A. N. Epstein

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

A. N. Epstein is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, A. N. Epstein has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Social Psychology, 11 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 8 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in A. N. Epstein's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (11 papers), Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (8 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers). A. N. Epstein is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (11 papers), Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (8 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers). A. N. Epstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Czechia. A. N. Epstein's co-authors include J. T. Fitzsimons, Barbara J. Rolls, Muhammad Nasrum Massi, Gemma Caro, R.R. Sakai, S. Nicolaïdis, Eliot Stellar, R. C. Ritter, Harry R. Kissileff and Aryeh Routtenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

A. N. Epstein

33 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Drinking induced by injection of angiotensin into the brain of the rat

1970 485 citations A. N. Epstein, J. T. Fitzsimons et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. N. Epstein United States	20	798	540	514	505	483	33	2.2k
M. J. McKinley Australia	27	635 0.8×	526 1.0×	260 0.5×	556 1.1×	412 0.9×	59	2.0k
Robert L. Thunhorst United States	30	903 1.1×	997 1.8×	401 0.8×	722 1.4×	391 0.8×	61	2.4k
Michael Wilkinson Canada	32	1.2k 1.5×	237 0.4×	1.0k 2.0×	358 0.7×	724 1.5×	162	3.4k
S. Nicolaïdis France	27	1.1k 1.4×	185 0.3×	440 0.9×	299 0.6×	674 1.4×	98	2.2k
Ralph F. Johnson United States	24	1.3k 1.6×	373 0.7×	689 1.3×	368 0.7×	588 1.2×	50	2.4k
A.B. Steffens Netherlands	22	1.5k 1.9×	157 0.3×	499 1.0×	413 0.8×	947 2.0×	43	2.8k
Mark S. Brownfield United States	33	614 0.8×	233 0.4×	964 1.9×	672 1.3×	309 0.6×	63	2.6k
Alan N. Epstein United States	35	1.6k 1.9×	691 1.3×	1.1k 2.0×	943 1.9×	730 1.5×	63	4.2k
J. M. Overton United States	32	1.1k 1.4×	623 1.2×	448 0.9×	151 0.3×	1.3k 2.7×	74	3.3k
Michael J. Glass United States	26	648 0.8×	243 0.5×	885 1.7×	284 0.6×	357 0.7×	67	1.9k

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Polidori, Carlo, et al.. (1994). Effect of tachykinins on the need-free sodium intake of female rats: A continuous intracerebroventricular infusion study. Physiology & Behavior. 56(5). 877–882. 1 indexed citations

Epstein, A. N., et al.. (1993). Medial region of the amygdala: involvement in adrenal-steroid-induced salt appetite. Brain Research. 600(1). 20–26. 44 indexed citations

Black, Richard M., et al.. (1992). Transection of the stria terminalis without damage to the medial amygdala does not alter behavioural sodium regulation in rats.. PubMed. 52(1). 9–15. 12 indexed citations

Stellar, Eliot & A. N. Epstein. (1991). Neuroendocrine factors in salt appetite.. PubMed. 42(4). 345–55. 24 indexed citations

Thompson, Carl I. & A. N. Epstein. (1991). Salt appetite in rat pups: ontogeny of angiotensin II-aldosterone synergy. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 260(2). R421–R429. 8 indexed citations

Massi, Muhammad Nasrum, et al.. (1990). Neurokinin A is a specific and precocious inhibitor of water intake in neonatal rats. Peptides. 11(2). 339–344. 6 indexed citations

Leshem, Micah, Francis W. Flynn, & A. N. Epstein. (1990). Brain glucoprivation and ketoprivation do not promote ingestion in the suckling rat pup. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 258(2). R365–R375. 12 indexed citations

Massi, Muhammad Nasrum, Marina Perfumi, G. de, & A. N. Epstein. (1988). Inhibitory effect of kassinin on salt intake induced by different natriorexigenic treatments in the rat. Brain Research. 440(2). 232–242. 31 indexed citations

Russek, M., et al.. (1988). Ontogeny of alpha- and beta-adrenergic anorexia in rats. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 255(6). R908–R913. 4 indexed citations

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de, G., Marina Perfumi, & A. N. Epstein. (1987). The ontogeny of the antidipsogenic effect of eledoisin and physalaemin in the rat. Appetite. 9(3). 179–189. 2 indexed citations

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Caro, Gemma, A. N. Epstein, & Muhammad Nasrum Massi. (1986). The Physiology of Thirst and Sodium Appetite. 326 indexed citations

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Massi, Muhammad Nasrum, L.G. Micossi, G. de, & A. N. Epstein. (1986). Suppression of drinking but not feeding by central eledoisin and physalaemin in the rat. Appetite. 7(1). 63–70. 28 indexed citations

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Weiss, Mark L., Karen E. Moe, & A. N. Epstein. (1986). Interference with central actions of angiotensin II suppresses sodium appetite. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 250(2). R250–R259. 49 indexed citations

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Elfont, Robert, A. N. Epstein, & J. T. Fitzsimons. (1984). Involvement of the renin‐angiotensin system in captopril‐induced sodium appetite in the rat.. The Journal of Physiology. 354(1). 11–27. 38 indexed citations

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Axt, Karen J., et al.. (1984). The arousal of ingestive behaviors by chemical injection into the brain of the suckling rat. Journal of Neuroscience. 4(4). 945–955. 27 indexed citations

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Findlay, A. L. R., Robert Elfont, & A. N. Epstein. (1980). The site of the dipsogenic action of angiotensin II in the North American opossum. Brain Research. 198(1). 85–94. 10 indexed citations

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Epstein, A. N., et al.. (1980). Arousal of a specific and persistent sodium appetite in the rat with continuous intracerebroventricular infusion of angiotensin II.. The Journal of Physiology. 301(1). 365–382. 116 indexed citations

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Epstein, A. N., et al.. (1975). Feeding induced by intracerebroventricular 2-deoxy-D-glucose in the rat. American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 229(5). 1438–1447. 171 indexed citations

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Epstein, A. N., et al.. (1971). THE LATERAL HYPOTHALAMIC SYNDROME: ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF HUNGER AND THIRST. 133 indexed citations

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Epstein, A. N., J. T. Fitzsimons, & Barbara J. Rolls. (1970). Drinking induced by injection of angiotensin into the brain of the rat. The Journal of Physiology. 210(2). 457–474. 485 indexed citations breakdown →

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