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M.-Marsel Mesulam 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 M.-Marsel Mesulam sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 662 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

M.-Marsel Mesulam 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 M.-Marsel Mesulam sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 187 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Sedgwick Memorial Medal, American Public Health Association
  • 2014 - Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases, American Academy of Neurology
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Neurology
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Neurology
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Neurology
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Neurology

Overview

M.-Marsel Mesulam is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and psychology. Their research encompasses a wide range of topics, including cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, molecular biology, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their scholarly work mainly addresses themes related to dementia and cognitive impairment research, neurobiology of language and bilingualism, cognitive functions and memory, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, memory and neural mechanisms, memory processes and influences, and genetic associations and epidemiology.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored, some notable publications include:

  • Early Selective Vulnerability of the CA2 Hippocampal Subfield in Primary Age-Related Tauopathy, 2020, Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology
  • Memory Resilience in Alzheimer Disease With Primary Progressive Aphasia, 2021, Neurology
  • Neuropsychological Profiles of Older Adults with Superior versus Average Episodic Memory: The Northwestern "SuperAger" Cohort, 2021, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
  • Familial language network vulnerability in primary progressive aphasia, 2020, Neurology
  • Stimulation of distinct parietal locations differentiates frontal versus hippocampal network involvement in memory formation, 2022, Current Research in Neurobiology

M.-Marsel Mesulam has frequently published in venues such as Alzheimer's & Dementia, Neurology, Journal of Neurolinguistics, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology.

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including Sandra Weıntraub, Emily Rogalskı, Changiz Geula, Alan Kuang, and Tamar Gefen, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Their recognition within the scientific community includes receiving the Sedgwick Memorial Medal from the American Public Health Association in 2014 and the Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases awarded by the American Academy of Neurology in 2014. Additionally, they have been associated with The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi.

Best Publications

  • Tetramethyl benzidine for horseradish peroxidase neurohistochemistry: a non-carcinogenic blue reaction product with superior sensitivity for visualizing neural afferents and efferents.:

    M M Mesulam

  • Sensitivity of revised diagnostic criteria for the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia.

    Katya Rascovsky;John R. Hodges;David Knopman;Mario F. Mendez

  • Classification of primary progressive aphasia and its variants

    M L Gorno-Tempini;M L Gorno-Tempini;A E Hillis;S Weintraub;A Kertesz

  • From sensation to cognition.

    M. Marsel Mesulam

  • Large-scale neurocognitive networks and distributed processing for attention, language, and memory

    M‐Marsel ‐M Mesulam

  • Cholinergic innervation of cortex by the basal forebrain : cytochemistry and cortical connections of the septal area, diagonal band nuclei, nucleus basalis (substantia innominata), and hypothalamus in the rhesus monkey

    M.-Marsel Mesulam;Elliott J. Mufson;Allan I. Levey;Bruce H. Wainer

  • Central cholinergic pathways in the rat: an overview based on an alternative nomenclature (Ch1-Ch6).

    M M Mesulam;E J Mufson;B H Wainer;A I Levey

  • The cholinergic system in the pathophysiology and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

    Harald Hampel;M.-Marsel Mesulam;A Claudio Cuello;Martin R Farlow

  • Slowly progressive aphasia without generalized dementia

    M.-Marsel Mesulam

  • Principles of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology

    M.-Marsel Mesulam

  • Spatial attention and neglect: parietal, frontal and cingulate contributions to the mental representation and attentional targeting of salient extrapersonal events.

    M.-Marsel Mesulam

  • Principles of behavioral neurology

    M-Marsel Mesulam

  • Basic mechanisms of cerebral rhythmic activities

    M. Steriade;P. Gloor;R.R. Llinás;F.H. Lopes da Silva

  • Primary progressive aphasia

    Marek-Marsel Mesulam

  • Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia

    M. I. Herz;R. P. Liberman;T. H. McGlashan;J. A. Lieberman

  • Insula of the old world monkey. III: Efferent cortical output and comments on function.

    M.-Marsel Mesulam;Elliott J. Mufson

  • Functional localization of the system for visuospatial attention using positron emission tomography.

    A. C. Nobre;G. N. Sebestyen;D. R. Gitelman;M. M. Mesulam

  • Brain stem projections of sensory and motor components of the vagus complex in the cat: II. Laryngeal, tracheobronchial, pulmonary, cardiac, and gastrointestinal branches.

    Madhu Kalia;Madhu Kalia;M‐Marsel ‐M Mesulam;M‐Marsel ‐M Mesulam

  • Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

    Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  • Cortical projections arising from the basal forebrain: a study of cholinergic and noncholinergic components employing combined retrograde tracing and immunohistochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase.

    D.B. Rye;B.H. Wainer;M.-M. Mesulam;E.J. Mufson

  • Dominant Language Functions of the Right Hemisphere?: Prosody and Emotional Gesturing

    Elliott D. Ross;Marek Marsel Mesulam

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra Weintraub
Sandra Weintraub Northwestern University
Emily Rogalski
Emily Rogalski Northwestern University
Darren R. Gitelman
Darren R. Gitelman Northwestern University
Changiz Geula
Changiz Geula Northwestern University
Todd B. Parrish
Todd B. Parrish Northwestern University
Anna C. Nobre
Anna C. Nobre Yale University
Cynthia K. Thompson
Cynthia K. Thompson Northwestern University
Alfred W. Rademaker
Alfred W. Rademaker Northwestern University
Bruce L. Miller
Bruce L. Miller University of California, San Francisco
Allan I. Levey
Allan I. Levey Emory University

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