Robert M. J. Deacon

15.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
116 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Robert M. J. Deacon is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert M. J. Deacon has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 44 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 36 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert M. J. Deacon's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (36 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (32 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (21 papers). Robert M. J. Deacon is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (36 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (32 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (21 papers). Robert M. J. Deacon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Chile and United States. Robert M. J. Deacon's co-authors include J. N. P. Rawlins, David M. Bannerman, Joram Feldon, J. N. P. Rawlins, V. Hugh Perry, Colm Cunningham, Benjamin K. Yee, Tobias Bast, Stephen B. McHugh and Helen H. J. Pothuizen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Genetics and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert M. J. Deacon

114 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Regional dissociations within the hippocampus—memory and anxiety

2004 1.2k citations David M. Bannerman, J. N. P. Rawlins et al. profile →
Assessing nest building in mice

2006 759 citations Robert M. J. Deacon Nature Protocols profile →
T-maze alternation in the rodent

2006 693 citations Robert M. J. Deacon, J. N. P. Rawlins Nature Protocols profile →

Peers

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Charles V. Vorhees United States

Jacob Raber United States

Michael T. Williams United States

Kiyofumi Yamada Japan

Lin Xu China

Rainer Rupprecht Germany

Hans‐Gert Bernstein Germany

Anthony J. Hannan Australia

Tsuyoshi Miyakawa Japan

Christoph Kellendonk United States

Charles V. Vorhees United States

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5.5k ×1.3

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3.4k ×1.1

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1.6k ×0.8

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert M. J. Deacon

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Holmes, Todd C., et al.. (2025). Octodon degus laboratory colony management principles and methods for behavioral analysis for Alzheimer’s disease neuroscience research. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 16. 1517416–1517416. 1 indexed citations

Zampieri, Guido, Léa Cabrol, Eduardo Castro‐Nallar, et al.. (2024). Microbiome alterations are associated with apolipoprotein E mutation in Octodon degus and humans with Alzheimer’s disease. iScience. 27(8). 110348–110348. 6 indexed citations

Deacon, Robert M. J., et al.. (2023). Exploratory and Locomotor Activity in Mice Following Selective Lesions of the Hippocampus: Effects of Lesion Site and Open Field Arena Size. Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology. 59(4). 1112–1135. 1 indexed citations

Ezquer, Marcelo, et al.. (2022). Spatial maps and oscillations in the healthy hippocampus of Octodon degus, a natural model of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 7350–7350.

Hurley, Michael J., Robert M. J. Deacon, Katrin Beyer, et al.. (2018). The long-lived Octodon degus as a rodent drug discovery model for Alzheimer's and other age-related diseases. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 188. 36–44. 23 indexed citations

Gurney, Mark E., Patricia Cogram, Robert M. J. Deacon, Christopher S. Rex, & Michael R. Tranfaglia. (2017). Multiple Behavior Phenotypes of the Fragile-X Syndrome Mouse Model Respond to Chronic Inhibition of Phosphodiesterase-4D (PDE4D). Scientific Reports. 7(1). 14653–14653. 53 indexed citations

Deacon, Robert M. J., Larry Glass, Mike Snape, et al.. (2015). NNZ-2566, a Novel Analog of (1–3) IGF-1, as a Potential Therapeutic Agent for Fragile X Syndrome. NeuroMolecular Medicine. 17(1). 71–82. 55 indexed citations

Goncalves, Maria B., Earl E. Clarke, Carl Hobbs, et al.. (2013). Amyloid β inhibits retinoic acid synthesis exacerbating Alzheimer disease pathology which can be attenuated by an retinoic acid receptor α agonist. European Journal of Neuroscience. 37(7). 1182–1192. 60 indexed citations

Sanderson, David J., J. N. P. Rawlins, Robert M. J. Deacon, et al.. (2011). Hippocampal lesions can enhance discrimination learning despite normal sensitivity to interference from incidental information. Hippocampus. 22(7). 1553–1566. 11 indexed citations

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Deacon, Robert M. J.. (2009). Burrowing: A sensitive behavioural assay, tested in five species of laboratory rodents. Behavioural Brain Research. 200(1). 128–133. 99 indexed citations

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Deacon, Robert M. J., Kevin Talbot, David J. Sanderson, et al.. (2008). Age-dependent and -independent behavioral deficits in Tg2576 mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 189(1). 126–138. 96 indexed citations

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Deacon, Robert M. J.. (2006). Appetitive position discrimination in the T-maze. Nature Protocols. 1(1). 13–15. 27 indexed citations

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Kempster, Sarah, Margaret E. Collins, Robert M. J. Deacon, & N. Edington. (2004). Impaired motor coordination on static rods in BSE-infected mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 154(1). 291–295. 3 indexed citations

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Bannerman, David M., Matthew S. Grubb, Robert M. J. Deacon, et al.. (2003). Ventral hippocampal lesions affect anxiety but not spatial learning. Behavioural Brain Research. 139(1-2). 197–213. 434 indexed citations

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Deacon, Robert M. J. & J. N. P. Rawlins. (2002). Learning impairments of hippocampal-lesioned mice in a paddling pool.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 116(3). 472–478. 37 indexed citations

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Vincent, Angela, Robert M. J. Deacon, Paola Dalton, et al.. (2002). Maternal antibody-mediated dyslexia? Evidence for a pathogenic serum factor in a mother of two dyslexic children shown by transfer to mice using behavioural studies and magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 130(1-2). 243–247. 24 indexed citations

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Dellen, Anton van, Robert M. J. Deacon, Denis York, Colin Blakemore, & Anthony J. Hannan. (2001). Anterior cingulate cortical transplantation in transgenic Huntington’s disease mice. Brain Research Bulletin. 56(3-4). 313–318. 46 indexed citations

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Deacon, Robert M. J., J. S. Nicholas, & Philip B. Rawlins. (1996). Effects of aspiration lesions of hippocampus or overlying neocortex on concurrent and configural object discriminations in rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 77(1-2). 165–174. 16 indexed citations

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Rawlins, J. N. P., et al.. (1993). Critical determinants of nonspatial working memory deficits in rats with conventional lesions of the hippocampus or fornix.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 107(3). 420–433. 100 indexed citations

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Gardner, Colin, et al.. (1987). Agonist and antagonist activities at benzodiazepine receptors of a novel series of quinoline derivatives. European Journal of Pharmacology. 142(2). 285–295. 9 indexed citations

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