2026 Jeffrey C. Smith: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Overview

Jeffrey C. Smith is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spans several fields of study, primarily focusing on neuroscience and medicine, with specific interests in endocrine and autonomic systems, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, molecular biology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Sleep and wakefulness research
Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Heart rate variability and autonomic control
Neonatal respiratory health research
Infant health and development
Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Key publication venues frequently associated with Jeffrey C. Smith include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
eLife
The Journal of Physiology
Handbook of clinical neurology
Frontiers in Microbiology

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Jeffrey C. Smith are:

Respiratory rhythm and pattern generation: Brainstem cellular and circuit mechanisms, 2022, Handbook of clinical neurology
Advancing respiratory-cardiovascular physiology with the working heart-brainstem preparation over 25 years, 2022, The Journal of Physiology
Contributions of carotid bodies, retrotrapezoid nucleus neurons and preBötzinger complex astrocytes to the CO₂-sensitive drive for breathing, 2023, The Journal of Physiology
Predictions and experimental tests of a new biophysical model of the mammalian respiratory oscillator, 2022, eLife
Polar Flagella Glycosylation in Aeromonas: Genomic Characterization and Involvement of a Specific Glycosyltransferase (Fgi-1) in Heterogeneous Flagella Glycosylation, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors working alongside Jeffrey C. Smith include:

Hidehiko Koizumi
Yaroslav I. Molkov
Ruli Zhang
Shahriar SheikhBahaei
Kelly M. Fulton

Best Publications

Pre-Botzinger Complex: A Brainstem Region That May Generate Respiratory Rhythm in Mammals

Jeffrey C. Smith;Howard H. Ellenberger;Klaus Ballanyi;Diethelm W. Richter

2466
Citations
Models of Respiratory Rhythm Generation in the Pre-Bötzinger Complex. I. Bursting Pacemaker Neurons

Robert J. Butera;John Rinzel;John Rinzel;Jeffrey C. Smith

622
Citations
Neuronal pacemaker for breathing visualized in vitro.

Naohiro Koshiya;Jeffrey C. Smith

504
Citations
Spatial and functional architecture of the mammalian brain stem respiratory network: a hierarchy of three oscillatory mechanisms.

Jeffrey C Smith;Ana A.P.L. Abdala;Hidehiko Koizumi;Ilya A Rybak

483
Citations
Brainstem projections to the major respiratory neuron populations in the medulla of the cat

Jeffrey C. Smith;Debra E. Morrison;Howard H. Ellenberger;Howard H. Ellenberger;Marianne R. Otto;Marianne R. Otto

461
Citations
Brainstem respiratory networks: building blocks and microcircuits

Jeffrey C. Smith;Ana P.L. Abdala;Anke Borgmann;Ilya A. Rybak

459
Citations
The cortex as a central pattern generator.

Rafael Yuste;Jason N MacLean;Jeffrey Smith;Anders Lansner

436
Citations
Models of Respiratory Rhythm Generation in the Pre-Bötzinger Complex. II. Populations of Coupled Pacemaker Neurons

Robert J. Butera;John Rinzel;John Rinzel;Jeffrey C. Smith

421
Citations
In vitro brainstem-spinal cord preparations for study of motor systems for mammalian respiration and locomotion.

Jeffrey C. Smith;Jack L. Feldman;Jack L. Feldman

385
Citations
Generation and transmission of respiratory oscillations in medullary slices: role of excitatory amino acids

G. D. Funk;J. C. Smith;J. L. Feldman

375
Citations
Neural mechanisms generating locomotion studied in mammalian brain stem-spinal cord in vitro.

Jeffrey C. Smith;Jack L. Feldman;Brian J. Schmidt

340
Citations
Neural mechanisms generating respiratory pattern in mammalian brain stem-spinal cord in vitro. I. Spatiotemporal patterns of motor and medullary neuron activity.

J. C. Smith;J. J. Greer;Guosong Liu;J. L. Feldman

336
Citations
Structural and functional architecture of respiratory networks in the mammalian brainstem

Jeffrey C Smith;Ana Paula Abdala;Ilya A Rybak;Julian F R Paton

334
Citations
Respiratory rhythm generation in neonatal and adult mammals: the hybrid pacemaker-network model.

Jeffrey C Smith;Robert J Butera;Naohiro Koshiya;Christopher Del Negro

314
Citations
Persistent sodium current, membrane properties and bursting behavior of pre-bötzinger complex inspiratory neurons in vitro.

Christopher A. Del Negro;Naohiro Koshiya;Robert J. Butera;Jeffrey C. Smith

313
Citations
Role of excitatory amino acids in the generation and transmission of respiratory drive in neonatal rat.

J J Greer;J C Smith;J L Feldman

307
Citations
Raphé neurons stimulate respiratory circuit activity by multiple mechanisms via endogenously released serotonin and substance P

Krzysztof Ptak;Tadashi Yamanishi;Jason Aungst;Lorin S. Milescu

286
Citations
Respiratory Rhythm Generation In Vivo

Diethelm W. Richter;Jeffrey C. Smith

281
Citations
Pre-Bötzinger complex in the cat.

S. W. Schwarzacher;J. C. Smith;D. W. Richter

258
Citations
Cellular mechanisms underlying modulation of breathing pattern in mammals.

Jack L. Feldman;Jeffrey C. Smith

250
Citations