Kenneth A. Pelkey

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Kenneth A. Pelkey is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth A. Pelkey has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kenneth A. Pelkey's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (45 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (13 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (13 papers). Kenneth A. Pelkey is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (45 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (13 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (13 papers). Kenneth A. Pelkey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Kenneth A. Pelkey's co-authors include Chris J. McBain, Ramesh Chittajallu, Ludovic Tricoire, Michael T. Craig, Michael W. Salter, Jason C. Wester, Katherine W. Roche, Graham L. Collingridge, John Isaac and Akira Terashima and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth A. Pelkey

53 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Young Dentate Granule Cells Mediate Pattern Separation, whereas Old Granule Cells Facilitate Pattern Completion

2012 637 citations Kenneth A. Pelkey, Ramesh Chittajallu et al. profile →
Hippocampal GABAergic Inhibitory Interneurons

2017 568 citations Kenneth A. Pelkey, Ramesh Chittajallu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth A. Pelkey United States	34	3.9k	2.2k	1.7k	819	794	55	5.2k
John Larson United States	39	4.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	2.7k 1.6×	846 1.0×	696 0.9×	79	6.5k
Øivind Hvalby Norway	31	3.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	637 0.8×	414 0.5×	42	4.7k
Elek Molnár United Kingdom	41	4.9k 1.3×	3.6k 1.6×	1.6k 1.0×	846 1.0×	557 0.7×	98	6.7k
Serena M. Dudek United States	37	4.4k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.7×	786 1.0×	492 0.6×	80	6.6k
Gaël Malleret France	25	3.1k 0.8×	2.3k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	669 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	45	5.5k
Nobuaki Tamamaki Japan	42	3.9k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	693 0.8×	1.7k 2.1×	107	6.0k
Wade Morishita United States	31	3.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	409 0.5×	44	5.1k
David J. A. Wyllie United Kingdom	46	4.5k 1.2×	4.3k 1.9×	1.3k 0.8×	770 0.9×	693 0.9×	100	6.9k
Hiroyuki Okuno Japan	33	2.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	495 0.6×	443 0.6×	81	4.7k
Camilla Bellone Switzerland	33	3.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	470 0.6×	450 0.6×	53	4.9k

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Chittajallu, Ramesh, et al.. (2025). Complex opioid-driven modulation of glutamatergic and cholinergic neurotransmission in a GABAergic brain nucleus associated with emotion, reward, and addiction. eLife. 14.

Shin, Jung Hoon, Dennis A. Burke, Miriam E. Bocarsly, et al.. (2025). Local Regulation of Striatal Dopamine Release Shifts from Predominantly Cholinergic in Mice to GABAergic in Macaques. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(11). e1692242025–e1692242025. 1 indexed citations

Chittajallu, Ramesh, Vivek Mahadevan, Steven Hunt, et al.. (2020). Activity-dependent tuning of intrinsic excitability in mouse and human neurogliaform cells. eLife. 9. 30 indexed citations

Han, Wenyan, Jun Li, Kenneth A. Pelkey, et al.. (2019). Shisa7 is a GABA _A receptor auxiliary subunit controlling benzodiazepine actions. Science. 366(6462). 246–250. 69 indexed citations

Xiao, Mei-Fang, Desheng Xu, Michael T. Craig, et al.. (2017). NPTX2 and cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease. eLife. 6. 236 indexed citations

Li, Jun, Wenyan Han, Kenneth A. Pelkey, et al.. (2017). Molecular Dissection of Neuroligin 2 and Slitrk3 Reveals an Essential Framework for GABAergic Synapse Development. Neuron. 96(4). 808–826.e8. 75 indexed citations

Pelkey, Kenneth A., Michael T. Craig, Xiaoqing Yuan, et al.. (2016). Pentraxins Coordinate Excitatory Synapse Maturation and Circuit Integration of Parvalbumin Interneurons. Neuron. 90(3). 661–661. 14 indexed citations

Vargish, Geoffrey, Kenneth A. Pelkey, Xiaoqing Yuan, et al.. (2016). Co-activation of VEGF and NMDA receptors promotes synaptic targeting of AMPA receptors. Molecular Psychiatry. 22(1). 1–1. 24 indexed citations

Matta, José A., Kenneth A. Pelkey, Michael T. Craig, et al.. (2013). Developmental origin dictates interneuron AMPA and NMDA receptor subunit composition and plasticity. Nature Neuroscience. 16(8). 1032–1041. 84 indexed citations

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Tang, Man, Kenneth A. Pelkey, David Ng, et al.. (2011). Neto1 Is an Auxiliary Subunit of Native Synaptic Kainate Receptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(27). 10009–10018. 77 indexed citations

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Daw, Michael I., Kenneth A. Pelkey, Ramesh Chittajallu, & Chris J. McBain. (2010). Presynaptic Kainate Receptor Activation Preserves Asynchronous GABA Release Despite the Reduction in Synchronous Release from Hippocampal Cholecystokinin Interneurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(33). 11202–11209. 37 indexed citations

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Chang, Michael, Joo Min Park, Kenneth A. Pelkey, et al.. (2010). Narp regulates homeostatic scaling of excitatory synapses on parvalbumin-expressing interneurons. Nature Neuroscience. 13(9). 1090–1097. 233 indexed citations

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Pelkey, Kenneth A., Lisa Topolnik, Xiaoqing Yuan, Jean‐Claude Lacaille, & Chris J. McBain. (2008). State-Dependent cAMP Sensitivity of Presynaptic Function Underlies Metaplasticity in a Hippocampal Feedforward Inhibitory Circuit. Neuron. 60(6). 980–987. 60 indexed citations

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Pelkey, Kenneth A., Lisa Topolnik, Ronald S. Petralia, et al.. (2007). Developmental Expression of Ca²⁺-Permeable AMPA Receptors Underlies Depolarization-Induced Long-Term Depression at Mossy Fiber–CA3 Pyramid Synapses. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(43). 11651–11662. 85 indexed citations

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Pelkey, Kenneth A., Lisa Topolnik, Jean‐Claude Lacaille, & Chris J. McBain. (2006). Compartmentalized Ca2+ Channel Regulation at Divergent Mossy-Fiber Release Sites Underlies Target Cell-Dependent Plasticity. Neuron. 52(3). 497–510. 96 indexed citations

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Kalia, Lorraine V., Graham M. Pitcher, Kenneth A. Pelkey, & Michael W. Salter. (2006). PSD‐95 is a negative regulator of the tyrosine kinase Src in the NMDA receptor complex. The EMBO Journal. 25(20). 4971–4982. 51 indexed citations

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Pelkey, Kenneth A., Xiaoqing Yuan, Gabriela Lavezzari, Katherine W. Roche, & Chris J. McBain. (2006). mGluR7 undergoes rapid internalization in response to activation by the allosteric agonist AMN082. Neuropharmacology. 52(1). 108–117. 102 indexed citations

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Gingrich, Jeffrey R., Kenneth A. Pelkey, Yue‐Qiao Huang, et al.. (2004). Unique domain anchoring of Src to synaptic NMDA receptors via the mitochondrial protein NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(16). 6237–6242. 107 indexed citations

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Huang, Yue‐Qiao, Wei‐Yang Lu, Declan W. Ali, et al.. (2001). CAKβ/Pyk2 Kinase Is a Signaling Link for Induction of Long-Term Potentiation in CA1 Hippocampus. Neuron. 29(2). 485–496. 230 indexed citations

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Pelkey, Kenneth A., et al.. (1998). Actions of excitatory amino acids on mesencephalic trigeminal neurons. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 76(9). 900–908. 33 indexed citations

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