Guy Major

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Guy Major is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Guy Major has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Guy Major's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (13 papers). Guy Major is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (13 papers). Guy Major collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Guy Major's co-authors include Jackie Schiller, Bert Sakmann, Péter Jónás, David W. Tank, Yitzhak Schiller, Helmut J. Koester, Matthew E. Larkum, Jonathan D. Evans, Julian Jack and Alan U. Larkman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Guy Major

26 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Quantal components of unitary EPSCs at the mossy fibre synapse on CA3 pyramidal cells of rat hippocampus.

1993 552 citations Péter Jónás, Guy Major et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
NMDA spikes in basal dendrites of cortical pyramidal neurons

2000 513 citations Jackie Schiller, Guy Major et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guy Major United Kingdom	19	2.2k	2.0k	631	344	152	28	2.7k
Julian Jack United Kingdom	28	2.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	903 1.4×	267 0.8×	141 0.9×	45	3.1k
Thomas K. Berger Germany	25	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	572 0.9×	331 1.0×	169 1.1×	43	2.5k
Jean‐Marc Goaillard France	20	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	774 1.2×	248 0.7×	210 1.4×	28	2.5k
Maxim Volgushev Germany	29	2.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.3×	355 0.6×	388 1.1×	250 1.6×	82	3.2k
Christiaan P. J. de Kock Netherlands	34	2.6k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	697 1.1×	314 0.9×	80 0.5×	60	3.7k
Alon Poleg-Polsky United States	20	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	502 0.8×	577 1.7×	90 0.6×	26	2.8k
Ulf Knoblich United States	17	2.5k 1.1×	2.9k 1.5×	497 0.8×	193 0.6×	105 0.7×	21	3.9k
Andrea R. Hasenstaub United States	22	2.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.5×	389 0.6×	339 1.0×	277 1.8×	34	3.7k
Tiago Branco United Kingdom	14	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	409 0.6×	379 1.1×	83 0.5×	14	1.9k
Jeffrey L. Gauthier United States	21	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	770 1.2×	196 0.6×	175 1.2×	26	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Guy Major

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guy Major

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Major, Guy, et al.. (2025). Average miniature post-synaptic potential size is inversely proportional to membrane capacitance across neocortical pyramidal neurons of different sizes. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 19. 1590157–1590157.

Ranson, Adam, et al.. (2019). Top-Down Suppression of Sensory Cortex in an NMDAR Hypofunction Model of Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 45(6). 1349–1357. 14 indexed citations

Sanders, Honi, et al.. (2013). NMDA and GABA _B (KIR) Conductances: The “Perfect Couple” for Bistability. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(2). 424–429. 38 indexed citations

Major, Guy, Matthew E. Larkum, & Jackie Schiller. (2013). Active Properties of Neocortical Pyramidal Neuron Dendrites. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 36(1). 1–24. 293 indexed citations

Major, Guy, Alon Poleg-Polsky, Winfried Denk, Jackie Schiller, & David W. Tank. (2008). Spatiotemporally Graded NMDA Spike/Plateau Potentials in Basal Dendrites of Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 99(5). 2584–2601. 152 indexed citations

Major, Guy, R. Baker, Emre Aksay, et al.. (2004). Plasticity and tuning by visual feedback of the stability of a neural integrator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(20). 7739–7744. 44 indexed citations

Major, Guy & David W. Tank. (2004). Persistent neural activity: prevalence and mechanisms. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 14(6). 675–684. 237 indexed citations

Schiller, Jackie, Guy Major, Helmut J. Koester, & Yitzhak Schiller. (2000). NMDA spikes in basal dendrites of cortical pyramidal neurons. Nature. 404(6775). 285–289. 513 indexed citations breakdown →

Antic, Srdjan D., Guy Major, & Dejan Zečević. (1999). Fast Optical Recordings of Membrane Potential Changes From Dendrites of Pyramidal Neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 82(3). 1615–1621. 83 indexed citations

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Antic, Srdjan D., et al.. (1997). Fast Voltage-sensitive Dye Recording of Membrane Potential Changes at Multiple Sites on an Individual Nerve Cell in the Rat Cortical Slice. Biological Bulletin. 193(2). 261–261. 6 indexed citations

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Evans, Jonathan D., Guy Major, & G. Kember. (1995). Techniques for the application of the analytical solution to the multicylinder somatic shunt cable model for passive neurones. Mathematical Biosciences. 125(1). 1–50. 6 indexed citations

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Jack, Julian, Alan U. Larkman, Guy Major, & Ken Stratford. (1994). 18 Quantal analysis of the synaptic excitation of Ca1 hippocampal pyramidal cells. PubMed. 29. 275–299. 37 indexed citations

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Major, Guy & Jonathan D. Evans. (1994). Solutions for transients in arbitrarily branching cables: IV. Nonuniform electrical parameters. Biophysical Journal. 66(3). 615–633. 9 indexed citations

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Major, Guy, et al.. (1993). Solutions for transients in arbitrarily branching cables: I. Voltage recording with a somatic shunt. Biophysical Journal. 65(1). 423–449. 74 indexed citations

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Major, Guy, Jonathan D. Evans, & Julian Jack. (1993). Solutions for transients in arbitrarily branching cables. Biophysical Journal. 65(1). 450–468. 60 indexed citations

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Jónás, Péter, Guy Major, & Bert Sakmann. (1993). Quantal components of unitary EPSCs at the mossy fibre synapse on CA3 pyramidal cells of rat hippocampus.. The Journal of Physiology. 472(1). 615–663. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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Evans, Jonathan D., G. Kember, & Guy Major. (1992). Techniques for obtaining analytical solutions to the multicylinder somatic shunt cable model for passive neurones. Biophysical Journal. 63(2). 350–365. 17 indexed citations

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Larkman, Alan U., et al.. (1992). Dendritic morphology of pyramidal neurones of the visual cortex of the rat. IV: Electrical geometry. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 323(2). 137–152. 62 indexed citations

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Jack, Julian, Dimitri M. Kullmann, Alan U. Larkman, Guy Major, & Ken Stratford. (1990). Quantal Analysis of Excitatory Synaptic Mechanisms in the Mammalian Central Nervous System. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 55(0). 57–67. 18 indexed citations

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Stratford, Ken, Adrian Mason, Alan U. Larkman, Guy Major, & Julian Jack. (1989). The modelling of pyramidal neurones in the visual cortex. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 296–321. 35 indexed citations

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