William B. Levy

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
160 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

William B. Levy is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. Levy has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 107 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 31 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William B. Levy's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (96 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (90 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (58 papers). William B. Levy is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (96 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (90 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (58 papers). William B. Levy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. William B. Levy's co-authors include Nancy L. Desmond, Oswald Steward, Robert A. Baxter, Carl W. Cotman, John W. Haycock, Costa M. Colbert, William R. Holmes, Gordon H. Dixon, Paul Rodriguez and Ali A. Minai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William B. Levy

155 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Temporal contiguity requirements for long-term associativ... 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 100 200 300 400 500
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. Temporal contiguity requirements for long-term associative potentiation/depression in the hippocampus
    1983 551 citations William B. Levy, Oswald Steward profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William B. Levy United States 39 4.3k 3.7k 1.3k 697 477 160 5.9k
Sam A. Deadwyler United States 55 6.1k 1.4× 4.9k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 443 0.6× 351 0.7× 172 8.5k
Gilad Silberberg Sweden 38 4.7k 1.1× 4.3k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 448 0.6× 450 0.9× 83 7.2k
Ádám Kepecs United States 38 3.2k 0.8× 5.0k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 400 0.6× 229 0.5× 65 6.8k
Theodore W. Berger United States 48 6.4k 1.5× 5.7k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 984 1.4× 465 1.0× 332 9.2k
Michele Migliore Italy 40 4.0k 0.9× 3.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 599 0.9× 244 0.5× 145 5.9k
Darrell A. Henze United States 33 5.3k 1.2× 5.1k 1.3× 835 0.6× 532 0.8× 364 0.8× 54 6.9k
Alex M. Thomson United Kingdom 46 6.0k 1.4× 4.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.3× 418 0.6× 338 0.7× 106 7.4k
Joachim Lübke Germany 38 7.3k 1.7× 6.1k 1.6× 1.9k 1.4× 1.6k 2.3× 640 1.3× 70 9.3k
Dominique Debanne France 40 4.6k 1.1× 3.0k 0.8× 1.8k 1.3× 847 1.2× 328 0.7× 89 5.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Levy, William B. & Robert A. Baxter. (2023). Growing dendrites enhance a neuron’s computational power and memory capacity. Neural Networks. 164. 275–309.
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Baxter, Robert A. & William B. Levy. (2019). Constructing multilayered neural networks with sparse, data-driven connectivity using biologically-inspired, complementary, homeostatic mechanisms. Neural Networks. 122. 68–93. 5 indexed citations
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Singh, Chandan & William B. Levy. (2017). A consensus layer V pyramidal neuron can sustain interpulse-interval coding. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0180839–e0180839. 7 indexed citations
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Colbert, Costa M., et al.. (2017). Limited synapse overproduction can speed development but sometimes with long-term energy and discrimination penalties. PLoS Computational Biology. 13(9). e1005750–e1005750. 5 indexed citations
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Berger, Toby, et al.. (2016). Mutual Information and Parameter Estimation in the Generalized Inverse Gaussian Diffusion Model of Cortical Neurons. IEEE Transactions on Molecular Biological and Multi-Scale Communications. 2(2). 166–182. 5 indexed citations
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Levy, William B., et al.. (2015). Adaptive Synaptogenesis Constructs Neural Codes That Benefit Discrimination. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(7). e1004299–e1004299. 8 indexed citations
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Levy, William B.. (2010). Discovering Associative Long-term Synaptic Modification and Timing Dependence of Plasticity – a Very Brief and Personal History. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 149–149. 2 indexed citations
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Morel, Danielle & William B. Levy. (2009). The cost of linearization. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 27(2). 259–275. 3 indexed citations
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Levy, William B., et al.. (2006). Theta-modulated input reduces intrinsic gamma oscillations in a hippocampal model. Neurocomputing. 70(10-12). 2074–2078. 2 indexed citations
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Crotty, Patrick, et al.. (2006). The metabolic energy cost of action potential velocity. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Rodriguez, Paul & William B. Levy. (2003). Configural representations in transverse patterning with a hippocampal model. Neural Networks. 17(2). 175–190. 5 indexed citations
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Shon, Aaron P., et al.. (2002). Initial state randomness improves sequence learning in a model hippocampal network. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(3). 31914–31914. 13 indexed citations
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Levy, William B., et al.. (1996). The relationship of local context codes to sequence length memory capacity. Network Computation in Neural Systems. 7(2). 371–384. 25 indexed citations
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Baxter, Robert A., et al.. (1996). Context codes and the effect of noisy learning on a simplified hippocampal CA3 model. Biological Cybernetics. 74(2). 159–165. 37 indexed citations
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Klintsova, Anna Y., William B. Levy, & Nancy L. Desmond. (1995). Astrocytic volume fluctuates in the hippocampal CA1 region across the estrous cycle. Brain Research. 690(2). 269–274. 66 indexed citations
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Minai, Ali A. & William B. Levy. (1992). Predicting Complex Behavior in Sparse Asymmetric Networks. Neural Information Processing Systems. 5. 556–563. 12 indexed citations
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Tomasulo, Richard A., William B. Levy, & Oswald Steward. (1991). LTP-associated EPSP/spike dissociation in the dentate gyrus: GABAergic and non-GABAergic components. Brain Research. 561(1). 27–34. 46 indexed citations
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Desmond, Nancy L., et al.. (1991). NMDA receptor antagonists block the induction of long-term depression in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of the anesthetized rat. Brain Research. 552(1). 93–98. 48 indexed citations
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Desmond, Nancy L. & William B. Levy. (1988). Synaptic interface surface area increases with long-term potentiation in the hippocampal dentate gyrus. Brain Research. 453(1-2). 308–314. 101 indexed citations

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