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Henry A. Lester

Active 1975–2024

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Henry A Lester
146
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25,037
Citations
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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 3,248 citing papers, 44.8% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 528 citing papers, 7.3% of this breakdownGermany: 507 citing papers, 7% of this breakdownFrance: 312 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownChina: 276 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownCanada: 249 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownJapan: 245 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownItaly: 205 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 157 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownAustralia: 147 citing papers, 2% of this breakdownSpain: 134 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownIsrael: 105 citing papers, 1.4% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.6%
  • Neuroscience28.9%
  • Medicine11.7%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.7%
  • Chemistry1.5%
  • Materials Science0.9%
  • Other3.7%

Topics

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research10.7%
  • Ion channel regulation and function10.5%
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study7.4%
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling6.5%
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior2.7%
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias2.4%
  • Other59.8%

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  1. Directed Evolution of a Selective and Sensitive Serotonin Sensor via Machine Learning

    Authors: Elizabeth K. Unger, Jacob P. Keller, Michael Altermatt, Ruqiang Liang, Aya Matsui, Chunyang Dong, Olivia J. Hon, Zi Yao, Junqing Sun, Sambashiva Banala, Meghan E. Flanigan, David A. Jaffe, Samantha Hartanto, Jane Carlen, Grace O. Mizuno, Phillip M. Borden, Amol V. Shivange, Lindsay P. Cameron, Steffen Sinning, Suzanne M. Underhill, David E. Olson, Susan Amara, Duncan Temple Lang, Gary Rudnick, Jonathan S. Marvin, Luke D. Lavis, Henry A. Lester, Veronica A. Alvarez, Andrew J. Fisher, Jennifer A. Prescher, Thomas L. Kash, Vladimir Yarov‐Yarovoy, Viviana Gradinaru, Loren L. Looger, Lin Tian - Cell 2020 cited by 187

  2. International Union of Pharmacology. XLI. Compendium of Voltage-Gated Ion Channels: Potassium Channels

    Authors: George A. Gutman, K. George Chandy, John P. Adelman, Jayashree Aiyar, Douglas A. Bayliss, David E. Clapham, Manuel Covarriubias, Gary V. Désir, Kiyoshi Furuichi, Barry Ganetzky, María L. García, Stephan Grissmer, Lily Yeh Jan, Andreas Karschin, Donghee Kim, Sabina Kuperschmidt, Yoshihisa Kurachi, Michel Lazdunski, Florian Lesage, Henry A. Lester, David McKinnon, Colin G. Nichols, Anne M. Kelly, Jonathan Robbins, Gail A. Robertson, Bernardo Rudy, Michael C. Sanguinetti, Susumu Seino, Walter Stuehmer, Michael M. Tamkun, Carol A. Vandenberg, Aguan Wei, Heike Wulff, Randy S. Wymore - Pharmacological Reviews 2003 cited by 585

  3. The structural basis of function in Cys-loop receptors

    Authors: Andrew J. Thompson, Henry A. Lester, Sarah C. R. Lummis - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics 2010 cited by 352

  4. Menthol Enhances Nicotine Reward-Related Behavior by Potentiating Nicotine-Induced Changes in nAChR Function, nAChR Upregulation, and DA Neuron Excitability

    Authors: Brandon J. Henderson, Teagan R. Wall, Beverley M. Henley, Charlene H. Kim, Sheri McKinney, Henry A. Lester - Neuropsychopharmacology 2017 cited by 106

  5. From ab initio quantum mechanics to molecular neurobiology: A cation–π binding site in the nicotinic receptor

    Authors: Wenge Zhong, Justin P. Gallivan, Yinong Zhang, Lintong Li, Henry A. Lester, Dennis A. Dougherty - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1998 cited by 550

  6. Cis–trans isomerization at a proline opens the pore of a neurotransmitter-gated ion channel

    Authors: Sarah C. R. Lummis, Darren L. Beene, Lori W. Lee, Henry A. Lester, R. William Broadhurst, Dennis A. Dougherty - Nature 2005 cited by 458

  7. Nicotine binding to brain receptors requires a strong cation–π interaction

    Authors: Xinan Xiu, Nyssa L. Puskar, Jai A. P. Shanata, Henry A. Lester, Dennis A. Dougherty - Nature 2009 cited by 365

  8. The human CHRNA7 and CHRFAM7A genes: A review of the genetics, regulation, and function

    Authors: Melissa L. Sinkus, Sharon Graw, Robert Freedman, Randal G. Ross, Henry A. Lester, Sherry Leonard - Neuropharmacology 2015 cited by 195

  9. Nicotine Activation of α4* Receptors: Sufficient for Reward, Tolerance, and Sensitization

    Authors: Andrew R. Tapper, Sheri McKinney, Raad Nashmi, Johannes Schwarz, Purnima Deshpande, Cesar Labarca, Paul Whiteaker, Michael J. Marks, Allan C. Collins, Henry A. Lester - Science 2004 cited by 688

  10. Multiplexed, High Density Electrophysiology with Nanofabricated Neural Probes

    Authors: Jiangang Du, Timothy J. Blanche, Reid R. Harrison, Henry A. Lester, Sotiris C. Masmanidis - PLoS ONE 2011 cited by 257

  11. GABA Transporter Deficiency Causes Tremor, Ataxia, Nervousness, and Increased GABA-Induced Tonic Conductance in Cerebellum

    Authors: Chi‐Sung Chiu, Stephen G. Brickley, Kimmo Jensen, Amber L. Southwell, Sheri McKinney, Stuart Cull-Candy, István Módy, Henry A. Lester - Journal of Neuroscience 2005 cited by 240

  12. A fast genetically encoded fluorescent sensor for faithful in vivo acetylcholine detection in mice, fish, worms and flies

    Authors: Philip M. Borden, Peng Zhang, Amol V. Shivange, Jonathan S. Marvin, Joseph Cichon, Chuntao Dan, Kaspar Podgorski, Antonio Figueiredo, Ondřej Novák, Masashi Tanimoto, Eiji Shigetomi, Mark A. Lobas, Hyun-Tae Kim, Paula K. Zhu, Yajun Zhang, Wan Zheng, Chengcheng Fan, Guangfu Wang, Bowen Xiang, L. H. Gan, Guang‐Xian Zhang, Kaiming Guo, Lin Li, Yuan Cai, Andrew G. Yee, Abhi Aggarwal, Christopher Ford, Douglas C. Rees, Dirk Dietrich, Baljit S. Khakh, Jeremy S. Dittman, Wen‐Biao Gan, Minoru Koyama, Vivek Jayaraman, Joseph F. Cheer, Henry A. Lester, J. Julius Zhu, Loren L. Looger - 2020 cited by 93

  13. Kir4.1 Potassium Channel Subunit Is Crucial for Oligodendrocyte Development andIn VivoMyelination

    Authors: Clemens Neusch, Nora Rozengurt, Russell E. Jacobs, Henry A. Lester, Paulo Kofuji - Journal of Neuroscience 2001 cited by 297

  14. GABA Transporter-1 (GAT1)-Deficient Mice: Differential Tonic Activation of GABAAVersus GABABReceptors in the Hippocampus

    Authors: Kimmo Jensen, Chi‐Sung Chiu, Ирина Соколова, Henry A. Lester, István Módy - Journal of Neurophysiology 2003 cited by 240

  15. Determining the pharmacokinetics of nicotinic drugs in the endoplasmic reticulum using biosensors

    Authors: Amol V. Shivange, Philip M. Borden, Anand K. Muthusamy, Aaron L. Nichols, Kallol Bera, Huan Bao, Isaac Bishara, Janice Jeon, Matthew J. Mulcahy, Bruce Cohen, Saidhbhe L. O’Riordan, Charlene Kim, Dennis A. Dougherty, Edwin R. Chapman, Jonathan S. Marvin, Loren L. Looger, Henry A. Lester - The Journal of General Physiology 2019 cited by 68

  16. Fluorescence activation mechanism and imaging of drug permeation with new sensors for smoking-cessation ligands

    Authors: Aaron L Nichols, Zack Blumenfeld, Chengcheng Fan, Laura Luebbert, Annet EM Blom, Bruce N Cohen, Jonathan S Marvin, Philip M Borden, Charlene H Kim, Anand K Muthusamy, Amol V Shivange, Hailey J Knox, Hugo Rego Campello, Jonathan H Wang, Dennis A Dougherty, Loren L Looger, Timothy Gallagher, Douglas C Rees, Henry A Lester - eLife 2022 cited by 28

  17. Enhancement of Neurotransmitter Release Induced by Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons

    Authors: Yongxin Li, Yinong Zhang, Henry A. Lester, Erin M. Schuman, Norman Davidson - Journal of Neuroscience 1998 cited by 319

  18. Functionally Important Aromatic–Aromatic and Sulfur−π Interactions in the D2 Dopamine Receptor

    Authors: Kristina N.-M. Daeffler, Henry A. Lester, Dennis A. Dougherty - Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012 cited by 117

  19. Regulation of epithelial sodium channel activity by SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 proteins

    Authors: Stephen Grant, Henry A. Lester - Biophysical Journal 2021 cited by 32

  20. Cloning and Expression of a Rat Brain GABA Transporter

    Authors: John Guastella, Nathan Nelson, Hannah Nelson, Linda Czyzyk, Shoshi Keynan, May C. Miedel, Norman Davidson, Henry A. Lester, Baruch I. Kanner - Science 1990 cited by 884

  21. Chronic Nicotine Cell Specifically Upregulates Functional α4* Nicotinic Receptors: Basis for Both Tolerance in Midbrain and Enhanced Long-Term Potentiation in Perforant Path

    Authors: Raad Nashmi, Cheng Xiao, Purnima Deshpande, Sheri McKinney, Sharon R. Grady, Paul Whiteaker, Qi Huang, Tristan McClure‐Begley, Jon Lindstrom, Cesar Labarca, Allan C. Collins, Michael J. Marks, Henry A. Lester - Journal of Neuroscience 2007 cited by 268

  22. Persistent Amyloidosis following Suppression of Aβ Production in a Transgenic Model of Alzheimer Disease

    Authors: Joanna L. Jankowsky, Hilda H. Slunt, Victoria Gonzales, Alena Savonenko, Jason C Wen, Nancy A. Jenkins, Neal G. Copeland, Linda H. Younkin, Henry A. Lester, Steven G. Younkin, David Borchelt - PLoS Medicine 2005 cited by 254

  23. In Vivo Activation of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons via Sensitized, High-Affinity α6∗ Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

    Authors: Ryan M. Drenan, Sharon R. Grady, Paul Whiteaker, Tristan McClure‐Begley, Sheri McKinney, Julie M. Miwa, Sujata Bupp, Nathaniel Heintz, J. Michael McIntosh, Merouane Bencherif, Michael J. Marks, Henry A. Lester - Neuron 2008 cited by 197

  24. Inside-out neuropharmacology of nicotinic drugs

    Authors: Brandon J. Henderson, Henry A. Lester - Neuropharmacology 2015 cited by 101