Andrew R. Tapper

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Andrew R. Tapper is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew R. Tapper has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Andrew R. Tapper's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (33 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (25 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (23 papers). Andrew R. Tapper is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (33 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (25 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (23 papers). Andrew R. Tapper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and China. Andrew R. Tapper's co-authors include Paul Gardner, Rubing Zhao-Shea, Linzy M. Hendrickson, Alfred L. George, Liwang Liu, Ma. Reina Improgo, Michael J. Marks, Henry A. Lester, Sheri McKinney and Steven R. DeGroot and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Andrew R. Tapper

61 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Nicotine Activation of α4* Receptors: Sufficient for Reward, Tolerance, and Sensitization

2004 539 citations Andrew R. Tapper, Sheri McKinney et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew R. Tapper United States	32	2.6k	1.5k	547	298	260	63	3.7k
Andrew D. Medhurst United Kingdom	33	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	509 0.9×	236 0.8×	271 1.0×	58	3.9k
Raymond S Hurst United States	26	3.4k 1.3×	2.4k 1.6×	517 0.9×	316 1.1×	154 0.6×	42	4.6k
Hans O. Kalkman Switzerland	30	1.8k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	592 1.1×	261 0.9×	231 0.9×	68	3.6k
Joseph Grimsby United States	37	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	779 1.4×	131 0.4×	83 0.3×	70	5.6k
Michael K. Ahlijanian United States	30	2.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	1.5k 2.7×	263 0.9×	346 1.3×	59	4.5k
Ja‐Hyun Baik South Korea	33	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	531 1.0×	120 0.4×	145 0.6×	85	4.5k
Emanuele Sher United Kingdom	43	3.9k 1.5×	2.1k 1.4×	403 0.7×	196 0.7×	133 0.5×	135	5.0k
Xavier Langlois Belgium	38	2.1k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	510 0.9×	80 0.3×	330 1.3×	104	4.2k
Michèle Sebben France	37	2.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.9×	477 0.9×	115 0.4×	154 0.6×	51	3.9k
Rainer Kühn Switzerland	40	3.5k 1.3×	4.5k 3.0×	554 1.0×	137 0.5×	408 1.6×	67	5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew R. Tapper

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Molas, Susanna, et al.. (2023). Viral Tracing Confirms Paranigral Ventral Tegmental Area Dopaminergic Inputs to the Interpeduncular Nucleus Where Dopamine Release Encodes Motivated Exploration. eNeuro. 10(1). ENEURO.0282–22.2022. 6 indexed citations

Vinne, Vincent van der, et al.. (2021). Binge Alcohol Drinking Alters Synaptic Processing of Executive and Emotional Information in Core Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neurons. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15. 742207–742207. 4 indexed citations

DeGroot, Steven R., Rubing Zhao-Shea, Leeyup Chung, et al.. (2020). Midbrain Dopamine Controls Anxiety-like Behavior by Engaging Unique Interpeduncular Nucleus Microcircuitry. Biological Psychiatry. 88(11). 855–866. 45 indexed citations

Tsuji, Junko, Rubing Zhao-Shea, Ciearra B. Smith, et al.. (2020). Integrated miRNA-/mRNA-Seq of the Habenulo-Interpeduncular Circuit During Acute Nicotine Withdrawal. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 813–813. 9 indexed citations

Gunner, Georgia, Lucas Cheadle, Kasey M. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Sensory lesioning induces microglial synapse elimination via ADAM10 and fractalkine signaling. Nature Neuroscience. 22(7). 1075–1088. 216 indexed citations

Molas, Susanna, Rubing Zhao-Shea, Liwang Liu, et al.. (2017). A circuit-based mechanism underlying familiarity signaling and the preference for novelty. Nature Neuroscience. 20(9). 1260–1268. 48 indexed citations

Molas, Susanna, Steven R. DeGroot, Rubing Zhao-Shea, & Andrew R. Tapper. (2016). Anxiety and Nicotine Dependence: Emerging Role of the Habenulo-Interpeduncular Axis. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 38(2). 169–180. 78 indexed citations

Shea, Jeremy M., Ryan W. Serra, Benjamin R. Carone, et al.. (2015). Genetic and Epigenetic Variation, but Not Diet, Shape the Sperm Methylome. Developmental Cell. 35(6). 750–758. 103 indexed citations

Ngolab, Jennifer, Liwang Liu, Rubing Zhao-Shea, et al.. (2015). Functional Upregulation of α4* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in VTA GABAergic Neurons Increases Sensitivity to Nicotine Reward. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(22). 8570–8578. 27 indexed citations

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Zhao-Shea, Rubing, Steven R. DeGroot, Liwang Liu, et al.. (2015). Increased CRF signalling in a ventral tegmental area-interpeduncular nucleus-medial habenula circuit induces anxiety during nicotine withdrawal. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6770–6770. 124 indexed citations

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Almeida, Sandra, Eduardo Gascon, Hélène Tran, et al.. (2013). Modeling key pathological features of frontotemporal dementia with C9ORF72 repeat expansion in iPSC-derived human neurons. Acta Neuropathologica. 126(3). 385–399. 251 indexed citations

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Liu, Liwang, Linzy M. Hendrickson, Melissa Guildford, et al.. (2012). Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Containing the α4 Subunit Modulate Alcohol Reward. Biological Psychiatry. 73(8). 738–746. 47 indexed citations

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Improgo, Ma. Reina, Andrew R. Tapper, & Paul Gardner. (2011). Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-mediated mechanisms in lung cancer. Biochemical Pharmacology. 82(8). 1015–1021. 68 indexed citations

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Improgo, Ma. Reina, Michael D. Scofield, Andrew R. Tapper, & Paul Gardner. (2010). From smoking to lung cancer: the CHRNA5/A3/B4 connection. Oncogene. 29(35). 4874–4884. 49 indexed citations

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Martin, Gilles, et al.. (2008). Identification of a BK channel auxiliary protein controlling molecular and behavioral tolerance to alcohol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(45). 17543–17548. 72 indexed citations

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Schroeder, Frederick A., Anouch Matevossian, Sara R. Jones, et al.. (2008). Drug-Induced Activation of Dopamine D1 Receptor Signaling and Inhibition of Class I/II Histone Deacetylase Induce Chromatin Remodeling in Reward Circuitry and Modulate Cocaine-Related Behaviors. Neuropsychopharmacology. 33(12). 2981–2992. 104 indexed citations

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Tapper, Andrew R., Sheri McKinney, Raad Nashmi, et al.. (2004). Nicotine Activation of α4* Receptors: Sufficient for Reward, Tolerance, and Sensitization. Science. 306(5698). 1029–1032. 539 indexed citations breakdown →

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Andelfinger, Grégor, Andrew R. Tapper, Richard C. Welch, et al.. (2002). KCNJ2 Mutation Results in Andersen Syndrome with Sex-Specific Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Phenotypes. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 71(3). 663–668. 166 indexed citations

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Tapper, Andrew R. & Alfred L. George. (2001). Location and Orientation of minK within the IKsPotassium Channel Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(41). 38249–38254. 59 indexed citations

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Roberts, L. Jackson, Thomas J. Montine, William R. Markesbery, et al.. (1998). Formation of Isoprostane-like Compounds (Neuroprostanes) in Vivo from Docosahexaenoic Acid. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(22). 13605–13612. 335 indexed citations

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