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D-Index
74
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38226
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2061
National Ranking
980

Sacha B. Nelson 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 Sacha B. Nelson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 154 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sacha B. Nelson 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 Sacha B. Nelson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 74 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% 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

  • 1996 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Sacha B. Nelson is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant focuses on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. Additional subfields include Neurology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research centers around topics such as Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural dynamics and brain function, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Retinal Development and Disorders, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Ion channel regulation and function, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sacha B. Nelson include the following:

  • "Cortical RORβ is required for layer 4 transcriptional identity and barrel integrity" (2020, eLife)
  • "A transcriptional constraint mechanism limits the homeostatic response to activity deprivation in mammalian neocortex" (2023, eLife)
  • "Deletion of Stk11 and Fos in mouse BLA projection neurons alters intrinsic excitability and impairs formation of long-term aversive memory" (2020, eLife)
  • "A cross-sectional methodological study: evaluation of the examiner performance on the Dix-Hallpike test" (2023, Disability and Rehabilitation)
  • "Progressive Circuit Hyperexcitability in Mouse Neocortical Slice Cultures with Increasing Duration of Activity Silencing" (2024, eNeuro)

Frequent co-authors in their work include Stephen D. Van Hooser, Derek L. Wise, Vera Valakh, Samuel B. Greene, and Yasmin Escobedo-Lozoya.

Sacha B. Nelson publishes mainly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, arXiv (Cornell University), eNeuro, and Disability and Rehabilitation.

In recognition of their academic contributions, Sacha B. Nelson was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Homeostatic plasticity in the developing nervous system

    Gina G. Turrigiano;Sacha B. Nelson

  • Synaptic plasticity: taming the beast

    L. F. Abbott;Sacha B. Nelson

  • Activity-dependent scaling of quantal amplitude in neocortical neurons

    Gina G. Turrigiano;Kenneth R. Leslie;Niraj S. Desai;Lana C. Rutherford

  • A Resource of Cre Driver Lines for Genetic Targeting of GABAergic Neurons in Cerebral Cortex

    Hiroki Taniguchi;Miao He;Priscilla Wu;Sangyong Kim

  • SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION AND CORTICAL GAIN CONTROL

    L. F. Abbott;J. A. Varela;Kamal Sen;S. B. Nelson

  • Highly nonrandom features of synaptic connectivity in local cortical circuits.

    Sen Song;Per Jesper Sjöström;Per Jesper Sjöström;Markus Reigl;Sacha Nelson

  • Rate, Timing, and Cooperativity Jointly Determine Cortical Synaptic Plasticity

    Per Jesper Sjöström;Gina G Turrigiano;Sacha B Nelson

  • Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance and Circuit Homeostasis in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Sacha B. Nelson;Vera Valakh

  • An emergent model of orientation selectivity in cat visual cortical simple cells

    D. C. Somers;S. B. Nelson;Mriganka Sur

  • New insights into the classification and nomenclature of cortical GABAergic interneurons

    Javier DeFelipe;Pedro L. López-Cruz;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Concha Bielza

  • Hebb and homeostasis in neuronal plasticity.

    Gina G Turrigiano;Sacha B Nelson

  • Critical periods for experience-dependent synaptic scaling in visual cortex.

    Niraj S. Desai;Robert H. Cudmore;Sacha B. Nelson;Gina G. Turrigiano

  • Reduced cortical activity due to a shift in the balance between excitation and inhibition in a mouse model of Rett syndrome.

    Vardhan S. Dani;Qiang Chang;Arianna Maffei;Gina G. Turrigiano

  • A Quantitative Description of Short-Term Plasticity at Excitatory Synapses in Layer 2/3 of Rat Primary Visual Cortex

    Juan A. Varela;Kamal Sen;Jay Gibson;Jay Gibson;Joshua Fost

  • Neocortical LTD via Coincident Activation of Presynaptic NMDA and Cannabinoid Receptors

    Per Jesper Sjöström;Gina G Turrigiano;Sacha B Nelson

  • The Disease Progression of Mecp2 Mutant Mice Is Affected by the Level of BDNF Expression

    Qiang Chang;Gargi Khare;Vardhan Dani;Sacha Nelson

  • Molecular taxonomy of major neuronal classes in the adult mouse forebrain

    Ken Sugino;Chris M Hempel;Mark N Miller;Alexis M Hattox

  • Short-Term Depression at Thalamocortical Synapses Contributes to Rapid Adaptation of Cortical Sensory Responses In Vivo

    Sooyoung Chung;Xiangrui Li;Sacha B. Nelson

  • BDNF Has Opposite Effects on the Quantal Amplitude of Pyramidal Neuron and Interneuron Excitatory Synapses

    Lana C Rutherford;Sacha B Nelson;Gina G Turrigiano

  • Potentiation of cortical inhibition by visual deprivation

    Arianna Maffei;Kiran Nataraj;Sacha B. Nelson;Gina G. Turrigiano

Frequent Co-Authors

Gina G. Turrigiano
Gina G. Turrigiano Brandeis University
Donald B. Katz
Donald B. Katz Brandeis University
Joshua T. Dudman
Joshua T. Dudman Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash Brandeis University
Brett D. Mensh
Brett D. Mensh Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Nelson Spruston
Nelson Spruston Howard Hughes Medical Institute
David C. Somers
David C. Somers Boston University
Lydia Ng
Lydia Ng Allen Institute for Brain Science
Michael Hawrylycz
Michael Hawrylycz Allen Institute for Brain Science

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