Arthur Cherkin

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Arthur Cherkin is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Arthur Cherkin has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Arthur Cherkin's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (8 papers). Arthur Cherkin is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (8 papers). Arthur Cherkin collaborates with scholars based in United States. Arthur Cherkin's co-authors include James F. Flood, Joel L. Davis, Lauren K. Gerbrandt, David T. Masuoka, Gary E. Smith, Walter H. Riege, Michael J. Eckardt, John E. Morley, A. Van Harreveld and Max S. Dunn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Arthur Cherkin

61 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

  1. Autoradiographic distribution of L-proline in chicks after intracerebral injection
    1979 403 citations Joel L. Davis, Lauren K. Gerbrandt et al. Physiology & Behavior profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Arthur Cherkin United States 22 882 562 511 295 286 63 1.9k
W. Marvin Davis United States 25 1.5k 1.7× 453 0.8× 663 1.3× 114 0.4× 375 1.3× 97 2.4k
E. Mogilnicka Poland 27 1.0k 1.2× 267 0.5× 583 1.1× 179 0.6× 228 0.8× 72 1.8k
Zoltan Annau United States 23 886 1.0× 528 0.9× 490 1.0× 157 0.5× 174 0.6× 63 2.2k
Sheldon B. Sparber United States 25 1.4k 1.5× 312 0.6× 628 1.2× 122 0.4× 158 0.6× 134 2.4k
Albert Weissman United States 18 1.6k 1.8× 363 0.6× 791 1.5× 182 0.6× 405 1.4× 53 2.8k
Irving Geller United States 18 1.3k 1.4× 549 1.0× 353 0.7× 84 0.3× 128 0.4× 73 2.0k
Richard H. Rech United States 27 1.7k 1.9× 441 0.8× 653 1.3× 95 0.3× 260 0.9× 101 2.4k
Edward Geller United States 24 513 0.6× 501 0.9× 420 0.8× 207 0.7× 111 0.4× 73 2.1k
E. Marley United Kingdom 24 732 0.8× 175 0.3× 450 0.9× 175 0.6× 350 1.2× 98 2.0k
A. E. LeBlanc Canada 28 2.0k 2.3× 592 1.1× 649 1.3× 110 0.4× 254 0.9× 52 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Arthur Cherkin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Arthur Cherkin

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All Works

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Flood, James F. & Arthur Cherkin. (1988). Effect of acute arecoline, tacrine and arecoline + tacrine post-training administration on retention in old mice. Neurobiology of Aging. 9(1). 5–8. 39 indexed citations
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Flood, James F., Gary E. Smith, & Arthur Cherkin. (1988). Memory enhancement in mice: Role of drug dose and training-testing interval. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 29(3). 635–639. 9 indexed citations
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Flood, James F., Gary E. Smith, & Arthur Cherkin. (1988). Two-drug combinations of memory enhancers: Effect of dose ratio upon potency and therapeutic window, in mice. Life Sciences. 42(21). 2145–2154. 13 indexed citations
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Flood, James F., Arthur Cherkin, & John E. Morley. (1987). Antagonism of endogenous opioids modulates memory processing. Brain Research. 422(2). 218–234. 65 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur, Grafton Elliot Smith, & James F. Flood. (1986). Learning in mice is altered by ethylcholine aziridinium ion a model for amnestic syndromes. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 12(1). 711. 1 indexed citations
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Flood, James F., Gary E. Smith, & Arthur Cherkin. (1984). Memory retention: Effect of prolonged cholinergic stimulation in mice. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 20(1). 161–163. 17 indexed citations
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Flood, James F., Gary E. Smith, & Arthur Cherkin. (1983). Memory retention: potentiation of cholinergic drug combinations in mice. Neurobiology of Aging. 4(1). 37–43. 89 indexed citations
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Davis, Joel L., et al.. (1982). Memory enhancement induced in chicks by L-prolyl-L-leucyl-glycineamide. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 17(5). 893–896. 19 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur, Edward L. Bennett, & Joel L. Davis. (1981). Amnestic effect of L-proline does not depend upon inhibition of brain protein synthesis. Brain Research. 223(2). 455–458. 28 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur. (1979). Physiology and cell biology of aging. Raven Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Joel L. & Arthur Cherkin. (1979). Memory enhancement induced in chicks by anesthetic doses of chlorpromazine. Psychopharmacology. 63(3). 269–272. 4 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur & A. Van Harreveld. (1978). L-proline and related compounds: Correlation of structure, amnesic potency and anti-spreading depression potency. Brain Research. 156(2). 265–273. 24 indexed citations
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Davis, Joel L., Lauren K. Gerbrandt, & Arthur Cherkin. (1978). Retroactive amnesia induced in chicks by the proline analog L-baikiain, without EEG seizures or depression. Physiology & Behavior. 21(4). 653–658. 7 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur & Michael J. Eckardt. (1977). Effects of Dimethylaminoethanol Upon Life-span and Behavior of Aged Japanese Quail. Journal of Gerontology. 32(1). 38–45. 4 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur, Michael J. Eckardt, & Lauren K. Gerbrandt. (1976). Memory: Proline Induces Retrograde Amnesia in Chicks. Science. 193(4249). 242–244. 51 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur. (1969). Mechanisms of General Anesthesia by Non-Hydrogen-Bonding Molecules. Annual Review of Pharmacology. 9(1). 259–272. 7 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur. (1967). Parnassus Revisited. Science. 155(3760). 266–268. 3 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur. (1966). Toward a quantitative view of the engram.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 55(1). 88–91. 8 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur, et al.. (1964). Temperature Dependence of Anesthesia in Goldfish. Science. 144(3625). 1460–1462. 70 indexed citations
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Cherkin, Arthur, et al.. (1953). An Expression for Gradient Elution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 75(5). 1244–1245. 34 indexed citations

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