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68
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2797
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Terry L. Powley 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 Terry L. Powley sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 197 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Terry L. Powley 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 Terry L. Powley sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 68 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Terry L. Powley is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a significant focus on subfields such as Neurology, Gastroenterology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Infant Health and Development

Powley has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • "Brain-gut communication: vagovagal reflexes interconnect the two "brains"," 2021, American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
  • "The identification of neuronal control pathways supplying effector tissues in the stomach," 2020, Cell and Tissue Research
  • "Acute effects of vagus nerve stimulation parameters on gastric motility assessed with magnetic resonance imaging," 2020, Neurogastroenterology & Motility
  • "Human organ donor-derived vagus nerve biopsies allow for well-preserved ultrastructure and high-resolution mapping of myelinated and unmyelinated fibers," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Automatic assessment of human gastric motility and emptying from dynamic 3D magnetic resonance imaging," 2021, Neurogastroenterology & Motility

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Collaborators regularly co-authoring with Powley include Deborah Jaffey, Matthew Ward, Kun-Han Lu, Jin Chen, and Jiayue Cao. Their collaborative work has been marked by high frequency of joint publications.

Best Publications

  • The ventromedial hypothalamic syndrome, satiety, and a cephalic phase hypothesis.

    Terry L. Powley

  • Relationship of body weight to the lateral hypothalamic feeding syndrome.

    Terry L. Powley;Richard E. Keesey

  • Gastric volume rather than nutrient content inhibits food intake

    R. J. Phillips;T. L. Powley

  • Vagal afferent innervation of the rat fundic stomach: morphological characterization of the gastric tension receptor.

    Hans-Rudolf Berthoud;Terry L. Powley

  • INNERVATION OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: PATTERNS OF AGING

    Robert J. Phillips;Terry L. Powley

  • The fiber composition of the abdominal vagus of the rat.

    James C. Prechtl;Terry L. Powley

  • Tension and stretch receptors in gastrointestinal smooth muscle: re-evaluating vagal mechanoreceptor electrophysiology.

    Robert J Phillips;Terry L Powley

  • A fine-grained anatomical analysis of the role of the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus in circadian rhythms of feeding and drinking

    Anthony N. Van Den Pol;Terry Powley

  • Set points for body weight and fat

    N. Mrosovsky;N. Mrosovsky;Terry L. Powley;Terry L. Powley

  • Topographic inventories of vagal afferents in gastrointestinal muscle.

    Feng Bin Wang;Terry L. Powley

  • Longitudinal columnar organization within the dorsal motor nucleus represents separate branches of the abdominal vagus.

    Edward A. Fox;Terry L. Powley

  • Simultaneous labeling of vagal innervation of the gut and afferent projections from the visceral forebrain with dil injected into the dorsal vagal complex in the rat.

    Hans-Rudolf Berthoud;Agnes Jedrzejewska;Terry L. Powley

  • Taste, experience, and feeding

    Elizabeth D. Capaldi;Terry L. Powley

  • Gastric satiation is volumetric, intestinal satiation is nutritive

    Terry L Powley;Robert J Phillips

  • Alpha-synuclein-immunopositive myenteric neurons and vagal preganglionic terminals: autonomic pathway implicated in Parkinson's disease?

    Robert J. Phillips;Gary C. Walter;Sarah L. Wilder;Elizabeth A. Baronowsky

  • Aging of the myenteric plexus: neuronal loss is specific to cholinergic neurons.

    Robert J Phillips;Elizabeth J Kieffer;Terry L Powley

  • Characterization of vagal innervation to the rat celiac, suprarenal and mesenteric ganglia

    Hans-Rudolf Berthoud;Terry L. Powley

  • Brain-to-stomach transfer of α-synuclein via vagal preganglionic projections.

    Ayse Ulusoy;Robert J. Phillips;Michael Helwig;Michael Klinkenberg

  • Vagal afferent innervation of the proximal gastrointestinal tract mucosa: chemoreceptor and mechanoreceptor architecture.

    Terry L. Powley;Ryan A. Spaulding;Stanley A. Haglof

  • Vagal preganglionic projections to the enteric nervous system characterized with Phaseolus vulgaris‐leucoagglutinin

    Mary-Clare Holst;Joshua B. Kelly;Terry L. Powley

  • Vagal afferent innervation of the atria of the rat heart reconstructed with confocal microscopy

    Zixi Cheng;Terry L. Powley;James S. Schwaber;Francis J. Doyle

  • Diet and cephalic phase insulin responses.

    T L Powley;H R Berthoud

  • Vagal afferent innervation of smooth muscle in the stomach and duodenum of the mouse: morphology and topography.

    Edward A. Fox;Robert J. Phillips;Fred A. Martinson;Elizabeth A. Baronowsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry L. Davidson
Terry L. Davidson American University
Bruce R. Hamaker
Bruce R. Hamaker Purdue University West Lafayette
John B. Furness
John B. Furness Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Francis J. Doyle
Francis J. Doyle Brown University
James S. Schwaber
James S. Schwaber Thomas Jefferson University
Vitaly Napadow
Vitaly Napadow Harvard University
Thelma A. Lovick
Thelma A. Lovick University of Bristol
Leif A. Havton
Leif A. Havton Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Stephen C. Benoit
Stephen C. Benoit University of Cincinnati
John J. McGlone
John J. McGlone Texas Tech University

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