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D-Index
44
Citations
7061
World Ranking
7203
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3110

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1951 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Henry J. Ralston was affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their academic career was marked by recognition from notable scientific organizations.

Among the distinctions received, Henry J. Ralston was honored as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on multiple occasions, including in 1951 and twice in 2006. These fellowships are awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to science.

Although details about specific research papers, co-authors, book publications, and fields or subfields of study were not provided, the consistent recognition through fellowships suggests a sustained engagement and contribution to the scientific community over several decades.

Best Publications

  • Diencephalic mechanisms of pain sensation

    D. Albe-Fessard;K. J. Berkley;L. Kruger;H. J. Ralston

  • The distribution of dorsal root axons in laminae I, II and III of the macaque spinal cord: a quantitative electron microscope study.

    Henry J. Ralston;Diane Daly Ralston

  • The fine structure of neurons and synapses in ventrobasal thalamus of the cat.

    Henry J. Ralston;Mary M. Herman

  • The cellular reaction to wallerian degeneration in the central nervous system of the cat

    Amico Bignami;Henry J. Ralston

  • Localization of Postsynaptic Density-93 to Dendritic Microtubules and Interaction with Microtubule-Associated Protein 1A

    Jay E. Brenman;J. Rick Topinka;Edward C. Cooper;Aaron W. McGee

  • Evidence for Presynaptic Dendrites and a Proposal for their Mechanism of Action

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  • The terminations of corticospinal tract axons in the macaque monkey.

    Diane Daly Ralston;Henry J. Ralston

  • The fine structure of laminae IV, V, and VI of the Macaque spinal cord.

    Henry J. Ralston

  • Light and electron microscopic evidence of transneuronal labeling with WGA‐HRP to trace somatosensory pathways to the thalamus

    Marc Peschanski;Henry J. Ralston

  • Serotonin-containing structures in the nucleus raphe dorsalis of the cat: an ultrastructural analysis of dendrites, presynaptic dendrites, and axon terminals.

    G. Chazal;H. J. Ralston

  • Reticularis thalami afferents to the ventrobasal complex of the rat thalamus: an electron microscope study

    Marc Peschanski;Henry J. Ralston;Françoise Roudier

  • The primate dorsal spinothalamic tract: evidence for a specific termination in the posterior nuclei (Po/SG) of the thalamus

    Henry J. Ralston;Diane Daly Ralston

  • Dorsal root projections to dorsal horn neurons in the cat spinal cord

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  • The fine structure of neurons in the dorsal horn of the cat spinal cord

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  • The synaptic organization of lemniscal projections to the ventrobasal thalamus of the cat.

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  • Monosynaptic projections from the lateral periaqueductal gray to the nucleus retroambiguus in the rhesus monkey: implications for vocalization and reproductive behavior.

    Veronique G.J.M. Vanderhorst;Veronique G.J.M. Vanderhorst;Ei Terasawa;Henry J. Ralston;Gert Holstege

  • The structural organization of the ventrobasal complex of the rat as revealed by the analysis of physiologically characterized neurons injected intracellularly with horseradish peroxidase.

    Marc Peschanski;Marc Peschanski;Chong Lam Lee;Henry J. Ralston

  • Monosynaptic projections from the nucleus retroambiguus to motoneurons supplying the abdominal wall, axial, hindlimb, and pelvic floor muscles in the female rhesus monkey

    Veronique G.J.M. Vanderhorst;Veronique G.J.M. Vanderhorst;Ei Terasawa;Henry J. Ralston;Gert Holstege

  • Nerve endings in human fasciae, tendons, ligaments, periosteum, and joint synovial membrane.

    Henry J. Ralston;Malcolm R. Miller;Michiko Kasahara

  • Bulbospinal projections in the primate: a light and electron microscopic study of a pain modulating system.

    Allan I. Basbaum;Diane D. Ralston;Henry J. Ralston

  • Ultrastructural analysis of gaba‐immunoreactive elements in the monkey thalamic ventrobasal complex

    P. T. Ohara;G. Chazal;H. J. Ralston

  • NERVE FIBERS AND TERMINALS: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AFTER NAUTA STAINING.

    R. W. Guillery;H. J. Ralston

  • The differential synaptic organization of the spinal and lemniscal projections to the ventrobasal complex of the rat thalamus. Evidence for convergence of the two systems upon single thalamic neurons

    W. Ma;W. Ma;M. Peschanski;H.J. Ralston

  • The neurodegeneration sequence in prion diseases: evidence from functional, morphological and ultrastructural studies of the GABAergic system.

    Essia Bouzamondo-Bernstein;Stephanie D. Hopkins;Patricia Spilman;Jane Uyehara-Lock

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter T. Ohara
Peter T. Ohara University of California, San Francisco
Marc Peschanski
Marc Peschanski Grenoble Alpes University
Gert Holstege
Gert Holstege University of Queensland
Allan I. Basbaum
Allan I. Basbaum University of California, San Francisco
Jean-Marie Besson
Jean-Marie Besson Grenoble Alpes University

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