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Michael D. Ehlers

Michael D. Ehlers

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Neuroscience

D-Index
76
Citations
28060
World Ranking
1895
National Ranking
908

Michael D. Ehlers 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 D. Ehlers sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 146 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael D. Ehlers 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 D. Ehlers sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Best Publications

  • Activity level controls postsynaptic composition and signaling via the ubiquitin-proteasome system

    Michael D. Ehlers

  • Rapid blue-light-mediated induction of protein interactions in living cells

    Matthew J Kennedy;Robert M Hughes;Leslie A Peteya;Joel W Schwartz

  • Reinsertion or Degradation of AMPA Receptors Determined by Activity-Dependent Endocytic Sorting

    Unknown

  • In Vivo Light-Induced Activation of Neural Circuitry in Transgenic Mice Expressing Channelrhodopsin-2

    Benjamin R. Arenkiel;Joao Peca;Joao Peca;Ian G. Davison;Ian G. Davison;Catia Feliciano

  • Recycling Endosomes Supply AMPA Receptors for LTP

    Mikyoung Park;Esther C. Penick;Jeffrey G. Edwards;Julie A. Kauer

  • Activity-Dependent Modulation of Synaptic AMPA Receptor Accumulation

    Richard J O’Brien;Sunjeev Kamboj;Michael D Ehlers;Kenneth R Rosen

  • Inactivation of NMDA Receptors by Direct Interaction of Calmodulin with the NR1 Subunit

    Michael D Ehlers;Su Zhang;Jeffrey P Bernhardt;Richard L Huganir

  • Characterization of Protein Kinase A and Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation of the N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor NR1 Subunit Using Phosphorylation Site-specific Antibodies

    Whittemore G. Tingley;Michael D. Ehlers;Kimihiko Kameyama;Carol Doherty

  • Molecular determinants of NMDA receptor internalization.

    Katherine W. Roche;Steve Standley;Jennifer McCallum;C. Dune Ly

  • Modeling autism by SHANK gene mutations in mice.

    Yong-hui Jiang;Michael D. Ehlers

  • Synaptic dysfunction and abnormal behaviors in mice lacking major isoforms of Shank3

    Xiaoming Wang;Portia A. McCoy;Ramona M. Rodriguiz;Yanzhen Pan

  • Plasticity-Induced Growth of Dendritic Spines by Exocytic Trafficking from Recycling Endosomes

    Mikyoung Park;Jennifer M. Salgado;Linnaea Ostroff;Thomas D. Helton

  • Myosin Vb Mobilizes Recycling Endosomes and AMPA Receptors for Postsynaptic Plasticity

    Zhiping Wang;Jeffrey G. Edwards;Nathan Riley;D. William Provance

  • An NMDA Receptor ER Retention Signal Regulated by Phosphorylation and Alternative Splicing

    Derek B. Scott;Thomas A. Blanpied;Geoffrey T. Swanson;Chi Zhang

  • Polarized Secretory Trafficking Directs Cargo for Asymmetric Dendrite Growth and Morphogenesis

    April C. Horton;Bence Rácz;Eric E. Monson;Anna L. Lin

  • Homeostatic plasticity and NMDA receptor trafficking

    Isabel Pérez-Otaño;Michael D. Ehlers

  • Regulation of morphological postsynaptic silent synapses in developing hippocampal neurons.

    Dezhi Liao;Xiaoqun Zhang;Richard O'Brien;Michael D. Ehlers;Michael D. Ehlers

  • Glutamate Receptor Dynamics in Dendritic Microdomains

    Thomas M. Newpher;Michael D. Ehlers;Michael D. Ehlers

  • Optimizing Promoters for Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Gene Expression in the Peripheral and Central Nervous System Using Self-Complementary Vectors

    Steven J. Gray;Stacey B. Foti;Joel W. Schwartz;Lavanya Bachaboina

  • ORGANELLES AND TRAFFICKING MACHINERY FOR POSTSYNAPTIC PLASTICITY

    Matthew J. Kennedy;Michael D. Ehlers

  • Dynamics and regulation of clathrin coats at specialized endocytic zones of dendrites and spines.

    Thomas A Blanpied;Derek B Scott;Michael D Ehlers

  • Dual Modes of Endoplasmic Reticulum-to-Golgi Transport in Dendrites Revealed by Live-Cell Imaging

    April C. Horton;Michael D. Ehlers

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L. Huganir
Richard L. Huganir Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Benjamin R. Arenkiel
Benjamin R. Arenkiel Baylor College of Medicine
Benjamin D. Philpot
Benjamin D. Philpot University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard J. Weinberg
Richard J. Weinberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hiroaki Matsunami
Hiroaki Matsunami Duke University
Kristen M. Harris
Kristen M. Harris The University of Texas at Austin
Antonello Bonci
Antonello Bonci National Institute on Drug Abuse
Franck Polleux
Franck Polleux Columbia University
George J Augustine
George J Augustine Nanyang Technological University
Yong-hui Jiang
Yong-hui Jiang Yale School of Medicine

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