Bryan Kolb

36.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
376 papers, 26.2k citations indexed

About

Bryan Kolb is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bryan Kolb has authored 376 papers receiving a total of 26.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 150 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 85 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bryan Kolb's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (117 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (114 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (78 papers). Bryan Kolb is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (117 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (114 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (78 papers). Bryan Kolb collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Iran. Bryan Kolb's co-authors include Ian Q. Whishaw, Terry E. Robinson, Robbin Gibb, Robert J. Sutherland, Arthur J. Nonneman, Grazyna Gorny, Richelle Mychasiuk, Arif Muhammad, Zahra Jafari and Majid H. Mohajerani and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Bryan Kolb

372 papers receiving 25.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Fundamentals of Human Neuropsychology

1995 1.1k citations Bryan Kolb, Ian Q. Whishaw profile →
Structural plasticity associated with exposure to drugs of abuse

2004 844 citations Terry E. Robinson, Bryan Kolb profile →
Do rats have a prefrontal cortex?

2003 761 citations Bryan Kolb et al. Behavioural Brain Research profile →
Functions of the frontal cortex of the rat: A comparative review

1984 722 citations Bryan Kolb profile →
Alterations in the morphology of dendrites and dendritic spines in the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex following repeated treatment with amphetamine or cocaine

1999 594 citations Terry E. Robinson, Bryan Kolb European Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Persistent Structural Modifications in Nucleus Accumbens and Prefrontal Cortex Neurons Produced by Previous Experience with Amphetamine

1997 591 citations Terry E. Robinson, Bryan Kolb profile →
A method for vibratome sectioning of Golgi–Cox stained whole rat brain

1998 541 citations Robbin Gibb, Bryan Kolb profile →
BRAIN PLASTICITY AND BEHAVIOR

1998 518 citations Bryan Kolb, Ian Q. Whishaw profile →
Critical period regulation across multiple timescales

2020 281 citations Bryan Kolb et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Bryan Kolb	11.3k	11.2k	4.0k	3.6k	3.4k	376	26.2k
Ian Q. Whishaw	13.0k 1.1×	11.2k 1.0×	3.0k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	406	24.8k
David G. Amaral	23.2k 2.0×	14.9k 1.3×	3.0k 0.7×	4.3k 1.2×	2.2k 0.6×	269	33.2k
Joram Feldon	9.8k 0.9×	12.8k 1.1×	8.0k 2.0×	4.9k 1.3×	8.5k 2.5×	419	29.1k
J. N. P. Rawlins	13.0k 1.1×	12.3k 1.1×	2.2k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	170	24.6k
Dick F. Swaab	7.3k 0.6×	7.3k 0.6×	9.4k 2.3×	6.4k 1.8×	7.2k 2.1×	684	39.2k
Clifford B. Saper	25.8k 2.3×	16.1k 1.4×	4.6k 1.2×	6.4k 1.8×	2.5k 0.7×	304	55.5k
John P. Aggleton	22.2k 2.0×	14.5k 1.3×	2.8k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	311	28.7k
William T. Greenough	8.7k 0.8×	8.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	6.5k 1.8×	1.5k 0.4×	204	23.7k
Kerry J. Ressler	8.4k 0.7×	9.7k 0.9×	5.5k 1.4×	5.8k 1.6×	9.8k 2.8×	444	35.0k
Michel Le Moal	7.1k 0.6×	18.9k 1.7×	7.7k 1.9×	7.6k 2.1×	10.0k 2.9×	355	33.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jafari, Zahra, Bryan Kolb, Steven J. Aiken, & Sarah Wilson. (2025). Updates on Auditory Outcomes of COVID-19 and Vaccine Side Effects: An Umbrella Review. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 68(3). 1311–1332. 2 indexed citations

Jafari, Zahra, Bryan Kolb, & Majid H. Mohajerani. (2024). A systematic review of altered resting‐state networks in early deafness and implications for cochlear implantation outcomes. European Journal of Neuroscience. 59(10). 2596–2615. 6 indexed citations

Gibb, Robbin, et al.. (2023). Tactile stimulation facilitates functional recovery and dendritic change following neonatal hemidecortication in rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 452. 114582–114582. 1 indexed citations

Jafari, Zahra, et al.. (2022). Tactile stimulation improves cognition, motor, and anxiety‐like behaviors and attenuates the Alzheimer's disease pathology in adult APP ^{NL‐G‐F/NL‐G‐F} mice. Synapse. 77(2). e22257–e22257. 4 indexed citations

Neuwirth, Lorenz S. & Bryan Kolb. (2020). Considerations for advancing a well integrated comparative psychology research approach directed toward improving our understanding of fronto-executive functions.. Psychology & Neuroscience. 13(3). 473–479. 2 indexed citations

Antoniazzi, Caren Tatiane de David, et al.. (2020). Short predictable stress promotes resistance to anxiety behavior and increases dendritic spines in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. Brain Research. 1746. 147020–147020. 11 indexed citations

Christensen, Jennaya, Glenn R. Yamakawa, Sabrina Salberg, et al.. (2019). Caffeine consumption during development alters spine density and recovery from repetitive mild traumatic brain injury in young adult rats. Synapse. 74(4). e22142–e22142. 17 indexed citations

Kolb, Bryan, Allonna Harker, & Robbin Gibb. (2017). Principles of plasticity in the developing brain. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 59(12). 1218–1223. 105 indexed citations

Kolb, Bryan, Arif Muhammad, & Robbin Gibb. (2011). Searching for factors underlying cerebral plasticity in the normal and injured brain. Journal of Communication Disorders. 44(5). 503–514. 24 indexed citations

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Kolb, Bryan & Robbin Gibb. (2007). Brain plasticity and recovery from early cortical injury. Developmental Psychobiology. 49(2). 107–118. 76 indexed citations

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Miklyaeva, Elena I., Ian Q. Whishaw, & Bryan Kolb. (2007). A golgi analysis of cortical pyramidal cells in the unilateral parkinson rat: Absence of change in the affected hemisphere vs hypertrophy in the intact hemisphere. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 25(2). 91–99. 16 indexed citations

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Kolb, Bryan, et al.. (2004). THE BEHAVIOR OF THE LABORATORY RAT A Handbook with Tests. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 253 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Bonnie J., et al.. (2004). Improved Mood and Behavior During Treatment with a Mineral-Vitamin Supplement: An Open-Label Case Series of Children. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 14(1). 115–122. 69 indexed citations

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Kolb, Bryan. (2000). Experience and the Developing Brain.. Education Canada. 39(4). 24–26. 6 indexed citations

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Kolb, Bryan, Jan Cioe, & Ian Q. Whishaw. (2000). Is there an optimal age for recovery from motor cortex lesions? II. behavioural and anatomical consequences of unilateral motor cortex lesions in perinatal, infant, and adult rats. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 17(2-3). 61–70. 20 indexed citations

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Robinson, Terry E. & Bryan Kolb. (1999). Alterations in the morphology of dendrites and dendritic spines in the nucleus accumbens and prefrontal cortex following repeated treatment with amphetamine or cocaine. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11(5). 1598–1604. 594 indexed citations breakdown →

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Robinson, Terry E. & Bryan Kolb. (1999). Morphine alters the structure of neurons in the nucleus accumbens and neocortex of rats. Synapse. 33(2). 160–162. 223 indexed citations

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Kolb, Bryan. (1998). Age, Experience and the Changing Brain. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 22(2). 143–159. 249 indexed citations

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Whishaw, Ian Q., et al.. (1977). The variability of the interaural line vs the stability of bregma in rat stereotaxic surgery. Physiology & Behavior. 19(6). 719–722. 82 indexed citations

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Kolb, Bryan. (1974). Dissociation of the effects of lesions of the orbital or medial aspect of the prefrontal cortex of the rat with respect to activity. Behavioral Biology. 10(3). 329–343. 71 indexed citations

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