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R. Angus Silver

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Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
11423
World Ranking
5675
National Ranking
461

R. Angus Silver 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 R. Angus Silver sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 88 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

R. Angus Silver 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 R. Angus Silver sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

R. Angus Silver is a researcher associated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research output spans multiple disciplines, with a primary focus on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience. Their subfields of expertise include Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including Neural dynamics and brain function, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Vestibular and auditory disorders.

Some of the frequent publication venues for their research include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Nature Methods, Nature Neuroscience, and Neurophotonics.

Recent papers by R. Angus Silver include:

  • Real-time 3D movement correction for two-photon imaging in behaving animals (2020, Nature Methods)
  • Cerebellar granule cell axons support high-dimensional representations (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • Neurophotonic Tools for Microscopic Measurements and Manipulation: Status Report (2022, Neurophotonics)
  • Multidimensional population activity in an electrically coupled inhibitory circuit in the cerebellar cortex (2021, Neuron)
  • The NeuroML ecosystem for standardized multi-scale modeling in neuroscience (2024, eLife)

Frequent co-authors of this scientist include Harsha Gurnani, Padraig Gleeson, Antoine M. Valera, Bóris Marin, and Sharon Crook, each contributing to multiple collaborative works.

R. Angus Silver has been recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2019.

Best Publications

  • Tonically active GABA A receptors: modulating gain and maintaining the tone.

    Alexey Semyanov;Matthew C. Walker;Dimitri M. Kullmann;R.Angus Silver

  • Shunting Inhibition Modulates Neuronal Gain during Synaptic Excitation

    Simon J. Mitchell;R.Angus Silver

  • Synaptic connections between layer 4 spiny neurone‐ layer 2/3 pyramidal cell pairs in juvenile rat barrel cortex: physiology and anatomy of interlaminar signalling within a cortical column

    Dirk Feldmeyer;Joachim H. R. Lübke;R. Angus Silver;Bert Sakmann

  • Neuronal arithmetic

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  • NeuroML: a language for describing data driven models of neurons and networks with a high degree of biological detail.

    Padraig Gleeson;Sharon M. Crook;Robert C Cannon;Michael L Hines

  • High-probability uniquantal transmission at excitatory synapses in barrel cortex.

    R. Angus Silver;Joachim H. R. Lübke;Bert Sakmann;Dirk Feldmeyer

  • Glutamate spillover suppresses inhibition by activating presynaptic mGluRs.

    Simon J. Mitchell;R. Angus Silver

  • Fast vesicle reloading and a large pool sustain high bandwidth transmission at a central synapse

    Chiara Saviane;R. Angus Silver

  • Unveiling synaptic plasticity: a new graphical and analytical approach.

    John D. Clements;R.Angus Silver

  • Modulation of Glutamate Mobility Reveals the Mechanism Underlying Slow-Rising AMPAR EPSCs and the Diffusion Coefficient in the Synaptic Cleft

    Thomas A. Nielsen;David A. DiGregorio;R.Angus Silver

  • Non-NMDA glutamate receptor occupancy and open probability at a rat cerebellar synapse with single and multiple release sites.

    R A Silver;S G Cull-Candy;T Takahashi

  • Nanoscale Distribution of Presynaptic Ca2+ Channels and Its Impact on Vesicular Release during Development

    Yukihiro Nakamura;Harumi Harada;Naomi Kamasawa;Ko Matsui

  • NeuroMatic: An Integrated Open-Source Software Toolkit for Acquisition, Analysis and Simulation of Electrophysiological Data

    Jason S. Rothman;R. Angus Silver

  • Synaptic depression enables neuronal gain control

    Jason S. Rothman;Laurence Cathala;Volker Steuber;R. Angus Silver

  • Spillover of glutamate onto synaptic AMPA receptors enhances fast transmission at a cerebellar synapse.

    David A. DiGregorio;Zoltan Nusser;R.Angus Silver

  • Bassoon Speeds Vesicle Reloading at a Central Excitatory Synapse

    Stefan Hallermann;Anna Fejtova;Hartmut Schmidt;Annika Weyhersmüller

  • Rapid Desynchronization of an Electrically Coupled Interneuron Network with Sparse Excitatory Synaptic Input

    Koen Vervaeke;Andrea Lőrincz;Padraig Gleeson;Matteo Farinella

  • Calcium hotspots caused by L-channel clustering promote morphological changes in neuronal growth cones

    R. Angus Silver;Angela G. Lamb;Stephen R. Bolsover

  • neuroConstruct: A Tool for Modeling Networks of Neurons in 3D Space

    Padraig Gleeson;Volker Steuber;R. Angus Silver

  • Re-evaluating circuit mechanisms underlying pattern separation

    N. Alex Cayco-Gajic;R. Angus Silver

  • The contribution of single synapses to sensory representation in vivo

    Alexander Arenz;R. Angus Silver;Andreas T. Schaefer;Troy W. Margrie

  • Estimation of nonuniform quantal parameters with multiple-probability fluctuation analysis: theory, application and limitations.

    R.Angus Silver

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik De Schutter
Erik De Schutter Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Zoltan Nusser
Zoltan Nusser Hungarian Academy of Sciences
William W. Lytton
William W. Lytton SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Michael L. Hines
Michael L. Hines Yale University
Claudia Clopath
Claudia Clopath Imperial College London
Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel
Thomas D. Mrsic-Flogel University College London
Chris I. De Zeeuw
Chris I. De Zeeuw Erasmus University Rotterdam
Egidio D'Angelo
Egidio D'Angelo University of Pavia
John Rinzel
John Rinzel New York University
Ramón Huerta
Ramón Huerta Autonomous University of Madrid

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