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80
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801

James H. Meador-Woodruff 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 James H. Meador-Woodruff sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 285 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James H. Meador-Woodruff 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 James H. Meador-Woodruff sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 80 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

James H. Meador-Woodruff is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in neuroscience. Within these fields, key subfields include molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biochemistry, cell biology, and biological psychiatry.

The scientist's work addresses various topics, notably ion channel regulation and function, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, amino acid enzymes and metabolism, ion transport and channel regulation, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, cellular transport and secretion, as well as protein kinase regulation and GTPase signaling.

James H. Meador-Woodruff has published research in several frequent venues, including Biological Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Research, Molecular Psychiatry, Translational Psychiatry, and Neuropsychopharmacology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Meador-Woodruff include:

  • Evidence for altered energy metabolism, increased lactate, and decreased pH in schizophrenia brain: A focused review and meta-analysis of human postmortem and magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies, 2020, Schizophrenia Research
  • Downregulated AKT-mTOR signaling pathway proteins in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in Schizophrenia, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Post-translational protein modifications in schizophrenia, 2020, Schizophrenia
  • mTOR kinase activity disrupts a phosphorylation signaling network in schizophrenia brain, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • AMPA receptor subunit localization in schizophrenia anterior cingulate cortex, 2020, Schizophrenia Research

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues including Brandon S. Pruett, Robert E. McCullumsmith, Khaled Alganem, Anita Pinner, and Vahram Haroutunian.

Best Publications

  • Nicotine dependence in schizophrenia : Clinical phenomena and laboratory findings

    Gregory W. Dalack;Daniel J. Healy;James H. Meador-Woodruff

  • Localization of dopamine D2 receptor mRNA and D1 and D2 receptor binding in the rat brain and pituitary: an in situ hybridization- receptor autoradiographic analysis

    Alfred Mansour;James H. Meador-Woodruff;James R. Bunzow;Olivier Civelli

  • Glutamate receptor expression in schizophrenic brain

    James H. Meador-Woodruff;Daniel J. Healy

  • Abnormal glutamate receptor expression in the medial temporal lobe in schizophrenia and mood disorders.

    Monica Beneyto;Lars V Kristiansen;Akinwunmi Oni-Orisan;Robert E McCullumsmith

  • Neurochemical markers for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression in postmortem brains.

    E. Fuller Torrey;Beata M. Barci;Maree J. Webster;John J. Bartko

  • Molecular abnormalities of the hippocampus in severe psychiatric illness: postmortem findings from the Stanley Neuropathology Consortium

    M B Knable;B M Barci;M J Webster;J Meador-Woodruff

  • Dopamine Receptor mRNA Expression in Human Striatum and Neocortex

    James H Meador-Woodruff;Scott P Damask;Jingcheng Wang;Vahram Haroutunian

  • Distribution of D2 dopamine receptor mRNA in rat brain.

    J. H. Meador-Woodruff;A. Mansour;J. R. Bunzow;H. H. M. Van Tol

  • Lamina-specific abnormalities of NMDA receptor-associated postsynaptic protein transcripts in the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

    Monica Beneyto;James H Meador-Woodruff

  • A comparison of D1 receptor binding and mRNA in rat brain using receptor autoradiographic and in situ hybridization techniques

    Alfred Mansour;James H. Meador-Woodruff;Q. Y. Zhou;Olivier Civelli

  • Ionotropic glutamate receptor binding and subunit mRNA expression in thalamic nuclei in schizophrenia.

    Hisham M. Ibrahim;Alan J. Hogg;Daniel J. Healy;Vahram Haroutunian

  • Comparison of the distributions of D1 and D2 dopamine receptor mRNAs in rat brain

    James H. Meador-Woodruff;Alfred Mansour;Daniel J. Healy;Rebekah Kuehn

  • NMDA receptors and schizophrenia

    Lars V Kristiansen;Ibone Huerta;Monica Beneyto;James H Meador-Woodruff

  • Expression of excitatory amino acid transporter transcripts in the thalamus of subjects with schizophrenia.

    Robert E. Smith;Vahram Haroutunian;Kenneth L. Davis;James H. Meador-Woodruff

  • Changes in NMDA receptor subunits and interacting PSD proteins in dorsolateral prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex indicate abnormal regional expression in schizophrenia.

    L V Kristiansen;M Beneyto;V Haroutunian;J H Meador-Woodruff

  • Neuroscience research agenda to guide development of a pathophysiologically based classification system.

    Dennis S. Charney;David H. Barlow;Kelly Botteron;Jonathan D. Cohen

  • Gender-specific gene expression in post-mortem human brain: localization to sex chromosomes.

    Marquis P. Vawter;Simon Evans;Prabhakara V Choudary;Hiroaki Tomita

  • Distribution of D5 dopamine receptor mRNA in rat brain.

    James H. Meador-Woodruff;Alfred Mansour;David K. Grandy;Scott P. Damask

  • Striatal Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter Transcript Expression in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder

    Robert E McCullumsmith;James H Meador-Woodruff

  • Site-directed mutagenesis of the human dopamine D2 receptor

    Alfred Mansour;Fan Meng;James H. Meador-Woodruff;Larry P. Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Vahram Haroutunian
Vahram Haroutunian Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Robert E. McCullumsmith
Robert E. McCullumsmith University of Cincinnati
Stanley J. Watson
Stanley J. Watson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kenneth L. Davis
Kenneth L. Davis Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Huda Akil
Huda Akil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Alfred Mansour
Alfred Mansour University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Olivier Civelli
Olivier Civelli University of California, Irvine
Elizabeth Scarr
Elizabeth Scarr University of Melbourne
Brian Dean
Brian Dean Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Hubert Vaudry
Hubert Vaudry University of Rouen

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