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45
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5601
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7019
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3021

Michael A. King 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 Michael A. King sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 118 publications — 27th percentile

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

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

Michael A. King 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 Michael A. King sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 45 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Michael A. King is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Medicine, with a particular focus on subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Plant Science, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's work spans several specific research topics, notably Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity, and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Michael A. King has contributed to a range of peer-reviewed publications. These recent papers include:

  • Pharmacological targeting of striatal indirect pathway neurons improves subthalamic nucleus dysfunction and reduces repetitive behaviors in C58 mice (2020, Behavioural Brain Research)
  • A rapid in vitro assay for evaluating the effects of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and reactivators in the rat basolateral amygdala (2022, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience)
  • A Feasibility Study of Motion Compensation for Cardiac Gated Spect Images Using a Cascaded Network (2022, 2022 IEEE 19th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI))
  • Fisher information comparison between a monolithic and a fiber-optic light guide in a modular gamma camera (2022, Medical Imaging 2022: Physics of Medical Imaging)
  • Improved Dynamic Cardiac Phantom Based on 4D NURBS and Tagged MRI (2020, UNC Libraries)

Frequent publication venues where King's research appears include:

  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • 2022 IEEE 19th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI)
  • Medical Imaging 2022: Physics of Medical Imaging
  • UNC Libraries

Collaboration is notable in King's research, with frequent co-authors including Yongyi Yang, P. Hendrik Pretorius, Amber M. Muehlmann, Sebastian N. Maletz, and Mark H. Lewis. These collaborations indicate interdisciplinary and possibly cross-institutional research efforts.

Throughout the research portfolio, King's work often combines advanced imaging techniques with neurological and biochemical investigations, reflecting the intersection of radiology, molecular neuroscience, and pharmacology. The focus on imaging modalities and neurological disorders suggests an emphasis on improving diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in medicine.

Best Publications

  • Biocytin: a versatile anterograde neuroanatomical tract-tracing alternative

    Michael A. King;Paul M. Louis;Bruce E. Hunter;Don W. Walker

  • Neuron-specific transduction in the rat septohippocampal or nigrostriatal pathway by recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors

    Ronald L. Klein;Edwin M. Meyer;Alyson L. Peel;Sergei Zolotukhin

  • Dopaminergic Cell Loss Induced by Human A30P α-Synuclein Gene Transfer to the Rat Substantia Nigra

    Ronald L. Klein;Michael A. King;Mary E. Hamby;Edwin M. Meyer

  • Dose and promoter effects of adeno-associated viral vector for green fluorescent protein expression in the rat brain.

    Ronald L. Klein;Mary E. Hamby;Yan Gong;Aaron C. Hirko

  • Alterations and recovery of dendritic spine density in rat hippocampus following long-term ethanol ingestion

    Michael A. King;Bruce E. Hunter;Don W. Walker

  • Altered mRNA expression for brain‐derived neurotrophic factor and type II calcium/Calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase in the hippocampus of patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy

    Karl D. Murray;Paul J. Isackson;Thomas A. Eskin;Michael A. King;Michael A. King

  • Reduced density of parvalbumin- and calbindin D28k-immunoreactive neurons in experimental cortical dysplasia

    Steven N Roper;Steven N Roper;Stephan Eisenschenk;Michael A King;Michael A King

  • Long-term actions of vector-derived nerve growth factor or brain-derived neurotrophic factor on choline acetyltransferase and Trk receptor levels in the adult rat basal forebrain.

    R. L. Klein;D. F. Muir;M. A. King;A. L. Peel

  • Disinhibited in vitro neocortical slices containing experimentally induced cortical dysplasia demonstrate hyperexcitability.

    Steven N. Roper;Steven N. Roper;Michael A. King;Michael A. King;Linda A Abraham;Marc A Boillot

  • The effects of aging on spinal neurochemistry in the rat

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  • Cytoprotective actions of 2,4-dimethoxybenzylidene anabaseine in differentiated PC12 cells and septal cholinergic neurons

    Eileen J. Martin;Kiran S. Panickar;Michael A. King;Malgorzata Deyrup

  • Aging effects on the limits and stability of long-term synaptic potentiation and depression in rat hippocampal area CA1.

    Ashok Kumar;Jeffrey S. Thinschmidt;Thomas C. Foster;Michael A. King

  • Estrogens Decrease Reperfusion-Associated Cortical Ischemic Damage An MRI Analysis in a Transient Focal Ischemia Model

    Jiong Shi;Jonathan D. Bui;Shao Hua Yang;Zhen He

  • The effects of chronic ethanol consumption on neurotrophins and their receptors in the rat hippocampus and basal forebrain.

    R Miller;M.A King;M.A King;M.B Heaton;D.W Walker;D.W Walker

  • Structural insights from high-resolution diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of the isolated rat hippocampus.

    Timothy M. Shepherd;Evren Özarslan;Michael A. King;Michael A. King;Thomas H. Mareci

  • 17 β-Estradiol attenuates fimbrial lesion-induced decline of ChAt-immunoreactive neurons in the rat medial septum

    Omid Rabbani;Kiran S. Panickar;Gopal Rajakumar;Michael A. King

  • Peripheral Transgene Expression of Plasma Gelsolin Reduces Amyloid in Transgenic Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease

    Aaron C Hirko;Edwin M Meyer;Michael A King;Jeffery A Hughes

  • α7 Nicotinic receptor-mediated protection against ethanol-induced oxidative stress and cytotoxicity in PC12 cells

    Yangxin Li;Michael A. King;Edwin M. Meyer

  • Diffusion Tensor Microscopy Indicates the Cytoarchitectural Basis for Diffusion Anisotropy in the Human Hippocampus

    T.M. Shepherd;E. Özarslan;A.T. Yachnis;M.A. King

  • Magnetic resonance microscopy of mammalian neurons.

    Jeremy J. Flint;Choong-Heon Lee;Brian Hansen;Michael Fey

  • Rapid neurofibrillary tangle formation after localized gene transfer of mutated tau

    Ronald L. Klein;Wen Lang Lin;Dennis W. Dickson;Jada Lewis

Frequent Co-Authors

Edwin M. Meyer
Edwin M. Meyer University of Florida
Don W. Walker
Don W. Walker University of Florida
Steven N. Roper
Steven N. Roper University of Florida
Ghatu Subhash
Ghatu Subhash University of Florida
Marieta Barrow Heaton
Marieta Barrow Heaton University of Florida
Paul R. Carney
Paul R. Carney University of Missouri
James W. Simpkins
James W. Simpkins West Virginia University
Mark H. Lewis
Mark H. Lewis University of Florida
Marcelo Febo
Marcelo Febo University of Florida
Fletcher A. White
Fletcher A. White Indiana University

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