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D-Index
35
Citations
5755
World Ranking
9158
National Ranking
3865

Sara J. Aton 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 Sara J. Aton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 111 publications — 23rd percentile

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

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Sara J. Aton 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 Sara J. Aton sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Sara J. Aton is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with a substantial number of publications targeting Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, among other subfields such as Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Genetics, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's work spans various topics related to brain function and behavior, notably:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Sleep loss drives acetylcholine- and somatostatin interneuron-mediated gating of hippocampal activity to inhibit memory consolidation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Causal role for sleep-dependent reactivation of learning-activated sensory ensembles for fear memory consolidation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The role of clock genes in sleep, stress and memory, 2021, Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Impacts of Sleep Loss versus Waking Experience on Brain Plasticity: Parallel or Orthogonal?, 2020, Trends in Neurosciences
  • Hippocampal neurons' cytosolic and membrane-bound ribosomal transcript profiles are differentially regulated by learning and subsequent sleep, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Sara J. Aton frequently collaborates with a recurring group of coauthors, including:

  • Sha Jiang
  • Jessy D. Martinez
  • Lijing Wang
  • Brittany C. Clawson
  • Michał Żochowski

The scientist has published extensively in several key venues, with the largest number of papers appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other significant publication venues include SLEEP, PLoS Computational Biology, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Sara J. Aton received recognition as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide mediates circadian rhythmicity and synchrony in mammalian clock neurons

    Sara J Aton;Christopher S Colwell;Anthony J Harmar;James Waschek

  • Come together, right...now: synchronization of rhythms in a mammalian circadian clock.

    Sara J. Aton;Erik D. Herzog

  • Temporal Precision in the Mammalian Circadian System: A Reliable Clock from Less Reliable Neurons:

    Erik D. Herzog;Sara J. Aton;Rika Numano;Yoshiyuki Sakaki

  • Sleep deprivation causes memory deficits by negatively impacting neuronal connectivity in hippocampal area CA1

    Robbert Havekes;Robbert Havekes;Alan J Park;Jennifer C Tudor;Vincent G Luczak

  • Mechanisms of sleep-dependent consolidation of cortical plasticity.

    Sara J. Aton;Julie Seibt;Michelle Dumoulin;Sushil K. Jha;Sushil K. Jha

  • Parvalbumin-expressing interneurons coordinate hippocampal network dynamics required for memory consolidation

    Nicolette Ognjanovski;Samantha Schaeffer;Jiaxing Wu;Sima Mofakham

  • GABA and Gi/o differentially control circadian rhythms and synchrony in clock neurons.

    Sara J. Aton;James E. Huettner;Martin Straume;Erik D. Herzog

  • Form and Function of Sleep Spindles across the Lifespan.

    Brittany C. Clawson;Jaclyn Durkin;Sara J. Aton

  • Protein synthesis during sleep consolidates cortical plasticity in vivo

    Julie Seibt;Julie Seibt;Michelle C. Dumoulin;Sara J. Aton;Tammi Coleman

  • Sleep deprivation during a specific 3-hour time window post-training impairs hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory.

    Toni Moi Prince;Mathieu Wimmer;Jennifer Choi;Robbert Havekes

  • GABA Networks Destabilize Genetic Oscillations in the Circadian Pacemaker

    G. Mark Freeman;Rebecca M. Krock;Sara J. Aton;Paul Thaben

  • Rapid eye movement sleep promotes cortical plasticity in the developing brain

    Michelle C. Dumoulin Bridi;Michelle C. Dumoulin Bridi;Sara J. Aton;Sara J. Aton;Julie Seibt;Julie Seibt;Leslie Renouard;Leslie Renouard

  • Olfactory bulb neurons express functional, entrainable circadian rhythms.

    Daniel Granados-Fuentes;Meera T. Saxena;Laura M. Prolo;Sara J. Aton

  • Linking Network Activity to Synaptic Plasticity during Sleep: Hypotheses and Recent Data.

    Carlos Puentes-Mestril;Sara J. Aton

  • Sleep promotes cortical response potentiation following visual experience.

    Sara J. Aton;Aneesha Suresh;Christopher Broussard;Marcos G. Frank

  • Visual experience and subsequent sleep induce sequential plastic changes in putative inhibitory and excitatory cortical neurons

    Sara J. Aton;Christopher Broussard;Michelle Dumoulin;Julie Seibt

  • Cortically coordinated NREM thalamocortical oscillations play an essential, instructive role in visual system plasticity.

    Jaclyn Durkin;Aneesha K. Suresh;Julie Colbath;Christopher Broussard

  • Plasticity of circadian behavior and the suprachiasmatic nucleus following exposure to non-24-hour light cycles.

    Sara J. Aton;Gene D. Block;Hajime Tei;Shin Yamazaki

  • How rhythms of the sleeping brain tune memory and synaptic plasticity.

    Carlos Puentes-Mestril;James Roach;Niels Niethard;Michal Zochowski

  • CA1 hippocampal network activity changes during sleep-dependent memory consolidation.

    Nicolette Ognjanovski;Daniel Maruyama;Nora Lashner;Michal Zochowski

  • 25th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting: CNS-2016

    Tatyana O. Sharpee;Alain Destexhe;Alain Destexhe;Mitsuo Kawato;Vladislav Sekulić;Vladislav Sekulić

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcos G. Frank
Marcos G. Frank Washington State University Spokane
Robbert Havekes
Robbert Havekes University of Groningen
Erik D. Herzog
Erik D. Herzog Washington University in St. Louis
Peter Meerlo
Peter Meerlo University of Groningen
George S. Baillie
George S. Baillie University of Glasgow
Ted Abel
Ted Abel University of Iowa
John Rinzel
John Rinzel New York University
Alain Destexhe
Alain Destexhe Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Gaute T. Einevoll
Gaute T. Einevoll Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Stefan Mihalas
Stefan Mihalas Allen Institute for Brain Science

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