Brett Simms

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Brett Simms is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Brett Simms has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Brett Simms's work include Ion channel regulation and function (10 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (7 papers). Brett Simms is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (10 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (7 papers). Brett Simms collaborates with scholars based in Canada. Brett Simms's co-authors include Gerald W. Zamponi, Christophe Altier, John E. McRory, Tamara Hermosilla, Lina Chen, Haitao You, Jan Walcher, Hugo W. Tedford, Agustı́n Garcı́a-Caballero and Terrance P. Snutch and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Neuron and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Brett Simms

14 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Neuronal Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels: Structure, Function, and Dysfunction

2014 466 citations Brett Simms, Gerald W. Zamponi Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brett Simms Canada	11	766	579	205	110	91	14	1.0k
Alon Meir United Kingdom	10	810 1.1×	644 1.1×	150 0.7×	113 1.0×	59 0.6×	11	995
Arturo Andrade United States	19	602 0.8×	368 0.6×	124 0.6×	145 1.3×	62 0.7×	31	829
Margit Henry Germany	20	621 0.8×	414 0.7×	157 0.8×	133 1.2×	50 0.5×	31	955
Benedetta Terragni Italy	12	502 0.7×	256 0.4×	296 1.4×	44 0.4×	53 0.6×	16	712
Raffaella Milanesi Italy	15	743 1.0×	398 0.7×	755 3.7×	51 0.5×	64 0.7×	26	1.2k
Alicia Valenzuela United States	9	517 0.7×	426 0.7×	82 0.4×	54 0.5×	110 1.2×	11	765
Tom McCormack United States	5	1.1k 1.4×	760 1.3×	478 2.3×	91 0.8×	71 0.8×	7	1.3k
Juan M. Gómez‐Hernández Spain	10	705 0.9×	264 0.5×	64 0.3×	123 1.1×	71 0.8×	11	1.1k
Synnöve Beckh Germany	8	915 1.2×	763 1.3×	303 1.5×	96 0.9×	50 0.5×	10	1.1k
Michel Lazdunski France	13	627 0.8×	387 0.7×	169 0.8×	220 2.0×	50 0.5×	15	908

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brett Simms

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Simms, Brett, et al.. (2025). Hospitalizations for all-cause pediatric acute respiratory diseases in Alberta, Canada, before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-level retrospective cohort study from 2010 to 2024. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 44. 101024–101024. 3 indexed citations

Lam, Jennifer, Paul Beaudry, Brett Simms, & Mary Brindle. (2021). Impact of implementing a fast-track protocol and standardized guideline for the management of pediatric appendicitis. Canadian Journal of Surgery. 64(4). E364–E370. 1 indexed citations

Asmara, Hadhimulya, Ileana Micu, Giriraj Sahu, et al.. (2017). A T-type channel-calmodulin complex triggers αCaMKII activation. Molecular Brain. 10(1). 37–37. 32 indexed citations

Simms, Brett, Ivana A. Souza, & Gerald W. Zamponi. (2014). Effect of the Brugada syndrome mutation A39V on calmodulin regulation of Cav1.2 channels. Molecular Brain. 7(1). 34–34. 9 indexed citations

Simms, Brett & Gerald W. Zamponi. (2014). Neuronal Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels: Structure, Function, and Dysfunction. Neuron. 82(1). 24–45. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

Simms, Brett, Ivana A. Souza, Renata Rehak, & Gerald W. Zamponi. (2014). The Cav1.2 N terminus contains a CaM kinase site that modulates channel trafficking and function. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 467(4). 677–686. 11 indexed citations

Simms, Brett, Ivana A. Souza, & Gerald W. Zamponi. (2013). A novel calmodulin site in the Cav1.2 N-terminus regulates calcium-dependent inactivation. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 466(9). 1793–1803. 18 indexed citations

Simms, Brett & Gerald W. Zamponi. (2012). The Brugada syndrome mutation A39V does not affect surface expression of neuronal rat Cav1.2 channels. Molecular Brain. 5(1). 9–9. 12 indexed citations

Simms, Brett & Gerald W. Zamponi. (2011). Trafficking and stability of voltage-gated calcium channels. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 69(6). 843–856. 66 indexed citations

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Altier, Christophe, Agustı́n Garcı́a-Caballero, Brett Simms, et al.. (2010). The Cavβ subunit prevents RFP2-mediated ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of L-type channels. Nature Neuroscience. 14(2). 173–180. 201 indexed citations

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McRory, John E., Renata Rehak, Brett Simms, et al.. (2008). Syntaxin 1A is required for normal in utero development. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 375(3). 372–377. 14 indexed citations

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Doering, Clinton J., Jawed Hamid, Brett Simms, John E. McRory, & Gerald W. Zamponi. (2005). Cav1.4 Encodes a Calcium Channel with Low Open Probability and Unitary Conductance. Biophysical Journal. 89(5). 3042–3048. 36 indexed citations

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Khosravani, Houman, Christophe Altier, Brett Simms, et al.. (2004). Gating Effects of Mutations in the Cav3.2 T-type Calcium Channel Associated with Childhood Absence Epilepsy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(11). 9681–9684. 145 indexed citations

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Doering, Clinton J., Alexandra E. Kisilevsky, Zhong‐Ping Feng, et al.. (2004). A Single Gβ Subunit Locus Controls Cross-talk between Protein Kinase C and G Protein Regulation of N-type Calcium Channels. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(28). 29709–29717. 24 indexed citations

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