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63
Citations
20481
World Ranking
3345
National Ranking
1550

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1996 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Nelson Spruston is affiliated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a significant number of publications in cognitive neuroscience and cellular and molecular neuroscience subfields. The scientist's work also encompasses neurology, developmental neuroscience, and molecular biology.

The main topics of Nelson Spruston's research include:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research

Spruston has published extensively in several venues, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Cell Reports
  • Neuron
  • Nature

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "A Sparse, Spatially Biased Subtype of Mature Granule Cell Dominates Recruitment in Hippocampal-Associated Behaviors" (2020, Cell Reports)
  • "Rapid synaptic plasticity contributes to a learned conjunctive code of position and choice-related information in the hippocampus" (2021, Neuron)
  • "Membrane potential dynamics underlying context-dependent sensory responses in the hippocampus" (2020, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "Organizing memories for generalization in complementary learning systems" (2023, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "A general approach to engineer positive-going eFRET voltage indicators" (2020, Nature Communications)

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Weinan Sun
  • Xinyu Zhao
  • James E. Fitzgerald
  • Mark S. Cembrowski
  • Johan Winnubst

Nelson Spruston has been recognized with awards such as the Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012 and Fellowship of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Pyramidal neurons: dendritic structure and synaptic integration

    Nelson Spruston

  • Diversity and dynamics of dendritic signaling.

    Michael Hausser;Nelson Spruston;Gregory J Stuart

  • Activity-dependent action potential invasion and calcium influx into hippocampal CA1 dendrites

    Nelson Spruston;Yitzhak Schiller;Greg Stuart;Bert Sakmann

  • Action potential initiation and backpropagation in neurons of the mammalian CNS

    Greg Stuart;Nelson Spruston;Bert Sakmann;Michael Häusser

  • Dendritic spikes as a mechanism for cooperative long-term potentiation.

    Nace L. Golding;Nathan P. Staff;Nelson Spruston

  • Determinants of voltage attenuation in neocortical pyramidal neuron dendrites

    Greg Stuart;Nelson Spruston

  • Dendritic glutamate receptor channels in rat hippocampal CA3 and CA1 pyramidal neurons.

    Nelson Spruston;Peter Jonas;Bert Sakmann

  • Dendritic integration: 60 years of progress

    Gregory J Stuart;Nelson Spruston

  • Reconstruction of 1,000 Projection Neurons Reveals New Cell Types and Organization of Long-Range Connectivity in the Mouse Brain

    Johan Winnubst;Erhan Bas;Tiago A. Ferreira;Zhuhao Wu

  • Dendritic Sodium Spikes Are Variable Triggers of Axonal Action Potentials in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

    Nace L Golding;Nelson Spruston

  • Perforated patch-clamp analysis of the passive membrane properties of three classes of hippocampal neurons

    N. Spruston;Daniel Johnston

  • Hipposeq: a comprehensive RNA-seq database of gene expression in hippocampal principal neurons.

    Mark S Cembrowski;Lihua Wang;Ken Sugino;Brenda C Shields

  • Voltage- and space-clamp errors associated with the measurement of electrotonically remote synaptic events

    N. Spruston;D. B. Jaffe;S. H. Williams;Daniel Johnston

  • Dendritic Calcium Spike Initiation and Repolarization Are Controlled by Distinct Potassium Channel Subtypes in CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

    Nace L. Golding;Hae Yoon Jung;Timothy Mickus;Nelson Spruston

  • Conditional dendritic spike propagation following distal synaptic activation of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

    Tim Jarsky;Alex Roxin;William L Kath;Nelson Spruston

  • Spatial Gene-Expression Gradients Underlie Prominent Heterogeneity of CA1 Pyramidal Neurons

    Mark S. Cembrowski;Julia L. Bachman;Lihua Wang;Ken Sugino

  • Dendritic attenuation of synaptic potentials and currents: the role of passive membrane properties

    Nelson Spruston;David B. Jaffe;Daniel Johnston

  • Postsynaptic depolarization requirements for LTP and LTD: a critique of spike timing-dependent plasticity

    John Lisman;Nelson Spruston

  • Synaptic amplification by dendritic spines enhances input cooperativity

    Mark T. Harnett;Judit K. Makara;Judit K. Makara;Nelson Spruston;William L. Kath

  • Resting and Active Properties of Pyramidal Neurons in Subiculum and CA1 of Rat Hippocampus

    Nathan P. Staff;Hae Yoon Jung;Tara Thiagarajan;Michael Yao

  • Dichotomy of action-potential backpropagation in CA1 pyramidal neuron dendrites.

    Nace L. Golding;William L. Kath;Nelson Spruston

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Häusser
Michael Häusser University College London
Brett D. Mensh
Brett D. Mensh Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Greg J. Stuart
Greg J. Stuart Australian National University
Karel Svoboda
Karel Svoboda Allen Institute
Daniel Johnston
Daniel Johnston The University of Texas at Austin
Donald C. Cooper
Donald C. Cooper University of Colorado Boulder
Jeffrey C. Magee
Jeffrey C. Magee Baylor College of Medicine
Scott M. Sternson
Scott M. Sternson University of California, San Diego
Richard L. Huganir
Richard L. Huganir Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Katrin Amunts
Katrin Amunts Forschungszentrum Jülich

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