Andy Weyer

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Andy Weyer is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Andy Weyer has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Physiology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Andy Weyer's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers). Andy Weyer is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers). Andy Weyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Spain. Andy Weyer's co-authors include Cheryl L. Stucky, Yoshichika Baba, Zhaozhu Qiu, Ardem Patapoutian, Matt Petrus, Ellen A. Lumpkin, Sanjeev S. Ranade, Takashi Miyamoto, Adrienne E. Dubin and Sonya G. Lehto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Andy Weyer

20 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Piezo2 is required for Merkel-cell mechanotransduction

2014 551 citations Sanjeev S. Ranade, Andy Weyer et al. Nature profile →
Selective spider toxins reveal a role for the Nav1.1 channel in mechanical pain

2016 238 citations Jeremiah D. Osteen, Volker Herzig et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andy Weyer United States	17	810	688	408	334	143	20	1.7k
Stefan G. Lechner Germany	26	945 1.2×	901 1.3×	538 1.3×	329 1.0×	80 0.6×	48	1.9k
Reza Sharif‐Naeini Canada	23	984 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	710 1.7×	421 1.3×	133 0.9×	41	2.4k
David E. Strochlic United States	9	530 0.7×	605 0.9×	445 1.1×	159 0.5×	62 0.4×	9	2.2k
Xidao Wang United States	13	1.3k 1.6×	599 0.9×	818 2.0×	330 1.0×	144 1.0×	18	2.4k
Sabrina L. McIlwrath United States	19	856 1.1×	962 1.4×	974 2.4×	781 2.3×	249 1.7×	30	2.4k
Hideki Mochizuki Japan	29	501 0.6×	597 0.9×	314 0.8×	418 1.3×	62 0.4×	95	2.7k
Chuansong Wang United States	15	623 0.8×	559 0.8×	324 0.8×	253 0.8×	30 0.2×	20	1.7k
Seiji Miyata Japan	33	471 0.6×	860 1.3×	710 1.7×	153 0.5×	66 0.5×	125	3.0k
M. Carmen Acosta Spain	29	729 0.9×	247 0.4×	425 1.0×	795 2.4×	89 0.6×	75	3.4k
Yoshiyuki Shibukawa Japan	21	373 0.5×	768 1.1×	349 0.9×	346 1.0×	54 0.4×	80	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andy Weyer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andy Weyer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andy Weyer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Andy Weyer. Andy Weyer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Moehring, Francie, Ashley M. Cowie, Andy Weyer, et al.. (2018). Keratinocytes mediate innocuous and noxious touch via ATP-P2X4 signaling. eLife. 7. 140 indexed citations

Sadler, Katelyn E., Katherine J. Zappia, Andy Weyer, et al.. (2018). Chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) mediates persistent sickle cell disease pain. Journal of Pain. 19(3). S13–S13. 2 indexed citations

Losa‐Reyna, José, et al.. (2018). Evidence for Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channel Contribution to Arthritis Pain and Pathogenesis. Pharmaceuticals. 11(4). 105–105. 32 indexed citations

Sadler, Katelyn E., Katherine J. Zappia, Crystal O’Hara, et al.. (2018). Chemokine (c-c motif) receptor 2 mediates mechanical and cold hypersensitivity in sickle cell disease mice. Pain. 159(8). 1652–1663. 21 indexed citations

Weyer, Andy & Sonya G. Lehto. (2017). Development of TRPM8 Antagonists to Treat Chronic Pain and Migraine. Pharmaceuticals. 10(2). 37–37. 68 indexed citations

Weyer, Andy, et al.. (2016). Nociceptor Sensitization Depends on Age and Pain Chronicity. eNeuro. 3(1). ENEURO.0115–15.2015. 56 indexed citations

Osteen, Jeremiah D., Volker Herzig, John M. Gilchrist, et al.. (2016). Selective spider toxins reveal a role for the Nav1.1 channel in mechanical pain. Nature. 534(7608). 494–499. 238 indexed citations breakdown →

Zappia, Katherine J., Sheldon R. Garrison, Oleg Palygin, et al.. (2016). Mechanosensory and ATP Release Deficits following Keratin14-Cre-Mediated TRPA1 Deletion Despite Absence of TRPA1 in Murine Keratinocytes. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0151602–e0151602. 22 indexed citations

Lehto, Sonya G., Andy Weyer, Beth D. Youngblood, et al.. (2016). Selective antagonism of TRPA1 produces limited efficacy in models of inflammatory- and neuropathic-induced mechanical hypersensitivity in rats. Molecular Pain. 12. 21 indexed citations

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Yu, Hongwei, Bin Pan, Andy Weyer, et al.. (2015). CaMKII Controls Whether Touch Is Painful. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(42). 14086–14102. 24 indexed citations

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Weyer, Andy, Crystal O’Hara, & Cheryl L. Stucky. (2015). Amplified Mechanically Gated Currents in Distinct Subsets of Myelinated Sensory Neurons following In Vivo Inflammation of Skin and Muscle. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(25). 9456–9462. 12 indexed citations

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Lehto, Sonya G., Andy Weyer, Maosheng Zhang, et al.. (2015). AMG2850, a potent and selective TRPM8 antagonist, is not effective in rat models of inflammatory mechanical hypersensitivity and neuropathic tactile allodynia. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 388(4). 465–476. 24 indexed citations

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Garrison, Sheldon R., Andy Weyer, Marie E. Barabas, Bruce Beutler, & Cheryl L. Stucky. (2014). A gain-of-function voltage-gated sodium channel 1.8 mutation drives intense hyperexcitability of A- and C-fiber neurons. Pain. 155(5). 896–905. 32 indexed citations

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Bement, Marie Hoeger, Andy Weyer, Tejin Yoon, & Sandra K. Hunter. (2014). Corticomotor Excitability During a Noxious Stimulus Before and After Exercise in Women With Fibromyalgia. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 31(1). 94–98. 13 indexed citations

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Ranade, Sanjeev S., Andy Weyer, Adrienne E. Dubin, et al.. (2014). Piezo2 is required for Merkel-cell mechanotransduction. Nature. 509(7502). 622–626. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chiu, Isaac M., Lee Barrett, Erika K. Williams, et al.. (2014). Transcriptional profiling at whole population and single cell levels reveals somatosensory neuron molecular diversity. eLife. 3. e06720–e06720. 178 indexed citations

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Mantsch, John R., Andy Weyer, Oliver Vranjkovic, et al.. (2010). Involvement of Noradrenergic Neurotransmission in the Stress- but not Cocaine-Induced Reinstatement of Extinguished Cocaine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference in Mice: Role for β-2 Adrenergic Receptors. Neuropsychopharmacology. 35(11). 2165–2178. 91 indexed citations

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Bement, Marie Hoeger, et al.. (2010). Pain Perception After Isometric Exercise in Women With Fibromyalgia. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 92(1). 89–95. 60 indexed citations

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Bement, Marie Hoeger, Andy Weyer, Manda L. Keller‐Ross, April L. Harkins, & Sandra K. Hunter. (2010). Anxiety and stress can predict pain perception following a cognitive stress. Physiology & Behavior. 101(1). 87–92. 46 indexed citations

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Bement, Marie Hoeger, Andy Weyer, Sarah Hartley, Tejin Yoon, & Sandra K. Hunter. (2009). Fatiguing exercise attenuates pain-induced corticomotor excitability. Neuroscience Letters. 452(2). 209–213. 32 indexed citations

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