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D-Index
33
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4091
World Ranking
9464
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175

X.-J. Xu 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 X.-J. Xu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 64 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

X.-J. Xu 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 X.-J. Xu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Chronic pain-related syndrome in rats after ischemic spinal cord lesion: a possible animal model for pain in patients with spinal cord injury.

    X.-J. Xu;J.-X. Hao;H. Aldskogius;Å. Seiger

  • Allodynia-like effects in rat after ischaemic spinal cord injury photochemically induced by laser irradiation.

    X J Hao;J X Xu;H Aldskogius;Å Seiger

  • Up-regulation of cholecystokinin in primary sensory neurons is associated with morphine insensitivity in experimental neuropathic pain in the rat

    X.-J. Xu;M.J.C. Puke;V.M.K. Verge;Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin

  • PD134308, a selective antagonist of cholecystokinin type B receptor, enhances the analgesic effect of morphine and synergistically interacts with intrathecal galanin to depress spinal nociceptive reflexes.

    Z Wiesenfeld-Hallin;X J Xu;J Hughes;D C Horwell

  • On the Role of Galanin, Substance P and Other Neuropeptides in Primary Sensory Neurons of the Rat: Studies on Spinal Reflex Excitability and Peripheral Axotomy.

    X.-J. Xu;Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin;M. J. Villar;J. Fahrenkrug

  • Spinal substance p and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors are coactivated in the induction of central sensitization of the nociceptive flexor reflex

    X.-J. Xu;C.-J. Dalsgaard;Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin

  • Decreased GABA immunoreactivity in spinal cord dorsal horn neurons after transient spinal cord ischemia in the rat

    A.-L. Zhang;J.-X. Hao;Å. Seiger;X.-J. Xu

  • Intrathecal galanin potentiates the spinal analgesic effect of morphine: electrophysiological and behavioural studies.

    Wiesenfeld-Hallin Z;Xu Xj;Villar Mj;Hökfelt T

  • The effect of intrathecal galanin on the flexor reflex in rat: increased depression after sciatic nerve section.

    Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin;X.-J. Xu;M.J. Villar;T. Hökfelt

  • Treatment of a chronic allodynia-like response in spinally injured rats: effects of systemically administered excitatory amino acid receptor antagonists.

    J X Hao;X J Xu

  • Hyperalgesia and increased neuropathic pain-like response in mice lacking galanin receptor 1 receptors

    K. H. Blakeman;J. X. Hao;X. J. Xu;A. S. Jacoby

  • On the role of NK-2 tachykinin receptors in the mediation of spinal reflex excitability in the rat.

    X.-J. Xu;C.A. Maggi;Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin

  • Central inhibitory dysfunctions : Mechanisms and clinical implications

    Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin;Håkan Aldskogius;Gunnar Grant;J.X. Hao

  • N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonists potentiate morphine's antinociceptive effect in the rat.

    S. Grass;S. Grass;O Hoffmann;X.-J. Xu;Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin

  • CI988, a selective antagonist of cholecystokininB receptors, prevents morphine tolerance in the rat.

    X.-J. Xu;Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin;J. Hughes;D.C. Horwell

  • Spantide II, a novel tachykinin antagonist, and galanin inhibit plasma extravasation induced by antidromic C-fiber stimulation in rat hindpaw.

    X.-J. Xu;J.-X. Hao;Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin;R. Ha˚kanson

  • The effects of intrathecal neuropeptide Y on the spinal nociceptive flexor reflex in rats with intact sciatic nerves and after peripheral axotomy

    X.-J. Xu;J.-X. Hao;T. Hökfelt;Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin

  • Plasticity of the peptidergic mediation of spinal reflex facilitation after peripheral nerve section in the rat.

    Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin;X.-J. Xu;R. Håkanson;D.-M. Feng

  • Ultrastructural studies on peptides in the dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord--III. Effects of peripheral axotomy with special reference to galanin.

    X. Zhang;Andrew Bean;Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin;X. J. Xu

  • The specific antagonistic effect of intrathecal spantide II on substance P- and C-fiber conditioning stimulation-induced facilitation of the nociceptive flexor reflex in rat

    Z. Wiesenfeld-Hallin;X.-J. Xu;R. Ha˚kanson;D.-M. Feng

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin
Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin Karolinska Institute
Jing-Xia Hao
Jing-Xia Hao Karolinska Institute
Marcelo J. Villar
Marcelo J. Villar Austral University
Åke Seiger
Åke Seiger Karolinska Institute
Karl Folkers
Karl Folkers The University of Texas at Austin
Rolf Håkanson
Rolf Håkanson Lund University
Håkan Aldskogius
Håkan Aldskogius Uppsala University
Gunnar Grant
Gunnar Grant Karolinska Institute
Valerie M. K. Verge
Valerie M. K. Verge University of Saskatchewan

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