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D-Index
45
Citations
9220
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6876
National Ranking
2971

Stephen Rayport 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 Stephen Rayport sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 96 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen Rayport 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 Stephen Rayport sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephen Rayport is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research interests are primarily centered around neuroscience and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. They have contributed extensively to the fields of cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, cancer research, and immunology.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Stephen Rayport has published numerous papers in prominent venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Metabolism, Biological Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, and the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal.

Their recent papers include:

  • Identifying strategies to target the metabolic flexibility of tumours, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Dopamine promotes aggression in mice via ventral tegmental area to lateral septum projections, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Non-canonical glutamine transamination sustains efferocytosis by coupling redox buffering to oxidative phosphorylation, 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • Vulnerable and Resilient Phenotypes in a Mouse Model of Anorexia Nervosa, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
  • Single Dose of Amphetamine Induces Delayed Subregional Attenuation of Cholinergic Interneuron Activity in the Striatum, 2021, eNeuro

Stephen Rayport has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, indicating active research partnerships. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Nao Chuhma
  • Soo Jung Oh
  • Susana Mingote
  • Mark S. Ansorge
  • Samira Ztaou

This researcher's work spans multiple subfields, emphasizing cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying neuroscience and behavior, with additional focus on cancer biology and immunological processes. Their publications reflect a consistent interest in understanding receptor functions and neural signaling pathways as they relate to behavior and disease.

Best Publications

  • Amphetamine redistributes dopamine from synaptic vesicles to the cytosol and promotes reverse transport

    David Sulzer;Ta Kung Chen;Yau Yi Lau;Helle Kristensen

  • Methamphetamine neurotoxicity involves vacuolation of endocytic organelles and dopamine-dependent intracellular oxidative stress

    Joseph F. Cubells;Stephen Rayport;Geetha Rajendran;David Sulzer

  • Amphetamine and other psychostimulants reduce pH gradients in midbrain dopaminergic neurons and chromaffin granules: a mechanism of action.

    David Sulzer;Stephen Rayport

  • Vesicular Glutamate Transport Promotes Dopamine Storage and Glutamate Corelease In Vivo

    Thomas S. Hnasko;Nao Chuhma;Hui Zhang;Germaine Y. Goh

  • Targeted inhibition of tumor-specific glutaminase diminishes cell-autonomous tumorigenesis

    Yan Xiang;Zachary E. Stine;Jinsong Xia;Yunqi Lu

  • Amphetamine and other weak bases act to promote reverse transport of dopamine in ventral midbrain neurons.

    David Sulzer;Nigel T. Maidment;Stephen Rayport

  • Dopamine Neurons Make Glutamatergic Synapses In Vitro

    David Sulzer;Myra P. Joyce;Ling Lin;Daron Geldwert

  • Functional Connectome of the Striatal Medium Spiny Neuron

    Nao Chuhma;Kenji F. Tanaka;Kenji F. Tanaka;René Hen;Stephen Rayport

  • Targeted gene expression in dopamine and serotonin neurons of the mouse brain.

    Xiaoxi Zhuang;Justine Masson;Jay A. Gingrich;Stephen Rayport

  • Role of glutamine and interlinked asparagine metabolism in vessel formation

    Hongling Huang;Saar Vandekeere;Joanna Kalucka;Laura Bierhansl

  • Dopamine neurons mediate a fast excitatory signal via their glutamatergic synapses

    Nao Chuhma;Hui Zhang;Justine Masson;Xiaoxi Zhuang

  • Dopamine D2 Receptors Regulate the Anatomical and Functional Balance of Basal Ganglia Circuitry

    Maxime Cazorla;Fernanda Delmondes de Carvalho;Muhammad O. Chohan;Mariya Shegda

  • Synaptic plasticity in vitro: cell culture of identified Aplysia neurons mediating short-term habituation and sensitization

    SG Rayport;S Schacher

  • Dopamine Neurons Control Striatal Cholinergic Neurons via Regionally Heterogeneous Dopamine and Glutamate Signaling

    Nao Chuhma;Susana Mingote;Holly M. Moore;Stephen G. Rayport

  • Metabolic reprogramming induces resistance to anti-NOTCH1 therapies in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

    Daniel Herranz;Alberto Ambesi-Impiombato;Jessica Sudderth;Marta Sánchez-Martín

  • Mice Lacking Brain/Kidney Phosphate-Activated Glutaminase Have Impaired Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission, Altered Breathing, Disorganized Goal-Directed Behavior and Die Shortly after Birth

    Justine Masson;Michèle Darmon;Agnès Conjard;Nao Chuhma

  • Identified postnatal mesolimbic dopamine neurons in culture: morphology and electrophysiology.

    Stephen Rayport;David Sulzer;Wei-Xing Shi;Sansana Sawasdikosol

  • The multilingual nature of dopamine neurons

    Louis-Eric Trudeau;Thomas S. Hnasko;Åsa Wallén-Mackenzie;Marisela Morales

  • Identifying strategies to target the metabolic flexibility of tumours.

    Andrés Méndez-Lucas;Wei Lin;Paul C. Driscoll;Nathalie Legrave

  • Mesoaccumbens dopamine neuron synapses reconstructed in vitro are glutamatergic

    M.P Joyce;S Rayport

  • Expression and function of 5-HT3 receptors in the enteric neurons of mice lacking the serotonin transporter

    Min-Tsai Liu;Stephen Rayport;Stephen Rayport;Yan Jiang;Dennis L. Murphy

Frequent Co-Authors

David Sulzer
David Sulzer Columbia University
Holly Moore
Holly Moore Columbia University
René Hen
René Hen Columbia University
Marc Laruelle
Marc Laruelle Columbia University
Scott A. Small
Scott A. Small Columbia University
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Un Jung Kang
Un Jung Kang New York University
Jonathan A. Javitch
Jonathan A. Javitch Columbia University
Pierre Maechler
Pierre Maechler University of Geneva
Peter D. Balsam
Peter D. Balsam Columbia University

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