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Theo D. Palmer 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 Theo D. Palmer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 148 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Theo D. Palmer 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 Theo D. Palmer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Theo D. Palmer is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work encompasses genetics, molecular biology, immunology, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The main topics covered in their research include congenital heart defects, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities, reproductive system and pregnancy, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, birth, development, and health, and the role of microRNA in disease regulation.

Their recent papers include:

  • Examining Sex Differences in the Human Placental Transcriptome During the First Fetal Androgen Peak (2020) published in Reproductive Sciences
  • 16p11.2 microdeletion imparts transcriptional alterations in human iPSC-derived models of early neural development (2020) published in eLife
  • An evolutionarily acquired microRNA shapes development of mammalian cortical projections (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Gestationally dependent immune organization at the maternal-fetal interface (2022) published in Cell Reports
  • Custom-engineered hydrogels for delivery of human iPSC-derived neurons into the injured cervical spinal cord (2023) published in Biomaterials

Theo D. Palmer frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Kristin Muench, Carol Charlton, Julien G. Roth, A. R. Moore, and Nora Vivanco Gonzalez.

Their publications are regularly featured in notable venues, with multiple works published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). Other publication venues include Reproductive Sciences, eLife, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Cell Reports.

Best Publications

  • Functional neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus

    Henriette van Praag;Alejandro F. Schinder;Brian R. Christie;Brian R. Christie;Nicolas Toni

  • Inflammatory Blockade Restores Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

    Michelle L. Monje;Hiroki Toda;Theo D. Palmer

  • Vascular niche for adult hippocampal neurogenesis.

    Theo D. Palmer;Andrew R. Willhoite;Fred H. Gage

  • EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR AND FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-2 HAVE DIFFERENT EFFECTS ON NEURAL PROGENITORS IN THE ADULT RAT BRAIN

    H G Kuhn;J Winkler;J Winkler;G Kempermann;L J Thal;L J Thal

  • The adult rat hippocampus contains primordial neural stem cells.

    Theo D. Palmer;Jun Takahashi;Fred H. Gage

  • Irradiation induces neural precursor-cell dysfunction

    Michelle L. Monje;Shinichiro Mizumatsu;John R. Fike;Theo D. Palmer

  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Activates a Latent Neurogenic Program in Neural Stem Cells from Diverse Regions of the Adult CNS

    Theo D. Palmer;Eleni A. Markakis;Andrew R. Willhoite;Frank Safar

  • Survival and differentiation of adult neuronal progenitor cells transplanted to the adult brain.

    F. H. Gage;P. W. Coates;T. D. Palmer;H. G. Kuhn

  • VEGF is necessary for exercise‐induced adult hippocampal neurogenesis

    Klaus Fabel;Konstanze Fabel;Betty Tam;Daniela Kaufer

  • FGF-2-Responsive Neuronal Progenitors Reside in Proliferative and Quiescent Regions of the Adult Rodent Brain

    T D Palmer;J Ray;F H Gage

  • Proliferation and differentiation of progenitor cells throughout the intact adult rat spinal cord

    Philip J. Horner;Ann E. Power;Gerd Kempermann;Gerd Kempermann;H. Georg Kuhn

  • Multipotent progenitor cells in the adult dentate gyrus

    Fred H. Gage;Gerd Kempermann;Theo D. Palmer;Daniel A. Peterson

  • LRRK2 Mutant iPSC-Derived DA Neurons Demonstrate Increased Susceptibility to Oxidative Stress

    Ha Nam Nguyen;Blake Byers;Branden Cord;Aleksandr Shcheglovitov

  • Excitation-Neurogenesis Coupling in Adult Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells

    Karl Deisseroth;Sheela Singla;Hiroki Toda;Michelle Monje

  • Transplanted human fetal neural stem cells survive, migrate, and differentiate in ischemic rat cerebral cortex

    S. Kelly;T. M. Bliss;A. K. Shah;G. H. Sun

  • Extreme Sensitivity of Adult Neurogenesis to Low Doses of X-Irradiation

    Shinichiro Mizumatsu;Michelle L Monje;Duncan R Morhardt;Radoslaw Rola

  • Genetically modified skin fibroblasts persist long after transplantation but gradually inactivate introduced genes.

    T. D. Palmer;G. J. Rosman;W. R. A. Osborne;A. D. Miller

  • Cell culture. Progenitor cells from human brain after death.

    Theo D. Palmer;Philip H. Schwartz;Philippe Taupin;Brian Kaspar

  • FoxO3 regulates neural stem cell homeostasis

    Valérie M. Renault;Victoria A. Rafalski;Alex A. Morgan;Alex A. Morgan;Dervis A.M. Salih

  • Using iPSC-derived neurons to uncover cellular phenotypes associated with Timothy syndrome

    Sergiu P Paşca;Thomas Portmann;Irina Voineagu;Masayuki Yazawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Gary K. Steinberg
Gary K. Steinberg Stanford University
Ricardo E. Dolmetsch
Ricardo E. Dolmetsch Novartis (Switzerland)
Gerd Kempermann
Gerd Kempermann German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Michelle Monje
Michelle Monje Stanford University
Robert M. Sapolsky
Robert M. Sapolsky Stanford University
Paul A. Khavari
Paul A. Khavari Stanford University
Renee A. Reijo Pera
Renee A. Reijo Pera California Polytechnic State University
Tony Wyss-Coray
Tony Wyss-Coray Stanford University
A. Dusty Miller
A. Dusty Miller Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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