William T. Greenough

31.2k citations

204 papers · 23.7k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 84

Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.1%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.05%
Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Genetics top 0.1%
Developmental Neuroscience top 0.05%

Co-authors: Ivan Jeanne Weiler James Black Fred R. Volkmar Anna Y. Klintsova Anita M. Sirevaag Fen-Lei F. Chang Christopher S. Wallace Adriana A. Alcantara
Topics: Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (81 papers)Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (40 papers)Neural dynamics and brain function (39 papers)
Cited by: Developmental Neuroscience Cognitive Neuroscience Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: United States Canada New Zealand

In The Last Decade

William T. Greenough

204 papers receiving 22.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Learning causes synaptogenesis, whereas motor activity causes angiogenesis, in cerebellar cortex of adult rats.

1990 913 citations Brenda J. Anderson, Adriana A. Alcantara et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Experience and Brain Development

1987 903 citations William T. Greenough et al. profile →
Abnormal dendritic spines in fragile X knockout mice: Maturation and pruning deficits

1997 836 citations Thomas A. Comery, Ivan Jeanne Weiler et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Abnormal dendritic spine characteristics in the temporal and visual cortices of patients with fragile-X syndrome: A quantitative examination

2001 601 citations Rodney A. Swain, Ivan Jeanne Weiler et al. American Journal of Medical Genetics profile →
Fragile X mental retardation protein is translated near synapses in response to neurotransmitter activation

1997 530 citations Ivan Jeanne Weiler, Anna Y. Klintsova et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Prolonged exercise induces angiogenesis and increases cerebral blood volume in primary motor cortex of the rat

2003 495 citations Rodney A. Swain, William T. Greenough et al. profile →
Student Ratings of College Teaching: Reliability, Validity, and Usefulness

1971 410 citations William T. Greenough et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Housing in Environmental Complexity Following Wheel Running Augments Survival of Newly Generated Hippocampal Neurons in a Rat Model of Binge Alcohol Exposure During the Third Trimester Equivalent 2012 ·Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research ·G.F. Hamilton,Karen E. Boschen,Charles R. Goodlett,William T. Greenough,Anna Y. Klintsova	32
2	Maturation time of new granule cells in the dentate gyrus of adult macaque monkeys exceeds six months 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shawn Kohler,Nancy I. Williams,Gregory B. Stanton,Judy L. Cameron,William T. Greenough	141
3	Dendritic spine instability and insensitivity to modulation by sensory experience in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Feng Pan,Georgina M. Aldridge,William T. Greenough,Wen‐Biao Gan	165
4	Altered mRNA transport, docking, and protein translation in neurons lacking fragile X mental retardation protein 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Der-I Kao,Georgina M. Aldridge,Ivan Jeanne Weiler,William T. Greenough	114
5	Aberrant early-phase ERK inactivation impedes neuronal function in fragile X syndrome 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Soong Ho Kim,Julie A. Markham,Ivan Jeanne Weiler,William T. Greenough	81
6	Motor learning induces astrocytic hypertrophy in the cerebellar cortex 2007 ·Behavioural Brain Research ·J. A. Kleim,Julie A. Markham,(unknown),(unknown),D.H. Ballard,William T. Greenough	72
7	Local Protein Synthesis and Spine Morphogenesis: Fragile X Syndrome and Beyond 2006 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Aaron W. Grossman,Georgina M. Aldridge,Ivan Jeanne Weiler,William T. Greenough	144
8	Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Shifts between Polyribosomes and Stress Granules after Neuronal Injury by Arsenite Stress orIn VivoHippocampal Electrode Insertion 2006 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Soong Ho Kim,Willie K. Dong,Ivan Jeanne Weiler,William T. Greenough	47
9	Hippocampal pyramidal cells in adult Fmr1 knockout mice exhibit an immature-appearing profile of dendritic spines 2006 ·Brain Research ·Aaron W. Grossman,(unknown),Brandon C. McKinney,William T. Greenough	152
10	Olfactory bulb mitral cell dendritic pruning abnormalities in a mouse model of the Fragile-X mental retardation syndrome: Further support for FMRP's involvement in dendritic development 2005 ·Developmental Brain Research ·Roberto Galvez,(unknown),William T. Greenough	31
11	Dendritic spine abnormalities in the occipital cortex of C57BL/6Fmr1 knockout mice 2005 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics ·Brandon C. McKinney,Aaron W. Grossman,(unknown),William T. Greenough	143
12	Correlates across the structural, functional, and molecular phenotypes of fragile X syndrome 2004 ·Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews ·Andrea Beckel‐Mitchener,William T. Greenough	60
13	Somatosensory cortical barrel dendritic abnormalities in a mouse model of the fragile X mental retardation syndrome 2003 ·Brain Research ·Roberto Galvez,(unknown),William T. Greenough	93
14	A brain adaptation view of plasticity: is synaptic plasticity an overly limited concept? 2002 ·Progress in brain research ·Aaron W. Grossman,James D. Churchill,(unknown),Jeffrey A. Kleim,William T. Greenough	48
15	Synaptic synthesis of the fragile X protein: Possible involvement in synapse maturation and elimination 1999 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics ·Ivan Jeanne Weiler,William T. Greenough	129
16	Selective Synaptic Plasticity within the Cerebellar Cortex Following Complex Motor Skill Learning 1998 ·Neurobiology of Learning and Memory ·Jeffrey A. Kleim,Rodney A. Swain,(unknown),Ruth M. A. Napper,Theresa A. Jones,William T. Greenough	156
17	Synaptogenesis and FOS Expression in the Motor Cortex of the Adult Rat after Motor Skill Learning 1996 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Jeffrey A. Kleim,(unknown),(unknown),Thomas A. Comery,William T. Greenough	432
18	Monocular deprivation alters the morphology of glial fibrillary acidic protein-immunoreactive astrocytes in the rat visual cortex 1995 ·Brain Research ·Nicholas Hawrylak,William T. Greenough	32
19	Determinants of brain readiness for action: experience shapes more than neuronal form 1992 ·William T. Greenough,Adriana A. Alcantara,Nicholas Hawrylak,Benjamin A. Anderson,Timothy L. Karr,Ivan Jeanne Weiler	8
20	Cerebellar Synaptic Plasticity Relation to Learning versus Neural Activity^a 1991 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·William T. Greenough,Brenda J. Anderson	27

About William T. Greenough

William T. Greenough is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 204 papers that have together received 23.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (81 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (40 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (39 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Neuroscience (3.3k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (8.7k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (8.1k citations). William T. Greenough has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Ivan Jeanne Weiler, James Black, Fred R. Volkmar, Anna Y. Klintsova, Anita M. Sirevaag, Fen-Lei F. Chang, Christopher S. Wallace, Adriana A. Alcantara, Scott A. Irwin and Thomas A. Comery. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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