Thomas P. Sutula

8.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
74 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

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Thomas P. Sutula is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas P. Sutula has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 33 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 25 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas P. Sutula's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (51 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (33 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (14 papers). Thomas P. Sutula is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (51 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (33 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (14 papers). Thomas P. Sutula collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Australia. Thomas P. Sutula's co-authors include José E Cavazos, Asla Pitkänen, Grayson Scott, Xiaoxian He, Michael W. Lynch, F. Edward Dudek, Golijeh Golarai, Gregory D. Cascino, Isabel Parada and Lincoln F. Ramirez and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Thomas P. Sutula

74 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Mossy fiber synaptic reorganization in the epileptic human temporal lobe

1989 922 citations Thomas P. Sutula, José E Cavazos et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Synaptic Reorganization in the Hippocampus Induced by Abnormal Functional Activity

1988 755 citations Thomas P. Sutula, José E Cavazos et al. profile →
Is epilepsy a progressive disorder? Prospects for new therapeutic approaches in temporal-lobe epilepsy

2002 506 citations Asla Pitkänen, Thomas P. Sutula profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas P. Sutula United States	40	5.0k	2.7k	1.9k	1.6k	1.3k	74	6.9k
Heinz Beck Germany	57	6.0k 1.2×	2.3k 0.8×	4.0k 2.1×	2.1k 1.3×	782 0.6×	149	8.5k
Paul S. Buckmaster United States	44	4.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	89	6.0k
Eric W. Lothman United States	48	6.0k 1.2×	2.8k 1.0×	2.6k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	751 0.6×	116	7.3k
W. McIntyre Burnham Canada	39	2.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	839 0.5×	580 0.4×	156	5.1k
J. Victor Nadler United States	56	8.6k 1.7×	1.8k 0.7×	4.5k 2.3×	2.4k 1.5×	2.4k 1.8×	146	11.0k
Edward H. Bertram United States	46	3.9k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	354 0.3×	96	5.6k
Mérab Kokaia Sweden	45	5.1k 1.0×	953 0.4×	2.5k 1.3×	911 0.6×	2.7k 2.0×	135	7.1k
Amy R. Brooks‐Kayal United States	42	2.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	704 0.4×	485 0.4×	81	4.7k
Monique Esclapez France	36	4.3k 0.9×	945 0.3×	1.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	856 0.6×	58	5.3k
Patric K. Stanton United States	48	4.8k 1.0×	675 0.3×	2.8k 1.4×	2.2k 1.4×	560 0.4×	126	6.9k

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Carrazana, Enrique, Tracy A. Glauser, B. Herman, et al.. (2025). Do Seizures Damage the Brain ?—Cumulative Effects of Seizures and Epilepsy: A 2025 Perspective. Epiliepsy currents. 26(1). 34–42. 1 indexed citations

Sutula, Thomas P., et al.. (2023). 2-Deoxy-D-glucose administration after seizures has disease-modifying effects on kindling progression. Epilepsy Research. 193. 107169–107169. 2 indexed citations

Reoma, Lauren, Ania Busza, M. Maral Mouradian, et al.. (2022). Experimental Neurotherapeutics: Surfing the Tidal Wave of New Opportunities. Annals of Neurology. 93(3). 427–430. 1 indexed citations

Kotloski, Robert J., Paul Rutecki, & Thomas P. Sutula. (2020). Genetic Background Influences Acute Response to TBI in Kindling-Susceptible, Kindling-Resistant, and Outbred Rats. Frontiers in Neurology. 10. 1286–1286. 5 indexed citations

Kotloski, Robert J., et al.. (2019). Epilepsy and aging. Handbook of clinical neurology. 167. 455–475. 11 indexed citations

Hutchinson, Elizabeth, Paul Rutecki, Andrew L. Alexander, & Thomas P. Sutula. (2012). Fisher statistics for analysis of diffusion tensor directional information. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 206(1). 40–45. 9 indexed citations

Hsu, David, et al.. (2010). Time–frequency analysis using damped-oscillator pseudo-wavelets: Application to electrophysiological recordings. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 194(1). 179–192. 5 indexed citations

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

Dudek, F. Edward & Thomas P. Sutula. (2007). Epileptogenesis in the dentate gyrus: a critical perspective. Progress in brain research. 163. 755–773. 201 indexed citations

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Sutula, Thomas P., Joshua Hagen, & Asla Pitkänen. (2003). Do epileptic seizures damage the brain?. Current Opinion in Neurology. 16(2). 189–195. 170 indexed citations

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Sutula, Thomas P., et al.. (2002). Do seizures damage the brain. Elsevier eBooks. 41 indexed citations

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Kotloski, Robert J., et al.. (2002). Repeated brief seizures induce progressive hippocampal neuron loss and memory deficits. Progress in brain research. 135. 95–110. 155 indexed citations

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Sutula, Thomas P.. (2002). Seizure-Induced Axonal Sprouting: Assessing Connections Between Injury, Local Circuits, and Epileptogenesis. Epiliepsy currents. 2(3). 86–91. 53 indexed citations

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Sayın, Ümit, Paul Rutecki, Jane Mellanby, & Thomas P. Sutula. (2001). Gamma-vinyl GABA reduces paired pulse inhibition in the rat dentate gyrus in vivo and in vitro. Epilepsy Research. 44(2-3). 109–117. 14 indexed citations

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Lytton, William W., Kevin M. Hellman, & Thomas P. Sutula. (1998). Computer models of hippocampal circuit changes of the kindling model of epilepsy. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 13(1-2). 81–97. 28 indexed citations

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Lynch, Michael W., Paul Rutecki, & Thomas P. Sutula. (1996). The effects of seizures on the brain. Current Opinion in Neurology. 9(2). 97–102. 50 indexed citations

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Sutula, Thomas P., José E Cavazos, & Austin Woodard. (1994). Long‐term structural and functional alterations induced in the hippocampus by kindling: Implications for memory dysfunction and the development of epilepsy. Hippocampus. 4(3). 254–258. 55 indexed citations

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Cavazos, José E, Golijeh Golarai, & Thomas P. Sutula. (1992). Septotemporal variation of the supragranular projection of the mossy fiber pathway in the dentate gyrus of normal and kindled rats. Hippocampus. 2(4). 363–372. 66 indexed citations

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Golarai, Golijeh, José E Cavazos, & Thomas P. Sutula. (1992). Activation of the dentate gyrus by pentylenetetrazol evoked seizures induces mossy fiber synaptic reorganization. Brain Research. 593(2). 257–264. 86 indexed citations

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Cavazos, José E & Thomas P. Sutula. (1990). Progressive neuronal loss induced by kindling: a possible mechanism for mossy fiber synaptic reorganization and hippocampal sclerosis. Brain Research. 527(1). 1–6. 326 indexed citations

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