Narayanan Kasthuri

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Narayanan Kasthuri is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Narayanan Kasthuri has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 16 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Narayanan Kasthuri's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (13 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (11 papers). Narayanan Kasthuri is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (13 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (11 papers). Narayanan Kasthuri collaborates with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. Narayanan Kasthuri's co-authors include Jaime Grutzendler, Wen‐Biao Gan, Jeff W. Lichtman, Kenneth J. Hayworth, Daniel R. Berger, Richard Schalek, H. Sebastian Seung, Ole Paulsen, Paola Arlotta and Hsu-Hsin Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Narayanan Kasthuri

56 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Long-term dendritic spine stability in the adult cortex

2002 942 citations Jaime Grutzendler, Narayanan Kasthuri et al. Nature profile →
Distinct Profiles of Myelin Distribution Along Single Axons of Pyramidal Neurons in the Neocortex

2014 398 citations Giulio Srubek Tomassy, Daniel R. Berger et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Narayanan Kasthuri United States	23	1.5k	907	819	553	447	57	3.2k
Wei-Chung Allen Lee United States	21	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	753 0.9×	624 1.1×	213 0.5×	48	3.3k
Daniel R. Berger United States	19	803 0.5×	570 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	375 0.7×	507 1.1×	41	2.8k
Ju Lu United States	23	1.1k 0.7×	627 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	782 1.4×	253 0.6×	62	3.2k
John C. Fiala United States	23	2.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	266 0.5×	608 1.4×	49	4.2k
Vincenzo De Paola United Kingdom	29	1.7k 1.2×	692 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	469 0.8×	529 1.2×	57	3.7k
Kwanghun Chung United States	29	1.2k 0.8×	733 0.8×	2.0k 2.5×	2.1k 3.7×	222 0.5×	55	5.9k
Anan Li China	31	1.1k 0.7×	883 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	1.4k 2.6×	100 0.2×	161	4.0k
Tomomi Nemoto Japan	29	1.6k 1.1×	491 0.5×	1.5k 1.8×	782 1.4×	344 0.8×	107	4.0k
Eran A. Mukamel United States	26	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	2.0k 2.4×	588 1.1×	359 0.8×	44	4.7k
Kenneth J. Hayworth United States	15	559 0.4×	379 0.4×	669 0.8×	312 0.6×	256 0.6×	30	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Narayanan Kasthuri

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Narayanan Kasthuri

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Wildenberg, Gregg, Kevin M. Boergens, A. S. Craig, et al.. (2025). Photoemission electron microscopy for connectomics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(48). e2521349122–e2521349122. 1 indexed citations

Janakiraman, Balamurugan, et al.. (2024). An efficient wastewater collection model for groundwater resource protection in smart cities. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 25. 101091–101091. 7 indexed citations

Wildenberg, Gregg, Kevin M. Boergens, Kassandra Weber, et al.. (2024). OsO ₂ as the Contrast‐Generating Chemical Species of Osmium‐Stained Biological Tissues in Electron Microscopy. ChemBioChem. 25(20). e202400311–e202400311. 4 indexed citations

Wildenberg, Gregg, Griffin Badalamente, P. B. Littlewood, et al.. (2024). Synchrotron‐source micro‐x‐ray computed tomography for examining butterfly eyes. Ecology and Evolution. 14(4). e11137–e11137. 2 indexed citations

Wildenberg, Gregg, et al.. (2023). Isochronic development of cortical synapses in primates and mice. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8018–8018. 13 indexed citations

Howard, Christopher J., Alfredo J. Garcia, P. B. Littlewood, et al.. (2022). Performance Characteristics of a Novel 3D-Printed Bubble Intermittent Mandatory Ventilator (B-IMV) for Adult Pulmonary Support. Bioengineering. 9(4). 151–151. 3 indexed citations

Hamnett, Ryan, Vandana Sampathkumar, Vincent De Andrade, et al.. (2022). Regional cytoarchitecture of the adult and developing mouse enteric nervous system. Current Biology. 32(20). 4483–4492.e5. 19 indexed citations

Wildenberg, Gregg, et al.. (2021). Primate neuronal connections are sparse in cortex as compared to mouse. Cell Reports. 36(11). 109709–109709. 22 indexed citations

Sampathkumar, Vandana, et al.. (2020). An ultrastructural connectomic analysis of a higher‐order thalamocortical circuit in the mouse. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(3). 750–762. 4 indexed citations

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Johnson, Erik C., Vandana Sampathkumar, Vincent De Andrade, et al.. (2020). A three-dimensional thalamocortical dataset for characterizing brain heterogeneity. Scientific Data. 7(1). 358–358. 11 indexed citations

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Du, Ming, Robert Hill, Maximilian Joesch, et al.. (2018). Flexible Learning-Free Segmentation and Reconstruction of Neural Volumes. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 14247–14247. 10 indexed citations

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Dyer, Eva L., William Gray Roncal, Hugo L. Fernandes, et al.. (2017). Quantifying Mesoscale Neuroanatomy Using X-Ray Microtomography. eNeuro. 4(5). ENEURO.0195–17.2017. 61 indexed citations

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Bouchard, Kristofer E., James B. Aimone, Miyoung Chun, et al.. (2016). High-Performance Computing in Neuroscience for Data-Driven Discovery, Integration, and Dissemination. Neuron. 92(3). 628–631. 22 indexed citations

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Kaynig, Verena, Amelio Vázquez-Reina, Seymour Knowles-Barley, et al.. (2015). Large-scale automatic reconstruction of neuronal processes from electron microscopy images. Medical Image Analysis. 22(1). 77–88. 71 indexed citations

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Tomassy, Giulio Srubek, Daniel R. Berger, Hsu-Hsin Chen, et al.. (2014). Distinct Profiles of Myelin Distribution Along Single Axons of Pyramidal Neurons in the Neocortex. Science. 344(6181). 319–324. 398 indexed citations breakdown →

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Terasaki, Mark, Tom Shemesh, Narayanan Kasthuri, et al.. (2013). Stacked Endoplasmic Reticulum Sheets Are Connected by Helicoidal Membrane Motifs. Cell. 154(2). 285–296. 171 indexed citations

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Tapia, Juan Carlos, Narayanan Kasthuri, Kenneth J. Hayworth, et al.. (2012). High-contrast en bloc staining of neuronal tissue for field emission scanning electron microscopy. Nature Protocols. 7(2). 193–206. 206 indexed citations

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Fox, Michael A., Juan Carlos Tapia, Narayanan Kasthuri, & Jeff W. Lichtman. (2011). Delayed synapse elimination in mouse levator palpebrae superioris muscle. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 519(15). 2907–2921. 11 indexed citations

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Kasthuri, Narayanan & Jeff W. Lichtman. (2009). Neurocartography. Neuropsychopharmacology. 35(1). 342–343. 22 indexed citations

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Grutzendler, Jaime, Narayanan Kasthuri, & Wen‐Biao Gan. (2002). Long-term dendritic spine stability in the adult cortex. Nature. 420(6917). 812–816. 942 indexed citations breakdown →

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