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Tom J. H. Ruigrok 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 Tom J. H. Ruigrok sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 102 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tom J. H. Ruigrok 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 Tom J. H. Ruigrok sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tom J. H. Ruigrok is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on various aspects of neuroscience and medicine, with notable contributions to neurology, cognitive neuroscience, pediatric health, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and endocrine and autonomic systems.

The scientist's work encompasses a broad range of topics including vestibular and auditory disorders, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroscience related to respiration and sleep, neural dynamics and brain function, visual perception and processing mechanisms, as well as neonatal and fetal brain pathology and fetal and pediatric neurological disorders.

Recent publications by Tom J. H. Ruigrok include:

  • Sympathetic components in left and right human cervical vagus nerve: implications for vagus nerve stimulation, 2023, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • A disynaptic basal ganglia connection to the inferior olive: potential for basal ganglia influence on cerebellar learning, 2023, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Other relevant high-impact publications linked to their research areas, though authored by collaborators, feature studies such as:

  • Cerebellum Lecture: the Cerebellar Nuclei-Core of the Cerebellum, 2023, The Cerebellum
  • Input and output organization of the mesodiencephalic junction for cerebro-cerebellar communication, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Encoding of cerebellar dentate neuron activity during visual attention in rhesus macaques, 2025, eLife

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ruigrok include:

  • Chris I. De Zeeuw
  • Xiaolu Wang
  • Zhenyu Gao
  • Nico A. Flierman
  • Sue Ann Koay

Publications by Tom J. H. Ruigrok and their collaborators often appear in specialized journals and venues such as:

  • The Cerebellum
  • eLife
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Tom J. H. Ruigrok's multidisciplinary research integrates anatomical, physiological, and clinical perspectives, contributing to an understanding of cerebellar functions, nervous system connectivity, and autonomic regulation as related to neurological disorders and developmental brain pathology.

Best Publications

  • Microcircuitry and function of the inferior olive

    C. I. De Zeeuw;J. I. Simpson;C. C. Hoogenraad;N. Galjart

  • Deletion of FMR1 in Purkinje Cells Enhances Parallel Fiber LTD, Enlarges Spines, and Attenuates Cerebellar Eyelid Conditioning in Fragile X Syndrome

    S.K.E. Koekkoek;K. Yamaguchi;B.A. Milojkovic;B.R. Dortland

  • Cerebellar modules operate at different frequencies

    Haibo Zhou;Zhanmin Lin;Kai Voges;Chiheng Ju

  • Topography of cerebellar nuclear projections to the brain stem in the rat.

    T.M. Teune;J. van der Burg;J. van der Moer;J. Voogd

  • Cerebellar LTD and learning-dependent timing of conditioned eyelid responses.

    S. K. E. Koekkoek;H. C. Hulscher;B. R. Dortland;R. A. Hensbroek

  • Organization of the vestibulocerebellum.

    Jan Voogd;Nicolaas M. Gerrits;Tom J. H. Ruigrok

  • Ultrastructural study of the GABAergic, cerebellar, and mesodiencephalic innervation of the cat medial accessory olive: anterograde tracing combined with immunocytochemistry.

    C. I. de Zeeuw;J. C. Holstege;T. J. H. Ruigrok;J. Voogd

  • The distribution of climbing and mossy fiber collateral branches from the copula pyramidis and the paramedian lobule: congruence of climbing fiber cortical zones and the pattern of zebrin banding within the rat cerebellum.

    Jan Voogd;Joanne Pardoe;Tom J. H. Ruigrok;Richard Apps

  • The organization of the corticonuclear and olivocerebellar climbing fiber projections to the rat cerebellar vermis: the congruence of projection zones and the zebrin pattern.

    Jan Voogd;Tom J. H. Ruigrok

  • Ins and Outs of Cerebellar Modules

    Tom J. H. Ruigrok

  • Cerebellar Modules and Their Role as Operational Cerebellar Processing Units

    Richard Apps;Richard Hawkes;Sho Aoki;Sho Aoki;Fredrik Bengtsson

  • Organization of projections from the inferior olive to the cerebellar nuclei in the rat

    T.J.H. Ruigrok;J. Voogd

  • Mesodiencephalic and cerebellar terminals terminate upon the same dendritic spines in the glomeruli of the cat and rat inferior olive: An ultrastructural study using a combination of [3H]-leucine and wheat germ agglutinin coupled horseradish peroxidase anterograde tracing

    C.I. De Zeeuw;J.C. Holstege;T.J.H. Ruigrok;J. Voogd

  • Single Purkinje Cell Can Innervate Multiple Classes of Projection Neurons in the Cerebellar Nuclei of the Rat: A Light Microscopic and Ultrastructural Triple-Tracer Study in the Rat

    T.M. Teune;J. van der Burg;C.I. de Zeeuw;J. Voogd

  • Intracellular labeling of neurons in the medial accessory olive of the cat: II. Ultrastructure of dendritic spines and their GABAergic innervation.

    C. L. De Zeeuw;T. J. H. Ruigrok;J. C. Holstege;H. G. Jansen

  • Cholinergic innervation and receptors in the cerebellum.

    Dick Jaarsma;Tom J.H. Ruigrok;Romeo Caffé;Constantino Cozzari

  • Cerebellum and Precerebellar Nuclei

    Jan Voogd;Tom J.H. Ruigrok

  • Deformation of Network Connectivity in the Inferior Olive of Connexin 36-Deficient Mice Is Compensated by Morphological and Electrophysiological Changes at the Single Neuron Level

    Chris I. De Zeeuw;Edilzh Chorev;Anna Devor;Yait Manor

  • Precise Spatial Relationships between Mossy Fibers and Climbing Fibers in Rat Cerebellar Cortical Zones

    Angelique Pijpers;Richard Apps;Joanne Pardoe;Jan Voogd

  • Transverse and longitudinal patterns in the mammalian cerebellum.

    J. Voogd;T.J.H. Ruigrok

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Voogd
Jan Voogd Erasmus University Rotterdam
Chris I. De Zeeuw
Chris I. De Zeeuw Erasmus University Rotterdam
Freek E. Hoebeek
Freek E. Hoebeek Utrecht University
Richard Apps
Richard Apps University of Bristol
Roy V. Sillitoe
Roy V. Sillitoe Baylor College of Medicine
Dick Jaarsma
Dick Jaarsma Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jeffery R. Wickens
Jeffery R. Wickens Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Henrik Jörntell
Henrik Jörntell Lund University
Richard Hawkes
Richard Hawkes University of Calgary
Egidio D'Angelo
Egidio D'Angelo University of Pavia

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