William T. Greenough

William T. Greenough 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 T. Greenough sits on this spectrum.

William T. Greenough 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 T. Greenough sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 1998 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
• 1996 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
• 1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Best Publications

• Experience and brain development.

  William T. Greenough;James E. Black;Christopher S. Wallace

  1878
  Citations

• Learning causes synaptogenesis, whereas motor activity causes angiogenesis, in cerebellar cortex of adult rats.

  James E. Black;Krystyna R. Isaacs;Brenda J. Anderson;Adriana A. Alcantara

  1568
  Citations

• Abnormal dendritic spines in fragile X knockout mice: maturation and pruning deficits.

  Thomas A. Comery;Jennifer B. Harris;Patrick J. Willems;Ben A. Oostra

  1218
  Citations

• Abnormal dendritic spine characteristics in the temporal and visual cortices of patients with fragile-X syndrome: a quantitative examination

  Scott A. Irwin;Biraju Patel;Madhuri Idupulapati;Jennifer B. Harris

  912
  Citations

• Prolonged exercise induces angiogenesis and increases cerebral blood volume in primary motor cortex of the rat.

  R.A Swain;A.B Harris;E.C Wiener;M.V Dutka

  890
  Citations

• Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein is Translated near Synapses in Response to Neurotransmitter Activation

  Ivan Jeanne Weiler;Scott A. Irwin;Anna Y. Klintsova;Corinne M. Spencer

  799
  Citations

• Environmental Influences on Cognitive and Brain Plasticity During Aging

  Arthur F. Kramer;Louis Bherer;Stanley J. Colcombe;Willie Dong

  790
  Citations

• Synaptogenesis and Fos expression in the motor cortex of the adult rat after motor skill learning.

  Jeffrey A. Kleim;Erich Lussnig;Edward R. Schwarz;Thomas A. Comery

  775
  Citations

• Exercise, experience and the aging brain.

  James D Churchill;Roberto Galvez;Stanley Colcombe;Rodney A Swain

  769
  Citations

• Transient and enduring morphological correlates of synaptic activity and efficacy change in the rat hippocampal slice.

  Fen Lei F. Chang;William T. Greenough

  746
  Citations

• Dendritic Spine Structural Anomalies in Fragile-X Mental Retardation Syndrome

  Scott A. Irwin;Roberto Galvez;William T. Greenough

  739
  Citations

• Pattern of dendritic branching in occipital cortex of rats reared in complex environments.

  William T. Greenough;Fred R. Volkmar

  727
  Citations

• Rehabilitation of persons with traumatic brain injury

  K. T. Ragnarsson;W. R. Clarke;J. R. Daling;S. L. Garber

  710
  Citations

• Rearing complexity affects branching of dendrites in the visual cortex of the rat.

  Fred R. Volkmar;William T. Greenough

  695
  Citations

• From mRNP trafficking to spine dysmorphogenesis: the roots of fragile X syndrome

  Claudia Bagni;William T. Greenough

  672
  Citations

• Differential rearing effects on rat visual cortex synapses. I. Synaptic and neuronal density and synapses per neuron.

  Anita M. Turner;William T. Greenough

  666
  Citations

• The use of total protein stains as loading controls: an alternative to high-abundance single-protein controls in semi-quantitative immunoblotting.

  Georgina M. Aldridge;David M. Podrebarac;William T. Greenough;Ivan Jeanne Weiler

  622
  Citations

• Autism as a disorder of neural information processing: directions for research and targets for therapy

  M K Belmonte;E H Cook;G M Anderson;J L R Rubenstein

  613
  Citations

• RNA Cargoes Associating with FMRP Reveal Deficits in Cellular Functioning in Fmr1 Null Mice

  Kevin Y. Miyashiro;Andrea Beckel-Mitchener;T.Patrick Purk;Kevin G. Becker

  587
  Citations

• Differential rearing effects on rat visual cortex synapses. III. Neuronal and glial nuclei, boutons, dendrites, and capillaries.

  Anita M. Sirevaag;William T. Greenough

  564
  Citations