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Donald S. Faber

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Neuroscience

D-Index
56
Citations
9317
World Ranking
4581
National Ranking
2067

Donald S. Faber 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 S. Faber sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 124 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Donald S. Faber 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 S. Faber sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Donald S. Faber is affiliated with Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, neuroscience, and environmental science.

The main topics in Faber's research include:

  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Their main research fields are supported by work in several subfields such as cell biology, ecology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, and molecular biology.

Faber has coauthored multiple scientific papers with frequent collaborators including Steven J. Zottoli, Joseph R. Fetcho, John R. Hering, Ann C. Dannhauer, and Susan Northen.

Their recent publications include:

  • Survival and Axonal Outgrowth of the Mauthner Cell Following Spinal Cord Crush Does Not Drive Post-injury Startle Responses, 2021, published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Multiple Neuronal Processes, Including the Mauthner Axon, Form a Multi-Axial Fiber Within a Common Myelin Sheath in the Central Nervous System of Adult Lungfishes, Protopterus annectens, Lepidosiren paradoxa, and Neoceratodus forsteri, 2025, published in Journal of Morphology

These papers reflect a focus on cellular neuroscience and morphological studies relevant to nervous system structure and function across species.

Faber's works have appeared frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Journal of Morphology

Among honors received, Faber was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999.

Best Publications

  • The Mauthner cell half a century later: a neurobiological model for decision-making?

    Henri Korn;Donald S. Faber

  • Quantal analysis and synaptic efficacy in the CNS

    Henri Korn;Donald S. Faber

  • Axotomy-induced alterations in the electrophysiological characteristics of neurons

    Margaret J. Titmus;Donald S. Faber

  • Neurobiology of the Mauthner cell

    Donald S. Faber;Henri Korn

  • Transmission at a central inhibitory synapse. II. Quantal description of release, with a physical correlate for binomial n.

    H Korn;A Mallet;A Triller;D S Faber

  • Long-term potentiation of electrotonic coupling at mixed synapses

    Xian-Da Yang;Henri Korn;Donald S. Faber

  • Neuronal networks underlying the escape response in goldfish. General implications for motor control.

    Donald S. Faber;Joseph R. Fetcho;Henri Korn

  • Intrinsic quantal variability due to stochastic properties of receptor-transmitter interactions.

    Donald S. Faber;William S. Young;Pascal Legendre;Henri Korn

  • Fluctuating Responses at a Central Synapse: n of Binomial Fit Predicts Number of Stained Presynaptic Boutons

    Henri Korn;Antoine Triller;Alain Mallet;Donald S. Faber

  • Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II mediates simultaneous enhancement of gap-junctional conductance and glutamatergic transmission

    Alberto E. Pereda;Theodore D. Bell;Bill H. Chang;Andrew J. Czernik

  • Neural representation of object approach in a decision-making motor circuit.

    Thomas Preuss;Princess E. Osei-Bonsu;Shennan A. Weiss;C. Wang

  • Identification of motoneurons and interneurons in the spinal network for escapes initiated by the mauthner cell in goldfish.

    JR Fetcho;DS Faber

  • Synaptic transmission mediated by single club endings on the goldfish Mauthner cell. I. Characteristics of electrotonic and chemical postsynaptic potentials

    Jen-Wei Lin;D. S. Faber

  • Activity-dependent short-term enhancement of intercellular coupling

    Alberto E. Pereda;Donald S. Faber

  • Strychnine- and Pentylenetetrazol-Induced Changes of Excitability in Aplysia Neurons

    Manfred R. Klee;Donald S. Faber;Wolf-Dieter Heiss

  • Properties and plasticity of paired-pulse depression at a central synapse.

    Robert F. Waldeck;Alberto Pereda;Donald S. Faber

  • Localization of optic tectal input to the ventral dendrite of the goldfish Mauthner cell

    Steven J. Zottoli;Andrew R. Hordes;Donald S. Faber

  • Long-term potentiation of inhibitory circuits and synapses in the central nervous system

    Henri Korn;Yoichi Oda;Donald S. Faber

  • Automatic detection of spontaneous synaptic responses in central neurons.

    N. Ankri;P. Legendre;D.S. Faber;H. Korn

  • Dopamine enhances both electrotonic coupling and chemical excitatory postsynaptic potentials at mixed synapses.

    Alberto Pereda;Antoine Triller;Henri Korn;Donald S. Faber;Donald S. Faber

Frequent Co-Authors

Henri Korn
Henri Korn Institut Pasteur
John C. Eccles
John C. Eccles Australian National University

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