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Sergei A. Kirov 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 Sergei A. Kirov sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 publications — 1st percentile

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Sergei A. Kirov 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 Sergei A. Kirov sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 34 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Sergei A. Kirov is affiliated with Augusta University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of neuroscience, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, illustrating a focus on interdisciplinary approaches to brain and molecular sciences. The main areas of study include cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, neurology, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical biochemistry.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics relevant to neuroscience and neuropharmacology, metabolism and genetic disorders, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, amino acid enzymes and metabolism, neurological disorders and treatments, ion channel regulation and function, and photoreceptor and optogenetics research.

Sergei A. Kirov has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed papers published primarily in venues such as Cerebral Cortex, Neurocritical Care, Molecular Psychiatry, and Glia. Key recent publications include:

  • "Rapid Neuronal Ultrastructure Disruption and Recovery during Spreading Depolarization-Induced Cytotoxic Edema," 2020, Cerebral Cortex
  • "The Critical Role of Spreading Depolarizations in Early Brain Injury: Consensus and Contention," 2022, Neurocritical Care
  • "Modulation of depression-related behaviors by adiponectin AdipoR1 receptors in 5-HT neurons," 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Questioning Glutamate Excitotoxicity in Acute Brain Damage: The Importance of Spreading Depolarization," 2022, Neurocritical Care
  • "Novel mechanism of hypoxic neuronal injury mediated by non-excitatory amino acids and astroglial swelling," 2022, Glia

The scientist frequently collaborates with a select group of researchers, including Jeremy Sword, Ioulia V. Fomitcheva, David T. Blake, Alvin V. Terry, and Fernando Ĺ. Vale, demonstrating ongoing interdisciplinary partnerships that likely span neuroscience and related biomedical fields.

Sergei A. Kirov's publications are distributed across several notable scientific journals and repositories, with multiple articles in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), alongside contributions in Cerebral Cortex and Neurocritical Care. This distribution highlights a blend of preprint and peer-reviewed literature contributions.

Best Publications

  • The continuum of spreading depolarizations in acute cortical lesion development: Examining Leão's legacy

    Jed A Hartings;C William Shuttleworth;Sergei A Kirov;Cenk Ayata

  • Recording, analysis, and interpretation of spreading depolarizations in neurointensive care: Review and recommendations of the COSBID research group

    Jens P. Dreier;Martin Fabricius;Cenk Ayata;Oliver W. Sakowitz

  • Slices have more synapses than perfusion-fixed hippocampus from both young and mature rats

    Sergei A. Kirov;Karin E. Sorra;Kristen M. Harris

  • Plasticity of perisynaptic astroglia during synaptogenesis in the mature rat hippocampus.

    Mark R. Witcher;Sergei A. Kirov;Kristen M. Harris

  • Dendrites are more spiny on mature hippocampal neurons when synapses are inactivated.

    Sergei A. Kirov;Kristen M. Harris

  • Dendritic spines disappear with chilling but proliferate excessively upon rewarming of mature hippocampus.

    S. A. Kirov;L. J. Petrak;L. J. Petrak;J. C. Fiala;K. M. Harris

  • Physiological evidence that pyramidal neurons lack functional water channels

    R. David Andrew;Mark W. Labron;Susan E. Boehnke;Lisa Carnduff

  • Specific Regulation of NRG1 Isoform Expression by Neuronal Activity

    Xihui Liu;Ryan Bates;Dong Min Yin;Chengyong Shen

  • Recurrent spontaneous spreading depolarizations facilitate acute dendritic injury in the ischemic penumbra.

    W. Christopher Risher;Deborah Ard;Jianghe Yuan;Sergei A. Kirov

  • Timing of neuronal and glial ultrastructure disruption during brain slice preparation and recovery in vitro.

    John C. Fiala;Sergei A. Kirov;Marcia D. Feinberg;Lara J. Petrak

  • RETROGRADE SIGNALLING IN DEPOLARIZATION-INDUCED SUPPRESSION OF INHIBITION IN RAT HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 CELLS

    B E Alger;T A Pitler;J J Wagner;L A Martin

  • Synaptogenesis on mature hippocampal dendrites occurs via filopodia and immature spines during blocked synaptic transmission

    Lara J. Petrak;Lara J. Petrak;Kristen M. Harris;Sergei A. Kirov

  • Three-dimensional relationships between perisynaptic astroglia and human hippocampal synapses

    Mark R. Witcher;Yong D. Park;Mark R. Lee;Suash Sharma

  • The Critical Role of Spreading Depolarizations in Early Brain Injury: Consensus and Contention

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  • Evidence for Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Activation in the Induction of Depolarization-Induced Suppression of Inhibition in Hippocampal CA1

    Wade Morishita;Sergei A. Kirov;Bradley E. Alger

  • Capillary blood flow around microglial somata determines dynamics of microglial processes in ischemic conditions.

    Tadashi Masuda;Deborah Croom;Hideki Hida;Sergei A. Kirov

  • Age-dependence in the homeostatic upregulation of hippocampal dendritic spine number during blocked synaptic transmission.

    Sergei A. Kirov;C. Alex Goddard;Kristen M. Harris

  • Persistent astroglial swelling accompanies rapid reversible dendritic injury during stroke‐induced spreading depolarizations

    W. Christopher Risher;Deborah Croom;Sergei A. Kirov

  • Astrocyte Contributions to Flow/Pressure-Evoked Parenchymal Arteriole Vasoconstriction

    Ki Jung Kim;Jennifer A. Iddings;Javier Eduardo Stern;Víctor M. Blanco

  • Chloride Cotransporters as a Molecular Mechanism underlying Spreading Depolarization-Induced Dendritic Beading

    Annette B. Steffensen;Jeremy Sword;Deborah Croom;Sergei A. Kirov

  • Is Spreading Depolarization Characterized by an Abrupt, Massive Release of Gibbs Free Energy from the Human Brain Cortex?

    Jens P. Dreier;Thomas Isele;Clemens Reiffurth;Nikolas Offenhauser

  • Erratum: Dendrites are more spiny on mature hippocampal neurons when synapses are inactivated (Nature Neuroscience (1999) 2 (878-884))

    Sergei A Kirov;K. M. Harris

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristen M. Harris
Kristen M. Harris The University of Texas at Austin
Jens P. Dreier
Jens P. Dreier Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Oscar Herreras
Oscar Herreras Spanish National Research Council
Bradley E. Alger
Bradley E. Alger University of Maryland, Baltimore
C. William Shuttleworth
C. William Shuttleworth University of New Mexico
Martin Fabricius
Martin Fabricius University of Copenhagen
Jed A. Hartings
Jed A. Hartings University of Cincinnati
Cenk Ayata
Cenk Ayata Harvard University
Martin Lauritzen
Martin Lauritzen University of Copenhagen
Cesar V. Borlongan
Cesar V. Borlongan University of South Florida

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