Daniel Johnston

24.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
162 papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Daniel Johnston is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Johnston has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 97 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 61 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Johnston's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (128 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (72 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (56 papers). Daniel Johnston is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (128 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (72 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (56 papers). Daniel Johnston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Daniel Johnston's co-authors include Jeffrey C. Magee, Dax A. Hoffman, Costa M. Colbert, Thomas H. Brown, Rishikesh Narayanan, David B. Jaffe, Nelson Spruston, Samuel M. Wu, R. G. F. Gray and Michele Migliore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Johnston

161 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A Synaptically Controlled, Associative Signal for Hebbian Plasticity in Hippocampal Neurons

1997 1.0k citations Daniel Johnston et al. Science profile →
Requirement for Hippocampal CA3 NMDA Receptors in Associative Memory Recall

2002 802 citations Kazu Nakazawa, Michael C. Quirk et al. Science profile →
Foundations of Cellular Neurophysiology

1994 581 citations Daniel Johnston et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Johnston United States	74	15.7k	9.8k	7.5k	1.2k	1.2k	162	18.6k
John Lisman United States	78	17.6k 1.1×	14.3k 1.5×	7.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.6×	188	25.0k
John R. Huguenard United States	72	12.7k 0.8×	8.6k 0.9×	7.5k 1.0×	486 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	191	19.0k
Péter Jónás Germany	67	15.2k 1.0×	9.0k 0.9×	7.2k 1.0×	673 0.6×	1.9k 1.6×	138	18.4k
Barry W. Connors United States	74	15.9k 1.0×	14.0k 1.4×	5.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	130	20.7k
Dimitri M. Kullmann United Kingdom	65	10.0k 0.6×	4.8k 0.5×	5.7k 0.8×	343 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	213	13.8k
John G. R. Jefferys United Kingdom	60	11.0k 0.7×	9.0k 0.9×	4.5k 0.6×	877 0.7×	2.2k 1.8×	181	16.3k
Charles F. Stevens United States	77	20.8k 1.3×	8.2k 0.8×	16.7k 2.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	208	29.5k
Miles A. Whittington United Kingdom	70	11.6k 0.7×	12.7k 1.3×	3.8k 0.5×	534 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	178	17.1k
Gina G. Turrigiano United States	62	14.8k 0.9×	11.3k 1.2×	5.7k 0.8×	3.0k 2.4×	2.1k 1.7×	106	19.9k
R. Llinás United States	81	14.8k 0.9×	9.2k 0.9×	8.8k 1.2×	404 0.3×	5.0k 4.2×	234	25.0k

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Johnston, Daniel, et al.. (2025). The potential translational utility of embalmed cadaveric gastrointestinal tract specimens: a proof-of-concept study. Translational Research in Anatomy. 39. 100404–100404.

Epstein, Stephan, et al.. (2025). Size principles governing selective neuromodulation and recruitment order of nerve fibers. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering. 34. 100583–100583. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Chung Sub & Daniel Johnston. (2020). Antidepressant Effects of (S)-Ketamine through a Reduction of Hyperpolarization-Activated Current I. iScience. 23(6). 101239–101239. 11 indexed citations

Kim, Chung Sub, Darrin H. Brager, & Daniel Johnston. (2017). Perisomatic changes in h-channels regulate depressive behaviors following chronic unpredictable stress. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(4). 892–903. 42 indexed citations

Rathour, Rahul Kumar, et al.. (2017). Increased transient Na⁺ conductance and action potential output in layer 2/3 prefrontal cortex neurons of the fmr1^−/y mouse. The Journal of Physiology. 595(13). 4431–4448. 32 indexed citations

Siegel, Jennifer J., Raymond A. Chitwood, James Ding, et al.. (2017). Prefrontal Cortex Dysfunction in Fragile X Mice Depends on the Continued Absence of Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein in the Adult Brain. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(31). 7305–7317. 22 indexed citations

Malik, Ruchi & Daniel Johnston. (2017). Dendritic GIRK Channels Gate the Integration Window, Plateau Potentials, and Induction of Synaptic Plasticity in Dorsal But Not Ventral CA1 Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(14). 3940–3955. 50 indexed citations

Kalmbach, Brian, Daniel Johnston, & Darrin H. Brager. (2015). Cell-Type Specific Channelopathies in the Prefrontal Cortex of thefmr1-/yMouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome. eNeuro. 2(6). ENEURO.0114–15.2015. 62 indexed citations

Edwards, John, Eric D. Daniel, Justin P. Kinney, et al.. (2013). VolRoverN: Enhancing Surface and Volumetric Reconstruction for Realistic Dynamical Simulation of Cellular and Subcellular Function. Neuroinformatics. 12(2). 277–289. 15 indexed citations

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Poolos, Nicholas P. & Daniel Johnston. (2012). Dendritic ion channelopathy in acquired epilepsy. Epilepsia. 53(s9). 32–40. 47 indexed citations

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Brager, Darrin H., et al.. (2012). Impaired Dendritic Expression and Plasticity of h-Channels in the fmr1 Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome. Cell Reports. 1(3). 225–233. 83 indexed citations

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Narayanan, Rishikesh & Daniel Johnston. (2008). The Ascent of Channels with Memory. Neuron. 60(5). 735–738. 8 indexed citations

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Johnston, Daniel & Rishikesh Narayanan. (2008). Active dendrites: colorful wings of the mysterious butterflies. Trends in Neurosciences. 31(6). 309–316. 130 indexed citations

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Koester, Helmut J. & Daniel Johnston. (2005). Target Cell-Dependent Normalization of Transmitter Release at Neocortical Synapses. Science. 308(5723). 863–866. 175 indexed citations

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Nakazawa, Kazu, Michael C. Quirk, Raymond A. Chitwood, et al.. (2002). Requirement for Hippocampal CA3 NMDA Receptors in Associative Memory Recall. Science. 297(5579). 211–218. 802 indexed citations breakdown →

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Miyakawa, Hiroyoshi, William N. Ross, David B. Jaffe, et al.. (1992). Synaptically activated increases in Ca2+ concentration in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cells are primarily due to voltage-gated Ca2+ channels. Neuron. 9(6). 1163–1173. 199 indexed citations

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Griffith, William H., Thomas H. Brown, & Daniel Johnston. (1986). Voltage-clamp analysis of synaptic inhibition during long-term potentiation in hippocampus. Journal of Neurophysiology. 55(4). 767–775. 31 indexed citations

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Hablitz, John J. & Daniel Johnston. (1981). Endogenous nature of spontaneous bursting in hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 1(4). 325–334. 94 indexed citations

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Johnston, Daniel, John J. Hablitz, & Wilkie A. Wilson. (1980). Voltage clamp discloses slow inward current in hippocampal burst-firing neurones. Nature. 286(5771). 391–393. 206 indexed citations

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Johnston, Daniel. (1978). Phenobarbital: Concentration-dependent biphasic effect on aplysia burst-firing neurons. Neuroscience Letters. 10(1-2). 175–180. 8 indexed citations

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