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D-Index
80
Citations
20627
World Ranking
1631
National Ranking
54

Paul G.M. Luiten 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 Paul G.M. Luiten sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 240 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul G.M. Luiten 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 Paul G.M. Luiten sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 80 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Internal medicine
  • Neuron
  • Neuroscience

His scientific interests lie mostly in Neuroscience, Neuroprotection, Internal medicine, Endocrinology and Anatomy. His study in Dentate gyrus, Hippocampal formation, Hippocampus, Cholinergic and Central nervous system are all subfields of Neuroscience. His work deals with themes such as Stroke, Signal transduction, Neurodegeneration and Immunology, which intersect with Neuroprotection.

His Internal medicine research includes themes of Sleep restriction, Sleep in non-human animals and Nucleus. His Endocrinology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Sleep deprivation, Insomnia and Sleep disorder. He has included themes like Diagonal band of Broca and Proprioception in his Anatomy study.

His most cited work include:

  • Cerebral microvascular pathology in aging and Alzheimer's disease. (859 citations)
  • Permanent, bilateral common carotid artery occlusion in the rat: a model for chronic cerebral hypoperfusion-related neurodegenerative diseases. (489 citations)
  • Clinical trials with neuroprotective drugs in acute ischaemic stroke: are we doing the right thing? (363 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Neuroscience, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Neuroprotection and Hippocampus. His research integrates issues of Long-term potentiation, Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor and Anatomy in his study of Neuroscience. His Internal medicine research incorporates themes from Sleep deprivation, Lesion and Sleep disorder.

He focuses mostly in the field of Endocrinology, narrowing it down to topics relating to Receptor and, in certain cases, Senescence. His Neuroprotection research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Excitotoxicity, Signal transduction, Neurodegeneration and Tumor necrosis factor alpha. His study on Tumor necrosis factor alpha also encompasses disciplines like

  • Proinflammatory cytokine, which have a strong connection to Neuroinflammation,
  • Disease that intertwine with fields like Depression and Cerebral blood flow.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Neuroscience (50.31%)
  • Internal medicine (31.29%)
  • Endocrinology (30.67%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2020)?

  • Neuroscience (50.31%)
  • Immunology (9.20%)
  • Neuroinflammation (8.59%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Paul G.M. Luiten mainly investigates Neuroscience, Immunology, Neuroinflammation, Pharmacology and Central nervous system. His Neuroscience research incorporates elements of Stretch-activated ion channel and T-type calcium channel. His Neuroinflammation research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Proinflammatory cytokine and Tumor necrosis factor alpha.

His Proinflammatory cytokine study combines topics in areas such as Cancer research, Cytokine, Microglia, Neuroprotection and Signal transduction. His Tumor necrosis factor alpha research is within the category of Endocrinology. His study looks at the relationship between Central nervous system and topics such as Agonist, which overlap with Positron emission tomography.

Between 2011 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Lipocalin 2: Novel component of proinflammatory signaling in Alzheimer's disease (105 citations)
  • Lipocalin 2: Novel component of proinflammatory signaling in Alzheimer's disease (105 citations)
  • The Role of Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase in a Mouse Model of Neuroinflammation-Induced Depression (82 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Neuron
  • Biochemistry

His primary areas of investigation include Neuroinflammation, Immunology, Inflammation, Proinflammatory cytokine and Tumor necrosis factor alpha. His Neuroinflammation research incorporates themes from Signal transduction and Depression. Paul G.M. Luiten has included themes like Cancer research, Cytokine, Neurodegeneration, Microglia and Neuroprotection in his Signal transduction study.

His Depression research incorporates elements of Blood–brain barrier, Bioinformatics and Internal medicine, Disease, Myocardial infarction. His research on Myocardial infarction often connects related areas such as Endocrinology. Paul G.M. Luiten integrates many fields, such as Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, Pharmacology, Immune system, Behavioural despair test and Lipopolysaccharide, in his works.

Best Publications

  • Cerebral microvascular pathology in aging and Alzheimer's disease.

    Eszter Farkas;Paul G.M. Luiten

  • Permanent, bilateral common carotid artery occlusion in the rat: a model for chronic cerebral hypoperfusion-related neurodegenerative diseases.

    Eszter Farkas;Paul G. M. Luiten;Ferenc Bari

  • The course of paraventricular hypothalamic efferents to autonomic structures in medulla and spinal cord

    P.G.M. Luiten;ter Gert Horst;H. Karst;A.B. Steffens

  • Cortical projection patterns of the medial septum-diagonal band complex

    Ronald P. A. Gaykema;Paul G. M. Luiten;Csaba Nyakas;Jörg Traber

  • Clinical trials with neuroprotective drugs in acute ischaemic stroke: are we doing the right thing?

    Jacques De Keyser;Geert Sulter;Paul G. Luiten

  • Cortical projection patterns of magnocellular basal nucleus subdivisions as revealed by anterogradely transported Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin

    P.G.M. Luiten;R.P.A. Gaykema;J. Traber;D.G. Spencer

  • Ascending projections from the solitary tract nucleus to the hypothalamus. A Phaseolus vulgaris lectin tracing study in the rat.

    G.J. ter Horst;P. de Boer;P.G.M. Luiten;J.D. van Willigen

  • The Projections of the Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus in the Rat

    G.J.Ter Horst;P.G.M. Luiten

  • Hypoxia and brain development.

    Csaba Nyakas;Bauke Buwalda;P. Luiten

  • Vasopressin cells in the medial amygdala of the rat project to the lateral septum and ventral hippocampus

    A. R. Caffé;F. W. van Leeuwen;P. G. M. Luiten

  • Statins: mechanisms of neuroprotection.

    Peter J. van der Most;Amalia M. Dolga;Ingrid M. Nijholt;Paul G.M. Luiten

  • Tumor necrosis factor receptor cross-talk

    Petrus J. W. Naudé;Johan A. den Boer;Paul G. M. Luiten;Ulrich L. M. Eisel

  • DETAILED PROJECTION PATTERNS OF SEPTAL AND DIAGONAL BAND EFFERENTS TO THE HIPPOCAMPUS IN THE RAT WITH EMPHASIS ON INNERVATION OF CA1 AND DENTATE GYRUS

    C. Nyakas;P.G.M. Luiten;D.G. Spencer;J. Traber

  • β-Amyloid neurotoxicity is mediated by a glutamate-triggered excitotoxic cascade in rat nucleus basalis

    T. Harkany;I. Ábrahám;W. Timmerman;G. Laskay

  • Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the hippocampus, neocortex and amygdala: a review of immunocytochemical localization in relation to learning and memory

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  • Pathological features of cerebral cortical capillaries are doubled in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

    Eszter Farkas;Gineke I. de Jong;Rob A.I. de Vos;Ernst N.H. Jansen Steur

  • Cerebral hypoperfusion yields capillary damage in the hippocampal CA1 area that correlates with spatial memory impairment.

    G.I. de Jong;E. Farkas;C.M. Stienstra;J.R.M. Plass

  • Interrelations between lateral, dorsomedial and ventromedial hypothalamic nuclei in the rat. An HRP study.

    Paul G.M. Luiten;Peter Room

  • Chronically restricted sleep leads to depression-like changes in neurotransmitter receptor sensitivity and neuroendocrine stress reactivity in rats.

    Arianna Novati;Viktor Roman;Timur Cetin;Roelina Hagewoud

  • Experimental cerebral hypoperfusion induces white matter injury and microglial activation in the rat brain.

    Eszter Farkas;Eszter Farkas;Gergely Donka;Rob A I de Vos;András Mihály

  • Phaseolus vulgaris Leuco-Agglutinin Tracing of Intrahypothalamic Connections of the Lateral, Ventromedial, Dorsomedial and Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nuclei in the Rat

    ter Gert Horst;P.G.M. Luiten

Frequent Co-Authors

Tibor Harkany
Tibor Harkany Medical University of Vienna
Eddy A. Van der Zee
Eddy A. Van der Zee University of Groningen
Peter Meerlo
Peter Meerlo University of Groningen
Johan A. den Boer
Johan A. den Boer University Medical Center Groningen
Eberhard Fuchs
Eberhard Fuchs German Primate Center
Hannsjörg Schröder
Hannsjörg Schröder University of Cologne
Jan Mulder
Jan Mulder Karolinska Institute
Ferenc Bari
Ferenc Bari University of Szeged
Bart J. L. Eggen
Bart J. L. Eggen University Medical Center Groningen
Jaap M. Koolhaas
Jaap M. Koolhaas University of Groningen

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