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John S. Riddell

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Neuroscience

D-Index
32
Citations
3936
World Ranking
9538
National Ranking
707

John S. Riddell 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 S. Riddell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 69 publications — 4th percentile

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John S. Riddell 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 S. Riddell sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

John S. Riddell is a researcher affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant contribution to subfields including physiology, epidemiology, dermatology, rheumatology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to bone health, skin diseases, pain mechanisms, and spinal cord injury. These include:

  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
  • Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms

Riddell has published extensively in a variety of scientific venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Experimental Neurology
  • Pain
  • Bone Reports

Among the recent publications authored by Riddell are:

  • "Refining rodent models of spinal cord injury," 2020, Experimental Neurology
  • "Grpr expression defines a population of superficial dorsal horn vertical cells that have a role in both itch and pain," 2022, Pain
  • "Neuropeptide Y-expressing dorsal horn inhibitory interneurons gate spinal pain and itch signalling," 2023, eLife
  • "Spatiotemporal responses of trabecular and cortical bone to complete spinal cord injury in skeletally mature rats," 2022, Bone Reports
  • "Time course changes to structural, mechanical and material properties of bone in rats after complete spinal cord injury," 2022, PubMed

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated on multiple projects with Riddell include:

  • Jonathan A. Williams
  • James F. C. Windmill
  • S. Coupaud
  • Carmen Huesa
  • Erika Polgár

Best Publications

  • Populations of inhibitory and excitatory interneurons in lamina II of the adult rat spinal dorsal horn revealed by a combined electrophysiological and anatomical approach.

    Toshiharu Yasaka;Sheena Y.X. Tiong;David I. Hughes;John S. Riddell

  • Selective loss of spinal GABAergic or glycinergic neurons is not necessary for development of thermal hyperalgesia in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain

    Erika Polgár;D.I. Hughes;J.S. Riddell;D.J. Maxwell

  • Circuit dissection of the role of somatostatin in itch and pain.

    Jing Huang;Jing Huang;Erika Polgár;Hans Jürgen Solinski;Santosh K. Mishra;Santosh K. Mishra

  • Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) and the treatment of CNS injury: advantages and possible caveats.

    Susan C. Barnett;John S. Riddell

  • Lack of evidence for significant neuronal loss in laminae I–III of the spinal dorsal horn of the rat in the chronic constriction injury model

    Erika Polgár;S Gray;JS Riddell;AJ Todd

  • Lack of Evidence for Sprouting of Aβ Afferents into the Superficial Laminas of the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn after Nerve Section

    David I. Hughes;Dugald T. Scott;Andrew J. Todd;John S. Riddell

  • Olfactory ensheathing cell transplantation as a strategy for spinal cord repair—what can it achieve?

    Susan C Barnett;John S Riddell

  • FGF/heparin differentially regulates Schwann cell and olfactory ensheathing cell interactions with astrocytes: a role in astrocytosis.

    Alessandra Santos-Silva;Richard Fairless;Margaret C Frame;Paul Montague

  • Identification of Nonepithelial Multipotent Cells in the Embryonic Olfactory Mucosa

    Mercedes Tomé;Susan L. Lindsay;John S. Riddell;Susan C. Barnett

  • Olfactory ensheathing cell grafts have minimal influence on regeneration at the dorsal root entry zone following rhizotomy.

    John S. Riddell;Manuel Enriquez-Denton;Andrew Toft;Richard Fairless

  • Electrophysiological evidence that olfactory cell transplants improve function after spinal cord injury

    Andrew Toft;Dugald T. Scott;Susan C. Barnett;John S. Riddell

  • Olfactory mucosa for transplant-mediated repair: a complex tissue for a complex injury?

    Susan L. Lindsay;John S. Riddell;Susan C. Barnett

  • P boutons in lamina IX of the rodent spinal cord express high levels of glutamic acid decarboxylase-65 and originate from cells in deep medial dorsal horn

    Hughes Di;Mackie M;Nagy Gg;Riddell Js

  • Refining rodent models of spinal cord injury

    Elliot Lilley;Melissa R. Andrews;Elizabeth J. Bradbury;Heather Elliott

  • Interneurones mediating presynaptic inhibition of group II muscle afferents in the cat spinal cord.

    E Jankowska;J S Riddell

  • A putative relay circuit providing low-threshold mechanoreceptive input to lamina I projection neurons via vertical cells in lamina II of the rat dorsal horn

    Toshiharu Yasaka;Toshiharu Yasaka;Sheena Y.X. Tiong;Erika Polgár;Masahiko Watanabe

  • Depolarization of group II muscle afferents by stimuli applied in the locus coeruleus and raphe nuclei of the cat.

    J S Riddell;E Jankowska;E Eide

  • Organization of neuronal systems mediating presynaptic inhibition of group II muscle afferents in the cat.

    J S Riddell;E Jankowska;J Huber

  • Morphological and functional properties distinguish the substance P and gastrin-releasing peptide subsets of excitatory interneuron in the spinal cord dorsal horn.

    Allen C. Dickie;Andrew M. Bell;Noboru Iwagaki;Erika Polgár

  • Gating of transmission to motoneurones by stimuli applied in the locus coeruleus and raphe nuclei of the cat.

    E Jankowska;J S Riddell;B Skoog;B R Noga

  • The developing landscape of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for spinal cord injury in cerebrospinal fluid and blood.

    Hulme Ch;Brown Sj;Fuller Hr;Riddell J

  • Axoaxonic synapses on terminals of group II muscle spindle afferent axons in the spinal cord of the cat.

    D. J. Maxwell;J. S. Riddell

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Todd
Andrew J. Todd University of Glasgow
Susan C. Barnett
Susan C. Barnett University of Glasgow
Elzbieta Jankowska
Elzbieta Jankowska University of Gothenburg
Erika Polgár
Erika Polgár University of Glasgow
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
David J. Maxwell
David J. Maxwell University of Glasgow
Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer
Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer University of Zurich
Eiichi Kumamoto
Eiichi Kumamoto Saga Group
George M. Smith
George M. Smith Temple University
Mathis O. Riehle
Mathis O. Riehle University of Glasgow

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