2026 Michael Davis: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	153	1040	958	595	536	602	89114

Overview

Michael Davis is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in the subfields of Molecular Biology, Surgery, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to cardiovascular research and regenerative medicine. Key topics include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Extracellular Vesicles in Disease, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Michael Davis has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Circulation, Circulation Research, Biomaterials, Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, and Nanomedicine.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael Davis illustrate a focus on cardiac repair and molecular mechanisms related to heart disease:

"MCUb Induction Protects the Heart From Postischemic Remodeling" (2020), Circulation Research
"A multilayered valve leaflet promotes cell-laden collagen type I production and aortic valve hemodynamics" (2020), Biomaterials
"Knockdown of deleterious miRNA in progenitor cell-derived small extracellular vesicles enhances tissue repair in myocardial infarction" (2023), Science Advances
"Customized Loading of microRNA-126 to Small Extracellular Vesicle-Derived Vehicles Improves Cardiac Function after Myocardial Infarction" (2023), ACS Nano
"Biomimetic Nanovesicle Design for Cardiac Tissue Repair" (2020), Nanomedicine

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including Hyun-Ji Park, Jessica R. Hoffman, Sruti Bheri, Milton E. Brown, and Olga Brazhkina.

Best Publications

The amygdala: vigilance and emotion

M Davis;P J Whalen

3813
Citations
The role of the amygdala in fear and anxiety

Michael Davis

3303
Citations
Mechanisms of fear extinction

K M Myers;M Davis;M Davis

1719
Citations
Phasic vs sustained fear in rats and humans: role of the extended amygdala in fear vs anxiety.

Michael Davis;David L Walker;Leigh Miles;Christian Grillon

1699
Citations
Fear and anxiety: animal models and human cognitive psychophysiology.

Peter J Lang;Michael Davis;Arne Öhman

1629
Citations
Cognitive enhancers as adjuncts to psychotherapy: use of D-cycloserine in phobic individuals to facilitate extinction of fear.

Kerry J. Ressler;Barbara O. Rothbaum;Libby Tannenbaum;Page Anderson

1384
Citations
Behavioral and Neural Analysis of Extinction

Karyn M. Myers;Michael Davis

1292
Citations
Activation of the left amygdala to a cognitive representation of fear

Elizabeth A. Phelps;Kevin J. O'Connor;J. Christopher Gatenby;John C. Gore

1241
Citations
A primary acoustic startle circuit: lesion and stimulation studies

M Davis;DS Gendelman;Tischler;PM Gendelman

1191
Citations
Blocking of acquisition but not expression of conditioned fear-potentiated startle by NMDA antagonists in the amygdala.

Mindy J. D. Miserendino;Catherine B. Sananes;Kathleen R. Melia;Michael Davis

1128
Citations
Neurotransmission in the rat amygdala related to fear and anxiety

Michael Davis;Don Rainnie;Martin Cassell

1126
Citations
Role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis versus the amygdala in fear, stress, and anxiety

David L Walker;Donna J Toufexis;Michael Davis

1033
Citations
Psychobiologic Mechanisms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Dennis S. Charney;Ariel Y. Deutch;John H. Krystal;Steven M. Southwick

1028
Citations
Facilitation of Conditioned Fear Extinction by Systemic Administration or Intra-Amygdala Infusions of d-Cycloserine as Assessed with Fear-Potentiated Startle in Rats

David L. Walker;Kerry J. Ressler;Kwok Tung Lu;Michael Davis

1013
Citations
Evidence from a genetic fate-mapping study that stem cells refresh adult mammalian cardiomyocytes after injury

Patrick C H Hsieh;Vincent F M Segers;Michael E Davis;Catherine MacGillivray

914
Citations
Fear-potentiated startle: a neural and pharmacological analysis.

Michael Davis;William A. Falls;Serge Campeau;Munsoo Kim

886
Citations
Double Dissociation between the Involvement of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala in Startle Increases Produced by Conditioned versus Unconditioned Fear

David L. Walker;Michael Davis

884
Citations
The role of the amygdala in conditioned fear.

Michael Davis

873
Citations
Extinction of fear-potentiated startle: blockade by infusion of an NMDA antagonist into the amygdala.

William A. Falls;Mindy J. D. Miserendino;Michael Davis

845
Citations
Neurobiology of fear responses: The role of the amygdala.

Michael Davis

779
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University

Christian Grillon National Institutes of Health

Seth D. Norrholm Wayne State University

Tanja Jovanovic Wayne State University

Niren Murthy University of California, Berkeley

William A. Falls University of Vermont

Serge Campeau University of Colorado Boulder

Barbara O. Rothbaum Emory University

Andrés J. García Georgia Institute of Technology

Richard T. Lee Harvard University

External Links

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