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D-Index
74
Citations
19578
World Ranking
2112
National Ranking
1005

S.T. Kitai 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 S.T. Kitai sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 183 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.

S.T. Kitai 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 S.T. Kitai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

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.

Overview

S.T. Kitai was affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the United States during their academic career. Their work contributions are recorded in several aspects of scientific research, though specific fields of study or research topics are not listed in the available data.

No records of published papers, frequent co-authors, or typical publication venues were provided. Similarly, there is no data on book publications or awards received by the scientist. Consequently, detailed insight into their specific research themes, collaborations, or recognition is unavailable.

While structured information about Kitai's academic output is limited, their association with a significant research institution like the University of Tennessee Health Science Center suggests engagement with health science or biomedical research domains, typical of that institution's focus.

The absence of recorded publications or topics implies either limited publicly available bibliographic data or a focus on contributions outside indexed journal articles, such as clinical practice, teaching, or administrative roles within the academic or scientific community.

Kitai was deceased as per the data provided. Their professional history remains part of the institutional record, reflecting the broader scope of researchers contributing across various roles in academia and health sciences.

Best Publications

  • Efferent projections of the subthalamic nucleus in the rat: light and electron microscopic analysis with the PHA-L method.

    H. Kita;S. T. Kitai

  • Firing patterns and synaptic potentials of identified giant aspiny interneurons in the rat neostriatum

    Charles J. Wilson;H. T. Chang;S. T. Kitai

  • Glutamate decarboxylase immunoreactive neurons in rat neostriatum: their morphological types and populations.

    H. Kita;S.T. Kitai

  • Dopamine receptor subtypes colocalize in rat striatonigral neurons

    D. J. Surmeier;J. Eberwine;C. J. Wilson;Y. Cao

  • Amygdaloid projections to the frontal cortex and the striatum in the rat.

    H. Kita;S. T. Kitai

  • Up and Down States in Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons Simultaneously Recorded with Spontaneous Activity in Fast-Spiking Interneurons Studied in Cortex–Striatum–Substantia Nigra Organotypic Cultures

    Dietmar Plenz;Stephen T. Kitai

  • Intracellular study of rat globus pallidus neurons: membrane properties and responses to neostriatal, subthalamic and nigral stimulation.

    H. Kita;S.T. Kitai

  • Single neostriatal efferent axons in the globus pallidus: a light and electron microscopic study.

    H. T. Chang;C. J. Wilson;S. T. Kitai

  • The glutamate decarboxylase-, leucine enkephalin-, methionine enkephalin- and substance P-immunoreactive neurons in the neostriatum of the rat and cat: evidence for partial population overlap.

    G.R. Penny;S. Afsharpour;S.T. Kitai

  • A Golgi study of rat neostriatal neurons: Light microscopic analysis

    H. T. Chang;C. J. Wilson;S. T. Kitai

  • Medium spiny neuron projection from the rat striatum: An intracellular horseradish peroxidase study

    R.J. Preston;G.A. Bishop;S.T. Kitai

  • Intracellular study of rat substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons in an in vitro slice preparation: electrical membrane properties and response characteristics to subthalamic stimulation

    H. Nakanishi;Hitoshi Kita;S. T. Kitai

  • Somatodendritic Depolarization-Activated Potassium Currents in Rat Neostriatal Cholinergic Interneurons Are Predominantly of the A Type and Attributable to Coexpression of Kv4.2 and Kv4.1 Subunits

    W.-J. Song;T. Tkatch;G. Baranauskas;N. Ichinohe

  • Afferent modulation of dopamine neuron firing patterns

    Stephen T Kitai;Paul D Shepard;Joseph C Callaway;Reese Scroggs

  • Cortical inputs to the subthalamus: intracellular analysis

    Unknown

  • Electrophysiological properties of pedunculopontine neurons and their postsynaptic responses following stimulation of substantia nigra reticulata.

    Y. Kang;S.T. Kitai

  • Three-dimensional structure of dendritic spines in the rat neostriatum

    CJ Wilson;PM Groves;ST Kitai;JC Linder

  • The morphology of intracellularly labeled rat subthalamic neurons: a light microscopic analysis.

    H. Kita;H. T. Chang;S. T. Kitai

  • Pallidal inputs to subthalamus: Intracellular analysis

    Hitoshi Kita;H. T. Chang;S. T. Kitai

  • Electrophysiological and immunocytochemical characterization of GABA and dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra of the rat

    Unknown

  • Electrical membrane properties of rat subthalamic neurons in an in vitro slice preparation.

    H. Nakanishi;Hitoshi Kita;S. T. Kitai

  • Presynaptic dopamine D1 receptors attenuate excitatory and inhibitory limbic inputs to the shell region of the rat nucleus accumbens studied in vitro.

    C.M.A. Pennartz;M.J. Dolleman-van der Weel;S.T. Kitai;F.H. Lopes da Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Hitoshi Kita
Hitoshi Kita University of Tennessee Health Science Center
D. James Surmeier
D. James Surmeier Northwestern University
Charles J. Wilson
Charles J. Wilson The University of Texas at San Antonio
Alessandro Stefani
Alessandro Stefani University of Rome Tor Vergata
Gordon W. Arbuthnott
Gordon W. Arbuthnott Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Tatiana Tkatch
Tatiana Tkatch Northwestern University
James Eberwine
James Eberwine University of Pennsylvania

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