D. James Surmeier

40.0k citations

204 papers · 27.4k indexed · 16 hit papers · h-index 90

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurology top 0.02%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Neurological disorders and treatments

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 165
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 126
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior 31
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases 26
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering 17
Neurology 97
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 73
- Neurological disorders and treatments 73

Co-authors: Weixing Shen Jaime N. Guzmán Charles R. Gerfen C. Savio Chan Tatiana Tkatch Michelle Day Ema Ilijić Jun Ding
Journals: Journal of Neuroscience (26 papers)Neuron (13 papers)Nature Neuroscience (12 papers)Movement Disorders (10 papers)Journal of Neurophysiology (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Japan

In The Last Decade

D. James Surmeier

203 papers receiving 27.1k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease – a key disease hallmark with therapeutic potential 2023 · 152 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Molecular Neurodegeneration
2021 Nature
2018 FEBS Journal
2017 Science
2017 Nature reviews. Neuroscience
2011 Annual Review of Neuroscience
2011 Nature
2010 Nature
2008 Cell
2008 Science
2007 Nature
2007 Trends in Neurosciences
2006 Nature Neuroscience
2000 Annual Review of Neuroscience
1999 Nature
1996 Journal of Neuroscience

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All Works

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1	State-dependent modulation of spiny projection neurons controls levodopa-induced dyskinesia in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease Science Advances ·Shenyu Zhai, Qiaoling Cui, David L. Wokosin, Linqing Sun, Tatiana Tkatch, Jill R. Crittenden, Ann M. Graybiel, D. James Surmeier	2025	0
2	Neuron type-specific proteomics reveals distinct Shank3 proteoforms in iSPNs and dSPNs lead to striatal synaptopathy in Shank3B–/– mice Molecular Psychiatry ·Yizhi Wang, Tamara Perez‐Rosello, Samuel N. Smukowski, D. James Surmeier, Jeffrey N. Savas	2024	2
3	Acetyl-DL-leucine in two individuals with REM sleep behavior disorder improves symptoms, reverses loss of striatal dopamine-transporter binding and stabilizes pathological metabolic brain pattern—case reports Nature Communications ·Wolfgang H. Oertel, Annette Janzen, Martin T. Henrich, Fanni F. Geibl, Ana Guijarro-Contreras, Sanne K. Meles, Giulia Carli, Klaus L. Leenders, Jan Booij, D. James Surmeier, Lars Timmermann, Michael Strupp	2024	11
4	Parkinson’s disease-linked parkin mutation disrupts recycling of synaptic vesicles in human dopaminergic neurons Neuron ·Pingping Song, Wesley Peng, Véronique Sauvé, P. A. E. du. Cailar, Zhong Xie, Daniel Ysselstein, Bradley J. Waltermire, Yvette C. Wong, Niccolò E. Mencacci, Jeffrey N. Savas, D. James Surmeier, Kalle Gehring, Dimitri Krainc	2023	29
5	Locus coeruleus anchors a trisynaptic circuit controlling fear-induced suppression of feeding Neuron ·Ben Yang, 久吉松井, Jyothisri Kondapalli, ALDEM H. EMERY, Eric Delpire, Rajeshwar Awatramani, D. James Surmeier	2021	45
6	Excitatory VTA to DH projections provide a valence signal to memory circuits Nature Communications ·Yuan Han, Yi Zhang, P. Basso, Yuanyuan Chen, Vladimir Jovasevic, Wenjie Ren, Maria Virginia Centeno, Anita L. Guedea, 张翠玉, Yixin Wu, Philipp Gutruf, D. James Surmeier, Can Gao, Marco Martina, A. Vania Apkarian, John A. Rogers, Jelena Radulović	2020	27
7	Determinants of seeding and spreading of α-synuclein pathology in the brain Science Advances ·Martin T. Henrich, Fanni F. Geibl, Lakshminarasimhan Harini, M.Radha Madhavi, Benoit I. Giasson, Xiaobo Mao, Valina L. Dawson, Ted M. Dawson, Wolfgang H. Oertel, D. James Surmeier	2020	66
8	Cholinergic modulation of striatal nitric oxide‐producing interneurons European Journal of Neuroscience ·缪洪明, 清子柳原, D. James Surmeier	2019	22
9	Dopamine metabolism by a monoamine oxidase mitochondrial shuttle activates the electron transport chain Nature Neuroscience ·Steven M. Graves, Zhong Xie, Kristen A. Stout, Enrico Zampese, Lena F. Burbulla, Jean C. Shih, Jyothisri Kondapalli, Tommaso Patriarchi, Lin Tian, Lars Brichta, Paul Greengard, Dimitri Krainc, Paul T. Schumacker, D. James Surmeier	2019	121
10	Dopamine oxidation mediates mitochondrial and lysosomal dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease Science ·Lena F. Burbulla, Pingping Song, Joseph R. Mazzulli, Enrico Zampese, Yvette C. Wong, Sohee Jeon, David P. Santos, Judith Blanz, Carolin D. Obermaier, Hasanudin Hasanudin, Jeffrey N. Savas, Evangelos Kiskinis, Xiaoxi Zhuang, Rejko Krüger, D. James Surmeier, Dimitri Krainc Hit paper breakdown →	2017	625
11	Striatal cholinergic interneurons and Parkinson's disease European Journal of Neuroscience ·Asami Tanimura, Tristano Pancani, Sean Austin O. Lim, Cecilia Tubert, Evan Hughes, Weixing Shen, D. James Surmeier	2017	66
12	Functional segregation of voltage-activated calcium channels in motoneurons of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus Journal of Neurophysiology ·Garry Cooper, Anju Jain, Alon Simchovitz, Ronit Sharon, Hermona Soreq, D. James Surmeier, Joshua A. Goldberg	2015	12
13	Cell type-specific plasticity of striatal projection neurons in parkinsonism and L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia Nature Communications ·Tim Fieblinger, Steven M. Graves, Luke E. Sebel, Cristina Alcacer, Joshua L. Plotkin, Tracy S. Gertler, C. Savio Chan, Myriam Heiman, Paul Greengard, M. Angela Cenci, D. James Surmeier	2014	225
14	The Origins of Oxidant Stress in Parkinson's Disease and Therapeutic Strategies Antioxidants and Redox Signaling ·D. James Surmeier, Jaime N. Guzmán, Javier Sánchez-Padilla, Joshua A. Goldberg	2010	118
15	Alternatively Spliced Isoforms of TRIP8b Differentially Control h Channel Trafficking and Function Journal of Neuroscience ·Alan S. Lewis, 施燕, C. Savio Chan, Yoav Noam, ROSIVÂNIA OLIVEIRA DO CARMO, Wytse J. Wadman, D. James Surmeier, Tallie Z. Baram, Robert L. Macdonald, Dane M. Chetkovich	2009	116
16	Robust Pacemaking in Substantia Nigra Dopaminergic Neurons Journal of Neuroscience ·Jaime N. Guzmán, Javier Sánchez-Padilla, C. Savio Chan, D. James Surmeier	2009	301
17	D1 and D2 dopamine-receptor modulation of striatal glutamatergic signaling in striatal medium spiny neurons Trends in Neurosciences ·D. James Surmeier, Jun Ding, Michelle Day, Zhongfeng Wang, Weixing Shen Hit paper breakdown →	2007	861
18	Dopaminergic Control of Corticostriatal Long-Term Synaptic Depression in Medium Spiny Neurons Is Mediated by Cholinergic Interneurons Neuron ·Zhongfeng Wang, Kai Li, Michelle Day, Jennifer Ronesi, Henry H. Yin, Jun Ding, Tatiana Tkatch, David M. Lovinger, D. James Surmeier	2006	400
19	Spontaneous Voltage Oscillations in Striatal Projection Neurons in a Rat Corticostriatal Slice The Journal of Physiology ·Ramiro Vergara, Caroline Rick, Salvador Hernández‐López, Jin Sun, Jaime N. Guzmán, Elvira Galarraga, D. James Surmeier, José Bargas	2003	97
20	CIPP, a Novel Multivalent PDZ Domain Protein, Selectively Interacts with Kir4.0 Family Members, NMDA Receptor Subunits, Neurexins, and Neuroligins Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience ·Cornelia Kurschner, P. Mermelstein, William T. Holden, D. James Surmeier	1998	95

About D. James Surmeier

D. James Surmeier is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 204 papers that have together received 27.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (126 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (73 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (73 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (47 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (31 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (27 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (26 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (18.0k citations), Neurology (9.4k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (4.9k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (1.0k citations) and Neurology (1.8k citations). D. James Surmeier has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Weixing Shen, Jaime N. Guzmán, Charles R. Gerfen, C. Savio Chan, Tatiana Tkatch, Michelle Day, Ema Ilijić, Jun Ding, Paul Greengard and Zhen Yan. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Neuron, Nature Neuroscience, Movement Disorders and Journal of Neurophysiology.

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