Alicia A. Walf

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Alicia A. Walf is a scholar working on Genetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alicia A. Walf has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Genetics, 56 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 45 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alicia A. Walf's work include Estrogen and related hormone effects (62 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (45 papers) and Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments (43 papers). Alicia A. Walf is often cited by papers focused on Estrogen and related hormone effects (62 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (45 papers) and Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments (43 papers). Alicia A. Walf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Italy. Alicia A. Walf's co-authors include Cheryl A. Frye, Madeline E. Rhodes, Carolyn J. Koonce, Jacob P. Harney, Jason J. Paris, Kanako Sumida, Kevin Manley, Kassandra L. Edinger, Sandra M. Petralia and Elwood V. Jensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, Nature Protocols and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Alicia A. Walf

88 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

The use of the elevated plus maze as an assay of anxiety-... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. The use of the elevated plus maze as an assay of anxiety-related behavior in rodents
    2007 2.2k citations Alicia A. Walf, Cheryl A. Frye profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alicia A. Walf United States 37 2.9k 2.0k 1.8k 1.7k 1.4k 89 6.9k
Cynthia L. Bethea United States 48 2.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 154 6.6k
Robert J. Handa United States 54 4.1k 1.4× 2.6k 1.3× 2.6k 1.5× 2.6k 1.6× 1.3k 1.0× 178 10.6k
Nicholas Barden Canada 46 3.2k 1.1× 842 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 127 6.5k
Daniel M. Dorsa United States 49 1.6k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 2.3k 1.7× 113 7.8k
Alonso Fernández‐Guasti Mexico 42 1.9k 0.6× 537 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 2.1k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 171 4.8k
Maria Dorota Majewska United States 25 1.9k 0.7× 625 0.3× 1.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 2.9k 2.1× 35 5.6k
Phyllis M. Wise United States 59 1.9k 0.7× 3.3k 1.6× 3.4k 1.9× 1.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 158 9.8k
Graziano Pinna United States 43 2.5k 0.9× 543 0.3× 735 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.4× 108 5.5k
Julie A. Chowen Spain 54 908 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 2.7k 1.5× 555 0.3× 1.7k 1.3× 220 9.2k
Sheryl S. Smith United States 41 1.8k 0.6× 524 0.3× 597 0.3× 1.8k 1.1× 2.6k 2.0× 98 5.5k

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All Works

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Walf, Alicia A., Carolyn J. Koonce, & Cheryl A. Frye. (2015). Progestogens’ effects and mechanisms for object recognition memory across the lifespan. Behavioural Brain Research. 294. 50–61. 9 indexed citations
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Koonce, Carolyn J., Alicia A. Walf, & Cheryl A. Frye. (2011). Type 1 5α-reductase may be required for estrous cycle changes in affective behaviors of female mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 226(2). 376–380. 37 indexed citations
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Walf, Alicia A., Jason J. Paris, Madeline E. Rhodes, James W. Simpkins, & Cheryl A. Frye. (2010). Divergent mechanisms for trophic actions of estrogens in the brain and peripheral tissues. Brain Research. 1379. 119–136. 19 indexed citations
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Frye, Cheryl A. & Alicia A. Walf. (2010). Progesterone, administered before kainic acid, prevents decrements in cognitive performance in the Morris Water Maze. Developmental Neurobiology. 71(2). 142–152. 13 indexed citations
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Walf, Alicia A., Jason J. Paris, & Cheryl A. Frye. (2009). Chronic estradiol replacement to aged female rats reduces anxiety-like and depression-like behavior and enhances cognitive performance. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 34(6). 909–916. 107 indexed citations
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Frye, Cheryl A. & Alicia A. Walf. (2008). Membrane actions of progestins at dopamine type 1-like and GABAA receptors involve downstream signal transduction pathways. Steroids. 73(9-10). 906–913. 29 indexed citations
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Walf, Alicia A. & Cheryl A. Frye. (2008). Estradiol enhances sociosexual behavior and can have proliferative effects in ovariectomized rats. AGE. 31(3). 221–229. 7 indexed citations
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Walf, Alicia A. & Cheryl A. Frye. (2007). Parity and estrogen-administration alter affective behavior of ovariectomized rats. Physiology & Behavior. 93(1-2). 351–356. 31 indexed citations
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Frye, Cheryl A., et al.. (2007). Estrogens and progestins enhance spatial learning of intact and ovariectomized rats in the object placement task. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 88(2). 208–216. 201 indexed citations
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Frye, Cheryl A. & Alicia A. Walf. (2007). Effects of progesterone administration and APPswe+PSEN1Δe9 mutation for cognitive performance of mid-aged mice. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 89(1). 17–26. 61 indexed citations
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Frye, Cheryl A., et al.. (2006). Self-administration of 3α-androstanediol increases locomotion and analgesia and decreases aggressive behavior of male hamsters. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 86(2). 415–421. 15 indexed citations
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Frye, Cheryl A., Alicia A. Walf, & Sandra M. Petralia. (2006). Progestins’ effects on sexual behaviour of female rats and hamsters involving D1 and GABAA receptors in the ventral tegmental area may be G-protein-dependent. Behavioural Brain Research. 172(2). 286–293. 13 indexed citations
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Sumida, Kanako, Alicia A. Walf, & Cheryl A. Frye. (2005). Progestin-facilitated lordosis of hamsters may involve dopamine-like type 1 receptors in the ventral tegmental area. Behavioural Brain Research. 161(1). 1–7. 25 indexed citations
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Walf, Alicia A., Kanako Sumida, & Cheryl A. Frye. (2005). Inhibiting 5α-reductase in the amygdala attenuates antianxiety and antidepressive behavior of naturally receptive and hormone-primed ovariectomized rats. Psychopharmacology. 186(3). 302–311. 69 indexed citations
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Walf, Alicia A. & Cheryl A. Frye. (2005). Antianxiety and Antidepressive Behavior Produced by Physiological Estradiol Regimen may be Modulated by Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Activity. Neuropsychopharmacology. 30(7). 1288–1301. 140 indexed citations
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Frye, Cheryl A., Alicia A. Walf, Madeline E. Rhodes, & Jacob P. Harney. (2004). Progesterone enhances motor, anxiolytic, analgesic, and antidepressive behavior of wild-type mice, but not those deficient in type 1 5α-reductase. Brain Research. 1004(1-2). 116–124. 104 indexed citations
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Walf, Alicia A., Madeline E. Rhodes, & Cheryl A. Frye. (2004). Antidepressant effects of ERβ-selective estrogen receptor modulators in the forced swim test. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 78(3). 523–529. 156 indexed citations
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Walf, Alicia A. & Cheryl A. Frye. (2003). Anti-nociception following exposure to trimethylthiazoline, peripheral or intra-amygdala estrogen and/or progesterone. Behavioural Brain Research. 144(1-2). 77–85. 33 indexed citations

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