Vesa Savander

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Vesa Savander is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Vesa Savander has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Vesa Savander's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (3 papers). Vesa Savander is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (3 papers). Vesa Savander collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Spain. Vesa Savander's co-authors include Asla Pitkänen, J.E. LeDoux, Joseph E. LeDoux, Cheolhyeon Go, Asla Pitk�nen, Ricardo Insausti, Maria Pikkarainen, Raija Miettinen and Seppo Rönkkö and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Neurosciences, The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Neuroscience.

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Vesa Savander

10 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Organization of intra-amygdaloid circuitries in the rat: an emerging framework for understanding functions of the amygdala

1997 748 citations Asla Pitkänen, Vesa Savander et al. Trends in Neurosciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vesa Savander Finland	8	1.1k	1.0k	517	396	199	10	1.6k
Catherine B. Sananes United States	10	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	647 1.3×	394 1.0×	257 1.3×	12	1.6k
Joseph P. DeCola United States	23	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	899 1.7×	512 1.3×	223 1.1×	38	2.0k
Rose‐Marie Vouimba Israel	19	805 0.7×	863 0.9×	733 1.4×	271 0.7×	247 1.2×	26	1.6k
Mikel López de Armentia Spain	13	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	405 0.8×	373 0.9×	449 2.3×	15	2.2k
Rob P.W. Heinsbroek Netherlands	23	591 0.5×	802 0.8×	657 1.3×	433 1.1×	253 1.3×	32	1.5k
Keith P. Corodimas United States	19	885 0.8×	899 0.9×	670 1.3×	765 1.9×	198 1.0×	23	1.8k
Patricia Matus-Amat United States	10	946 0.9×	983 1.0×	677 1.3×	321 0.8×	250 1.3×	12	1.5k
Janice M. Hitchcock United States	14	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	754 1.5×	604 1.5×	425 2.1×	19	2.2k
Guy Sandner France	26	930 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	267 0.5×	393 1.0×	456 2.3×	92	2.0k
J.E. LeDoux United States	12	1.8k 1.6×	1.6k 1.6×	845 1.6×	569 1.4×	375 1.9×	17	2.6k

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Pikkarainen, Maria, Seppo Rönkkö, Vesa Savander, Ricardo Insausti, & Asla Pitkänen. (1999). Projections from the lateral, basal, and accessory basal nuclei of the amygdala to the hippocampal formation in rat. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 403(2). 229–260. 16 indexed citations

Pikkarainen, Maria, et al.. (1999). Projections from the lateral, basal, and accessory basal nuclei of the amygdala to the hippocampal formation in rat. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 403(2). 229–260. 343 indexed citations

Pitkänen, Asla, Vesa Savander, & Joseph E. LeDoux. (1998). The amygdala: myth or monolith? Reply. Trends in Neurosciences. 21(5). 201–201. 1 indexed citations

Savander, Vesa, Raija Miettinen, J.E. LeDoux, & Asla Pitkänen. (1997). Lateral nucleus of the rat amygdala is reciprocally connected with basal and accessory basal nuclei: a light and electron microscopic study. Neuroscience. 77(3). 767–781. 41 indexed citations

Pitkänen, Asla, Vesa Savander, & J.E. LeDoux. (1997). Organization of intra-amygdaloid circuitries in the rat: an emerging framework for understanding functions of the amygdala. Trends in Neurosciences. 20(11). 517–523. 748 indexed citations breakdown →

Savander, Vesa, Joseph E. LeDoux, & Asla Pitkänen. (1996). Interamygdaloid projections of the basal and accessory basal nuclei of the rat amygdaloid complex. Neuroscience. 76(3). 725–735. 30 indexed citations

Savander, Vesa, Cheolhyeon Go, Joseph E. LeDoux, & Asla Pitk�nen. (1996). Intrinsic connections of the rat amygdaloid complex: Projections originating in the accessory basal nucleus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 374(2). 291–313. 66 indexed citations

Savander, Vesa, Joseph E. LeDoux, & Asla Pitkänen. (1996). Topographic projections from the periamygdaloid cortex to select subregions of the lateral nucleus of the amygdala in the rat. Neuroscience Letters. 211(3). 167–170. 34 indexed citations

Pitkänen, Asla, et al.. (1995). The lateral nucleus of the rat amygdala is reciprocally connected with its main intra-amygdaloid target nuclei. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 21. 930. 2 indexed citations

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Savander, Vesa, Cheolhyeon Go, Joseph E. LeDoux, & Asla Pitkänen. (1995). Intrinsic connections of the rat amygdaloid complex: Projections originating in the basal nucleus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 361(2). 345–368. 343 indexed citations

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