Thomas L. Babb

11.5k citations

114 papers · 9.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.1%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Psychiatry and Mental health top 0.1%
- Epilepsy research and treatment

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 92
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 80
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering 15
Psychiatry and Mental health 53
- Epilepsy research and treatment 53

Co-authors: James K. Pretorius Paul H. Crandall Deborah M. Finch Charles L. Wilson P.H. Crandall Gary W. Mathern Eric Halgren Wendy J. Brown
Journals: Epilepsia (14 papers)Epilepsy Research (12 papers)Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology (12 papers)Experimental Neurology (12 papers)Brain Research (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States Italy Australia

In The Last Decade

Thomas L. Babb

114 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Terminology and classification of the cortical dysplasias 2004 · 724 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2004 Neurology
1993 Epilepsia
1991 Neuroscience
1980 Science

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1	Topical Aldose Reductase Inhibitor Formulations for Effective Lens Drug Delivery in a Rat Model for Sugar Cataracts Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics ·Peter F. Kador, A. G. Proskuryakov, Thomas L. Babb, Samia Zeb, Yoshihiro Takamura, Wenjun Zhu, Karen Blessing, Uday B. Kompella	2007	18
2	Interictal EEG, Hippocampal Atrophy, and Cell Densities in Hippocampal Sclerosis and Hippocampal Sclerosis Associated With Microscopic Cortical Dysplasia Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology ·Beate Diehl, Imad Najm, Armin Mohamed, Thomas L. Babb, Ying Zhong, William Bingaman	2002	14
3	Epileptogenicity Correlated with Increased N‐Methyl‐d‐Aspartate Receptor Subunit NR2A/B in Human Focal Cortical Dysplasia Epilepsia ·Imad Najm, Ying Zhong, Thomas L. Babb, Armin Mohamed, Caio Matteúcci de Andrade Lopes, Eric LaPresto, Elaine Wyllie, Prakash Kotagal, William Bingaman, Nancy Foldvary, Harold H. Morris, Hans O. Lüders	2000	101
4	Decreased calmodulin-NR1 co-assembly as a mechanism for focal epilepsy in cortical dysplasia Neuroreport ·Nobuhiro Mikuni, Kazutoshi Nishiyama, Thomas L. Babb, Ying Zhong, Imad Najm, Takashi Okamoto, Hans O. Lüders, Christi J. Wylie	1999	13
5	Hippocampal Chemical Anatomy in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients with Hippocampal or Extrahippocampal Epilepsy Developmental Neuroscience ·Ying Zhong, Thomas L. Babb, Arlete Hilbig, Elaine Wyllie, A. Mohamed, William Bingaman, Richard A. Prayson, Susan M. Staugaitis, Imad Najm, Hans O. Lüders	1999	5
6	Increased NR1–NR2A/B coassembly as a mechanism for rat chronic hippocampal epilepsy Neuroscience Letters ·Lijie FU, Thomas L. Babb, M Monteiro	1999	15
7	A short episode of seizure activity protects from status epilepticus-induced neuronal damage in rat brain Brain Research ·Imad Najm, Caio Matteúcci de Andrade Lopes, Peter Van der Gulik, Nobuhiro Mikuni, Migifumi Murata, G.M. Duignan, Georges Z. Markarian, Hans O. Lüders, Thomas L. Babb, Michel Baudry	1998	43
8	NMDAR2 upregulation precedes mossy fiber sprouting in kainate rat hippocampal epilepsy Neuroscience Letters ·Nobuhiro Mikuni, Thomas L. Babb, E. Ziaja, Caio Matteúcci de Andrade Lopes, Migifumi Murata	1998	16
9	Postnatal expressions of non-phosphorylated and phosphorylated neurofilament proteins in the rat hippocampus and the Timm-stained mossy fiber pathway Brain Research ·Nobuhiro Mikuni, Thomas L. Babb, E. Ziaja, Chun Kee Chung	1998	16
10	Aberrant hippocampal mossy fiber sprouting correlates with greater NMDAR2 receptor staining Neuroreport ·Gary W. Mathern, João Pereira Leite, Thomas L. Babb, Vilma Gabriela Cordero Zevillanos, Jackson Olsen, Delia Mendoza, Itzhak Fried, Américo Ceiki Sakamoto, João Alberto Assirati, P. David Adelson, Warwick J. Peacock	1996	49
11	Neuron loss, mossy fiber sprouting, and interictal spikes after intrahippocampal kainate in developing rats Epilepsy Research ·João Pereira Leite, Thomas L. Babb, James K. Pretorius, Jackson Olsen, Sam Gurol, Gary W. Mathern	1996	79
12	The pathogenic and progressive features of chronic human hippocampal epilepsy Epilepsy Research ·Gary W. Mathern, Thomas L. Babb, João Pereira Leite, James K. Pretorius, Sam Gurol, Jackson Olsen	1996	183
13	Kainic acid induced hippocampal seizures in rats: comparisons of acute and chronic seizures using intrahippocampal versus systemic injections Neurological Sciences ·Thomas L. Babb, João Pereira Leite, Gary W. Mathern, James K. Pretorius	1995	47
14	Traumatic compared to non-traumatic clinical-pathologic associations in temporal lobe epilepsy Epilepsy Research ·Gary W. Mathern, Thomas L. Babb, Barbara G. Vickrey, Wan LimWan, Daniela Di Fidio	1994	51
15	Hippocampal EEG excitability and chronic spontaneous seizures are associated with aberrant synaptic reorganization in the rat intrahippocampal kainate model Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology ·Gary W. Mathern, Fredi Cifuentes, João Pereira Leite, James K. Pretorius, Thomas L. Babb	1993	136
16	Circuit Mechanisms of Seizures in the Pilocarpine Model of Chronic Epilepsy: Cell Loss and Mossy Fiber Sprouting Epilepsia ·Luiz E. Mello, Ésper A. Cavalheiro, Aiko M. Tan, Francesco Vario, James K. Pretorius, Thomas L. Babb, Deborah M. Finch Hit paper breakdown →	1993	576
17	Distribution of glutamate‐decarboxylase‐immunoreactive neurons and synapses in the rat and monkey hippocampus: Light and electron microscopy The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Thomas L. Babb, James K. Pretorius, Francesco Vario, Wendy J. Brown	1988	83
18	Diversity in periodic pattern of firing in human hippocampal neurons Experimental Neurology ·Masako Isokawa-Akesson, Charles L. Wilson, Thomas L. Babb	1987	12
19	Interhemispheric Propagation Time of Human Hippocampal Seizures Epilepsia ·Jeffrey P. Lieb, Jerome Engel, Thomas L. Babb	1986	114
20	Effects of Chronic Cerebellar Stimulation on Chronic Limbic Seizures in Monkeys Epilepsia ·George M. Strain, Thomas L. Babb, Henry V. Soper, Kent M. Perryman, Jeffrey P. Lieb, Paul H. Crandall	1979	9

About Thomas L. Babb

Thomas L. Babb is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health, Developmental Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurology, having authored 114 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (80 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (53 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (23 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (20 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (15 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (13 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (6.2k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (4.3k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (1.2k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (3.8k citations) and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (1.5k citations). Thomas L. Babb has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and Australia. Frequent co-authors include James K. Pretorius, Paul H. Crandall, Deborah M. Finch, Charles L. Wilson, P.H. Crandall, Gary W. Mathern, Eric Halgren, Wendy J. Brown, Jeffrey P. Lieb and Jerome Engel. Their work appears in journals such as Epilepsia, Epilepsy Research, Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, Experimental Neurology and Brain Research.

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