Bruce Walmsley

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Bruce Walmsley is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce Walmsley has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 38 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Bruce Walmsley's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (39 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (35 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (25 papers). Bruce Walmsley is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (39 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (35 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (25 papers). Bruce Walmsley collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Brazil. Bruce Walmsley's co-authors include Robert E. Burke, John A. Hodgson, Stephen Redman, Sharon Oleskevich, Jeffry S. Isaacson, Kenro Kanda, David J. Tracey, Mark C. Bellingham, Francisco J. Álvarez and Richardson N. Leão and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Bruce Walmsley

80 papers receiving 4.3k 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. Forces produced by medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscles during locomotion in freely moving cats.
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce Walmsley Australia 40 2.6k 2.0k 1.2k 958 830 81 4.6k
Gundela Meyer Spain 41 2.5k 1.0× 2.6k 1.3× 1.6k 1.4× 552 0.6× 217 0.3× 114 7.0k
Y. Lamarre Canada 46 1.6k 0.6× 3.8k 1.9× 452 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 494 0.6× 95 6.2k
Jan Jansen Norway 34 2.6k 1.0× 760 0.4× 1.4k 1.2× 584 0.6× 362 0.4× 82 4.5k
James C. Houk United States 49 1.9k 0.7× 5.1k 2.5× 501 0.4× 2.4k 2.5× 541 0.7× 118 8.0k
R.D. Skinner United States 43 2.1k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 634 0.5× 537 0.6× 144 0.2× 138 5.2k
Michael J. O’Donovan United States 46 3.4k 1.3× 1.8k 0.9× 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.1× 114 0.1× 123 6.4k
Daniel Kernell Netherlands 46 2.5k 1.0× 2.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 3.2k 3.3× 92 0.1× 103 5.8k
P. Rudomín Mexico 35 2.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 711 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 93 0.1× 116 4.2k
Raǵnar Granit Sweden 36 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 716 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 184 0.2× 83 4.4k
David Ottoson Sweden 30 1.3k 0.5× 610 0.3× 583 0.5× 636 0.7× 620 0.7× 88 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Bruce Walmsley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bruce Walmsley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bruce Walmsley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bruce Walmsley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bruce Walmsley based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bruce Walmsley. Bruce Walmsley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Walmsley, Bruce & Lynne McCormack. (2020). Dementia families: Relinquishing home care to aged care services: Guilt, traumatic loss and growth. Dementia. 20(5). 1814–1831. 8 indexed citations
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Couchman, Kiri, Andrew Garrett, Adam S. Deardorff, et al.. (2011). Lateral superior olive function in congenital deafness. Hearing Research. 277(1-2). 163–175. 11 indexed citations
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Leão, Richardson N., et al.. (2008). A novel role for MNTB neuron dendrites in regulating action potential amplitude and cell excitability during repetitive firing. European Journal of Neuroscience. 27(12). 3095–3108. 13 indexed citations
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Walmsley, Bruce, et al.. (2007). Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor modulates cell excitability in the mouse medial nucleus of the trapezoid body. European Journal of Neuroscience. 25(6). 1647–1652. 18 indexed citations
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Walmsley, Bruce, Amy Berntson, Richardson N. Leão, & Robert E.W. Fyffe. (2006). Activity‐dependent regulation of synaptic strength and neuronal excitability in central auditory pathways. The Journal of Physiology. 572(2). 313–321. 43 indexed citations
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Leão, Richardson N., et al.. (2006). Altered sodium currents in auditory neurons of congenitally deaf mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 24(4). 1137–1146. 40 indexed citations
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Leão, Richardson N., et al.. (2005). Hyperpolarization‐activated (Ih) currents in auditory brainstem neurons of normal and congenitally deaf mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 22(1). 147–157. 36 indexed citations
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Oleskevich, Sharon, et al.. (2005). Development of a Robust Central Auditory Synapse in Congenital Deafness. Journal of Neurophysiology. 94(5). 3168–3180. 36 indexed citations
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Leão, Richardson N., Amy Berntson, Ian D. Forsythe, & Bruce Walmsley. (2004). Reduced low‐voltage activated K+ conductances and enhanced central excitability in a congenitally deaf (dn/dn) mouse. The Journal of Physiology. 559(1). 25–33. 53 indexed citations
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Oleskevich, Sharon & Bruce Walmsley. (2002). Synaptic transmission in the auditory brainstem of normal and congenitally deaf mice. The Journal of Physiology. 540(2). 447–455. 138 indexed citations
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Redman, Stephen & Bruce Walmsley. (2002). Synaptic transmission on the Barrier Reef. Trends in Neurosciences. 25(1). 12–13. 2 indexed citations
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Lim, Rebecca, Francisco J. Álvarez, & Bruce Walmsley. (2000). GABA mediates presynaptic inhibition at glycinergic synapses in a rat auditory brainstem nucleus. The Journal of Physiology. 525(2). 447–459. 73 indexed citations
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Lim, Rebecca, Francisco J. Álvarez, & Bruce Walmsley. (1999). Quantal size is correlated with receptor cluster area at glycinergic synapses in the rat brainstem. The Journal of Physiology. 516(2). 505–512. 67 indexed citations
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Bellingham, Mark C. & Bruce Walmsley. (1999). A Novel Presynaptic Inhibitory Mechanism Underlies Paired Pulse Depression at a Fast Central Synapse. Neuron. 23(1). 159–170. 134 indexed citations
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Walmsley, Bruce, Francisco J. Álvarez, & Robert E.W. Fyffe. (1998). Diversity of structure and function at mammalian central synapses. Trends in Neurosciences. 21(2). 81–88. 103 indexed citations
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Bellingham, Mark C., Rebecca Lim, & Bruce Walmsley. (1998). Developmental changes in EPSC quantal size and quantal content at a central glutamatergic synapse in rat. The Journal of Physiology. 511(3). 861–869. 89 indexed citations
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Walmsley, Bruce. (1995). Interpretation of ‘quantal’ peaks in distributions of evoked synaptic transmission at central synapses. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 261(1361). 245–250. 41 indexed citations
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Isaacson, Jeffry S. & Bruce Walmsley. (1995). Counting quanta: Direct measurements of transmitter release at a central synapse. Neuron. 15(4). 875–884. 174 indexed citations
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Walmsley, Bruce, et al.. (1991). A serial section electron microscope study of an identified la afferent collateral in the cat spinal cord. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 314(2). 257–277. 32 indexed citations
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Walmsley, Bruce, et al.. (1991). Calcium facilitation of group Ia EPSPs evoked in cat spinal motoneurones in vivo. Neuroscience Letters. 126(2). 184–186. 2 indexed citations

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