2026 Gary L. Westbrook: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	87	1237	1117	633	558	172	36153

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Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2008 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gary L. Westbrook is affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University in the United States. Their research contributions span multiple topics, fields, and collaborations in neuroscience and related disciplines.

Their recent publication record includes:

α2δ-2 Protein Controls Structure and Function at the Cerebellar Climbing Fiber Synapse, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
Adaptive Mossy Cell Circuit Plasticity after Status Epilepticus, 2022, Journal of Neuroscience
Revisiting I-BAR Proteins at Central Synapses, 2021, Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Induction of Oxidative Stress and Alteration of Synaptic Gene Expression in Newborn Hippocampal Granule Cells after Developmental Exposure to Aroclor 1254, 2022, Neuroendocrinology
Adaptive mossy cell circuit plasticity after status epilepticus, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Westbrook include:

Eric Gouaux
Janette Myers
Farzad Jalali-Yazdi
Heidi Owen
Eric Schnell

Publications have often appeared in the following venues:

OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Journal of Neuroscience
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Neuroendocrinology

Their scientific work focuses on key topics including:

Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Seismic Waves and Analysis
Earthquake Detection and Analysis
Ion channel regulation and function
Cellular transport and secretion
Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Westbrook's fields and subfields of study encompass:

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Environmental Chemistry
Geophysics
Molecular Biology
Cell Biology

Throughout their career, Westbrook has received several distinctions including:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2009
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2008
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2002

Best Publications

Voltage-dependent block by Mg2+ of NMDA responses in spinal cord neurones.

Mark L. Mayer;Gary L. Westbrook;Peter B. Guthrie

3681
Citations
NMDA-receptor activation increases cytoplasmic calcium concentration in cultured spinal cord neurones

Amy B. MacDermott;Amy B. MacDermott;Mark L. Mayer;Gary L. Westbrook;Stephen J. Smith

2080
Citations
The physiology of excitatory amino acids in the vertebrate central nervous system.

Mark L. Mayer;Gary L. Westbrook

2038
Citations
The time course of glutamate in the synaptic cleft.

John D. Clements;Robin A. J. Lester;Gang Tong;Craig E. Jahr

1322
Citations
Permeation and block of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor channels by divalent cations in mouse cultured central neurones.

M. L. Mayer;Gary Westbrook

1225
Citations
The Incorporation of NMDA Receptors with a Distinct Subunit Composition at Nascent Hippocampal Synapses In Vitro

Kenneth R. Tovar;Gary L. Westbrook

1212
Citations
Micromolar concentrations of Zn2+ antagonize NMDA and GABA responses of hippocampal neurons.

Gary L. Westbrook;Mark L. Mayer

1067
Citations
Channel kinetics determine the time course of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic currents.

Robin A. J. Lester;John D. Clements;Gary L. Westbrook;Craig E. Jahr

765
Citations
Neuronal cell killing by the envelope protein of HIV and its prevention by vasoactive intestinal peptide.

Douglas E. Brenneman;Gary L. Westbrook;Sandra P. Fitzgerald;David L. Ennist

755
Citations
Nonuniform probability of glutamate release at a hippocampal synapse

Christian Rosenmund;John D. Clements;John D. Clements;Gary L. Westbrook

696
Citations
Desensitized states prolong GABAA channel responses to brief agonist pulses

Mathew V. Jones;Gary L. Westbrook

684
Citations
Calcium-induced actin depolymerization reduces NMDA channel activity

C. Rosenmund;G.L. Westbrook

640
Citations
The impact of receptor desensitization on fast synaptic transmission

Mathew V. Jones;Gary L. Westbrook

616
Citations
Mobile NMDA Receptors at Hippocampal Synapses

Kenneth R. Tovar;Gary L. Westbrook

601
Citations
Inactivation of NMDA channels in cultured hippocampal neurons by intracellular calcium

P Legendre;C Rosenmund;GL Westbrook

567
Citations
A voltage-clamp analysis of inward (anomalous) rectification in mouse spinal sensory ganglion neurones.

M. L. Mayer;Gary Westbrook

514
Citations
microRNA-132 regulates dendritic growth and arborization of newborn neurons in the adult hippocampus

Stephen T. Magill;Xiaolu A. Cambronne;Bryan W. Luikart;Daniel T. Lioy

502
Citations
Activation kinetics reveal the number of glutamate and glycine binding sites on the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor.

J.D. Clements;G.L. Westbrook

471
Citations
Integrins mediate functional pre- and postsynaptic maturation at a hippocampal synapse

Pascale Chavis;Pascale Chavis;Gary Westbrook

463
Citations
Anchoring of protein kinase A is required for modulation of AMPA/kainate receptors on hippocampal neurons.

Christian Rosenmund;Daniel W. Carr;Susan E. Bergeson;Gajanan Nilaver

454
Citations
Slow excitatory postsynaptic currents mediated by N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors on cultured mouse central neurones.

I. D. Forsythe;Gary Westbrook

452
Citations