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9435
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5740
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470

Verity J. Brown 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 Verity J. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 92 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Verity J. Brown 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 Verity J. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Verity J. Brown is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with substantial contributions in Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Their work also engages with subfields such as Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their main topics of research include Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Infection Control and Ventilation. Additional areas of focus are Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Thermal Regulation in Medicine, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, and Zoonotic diseases and public health.

Verity J. Brown has been involved in multiple publications across various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Anaesthesia
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Radiography
  • Neuroscience

Their recent papers are:

  • A quantitative evaluation of aerosol generation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 2023, Anaesthesia
  • Operational lessons learned from simulating an elimination response to a transboundary animal disease in wild animals, 2024, Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Concordance between a gastrointestinal consultant radiologist, a consultant radiologist and qualified reporting radiographers interpreting abdominal radiographs, 2023, Radiography
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Cognitive and visual processing performance in Parkinson's disease patients with vs without visual hallucinations: A meta-analysis., 2022, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Functional Heterogeneity within Rat Orbitofrontal Cortex in Reward Learning and Decision Making., 2022, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Co-authors who frequently collaborate with Verity J. Brown include:

  • David S. Tait
  • Silke Miller
  • Mary Dovlatyan
  • Connie Sánchez
  • Ellen Bowman

In addition to journal publications, Verity J. Brown has contributed to book literature. Notably, they have a publication with Springer International Publishing titled Concepts, Frames and Cascades in Semantics, Cognition and Ontology, published in 2021, which has been cited multiple times.

Verity J. Brown was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Medial Frontal Cortex Mediates Perceptual Attentional Set Shifting in the Rat

    Jennifer M. Birrell;Verity J. Brown

  • Vagal nerve stimulation: a review of its applications and potential mechanisms that mediate its clinical effects.

    Duncan A. Groves;Verity J. Brown

  • Orbital prefrontal cortex mediates reversal learning and not attentional set shifting in the rat

    Kerry McAlonan;Verity J. Brown

  • Rodent models of prefrontal cortical function

    Verity J Brown;Eric M Bowman

  • Stratified medicine for mental disorders

    Gunter Schumann;Elisabeth B. Binder;Arne Holte;E. Ronald de Kloet

  • Recordings from the rat locus coeruleus during acute vagal nerve stimulation in the anaesthetised rat.

    Duncan A. Groves;Eric M. Bowman;Verity J. Brown

  • Lesions of the dorsal noradrenergic bundle impair attentional set-shifting in the rat.

    David S. Tait;Verity J. Brown;Anja Farovik;David E. Theobald

  • Simple and choice reaction time performance following unilateral striatal dopamine depletion in the rat. Impaired motor readiness but preserved response preparation.

    Verity J. Brown;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Double dissociation of social and environmental stimulation on spatial learning and reversal learning in rats.

    Nicole C.A Schrijver;Patrick N Pallier;Verity J Brown;Hanno Würbel

  • Reaction Time Deficits and Parkinson's Disease

    Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert;Verity J Brown

  • The Efficacy of Policy Statements on Plagiarism: Do They Change Students' Views?

    Verity J. Brown;Mark E. Howell

  • Striatal Graft‐Associated Recovery of a Lesion‐Induced Performance Deficit in the Rat Requires Learning to Use The Transplant

    E. Mayer;V. J. Brown;S. B. Dunnett;T. W. Robbins

  • Attentional orienting is impaired by unilateral lesions of the thalamic reticular nucleus in the rat.

    Weese Gd;Phillips Jm;Brown Vj

  • On the Relationships Between the Striatum and the Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus

    Philip Winn;Verity J. Brown;Wendy L. Inglis

  • Thalamic Reticular Nucleus Activation Reflects Attentional Gating during Classical Conditioning

    Kerry McAlonan;Verity J. Brown;Eric M. Bowman

  • The role of the striatum in the mental chronometry of action: a theoretical review.

    Trevor W. Robbins;Verity J. Brown

  • Cholinergic neurotransmission influences covert orientation of visuospatial attention in the rat.

    Janice M. Phillips;Kerry McAlonan;William G.K. Robb;Verity J. Brown

  • Innovative solutions to novel drug development in mental health

    T.R. Insel;V. Voon;J.S. Nye;V.J. Brown

  • Mechanisms underlying attentional set-shifting in Parkinson's disease.

    Jeremy Gauntlett-Gilbert;Richard C Roberts;Richard C Roberts;Verity J Brown;Verity J Brown

  • Covert orienting of attention in macaques. I. Effects of behavioral context

    E. M. Bowman;V. J. Brown;C. Kertzman;U. Schwarz

  • 5-HT6 receptor antagonists improve performance in an attentional set shifting task in rats.

    Paula D. Hatcher;Verity J. Brown;David S. Tait;Simon Bate

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
Philip Winn
Philip Winn University of Strathclyde
Stephen M. Lawrie
Stephen M. Lawrie University of Edinburgh
Eve C. Johnstone
Eve C. Johnstone University of Edinburgh
Andrew M. McIntosh
Andrew M. McIntosh University of Edinburgh
Jeremy Hall
Jeremy Hall Cardiff University
Heather C. Whalley
Heather C. Whalley University of Edinburgh
Stephen B. Dunnett
Stephen B. Dunnett Cardiff University
David J. Nutt
David J. Nutt Imperial College London
Barbara J. Sahakian
Barbara J. Sahakian University of Cambridge

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