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Jack R. Mellor 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 Jack R. Mellor sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 89 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Jack R. Mellor 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 Jack R. Mellor sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jack R. Mellor is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work is particularly focused on the subfields of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The research topics covered by Mellor include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Stress Responses and Cortisol, and Ion Channel Regulation and Function.

Frequently publishing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, iScience, Batteries, and Scientific Reports, Mellor has contributed multiple papers to these journals over time.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mellor include:

  • Interneuron-specific plasticity at parvalbumin and somatostatin inhibitory synapses onto CA1 pyramidal neurons shapes hippocampal output (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Noradrenaline Release from Locus Coeruleus Terminals in the Hippocampus Enhances Excitation-Spike Coupling in CA1 Pyramidal Neurons Via β-Adrenoceptors (2020, Cerebral Cortex)
  • A Bayesian predictive approach for dealing with pseudoreplication (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Acetylcholine prioritises direct synaptic inputs from entorhinal cortex to CA1 by differential modulation of feedforward inhibitory circuits (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Kainate receptors and synaptic plasticity (2021, Neuropharmacology)

Among frequent co-authors are Emma Robinson, Matt Udakis, Simonas Griesius, Jithin D. Nair, and Kevin A. Wilkinson, reflecting collaboration across multiple projects.

Best Publications

  • The actions of synaptically released zinc at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses.

    Kaspar Vogt;Jack Mellor;Gang Tong;Roger Nicoll

  • Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Subunit Partnerships: GABAAReceptor α6 Subunit Gene Inactivation Inhibits δ Subunit Expression

    A. Jones;E. R. Korpi;R. M. McKernan;R. Pelz

  • Presynaptic kainate receptor mediation of frequency facilitation at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses.

    Dietmar Schmitz;Jack Mellor;Roger A. Nicoll

  • SUMOylation regulates kainate-receptor-mediated synaptic transmission

    Stéphane Martin;Atsushi Nishimune;Jack R. Mellor;Jeremy M. Henley

  • Cholinergic modulation of hippocampal network function.

    Leonor M Teles-Grilo Ruivo;Jack R Mellor

  • Facilitation of Long-Term Potentiation by Muscarinic M1 Receptors Is Mediated by Inhibition of SK Channels

    Katherine A. Buchanan;Milos M. Petrovic;Milos M. Petrovic;Sophie E.L. Chamberlain;Neil V. Marrion

  • Interneuron-specific plasticity at parvalbumin and somatostatin inhibitory synapses onto CA1 pyramidal neurons shapes hippocampal output

    Matt Udakis;Victor Pedrosa;Sophie E. L. Chamberlain;Claudia Clopath

  • Mediation of Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Long-Term Potentiation by Presynaptic Ih Channels

    Jack Mellor;Roger A. Nicoll;Dietmar Schmitz

  • Memory trace replay: The shaping of memory consolidation by neuromodulation

    Laura A. Atherton;David Dupret;Jack R. Mellor

  • Neuromodulation of hippocampal long-term synaptic plasticity

    Jon Palacios-Filardo;Jack R Mellor

  • Coordinated acetylcholine release in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus is associated with arousal and reward on distinct timescales

    Leonor M. Teles-Grillo Ruivo;Leonor M. Teles-Grillo Ruivo;Keeley L. Baker;Michael W. Conway;Peter J. Kinsley

  • Sharp-wave ripples orchestrate the induction of synaptic plasticity during reactivation of place cell firing patterns in the hippocampus

    Josef H.L.P. Sadowski;Matthew W. Jones;Jack R. Mellor

  • Activation of Muscarinic M1 Acetylcholine Receptors Induces Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus

    Siobhan H. Dennis;Francesca Pasqui;Ellen M. Colvin;Helen Sanger

  • Presynaptic kainate receptors impart an associative property to hippocampal mossy fiber long-term potentiation.

    Dietmar Schmitz;Jack Mellor;Joerg Breustedt;Roger A Nicoll

  • Presynaptic kainate receptors at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses

    Dietmar Schmitz;Jack Mellor;Matthew Frerking;Roger A. Nicoll

  • Hippocampal mossy fiber LTP is independent of postsynaptic calcium

    J. Mellor;R. A. Nicoll

  • Coordinated activation of distinct Ca(2+) sources and metabotropic glutamate receptors encodes Hebbian synaptic plasticity.

    Cezar M. Tigaret;Valeria Olivo;Josef H.L.P. Sadowski;Michael C. Ashby

  • MOUSE CEREBELLAR GRANULE CELL DIFFERENTIATION : ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY REGULATES THE GABAA RECEPTOR ALPHA 6 SUBUNIT GENE

    J. R. Mellor;D. Merlo;A. Jones;W. Wisden

  • SUMOylation and phosphorylation of GluK2 regulate kainate receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity

    Sophie E L Chamberlain;Inmaculada M González-González;Kevin A Wilkinson;Filip A Konopacki

  • Ripples Make Waves: Binding Structured Activity and Plasticity in Hippocampal Networks

    Josef H. L. P. Sadowski;Matthew W. Jones;Jack R. Mellor

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy M. Henley
Jeremy M. Henley University of Bristol
Andrew D. Randall
Andrew D. Randall University of Exeter
Roger A. Nicoll
Roger A. Nicoll University of California, San Francisco
John T.R. Isaac
John T.R. Isaac Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Dietmar Schmitz
Dietmar Schmitz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Graham L. Collingridge
Graham L. Collingridge Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Pradeep J. Nathan
Pradeep J. Nathan University of Cambridge
William Wisden
William Wisden Imperial College London
Claudia Clopath
Claudia Clopath Imperial College London
Timothy J. Craig
Timothy J. Craig Pennsylvania State University

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