Erik J. Plautz

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Erik J. Plautz is a scholar working on Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik J. Plautz has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Neurology, 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Erik J. Plautz's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (16 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (16 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (11 papers). Erik J. Plautz is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (16 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (16 papers) and Motor Control and Adaptation (11 papers). Erik J. Plautz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Erik J. Plautz's co-authors include Randolph J. Nudo, Shawn B. Frost, Scott Barbay, Garrett W. Milliken, Ann Stowe, Numa Dancause, Kathleen M. Friel, Elena V. Zoubina, Marie‐H. Monfils and Jeffrey A. Kleim and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Erik J. Plautz

47 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Extensive Cortical Rewiring after Brain Injury

2005 530 citations Numa Dancause, Scott Barbay et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erik J. Plautz United States	28	1.7k	1.2k	1.1k	801	756	50	3.7k
Isabelle Loubinoux France	33	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	644 0.8×	788 1.0×	83	4.1k
Scott Barbay United States	24	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	866 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	708 0.9×	53	3.6k
Alain Kaelin‐Lang Switzerland	29	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	670 0.6×	947 1.2×	1.4k 1.8×	111	4.1k
Adriana Bastos Conforto Brazil	28	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	303 0.4×	734 1.0×	130	3.6k
Shawn B. Frost United States	22	1.2k 0.7×	918 0.8×	707 0.7×	648 0.8×	494 0.7×	42	2.5k
Numa Dancause Canada	26	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	723 0.7×	596 0.7×	439 0.6×	69	2.6k
Fioravante Capone Italy	30	2.7k 1.6×	1.5k 1.3×	915 0.9×	568 0.7×	726 1.0×	127	4.0k
Helge Topka Germany	35	2.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	413 0.4×	1.0k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	94	4.8k
DeAnna L. Adkins United States	25	1.1k 0.6×	657 0.6×	563 0.5×	669 0.8×	486 0.6×	40	2.4k
S. Wroe United Kingdom	19	2.8k 1.7×	1.4k 1.2×	399 0.4×	507 0.6×	928 1.2×	39	4.3k

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Xu, Wei, Erik J. Plautz, Xiangmei Kong, et al.. (2025). SpinalTRAQ: A Novel Pipeline for Volumetric Cervical Spinal Cord Analysis Identifies the Corticospinal Tract Synaptic Projectome in Healthy and Post-stroke Mice. eNeuro. 12(9). ENEURO.0276–25.2025.

Chen, Jun, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal assessment of mitochondrial dysfunction in acute traumatic brain injury using hyperpolarized [1‐¹³C]pyruvate. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 90(6). 2432–2442. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Meifan, et al.. (2022). LZK-dependent stimulation of astrocyte reactivity promotes corticospinal axon sprouting. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 969261–969261. 7 indexed citations

Selvaraj, Uma Maheswari, Xiangmei Kong, Ashwani Kumar, et al.. (2021). Delayed diapedesis of CD8 T cells contributes to long-term pathology after ischemic stroke in male mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 95. 502–513. 31 indexed citations

Ortega, Sterling, Vanessa O. Torres, Sarah E. Latchney, et al.. (2020). B cells migrate into remote brain areas and support neurogenesis and functional recovery after focal stroke in mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(9). 4983–4993. 94 indexed citations

Straub, Isabelle, Erik J. Plautz, Marta Orlando, et al.. (2020). Loss of Piccolo Function in Rats Induces Cerebellar Network Dysfunction and Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Type 3-like Phenotypes. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(14). 2943–2959. 11 indexed citations

Zuurbier, Kielen R., et al.. (2019). Impaired meningeal lymphatic vessel development worsens stroke outcome. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 40(2). 263–275. 91 indexed citations

Sadler, Rebecca, Steffanie Heindl, Sarantos Kostidis, et al.. (2019). Short-Chain Fatty Acids Improve Poststroke Recovery via Immunological Mechanisms. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(5). 1162–1173. 243 indexed citations

Frost, Shawn B., Daofen Chen, Scott Barbay, et al.. (2016). Effects of Forced Use on the Ventral Premotor Cortex Distal Forelimb Representation After Ischemic Infarct in Primary Motor Cortex. PM&R. 8(9S). S158–S158. 2 indexed citations

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Selvaraj, Uma Maheswari, Sterling Ortega, Erik J. Plautz, et al.. (2015). Quantification of Neurovascular Protection Following Repetitive Hypoxic Preconditioning and Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e52675–e52675. 9 indexed citations

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Rojas, Julio C., Erik J. Plautz, Ann Stowe, & Mark P. Goldberg. (2014). Neuroprotection Against Ischemic Brain Injury with Methylene Blue (P1.104). Neurology. 82(10_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Monson, Nancy, Sterling Ortega, Sara Ireland, et al.. (2014). Repetitive hypoxic preconditioning induces an immunosuppressed B cell phenotype during endogenous protection from stroke. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 11(1). 22–22. 48 indexed citations

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Stowe, Ann, Erik J. Plautz, Phuong Nguyen, et al.. (2007). Neuronal HIF-1α Protein and VEGFR-2 Immunoreactivity in Functionally Related Motor Areas following a Focal M1 Infarct. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 28(3). 612–620. 31 indexed citations

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Dancause, Numa, Scott Barbay, Shawn B. Frost, et al.. (2006). Effects of Small Ischemic Lesions in the Primary Motor Cortex on Neurophysiological Organization in Ventral Premotor Cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology. 96(6). 3506–3511. 81 indexed citations

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Dancause, Numa, Scott Barbay, Shawn B. Frost, et al.. (2005). Extensive Cortical Rewiring after Brain Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(44). 10167–10179. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dancause, Numa, Scott Barbay, Shawn B. Frost, et al.. (2005). Topographically Divergent and Convergent Connectivity between Premotor and Primary Motor Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 16(8). 1057–1068. 52 indexed citations

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Friel, Kathleen M., Scott Barbay, Shawn B. Frost, et al.. (2005). Dissociation of Sensorimotor Deficits After Rostral Versus Caudal Lesions in the Primary Motor Cortex Hand Representation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 94(2). 1312–1324. 37 indexed citations

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Frost, Shawn B., Scott Barbay, Kathleen M. Friel, Erik J. Plautz, & Randolph J. Nudo. (2003). Reorganization of Remote Cortical Regions After Ischemic Brain Injury: A Potential Substrate for Stroke Recovery. Journal of Neurophysiology. 89(6). 3205–3214. 329 indexed citations

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Plautz, Erik J., Scott Barbay, Shawn B. Frost, et al.. (2003). Post-infarct cortical plasticity and behavioral recovery using concurrent cortical stimulation and rehabilitative training: A feasibility study in primates. Neurological Research. 25(8). 801–810. 228 indexed citations

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Nudo, Randolph J., Erik J. Plautz, & Shawn B. Frost. (2001). Role of adaptive plasticity in recovery of function after damage to motor cortex. Muscle & Nerve. 24(8). 1000–1019. 409 indexed citations

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