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D-Index
65
Citations
15380
World Ranking
3112
National Ranking
1452

Samuel J. Pleasure 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 Samuel J. Pleasure sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 181 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Samuel J. Pleasure 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 Samuel J. Pleasure sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Samuel J. Pleasure is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a more focused interest in subfields such as Neurology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Infectious Diseases, and Developmental Neuroscience.

Thematic areas central to their work include Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies.

Among the frequent coauthors collaborating with Samuel J. Pleasure are:

  • Ari Green
  • Megan Richie
  • New York
  • San Francisco
  • Hooman Kamel

They have regularly published in several venues, notably:

  • JAMA Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Neurology
  • Annals of Neurology

Some recent publications reflecting the scope of their work include:

  • "Divergent and self-reactive immune responses in the CNS of COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms," 2021, Cell Reports Medicine
  • "The Spectrum of Neurologic Disease in the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pandemic Infection," 2020, JAMA Neurology
  • "Anti-SARS-CoV-2 and Autoantibody Profiles in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of 3 Teenaged Patients With COVID-19 and Subacute Neuropsychiatric Symptoms," 2021, JAMA Neurology
  • "ZSCAN1 Autoantibodies Are Associated with Pediatric Paraneoplastic ROHHAD," 2022, Annals of Neurology
  • "CaMKII autophosphorylation is the only enzymatic event required for synaptic memory," 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Pure, postmitotic, polarized human neurons derived from NTera 2 cells provide a system for expressing exogenous proteins in terminally differentiated neurons

    S. J. Pleasure;C. Page;V. M.-Y. Lee

  • NTera 2 Cells: A human cell line which displays characteristics expected of a human committed neuronal progenitor cell

    S. J. Pleasure;V. M.-Y. Lee

  • Slit proteins prevent midline crossing and determine the dorsoventral position of major axonal pathways in the mammalian forebrain.

    Anil Bagri;Oscar Marı́n;Andrew S. Plump;Judy Mak

  • The chemokine SDF1 regulates migration of dentate granule cells.

    Anil Bagri;Theresa Gurney;Xiaoping He;Yong-Rui Zou;Yong-Rui Zou

  • Retinoic acid from the meninges regulates cortical neuron generation

    Julie A. Siegenthaler;Amir M. Ashique;Konstantinos Zarbalis;Katelin P. Patterson

  • Neuropilin-2 Regulates the Development of Select Cranial and Sensory Nerves and Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Projections

    Hang Chen;Anil Bagri;Joel A Zupicich;Yimin Zou

  • Aberrant seizure-induced neurogenesis in experimental temporal lobe epilepsy.

    Jack M. Parent;Robert C. Elliott;Samuel J. Pleasure;Nicholas M. Barbaro

  • Cell migration from the ganglionic eminences is required for the development of hippocampal GABAergic interneurons.

    Samuel J. Pleasure;Stewart Anderson;Robert Hevner;Anil Bagri

  • Stereotyped Pruning of Long Hippocampal Axon Branches Triggered by Retraction Inducers of the Semaphorin Family

    Anil Bagri;Hwai-Jong Cheng;Avraham Yaron;Samuel J. Pleasure

  • Loss of BETA2/NeuroD leads to malformation of the dentate gyrus and epilepsy.

    Min Liu;Samuel J. Pleasure;Abigail E. Collins;Jeffrey L. Noebels

  • Wnt signaling regulates neuronal differentiation of cortical intermediate progenitors

    Roeben N. Munji;Youngshik Choe;Guangnan Li;Julie A. Siegenthaler

  • CXCR4 and CXCR7 Have Distinct Functions in Regulating Interneuron Migration

    Yanling Wang;Guangnan Li;Amelia Stanco;Jason E. Long

  • Human neurons derived from a teratocarcinoma cell line express solely the 695-amino acid amyloid precursor protein and produce intracellular beta-amyloid or A4 peptides.

    A. M. Wertkin;R. S. Turner;S. J. Pleasure;T. E. Golde

  • Plexin-A3 Mediates Semaphorin Signaling and Regulates the Development of Hippocampal Axonal Projections

    Hwai-Jong Cheng;Anil Bagri;Avraham Yaron;Elke Stein

  • Unique expression patterns of cell fate molecules delineate sequential stages of dentate gyrus development.

    Samuel J. Pleasure;Abigail E. Collins;Daniel H. Lowenstein

  • Wnt signaling in development and disease.

    Jennifer L. Freese;Darya Pino;Samuel J. Pleasure

  • Regulation of prelamin A but not lamin C by miR-9, a brain-specific microRNA

    Hea-Jin Jung;Catherine Coffinier;Youngshik Choe;Anne P. Beigneux

  • Inducible expression of neuronal glutamate receptor channels in the NT2 human cell line.

    Donald P. Younkin;Cha Min Tang;Mattie Hardy;Usha R. Reddy

  • Wnt Signaling Mutants Have Decreased Dentate Granule Cell Production and Radial Glial Scaffolding Abnormalities

    Cheng-Ji Zhou;Chunjie Zhao;Samuel J. Pleasure

  • Regional Distribution of Cortical Interneurons and Development of Inhibitory Tone Are Regulated by Cxcl12/Cxcr4 Signaling

    Guangnan Li;Hillel Adesnik;Jennifer Li;Jason Long

  • Pax-6 regulates expression of SFRP-2 and Wnt-7b in the developing CNS.

    Anthony S. Kim;Stewart A. Anderson;John L. R. Rubenstein;Daniel H. Lowenstein

  • Spontaneous intracranial hypotension resulting in stupor caused by diencephalic compression

    Samuel J. Pleasure;A. Abosch;J. Friedman;N. U. Ko

Frequent Co-Authors

Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Virginia M.-Y. Lee University of Pennsylvania
John L.R. Rubenstein
John L.R. Rubenstein University of California, San Francisco
Daniel H. Lowenstein
Daniel H. Lowenstein University of California, San Francisco
David E Pleasure
David E Pleasure University of California, Davis
Marc Tessier-Lavigne
Marc Tessier-Lavigne Xaira Therapeutics
Andrew S. Peterson
Andrew S. Peterson Stanford University
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania
Oscar Marín
Oscar Marín King's College London
Kinichi Nakashima
Kinichi Nakashima Kyushu University
Scott C. Baraban
Scott C. Baraban University of California, San Francisco

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