Alex Straiker

4.7k total citations
81 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Alex Straiker is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Straiker has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Pharmacology, 49 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 40 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alex Straiker's work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (75 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (43 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (40 papers). Alex Straiker is often cited by papers focused on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (75 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (43 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (40 papers). Alex Straiker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Alex Straiker's co-authors include Ken Mackie, Brady K. Atwood, Greg Maguire, James Wager‐Miller, Natalia Murataeva, Jim Wager‐Miller, Heather B. Bradshaw, Jacqueline Lopez, John W. Huffman and James D. Lindsey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alex Straiker

77 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Straiker United States	33	2.7k	1.9k	828	789	429	81	3.7k
Steven G. Kinsey United States	31	3.4k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	669 0.8×	776 1.0×	546 1.3×	51	4.5k
Michael Bayewitch Israel	18	2.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	663 0.8×	982 1.2×	362 0.8×	21	3.8k
Murielle Rinaldi‐Carmona France	20	3.5k 1.3×	2.4k 1.3×	731 0.9×	588 0.7×	378 0.9×	26	3.9k
Laura J. Sim‐Selley United States	36	2.8k 1.0×	2.9k 1.5×	738 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	323 0.8×	78	4.6k
Bernard Calandra France	15	3.8k 1.4×	2.5k 1.3×	761 0.9×	692 0.9×	405 0.9×	15	4.1k
Shinji Nakane Japan	18	3.2k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	683 0.8×	666 0.8×	486 1.1×	21	3.8k
Balapal S. Basavarajappa United States	40	2.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.9×	363 0.4×	827 1.0×	195 0.5×	70	3.7k
Rosa M. Tolón Spain	28	2.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	545 0.7×	605 0.8×	157 0.4×	52	3.3k
Zuzana Justinová United States	38	2.0k 0.7×	2.4k 1.3×	458 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	345 0.8×	65	3.7k
M. Ruth Pazos Spain	27	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	516 0.6×	426 0.5×	135 0.3×	49	3.0k

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Murataeva, Natalia, Emma Leishman, Jim Wager‐Miller, et al.. (2025). Acetaminophen inhibits diacylglycerol lipase synthesis of 2-arachidonoyl glycerol: Implications for nociception. Cell Reports Medicine. 6(6). 102139–102139. 1 indexed citations

Mackie, Ken, et al.. (2025). Muscarinic cannabinoid suppression of excitation, a novel form of coincidence detection. Pharmacological Research. 212. 107606–107606.

Murataeva, Natalia, Wenwen Du, Ruth A. Ross, et al.. (2024). CB1 Receptor Negative Allosteric Modulators as a Potential Tool to Reverse Cannabinoid Toxicity. Molecules. 29(8). 1881–1881. 2 indexed citations

Nikas, Spyros P., Yingpeng Liu, Alex Straiker, et al.. (2024). Chiral Me-2-arachidonoyl Glycerols: The First Potent Endocannabinoid Glyceride Templates with Stability to COX-2. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(6). 965–971. 4 indexed citations

Murataeva, Natalia, et al.. (2024). A Sex-Dependent Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Role in Circadian Tearing of the Mouse. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 65(14). 10–10.

Szanda, Gergő, et al.. (2023). Requiem for Rimonabant: Therapeutic Potential for Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Antagonists after the Fall. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 689–707. 9 indexed citations

Iliopoulos‐Tsoutsouvas, Christos, Shan Jiang, Jim Wager‐Miller, et al.. (2022). Differential Enantiomer-Specific Signaling of Cannabidiol at CB1 Receptors. Molecular Pharmacology. 102(6). 259–268. 8 indexed citations

Wager‐Miller, Jim, et al.. (2022). Cannabinoid CB1 receptors regulate salivation. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 14182–14182. 14 indexed citations

Cairns, Elizabeth A., Anna-Maria Szczesniak, Alex Straiker, et al.. (2017). The In Vivo Effects of the CB ₁ -Positive Allosteric Modulator GAT229 on Intraocular Pressure in Ocular Normotensive and Hypertensive Mice. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 33(8). 582–590. 25 indexed citations

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Zanato, Chiara, Ganesh A. Thakur, Ruth A. Ross, et al.. (2017). Enantiomer-specific positive allosteric modulation of CB1 signaling in autaptic hippocampal neurons. Pharmacological Research. 129. 475–481. 26 indexed citations

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Dhopeshwarkar, Amey, Natalia Murataeva, A. Makriyannis, Alex Straiker, & Ken Mackie. (2016). Two Janus Cannabinoids That Are Both CB2 Agonists and CB1 Antagonists. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 360(2). 300–311. 23 indexed citations

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Straiker, Alex, Susan E. Howlett, Amina M. Bagher, et al.. (2014). Cannabinoid and lipid-mediated vasorelaxation in retinal microvasculature. European Journal of Pharmacology. 735. 105–114. 52 indexed citations

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Straiker, Alex, Kyung‐Tai Min, & Ken Mackie. (2013). Fmr1 deletion enhances and ultimately desensitizes CB1 signaling in autaptic hippocampal neurons. Neurobiology of Disease. 56. 1–5. 17 indexed citations

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Atwood, Brady K., Alex Straiker, & Ken Mackie. (2012). CB2 cannabinoid receptors inhibit synaptic transmission when expressed in cultured autaptic neurons. Neuropharmacology. 63(4). 514–523. 37 indexed citations

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Hudson, Brian D., et al.. (2011). Indirect Sympatholytic Actions at β-Adrenoceptors Account for the Ocular Hypotensive Actions of Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 339(3). 757–767. 31 indexed citations

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Atwood, Brady K., Jacqueline Lopez, James Wager‐Miller, Ken Mackie, & Alex Straiker. (2011). Expression of G protein-coupled receptors and related proteins in HEK293, AtT20, BV2, and N18 cell lines as revealed by microarray analysis. BMC Genomics. 12(1). 14–14. 317 indexed citations

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Atwood, Brady K., Donghoon Lee, Alex Straiker, Theodore S. Widlanski, & Ken Mackie. (2011). CP47,497-C8 and JWH073, commonly found in ‘Spice’ herbal blends, are potent and efficacious CB1 cannabinoid receptor agonists. European Journal of Pharmacology. 659(2-3). 139–145. 93 indexed citations

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Straiker, Alex, et al.. (2011). Differential signalling in human cannabinoid CB₁receptors and their splice variants in autaptic hippocampal neurones. British Journal of Pharmacology. 165(8). 2660–2671. 35 indexed citations

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Straiker, Alex & Ken Mackie. (2006). Cannabinoids, electrophysiology, and retrograde messengers: Challenges for the next 5 years. The AAPS Journal. 8(2). E272–E276. 23 indexed citations

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Straiker, Alex & Ken Mackie. (2005). Depolarization‐induced suppression of excitation in murine autaptic hippocampal neurones. The Journal of Physiology. 569(2). 501–517. 168 indexed citations

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