2026 Jong M. Rho: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	64	3242	2963	1503	1355	221	15886

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Overview

Jong M. Rho is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with a particular focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Physiology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Clinical Biochemistry.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, including:

Diet and metabolism studies
Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Epilepsy research and treatment
Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Gut microbiota and health

Selected recent publications by Jong M. Rho include:

The metabolic basis of epilepsy, 2022, Nature Reviews Neurology
Genotype-phenotype correlations in SCN8A -related disorders reveal prognostic and therapeutic implications, 2021, Brain
Pharmacokinetics and central accumulation of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and its bioactive metabolites are influenced by route of administration and sex in rats, 2021, Scientific Reports
Aberrant Mitochondrial Morphology and Function in the BTBR Mouse Model of Autism Is Improved by Two Weeks of Ketogenic Diet, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Seizure modulation by the gut microbiota and tryptophan-kynurenine metabolism in an animal model of infantile spasms, 2022, EBioMedicine

Jong M. Rho has frequently published in several scientific venues including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Epilepsia
Scientific Reports
EBioMedicine
Neuropharmacology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, most notably:

Jane Shearer
G. Campbell Teskey
Chunlong Mu
Cezar Gavrilovici
Morris H. Scantlebury

Best Publications

Optimal clinical management of children receiving the ketogenic diet: Recommendations of the International Ketogenic Diet Study Group

Eric H. Kossoff;Beth A. Zupec-Kania;Per E. Amark;Karen R. Ballaban-Gil

718
Citations
The neuroprotective properties of calorie restriction, the ketogenic diet, and ketone bodies.

Marwan A. Maalouf;Jong M. Rho;Mark P. Mattson

711
Citations
Optimal clinical management of children receiving dietary therapies for epilepsy: Updated recommendations of the International Ketogenic Diet Study Group

Eric H. Kossoff;Beth A. Zupec‐Kania;Stéphane Auvin;Karen R. Ballaban‐Gil

700
Citations
Anticonvulsant mechanisms of the ketogenic diet.

Kristopher J. Bough;Jong M. Rho

652
Citations
The ketogenic diet as a treatment paradigm for diverse neurological disorders.

Carl E. Stafstrom;Jong M. Rho

551
Citations
KETONES INHIBIT MITOCHONDRIAL PRODUCTION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES PRODUCTION FOLLOWING GLUTAMATE EXCITOTOXICITY BY INCREASING NADH OXIDATION

Marwan Maalouf;Patrick G. Sullivan;Laurie Davis;Do Young Kim

534
Citations
The ketogenic diet increases mitochondrial uncoupling protein levels and activity.

Patrick G. Sullivan;Nancy A. Rippy;Kristina Dorenbos;Rachele C. Concepcion

483
Citations
The ketogenic diet is an effective adjuvant to radiation therapy for the treatment of malignant glioma.

Mohammed G. Abdelwahab;Kathryn E. Fenton;Mark C. Preul;Jong M. Rho

343
Citations
Mechanisms of Action of Antiseizure Drugs and the Ketogenic Diet

Michael A. Rogawski;Wolfgang Löscher;Jong M. Rho

325
Citations
Ketogenic diets, mitochondria, and neurological diseases

Lindsey B. Gano;Manisha Patel;Jong M. Rho

315
Citations
Inflammation-Mediated Memory Dysfunction and Effects of a Ketogenic Diet in a Murine Model of Multiple Sclerosis

Do Young Kim;Junwei Hao;Junwei Hao;Ruolan Liu;Gregory Turner

312
Citations
Ketogenic diet modifies the gut microbiota in a murine model of autism spectrum disorder.

Christopher Newell;Marc R. Bomhof;Raylene A. Reimer;Dustin S. Hittel

288
Citations
Mechanism of action of the anticonvulsant felbamate: Opposing effects on N-methyl-D-aspartate and γ-aminobutyric acidA receptors

Jong M. Rho;Sean D. Donevan;Michael A. Rogawski

261
Citations
The ketogenic diet reverses gene expression patterns and reduces reactive oxygen species levels when used as an adjuvant therapy for glioma.

Phillip Stafford;Mohammed G Abdelwahab;Do Young Kim;Mark C Preul

256
Citations
The Pharmacologic Basis of Antiepileptic Drug Action

Jong M. Rho;Raman Sankar

256
Citations
How does the ketogenic diet induce anti-seizure effects?

Jong M. Rho

238
Citations
Ketogenic Diets: An Update for Child Neurologists

Eric H. Kossoff;Beth A. Zupec-Kania;Jong M. Rho

233
Citations
Ketone bodies are protective against oxidative stress in neocortical neurons.

Do Young Kim;Laurie M. Davis;Patrick G. Sullivan;Marwan Maalouf

231
Citations
Direct activation of GABAA receptors by barbiturates in cultured rat hippocampal neurons.

Jong M. Rho;Sean D. Donevan;Michael A Rogawski

218
Citations
Ketogenic diet improves core symptoms of autism in BTBR mice.

David N. Ruskin;Julia Svedova;Jessica L. Cote;Ursula Sandau

214
Citations
The ketogenic diet and epilepsy.

Do Young Kim;Jong M Rho

174
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