Brian J. Wainger

8.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
38 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Brian J. Wainger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian J. Wainger has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Physiology and 10 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Brian J. Wainger's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (9 papers) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (8 papers). Brian J. Wainger is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (9 papers) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (8 papers). Brian J. Wainger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Brian J. Wainger's co-authors include Clifford J. Woolf, Kevin Eggan, Bina Santoro, Steven A. Siegelbaum, Seungkyu Lee, Justin K. Ichida, Gareth R. Tibbs, Matthew DeGennaro, Esther Son and Victor F. Rafuse and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Brian J. Wainger

37 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

A three-dimensional human neural cell culture model of Alzheimer’s disease

2014 879 citations Seungkyu Lee, Brian J. Wainger et al. Nature profile →
Bacteria activate sensory neurons that modulate pain and inflammation

2013 675 citations Isaac M. Chiu, Balthasar A. Heesters et al. Nature profile →
Conversion of Mouse and Human Fibroblasts into Functional Spinal Motor Neurons

2011 508 citations Esther Son, Justin K. Ichida et al. Cell stem cell profile →
Intrinsic Membrane Hyperexcitability of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patient-Derived Motor Neurons

2014 481 citations Brian J. Wainger, Evangelos Kiskinis et al. Cell Reports profile →
ALS-implicated protein TDP-43 sustains levels of STMN2, a mediator of motor neuron growth and repair

2019 345 citations Luis A. Williams, Brian J. Wainger et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian J. Wainger United States	19	2.9k	1.4k	947	927	648	38	4.8k
John Forsayeth United States	51	3.6k 1.2×	2.7k 1.9×	742 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	535 0.8×	118	6.6k
Luís Pereira de Almeida Portugal	45	3.9k 1.4×	2.4k 1.7×	552 0.6×	848 0.9×	266 0.4×	148	6.1k
Andreas Hermann Germany	42	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	845 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	1.7k 2.7×	241	5.8k
John Woulfe Canada	34	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	562 0.9×	119	4.8k
Junya Tanaka Japan	48	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	570 0.6×	277 0.4×	179	7.2k
Felipe A. Court Chile	42	3.2k 1.1×	2.4k 1.7×	882 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	338 0.5×	88	6.3k
Thomas M. Wishart United Kingdom	31	1.9k 0.6×	951 0.7×	675 0.7×	418 0.5×	703 1.1×	80	3.2k
Chenghua Gu United States	42	3.7k 1.3×	2.9k 2.1×	582 0.6×	575 0.6×	213 0.3×	56	7.4k
Ronald P. Hart United States	50	4.1k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	613 0.6×	293 0.3×	300 0.5×	155	7.3k
Linda Greensmith United Kingdom	47	3.7k 1.3×	2.6k 1.9×	919 1.0×	3.3k 3.6×	2.0k 3.2×	152	7.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Weigel, Daniel J., Wen‐Chih Liu, Brian J. Wainger, et al.. (2024). Neuroma morphology: A macroscopic classification system. Muscle & Nerve. 70(6). 1172–1180. 1 indexed citations

Li, Wenlu, Jingfei Shi, Zhanyang Yu, et al.. (2024). SLC22A17 as a Cell Death–Linked Regulator of Tight Junctions in Cerebral Ischemia. Stroke. 55(6). 1650–1659. 6 indexed citations

Crane, Meredith J., et al.. (2024). Interleukin-1α links peripheral CaV2.2 channel activation to rapid adaptive increases in heat sensitivity in skin. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 9051–9051. 3 indexed citations

Held, Aaron, Derek H. Oakley, Mark W. Albers, et al.. (2024). Neuronal STING activation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. Acta Neuropathologica. 147(1). 56–56. 21 indexed citations

Liu, Wen‐Chih, et al.. (2024). Neuroma Analysis in Humans: Standardizing Sample Collection and Documentation. Journal of Surgical Research. 298. 185–192. 4 indexed citations

Gee, Heon Yung, et al.. (2024). Distinct modulation of calcium-activated chloride channel TMEM16A by drug-binding sites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(51). e2314011121–e2314011121. 3 indexed citations

Held, Aaron, et al.. (2023). iPSC motor neurons, but not other derived cell types, capture gene expression changes in postmortem sporadic ALS motor neurons. Cell Reports. 42(9). 113046–113046. 10 indexed citations

Kamdar, Mihir, et al.. (2021). Improvement In Neuropathic Pain,Proprioception, And Gait Stability After Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation For Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. 5(6). 291–295. 4 indexed citations

Dubreuil, D, et al.. (2021). A high-content platform for physiological profiling and unbiased classification of individual neurons. Cell Reports Methods. 1(1). 100004–100004. 6 indexed citations

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Pereira, João D., D Dubreuil, Aaron Held, et al.. (2021). Human sensorimotor organoids derived from healthy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis stem cells form neuromuscular junctions. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4744–4744. 97 indexed citations

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Kiernan, Matthew C., Hugh Bostock, Susanna B. Park, et al.. (2019). Measurement of axonal excitability: Consensus guidelines. Clinical Neurophysiology. 131(1). 308–323. 67 indexed citations

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Wainger, Brian J., Elizabeth D. Buttermore, Júlia Teixeira Oliveira, et al.. (2014). Modeling pain in vitro using nociceptor neurons reprogrammed from fibroblasts. Nature Neuroscience. 18(1). 17–24. 164 indexed citations

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Giblin, Kathryn, et al.. (2014). Headache Plus: Trigeminal and Autonomic Features in a Case of Cervicogenic Headache Responsive to Third Occipital Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation: Table 1. Pain Medicine. 15(3). 473–478. 6 indexed citations

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Wainger, Brian J., Evangelos Kiskinis, Ole Wiskow, et al.. (2014). Intrinsic Membrane Hyperexcitability of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patient-Derived Motor Neurons. Cell Reports. 7(1). 1–11. 481 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Yin, Shailesh Gupta, Kevin J. Kim, et al.. (2013). A Small Molecule Screen in Stem-Cell-Derived Motor Neurons Identifies a Kinase Inhibitor as a Candidate Therapeutic for ALS. Cell stem cell. 12(6). 713–726. 228 indexed citations

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Chiu, Isaac M., Balthasar A. Heesters, Nader Ghasemlou, et al.. (2013). Bacteria activate sensory neurons that modulate pain and inflammation. Nature. 501(7465). 52–57. 675 indexed citations breakdown →

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Son, Esther, Justin K. Ichida, Brian J. Wainger, et al.. (2011). Conversion of Mouse and Human Fibroblasts into Functional Spinal Motor Neurons. Cell stem cell. 9(3). 205–218. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boulting, Gabriella L., Evangelos Kiskinis, Gist F. Croft, et al.. (2011). A functionally characterized test set of human induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. 29(3). 279–286. 364 indexed citations

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Santoro, Bina, Brian J. Wainger, & Steven A. Siegelbaum. (2004). Regulation of HCN Channel Surface Expression by a Novel C-Terminal Protein-Protein Interaction. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(47). 10750–10762. 160 indexed citations

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Wainger, Brian J., Matthew DeGennaro, Bina Santoro, Steven A. Siegelbaum, & Gareth R. Tibbs. (2001). Molecular mechanism of cAMP modulation of HCN pacemaker channels. Nature. 411(6839). 805–810. 387 indexed citations

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