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William J. Tyler 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 J. Tyler sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 100 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William J. Tyler 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 J. Tyler sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William J. Tyler is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research spans various areas within neuroscience and medicine, with a strong focus on neuromodulation techniques and neurorehabilitation.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their work delves into several subfields:

  • Neurology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Key topics frequently covered in their publications include:

  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

William J. Tyler has coauthored multiple papers with several researchers, including:

  • Alexandra Evancho
  • Cristian Blanco
  • Joseph L. Sanguinetti
  • C.M.W. Daft
  • John J. B. Allen

Their frequent publication venues show a focus on open access and neuroscience-related journals:

  • Preprints.org
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research

Representative recent publications include:

  • Transcranial Focused Ultrasound to the Right Prefrontal Cortex Improves Mood and Alters Functional Connectivity in Humans (2020, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
  • A double-blind pilot study of transcranial ultrasound (TUS) as a five-day intervention: TUS mitigates worry among depressed participants (2020, Neurology Psychiatry and Brain Research)
  • A review of combined neuromodulation and physical therapy interventions for enhanced neurorehabilitation (2023, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
  • Transcranial focused ultrasound to human rIFG improves response inhibition through modulation of the P300 onset latency (2023, eLife)
  • Vagus nerve stimulation in Parkinson's disease: a scoping review of animal studies and human subjects research (2024, npj Parkinson s Disease)

Best Publications

  • Transcranial pulsed ultrasound stimulates intact brain circuits.

    Yusuf Tufail;Alexei Matyushov;Nathan Baldwin;Monica L. Tauchmann

  • Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates the activity of primary somatosensory cortex in humans

    Wynn Legon;Tomokazu F. Sato;Alexander Opitz;Jerel K Mueller

  • From acquisition to consolidation: On the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling in hippocampal-dependent learning

    William J. Tyler;Mariana Alonso;Clive R. Bramham;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller

  • Remote excitation of neuronal circuits using low-intensity, low-frequency ultrasound.

    William J. Tyler;Yusuf Tufail;Michael Finsterwald;Monica L. Tauchmann

  • BDNF Enhances Quantal Neurotransmitter Release and Increases the Number of Docked Vesicles at the Active Zones of Hippocampal Excitatory Synapses

    William J. Tyler;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller

  • Ultrasonic neuromodulation by brain stimulation with transcranial ultrasound

    Yusuf Tufail;Anna Yoshihiro;Sandipan Pati;Monica M Li

  • The mechanobiology of brain function

    William J. Tyler

  • Regulatory considerations for the clinical and research use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): Review and recommendations from an expert panel

    F. Fregni;M. A. Nitsche;C. K. Loo;A. R. Brunoni

  • Miniature synaptic transmission and BDNF modulate dendritic spine growth and form in rat CA1 neurones.

    William J. Tyler;Lucas Pozzo-Miller

  • Noninvasive Neuromodulation with Ultrasound? A Continuum Mechanics Hypothesis

    William J. Tyler

  • Physiological observations validate finite element models for estimating subject-specific electric field distributions induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation of the human motor cortex.

    Alexander Opitz;Wynn Legon;Abby Rowlands;Warren K. Bickel

  • Ultrasonic modulation of neural circuit activity.

    William J Tyler;Shane W Lani;Grace M Hwang

  • Transcranial focused ultrasound modulates intrinsic and evoked EEG dynamics.

    Jerel K Mueller;Wynn Legon;Alexander Opitz;Alexander Opitz;Tomokazu F. Sato

  • Protein Synthesis-dependent and -independent Regulation of Hippocampal Synapses by Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor

    Nicole Tartaglia;Jing Du;William J. Tyler;Elaine Neale

  • A quantitative overview of biophysical forces impinging on neural function

    Jerel K Mueller;William J Tyler

  • Transcranial Focused Ultrasound to the Right Prefrontal Cortex Improves Mood and Alters Functional Connectivity in Humans.

    Joseph L. Sanguinetti;Joseph L. Sanguinetti;Stuart Hameroff;Ezra E. Smith;Ezra E. Smith;Tomokazu Sato

  • Synaptic vesicle recycling studied in transgenic mice expressing synaptopHluorin.

    Zhiying Li;Juan Burrone;William J. Tyler;Kenichi N. Hartman

  • The Role of Neurotrophins in Neurotransmitter Release

    William J. Tyler;Stephen P. Perrett;Lucas D. Pozzo-Miller

  • BDNF increases release probability and the size of a rapidly recycling vesicle pool within rat hippocampal excitatory synapses.

    William J. Tyler;Xiao Lei Zhang;Kenichi Hartman;Jochen Winterer

  • Transcranial Electrical Stimulation Nomenclature

    Marom Bikson;Zeinab Esmaeilpour;Devin Adair;Greg Kronberg

  • Wearable transdermal electrical stimulation devices and methods of using them

    Isy Goldwasser;William J. Tyler;Alexander Opitz;Tomokazu Sato

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander Opitz
Alexander Opitz University of Minnesota
Lucas Pozzo-Miller
Lucas Pozzo-Miller University of Alabama at Birmingham
Marom Bikson
Marom Bikson City College of New York
Alan Randich
Alan Randich University of Alabama at Birmingham
Walter Paulus
Walter Paulus University of Göttingen
Abhishek Datta
Abhishek Datta City College of New York
Venkatesh N. Murthy
Venkatesh N. Murthy Harvard University
Adam J. Woods
Adam J. Woods The University of Texas at Dallas
Warren K. Bickel
Warren K. Bickel Virginia Tech
John J.B. Allen
John J.B. Allen University of Arizona

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