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Maya Frankfurt

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Neuroscience

D-Index
46
Citations
9237
World Ranking
6651
National Ranking
2888

Maya Frankfurt 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 Maya Frankfurt sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 93 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maya Frankfurt 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 Maya Frankfurt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 32nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Maya Frankfurt is affiliated with Hofstra University in the United States and has a research focus spanning medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work explores several subfields, including cellular and molecular neuroscience, genetics, behavioral neuroscience, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and emergency medicine.

Their research topics primarily center on estrogen and related hormone effects, stress responses and cortisol, menopause health impacts and treatments, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, as well as cardiac arrest and resuscitation, cardiac ischemia and reperfusion, and cognitive disorders in intensive care units.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Maya Frankfurt include:

  • Estrogenic regulation of memory: The first 50 years (2020), published in Hormones and Behavior
  • Sex differences in cognition following variations in endocrine status (2022), published in Learning & Memory
  • Metformin-mediated mitochondrial protection post-cardiac arrest improves EEG activity and confers neuroprotection and survival benefit (2022), published in The FASEB Journal
  • Androgens Enhance Recognition Memory and Dendritic Spine Density in the Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex of Ovariectomized Female Rats (2022), published in Neuroscience
  • Sex differences in anxiety and depression: insights from adult rodent models of chronic stress and neural plasticity (2025), published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Their frequent co-authors include Victoria N. Luine, Rachel Bowman, Muhammad Shoaib, Rishabh C. Choudhary, and Rupesh Kumar.

Publications by Maya Frankfurt are frequently found in venues such as The FASEB Journal, Journal of Visualized Experiments, Hormones and Behavior, Learning & Memory, and Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Gonadal steroids regulate dendritic spine density in hippocampal pyramidal cells in adulthood

    Elizabeth Gould;Catherine S. Woolley;Maya Frankfurt;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Naturally occurring fluctuation in dendritic spine density on adult hippocampal pyramidal neurons

    Catherine S. Woolley;Elizabeth Gould;Maya Frankfurt;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Ovariectomized rats show decreased recognition memory and spine density in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.

    M Wallace;V Luine;V Luine;A Arellanos;M Frankfurt

  • Gonadal Steroids Modify Dendritic Spine Density in Ventromedial Hypothalamic Neurons: A Golgi Study in the Adult Rat

    Maya Frankfurt;Elizabeth Gould;Catherine S. Woolley;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Sexually Dimorphic Effects of Prenatal Stress on Cognition, Hormonal Responses, and Central Neurotransmitters

    Rachel E. Bowman;Neil J. MacLusky;Yessenia Sarmiento;Maya Frankfurt

  • Interactions between estradiol, BDNF and dendritic spines in promoting memory.

    Victoria Luine;Maya Frankfurt

  • HMGB1 mediates cognitive impairment in sepsis survivors.

    Sangeeta S Chavan;Patricio T Huerta;Sergio Robbiati;SI Valdes-Ferrer

  • Prevention of stress-induced morphological and cognitive consequences

    Bruce S McEwen;Cheryl D Conrad;Yasukazu Kuroda;Maya Frankfurt

  • Chronic stress and neural function: accounting for sex and age.

    Victoria N. Luine;K. D. Beck;Rachel E. Bowman;M. Frankfurt

  • Sex differences and thyroid hormone sensitivity of hippocampal pyramidal cells

    Elizabeth Gould;Anita Westlind-Danielsson;Maya Frankfurt;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Steroid hormones as mediators of neural plasticity.

    Bruce S. McEwen;Hector Coirini;Anita Westlind-Danielsson;Maya Frankfurt

  • The evolving role of dendritic spines and memory: Interaction(s) with estradiol.

    Maya Frankfurt;Victoria Luine

  • Estradiol-Mediated Spine Changes in the Dorsal Hippocampus and Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Ovariectomized Female Mice Depend on ERK and mTOR Activation in the Dorsal Hippocampus

    Jennifer J Tuscher;Victoria N. Luine;Maya Frankfurt;Karyn M Frick

  • Age-Dependent Effects of A53T Alpha-Synuclein on Behavior and Dopaminergic Function

    Adam W. Oaks;Maya Frankfurt;David I. Finkelstein;Anita Sidhu

  • Localized actions of progesterone in hypothalamus involve oxytocin.

    Michael Schumacher;Hector Coirini;Maya Frankfurt;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Bisphenol-A impairs memory and reduces dendritic spine density in adult male rats.

    Tehila Eilam-Stock;Peter Serrano;Maya Frankfurt;Victoria Luine

  • Estrogen-Induced Memory Enhancements Are Blocked by Acute Bisphenol A in Adult Female Rats: Role of Dendritic Spines

    T. Inagaki;M. Frankfurt;V. Luine

  • Estrogens facilitate memory processing through membrane mediated mechanisms and alterations in spine density.

    Victoria N. Luine;Maya Frankfurt

  • Gonadal Hormones Rapidly Enhance Spatial Memory and Increase Hippocampal Spine Density in Male Rats.

    Luis F. Jacome;Ketti Barateli;Dina Buitrago;Franklin Lema

  • Effect of 5,7-Dihydroxytryptamine, Ovariectomy and Gonadal Steroids on Serotonin Receptor Binding in Rat Brain

    Maya Frankfurt;Christina R. McKittrick;Scott D. Mendelson;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Estrogen-induction of dendritic spines in ventromedial hypothalamus and hippocampus: effects of neonatal aromatase blockade and adult GDX.

    Carole Lewis;Bruce S. McEwen;Maya Frankfurt

  • High-affinity naloxone binding to filamin a prevents mu opioid receptor-Gs coupling underlying opioid tolerance and dependence

    Hoau-Yan Wang;Maya Frankfurt;Lindsay H. Burns

Frequent Co-Authors

Victoria N. Luine
Victoria N. Luine Hunter College
Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
Elizabeth Gould
Elizabeth Gould Princeton University
Efrain C. Azmitia
Efrain C. Azmitia New York University
Catherine S. Woolley
Catherine S. Woolley Northwestern University
Bruce T. Volpe
Bruce T. Volpe Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Eitan Friedman
Eitan Friedman City University of New York
Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
Marya Shanabrough
Marya Shanabrough Yale University
Thomas C. Rainbow
Thomas C. Rainbow University of Pennsylvania

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