2026 Wickliffe C. Abraham: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	79	1678	1528	4	4	217	23383

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Neuroscience

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23383

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in New Zealand Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in New Zealand Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Wickliffe C. Abraham is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their primary research spans multiple domains within neuroscience and related biomedical fields.

The scientist's work encompasses several main fields of study, including:

Neuroscience
Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, their research further delves into specialized subfields such as:

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Neurology

The core topics addressed in their publications cover:

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Neural dynamics and brain function
Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Wickliffe C. Abraham has contributed to research published across a variety of scientific journals. Leading venues for their work include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Trends in Neurosciences
Hippocampus
The Journal of Physiology
Neuron

Among their recent papers are:

CNS Transduction Benefits of AAV-PHP.eB over AAV9 Are Dependent on Administration Route and Mouse Strain (2020, Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development)
Neutrophil-vascular interactions drive myeloperoxidase accumulation in the brain in Alzheimer's disease (2022, Acta Neuropathologica Communications)
Association of Childhood Lead Exposure With MRI Measurements of Structural Brain Integrity in Midlife (2020, JAMA)
Glutamate receptors and metaplasticity in addiction (2020, Current Opinion in Pharmacology)
Glutamate receptors and synaptic plasticity: The impact of Evans and Watkins (2021, Neuropharmacology)

Wickliffe C. Abraham frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their common co-authors include:

David Ireland
Annchen R. Knodt
Sandhya Ramrakha
Terrie E. Moffitt
Ahmad R. Hariri

Best Publications

Metaplasticity: the plasticity of synaptic plasticity.

Wickliffe C. Abraham;Mark F. Bear

2055
Citations
Metaplasticity : tuning synapses and networks for plasticity

Wickliffe C. Abraham

1240
Citations
Roles of amyloid precursor protein and its fragments in regulating neural activity, plasticity and memory.

Paul R Turner;Kate O’Connor;Warren P Tate;Wickliffe C Abraham

1073
Citations
Long-Term Depression in Hippocampus

Mark F. Bear;Wickliffe C. Abraham

769
Citations
Long-term potentiation in the hippocampus using depolarizing current pulses as the conditioning stimulus to single volley synaptic potentials

B Gustafsson;H Wigstrom;WC Abraham;YY Huang

627
Citations
Induction and Experience-Dependent Consolidation of Stable Long-Term Potentiation Lasting Months in the Hippocampus

Wickliffe C. Abraham;Barbara Logan;Jeffrey M. Greenwood;Michael Dragunow

462
Citations
Metaplasticity: A new vista across the field of synaptic plasticity

Wickliffe C. Abraham;Warren P. Tate

452
Citations
Memory retention – the synaptic stability versus plasticity dilemma

Wickliffe C. Abraham;Anthony Robins

412
Citations
Correlations between immediate early gene induction and the persistence of long-term potentiation

W.C. Abraham;S.E. Mason;J. Demmer;J.M. Williams

410
Citations
How long will long-term potentiation last?

Wickliffe C. Abraham

363
Citations
Is plasticity of synapses the mechanism of long-term memory storage?

Wickliffe C. Abraham;Owen D. Jones;David L. Glanzman

353
Citations
The role of immediate early genes in the stabilization of long-term potentiation.

Wickliffe C. Abraham;Michael Dragunow;Warren P. Tate

348
Citations
Maintenance of long-term potentiation in rat dentate gyrus requires protein synthesis but not messenger RNA synthesis immediately post-tetanization

S. Otani;C.J. Marshall;W.P. Tate;G.V. Goddard

331
Citations
Hippocampal long‐term potentiation is induced by pairing single afferent volleys with intracellular^ injected depolarizing current pulses

H. Wigström;B. Gustafsson;Y.-Y. Huang;W. C. Abraham

324
Citations
Neuroanatomical and Functional Deficits Subsequent to Chronic Ethanol Administration in Animals

Don W. Walker;Bruce E. Hunter;Wickliffe C. Abraham

300
Citations
Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors Trigger Homosynaptic Protein Synthesis to Prolong Long-Term Potentiation

Clarke R. Raymond;Vida L. Thompson;Warren P. Tate;Wickliffe C. Abraham

290
Citations
Asymmetric relationships between homosynaptic long-term potentiation and heterosynaptic long-term depression

W. C. Abraham;G. V. Goddard

277
Citations
Properties and Mechanisms of LTP Maintenance

Wickliffe C. Abraham;Joanna M. Williams

269
Citations
Effects of the NMDA receptor/channel antagonists CPP and MK801 on hippocampal field potentials and long-term potentiation in anesthetized rats.

W.C. Abraham;S.E. Mason

264
Citations
LTP maintenance and its protein synthesis-dependence

Wickliffe C. Abraham;Joanna M. Williams

251
Citations
Effects of the NMDA antagonists CPP and MK-801 on radial arm maze performance in rats.

L. Ward;S.E. Mason;W.C. Abraham

176
Citations