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Peter R. Rapp

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Neuroscience

D-Index
56
Citations
12704
World Ranking
4487
National Ranking
2031

Peter R. Rapp publications per year

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1980 2025

159 publications in total across all disciplines

Peter R. Rapp 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 Peter R. Rapp sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 143 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter R. Rapp 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 Peter R. Rapp sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter R. Rapp is a researcher affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with significant contributions to subfields including cognitive neuroscience, neurology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Sodium Intake and Health
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Vestibular and auditory disorders

Peter R. Rapp has published extensively in several academic venues with frequent contributions to:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • The FASEB Journal

Recent publications include:

  • "A framework for concepts of reserve and resilience in aging," 2022, Neurobiology of Aging
  • "Cognitive Reserve in Model Systems for Mechanistic Discovery: The Importance of Longitudinal Studies," 2021, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • "'Arc'-hitecture of normal cognitive aging," 2022, Ageing Research Reviews
  • "Functional Connectivity of Hippocampal CA3 Predicts Neurocognitive Aging via CA1-Frontal Circuit," 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • "Survey of the Arc Epigenetic Landscape in Normal Cognitive Aging," 2020, Molecular Neurobiology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Jeffrey M. Long
  • Ross A. McDevitt
  • Edward G. Lakatta
  • Ondrej Juhász
  • Valentina Zernetkina

Best Publications

  • Preserved neuron number in the hippocampus of aged rats with spatial learning deficits.

    Peter R. Rapp;Michela Gallagher

  • Amygdaloid and basal forebrain direct connections with the nucleus of the solitary tract and the dorsal motor nucleus

    JS Schwaber;BS Kapp;GA Higgins;PR Rapp

  • Selective changes in thin spine density and morphology in monkey prefrontal cortex correlate with aging-related cognitive impairment.

    Dani Dumitriu;Jiandong Hao;Jiandong Hao;Yuko Hara;Jeffrey Kaufmann

  • The use of animal models to study the effects of aging on cognition

    Michela Gallagher;Peter R. Rapp

  • Cyclic Estrogen Replacement Improves Cognitive Function in Aged Ovariectomized Rhesus Monkeys

    Peter R. Rapp;John H. Morrison;Jeffrey A. Roberts

  • Circuit-specific alterations in hippocampal synaptophysin immunoreactivity predict spatial learning impairment in aged rats.

    Thressa D. Smith;Michelle M. Adams;Michela Gallagher;John H. Morrison

  • An evaluation of spatial information processing in aged rats.

    Peter R. Rapp;Ruth A. Rosenberg;Michela Gallagher

  • Imaging correlates of brain function in monkeys and rats isolates a hippocampal subregion differentially vulnerable to aging.

    Scott A. Small;Monica K. Chawla;Michael Buonocore;Peter R. Rapp

  • Individual differences in the cognitive and neurobiological consequences of normal aging.

    Peter R. Rapp;David G. Amaral

  • Evidence for task-dependent memory dysfunction in the aged monkey

    P. R. Rapp;David G Amaral

  • Bidirectional changes to hippocampal theta-gamma comodulation predict memory for recent spatial episodes.

    Prasad R Shirvalkar;Peter R Rapp;Matthew L Shapiro

  • Estrogen increases the number of spinophilin‐immunoreactive spines in the hippocampus of young and aged female rhesus monkeys

    Jiandong Hao;William G.M. Janssen;Yong Tang;Jeffrey A. Roberts

  • Estrogen alters spine number and morphology in prefrontal cortex of aged female rhesus monkeys.

    Jiandong Hao;Peter R. Rapp;Abba E. Leffler;Shoshana R. Leffler

  • Presynaptic mitochondrial morphology in monkey prefrontal cortex correlates with working memory and is improved with estrogen treatment

    Yuko Hara;Frank Yuk;Rishi Puri;William G. M. Janssen

  • Sex biology contributions to vulnerability to Alzheimer's disease: A think tank convened by the Women's Alzheimer's Research Initiative.

    Heather M. Snyder;Sanjay Asthana;Lisa Bain;Roberta Brinton

  • Entorhinal Cortex Lesions Disrupt the Relational Organization of Memory in Monkeys

    Cindy A. Buckmaster;Howard Eichenbaum;David G. Amaral;Wendy A. Suzuki

  • Interactive effects of age and estrogen on cognition and pyramidal neurons in monkey prefrontal cortex

    Jiandong Hao;Peter R. Rapp;William G. M. Janssen;Wendy Lou

  • Estrogen Replacement Increases Spinophilin-immunoreactive Spine Number in the Prefrontal Cortex of Female Rhesus Monkeys

    Yong Tang;William G.M. Janssen;Jiandong Hao;Jeffrey A. Roberts

  • Recognition memory deficits in a subpopulation of aged monkeys resemble the effects of medial temporal lobe damage.

    Peter R. Rapp;David G. Amaral

  • Memory impairment in aged primates is associated with focal death of cortical neurons and atrophy of subcortical neurons.

    David E Smith;Peter R Rapp;Heather M McKay;Jeffrey A Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Morrison
John H. Morrison University of California, Davis
Michela Gallagher
Michela Gallagher Johns Hopkins University
William G.M. Janssen
William G.M. Janssen Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Edward G. Lakatta
Edward G. Lakatta National Institutes of Health
Patrick R. Hof
Patrick R. Hof Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Carol A. Barnes
Carol A. Barnes University of Arizona
Jeffrey C. Long
Jeffrey C. Long University of New Mexico
Mark G. Baxter
Mark G. Baxter Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Howard Eichenbaum
Howard Eichenbaum Boston University
Mark H. Tuszynski
Mark H. Tuszynski University of California, San Diego

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