B. Gunnar Wallin

22.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
182 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

About

B. Gunnar Wallin is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Gunnar Wallin has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 44 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 42 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in B. Gunnar Wallin's work include Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (117 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (43 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (24 papers). B. Gunnar Wallin is often cited by papers focused on Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (117 papers), Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (43 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (24 papers). B. Gunnar Wallin collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Australia. B. Gunnar Wallin's co-authors include K E Hagbarth, Göran Sundlöf, Nisha Charkoudian, Å. B. Vallbo, Jan Fagius, A. Hongell, Mikael Elam, W. Delius, H. E. Torebjörk and Michael J. Joyner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

B. Gunnar Wallin

180 papers receiving 17.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Somatosensory, proprioceptive, and sympathetic activity in human peripheral nerves

1979 1.2k citations Å. B. Vallbo, B. Gunnar Wallin et al. profile →
General Characteristics of Sympathetic Activity in Human Muscle Nerves

1972 729 citations B. Gunnar Wallin et al. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica profile →
Unmyelinated tactile afferents signal touch and project to insular cortex

2002 724 citations Håkan Olausson, Y. Lamarre et al. profile →
General Characteristics of Sympathetic Activity in Human Skin Nerves

1972 591 citations B. Gunnar Wallin et al. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica profile →
The responses of human muscle spindle endings to vibration of non‐contracting muscles.

1976 563 citations B. Gunnar Wallin et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
Augmented Resting Sympathetic Activity in Awake Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1993 547 citations Mikael Elam, B. Gunnar Wallin et al. profile →
Human muscle nerve sympathetic activity at rest. Relationship to blood pressure and age

1978 496 citations Göran Sundlöf, B. Gunnar Wallin The Journal of Physiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sex, ageing and resting blood pressure: gaining insights from the integrated balance of neural and haemodynamic factors 2012 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Emma C. Hart, Michael J. Joyner, B. Gunnar Wallin, Nisha Charkoudian	133
2	Sex Differences in Sympathetic Neural-Hemodynamic Balance 2009 ·Hypertension ·Emma C. Hart, Nisha Charkoudian, B. Gunnar Wallin, Timothy B. Curry, John H. Eisenach, Michael J. Joyner	267
3	Blood Pressure Regulation in Humans 2009 ·Hypertension ·Erica A. Wehrwein, Michael J. Joyner, Emma C. Hart, B. Gunnar Wallin, Tomas Karlsson, Nisha Charkoudian	28
4	Age-Related Differences in the Sympathetic-Hemodynamic Balance in Men 2009 ·Hypertension ·Emma C. Hart, Michael J. Joyner, B. Gunnar Wallin, Christopher P. Johnson, Timothy B. Curry, John H. Eisenach, Nisha Charkoudian	80
5	Interindividual differences in muscle sympathetic nerve activity: a key to new insight into cardiovascular regulation? 2007 ·Acta Physiologica ·B. Gunnar Wallin	28
6	Functional role of unmyelinated tactile afferents in human hairy skin: sympathetic response and perceptual localization 2007 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Håkan Olausson, Jonathan Cole, Karin Rylander, Francis McGlone, Y. Lamarre, B. Gunnar Wallin, Heidrun H. Krämer, Johan Wessberg, Mikael Elam, M. Catherine Bushnell, Å. B. Vallbo	134
7	Regulation of sympathetic nerve traffic to skeletal muscle in resting humans 2006 ·Clinical Autonomic Research ·B. Gunnar Wallin	17
8	Vascular adrenergic responsiveness is inversely related to tonic activity of sympathetic vasoconstrictor nerves in humans 2006 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Nisha Charkoudian, Michael J. Joyner, (unknown), (unknown), John H. Eisenach, Niki M. Dietz, Timothy B. Curry, B. Gunnar Wallin	101
9	Balance between cardiac output and sympathetic nerve activity in resting humans: role in arterial pressure regulation 2005 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Nisha Charkoudian, Michael J. Joyner, (unknown), John H. Eisenach, Niki M. Dietz, B. Gunnar Wallin	201
10	Spectral analysis of burst periods in EEG from healthy and post-asphyctic full-term neonates 2004 ·Clinical Neurophysiology ·Magnus Thordstein, Anders Flisberg, (unknown), Ralph Bågenholm, Kaj Lindecrantz, B. Gunnar Wallin, Ingemar Kjellmer	24
11	Arousal increases baroreflex inhibition of muscle sympathetic activity 2003 ·Acta Physiologica Scandinavica ·B. Gunnar Wallin, Vincenzo Donadio, Tomas Karlsson, Mika Kallio, Magnus Nordin, Mikael Elam	8
12	Two neural mechanisms for respiration‐induced cutaneous vasodilatation in humans? 1998 ·The Journal of Physiology ·B. Gunnar Wallin, (unknown), Peter Kienbaum, Tomas Karlsson, Bertil Gazelius, Mikael Elam	16
13	The discharge behaviour of single vasoconstrictor motoneurones in human muscle nerves. 1994 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Vaughan G. Macefield, B. Gunnar Wallin, Å. B. Vallbo	209
14	Coupling between variations in strength and baroreflex latency of sympathetic discharges in human muscle nerves. 1994 ·The Journal of Physiology ·B. Gunnar Wallin, David Burke, Simon C. Gandevia	73
15	Human Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Blood Pressure Regulation 1989 ·Clinical and Experimental Hypertension Part A Theory and Practice ·B. Gunnar Wallin	14
16	Relationship Between Sympathetic Nerve Traffic and Plasma Concentrations of Noradrenaline in Man 1988 ·Pharmacology & Toxicology ·B. Gunnar Wallin	15
17	Peripheral Sympathetic Neural Activity in Conscious Humans 1988 ·Annual Review of Physiology ·B. Gunnar Wallin, Jan Fagius	249
18	Variation of sympathetic reflex latency in man 1987 ·Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System ·Jan Fagius, Göran Sundlöf, B. Gunnar Wallin	40
19	Water Permeability in Resting and Stimulated Crayfish Nerve 1969 ·The Journal of General Physiology ·B. Gunnar Wallin	5
20	Relative Ion Permeabilities in the Crayfish Giant Axon Determined from Rapid External Ion Changes 1967 ·The Journal of General Physiology ·Alfred Strickholm, B. Gunnar Wallin	61

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