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36
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6156
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8967
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526

John G. Howland 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 G. Howland sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 107 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John G. Howland 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 G. Howland sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

John G. Howland is a researcher affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, with a primary focus on neuroscience and medicine. Their work spans multiple fields and subfields related to brain function, behavior, and pharmacology.

Their research interests include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these broad fields, their work delves into subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

Key topics of investigation in their research portfolio comprise:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Notable recent publications by John G. Howland include:

  • The rodent medial prefrontal cortex and associated circuits in orchestrating adaptive behavior under variable demands, 2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Dissociable changes in spike and wave discharges following exposure to injected cannabinoids and smoked cannabis in Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg, 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Characterization of cannabinoid plasma concentration, maternal health, and cytokine levels in a rat model of prenatal Cannabis smoke exposure, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Positive allosteric modulation of type 1 cannabinoid receptors reduces spike-and-wave discharges in Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg, 2021, Neuropharmacology
  • Adult neurogenesis mediates forgetting of multiple types of memory in the rat, 2021, Molecular Brain

John G. Howland has frequently published in journals including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • Learning & Memory

The researcher has collaborated repeatedly with several colleagues, reflecting ongoing partnerships within their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Quentin Greba
  • Dan L. McElroy
  • Robert B. Laprairie
  • Andrew J. Roebuck
  • Timothy J. Onofrychuk

Best Publications

  • Long-term depression in the CNS

    Graham L. Collingridge;Stephane Peineau;John G. Howland;Yu Tian Wang;Yu Tian Wang

  • Hippocampal long-term depression is required for the consolidation of spatial memory

    Yuan Ge;Zhifang Dong;Rosemary C. Bagot;John G. Howland

  • Synaptic plasticity in learning and memory: stress effects in the hippocampus.

    John G Howland;Yu Tian Wang

  • Hippocampal long-term depression mediates acute stress-induced spatial memory retrieval impairment.

    Tak Pan Wong;John G. Howland;Julie M. Robillard;Yuan Ge

  • Interaction between perirhinal and medial prefrontal cortex is required for temporal order but not recognition memory for objects in rats.

    Darren K. Hannesson;John G. Howland;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Hippocampal long-term depression mediates spatial reversal learning in the Morris water maze

    Zhifang Dong;Yanrui Bai;Xiaoyan Wu;Hongjie Li

  • An Overview of Animal Models Related to Schizophrenia.

    Ian R. Winship;Serdar M. Dursun;Glen B. Baker;Glen B. Baker;Priscila A. Balista

  • Amygdalar control of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system: parallel pathways to motivated behavior

    Anthony G Phillips;Soyon Ahn;John G Howland

  • Glutamate Receptor-Dependent Modulation of Dopamine Efflux in the Nucleus Accumbens by Basolateral, But Not Central, Nucleus of the Amygdala in Rats

    John G. Howland;Pornnarin Taepavarapruk;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Alterations in Reward, Fear and Safety Cue Discrimination after Inactivation of the Rat Prelimbic and Infralimbic Cortices

    Susan Sangha;Paul D Robinson;Quentin Greba;Don A Davies

  • ALTERED OBJECT-IN-PLACE RECOGNITION MEMORY, PREPULSE INHIBITION, AND LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY IN THE OFFSPRING OF RATS EXPOSED TO A VIRAL MIMETIC DURING PREGNANCY

    J.G. Howland;B.N. Cazakoff;Y. Zhang

  • Medial prefrontal cortex is involved in spatial temporal order memory but not spatial recognition memory in tests relying on spontaneous exploration in rats

    D.K Hannesson;G Vacca;J.G Howland;A.G Phillips

  • Converging effects of acute stress on spatial and recognition memory in rodents: a review of recent behavioural and pharmacological findings.

    Brittany N. Cazakoff;Kate J. Johnson;John G. Howland

  • Prenatal exposure to a viral mimetic alters behavioural flexibility in male, but not female, rats.

    Ying Zhang;Brittany N. Cazakoff;Chester A. Thai;John G. Howland

  • Dorsal Hippocampal Kindling Produces a Selective and Enduring Disruption of Hippocampally Mediated Behavior

    Darren K. Hannesson;John Howland;Michael Pollock;Paul Mohapel

  • Effects of stress on behavioral flexibility in rodents.

    Jessica L. Hurtubise;John G. Howland

  • Behavioral alterations in rat offspring following maternal immune activation and ELR-CXC chemokine receptor antagonism during pregnancy: implications for neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders.

    Stephanie A. Ballendine;Quentin Greba;Wojciech Dawicki;Xiaobei Zhang

  • Susceptibility to Kindling and Neuronal Connections of the Anterior Claustrum

    Xia Zhang;Darren K. Hannesson;Deborah M. Saucier;Amy E. Wallace

  • Developmental disruption of perineuronal nets in the medial prefrontal cortex after maternal immune activation.

    John W. Paylor;Brittney R. Lins;Quentin Greba;Nicholas Moen

  • Effects of acute stress and GluN2B-containing NMDA receptor antagonism on object and object-place recognition memory.

    John G. Howland;Brittany N. Cazakoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrance P. Snutch
Terrance P. Snutch University of British Columbia
Anthony G. Phillips
Anthony G. Phillips University of British Columbia
Yu Tian Wang
Yu Tian Wang University of British Columbia
Tak Pan Wong
Tak Pan Wong McGill University
John R. Gordon
John R. Gordon University of Saskatchewan
Sheena A. Josselyn
Sheena A. Josselyn University of Toronto
Graham L. Collingridge
Graham L. Collingridge Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Lisa E. Kalynchuk
Lisa E. Kalynchuk University of Victoria
Rosemary C. Bagot
Rosemary C. Bagot McGill University
Joanne Weinberg
Joanne Weinberg University of British Columbia

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