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William B. Levy

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
10102
World Ranking
5936
National Ranking
2603

William B. Levy 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 William B. Levy sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 170 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William B. Levy 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 William B. Levy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William B. Levy is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research is primarily situated at the intersection of neuroscience and engineering, focusing on understanding the computational and energetic mechanisms underlying brain function.

Levy's work spans multiple fields of study, including:

  • Neuroscience
  • Engineering

Their investigations are further specialized within several subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics

William B. Levy's research covers a range of topics related to brain function and computing, including:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata

The scientist's publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • Communication consumes 35 times more energy than computation in the human cortex, but both costs are needed to predict synapse number (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Roadmap for unconventional computing with nanotechnology (2024, Nano Futures)
  • Roadmap for Unconventional Computing with Nanotechnology (2023, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • Computation in the human cerebral cortex uses less than 0.2 watts yet this great expense is optimal when considering communication costs (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Growing dendrites enhance a neuron's computational power and memory capacity (2023, Neural Networks)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Victoria Calvert
  • C. Panagopoulos
  • Robert A. Baxter
  • Giovanni Finocchio
  • Jean Anne C. Incorvia

Levy's research is often published in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nano Futures
  • Neural Networks

Best Publications

  • Temporal contiguity requirements for long-term associative potentiation/depression in the hippocampus

    W.B. Levy;O. Steward

  • Preferential localization of polyribosomes under the base of dendritic spines in granule cells of the dentate gyrus

    O Steward;WB Levy

  • Synapses as associative memory elements in the hippocampal formation

    William B. Levy;Oswald Steward

  • Energy efficient neural codes

    William B. Levy;Robert A. Baxter

  • A sequence predicting CA3 is a flexible associator that learns and uses context to solve hippocampal‐like tasks

    William B Levy

  • Synaptic correlates of associative potentiation/depression: an ultrastructural study in the hippocampus.

    Nancy L. Desmond;William B. Levy

  • A computational approach to hippocampal function

    William B Levy

  • Changes in the numerical density of synaptic contacts with long-term potentiation in the hippocampal dentate gyrus

    Nancy L. Desmond;William B. Levy

  • Changes in the postsynaptic density with long-term potentiation in the dentate gyrus.

    Nancy L. Desmond;William B. Levy

  • Energy-Efficient Neuronal Computation via Quantal Synaptic Failures

    William B Levy;Robert A. Baxter;Robert A. Baxter

  • Granule cell dendritic spine density in the rat hippocampus varies with spine shape and location.

    Nancy L. Desmond;William B. Levy

  • Electrophysiological and pharmacological characterization of perforant path synapses in CA1: mediation by glutamate receptors.

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  • Synaptic interface surface area increases with long-term potentiation in the hippocampal dentate gyrus.

    Nancy L. Desmond;William B. Levy

  • A quantitative anatomical study of the granule cell dendritic fields of the rat dentate gyrus using a novel probabilistic method.

    Nancy L. Desmond;William B. Levy

  • Insights into associative long-term potentiation from computational models of NMDA receptor-mediated calcium influx and intracellular calcium concentration changes.

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  • Morphological correlates of long-term potentiation imply the modification of existing synapses, not synaptogenesis, in the hippocampal dentate gyrus.

    Nancy L. Desmond;William B. Levy

  • Stimulus-Coupled Secretion of γ-Aminobutyric Acid from Rat Brain Synaptosomes

    William B. Levy;Dianna A. Redburn;Carl W. Cotman

  • Relational learning with and without awareness: Transitive inference using nonverbal stimuli in humans

    Anthony J. Greene;Barbara A. Spellman;Jeffery A. Dusek;Howard B. Eichenbaum

  • When logic fails: implicit transitive inference in humans.

    Michael J. Frank;Jerry W. Rudy;William B. Levy;Randall C. O’Reilly

  • Pentobarbital depression of stimulus-secretion coupling in brain— Selective inhibition of depolarization-induced calcium-dependent release

    John W. Haycock;William B. Levy;Carl W. Cotman

  • Changes in translation of synaptic excitation to dentate granule cell discharge accompanying long-term potentiation. II. An evaluation of mechanisms utilizing dentate gyrus dually innervated by surviving ipsilateral and sprouted crossed temporodentate inputs.

    R C Wilson;W B Levy;O Steward

  • Astrocytic volume fluctuates in the hippocampal CA1 region across the estrous cycle

    Anna Klintsova;William B. Levy;Nancy L. Desmond

Frequent Co-Authors

Oswald Steward
Oswald Steward University of California, Irvine
Randall C. O'Reilly
Randall C. O'Reilly University of California, Davis
Jerry W. Rudy
Jerry W. Rudy University of Colorado Boulder
Michael J. Frank
Michael J. Frank Brown University
Howard Eichenbaum
Howard Eichenbaum Boston University
Scott D. Moore
Scott D. Moore Duke University
John A. Jane
John A. Jane University of Virginia Health System

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