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R. Alan North

Active 1973–2016

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R.Alan North
119
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31,204
Citations
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Citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,154 citing papers, 31.6% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 824 citing papers, 12.1% of this breakdownGermany: 482 citing papers, 7.1% of this breakdownChina: 385 citing papers, 5.6% of this breakdownItaly: 328 citing papers, 4.8% of this breakdownJapan: 276 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownCanada: 274 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownFrance: 272 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownAustralia: 260 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownSpain: 197 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownBrazil: 105 citing papers, 1.5% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 97 citing papers, 1.4% of this breakdown
0%31.6%Other 17.2%

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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.6%
  • Neuroscience26.6%
  • Medicine15.9%
  • Immunology and Microbiology2.4%
  • Nursing0.5%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.4%
  • Other1.6%

Topics

  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling12.5%
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research7.3%
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep4.4%
  • Ion channel regulation and function4%
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling3.9%
  • Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology3.4%
  • Other64.5%

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  1. The Cytolytic P 2Z Receptor for Extracellular ATP Identified as a P 2X Receptor (P2X 7 )

    Authors: Annmarie Surprenant, F. Rassendren, Eric Kawashima, R. Alan North, Gary Buell - Science 1996 cited by 1,750

  2. Molecular Physiology of P2X Receptors

    Authors: R. Alan North - Physiological Reviews 2002 cited by 2,914

  3. Rapid Secretion of Interleukin-1β by Microvesicle Shedding

    Authors: Amanda B. Mackenzie, Heather L. Wilson, Endre Kiss‐Toth, Steven Dower, R. Alan North, Annmarie Surprenant - Immunity 2001 cited by 852

  4. P2X receptors as cell-surface ATP sensors in health and disease

    Authors: Baljit S. Khakh, R. Alan North - Nature 2006 cited by 853

  5. P2X receptors

    Authors: R. Alan North - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2016 cited by 189

  6. Neuromodulation by Extracellular ATP and P2X Receptors in the CNS

    Authors: Baljit S. Khakh, R. Alan North - Neuron 2012 cited by 332

  7. A new class of ligand-gated ion channel defined by P2X receptor for extracellular ATP

    Authors: Soledad Valera, Nicolas Hussy, Richard J. Evans, Nadia Adami, R. Alan North, Annmarie Surprenant, Gary Buell - Nature 1994 cited by 1,041

  8. Signaling at Purinergic P2X Receptors

    Authors: Annmarie Surprenant, R. Alan North - Annual Review of Physiology 2008 cited by 537

  9. Brilliant Blue G Selectively Blocks ATP-Gated Rat P2X7Receptors

    Authors: Lin‐Hua Jiang, Amanda B. Mackenzie, R. Alan North, Annmarie Surprenant - Molecular Pharmacology 2000 cited by 405

  10. P2X Receptors as Drug Targets

    Authors: R. Alan North, Michael F. Jarvis - Molecular Pharmacology 2012 cited by 269

  11. Coexpression of P2X2 and P2X3 receptor subunits can account for ATP-gated currents in sensory neurons

    Authors: Carolyn J. Lewis, S. Neidhart, C. Holy, R. Alan North, Gary Buell, Annmarie Surprenant - Nature 1995 cited by 1,007

  12. Tissue distribution of the P2X7 receptor

    Authors: Ginetta Collo, S. Neidhart, Eric Kawashima, Marie Kosco‐Vilbois, R. Alan North, Gary Buell - Neuropharmacology 1997 cited by 498

  13. NMDA Receptors Mediate Neuron-to-Glia Signaling in Mouse Cortical Astrocytes

    Authors: Ulyana Lalo, Yuri Pankratov, Frank Kirchhoff, R. Alan North, Alexei Verkhratsky - Journal of Neuroscience 2006 cited by 354

  14. Pharmacology of Cloned P2X Receptors

    Authors: R. Alan North, Annmarie Surprenant - The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2000 cited by 707

  15. Pore dilation of neuronal P2X receptor channels

    Authors: Caterina Virginio, Alasdair MacKenzie, F. A. Rassendren, R. Alan North, Annmarie Surprenant - Nature Neuroscience 1999 cited by 409

  16. Membrane properties of rat locus coeruleus neurones

    Authors: John T. Williams, R. Alan North, S A Shefner, S. Nishi, Terrance M. Egan - Neuroscience 1984 cited by 340

  17. P2X3 is expressed by DRG neurons that terminate in inner lamina II

    Authors: Lucy Vulchanova, Maureen Riedl, S.J. Shuster, Laura S. Stone, Kenneth Hargreaves, Gary Buell, Annmarie Surprenant, R. Alan North, R. Elde - European Journal of Neuroscience 1998 cited by 335

  18. P2X3 receptors and peripheral pain mechanisms

    Authors: R. Alan North - The Journal of Physiology 2004 cited by 194

  19. Dopamine acts on D2 receptors to increase potassium conductance in neurones of the rat substantia nigra zona compacta.

    Authors: M.G. Lacey, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, R. Alan North - The Journal of Physiology 1987 cited by 616

  20. Altered Hippocampal Synaptic Potentiation in P2X4Knock-Out Mice

    Authors: Joan A. Sim, Séverine Chaumont‐Dubel, Jihoon Jo, Lauriane Ulmann, Mark T. Young, Kwangwook Cho, Gary Buell, R. Alan North, Francois Rassendren - Journal of Neuroscience 2006 cited by 176

  21. Kinetics of cell lysis, dye uptake and permeability changes in cells expressing the rat P2X7 receptor

    Authors: Caterina Virginio, Alasdair MacKenzie, R. Alan North, Annmarie Surprenant - The Journal of Physiology 1999 cited by 347

  22. Reanalysis of P2X7Receptor Expression in Rodent Brain

    Authors: Joan A. Sim, Mark T. Young, Hye-Youn Sung, R. Alan North, Annmarie Surprenant - Journal of Neuroscience 2004 cited by 262

  23. P2X1and P2X5Subunits Form the Functional P2X Receptor in Mouse Cortical Astrocytes

    Authors: Ulyana Lalo, Yuri Pankratov, Sven P. Wichert, Moritz J. Rossner, R. Alan North, Frank Kirchhoff, Alexei Verkhratsky - Journal of Neuroscience 2008 cited by 166

  24. Quantal Release of ATP in Mouse Cortex

    Authors: Yuriy Pankratov, Ulyana Lalo, Alexei Verkhratsky, R. Alan North - The Journal of General Physiology 2007 cited by 145