Alice Butler

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Alice Butler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alice Butler has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alice Butler's work include Ion channel regulation and function (19 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (8 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Alice Butler is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (19 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (8 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Alice Butler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Chile. Alice Butler's co-authors include Lawrence Salkoff, Aguan Wei, Celia M. Santi, Keith Baker, Aguan Wei, David P. McCobb, Susan Tsunoda, Gonzalo Ferreira, Manuel Covarrubias and Michael D. Pak and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Alice Butler

27 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

mSlo , a Complex Mouse Gene Encoding "Maxi" Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels

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Aguan Wei United States

Pedro Labarca Chile

José R. Lémos United States

Ricardo Felix Mexico

Celia M. Santi United States

Nathan Dascal Israel

E B Ridgway United States

Lawrence Salkoff United States

Wolfgang Bönigk Germany

Jürgen R. Schwarz Germany

Aguan Wei United States

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Ferreira, Juan J., Lindsey N. Kent, Ronald McCarthy, et al.. (2025). SLO2.1/NALCN Functional Complex Activity in Mouse Myometrial Smooth Muscle Cells During Pregnancy. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 240(4). e70024–e70024.

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Ferreira, Juan J., et al.. (2023). SLO3: A Conserved Regulator of Sperm Membrane Potential. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(13). 11205–11205. 8 indexed citations

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Butler, Alice, et al.. (2023). BK channels of five different subunit combinations underlie the de novo KCNMA1 G375R channelopathy. The Journal of General Physiology. 155(5). 5 indexed citations

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Deng, Zengqin, Guohui Zhang, Gonzalo Budelli, et al.. (2020). Coupling of Ca ²⁺ and voltage activation in BK channels through the αB helix/voltage sensor interface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(25). 14512–14521. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Ping, et al.. (2017). GABA-B Controls Persistent Na ⁺ Current and Coupled Na ⁺ -Activated K ⁺ Current. eNeuro. 4(3). ENEURO.0114–17.2017. 7 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Juan J., Alice Butler, Pascale Lybaert, et al.. (2017). A genetic variant of the sperm-specific SLO3 K+ channel has altered pH and Ca2+ sensitivities. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(21). 8978–8987. 31 indexed citations

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Budelli, Gonzalo, et al.. (2016). SLO2 Channels Are Inhibited by All Divalent Cations That Activate SLO1 K+ Channels. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(14). 7347–7356. 12 indexed citations

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Chávez, Julio C., Juan J. Ferreira, Alice Butler, et al.. (2014). SLO3 K+ Channels Control Calcium Entry through CATSPER Channels in Sperm. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(46). 32266–32275. 66 indexed citations

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Santi, Celia M., José Luis de la Vega‐Beltrán, Alice Butler, et al.. (2010). The SLO3 sperm‐specific potassium channel plays a vital role in male fertility. FEBS Letters. 584(5). 1041–1046. 203 indexed citations

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Santi, Celia M., Alice Butler, Julia Kuhn, Aguan Wei, & Lawrence Salkoff. (2009). Bovine and Mouse SLO3 K+ Channels. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(32). 21589–21598. 19 indexed citations

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Salkoff, Lawrence, Alice Butler, Gonzalo Ferreira, Celia M. Santi, & Aguan Wei. (2006). High-conductance potassium channels of the SLO family. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 7(12). 921–931. 434 indexed citations

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Fawcett, Gloria L., Celia M. Santi, Alice Butler, et al.. (2006). Mutant Analysis of the Shal (Kv4) Voltage-gated Fast Transient K+ Channel in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(41). 30725–30735. 24 indexed citations

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Santi, Celia M., Gonzalo Ferreira, Bo Yang, et al.. (2006). Opposite Regulation of Slick and Slack K⁺Channels by Neuromodulators. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(19). 5059–5068. 82 indexed citations

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Salkoff, Lawrence, Alice Butler, Gloria L. Fawcett, et al.. (2001). Evolution tunes the excitability of individual neurons. Neuroscience. 103(4). 853–859. 42 indexed citations

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Butler, Alice, et al.. (2000). TRPγ, a Drosophila TRP–Related Subunit, Forms a Regulated Cation Channel with TRPL. Neuron. 26(3). 647–657. 132 indexed citations

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Yuan, Alex, et al.. (2000). SLO-2, a K+ channel with an unusual Cl− dependence. Nature Neuroscience. 3(8). 771–779. 96 indexed citations

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Kunkel, Maya T., et al.. (1999). Genomic Organization of Nematode 4TM K⁺ Channels^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 868(1). 286–303. 34 indexed citations

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Salkoff, Lawrence, Keith Baker, Alice Butler, et al.. (1992). An essential ‘set’ of K+ channels conserved in flies, mice and humans. Trends in Neurosciences. 15(5). 161–166. 262 indexed citations

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Butler, Alice, Aguan Wei, & Lawrence Salkoff. (1990). Shal, Shab, andShaw: three genes encoding potassium channels inDrosophila. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(8). 2173–2173. 23 indexed citations

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Salkoff, Lawrence, Alice Butler, Aguan Wei, et al.. (1987). Molecular biology of the voltage-gated sodium channel. Trends in Neurosciences. 10(12). 522–527. 15 indexed citations

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