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Pankaj Sah

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Neuroscience

D-Index
73
Citations
19218
World Ranking
2203
National Ranking
54

Pankaj Sah 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 Pankaj Sah sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 214 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pankaj Sah 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 Pankaj Sah sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% 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

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science

Overview

Pankaj Sah is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and focuses primarily on neuroscience. Their research spans a broad range of topics within this field, emphasizing cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as cognitive neuroscience. Other key areas of study include neurology, electrical and electronic engineering, and molecular biology.

The scientific work of Pankaj Sah covers various main topics, including:

  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Memory and neural mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Pankaj Sah include:

  • "A midbrain-thalamus-cortex circuit reorganizes cortical dynamics to initiate movement," 2022, published in Cell
  • "A randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled trial of deep brain stimulation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder," 2021, published in Translational Psychiatry
  • "Fear conditioning and the basolateral amygdala," 2020, published in F1000Research
  • "Hippocampus-Prefrontal Coupling Regulates Recognition Memory for Novelty Discrimination," 2021, published in Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Low-intensity ultrasound restores long-term potentiation and memory in senescent mice through pleiotropic mechanisms including NMDAR signaling," 2021, published in Molecular Psychiatry

Pankaj Sah collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Marcin Kielar
  • Ajay K. Pandey
  • François Windels
  • Xu Li
  • Madhusoothanan B. Perumal

Publications by Pankaj Sah can be found across various venues, notably:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neural Circuits
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Nature Communications

Pankaj Sah has received recognition as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science since 2019.

Best Publications

  • The Amygdaloid Complex: Anatomy and Physiology

    P. Sah;E. S. L. Faber;M. Lopez De Armentia;J. Power

  • Ca2+-activated K+ currents in neurones: types, physiological roles and modulation

    Pankaj Sah

  • Channels underlying neuronal calcium-activated potassium currents

    Pankaj Sah;E.S. Louise Faber

  • Analysis of excitatory synaptic action in pyramidal cells using whole-cell recording from rat hippocampal slices.

    S Hestrin;R A Nicoll;D J Perkel;P Sah

  • Small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels: form and function.

    John P. Adelman;James Maylie;Pankaj Sah

  • Tonic activation of NMDA receptors by ambient glutamate enhances excitability of neurons

    P Sah;S Hestrin;RA Nicoll

  • Mechanisms generating the time course of dual component excitatory synaptic currents recorded in hippocampal slices

    Shaul Hestrin;Pankaj Sah;Roger A. Nicoll

  • Calcium-permeable AMPA receptors mediate long-term potentiation in interneurons in the amygdala

    Nishith K. Mahanty;Pankaj Sah;Pankaj Sah

  • A Voltage-Dependent Persistent Sodium Current in Mammalian Hippocampal-Neurons

    C R French;P Sah;K J Buckett;P W Gage

  • The amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex: partners in the fear circuit

    Roger Marek;Cornelia Strobel;Timothy W. Bredy;Pankaj Sah

  • Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: Multiple Contributions to Neuronal Function

    Elizabeth Faber;Pankaj Sah

  • Excitatory synaptic currents in Purkinje cells.

    David J. Perkel;Shaul Hestrin;Pankaj Sah;Roger A. Nicoll

  • Apical Dendritic Location of Slow Afterhyperpolarization Current in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons: Implications for the Integration of Long-Term Potentiation

    Pankaj Sah;John M. Bekkers

  • SK channels regulate excitatory synaptic transmission and plasticity in the lateral amygdala.

    E S Louise Faber;Andrew J Delaney;Pankaj Sah

  • Physiological Role of Calcium-Activated Potassium Currents in the Rat Lateral Amygdala

    Elizabeth Faber;Pankaj Sah

  • Networks of Parvalbumin-Positive Interneurons in the Basolateral Amygdala

    Alan R. Woodruff;Pankaj Sah

  • A midbrain-thalamus-cortex circuit reorganizes cortical dynamics to initiate movement

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  • Interneurons in the basolateral amygdala.

    Jay Spampanato;Jai Polepalli;Pankaj Sah

  • Hippocampus-driven feed-forward inhibition of the prefrontal cortex mediates relapse of extinguished fear.

    Roger Marek;Jingji Jin;Travis D. Goode;Thomas F. Giustino

  • Regulating anxiety with extrasynaptic inhibition

    Paolo Botta;Paolo Botta;Lynda Demmou;Lynda Demmou;Yu Kasugai;Milica Markovic;Milica Markovic

  • Ca2+-activated K+ currents underlying the afterhyperpolarization in guinea pig vagal neurons: A role for Ca2+-activated Ca2+ release

    Pankaj Sah;Elspeth M. McLachlan

  • Properties of excitatory postsynaptic currents recorded in vitro from rat hippocampal interneurones.

    P Sah;S Hestrin;R A Nicoll

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert K. P. Sullivan
Robert K. P. Sullivan University of Queensland
Joseph W. Lynch
Joseph W. Lynch University of Queensland
Peter A. Silburn
Peter A. Silburn University of Queensland
Elspeth M. McLachlan
Elspeth M. McLachlan University of New South Wales
Roger A. Nicoll
Roger A. Nicoll University of California, San Francisco
Perry F. Bartlett
Perry F. Bartlett University of Queensland
John J. McGrath
John J. McGrath Aarhus University
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Shaul Hestrin
Shaul Hestrin Stanford University
Peter W. Gage
Peter W. Gage Australian National University

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