Joel A. Black

Joel A. Black 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 Joel A. Black sits on this spectrum.

Joel A. Black 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 Joel A. Black sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• Type III sodium channel mRNA is expressed in embryonic but not adult spinal sensory neurons, and is reexpressed following axotomy.

  Stephen G. Waxman;Jeffery D. Kocsis;Joel A. Black

  794
  Citations

• NaN, a novel voltage-gated Na channel, is expressed preferentially in peripheral sensory neurons and down-regulated after axotomy

  S. D. Dib-Hajj;L. Tyrrell;J. A. Black;S. G. Waxman

  769
  Citations

• Sodium Channels in Normal and Pathological Pain

  Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj;Theodore R. Cummins;Joel A. Black;Stephen G. Waxman

  691
  Citations

• The Na(V)1.7 sodium channel: from molecule to man.

  Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj;Yang Yang;Yang Yang;Joel A. Black;Joel A. Black;Stephen G. Waxman;Stephen G. Waxman

  634
  Citations

• Molecular changes in neurons in multiple sclerosis: altered axonal expression of Nav1.2 and Nav1.6 sodium channels and Na+/Ca2+ exchanger.

  Matthew J. Craner;Jia Newcombe;Joel A. Black;Caroline Hartle

  626
  Citations

• Spinal sensory neurons express multiple sodium channel α-subunit mRNAs

  J.A Black;S Dib-Hajj;S Dib-Hajj;K McNabola;K McNabola;S Jeste;S Jeste

  531
  Citations

• A novel persistent tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium current in SNS-null and wild-type small primary sensory neurons.

  Theodore R. Cummins;Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj;Joel A. Black;Armen N. Akopian

  518
  Citations

• Sodium channel α-subunit mRNAs I, II, III, NaG, Na6 and hNE (PN1): Different expression patterns in developing rat nervous system

  P.A. Felts;S. Yokoyama;S. Yokoyama;S. Yokoyama;S. Dib-Hajj;S. Dib-Hajj;J.A. Black;J.A. Black

  484
  Citations

• Upregulation of Sodium Channel Nav1.3 and Functional Involvement in Neuronal Hyperexcitability Associated with Central Neuropathic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury

  Bryan C. Hains;Joshua P. Klein;Carl Y. Saab;Matthew J. Craner

  471
  Citations

• A single sodium channel mutation produces hyper- or hypoexcitability in different types of neurons

  Anthony M. Rush;Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj;Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj;Shujun Liu;Shujun Liu;Theodore R. Cummins

  471
  Citations

• Changes in the expression of tetrodotoxin-sensitive sodium channels within dorsal root ganglia neurons in inflammatory pain.

  Joel A Black;Shujun Liu;Masaki Tanaka;Theodore R Cummins

  470
  Citations

• Sodium channels and pain

  S. G. Waxman;S. Dib-Hajj;T. R. Cummins;J. A. Black

  455
  Citations

• Three types of sodium channels in adult rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

  J.M. Caffrey;D.L. Eng;J.A. Black;S.G. Waxman

  427
  Citations

• Multiple sodium channel isoforms and mitogen-activated protein kinases are present in painful human neuromas.

  Joel A. Black;Lone Nikolajsen;Lone Nikolajsen;Karsten Kroner;Troels S. Jensen

  372
  Citations

• In situ demonstration of mature oligodendrocytes and their processes: an immunocytochemical study with a new monoclonal antibody, rip.

  B. Friedman;S. Hockfield;J.A. Black;J.A. Black;K.A. Woodruff;K.A. Woodruff

  369
  Citations

• Down-Regulation of Transcripts for Na Channel α -SNS in Spinal Sensory Neurons Following Axotomy

  S. Dib-Hajj;J. A. Black;P. Felts;S. G. Waxman

  354
  Citations

• Upregulation of a silent sodium channel after peripheral, but not central, nerve injury in DRG neurons.

  J. A. Black;T. R. Cummins;T. R. Cummins;C. Plumpton;Y. H. Chen

  353
  Citations

• SNS Na+ channel expression increases in dorsal root ganglion neurons in the carrageenan inflammatory pain model

  Masaki Tanaka;Theodore R. Cummins;Theodore R. Cummins;Kuniko Ishikawa;Kuniko Ishikawa;Sulayman D. Dib-hajj;Sulayman D. Dib-hajj

  346
  Citations

• Plasticity of sodium channel expression in DRG neurons in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain.

  Sulayman D. Dib-Hajj;Jenny Fjell;Jenny Fjell;Jenny Fjell;Theodore R. Cummins;Theodore R. Cummins;Zheng Zheng

  333
  Citations

• A painful neuropathy-associated Nav1.7 mutant leads to time-dependent degeneration of small-diameter axons associated with intracellular Ca2+ dysregulation and decrease in ATP levels.

  Harshvardhan Rolyan;Shujun Liu;Janneke G.J. Hoeijmakers;Catharina G. Faber

  315
  Citations