Vegard Heimly Brun

2.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
13 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Vegard Heimly Brun is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Vegard Heimly Brun has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 3 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Vegard Heimly Brun's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (6 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (2 papers). Vegard Heimly Brun is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (6 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (2 papers). Vegard Heimly Brun collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Vegard Heimly Brun's co-authors include Edvard I Moser, May‐Britt Moser, Menno P. Witter, Stefan Leutgeb, Trygve Solstad, Sturla Molden, Torkel Hafting, Hui‐Qiu Wu, Robert Schwarcz and Marianne Fyhn and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Vegard Heimly Brun

12 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Finite Scale of Spatial Representation in the Hippocampus 2002 2026 2010 2018 2008 2002 2008 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Finite Scale of Spatial Representation in the Hippocampus
    2008 473 citations Trygve Solstad, Vegard Heimly Brun et al. Science profile →
  2. Place Cells and Place Recognition Maintained by Direct Entorhinal-Hippocampal Circuitry
    2002 458 citations Vegard Heimly Brun, Sturla Molden et al. Science profile →
  3. Impaired Spatial Representation in CA1 after Lesion of Direct Input from Entorhinal Cortex
    2008 284 citations Vegard Heimly Brun, Stefan Leutgeb et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vegard Heimly Brun Norway 8 1.4k 1.3k 216 127 114 13 1.6k
Geeta Rao United States 10 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 235 1.1× 142 1.1× 153 1.3× 14 1.5k
Thomas J. Wills United Kingdom 19 1.9k 1.4× 1.5k 1.2× 235 1.1× 118 0.9× 184 1.6× 24 2.2k
Sachin S. Deshmukh United States 10 1.2k 0.9× 973 0.8× 122 0.6× 97 0.8× 193 1.7× 14 1.3k
Janina Ferbinteanu United States 16 1.0k 0.8× 895 0.7× 133 0.6× 114 0.9× 58 0.5× 20 1.3k
Livia de Hoz Germany 16 1.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 264 1.2× 208 1.6× 96 0.8× 27 1.5k
Cathrin B. Canto Netherlands 15 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 324 1.5× 98 0.8× 190 1.7× 21 1.6k
Pieterke A. Naber Netherlands 12 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 153 0.7× 167 1.3× 116 1.0× 13 1.6k
Mattias Karlsson United States 16 1.8k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 168 0.8× 55 0.4× 59 0.5× 29 2.2k
Pierre‐Pascal Lenck‐Santini United States 28 1.8k 1.3× 1.8k 1.4× 185 0.9× 105 0.8× 106 0.9× 52 2.6k
Fraser T. Sparks United States 21 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 196 0.9× 77 0.6× 46 0.4× 30 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Vegard Heimly Brun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vegard Heimly Brun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vegard Heimly Brun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Vegard Heimly Brun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Vegard Heimly Brun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Vegard Heimly Brun. Vegard Heimly Brun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Knutsen, Erik, et al.. (2025). Growth Hormone Alters Remapping in the Hippocampal Area CA1 in a Novel Environment. eNeuro. 12(2). ENEURO.0237–24.2024. 1 indexed citations
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Brun, Vegard Heimly, et al.. (2021). Patient-Tailored Levothyroxine Dosage with Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Modeling: A Novel Approach After Total Thyroidectomy. Thyroid. 31(9). 1297–1304. 11 indexed citations
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Brun, Vegard Heimly, et al.. (2021). Severe hypercalcemia caused by parathyroid hormone in a rectal cancer metastasis: a case report. BMC Endocrine Disorders. 21(1). 4–4. 1 indexed citations
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Brun, Vegard Heimly, et al.. (2021). Prediction of thyroid nodule histopathology by expert ultrasound evaluation. Endocrine Connections. 10(7). 776–781. 1 indexed citations
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Brun, Vegard Heimly, et al.. (2020). Hippocampal growth hormone modulates relational memory and the dendritic spine density in CA1. Learning & Memory. 27(2). 33–44. 8 indexed citations
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Brun, Vegard Heimly, Trygve Solstad, Marianne Fyhn, et al.. (2008). Progressive increase in grid scale from dorsal to ventral medial entorhinal cortex. Hippocampus. 18(12). 1200–1212. 220 indexed citations
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Brun, Vegard Heimly, Stefan Leutgeb, Hui‐Qiu Wu, et al.. (2008). Impaired Spatial Representation in CA1 after Lesion of Direct Input from Entorhinal Cortex. Neuron. 57(2). 290–302. 284 indexed citations breakdown →
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Solstad, Trygve, Vegard Heimly Brun, Torkel Hafting, et al.. (2008). Finite Scale of Spatial Representation in the Hippocampus. Science. 321(5885). 140–143. 473 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brun, Vegard Heimly, et al.. (2002). Place Cells and Place Recognition Maintained by Direct Entorhinal-Hippocampal Circuitry. Science. 296(5576). 2243–2246. 458 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brun, Vegard Heimly, et al.. (2001). Retrograde Amnesia for Spatial Memory Induced by NMDA Receptor-Mediated Long-Term Potentiation. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(1). 356–362. 98 indexed citations
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Brun, Vegard Heimly, et al.. (1999). Pretraining Prevents Spatial Learning Impairment after Saturation of Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation. Journal of Neuroscience. 19(24). RC49–RC49. 57 indexed citations
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Wrigley, Nicholas G., et al.. (1974). Diophantine Analysis Applied to Virus Structure.. MATHEMATICA SCANDINAVICA. 34. 51–51. 1 indexed citations

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