2026 Patrick J. Whelan: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	38	8616	7961	502	458	93	4917

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Overview

Patrick J. Whelan is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines including Neuroscience, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Neuroscience
Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of study are:

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Neurology
Cell Biology
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
Biomedical Engineering

Key topics explored in their publications cover:

Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
Neurological disorders and treatments
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Frequent co-authors with whom Patrick J. Whelan has collaborated extensively include:

Simon A. Sharples
Adam P Lognon
Shane E. A. Eaton
Linda Kim
M. A. Tran

The scientist has published regularly in journals and platforms such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
eNeuro
eLife
Journal of Neurophysiology

Some recent papers include:

A dynamic role for dopamine receptors in the control of mammalian spinal networks (2020), published in Scientific Reports
The Mesencephalic Locomotor Region: Beyond Locomotor Control (2022), published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Visual Gait Lab: A user-friendly approach to gait analysis (2020), published in Journal of Neuroscience Methods
The Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Sensorimotor Function in a Thoracolumbar Mouse Spinal Cord Injury Model (2020), published in eNeuro
Fiber photometry for monitoring cerebral oxygen saturation in freely-moving rodents (2020), published in Biomedical Optics Express

Best Publications

CONTROL OF LOCOMOTION IN THE DECEREBRATE CAT

Patrick J Whelan

360
Citations
Contribution of hind limb flexor muscle afferents to the timing of phase transitions in the cat step cycle

Gordon W. Hiebert;Patrick J. Whelan;Arthur Prochazka;Keir G. Pearson

332
Citations
Properties of Rhythmic Activity Generated by the Isolated Spinal Cord of the Neonatal Mouse

Patrick Whelan;Agnes Bonnot;Michael J. O'Donovan

302
Citations
Stimulation of the group I extensor afferents prolongs the stance phase in walking cats.

Whelan Pj;Hiebert Gw;Pearson Kg

228
Citations
Single-Cell Transcriptomics and Fate Mapping of Ependymal Cells Reveals an Absence of Neural Stem Cell Function

Prajay T. Shah;Jo A. Stratton;Jo A. Stratton;Morgan Gail Stykel;Sepideh Abbasi

214
Citations
Dopamine: a parallel pathway for the modulation of spinal locomotor networks

Simon A. Sharples;Kathrin Koblinger;Jennifer M. Humphreys;Patrick J. Whelan

172
Citations
Modulation of locomotor activity by multiple 5-HT and dopaminergic receptor subtypes in the neonatal mouse spinal cord.

M. A. Madriaga;L. C. McPhee;T. Chersa;K. J. Christie

143
Citations
Identification of novel spinal cholinergic genetic subtypes disclose Chodl and Pitx2 as markers for fast motor neurons and partition cells.

Anders Enjin;Nadine Rabe;Stan T. Nakanishi;Anna Vallstedt

137
Citations
Dopaminergic Modulation of Spinal Neuronal Excitability

Pengcheng Han;Stan T. Nakanishi;Michelle A. Tran;Patrick J. Whelan

134
Citations
Noradrenaline is a stress-associated metaplastic signal at GABA synapses

Wataru Inoue;Dinara V Baimoukhametova;Dinara V Baimoukhametova;Tamás Füzesi;Tamás Füzesi;Jaclyn I Wamsteeker Cusulin;Jaclyn I Wamsteeker Cusulin

116
Citations
Characterization of A11 Neurons Projecting to the Spinal Cord of Mice

Kathrin Koblinger;Tamás Füzesi;Jillian Ejdrygiewicz;Aleksandra Krajacic

115
Citations
Neural mechanisms that contribute to cyclical modulation of the soleus H-reflex in walking in humans

Jaynie F. Yang;Patrick J. Whelan

104
Citations
Locomotor-like activity generated by the neonatal mouse spinal cord.

Agnès Bonnot;Patrick J Whelan;George Z Mentis;Michael J O’Donovan

104
Citations
Spontaneous Network Activity Transiently Depresses Synaptic Transmission in the Embryonic Chick Spinal Cord

Brent Fedirchuk;Peter Wenner;Patrick J. Whelan;Stephen Ho

101
Citations
Adaptive Locomotor Plasticity in Chronic Spinal Cats after Ankle Extensors Neurectomy

Laurent J. G. Bouyer;Patrick J. Whelan;Keir G. Pearson;Serge Rossignol

93
Citations
Developmental Aspects of Spinal Locomotor Function: Insights from Using the in vitro Mouse Spinal Cord Preparation

Patrick J. Whelan

88
Citations
Plasticity in Reflex Pathways Controlling Stepping in the Cat

P. J. Whelan;K. G. Pearson

80
Citations
Spatiotemporal pattern of motoneuron activation in the rostral lumbar and the sacral segments during locomotor-like activity in the neonatal mouse spinal cord.

Agnès Bonnot;Patrick J. Whelan;George Z. Mentis;Michael J. O'Donovan

79
Citations
Monoaminergic control of cauda-equina-evoked locomotion in the neonatal mouse spinal cord.

Ian Thomas Gordon;Patrick J Whelan

74
Citations
AlphaB-crystallin regulates remyelination after peripheral nerve injury

Erin-Mai F. Lim;Erin-Mai F. Lim;Stan T. Nakanishi;Vahid Hoghooghi;Vahid Hoghooghi;Shane E. A. Eaton;Shane E. A. Eaton

71
Citations
Endogenous extracellular serotonin modulates the spinal locomotor network of the neonatal mouse

Mary J. Dunbar;Michelle A Tran;Patrick J. Whelan

68
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