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Nagalingam Rajakumar

Nagalingam Rajakumar

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Neuroscience

D-Index
34
Citations
3944
World Ranking
9370
National Ranking
545

Nagalingam Rajakumar 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 Nagalingam Rajakumar sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 80 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nagalingam Rajakumar 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 Nagalingam Rajakumar sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nagalingam Rajakumar is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a concentrated focus on several subfields including Immunology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

Their recent publications document a range of research areas and were published in various scientific journals:

  • Maternal Immune Activation Alters Fetal Brain Development and Enhances Proliferation of Neural Precursor Cells in Rats, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Partial ablation of frontal cortical subplate leads to developmental abnormalities in KCC2 in the prefrontal cortex, 2022, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
  • Maternal immune activation elicits rapid and sex-dependent changes in gene expression and vascular dysfunction in the rat placenta, 2025, Placenta
  • Characterizing the autonomic neural connections between the abdominal aortic and superior hypogastric plexuses: A multimodal neuroanatomical study, 2021, Autonomic Neuroscience
  • Diffusion MRI of the Unfolded Hippocampus, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The data indicates frequent collaboration with a number of coauthors, including Stephen J. Renaud, Ruth Thomas, Cleusa De Oliveira, Kelly J. Baines, and Dendra M. Hillier.

Rajakumar commonly publishes in venues like Frontiers in Immunology, Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, Placenta, Autonomic Neuroscience, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to biological and medical research.

Best Publications

  • Mapping Corpus Callosum Deficits in Autism: An Index of Aberrant Cortical Connectivity

    Christine N. Vidal;Rob Nicolson;Timothy J. DeVito;Kiralee M. Hayashi

  • Glutamate and glutamine in the anterior cingulate and thalamus of medicated patients with chronic schizophrenia and healthy comparison subjects measured with 4.0-T proton MRS.

    Jean Théberge;Yousef Al-Semaan;Peter C. Williamson;Ravi S. Menon

  • Antipsychotics alter the protein expression levels of β-catenin and GSK-3 in the rat medial prefrontal cortex and striatum

    Heidar Alimohamad;Nagalingam Rajakumar;Nagalingam Rajakumar;Yam-Hong Seah;Walter Rushlow;Walter Rushlow

  • Longitudinal grey-matter and glutamatergic losses in first-episode schizophrenia

    Jean Théberge;Kate E. Williamson;Naoko Aoyama;Dick J. Drost

  • Biotinylated dextran: a versatile anterograde and retrograde neuronal tracer

    N. Rajakumar;K. Elisevich;B.A. Flumerfelt

  • Evidence for cortical dysfunction in autism: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging study.

    Timothy J. DeVito;Dick J. Drost;Richard W.J. Neufeld;Nagalingam Rajakumar

  • Detection and mapping of hippocampal abnormalities in autism.

    Rob Nicolson;Timothy J. DeVito;Christine N. Vidal;Yihong Sui

  • Cholinergic Activity Enhances Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation in CA1 during Walking in Rats

    L. Stan Leung;Bixia Shen;Nagalingam Rajakumar;Jingyi Ma

  • Grey matter and social functioning correlates of glutamatergic metabolite loss in schizophrenia

    Naoko Aoyama;Jean Théberge;Dick J. Drost;Rahul Manchanda

  • Activation of the canonical Wnt pathway by the antipsychotics haloperidol and clozapine involves dishevelled‐3

    Laurie P. Sutton;Dariush Honardoust;Joanne Mouyal;Nagalingam Rajakumar

  • The effects of antipsychotics on β‐catenin, glycogen synthase kinase‐3 and dishevelled in the ventral midbrain of rats

    H. Alimohamad;L. Sutton;J. Mouyal;N. Rajakumar

  • Compartmental origin of the striato-entopeduncular projection in the rat

    N. Rajakumar;K. Elisevich;B. A. Flumerfelt

  • Functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy of glutamate in schizophrenia and major depressive disorder: anterior cingulate activity during a color-word Stroop task

    Reggie Taylor;Richard W J Neufeld;Betsy Schaefer;Maria Densmore

  • White matter abnormalities in autism detected through transverse relaxation time imaging.

    Janet Hendry;Timothy DeVito;Neil Gelman;Maria Densmore

  • Mist1 is necessary for the establishment of granule organization in serous exocrine cells of the gastrointestinal tract.

    Charis L. Johnson;Agnes S. Kowalik;Nagalingam Rajakumar;Christopher L. Pin

  • Parvalbumin-containing GABAergic neurons in the basal ganglia output system of the rat

    N. Rajakumar;K. Elisevich;B. A. Flumerfelt

  • Mapping brain abnormalities in boys with autism.

    Caroline C. Brun;Rob Nicolson;Natasha Leporé;Yi-Yu Chou

  • The effects of olanzapine on genome-wide DNA methylation in the hippocampus and cerebellum

    Melkaye G Melka;Benjamin I Laufer;Patrick McDonald;Christina A Castellani

  • Neurochemical compartmentalization of the globus pallidus in the rat: An immunocytochemical study of calcium‐binding proteins

    N. Rajakumar;W. Rushlow;C. C. G. Naus;K. Elisevich

  • Maternal Immune Activation Alters Fetal Brain Development and Enhances Proliferation of Neural Precursor Cells in Rats.

    Kelly J Baines;Dendra M Hillier;Faraj L Haddad;Nagalingam Rajakumar

  • Glutamatergic regulation of haloperidol-induced c-fos expression in the rat striatum and nucleus accumbens

    N. Hussain;B.A. Flumerfelt;N. Rajakumar;N. Rajakumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Ravi S. Menon
Ravi S. Menon University of Western Ontario
Richard W. J. Neufeld
Richard W. J. Neufeld University of Western Ontario
Jean Théberge
Jean Théberge University of Western Ontario
Maria Densmore
Maria Densmore University of Western Ontario
Robert Bartha
Robert Bartha University of Western Ontario
Paul M. Thompson
Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California
Brian L. Allman
Brian L. Allman University of Western Ontario
Arthur W. Toga
Arthur W. Toga University of Southern California
Kiralee M. Hayashi
Kiralee M. Hayashi University of California, Los Angeles
L. Stan Leung
L. Stan Leung University of Western Ontario

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