2026 Pankaj Sah: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	73	2203	2012	54	49	214	19218

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Neuroscience

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19218

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

2077
Citations
Ca2+-activated K+ currents in neurones: types, physiological roles and modulation

Pankaj Sah

1138
Citations
Channels underlying neuronal calcium-activated potassium currents

Pankaj Sah;E.S. Louise Faber

646
Citations
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

572
Citations
Small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels: form and function.

John P. Adelman;James Maylie;Pankaj Sah

535
Citations
Tonic activation of NMDA receptors by ambient glutamate enhances excitability of neurons

P Sah;S Hestrin;RA Nicoll

484
Citations
Mechanisms generating the time course of dual component excitatory synaptic currents recorded in hippocampal slices

Shaul Hestrin;Pankaj Sah;Roger A. Nicoll

439
Citations
Calcium-permeable AMPA receptors mediate long-term potentiation in interneurons in the amygdala

Nishith K. Mahanty;Pankaj Sah;Pankaj Sah

435
Citations
A Voltage-Dependent Persistent Sodium Current in Mammalian Hippocampal-Neurons

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

380
Citations
The amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex: partners in the fear circuit

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

368
Citations
Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels: Multiple Contributions to Neuronal Function

Elizabeth Faber;Pankaj Sah

320
Citations
Excitatory synaptic currents in Purkinje cells.

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

319
Citations
Apical Dendritic Location of Slow Afterhyperpolarization Current in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons: Implications for the Integration of Long-Term Potentiation

Pankaj Sah;John M. Bekkers

308
Citations
SK channels regulate excitatory synaptic transmission and plasticity in the lateral amygdala.

E S Louise Faber;Andrew J Delaney;Pankaj Sah

286
Citations
Physiological Role of Calcium-Activated Potassium Currents in the Rat Lateral Amygdala

Elizabeth Faber;Pankaj Sah

280
Citations
Networks of Parvalbumin-Positive Interneurons in the Basolateral Amygdala

Alan R. Woodruff;Pankaj Sah

251
Citations
A midbrain-thalamus-cortex circuit reorganizes cortical dynamics to initiate movement

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241
Citations
Interneurons in the basolateral amygdala.

Jay Spampanato;Jai Polepalli;Pankaj Sah

234
Citations
Hippocampus-driven feed-forward inhibition of the prefrontal cortex mediates relapse of extinguished fear.

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

229
Citations
Regulating anxiety with extrasynaptic inhibition

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

226
Citations
Ca2+-activated K+ currents underlying the afterhyperpolarization in guinea pig vagal neurons: A role for Ca2+-activated Ca2+ release

Pankaj Sah;Elspeth M. McLachlan

214
Citations
Properties of excitatory postsynaptic currents recorded in vitro from rat hippocampal interneurones.

P Sah;S Hestrin;R A Nicoll

212
Citations