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Leif A. Havton

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Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
8533
World Ranking
8910
National Ranking
3769

Leif A. Havton 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 Leif A. Havton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 118 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Leif A. Havton 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 Leif A. Havton sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Leif A. Havton is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions in subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cognitive neuroscience, and surgery.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Some of Havton's recent papers include:

  • Human organ donor-derived vagus nerve biopsies allow for well-preserved ultrastructure and high-resolution mapping of myelinated and unmyelinated fibers, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Innervation and Neuronal Control of the Mammalian Sinoatrial Node a Comprehensive Atlas, 2021, Circulation Research
  • Rhesus macaque versus rat divergence in the corticospinal projectome, 2022, Neuron
  • Ultraflexible and Stretchable Intrafascicular Peripheral Nerve Recording Device with Axon-Dimension, Cuff-Less Microneedle Electrode Array, 2022, Small
  • Computational modelling of nerve stimulation and recording with peripheral visceral neural interfaces, 2021, Journal of Neural Engineering

Frequent collaborators of Leif A. Havton include:

  • Natália P. Biscola
  • Terry L. Powley
  • Deborah Jaffey
  • Riki Kawaguchi
  • Janet R. Keast

The primary venues where Havton's research has been published consist of:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Communications Biology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Circulation Research

Best Publications

  • Long-Distance Growth and Connectivity of Neural Stem Cells after Severe Spinal Cord Injury

    Paul Lu;Yaozhi Wang;Lori Graham;Karla McHale

  • Guidelines for the conduct of clinical trials for spinal cord injury as developed by the ICCP panel: spontaneous recovery after spinal cord injury and statistical power needed for therapeutic clinical trials

    J W Fawcett;A Curt;J D Steeves;W P Coleman

  • Extensive spontaneous plasticity of corticospinal projections after primate spinal cord injury

    Ephron S Rosenzweig;Gregoire Courtine;Gregoire Courtine;Devin L Jindrich;John H Brock

  • Targeted Complement Inhibition at Synapses Prevents Microglial Synaptic Engulfment and Synapse Loss in Demyelinating Disease.

    Sebastian Werneburg;Jonathan Jung;Rejani B. Kunjamma;Seung Kwon Ha

  • Neonatal Chimerization with Human Glial Progenitor Cells Can Both Remyelinate and Rescue the Otherwise Lethally Hypomyelinated Shiverer Mouse

    Martha S. Windrem;Steven J. Schanz;Min Guo;Guo-Feng Tian

  • Restorative effects of human neural stem cell grafts on the primate spinal cord

    Ephron S Rosenzweig;John H Brock;John H Brock;Paul Lu;Paul Lu;Hiromi Kumamaru

  • Diminished Schwann Cell Repair Responses Underlie Age-Associated Impaired Axonal Regeneration

    Michio W. Painter;Michio W. Painter;Amanda Brosius Lutz;Yung Chih Cheng;Alban Latremoliere

  • Chemotropic guidance facilitates axonal regeneration and synapse formation after spinal cord injury

    Laura Taylor Alto;Leif A Havton;James M Conner;Edmund R Hollis

  • Self-Assisted Standing Enabled by Non-Invasive Spinal Stimulation after Spinal Cord Injury

    Dimitry G Sayenko;Mrinal Rath;Adam R Ferguson;Joel W Burdick

  • Extensive spinal decussation and bilateral termination of cervical corticospinal projections in rhesus monkeys.

    Ephron S. Rosenzweig;John H. Brock;Maya D. Culbertson;Paul Lu

  • Regeneration of long-tract axons through sites of spinal cord injury using templated agarose scaffolds.

    Thomas Gros;Jeff S. Sakamoto;Armin Blesch;Leif A. Havton

  • Pronounced species divergence in corticospinal tract reorganization and functional recovery after lateralized spinal cord injury favors primates

    Lucia Friedli;Ephron S. Rosenzweig;Quentin Barraud;Martin Schubert

  • Bilateral corticospinal projections arise from each motor cortex in the macaque monkey: a quantitative study.

    Steve Lacroix;Leif A. Havton;Heather McKay;Hong Yang

  • Local and remote growth factor effects after primate spinal cord injury.

    John H. Brock;Ephron S. Rosenzweig;Armin Blesch;Rod Moseanko

  • Basic Advances and New Avenues in Therapy of Spinal Cord Injury

    Bruce H. Dobkin;Leif A. Havton

  • Motor Axonal Regeneration after Partial and Complete Spinal Cord Transection

    Paul Lu;Armin Blesch;Lori Graham;Yaozhi Wang

  • A white matter stroke model in the mouse: axonal damage, progenitor responses and MRI correlates.

    Elif G. Sozmen;Arunima Kolekar;Leif A. Havton;S. Thomas Carmichael

  • Deficiency of the E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM32 in mice leads to a myopathy with a neurogenic component.

    Elena Kudryashova;Jun Wu;Leif A. Havton;Melissa J. Spencer

  • Chondroitinase improves anatomical and functional outcomes after primate spinal cord injury.

    Ephron S. Rosenzweig;Ernesto A. Salegio;Justine J. Liang;Janet L. Weber

  • Deacetylation of Miro1 by HDAC6 blocks mitochondrial transport and mediates axon growth inhibition

    Ashley L. Kalinski;Ashley L. Kalinski;Amar N. Kar;John Craver;Andrew P. Tosolini

  • Inosine Alters Gene Expression and Axonal Projections in Neurons Contralateral to a Cortical Infarct and Improves Skilled Use of the Impaired Limb

    Laila Zai;Christina Ferrari;Sathish Subbaiah;Leif A. Havton

  • Autonomic and motor neuron death is progressive and parallel in a lumbosacral ventral root avulsion model of cauda equina injury.

    Thao X. Hoang;Jaime H. Nieto;Niranjala J.K. Tillakaratne;Leif A. Havton

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Tuszynski
Mark H. Tuszynski University of California, San Diego
Armin Blesch
Armin Blesch Indiana University
Adam R. Ferguson
Adam R. Ferguson University of California, San Francisco
Roland R. Roy
Roland R. Roy University of California, Los Angeles
Michael S. Beattie
Michael S. Beattie University of California, San Francisco
Jan-Olof Kellerth
Jan-Olof Kellerth Umeå University
Jacqueline C. Bresnahan
Jacqueline C. Bresnahan University of California, San Francisco
Bruce H. Dobkin
Bruce H. Dobkin University of California, Los Angeles
James M. Conner
James M. Conner University of California, San Diego
Grégoire Courtine
Grégoire Courtine École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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