2026 Gordon M. Shepherd: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	118	408	242	483	50224

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Neuroscience

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Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Gordon M. Shepherd was affiliated with the Yale School of Medicine in the United States. Their research contributions were primarily in the field of Neuroscience, with a focus on several subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Sensory Systems, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scope of their work covered diverse topics related to neural dynamics and brain function, neural engineering, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neuropharmacology, sensory function studies, insect physiology, and muscle activation studies.

Notable recent publications by Shepherd included:

Untangling the cortico-thalamo-cortical loop: cellular pieces of a knotty circuit puzzle (2021) in Nature reviews. Neuroscience
Cortico-Thalamo-Cortical Circuits of Mouse Forelimb S1 Are Organized Primarily as Recurrent Loops (2020) in Journal of Neuroscience
Circuit organization of the excitatory sensorimotor loop through hand/forelimb S1 and M1 (2021) in eLife
Multiscale model of primary motor cortex circuits predicts in vivo cell-type-specific, behavioral state-dependent dynamics (2023) in Cell Reports
Manual dexterity of mice during food-handling involves the thumb and a set of fast basic movements (2020) in PLoS ONE

Frequent collaborators included John M. Barrett, Megan E. Martin, Naoki Yamawaki, Martinna G. Raineri Tapies, and Salvador Durá-Bernal.

Shepherd published frequently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Neuroscience, eLife, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Nature reviews. Neuroscience.

The scientist received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007 and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006.

Best Publications

The synaptic organization of the brain

Gordon M. Shepherd

2907
Citations
The synaptic organization of the brain : an introduction

Gordon M. Shepherd

1399
Citations
Transient and Persistent Dendritic Spines in the Neocortex In Vivo

Anthony J.G.D. Holtmaat;Joshua T. Trachtenberg;Linda Wilbrecht;Gordon M. Shepherd

1358
Citations
Mechanisms of olfactory discrimination : Converging evidence for common principles across phyla

John G. Hildebrand;Gordon M. Shepherd

1326
Citations
The neocortical circuit: themes and variations

Kenneth D Harris;Gordon M G Shepherd

1302
Citations
Corticostriatal connectivity and its role in disease

Gordon M. G. Shepherd

939
Citations
New insights into the classification and nomenclature of cortical GABAergic interneurons

Javier DeFelipe;Pedro L. López-Cruz;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Concha Bielza

937
Citations
Olfactory bulb

John S. Kauer;Joel White;Gordon M. Shepherd

871
Citations
Theoretical reconstruction of field potentials and dendrodendritic synaptic interactions in olfactory bulb.

W Rall;G M Shepherd

826
Citations
Synaptic organization of the mammalian olfactory bulb

G. M. Shepherd

821
Citations
Dendrodendritic synaptic pathway for inhibition in the olfactory bulb

Wilfrid Rall;G.M. Shepherd;T.S. Reese;M.W. Brightman

793
Citations
Smell images and the flavour system in the human brain

Gordon M. Shepherd

665
Citations
Tip-link integrity and mechanical transduction in vertebrate hair cells

John A. Assad;Gordon M.G. Shepherd;David P. Corey;David P. Corey

620
Citations
Three-Dimensional Structure and Composition of CA3→CA1 Axons in Rat Hippocampal Slices: Implications for Presynaptic Connectivity and Compartmentalization

Gordon M. G. Shepherd;Kristen M. Harris;Kristen M. Harris

587
Citations
Functional organization of rat olfactory bulb analysed by the 2-deoxyglucose method.

William B. Stewart;John S. Kauer;Gordon M. Shepherd

517
Citations
Foundations of the neuron doctrine

Gordon M. Shepherd

493
Citations
Emerging rules for the distributions of active dendritic conductances

Michele Migliore;Gordon M. Shepherd

422
Citations
ModelDB: A Database to Support Computational Neuroscience.

Michael L. Hines;Thomas M. Morse;Michele Migliore;Nicholas T. Carnevale

415
Citations
Neurochemistry of the vertebrate olfactory bulb

N. Halász;N. Halász;G.M. Shepherd

415
Citations
Organization of cortical and thalamic input to pyramidal neurons in mouse motor cortex

Bryan M. Hooks;Tianyi Mao;Diego A. Gutnisky;Naoki Yamawaki

413
Citations
Forward and Backward Propagation of Dendritic Impulses and Their Synaptic Control in Mitral Cells

Wei R. Chen;Jens Midtgaard;Jens Midtgaard;Gordon M. Shepherd;Gordon M. Shepherd

388
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