Andrew Escayg

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Andrew Escayg is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Escayg has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 42 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Andrew Escayg's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (48 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (41 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (31 papers). Andrew Escayg is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (48 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (41 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (31 papers). Andrew Escayg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Brazil. Andrew Escayg's co-authors include Miriam H. Meisler, Alan L. Goldin, Bryan T. MacDonald, Jennifer A. Kearney, Ligia A. Papale, Jennifer C. Wong, Jay Spampanato, Stacey B. B. Dutton, Catherine Burési and Alexis Brice and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Neuron and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Escayg

79 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Mutations of SCN1A, encoding a neuronal sodium channel, in two families with GEFS+2

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew Escayg United States	36	2.6k	2.5k	2.3k	1.3k	430	81	4.7k
Jennifer A. Kearney United States	34	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	922 0.7×	374 0.9×	85	3.4k
Franck Kalume United States	16	1.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	588 0.4×	171 0.4×	29	2.7k
Wayne N. Frankel United States	33	2.9k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	543 0.2×	843 0.6×	266 0.6×	72	7.2k
Amy L. Brewster United States	26	1.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	728 0.3×	189 0.1×	163 0.4×	45	2.4k
G. Le Gal La Salle France	29	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	591 0.3×	659 0.5×	50 0.1×	66	3.3k
Renata Bartesaghi Italy	34	1.1k 0.4×	850 0.3×	309 0.1×	1.2k 0.9×	64 0.1×	99	3.5k
Andréy Mazarati United States	42	1.9k 0.7×	3.5k 1.4×	2.3k 1.0×	284 0.2×	29 0.1×	105	5.3k
Thomas Sander Germany	28	961 0.4×	843 0.3×	560 0.2×	565 0.4×	72 0.2×	52	2.2k
Steven J. Clapcote United Kingdom	25	1.5k 0.6×	806 0.3×	216 0.1×	574 0.4×	168 0.4×	49	2.5k
Paul R. Buckland United Kingdom	35	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	422 0.2×	1.0k 0.8×	61 0.1×	82	3.3k

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Wong, Jennifer C., et al.. (2025). Microfluidics-Assisted Formulation of Polymeric Oxytocin Nanoparticles for Targeted Brain Delivery. Pharmaceutics. 17(4). 452–452. 2 indexed citations

Wong, Jennifer C., Debanjan Bhattacharya, Yuki Kuranaga, et al.. (2023). Generation and initial characterization of mice lacking full‐length BAI3 (ADGRB3) expression. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology. 133(4). 353–363. 3 indexed citations

Knierim, Ellen, Johannes Vogt, Michael Kintscher, et al.. (2023). Mutations in plasticity-related-gene-1 (PRG-1) protein contribute to hippocampal seizure susceptibility and modify epileptic phenotype. Cerebral Cortex. 33(12). 7454–7467. 2 indexed citations

Wong, Jennifer C., Kameryn M. Butler, Kathryn B. Garber, et al.. (2021). Pathogenic in-Frame Variants in SCN8A: Expanding the Genetic Landscape of SCN8A-Associated Disease. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 748415–748415. 1 indexed citations

Escayg, Andrew, et al.. (2021). Extracellular vesicles in the treatment of neurological disorders. Neurobiology of Disease. 157. 105445–105445. 42 indexed citations

Duprat, Fabrice, Paula A. Pousinha, Alexandre Loucif, et al.. (2019). A two-hit story: Seizures and genetic mutation interaction sets phenotype severity in SCN1A epilepsies. Neurobiology of Disease. 125. 31–44. 45 indexed citations

Porter‐Stransky, Kirsten A., Samuel W. Centanni, Jennifer C. Wong, et al.. (2018). Noradrenergic Transmission at Alpha1-Adrenergic Receptors in the Ventral Periaqueductal Gray Modulates Arousal. Biological Psychiatry. 85(3). 237–247. 42 indexed citations

Wong, Jennifer C., Stacey B. B. Dutton, Stephen D. Collins, Steven C. Schachter, & Andrew Escayg. (2016). Huperzine A Provides Robust and Sustained Protection against Induced Seizures in Scn1a Mutant Mice. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 7. 357–357. 41 indexed citations

Hedrich, Ulrike B. S., Daniel S. Kirschenbaum, Yuanyuan Liu, et al.. (2014). Impaired Action Potential Initiation in GABAergic Interneurons Causes Hyperexcitable Networks in an Epileptic Mouse Model Carrying a Human Na(V)1.1 Mutation. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 34(45). 14874–14889. 4 indexed citations

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Papale, Ligia A., et al.. (2013). Scn8a voltage-gated sodium channel mutation alters seizure and anxiety responses to acute stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 39. 225–236. 10 indexed citations

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Hawkins, Nicole A., Melinda S. Martin, Wayne N. Frankel, Jennifer A. Kearney, & Andrew Escayg. (2010). Neuronal voltage-gated ion channels are genetic modifiers of generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. Neurobiology of Disease. 41(3). 655–660. 67 indexed citations

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Tang, Bin, Ligia A. Papale, Raffaella Rusconi, et al.. (2009). A BAC transgenic mouse model reveals neuron subtype-specific effects of a Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+) mutation. Neurobiology of Disease. 35(1). 91–102. 77 indexed citations

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Dutton, Stacey B. B. & Andrew Escayg. (2008). Genetic influences on ketogenic diet efficacy. Epilepsia. 49(s8). 67–69. 10 indexed citations

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Martin, Melinda S., et al.. (2007). Characterization of 5′ untranslated regions of the voltage-gated sodium channels SCN1A, SCN2A, and SCN3A and identification of cis-conserved noncoding sequences. Genomics. 90(2). 225–235. 22 indexed citations

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Hunter, Jessica Ezzell, Snezana Maljevic, Anupama Shankar, et al.. (2006). Subthreshold changes of voltage-dependent activation of the KV7.2 channel in neonatal epilepsy. Neurobiology of Disease. 24(1). 194–201. 27 indexed citations

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Brevern, Michael von, Anupama Shankar, Anna Wiste, et al.. (2006). Migrainous Vertigo: Mutation Analysis of the Candidate Genes CACNA1A, ATP1A2, SCN1A, and CACNB4. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 46(7). 1136–1141. 58 indexed citations

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Spampanato, Jay, Jennifer A. Kearney, Gerald de Haan, et al.. (2004). A Novel Epilepsy Mutation in the Sodium ChannelSCN1AIdentifies a Cytoplasmic Domain for β Subunit Interaction. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(44). 10022–10034. 128 indexed citations

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Escayg, Andrew, et al.. (2001). A novel mutation of the sodium channel SCN1A in the epilepsy syndrome GEFS plus .. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 69(4). 600–600. 2 indexed citations

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Escayg, Andrew, Michel De Waard, David D. Lee, et al.. (2000). Coding and Noncoding Variation of the Human Calcium-Channel β4-Subunit Gene CACNB4 in Patients with Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy and Episodic Ataxia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 66(5). 1531–1539. 289 indexed citations

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Dib‐Hajj, Sulayman D., Lynda Tyrrell, Andrew Escayg, et al.. (1999). Coding Sequence, Genomic Organization, and Conserved Chromosomal Localization of the Mouse Gene Scn11a Encoding the Sodium Channel NaN. Genomics. 59(3). 309–318. 49 indexed citations

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