Bruce P. Bean

25.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
125 papers, 19.6k citations indexed

About

Bruce P. Bean is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce P. Bean has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 19.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 101 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 28 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Bruce P. Bean's work include Ion channel regulation and function (99 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (76 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (32 papers). Bruce P. Bean is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (99 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (76 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (32 papers). Bruce P. Bean collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Bruce P. Bean's co-authors include Isabelle M. Mintz, Indira M. Raman, Richard W. Tsien, Michael E. Adams, James E. Huettner, Clifford J. Woolf, Charles J. Cohen, Nathaniel T. Blair, Chung‐Chin Kuo and Alexander M. Binshtok and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Bruce P. Bean

125 papers receiving 19.1k citations

Hit Papers

The action potential in mammalian cen... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2007 1989 1992 1989 1984 400 800 1.2k
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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. The action potential in mammalian central neurons
    2007 1.2k citations Bruce P. Bean profile →
  2. Classes of Calcium Channels in Vertebrate Cells
    1989 899 citations Bruce P. Bean profile →
  3. P-type calcium channels blocked by the spider toxin ω-Aga-IVA
    1992 761 citations Isabelle M. Mintz, Bruce P. Bean et al. Nature profile →
  4. Neurotransmitter inhibition of neuronal calcium currents by changes in channel voltage dependence
    1989 707 citations Bruce P. Bean Nature profile →
  5. Nitrendipine block of cardiac calcium channels: high-affinity binding to the inactivated state.
    1984 698 citations Bruce P. Bean Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. P-type calcium channels in rat central and peripheral neurons
    1992 674 citations Isabelle M. Mintz, Michael E. Adams et al. Neuron profile →
  7. Block of N-methyl-D-aspartate-activated current by the anticonvulsant MK-801: selective binding to open channels.
    1988 656 citations Bruce P. Bean et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. Two kinds of calcium channels in canine atrial cells. Differences in kinetics, selectivity, and pharmacology.
    1985 583 citations Bruce P. Bean The Journal of General Physiology profile →
  9. Lidocaine block of cardiac sodium channels.
    1983 572 citations Bruce P. Bean et al. The Journal of General Physiology profile →
  10. Nociceptors Are Interleukin-1β Sensors
    2008 559 citations Alexander M. Binshtok, Bruce P. Bean et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  11. Intrinsic Membrane Hyperexcitability of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patient-Derived Motor Neurons
    2014 481 citations Bruce P. Bean et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce P. Bean United States 66 13.7k 12.8k 3.5k 2.9k 2.3k 125 19.6k
Gerald W. Zamponi Canada 78 13.1k 1.0× 9.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 4.5k 1.5× 1.1k 0.5× 385 19.4k
Annette Dolphin United Kingdom 69 11.4k 0.8× 9.5k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 3.1k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 254 15.5k
Jörg Striessnig Austria 69 12.5k 0.9× 8.2k 0.6× 4.2k 1.2× 1.4k 0.5× 880 0.4× 224 16.9k
Bernardo Rudy United States 72 11.8k 0.9× 12.2k 1.0× 3.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.4× 5.2k 2.3× 149 19.3k
John P. Adelman United States 76 13.3k 1.0× 9.1k 0.7× 4.9k 1.4× 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 191 18.8k
Alain Marty France 57 22.8k 1.7× 19.9k 1.6× 6.1k 1.8× 1.9k 0.6× 3.1k 1.4× 126 29.6k
Howard Schulman United States 78 15.0k 1.1× 9.7k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 158 20.7k
Norio Akaike Japan 60 8.3k 0.6× 9.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 459 13.8k
Edward Perez‐Reyes United States 61 11.6k 0.9× 8.2k 0.6× 4.2k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 935 0.4× 163 14.7k
Owen P. Hamill United States 31 17.7k 1.3× 13.2k 1.0× 5.1k 1.5× 2.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 65 22.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jo, Sooyeon, et al.. (2025). Differential state-dependent Nav1.8 inhibition by suzetrigine, LTGO-33, and A-887826. The Journal of General Physiology. 157(4). 9 indexed citations
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Jo, Sooyeon, et al.. (2023). Use-Dependent Relief of Inhibition of Nav1.8 Channels by A-887826. Molecular Pharmacology. 103(4). 221–229. 9 indexed citations
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Heckman, Laurel M., Sooyeon Jo, Akie Fujita, et al.. (2022). Cannabidiol activates neuronal Kv7 channels. eLife. 11. 39 indexed citations
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Peters, Colin H., Stefano Morotti, Stephanie C. Gantz, et al.. (2021). Bidirectional flow of the funny current (I f ) during the pacemaking cycle in murine sinoatrial node myocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(28). 18 indexed citations
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Bean, Bruce P.. (2019). Context and Complexity: How Ionic Conductances Interact to Control Neuronal Firing. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 9a–10a. 1 indexed citations
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Blair, Nathaniel T., et al.. (2017). Action Potential Broadening in Capsaicin-Sensitive DRG Neurons from Frequency-Dependent Reduction of Kv3 Current. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(40). 9705–9714. 31 indexed citations
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MacKinnon, Roderick, et al.. (2015). Orally-administered TRPV1 and TRPA1 activators inhibit electrically-induced muscle cramps in normal healthy volunteers (S17.003). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 3 indexed citations
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Puopolo, Michelino, et al.. (2013). Permeation and block of TRPV1 channels by the cationic lidocaine derivative QX-314. Journal of Neurophysiology. 109(7). 1704–1712. 73 indexed citations
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Milescu, Lorin S., Bruce P. Bean, & Jeffrey C. Smith. (2010). Isolation of Somatic Na+Currents by Selective Inactivation of Axonal Channels with a Voltage Prepulse. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(22). 7740–7748. 55 indexed citations
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Khaliq, Zayd M. & Bruce P. Bean. (2008). Dynamic, Nonlinear Feedback Regulation of Slow Pacemaking by A-Type Potassium Current in Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(43). 10905–10917. 48 indexed citations
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Bean, Bruce P.. (2005). The Molecular Machinery of Resurgent Sodium Current Revealed. Neuron. 45(2). 185–187. 16 indexed citations
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H., Michael Tri & Bruce P. Bean. (2004). Sodium Currents in Subthalamic Nucleus Neurons From Na v 1.6-Null Mice. Journal of Neurophysiology. 92(2). 726–733. 68 indexed citations
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Jackson, Alexander C., Gui Lan Yao, & Bruce P. Bean. (2004). Mechanism of Spontaneous Firing in Dorsomedial Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(37). 7985–7998. 137 indexed citations
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Blair, Nathaniel T. & Bruce P. Bean. (2003). Role of Tetrodotoxin-Resistant Na+Current Slow Inactivation in Adaptation of Action Potential Firing in Small-Diameter Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 23(32). 10338–10350. 134 indexed citations
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Bean, Bruce P. & Stefan McDonough. (1998). Two for T. Neuron. 20(5). 825–828. 32 indexed citations
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Raman, Indira M. & Bruce P. Bean. (1997). Resurgent Sodium Current and Action Potential Formation in Dissociated Cerebellar Purkinje Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 17(12). 4517–4526. 470 indexed citations
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Raman, Indira M., Leslie K. Sprunger, Miriam H. Meisler, & Bruce P. Bean. (1997). Altered Subthreshold Sodium Currents and Disrupted Firing Patterns in Purkinje Neurons of Scn8a Mutant Mice. Neuron. 19(4). 881–891. 330 indexed citations
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Merritt, Andrew, et al.. (1993). Protein kinase C modulates glutamate receptor inhibition of Ca2+ channels and synaptic transmission. Nature. 361(6408). 165–168. 187 indexed citations
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Mintz, Isabelle M. & Bruce P. Bean. (1993). Block of calcium channels in rat neurons by synthetic ω-Aga-IVA. Neuropharmacology. 32(11). 1161–1169. 86 indexed citations
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Mintz, Isabelle M., Michael E. Adams, & Bruce P. Bean. (1992). P-type calcium channels in rat central and peripheral neurons. Neuron. 9(1). 85–95. 674 indexed citations breakdown →

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