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5210
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Joyce L.W. Yau 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 Joyce L.W. Yau sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 70 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joyce L.W. Yau 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 Joyce L.W. Yau 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.

Best Publications

  • 11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase inhibition improves cognitive function in healthy elderly men and type 2 diabetics

    Thekkepat C. Sandeep;Joyce L. W. Yau;Alasdair M. J. MacLullich;June Noble

  • 5'-heterogeneity of glucocorticoid receptor messenger RNA is tissue specific: differential regulation of variant transcripts by early-life events.

    J. A. McCormick;V. Lyons;M. D. Jacobson;J. Noble

  • Postnatal Handling Increases the Expression of cAMP-Inducible Transcription Factors in the Rat Hippocampus: The Effects of Thyroid Hormones and Serotonin

    Michael J. Meaney;Josie Diorio;Darlene Francis;Shelley Weaver

  • Lack of tissue glucocorticoid reactivation in 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 knockout mice ameliorates age-related learning impairments

    Joyce L. W. Yau;June Noble;Christopher J. Kenyon;Carina Hibberd

  • Glucocorticoids, hippocampal corticosteroid receptor gene expression and antidepressant treatment : relationship with spatial learning in young and aged rats

    J L W Yau;T Olsson;R G M Morris;M J Meaney

  • Cloning and production of antisera to human placental 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2.

    Roger W. Brown;Karen E. Chapman;Yuri Kotelevtsev;Joyce L. W. Yau

  • 1lβ-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase in Vascular Smooth Muscle and Heart: Implications for Cardiovascular Responses to Glucocorticoids

    Brian R. Walker;Joyce L. Yau;Lawrence P. Brett;Jonathan R. Seckl

  • Dehydroepiandrosterone 7-hydroxylase cyp7b: predominant expression in primate hippocampus and reduced expression in alzheimer's disease☆

    Joyce Yau;S Rasmuson;Ruth Andrew;Margaret Graham

  • Forebrain mineralocorticoid receptor overexpression enhances memory, reduces anxiety and attenuates neuronal loss in cerebral ischaemia.

    Maggie Lai;Karen Horsburgh;Sung-Eun Bae;Roderick N. Carter

  • Impact of adrenalectomy on 5-HT6 and 5-HT7 receptor gene expression in the rat hippocampus.

    Joyce L.W. Yau;June Noble;Judith Widdowson;Jonathan R. Seckl

  • Glucocorticoids and the ageing hippocampus.

    Carina Hibberd;Joyce L. W. Yau;Jonathan R. Seckl

  • 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Expression Is Increased in the Aged Mouse Hippocampus and Parietal Cortex and Causes Memory Impairments

    Megan C. Holmes;Roderick N. Carter;June Noble;Shruti Chitnis

  • Chronic treatment with the antidepressant amitriptyline prevents impairments in water maze learning in aging rats.

    Joyce L. W. Yau;June Noble;Carina Hibberd;Wayne B. Rowe

  • Enhanced Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation and Spatial Learning in Aged 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Knock-Out Mice

    Joyce L. W. Yau;Kara M. McNair;June Noble;David Brownstein

  • The effect of adrenalectomy on 5-hydroxytryptamine and corticosteroid receptor subtype messenger RNA expression in rat hippocampus.

    M C Holmes;J L W Yau;K L French;Jonathan Seckl

  • Partial Deficiency or Short-Term Inhibition of 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Improves Cognitive Function in Aging Mice

    Karen Sooy;Scott P. Webster;June Noble;Margaret Binnie

  • Cholestenoic acids regulate motor neuron survival via liver X receptors

    Spyridon Theofilopoulos;William J. Griffiths;Peter J. Crick;Shanzheng Yang

  • Acute restraint stress increases 5-HT7 receptor mRNA expression in the rat hippocampus.

    Joyce L.W. Yau;June Noble;Jonathan R. Seckl

  • Continuous blockade of brain mineralocorticoid receptors impairs spatial learning in rats.

    Joyce L.W Yau;June Noble;Jonathan R Seckl

  • Local amplification of glucocorticoids in the aging brain and impaired spatial memory.

    Joyce L. W. Yau;Jonathan R. Seckl

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. M. Morris
Richard G. M. Morris University of Edinburgh
Mike Ludwig
Mike Ludwig University of Edinburgh
Patrik Ernfors
Patrik Ernfors Karolinska Institute
Stuart Cobb
Stuart Cobb University of Glasgow
Mayank B. Dutia
Mayank B. Dutia University of Edinburgh
Karen Horsburgh
Karen Horsburgh University of Edinburgh
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Marian Joëls
Marian Joëls University of Groningen
Rebecca Schüle
Rebecca Schüle University of Tübingen
Ludger Schöls
Ludger Schöls University of Tübingen

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