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Robert M. J. Deacon

Robert M. J. Deacon

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
59
Citations
18874
World Ranking
3936
National Ranking
348

Robert M. J. Deacon 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 Robert M. J. Deacon sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 111 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert M. J. Deacon 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 Robert M. J. Deacon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert M. J. Deacon is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Within these broader fields, the scientist has developed expertise in several subfields, including molecular biology, genetics, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, and neurology.

Their work covers a range of main topics, particularly emphasizing genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders. Additional focus areas include pharmacological receptor mechanisms and effects, gut microbiota and health, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, autism spectrum disorder research, memory and neural mechanisms, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Robert M. J. Deacon has contributed to multiple scientific publications, with recent papers addressing diverse subjects:

  • Altered Gut Microbiota in a Fragile X Syndrome Mouse Model, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Effects of the sigma-1 receptor agonist blarcamesine in a murine model of fragile X syndrome: neurobehavioral phenotypes and receptor occupancy, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Chronic bryostatin-1 rescues autistic and cognitive phenotypes in the fragile X mice, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Genome Sequencing Variations in the Octodon degus, an Unconventional Natural Model of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease, 2022, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Microbiome alterations are associated with apolipoprotein E mutation in Octodon degus and humans with Alzheimer's disease, 2024, iScience

The scientist frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors, including Patricia Cogram, Michael J. Hurley, Francisco Altimiras, B. Maximiliano Garduño, and Claudio Angione. These collaborations reflect consistent research partnerships across several projects.

Robert M. J. Deacon's publications are often found in journals like Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neuroscience, iScience, and Brain. The venues indicate an engagement with interdisciplinary neuroscience and molecular biology research communities.

Best Publications

  • Regional dissociations within the hippocampus--memory and anxiety.

    D.M Bannerman;J.N.P Rawlins;S.B McHugh;R.M.J Deacon

  • Assessing nest building in mice

    Robert M J Deacon

  • T-maze alternation in the rodent

    Deacon Rm;Rawlins Jn

  • Systemic Inflammation Induces Acute Behavioral and Cognitive Changes and Accelerates Neurodegenerative Disease

    Colm Cunningham;Suzanne Campion;Katie Lunnon;Carol L. Murray

  • Digging and marble burying in mice: simple methods for in vivo identification of biological impacts.

    Robert M J Deacon

  • Ventral hippocampal lesions affect anxiety but not spatial learning.

    DM Bannerman;Matthew S Grubb;RM Deacon;BK Yee

  • Delaying the onset of Huntington's in mice.

    Anton van Dellen;Colin Blakemore;Robert Deacon;Denis York

  • Measuring motor coordination in mice.

    Robert M.J. Deacon

  • Human endogenous retrovirus glycoprotein-mediated induction of redox reactants causes oligodendrocyte death and demyelination.

    Joseph M Antony;Guido van Marle;Wycliffe Opii;D Allan Butterfield

  • Amygdala and ventral hippocampus contribute differentially to mechanisms of fear and anxiety.

    S. B. McHugh;R. M. J. Deacon;J. N. P. Rawlins;David M. Bannerman

  • Double dissociation of function within the hippocampus: spatial memory and hyponeophagia.

    DM Bannerman;RM Deacon;S Offen;J Friswell

  • Spatial memory dissociations in mice lacking GluR1.

    Daniel Reisel;David M. Bannerman;Wolfram B. Schmitt;Robert M. J. Deacon

  • Hippocampal cytotoxic lesion effects on species-typical behaviours in mice

    Robert M.J Deacon;Adam Croucher;J.Nicholas P Rawlins

  • Burrowing in rodents: a sensitive method for detecting behavioral dysfunction

    Robert M J Deacon

  • Impaired synaptic plasticity and motor learning in mice with a point mutation implicated in human speech deficits.

    Matthias Groszer;David A. Keays;Robert M.J. Deacon;Joseph P. de Bono

  • Measuring the Strength of Mice

    Robert M.J. Deacon

  • Synaptic changes characterize early behavioural signs in the ME7 model of murine prion disease.

    C. Cunningham;R. Deacon;H. Wells;D. Boche

  • Housing, husbandry and handling of rodents for behavioral experiments

    Robert M J Deacon

  • Systemic inflammation induces acute working memory deficits in the primed brain: relevance for delirium

    C. Murray;D.J. Sanderson;C. Barkus;R.M.J. Deacon

  • Maternal neuronal antibodies associated with autism and a language disorder

    Paola Dalton;Robert Deacon;Andy Blamire;Michael Pike

  • Effects of cytotoxic hippocampal lesions in mice on a cognitive test battery

    Robert M.J. Deacon;David M. Bannerman;Brian P. Kirby;Adam Croucher

  • Assessing burrowing, nest construction, and hoarding in mice.

    Robert Deacon

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Bannerman
David M. Bannerman University of Oxford
J. N. P. Rawlins
J. N. P. Rawlins University of Oxford
Angela Vincent
Angela Vincent University of Oxford
Jonathan Flint
Jonathan Flint University of California, Los Angeles
Ole Paulsen
Ole Paulsen University of Cambridge
Anthony J. Hannan
Anthony J. Hannan Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Colm Cunningham
Colm Cunningham Trinity College Dublin
Andrew M. Blamire
Andrew M. Blamire Newcastle University
Richard Mott
Richard Mott University College London

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