John F. MacDonald

John F. MacDonald 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 John F. MacDonald sits on this spectrum.

John F. MacDonald 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 John F. MacDonald sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Neuroprotection in ischemia: blocking calcium-permeable acid-sensing ion channels.

  Zhi-Gang Xiong;Xiao-Man Zhu;Xiang-Ping Chu;Manabu Minami

  1273
  Citations

• Activation of Synaptic NMDA Receptors Induces Membrane Insertion of New AMPA Receptors and LTP in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

  Wei-Yang Lu;Heng-Ye Man;William Ju;William S. Trimble

  1142
  Citations

• Specific Coupling of NMDA Receptor Activation to Nitric Oxide Neurotoxicity by PSD-95 Protein

  Rita Sattler;Zhigang Xiong;Wei Yang Lu;Mathias Hafner

  1080
  Citations

• A key role for TRPM7 channels in anoxic neuronal death

  Michelle Aarts;Koji Iihara;Wen Li Wei;Zhi Gang Xiong

  928
  Citations

• Abnormal Spine Morphology and Enhanced LTP in LIMK-1 Knockout Mice

  Yanghong Meng;Yu Zhang;Vitali Tregoubov;Christopher Janus

  818
  Citations

• Tonic inhibition in mouse hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons is mediated by α5 subunit-containing γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors

  Valerie B. Caraiscos;Erin M. Elliott;Kong E. You-Ten;Victor Y. Cheng

  677
  Citations

• Recruitment of functional GABA A receptors to postsynaptic domains by insulin

  Q. Wan;Z. G. Xiong;H. Y. Man;C. A. Ackerley

  630
  Citations

• Enhanced LTP in Mice Deficient in the AMPA Receptor GluR2

  Zhengping Jia;Nadia Agopyan;Peter Miu;Zhigang Xiong

  603
  Citations

• Use-dependent block of excitatory amino acid currents in cultured neurons by ketamine.

  J. F. MacDonald;Z. Miljkovic;P. Pennefather

  535
  Citations

• G-protein-coupled receptors act via protein kinase C and Src to regulate NMDA receptors.

  W Y Lu;Z G Xiong;S Lei;B A Orser

  481
  Citations

• Regulation of kainate receptors by cAMP-dependent protein kinase and phosphatases.

  Lu-Yang Wang;M. W. Salter;J. F. Macdonald

  473
  Citations

• Distinct functional and pharmacological properties of tonic and quantal inhibitory postsynaptic currents mediated by gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) receptors in hippocampal neurons.

  Donglin Bai;Guoyun Zhu;Peter Pennefather;Michael F. Jackson

  466
  Citations

• Multiple mechanisms of ketamine blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.

  Beverley A. Orser;Peter S. Pennefather;John F. MacDonald

  463
  Citations

• Activation of PI3-kinase is required for AMPA receptor insertion during LTP of mEPSCs in cultured hippocampal neurons

  Heng-Ye Man;Qinhua Wang;Wei-Yang Lu;William Ju

  448
  Citations

• Activation of Pannexin-1 Hemichannels Augments Aberrant Bursting in the Hippocampus

  Roger J. Thompson;Michael F. Jackson;Michelle E. Olah;Ravi L. Rungta

  422
  Citations

• Ketamine and phencyclidine cause a voltage-dependent block of responses to L-aspartic acid.

  C.R. Honey;Z. Miljkovic;J.F. Macdonald

  380
  Citations

• CAKβ/Pyk2 Kinase Is a Signaling Link for Induction of Long-Term Potentiation in CA1 Hippocampus

  Yue-Qiao Huang;Wei-Yang Lu;Declan W Ali;Kenneth A Pelkey

  333
  Citations

• Actions of ketamine, phencyclidine and MK-801 on NMDA receptor currents in cultured mouse hippocampal neurones.

  J F MacDonald;M C Bartlett;I Mody;P Pahapill

  326
  Citations

• Suppression of hippocampal TRPM7 protein prevents delayed neuronal death in brain ischemia.

  Hong-Shuo Sun;Michael F Jackson;Michael F Jackson;Loren J Martin;Karen Jansen

  317
  Citations

• Inhibition by propofol (2,6 di-isopropylphenol) of the N-methyl-D-aspartate subtype of glutamate receptor in cultured hippocampal neurones.

  Beverley A. Orser;Maria Bertlik;Maria Bertlik;Lu-Yang Wang;John F. MacDonald

  317
  Citations