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63
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Robert W. Greene 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 W. Greene 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.

Robert W. Greene 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 W. Greene sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1952 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert W. Greene is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a substantial body of work in cognitive neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, and molecular biology.

The main topics in Greene's research include sleep and wakefulness research, circadian rhythm and melatonin, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, sleep and related disorders, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, memory and neural mechanisms, and regulation of appetite and obesity.

Greene's recent papers cover diverse areas related to sleep and neural function. These include:

  • An essential role for MEF2C in the cortical response to loss of sleep in mice, 2020, eLife
  • Loss of Arc attenuates the behavioral and molecular responses for sleep homeostasis in mice, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Interaction between cocaine use and sleep behavior: A comprehensive review of cocaine's disrupting influence on sleep behavior and sleep disruptions influence on reward seeking, 2021, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior
  • Sleeping Sickness Disrupts the Sleep-Regulating Adenosine System, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Norepinephrine transporter antagonism prevents dopamine-dependent synaptic plasticity in the mouse dorsal hippocampus, 2020, Neuroscience Letters

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Greene include:

  • Theresa E. Bjorness
  • Kaspar E. Vogt
  • Ashwinikumar Kulkarni
  • Geneviève Konopka
  • Sarah Običan

Greene has published frequently in venues such as eLife, Birth Defects Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Neuroscience, and SLEEP.

Among the recognitions received, Greene was named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1952.

Best Publications

  • Ataxin-2 intermediate-length polyglutamine expansions are associated with increased risk for ALS

    Andrew C. Elden;Hyung Jun Kim;Michael P. Hart;Alice S. Chen-Plotkin

  • Adenosine: a mediator of the sleep-inducing effects of prolonged wakefulness.

    Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen;Robert E. Strecker;Mahesh Thakkar;Alvhild A. Bjørkum

  • Locus coeruleus and dopaminergic consolidation of everyday memory

    Tomonori Takeuchi;Adrian Duszkiewicz;Alex Sonneborn;Patrick A. Spooner

  • Essential role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in adult hippocampal function

    Lisa M. Monteggia;Michel Barrot;Craig M. Powell;Olivier Berton

  • Gamma frequency-range abnormalities to auditory stimulation in schizophrenia

    Jun Soo Kwon;Jun Soo Kwon;Brian F. O'Donnell;Gene V. Wallenstein;Robert W. Greene

  • NMDA-dependent modulation of CA1 local circuit inhibition

    Heinz C R Grunze;Donald G. Rainnie;Michael E. Hasselmo;Eddie Barkai

  • Modulation of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor function by glycine transport

    Richard Bergeron;Torsten M. Meyer;Joseph T. Coyle;Robert W. Greene

  • A yeast functional screen predicts new candidate ALS disease genes

    Julien Couthouis;Michael P. Hart;James Shorter;Mariely DeJesus-Hernandez

  • Adenosinergic modulation of basal forebrain and preoptic/anterior hypothalamic neuronal activity in the control of behavioral state

    Robert E Strecker;Stephen Morairty;Mahesh M Thakkar;Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

  • Adenosine inhibition of mesopontine cholinergic neurons: implications for EEG arousal.

    Donald G. Rainnie;Heinz C. R. Grunze;Robert W. McCarley;Robert W. Greene

  • Abnormal fear response and aggressive behavior in mutant mice deficient for α-calcium-calmodulin kinase II

    Chong Chen;Donald G. Rainnie;Robert W. Greene;Susumu Tonegawa

  • Evaluating the role of the FUS/TLS-related gene EWSR1 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Julien Couthouis;Michael P. Hart;Michael P. Hart;Renske Erion;Oliver D. King

  • Postreactivation glucocorticoids impair recall of established fear memory.

    Wen Hui Cai;Jacqueline Blundell;Jie Han;Robert W. Greene

  • The electrophysiology of adenosine in the mammalian central nervous system.

    R.W. Greene;H.L. Haas

  • Hippocampal Focal Knockout of CBP Affects Specific Histone Modifications, Long-Term Potentiation, and Long-Term Memory

    Ruth M Barrett;Melissa Malvaez;Eniko Kramar;Dina P Matheos

  • Serotonin hyperpolarizes cholinergic low-threshold burst neurons in the rat laterodorsal tegmental nucleus in vitro.

    J I Luebke;R W Greene;K Semba;A Kamondi

  • Role of adenosine in behavioral state modulation: A microdialysis study in the freely moving cat

    C. M. Portas;M. Thakkar;D. G. Rainnie;Robert Greene

  • CNS Dopamine Transmission Mediated by Noradrenergic Innervation

    Caroline C. Smith;Robert W. Greene

  • Presynaptic nicotinic receptors facilitate monoaminergic transmission

    Xiangyang Li;Donald G. Rainnie;Robert W. McCarley;Robert W. Greene

  • Control and Function of the Homeostatic Sleep Response by Adenosine A1 Receptors

    Theresa E. Bjorness;Christine L. Kelly;Tianshu Gao;Virginia Poffenberger

  • Adenosine and sleep.

    Theresa E. Bjorness;Robert W. Greene

  • Sleep: a functional enigma.

    Robert Greene;Jerome Siegel

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert W. McCarley
Robert W. McCarley Harvard Medical School
Donald G. Rainnie
Donald G. Rainnie Emory University
Heinz Grunze
Heinz Grunze Paracelsus Medical University
Helmut L. Haas
Helmut L. Haas Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Elda Arrigoni
Elda Arrigoni Harvard Medical School
Masashi Yanagisawa
Masashi Yanagisawa University of Tsukuba
Jun Soo Kwon
Jun Soo Kwon Seoul National University
Craig M. Powell
Craig M. Powell The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Michael E. Hasselmo
Michael E. Hasselmo Boston University
Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Virginia M.-Y. Lee University of Pennsylvania

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