs Social Behavior in the Rat: Implications for an Animal Model of Autism

  Sandy R. Shultz;Derrick F. MacFabe;Klaus Peter Ossenkopp;Shannon Scratch

  238
  Citations

• Detailed behavioral analysis of water maze acquisition under systemic NMDA or muscarinic antagonism: nonspatial pretraining eliminates spatial learning deficits.

  Deborah Saucier;Eric L. Hargreaves;Francis Boon;C. H. Vanderwolf

  234
  Citations

• Repeated mild lateral fluid percussion brain injury in the rat causes cumulative long-term behavioral impairments, neuroinflammation, and cortical loss in an animal model of repeated concussion.

  Sandy Richard Shultz;Feng Bao;Vanessa Omana;Charlotte Chiu

  221
  Citations

• Detailed behavioral analysis of water maze acquisition under APV or CNQX: contribution of sensorimotor disturbances to drug-induced acquisition deficits.

  Donald Peter Cain;Deborah Saucier;Jeff Hall;Eric L. Hargreaves

  206
  Citations

• Intracerebroventricular injections of the enteric bacterial metabolic product propionic acid impair cognition and sensorimotor ability in the Long-Evans rat: further development of a rodent model of autism.

  Sandy R. Shultz;Derrick F. MacFabe;Samantha Martin;Jordana Jackson

  189
  Citations

• Testing the NMDA, Long-term Potentiation, and Cholinergic Hypotheses of Spatial Learning

  Donald Peter Cain

  170
  Citations

• Behavioural, physiological and morphological analysis of a line of apolipoprotein E knockout mouse

  R. Anderson;J.C. Barnes;T.V.P. Bliss;D.P. Cain

  170
  Citations

• The role of the olfactory bulb in limbic mechanisms.

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  170
  Citations

• Retardation of amygdala kindling by antagonism of NMD-aspartate and muscarinic cholinergic receptors: evidence for the summation of excitatory mechanisms in kindling.

  Donald P. Cain;Kathryn A. Desborough;Douglas J. McKitrick

  161
  Citations

• Sub-concussive brain injury in the Long-Evans rat induces acute neuroinflammation in the absence of behavioral impairments

  Sandy R. Shultz;Derrick F. MacFabe;Kelly A. Foley;Roy Taylor

  157
  Citations

• Hyperactivity, hyper-reactivity, and sensorimotor deficits induced by low doses of the N-methyl-d-aspartate non-competitive channel blocker MK801

  Eric L. Hargreaves;Donald P. Cain

  149
  Citations

• Olfactory bulbectomy and mucosal damage: effects on copulation, irritability, and interspecific aggression in male rats.

  Donald P. Cain;George Paxinos

  146
  Citations

• A Novel Rodent Model of Autism: Intraventricular Infusions of Propionic Acid Increase Locomotor Activity and Induce Neuroinflammation and Oxidative Stress in Discrete Regions of Adult Rat Brain

  Derrick F. MacFabe;Karina Rodríguez-Capote;Jennifer E. Hoffman;Andrew E. Franklin

  143
  Citations

• LTP, NMDA, genes and learning

  Donald Peter Cain

  138
  Citations

• Epileptiform effects of met-enkephalin, β-endorphin and morphine: Kindling of generalized seizures and potentiation of epileptiform effects by handling

  Donald P. Cain;Michael E. Corcoran

  134
  Citations