Gary L. Wenk

Gary L. Wenk 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 Gary L. Wenk sits on this spectrum.

Gary L. Wenk 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 Gary L. Wenk sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Best Publications

• Inflammation and Alzheimer's disease.

  H Akiyama;S Barger;S Barnum;B Bradt

  5709
  Citations

• Neuropathologic changes in Alzheimer's disease.

  Gary L Wenk

  742
  Citations

• The Neuropharmacological Basis for the Use of Memantine in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

  Michael A. Rogawski;Gary L. Wenk

  572
  Citations

• Lesions in nucleus basalis magnocellularis and medial septal area of rats produce qualitatively similar memory impairments

  DJ Hepler;DS Olton;GL Wenk;JT Coyle

  562
  Citations

• Chronic neuroinflammation in rats reproduces components of the neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease

  Beatrice Hauss-Wegrzyniak;Pawel Dobrzanski;James D Stoehr;Gary L Wenk

  469
  Citations

• The Nucleus Basalis Magnocellularis Cholinergic System: One Hundred Years of Progress

  Gary L. Wenk

  435
  Citations

• Microglial Activation and β-Amyloid Deposit Reduction Caused by a Nitric Oxide-Releasing Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug in Amyloid Precursor Protein Plus Presenilin-1 Transgenic Mice

  Paul T. Jantzen;Karen E. Connor;Giovanni DiCarlo;Gary L. Wenk

  411
  Citations

• Memory impairments following basal forebrain lesions.

  David J. Hepler;Gary L. Wenk;Brenda L. Cribbs;David S. Olton

  381
  Citations

• Behavioral, biochemical, histological, and electrophysiological effects of 192 IgG-saporin injections into the basal forebrain of rats

  Gary L. Wenk;James D. Stoehr;George Quintana;Sherri Mobley

  353
  Citations

• Aminergic systems in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

  Robert J. D'Amato;Richard M. Zweig;Peter J. Whitehouse;Gary L. Wenk

  333
  Citations

• Age-related changes in multiple neurotransmitter systems in the monkey brain.

  Gary L. Wenk;Donna J. Pierce;Robert G. Struble;Donald L. Price

  328
  Citations

• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in Alzheimer's disease: old and new mechanisms of action.

  Laura Gasparini;Ennio Ongini;Gary Wenk

  308
  Citations

• Attention and the frontal cortex as examined by simultaneous temporal processing

  David S. Olton;Gary L. Wenk;Russell M. Church;Warren H. Meck

  300
  Citations

• Loss of NMDA, but not GABA-A, binding in the brains of aged rats and monkeys

  Gary L. Wenk;Lary C. Walker;Donald L. Price;Linda C. Cork

  295
  Citations

• Individual differences in aging: Behavioral and neurobiological correlates

  Alicja L. Markowska;William S. Stone;Donald K. Ingram;Jay Reynolds

  289
  Citations

• The Neuron-Astrocyte-Microglia Triad in Normal Brain Ageing and in a Model of Neuroinflammation in the Rat Hippocampus

  Francesca Cerbai;Daniele Lana;Daniele Nosi;Polina Petkova-Kirova

  276
  Citations

• Galantamine: Effect on nicotinic receptor binding, acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and learning

  Diana S. Woodruff-Pak;Richard W. Vogel;Gary L. Wenk

  250
  Citations

• Chronic treatment of old rats with donepezil or galantamine: effects on memory, hippocampal plasticity and nicotinic receptors

  C.A Barnes;J Meltzer;F Houston;G Orr

  241
  Citations

• An hypothesis on the role of glucose in the mechanism of action of cognitive enhancers.

  Gary L. Wenk

  235
  Citations

• Recovery of neocortical choline acetyltransferase activity following ibotenic acid injection into the nucleus basalis of Meynert in rats

  G L Wenk;D S Olton

  223
  Citations