Alex S. Evers

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Alex S. Evers is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex S. Evers has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 65 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alex S. Evers's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (57 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (39 papers) and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (21 papers). Alex S. Evers is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (57 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (39 papers) and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (21 papers). Alex S. Evers collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Alex S. Evers's co-authors include Michael S. Avidan, Douglas F. Covey, Charles F. Zorumski, Gustav Akk, Steven Mennerick, John W. Olney, Joe Henry Steinbach, Eric Jacobsohn, Ansgar M. Brambrink and Gregory A. Dissen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alex S. Evers

133 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Anesthesia Awareness and the Bispectral Index

2008 499 citations Michael S. Avidan, Lini Zhang et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Alex S. Evers	1.9k	1.7k	1.6k	1.6k	1.1k	137	5.6k
Roderic G. Eckenhoff	2.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	2.6k 1.6×	2.4k 2.2×	219	7.7k
Michael J. Laster	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	543 0.5×	141	4.9k
Beverley A. Orser	2.5k 1.3×	4.1k 2.4×	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	175	9.2k
Hugh C. Hemmings	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	712 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	497 0.5×	103	3.3k
Miles Berger	712 0.4×	522 0.3×	673 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.6×	85	4.1k
Richard E. Hartman	1.2k 0.6×	819 0.5×	881 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	932 0.8×	84	5.4k
Stuart A. Forman	2.3k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	680 0.4×	588 0.4×	320 0.3×	116	4.2k
Donald D. Koblin	777 0.4×	701 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	884 0.6×	204 0.2×	103	2.9k
Michael J. Halsey	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	852 0.5×	716 0.5×	151 0.1×	121	3.5k
Kazuhiko Fukuda	4.5k 2.4×	2.9k 1.7×	372 0.2×	296 0.2×	163 0.1×	178	7.0k

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Wang, Lei, John Cowgill, Zi-Wei Chen, et al.. (2025). A propofol binding site in the voltage sensor domain mediates inhibition of HCN1 channel activity. Science Advances. 11(1). eadr7427–eadr7427.

Tateiwa, Hiroki & Alex S. Evers. (2024). Neurosteroids and their potential as a safer class of general anesthetics. Journal of Anesthesia. 38(2). 261–274. 9 indexed citations

Reinholdt, Peter, Line Lauritsen, Gustav Akk, et al.. (2024). Stereospecific Properties and Intracellular Transport of Novel Intrinsically Fluorescent Neurosteroids. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 15(23). 4322–4336. 1 indexed citations

Germann, Allison L., et al.. (2024). Comparison of Behavioral Effects of GABAergic Low- and High-Efficacy Neuroactive Steroids in the Zebrafish Larvae Assay. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 15(5). 909–915. 1 indexed citations

Qian, Mingxing, Yuanjian Xu, Hong-Jin Shu, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and evaluation of photoaffinity labeling reagents for identifying binding sites of sulfated neurosteroids on NMDA and GABA_A receptors. RSC Advances. 14(49). 36352–36369. 2 indexed citations

Tateiwa, Hiroki, Ziwei Chen, Lei Wang, et al.. (2023). The Mechanism of Enantioselective Neurosteroid Actions on GABAA Receptors. Biomolecules. 13(2). 341–341. 12 indexed citations

Shin, Hijai R., Lei Wang, Yusuke Sugasawa, et al.. (2022). Lysosomal GPCR-like protein LYCHOS signals cholesterol sufficiency to mTORC1. Science. 377(6612). 1290–1298. 62 indexed citations

Sugasawa, Yusuke, Wayland W.L. Cheng, John Bracamontes, et al.. (2020). Site-specific effects of neurosteroids on GABAA receptor activation and desensitization. eLife. 9. 45 indexed citations

Chen, Zi-Wei, John Bracamontes, Wayland W.L. Cheng, et al.. (2018). Identification of Neurosteroid Binding Sites on GABAA Receptors using Photolabeling with Mass Spectrometry. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 25a–25a. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Wayland W.L., Zi-Wei Chen, Melissa M. Budelier, et al.. (2018). Mapping Two Neursteroid Modulatory Sites in GLIC: A Prototypic Pentameric Ligand Gated Ion Channel. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 299a–299a. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Zi-Wei, Cunde Wang, Kathiresan Krishnan, et al.. (2014). 11-trifluoromethyl-phenyldiazirinyl neurosteroid analogues: potent general anesthetics and photolabeling reagents for GABAA receptors. Psychopharmacology. 231(17). 3479–3491. 10 indexed citations

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Gradwohl, Stephen, Arbi Ben‐Abdallah, Nan Lin, et al.. (2013). Increased Risk of Intraoperative Awareness in Patients with a History of Awareness. Anesthesiology. 119(6). 1275–1283. 29 indexed citations

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Whitlock, Elizabeth L., Alexander Villafranca, Nan Lin, et al.. (2011). Relationship between Bispectral Index Values and Volatile Anesthetic Concentrations during the Maintenance Phase of Anesthesia in the B-Unaware Trial. Anesthesiology. 115(6). 1209–1218. 86 indexed citations

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Brambrink, Ansgar M., Alex S. Evers, Michael S. Avidan, et al.. (2010). Isoflurane-induced Neuroapoptosis in the Neonatal Rhesus Macaque Brain. Anesthesiology. 112(4). 834–841. 411 indexed citations

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Shu, Hong‐Jin, Lawrence N. Eisenman, Cunde Wang, et al.. (2009). Photodynamic Effects of Steroid-Conjugated Fluorophores on GABAA Receptors. Molecular Pharmacology. 76(4). 754–765. 2 indexed citations

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Avidan, Michael S., Lini Zhang, Beth Burnside, et al.. (2008). Anesthesia Awareness and the Bispectral Index. New England Journal of Medicine. 358(11). 1097–1108. 499 indexed citations breakdown →

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Murray, David J., John R. Boulet, Michael S. Avidan, et al.. (2007). Performance of Residents and Anesthesiologists in a Simulation-based Skill Assessment. Anesthesiology. 107(5). 705–713. 100 indexed citations

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Evers, Alex S. & Mervyn Maze. (2004). Anesthetic pharmacology : physiologic principles and clinical practice : a companion to Miller's Anesthesia. Churchill Livingstone eBooks. 13 indexed citations

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Wu, Xinsheng, et al.. (2004). Isoflurane Inhibits Transmitter Release and the Presynaptic Action Potential. Anesthesiology. 100(3). 663–670. 113 indexed citations

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Stern, Richard & Alex S. Evers. (1991). The Action of Halothane on Stimulus‐Secretion Coupling in Clonal (GH₃) Pituitary Cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 625(1). 293–295. 1 indexed citations

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