2026 George W. Huntley: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	55	4682	4308	2114	1914	101	12385

Overview

George W. Huntley is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research spans various fields within neuroscience and medicine, with a significant focus on neurological disorders, neuropharmacology, and related mechanisms.

The main fields of study for Huntley include:

Neuroscience
Medicine

Within these, their work further concentrates on subfields such as:

Neurology
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Physiology
Biological Psychiatry

The scientist's main research topics encompass:

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Tryptophan and brain disorders
Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Stress Responses and Cortisol
Neurological disorders and treatments
Psychedelics and Drug Studies

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Huntley include:

Prolonged epigenomic and synaptic plasticity alterations following single exposure to a psychedelic in mice (2021), published in Cell Reports
Orexin signaling in GABAergic lateral habenula neurons modulates aggressive behavior in male mice (2020), published in Nature Neuroscience
Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: The Neurobiology of Early Psychiatric and Cognitive Dysfunction (2021), published in The Neuroscientist
LRRK2 mutation alters behavioral, synaptic, and nonsynaptic adaptations to acute social stress (2020), published in Journal of Neurophysiology
Cognitive deficits and altered cholinergic innervation in young adult male mice carrying a Parkinson's disease Lrrk2G2019S knockin mutation (2022), published in Experimental Neurology

Huntley frequently collaborates with several researchers including:

Christopher A. Guevara
Deanna L. Benson
Ayan Hussein
Pamela Del Valle
Scott J. Russo

The scientist often publishes in journals and platforms such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cell Reports
Nature Neuroscience
The Neuroscientist
Journal of Neurophysiology

Best Publications

Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Transport Is Required for Long-Term Memory Formation

Akinobu Suzuki;Sarah A. Stern;Ozlem Bozdagi;George W. Huntley

1799
Citations
Transgenic mice expressing an altered murine superoxide dismutase gene provide an animal model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Michael E. Ripps;George W. Huntley;Patrick R. Hof;John H. Morrison

872
Citations
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 is required for hippocampal late-phase long-term potentiation and memory.

Vanja Nagy;Ozlem Bozdagi;Anna Matynia;Marcin Balcerzyk

539
Citations
Relationship of intrinsic connections to forelimb movement representations in monkey motor cortex: a correlative anatomic and physiological study

G. W. Huntley;E. G. Jones

519
Citations
Increasing Numbers of Synaptic Puncta during Late-Phase LTP: N-Cadherin Is Synthesized, Recruited to Synaptic Sites, and Required for Potentiation

Ozlem Bozdagi;Weisong Shan;Hidekazu Tanaka;Deanna L. Benson

454
Citations
Molecular Modification of N-Cadherin in Response to Synaptic Activity

Hidekazu Tanaka;Weisong Shan;Greg R. Phillips;Kirsten Arndt

400
Citations
Synaptic circuit remodelling by matrix metalloproteinases in health and disease

George W. Huntley

363
Citations
Extracellular proteolysis by matrix metalloproteinase-9 drives dendritic spine enlargement and long-term potentiation coordinately

Xiao-bin Wang;Ozlem Bozdagi;Jessica S. Nikitczuk;Zu Wei Zhai

359
Citations
Making memories stick: cell-adhesion molecules in synaptic plasticity

Deanna L. Benson;Lynn M. Schnapp;Lawrence Shapiro;George W. Huntley

269
Citations
Intracerebral transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells into acid sphingomyelinase–deficient mice delays the onset of neurological abnormalities and extends their life span

Hee Kyung Jin;Janet E. Carter;George W. Huntley;Edward H. Schuchman

264
Citations
Correlation between patterns of horizontal connectivity and the extend of short-term representational plasticity in rat motor cortex.

G W Huntley

242
Citations
Calbindin and parvalbumin cells in monkey VPL thalamic nucleus: distribution, laminar cortical projections, and relations to spinothalamic terminations.

E Rausell;CS Bae;A Vinuela;GW Huntley

231
Citations
Molecules, maps and synapse specificity.

Deanna L. Benson;David R. Colman;George W. Huntley

207
Citations
Quantitative localization of AMPA/kainate and kainate glutamate receptor subunit immunoreactivity in neurochemically identified subpopulations of neurons in the prefrontal cortex of the macaque monkey

J. C. Vickers;G. W. Huntley;A. M. Edwards;T. Moran

203
Citations
In Vivo Roles for Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Mature Hippocampal Synaptic Physiology and Plasticity

Ozlem Bozdagi;Vanja Nagy;Kimberly T. Kwei;George W. Huntley

198
Citations
Cellular and synaptic localization of NMDA and non-NMDA receptor subunits in neocortex: organizational features related to cortical circuitry, function and disease

George W. Huntley;James C. Vickers;John H. Morrison

196
Citations
Distribution and synaptic localization of immunocytochemically identified NMDA receptor subunit proteins in sensory-motor and visual cortices of monkey and human

G. W. Huntley;J. C. Vickers;W. Janssen;N. Brose

194
Citations
Alpha calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II selectively expressed in a subpopulation of excitatory neurons in monkey sensory- motor cortex: comparison with GAD-67 expression

EG Jones;GW Huntley;DL Benson

193
Citations
Prolonged epigenomic and synaptic plasticity alterations following single exposure to a psychedelic in mice

Mario de la Fuente Revenga;Bohan Zhu;Christopher A. Guevara;Lynette B. Naler

184
Citations
A monoclonal antibody to non-phosphorylated neurofilament protein marks the vulnerable cortical neurons in Alzheimer's disease.

John H. Morrison;David A. Lewis;Michael J. Campbell;George W. Huntley

183
Citations
Selective distribution of kainate receptor subunit immunoreactivity in monkey neocortex revealed by a monoclonal antibody that recognizes glutamate receptor subunits GluR5/6/7

G. W. Huntley;S. W. Rogers;T. Moran;W. Janssen

182
Citations
Regeneration of axons in injured spinal cord by activation of bone morphogenetic protein/Smad1 signaling pathway in adult neurons

Pranav Parikh;Yuhan Hao;Mohsen Hosseinkhani;Shekhar B. Patil

172
Citations