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Jeffrey D. Erickson

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Neuroscience

D-Index
41
Citations
8845
World Ranking
7776
National Ranking
3338

Jeffrey D. Erickson 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 Jeffrey D. Erickson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 73 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jeffrey D. Erickson 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 Jeffrey D. Erickson sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Jeffrey D. Erickson is affiliated with Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans in the United States. Their research predominantly centers on medicine, with a focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, psychiatry and mental health, and surgery.

Their principal topics of study include neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, epilepsy research and treatment, antiplatelet therapy and cardiovascular diseases, ion channel regulation and function, receptor mechanisms and signaling, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, and infectious encephalopathies and encephalitis.

Notable recent publications by Erickson include:

  • Molecular, Structural, Functional, and Pharmacological Sites for Vesicular Glutamate Transporter Regulation, 2020, Molecular Neurobiology
  • Riluzole and novel naphthalenyl substituted aminothiazole derivatives prevent acute neural excitotoxic injury in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy, 2022, Neuropharmacology
  • Riluzole attenuates acute neural injury and reactive gliosis, hippocampal-dependent cognitive impairments and spontaneous recurrent generalized seizures in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy, 2024, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Ca2+-regulated expression of high affinity methylaminoisobutryic acid transport in hippocampal neurons inhibited by riluzole and novel neuroprotective aminothiazoles, 2023, Current Research in Physiology
  • BLEEDING AND PROCEDURE RATES AMONG PATIENTS TREATED WITH P2Y12 INHIBITORS COMPARED WITH FACTOR XA INHIBITORS: A REAL-WORLD ANALYSIS, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Erickson include Thomas Kyllo, Heike Wulff, Dominic Allocco, Laine Vande Hei, and Amanda M. Kong. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach, particularly in pharmacology and cardiovascular studies.

Erickson's publications appear often in venues such as Frontiers in Pharmacology, Molecular Neurobiology, Neuropharmacology, Current Research in Physiology, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. These journals align with their wide-ranging research interests from neurological to cardiovascular sciences.

Best Publications

  • Identification of the differentiation-associated Na+/PI transporter as a novel vesicular glutamate transporter expressed in a distinct set of glutamatergic synapses.

    Hélène Varoqui;Martin K.-H. Schäfer;Heming Zhu;Eberhard Weihe

  • Distinct pharmacological properties and distribution in neurons and endocrine cells of two isoforms of the human vesicular monoamine transporter.

    Jeffrey D. Erickson;Martin K. H. Schafer;Tom I. Bonner;Lee E. Eiden

  • Expression cloning of a reserpine-sensitive vesicular monoamine transporter.

    Jeffrey D. Erickson;Lee E. Eiden;Beth J. Hoffman

  • Molecular cloning and functional identification of mouse vesicular glutamate transporter 3 and its expression in subsets of novel excitatory neurons.

    Martin K.-H. Schäfer;Hélène Varoqui;Norah Defamie;Eberhard Weihe

  • Functional identification of a vesicular acetylcholine transporter and its expression from a "cholinergic" gene locus.

    J. D. Erickson;H. Varoqui;M. K.-H. Schafer;W. Modi

  • Cloning and Functional Identification of a Neuronal Glutamine Transporter

    Hélène Varoqui;Heming Zhu;Dongdong Yao;Hong Ming

  • Presynaptic Regulation of Quantal Size by the Vesicular Glutamate Transporter VGLUT1

    Nathan R Wilson;Jiansheng Kang;Emily V Hueske;Tony Leung

  • Visualization of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter in cholinergic nerve terminals and its targeting to a specific population of small synaptic vesicles

    Eberhard Weihe;Jung-Hwa Tao-Cheng;Martin K. H. Schafer;Jeffrey D. Erickson

  • Preservation of nucleus basalis neurons containing choline acetyltransferase and the vesicular acetylcholine transporter in the elderly with mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease.

    Michelle L. Gilmor;Jeffrey D. Erickson;Hélène Varoqui;Louis B. Hersh

  • A Novel System A Isoform Mediating Na+/Neutral Amino Acid Cotransport

    Dongdong Yao;Bryan Mackenzie;Hong Ming;Hélène Varoqui

  • Localization of vesicular monoamine transporter isoforms (VMAT1 and VMAT2) to endocrine cells and neurons in rat

    Eberhard Weihe;Martin K. H. Schäfer;Jeffrey D. Erickson;Lee E. Eiden

  • Immunochemical analysis of vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) protein in Parkinson's disease.

    Gary W. Miller;Jeffrey D. Erickson;Jeffrey T. Perez;Shannon N. Penland

  • Homeostatic Scaling of Vesicular Glutamate and GABA Transporter Expression in Rat Neocortical Circuits

    Stéphanie De Gois;Martin K.-H. Schäfer;Norah Defamie;Chu Chen

  • Functional Identification and Molecular Cloning of a Human Brain Vesicle Monoamine Transporter

    Jeffrey D. Erickson;Lee E. Eiden

  • Molecular biology of the vesicular ACh transporter

    Ted B. Usdin;Lee E. Eiden;Tom I. Bonner;Jeffrey D. Erickson

  • Functional Properties and Cellular Distribution of the System A Glutamine Transporter SNAT1 Support Specialized Roles in Central Neurons

    Bryan Mackenzie;Martin K.-H. Schäfer;Jeffrey D. Erickson;Matthias A. Hediger

  • Active Transport of Acetylcholine by the Human Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter

    Hélène Varoqui;Jeffrey D. Erickson

  • Distribution of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) in the central and peripheral nervous systems of the rat.

    Martin K. H. Schäfer;Eberhard Weihe;Hélène Varoqui;Lee E. Eiden

  • Cloning and expression of the vesamicol binding protein from the marine ray Torpedo: Homology with the putative vesicular acetylcholine transporter UNC-17 from Caenorhabditis elegans

    Hélène Varoqui;Hélène Varoqui;Marie-Françoise Diebler;François-Marie Meunier;James B. Rand

  • Boutons Containing Vesicular Zinc Define a Subpopulation of Synapses with Low AMPAR Content in Rat Hippocampus

    Carlos Balet Sindreu;Hélène Varoqui;Jeffrey D. Erickson;Jeús Pérez-Clausell

  • Activity-dependent regulation of vesicular glutamate and GABA transporters: A means to scale quantal size

    Jeffrey D. Erickson;Stéphanie De Gois;Hélène Varoqui;Martin K.-H. Schafer

  • Human and monkey cholinergic neurons visualized in paraffin-embedded tissues by immunoreactivity for VAChT, the vesicular acetylcholine transporter.

    Martin K. H. Schäfer;Eberhard Weihe;Jeffrey D. Erickson;Lee E. Eiden

  • Differential co-localisation of the P2X7 receptor subunit with vesicular glutamate transporters VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 in rat CNS

    L Atkinson;T.F.C Batten;T.S Moores;H Varoqui

Frequent Co-Authors

Lee E. Eiden
Lee E. Eiden National Institutes of Health
Eberhard Weihe
Eberhard Weihe Philipp University of Marburg
Martin K.-H. Schäfer
Martin K.-H. Schäfer Philipp University of Marburg
Tom I. Bonner
Tom I. Bonner National Institutes of Health
Ted B. Usdin
Ted B. Usdin National Institutes of Health
Chu Chen
Chu Chen The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Marcello Melone
Marcello Melone Marche Polytechnic University
Allan I. Levey
Allan I. Levey Emory University
Nicolas G. Bazan
Nicolas G. Bazan Louisiana State University
Salah El Mestikawy
Salah El Mestikawy Douglas Mental Health University Institute

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