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Keith T. Sillar

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Neuroscience

D-Index
39
Citations
4601
World Ranking
8402
National Ranking
619

Keith T. Sillar 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 T. Sillar sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 127 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Keith T. Sillar 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 T. Sillar sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Keith T. Sillar is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Environmental Science. Within these broader disciplines, their work particularly focuses on Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Social Psychology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas of biomedical and neurobiological relevance. Key topics include Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation.

Keith T. Sillar has contributed authorship to several recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • From tadpole to adult frog locomotion, 2023, Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • Bimodal modulation of short-term motor memory via dynamic sodium pumps in a vertebrate spinal cord, 2022, Current Biology
  • ATP1A3 dysfunction causes motor hyperexcitability and afterhyperpolarization loss in a dystonia model, 2024, Brain
  • Archerfish foraging success varies with immediate competition level but not group size, 2024, Behavioral Ecology

The publication venues where Keith T. Sillar has appeared most frequently reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work. These include Current Opinion in Neurobiology, Current Biology, Brain, and Behavioral Ecology.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research activity, involving frequent co-authors such as Denis Combes, John Simmers, Laurence D. Picton, Wenchang Li, and Lamia Hachoumi.

Best Publications

  • Central input to primary afferent neurons in crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus, is correlated with rhythmic motor output of thoracic ganglia

    K. T. Sillar;P. Skorupski

  • A neuronal mechanism for sensory gating during locomotion in a vertebrate

    Keith T. Sillar;Alan Roberts

  • Neuromodulation of Vertebrate Locomotor Control Networks

    Gareth B. Miles;Keith T. Sillar

  • Effects of Noradrenaline on Locomotor Rhythm–Generating Networks in the Isolated Neonatal Rat Spinal Cord

    Ole Kiehn;Keith T. Sillar;Ole Kjaerulff;Jonathan R. McDearmid

  • Phase-dependent reversal of reflexes mediated by the thoracocoxal muscle receptor organ in the crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus.

    P. Skorupski;K. T. Sillar

  • Modulation of Swimming Rhythmicity by 5-hydroxytryptamine during Post-Embryonic Development in Xenopus laevis

    Keith T. Sillar;John F. S. Wedderburn;A. John Simmers

  • Developmental segregation of spinal networks driving axial- and hindlimb-based locomotion in metamorphosing Xenopus laevis.

    D. Combes;S. D. Merrywest;J. Simmers;K. T. Sillar

  • Aminergic modulation of glycine release in a spinal network controlling swimming in Xenopus laevis.

    Jonathan R. McDearmid;John F. Scrymgeour-Wedderburn;Keith T. Sillar

  • Development and Aminergic Neuromodulation of a Spinal Locomotor Network Controlling Swimming in Xenopus Larvaea

    Keith T. Sillar;Carolyn A. Reith;Joe R. McDEARMID

  • The development of swimming rhythmicity in post-embryonic Xenopus laevis.

    Keith T. Sillar;John F. S. Wedderburn;A. John Simmers

  • Synthesis, Conformation and Biological Evaluation of the Enantiomers of 3‐Fluoro‐γ‐Aminobutyric Acid ((R)‐ and (S)‐3F‐GABA): An Analogue of the Neurotransmitter GABA

    Gildas Deniau;Alexandra M. Z. Slawin;Tomas Lebl;Fatima Chorki

  • Short-Term Memory of Motor Network Performance via Activity-Dependent Potentiation of Na+/K+ Pump Function

    Hong Yan Zhang;Keith Thomas Sillar

  • Metamodulation of a Spinal Locomotor Network by Nitric Oxide

    DL McLean;Keith Thomas Sillar

  • The in vitro and in vivo enantioselectivity of etomidate implicates the GABAA receptor in general anaesthesia.

    Delia Belelli;Anna-Lisa Muntoni;Simon D. Merrywest;Luc J. Gentet

  • Neuromodulation and developmental plasticity in the locomotor system of anuran amphibians during metamorphosis

    Keith T. Sillar;Denis Combes;Sankari Ramanathan;Micol Molinari

  • Two identified afferent neurones entrain a central locomotor rhythm generator

    Keith T. Sillar;Peter Skorupski;Robert C. Elson;Brian M. H. Bush

  • The development of neuromodulatory systems and the maturation of motor patterns in amphibian tadpoles.

    David L McLean;Simon D Merrywest;Keith T Sillar

  • Characterization and Function of Spinal Excitatory Interneurons with Commissural Projections in Xenopus laevis embryos

    Alan Roberts;Keith T. Sillar

  • Unmyelinated cutaneous afferent neurons activate two types of excitatory amino acid receptor in the spinal cord of Xenopus laevis embryos

    KT Sillar;A Roberts

  • 5HT Induces NMDA Receptor-Mediated Intrinsic Oscillations in Embryonic Amphibian Spinal Neurons

    Keith T. Sillar;A. John Simmers

  • Dynamic Biological Networks: the Stomatogastric Nervous System: edited by Ronald M. Harris-Warrick, Eve Marder, Allen I. Selverston and Maurice Moulins MIT Press, 1992. $65.00 (xvii + 328 pages) ISBN 0 262 08214 4

    Keith Sillar

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan Roberts
Alan Roberts University of Bristol
John Simmers
John Simmers University of Bordeaux
David O'Hagan
David O'Hagan University of St Andrews
Jeremy J. Lambert
Jeremy J. Lambert University of Dundee
Kishan Dholakia
Kishan Dholakia University of St Andrews
Sten Grillner
Sten Grillner Karolinska Institute
Phillip F. Gardiner
Phillip F. Gardiner University of Manitoba
Robert M. Brownstone
Robert M. Brownstone University College London
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin University of St Andrews
Malte C. Gather
Malte C. Gather University of St Andrews

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