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Florin Amzica 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 Florin Amzica sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 69 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Florin Amzica 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 Florin Amzica sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Florin Amzica is a researcher affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their work primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with a particular emphasis on neurology and related subfields. Their research spans molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, as well as the endocrine and autonomic systems.

Amzica's published papers cover several topics within neuroscience including ion channel regulation and function, neurological disorders and treatments, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, and sleep and wakefulness research. Specific attention is given to studies of sleep and related disorders as well as the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • "Implication of Kir4.1 Channel in Excess Potassium Clearance: An In Vivo Study on Anesthetized Glial-Conditional Kir4.1 Knock-Out Mice" (2021, UNC Libraries)
  • "Local Field Potential Biomarkers of Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: Insights From the Subthalamic Nucleus in Deep Brain Stimulation" (2025, European Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "Impaired sleep homeostasis in children with epilepsy" (2023, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology)

Amzica has collaborated with several co-authors contributing to their research outputs. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Oana Chever
  • Biljana Djukic
  • Ken D. McCarthy
  • Marc-Antoine Gobeil
  • Albert Guillemette

Their works have been published in multiple venues such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Best Publications

  • A novel slow (< 1 Hz) oscillation of neocortical neurons in vivo: depolarizing and hyperpolarizing components

    M Steriade;A Nunez;F Amzica

  • Intracellular analysis of relations between the slow (< 1 Hz) neocortical oscillation and other sleep rhythms of the electroencephalogram

    M Steriade;A Nunez;F Amzica

  • Synchronization of fast (30-40 Hz) spontaneous cortical rhythms during brain activation

    M Steriade;F Amzica;D Contreras

  • Electrophysiological correlates of sleep delta waves.

    F. Amzica;M. Steriade

  • Synchronization of fast (30-40 Hz) spontaneous oscillations in intrathalamic and thalamocortical networks

    M Steriade;D Contreras;F Amzica;I Timofeev

  • The K-complex: Its slow (<1-Hz) rhythmicity and relation to delta waves

    Florin Amzica;Mircea Steriade

  • Cortical and thalamic cellular correlates of electroencephalographic burst-suppression

    M. Steriade;F. Amzica;D. Contreras

  • Synchronized sleep oscillations and their paroxysmal developments

    M. Steriade;D. Contreras;F. Amzica

  • Cholinergic and noradrenergic modulation of the slow (approximately 0.3 Hz) oscillation in neocortical cells

    M. Steriade;F. Amzica;A. Nunez

  • Short- and long-range neuronal synchronization of the slow (< 1 Hz) cortical oscillation

    F. Amzica;M. Steriade

  • Implication of Kir4.1 Channel in Excess Potassium Clearance: An In Vivo Study on Anesthetized Glial-Conditional Kir4.1 Knock-Out Mice

    Oana Chever;Biljana Djukic;Ken D. McCarthy;Florin Amzica

  • Disconnection of intracortical synaptic linkages disrupts synchronization of a slow oscillation

    F Amzica;M Steriade

  • Spatial buffering during slow and paroxysmal sleep oscillations in cortical networks of glial cells in vivo.

    Florin Amzica;Marcello Massimini;Alfredo Manfridi

  • Intracortical and corticothalamic coherency of fast spontaneous oscillations.

    Mircea Steriade;Florin Amzica

  • Cellular substrates and laminar profile of sleep K-complex

    F. Amzica;M. Steriade

  • Neuronal and glial membrane potentials during sleep and paroxysmal oscillations in the neocortex.

    Florin Amzica;Mircea Steriade

  • Hypersensitivity of the anesthesia-induced comatose brain.

    Daniel Kroeger;Florin Amzica

  • Extracellular Calcium Fluctuations and Intracellular Potentials in the Cortex During the Slow Sleep Oscillation

    Marcello Massimini;Florin Amzica

  • Spike-Wave Complexes and Fast Components of Cortically Generated Seizures. II. Extra- and Intracellular Patterns

    Mircea Steriade;Florin Amzica;Dag Neckelmann;Igor Timofeev

  • The functional significance of K-complexes.

    Florin Amzica;Mircea Steriade

Frequent Co-Authors

Mircea Steriade
Mircea Steriade Université Laval
Angel Nuñez
Angel Nuñez Autonomous University of Madrid
Attila Sik
Attila Sik University of Birmingham
Igor Timofeev
Igor Timofeev Université Laval
Marcello Massimini
Marcello Massimini University of Milan
Sampsa Vanhatalo
Sampsa Vanhatalo University of Helsinki
Juha Voipio
Juha Voipio University of Helsinki
Daniel Brandeis
Daniel Brandeis University of Zurich
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Fabio Cicoira
Fabio Cicoira Polytechnique Montréal

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