Agu Pert

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Agu Pert is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Agu Pert has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 55 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Agu Pert's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (47 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (44 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (40 papers). Agu Pert is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (47 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (44 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (40 papers). Agu Pert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Italy. Agu Pert's co-authors include Paul B. S. Clarke, Candace B. Pert, SM Paul, Tony L. Yaksh, Robert M. Post, Susan R.B. Weiss, Dorothy W. Gallager, Jaw‐Kang Chang, William E. Bunney and Richárd Wéber and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Agu Pert

124 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Nicotinic binding in rat brain: autoradiographic comparis... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Nicotinic binding in rat brain: autoradiographic comparison of [3H]acetylcholine, [3H]nicotine, and [125I]-alpha-bungarotoxin
    1985 896 citations Paul B. S. Clarke, Agu Pert et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Agu Pert United States 53 6.4k 4.5k 1.5k 1.3k 852 124 8.8k
T.H. Svensson Sweden 45 5.2k 0.8× 3.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 604 0.7× 136 7.6k
Maurizio Raiteri Italy 56 8.7k 1.4× 6.1k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 576 0.7× 273 11.3k
Derek N. Middlemiss United Kingdom 53 7.5k 1.2× 5.6k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 905 1.1× 137 10.7k
R.H. Roth United States 54 5.6k 0.9× 3.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 519 0.6× 134 8.6k
Françis C. Colpaert France 53 6.0k 0.9× 3.6k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 605 0.7× 237 9.0k
Keith B.J. Franklin Canada 38 5.3k 0.8× 2.9k 0.7× 2.4k 1.5× 2.1k 1.7× 858 1.0× 98 9.0k
H. Gozlan France 47 6.5k 1.0× 4.1k 0.9× 881 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 740 0.9× 120 8.2k
Jean Costentin France 48 8.1k 1.3× 5.8k 1.3× 2.3k 1.5× 903 0.7× 929 1.1× 307 11.9k
Torgny H. Svensson Sweden 48 5.1k 0.8× 3.6k 0.8× 910 0.6× 993 0.8× 610 0.7× 140 7.4k
Sven Ove Ögren Sweden 61 8.7k 1.4× 5.4k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.9k 1.5× 1.0k 1.2× 328 13.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Agu Pert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Agu Pert

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All Works

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Leonibus, Elvira De, Andrea Mele, A. Oliverio, & Agu Pert. (2002). Distinct pattern of c-fos mRNA expression after systemic and intra-accumbens amphetamine and MK-801. Neuroscience. 115(1). 67–78. 25 indexed citations
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Hall, F. Scott, et al.. (2001). Locomotor-stimulating effects of indirect dopamine agonists are attenuated in Fawn hooded rats independent of postweaning social experience. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 69(3-4). 519–526. 4 indexed citations
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Hall, F. Scott, Jeffrey M. Sundstrom, Joseph Lerner, & Agu Pert. (2001). Enhanced corticosterone release after a modified forced swim test in Fawn hooded rats is independent of rearing experience. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 69(3-4). 629–634. 30 indexed citations
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Mele, Andrea, et al.. (1997). Different neural mechanisms underlie dizocilpine maleate- and dopamine agonist-induced locomotor activity. Neuroscience. 82(1). 43–58. 55 indexed citations
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Funk, Douglas, R.M. Post, & Agu Pert. (1997). Role of central dopaminergic and 5-hydroxytryptaminergic projections in the behavioral responses elicited by thyrotropin-releasing hormone in rats. Psychopharmacology. 133(4). 356–362. 9 indexed citations
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Robinson, John K., Alessandro Zocchi, Agu Pert, & Jacqueline N. Crawley. (1996). Galanin microinjected into the medial septum inhibits scopolamine-induced acetylcholine overflow in the rat ventral hippocampus. Brain Research. 709(1). 81–87. 38 indexed citations
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Ostrowski, Nancy L. & Agu Pert. (1995). Substantia nigra opiate receptors on basal ganglia efferents. Brain Research Bulletin. 38(6). 513–523. 17 indexed citations
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Rothman, Richard B. & Agu Pert. (1994). Effects of electroconvulsive shock on the retention of cocaine-induced conditioning. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 49(2). 399–404. 3 indexed citations
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Zocchi, Alessandro & Agu Pert. (1993). Increases in striatal acetylcholine by SKF-38393 are mediated through D1 dopamine receptors in striatum and not the frontal cortex. Brain Research. 627(2). 186–192. 20 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Margaret E., Andrea Mele, & Agu Pert. (1992). Striatal extracellular dopamine in conscious vs. anesthetized rats: effects of chloral hydrate anesthetic on responses to drugs of different classes. Brain Research. 597(1). 1–7. 52 indexed citations
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Post, Robert M., Susan R.B. Weiss, David Fontana, & Agu Pert. (1992). Conditioned Sensitization to the Psychomotor Stimulant Cocaine. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 654(1). 386–399. 68 indexed citations
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Rothman, Richard B., et al.. (1992). Cocaine and GBR12909 produce equivalent motoric responses at different occupancy of the dopamine transporter. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 43(4). 1135–1142. 72 indexed citations
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Wozniak, Krystyna M., Agu Pert, & Markku Linnoila. (1990). Antagonism of 5-HT3 receptors attenuates the effects of ethanol on extracellular dopamine. European Journal of Pharmacology. 187(2). 287–289. 124 indexed citations
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Glue, Paul, et al.. (1990). Regional neurotransmitter responses after acute and chronic electroconvulsive shock. Psychopharmacology. 100(1). 60–65. 51 indexed citations
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Costa, Brian R. de, Linda C. Band, Richard B. Rothman, et al.. (1989). Synthesis of an affinity ligand (‘UPHIT’) for in vivo acylation of the κ‐opioid receptor. FEBS Letters. 249(2). 178–182. 10 indexed citations
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Post, R M, Susan R.B. Weiss, & Agu Pert. (1988). Implications of Behavioral Sensitization and Kindling for Stress-Induced Behavioral Change. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 245. 441–463. 20 indexed citations
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Clarke, Paul B. S., Daniel W. Hommer, Agu Pert, & L.R. Skirboll. (1987). Innervation of substantia nigra neurons by cholinergic afferents from pedunculopontine nucleus in the rat: neuroanatomical and electrophysiological evidence. Neuroscience. 23(3). 1011–1019. 163 indexed citations
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Squillace, Kathleen M., Robert M. Post, & Agu Pert. (1982). Effect of Lidocaine Pretreatment on Cocaine-Induced Behavior in Normal and Amygdala-Lesioned Rats. Neuropsychobiology. 8(3). 113–122. 7 indexed citations

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