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Keith K. Murai

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Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
11141
World Ranking
7529
National Ranking
442

Keith K. Murai 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 Keith K. Murai sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 86 publications — 10th percentile

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Keith K. Murai 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 Keith K. Murai sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Keith K. Murai is affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on several specialized subfields including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics within neuroscience, with notable coverage in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research. Additional areas of interest include Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, RNA Regulation and Disease, and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Their recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Interpericyte tunnelling nanotubes regulate neurovascular coupling, 2020, Nature
  • Astrocyte morphology, 2023, Trends in Cell Biology
  • Characterization of Vimentin-Immunoreactive Astrocytes in the Human Brain, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • Organizing principles of astrocytic nanoarchitecture in the mouse cerebral cortex, 2023, Current Biology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Keith K. Murai include:

  • W. Todd Farmer
  • J. Benjamin Kacerovsky
  • Christopher Salmon
  • Alexandra L. Schober
  • Tabish A. Syed

Regular publication venues where their research appears are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions

    Carole Escartin;Elena Galea;András Lakatos;James P. O’Callaghan

  • Cellular Delivery of Neurotrophin-3 Promotes Corticospinal Axonal Growth and Partial Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury

    R. Grill;K. Murai;A. Blesch;F. H. Gage

  • Astrocytes Are Endogenous Regulators of Basal Transmission at Central Synapses

    Aude Panatier;Joanne Vallée;Michael Haber;Keith K. Murai

  • Control of hippocampal dendritic spine morphology through ephrin-A3/EphA4 signaling.

    Keith K. Murai;Louis N. Nguyen;Fumitoshi Irie;Yu Yamaguchi

  • Contactin Orchestrates Assembly of the Septate-like Junctions at the Paranode in Myelinated Peripheral Nerve

    Mary E.T. Boyle;Erik O. Berglund;Keith K. Murai;Keith K. Murai;Lynne Weber;Lynne Weber

  • 'Eph'ective signaling: forward, reverse and crosstalk.

    Keith K. Murai;Elena B. Pasquale;Elena B. Pasquale

  • Cooperative astrocyte and dendritic spine dynamics at hippocampal excitatory synapses

    Michael Haber;Lei Zhou;Keith K. Murai

  • Activity-Dependent Structural Plasticity of Perisynaptic Astrocytic Domains Promotes Excitatory Synapse Stability

    Yann Bernardinelli;Jerome Randall;Elia Janett;Irina Nikonenko

  • Interpericyte tunnelling nanotubes regulate neurovascular coupling.

    Luis Alarcon-Martinez;Deborah Villafranca-Baughman;Heberto Quintero;J. Benjamin Kacerovsky

  • Neurons diversify astrocytes in the adult brain through sonic hedgehog signaling

    W. Todd Farmer;Therése Abrahamsson;Sabrina Chierzi;Christopher Lui

  • Stalled developmental programs at the root of pediatric brain tumors.

    Selin Jessa;Selin Jessa;Alexis Blanchet-Cohen;Alexis Blanchet-Cohen;Brian Krug;Maria Vladoiu

  • Glial ephrin-A3 regulates hippocampal dendritic spine morphology and glutamate transport

    Maria A. Carmona;Keith K. Murai;Lei Wang;Amanda J. Roberts

  • Ataxia and abnormal cerebellar microorganization in mice with ablated contactin gene expression.

    Erik O Berglund;Keith K Murai;Keith K Murai;Barbara Fredette;Gabriela Sekerková

  • The EphA4 receptor regulates dendritic spine remodeling by affecting β1-integrin signaling pathways

    Caroline Bourgin;Keith K. Murai;Melanie Richter;Elena B. Pasquale;Elena B. Pasquale

  • DCC Expression by Neurons Regulates Synaptic Plasticity in the Adult Brain

    Katherine E. Horn;Stephen D. Glasgow;Delphine Gobert;Sarah-Jane Bull

  • Astrocytes Control Glutamate Receptor Levels at Developing Synapses through SPARC–β-Integrin Interactions

    Emma V. Jones;Yann Bernardinelli;Yiu Chung Tse;Sabrina Chierzi

  • Eph Receptors, Ephrins, and Synaptic Function

    Keith K. Murai;Elena B. Pasquale

  • Targeting the EphA4 receptor in the nervous system with biologically active peptides.

    Keith K Murai;Louis N Nguyen;Mitchell Koolpe;Rebecca McLennan

  • Eph receptors and ephrins in neuron–astrocyte communication at synapses

    Keith K. Murai;Elena B. Pasquale;Elena B. Pasquale

  • Functional characterization of NGF-secreting cell grafts to the acutely injured spinal cord

    Mark H. Tuszynski;Keith Murai;Keith Murai;Armin Blesch;Armin Blesch;Ray Grill;Ray Grill

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena B. Pasquale
Elena B. Pasquale Discovery Institute
Charles W. Bourque
Charles W. Bourque McGill University Health Centre
Marie-Ève Tremblay
Marie-Ève Tremblay University of Victoria
Gustavo Turecki
Gustavo Turecki Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Naguib Mechawar
Naguib Mechawar McGill University
Luc DesGroseillers
Luc DesGroseillers University of Montreal
Sylvain Williams
Sylvain Williams McGill University
Mark H. Tuszynski
Mark H. Tuszynski University of California, San Diego
Armin Blesch
Armin Blesch Indiana University
Jiannis Ragoussis
Jiannis Ragoussis McGill University

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