2026 Patricia A. Leake: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	39	8339	7704	3565	3225	69	5954

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Overview

Patricia A. Leake is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of neuroscience, with particular attention to sensory systems and cognitive neuroscience. The scientist has also contributed to research related to polymers and plastics, as well as speech and hearing.

Their main topics of work include:

Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
Conducting polymers and applications
Noise Effects and Management

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Patricia A. Leake are:

Neurotrophin gene therapy to promote survival of spiral ganglion neurons after deafness (2020), published in Hearing Research
Consensus Panel on a Cochlear Coordinate System Applicable in Histologic, Physiologic, and Radiologic Studies of the Human Cochlea (2021), published in UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors working alongside Patricia A. Leake include:

Omar Akil
Hainan Lang
Berit M. Verbist
Margaret Skinner
Lawrence S. Cohen

Patricia A. Leake's work has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

Hearing Research
UNC Libraries

Best Publications

Frequency Map for the Human Cochlear Spiral Ganglion: Implications for Cochlear Implants

Olga Stakhovskaya;Divya Sridhar;Ben H. Bonham;Patricia A. Leake

509
Citations
Chronic electrical stimulation by a cochlear implant promotes survival of spiral ganglion neurons after neonatal deafness.

Patricia A. Leake;Gary T. Hradek;Russell L. Snyder

394
Citations
Cochlear pathology of long term neomycin induced deafness in cats.

Patricia A. Leake;Gary T. Hradek

387
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Chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation induces selective survival of spiral ganglion neurons in neonatally deafened cats.

Patricia A Leake;Gary T Hradek;Stephen J Rebscher;Russell L Snyder

299
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Chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation in the neonatally deafened cat. I: Expansion of central representation.

Russell L Snyder;Stephen J Rebscher;Keli Cao;Patricia A Leake

252
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Consensus panel on a cochlear coordinate system applicable in histologic, physiologic, and radiologic studies of the human cochlea.

Berit M. Verbist;Margaret W. Skinner;Lawrence T. Cohen;Patricia A. Leake

247
Citations
Considerations for design of future cochlear implant electrode arrays: electrode array stiffness, size, and depth of insertion.

Stephen J Rebscher;Alexander Hetherington;Ben Bonham;Peter Wardrop

211
Citations
Changes in endogenous enzymatic reactivity to DAB induced by neuronal inactivity.

Margaret T.T. Wong-Riley;Michael M. Merzenich;Patricia A. Leake

197
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A temporal bone study of insertion trauma and intracochlear position of cochlear implant electrodes. I: Comparison of Nucleus banded and Nucleus Contour™ electrodes

Peter Wardrop;David Whinney;David Whinney;Stephen J. Rebscher;J. Thomas Roland

188
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Temporal resolution of neurons in cat inferior colliculus to intracochlear electrical stimulation: effects of neonatal deafening and chronic stimulation

R. Snyder;P. Leake;S. Rebscher;R. Beitel

144
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Chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation in neonatally deafened cats: effects of intensity and stimulating electrode location.

Patricia A. Leake;Russell L. Snyder;Gary T. Hradek;Stephen J. Rebscher

139
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A temporal bone study of insertion trauma and intracochlear position of cochlear implant electrodes. II: Comparison of Spiral Clarion and HiFocus II electrodes.

Peter Wardrop;David Whinney;David Whinney;Stephen J. Rebscher;William Luxford

135
Citations
Spontaneous discharge patterns in cochlear spiral ganglion cells before the onset of hearing in cats.

Timothy A Jones;Patricia A. Leake;Russell L Snyder;Olga Stakhovskaya

130
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Changes in the cat cochlear nucleus following neonatal deafening and chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation

Lawrence R. Lustig;Patricia A. Leake;Russell L. Snyder;Stephen J. Rebscher

123
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Chronic intracochlear electrical stimulation in the neonatally deafened cat. II: Temporal properties of neurons in the inferior colliculus

Russell L. Snyder;Stephen J. Rebscher;Patricia A. Leake;Kevin Kelly

120
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor promotes cochlear spiral ganglion cell survival and function in deafened, developing cats.

Patricia A. Leake;Gary T. Hradek;Alexander M. Hetherington;Olga Stakhovskaya

120
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Topographic organization of the central projections of the spiral ganglion in cats.

Patricia A. Leake;Russell L. Snyder

116
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Consequences of chronic extracochlear electrical stimulation in neonatally deafened cats

Patricia A. Leake;Russell L. Snyder;Gary T. Hradek;Stephen J. Rebscher

112
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Neonatal deafness results in degraded topographic specificity of auditory nerve projections to the cochlear nucleus in cats.

Patricia A. Leake;Gary T. Hradek;Russell L. Snyder

100
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Postnatal refinement of auditory nerve projections to the cochlear nucleus in cats.

Patricia A. Leake;Russell L. Snyder;Gary T. Hradek

98
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