World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
63
Citations
12698
World Ranking
3413
National Ranking
1582

Overview

Karen Gale was affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States. Their research contributions spanned the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine with specific focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their work addressed topics including Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurological disorders and treatments, and Neural dynamics and brain function.

Among the scholarly outputs, Karen Gale authored the paper titled Piriform cortex is an ictogenic trigger zone in the primate brain, published in 2024 in the journal Epilepsia.

Collaborative relationships included frequent co-authors such as David Dybdal, Evan Wicker, Carolina Campos-Rodriguez, Rafael S. Maior, and Catherine Elorette.

Their publications appeared in venues such as:

  • Epilepsia

Best Publications

  • Substantia nigra: site of anticonvulsant activity mediated by gamma-aminobutyric acid.

    Michael J. Iadarola;Karen Gale

  • A crucial epileptogenic site in the deep prepiriform cortex

    Salvatore Piredda;Karen Gale

  • Spinal cord contusion in the rat: Behavioral analysis of functional neurologic impairment

    Karen Gale;Harry Kerasidis;Jean R. Wrathall

  • Subcortical structures and pathways involved in convulsive seizure generation.

    Karen Gale

  • Dopamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase: location in substantia nigra.

    K. Gale;Alessandro Guidotti;E. Costa

  • Progression and generalization of seizure discharge: anatomical and neurochemical substrates.

    Karen Gale

  • Seizure protection and increased nerve-terminal GABA: delayed effects of GABA transaminase inhibition

    Karen Gale;Michael J. Iadarola

  • Presence of substance P and GABA in separate striatonigral neurons.

    Karen Gale;Jau Shyong Hong;Alessandro Guidotti

  • Substantia nigra-mediated anticonvulsant actions: Role of nigral output pathways

    Douglas S. Garant;Karen Gale

  • Dynamic utilization of GABA in substantia nigra: regulation by dopamine and GABA in the striatum, and its clinical and behavioral implications

    K. Gale;M. Casu

  • Regulation of Limbic Motor Seizures by GABA and Glutamate Transmission in Nucleus Tractus Solitarius

    Benjamin R. Walker;Amy Easton;Karen Gale

  • GABA and epilepsy: basic concepts from preclinical research.

    K Gale

  • Lesions of substantia nigra protect against experimentally induced seizures

    Douglas S. Garant;Karen Gale

  • Anticonvulsant Effect of Fluoxetine on Focally Evoked Limbic Motor Seizures in Rats

    S. Prendiville;K. Gale

  • Antiepileptic Drug-Induced Neuronal Cell Death in the Immature Brain: Effects of Carbamazepine, Topiramate, and Levetiracetam as Monotherapy versus Polytherapy

    Jinsook Kim;Alexei D Kondratyev;Karen Gale

  • The piriform, perirhinal, and entorhinal cortex in seizure generation

    Marta S. Vismer;Patrick A. Forcelli;Mark D. Skopin;Karen Gale

  • GABA receptor control of parasympathetic outflow to heart: characterization and brainstem localization

    Joseph A. DiMicco;Karen Gale;Betty Hamilton;Richard A. Gillis

  • GABA in epilepsy: the pharmacologic basis.

    Karen Gale

  • Parallel increases in striatal glutamic acid decarboxylase activity and mRNA levels in rats with lesions of the nigrostriatal pathway.

    Jose Segovia;Niranjala J.K. Tillakaratne;Kathy Whelan;Allan J. Tobin

  • Role of excitatory amino acid transmission in the genesis of seizures elicited from the deep prepiriform cortex.

    Salvatore Piredda;Karen Gale

  • Neurochemical evidence for a nigrotegmental GABAergic projection

    Judith A. Childs;Karen Gale

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick A. Forcelli
Patrick A. Forcelli Georgetown University
Francesco Fornai
Francesco Fornai University of Pisa
Stefano Vicini
Stefano Vicini Georgetown University Medical Center
Jean R. Wrathall
Jean R. Wrathall Georgetown University Medical Center
Steven J. Schiff
Steven J. Schiff Yale University
Alessandro Guidotti
Alessandro Guidotti University of Illinois at Chicago
Leigh R. Hochberg
Leigh R. Hochberg Harvard University
Franco Lepore
Franco Lepore University of Montreal
Maryse Lassonde
Maryse Lassonde University of Montreal
Jacqueline A. French
Jacqueline A. French New York University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Karen Gale