Maria Fitzgerald

Maria Fitzgerald 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 Maria Fitzgerald sits on this spectrum.

Maria Fitzgerald 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 Maria Fitzgerald sits on this spectrum.

Overview

Best Publications

• The development of nociceptive circuits

  Maria Fitzgerald

  976
  Citations

• Capsaicin and sensory neurones--a review.

  Maria Fitzgerald

  662
  Citations

• Cortical Pain Responses in Human Infants

  Rebeccah Slater;Anne Cantarella;Shiromi Gallella;Alan Worley

  546
  Citations

• Cutaneous hypersensitivity following peripheral tissue damage in newborn infants and its reversal with topical anaesthesia

  Maria Fitzgerald;Catherine Millard;Neil McIntosh

  496
  Citations

• T-cell infiltration and signaling in the adult dorsal spinal cord is a major contributor to neuropathic pain-like hypersensitivity.

  Michael Costigan;Andrew Moss;Andrew Moss;Alban Latremoliere;Caroline Johnston;Caroline Johnston

  481
  Citations

• Oral sucrose as an analgesic drug for procedural pain in newborn infants: a randomised controlled trial

  Rebeccah Slater;Rebeccah Slater;Laura Cornelissen;Lorenzo Fabrizi;Debbie Patten

  417
  Citations

• The cutaneous withdrawal reflex in human neonates: sensitization, receptive fields, and the effects of contralateral stimulation

  Katharine Andrews;Maria Fitzgerald

  415
  Citations

• The neurobiology of pain: developmental aspects.

  Maria Fitzgerald;Simon Beggs

  375
  Citations

• Long-term impact of neonatal intensive care and surgery on somatosensory perception in children born extremely preterm

  Suellen M. Walker;Linda S. Franck;Maria Fitzgerald;Jonathan Myles

  358
  Citations

• Postnatal development of the cutaneous flexor reflex: comparative study of preterm infants and newborn rat pups

  M Fitzgerald;A Shaw;N MacIntosh

  342
  Citations

• The functional development of descending inhibitory pathways in the dorsolateral funiculus of the newborn rat spinal cord

  Maria Fitzgerald;Martin Koltzenburg

  339
  Citations

• Infant pain management: a developmental neurobiological approach

  Maria Fitzgerald;Suellen M Walker

  338
  Citations

• Nerve growth factor counteracts the neurophysiological and neurochemical effects of chronic sciatic nerve section

  M. Fitzgerald;P.D. Wall;M. Goedert;P.C. Emson

  323
  Citations

• The consequences of pain in early life: injury-induced plasticity in developing pain pathways

  Fred Schwaller;Maria Fitzgerald

  316
  Citations

• A Shift in Sensory Processing that Enables the Developing Human Brain to Discriminate Touch from Pain

  Lorenzo Fabrizi;Rebeccah Slater;Rebeccah Slater;Alan Worley;Judith Meek

  293
  Citations

• How Well Do Clinical Pain Assessment Tools Reflect Pain in Infants

  Rebeccah Slater;Anne Cantarella;Linda Franck;Judith Meek

  283
  Citations

• The post-natal development of cutaneous afferent fibre input and receptive field organization in the rat dorsal horn.

  M Fitzgerald

  276
  Citations

• Long-term sensory hyperinnervation following neonatal skin wounds

  M. L. Reynolds;M. Fitzgerald

  274
  Citations

• The postnatal physiological and neurochemical development of peripheral sensory C fibres.

  M. Fitzgerald;M. Fitzgerald;S. Gibson;S. Gibson

  266
  Citations

• Premature infants display increased noxious-evoked neuronal activity in the brain compared to healthy age-matched term-born infants.

  Rebeccah Slater;Lorenzo Fabrizi;Alan Worley;Judith Meek

  253
  Citations

• The sensitization of high threshold mechanoreceptors with myelinated axons by repeated heating.

  M Fitzgerald;B Lynn

  251
  Citations