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53
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10035
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5111
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2286

Richard H. Kramer 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 Richard H. Kramer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 147 publications — 41st percentile

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

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

Richard H. Kramer 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 Richard H. Kramer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard H. Kramer is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience and molecular biology subfields.

Their scientific work covers several key topics including retinal development and disorders, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neuroscience and neuropharmacology, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, neural engineering, retinal diseases and treatments, and ion channel regulation and function.

Recent publications by Richard H. Kramer include:

  • Relocation of an Extrasynaptic GABAA Receptor to Inhibitory Synapses Freezes Excitatory Synaptic Strength and Preserves Memory, 2020, Neuron
  • Parvalbumin interneurons provide spillover to newborn and mature dentate granule cells, 2020, eLife
  • Voltage Imaging with a NIR-Absorbing Phosphine Oxide Rhodamine Voltage Reporter, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Retinoic acid inhibitors mitigate vision loss in a mouse model of retinal degeneration, 2022, Science Advances
  • Degeneration-Dependent Retinal Remodeling: Looking for the Molecular Trigger, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience

Richard H. Kramer frequently collaborates with several coauthors, among them:

  • Kevin Cao
  • Evan W. Miller
  • Scott Nawy
  • Miriam Hernández-Morales
  • Victor Han

Publications are commonly found in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Neuron

Best Publications

  • Light-activated ion channels for remote control of neuronal firing.

    Matthew Banghart;Katharine Borges;Ehud Isacoff;Dirk Trauner

  • Allosteric control of an ionotropic glutamate receptor with an optical switch.

    Matthew Volgraf;Pau Gorostiza;Rika Numano;Rika Numano;Richard H Kramer;Richard H Kramer

  • Remote Control of Neuronal Activity with a Light-Gated Glutamate Receptor

    Stephanie Szobota;Pau Gorostiza;Filippo Del Bene;Claire Wyart

  • Molecular cloning and single-channel properties of the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel from catfish olfactory neurons.

    Evan H. Goulding;John Ngai;Richard H. Kramer;Suzanne Colicos

  • Photochemical control of endogenous ion channels and cellular excitability

    Doris L Fortin;Matthew R Banghart;Timothy W Dunn;Katharine Borges

  • Photochemical Restoration of Visual Responses in Blind Mice

    Aleksandra Polosukhina;Jeffrey Litt;Ivan Tochitsky;Joseph Nemargut

  • Photochromic Blockers of Voltage‐Gated Potassium Channels

    Matthew R. Banghart;Alexandre Mourot;Doris L. Fortin;Jennifer Z. Yao

  • Optogenetic pharmacology for control of native neuronal signaling proteins

    Richard H Kramer;Alexandre Mourot;Hillel Adesnik

  • Cyclic-nucleotide-gated channels mediate synaptic feedback by nitric oxide

    Alexei Savchenko;Steven Barnes;Richard H. Kramer

  • Tuning Photochromic Ion Channel Blockers

    Alexandre Mourot;Michael A. Kienzler;Matthew R. Banghart;Timm Fehrentz

  • Restoring Visual Function to Blind Mice with a Photoswitch that Exploits Electrophysiological Remodeling of Retinal Ganglion Cells

    Ivan Tochitsky;Aleksandra Polosukhina;Vadim E. Degtyar;Nicholas Gallerani

  • LiGluR restores visual responses in rodent models of inherited blindness.

    Natalia Caporale;Kathleen D Kolstad;Trevor Lee;Ivan Tochitsky

  • Rapid optical control of nociception with an ion-channel photoswitch

    Alexandre Mourot;Timm Fehrentz;Timm Fehrentz;Yves Le Feuvre;Yves Le Feuvre;Caleb M Smith

  • New photochemical tools for controlling neuronal activity

    Richard H Kramer;Doris L Fortin;Dirk Trauner

  • Optochemical control of genetically engineered neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Ivan Tochitsky;Matthew R. Banghart;Alexandre Mourot;Jennifer Z. Yao

  • Intracellular Ca2+ regulates the sensitivity of cyclic nucleotide-gated channels in olfactory receptor neurons

    Richard H. Kramer;Steven A. Siegelbaum

  • Role of the synaptic ribbon in transmitting the cone light response.

    Skyler L. Jackman;Sue Yeon Choi;Sue Yeon Choi;Wallace B. Thoreson;Katalin Rabl;Katalin Rabl

  • Modulation of Rod Photoreceptor Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels by Tyrosine Phosphorylation

    Elena Molokanova;Bhavya Trivedi;Alexei Savchenko;Richard H. Kramer

  • Water‐Soluble, Donor–Acceptor Biphenyl Derivatives in the 2‐(o‐Nitrophenyl)propyl Series: Highly Efficient Two‐Photon Uncaging of the Neurotransmitter γ‐Aminobutyric Acid at λ=800 nm

    Loïc Donato;Alexandre Mourot;Christopher M. Davenport;Cyril Herbivo

  • Restoring Vision to the Blind with Chemical Photoswitches

    Ivan Tochitsky;Ivan Tochitsky;Michael A. Kienzler;Ehud Isacoff;Ehud Isacoff;Ehud Isacoff;Richard H. Kramer;Richard H. Kramer

  • Photochemical tools for remote control of ion channels in excitable cells.

    Richard H Kramer;James J Chambers;Dirk Trauner

  • Calcium‐dependent inward current in Aplysia bursting pace‐maker neurones.

    R H Kramer;R S Zucker

  • Streamlined synaptic vesicle cycle in cone photoreceptor terminals.

    Ruth Rea;Jian Li;Ajay Dharia;Edwin S Levitan

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk Trauner
Dirk Trauner University of Pennsylvania
Ehud Y. Isacoff
Ehud Y. Isacoff University of California, Berkeley
John G. Flannery
John G. Flannery University of California, Berkeley
Peter Sterling
Peter Sterling University of Pennsylvania
Edwin S. Levitan
Edwin S. Levitan University of Pittsburgh
Wallace B. Thoreson
Wallace B. Thoreson University of Nebraska Medical Center
Deniz Dalkara
Deniz Dalkara Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
Yang Dan
Yang Dan University of California, Berkeley
Uwe Maskos
Uwe Maskos Institut Pasteur
Hillel Adesnik
Hillel Adesnik University of California, Berkeley

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