C. Anthony Altar

14.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
116 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

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C. Anthony Altar is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Anthony Altar has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in C. Anthony Altar's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (37 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (33 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (29 papers). C. Anthony Altar is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (37 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (33 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (29 papers). C. Anthony Altar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Japan. C. Anthony Altar's co-authors include Ronald M. Lindsay, Peter S. DiStefano, Stanley J. Wiegand, Judith A. Siuciak, John F. Marshall, Irina Degtiar, John Hornberger, Paul L. Wood, Narendra N. Tandon and Bing Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

C. Anthony Altar

116 papers receiving 12.1k 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.

Anterograde transport of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its role in the brain

1997 746 citations C. Anthony Altar, Ronald M. Lindsay et al. profile →
Neurotrophic factors: from molecule to man

1994 698 citations Ronald M. Lindsay, Stanley J. Wiegand et al. profile →
Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor Is Stored in Human Platelets and Released by Agonist Stimulation

2002 653 citations C. Anthony Altar et al. profile →
A Review of the Clinical, Economic, and Societal Burden of Treatment-Resistant Depression: 1996–2013

2014 409 citations David A. Mrazek, John Hornberger et al. Psychiatric Services profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. Anthony Altar United States	58	7.8k	3.6k	2.9k	1.7k	1.5k	116	12.5k
Robert S. Sloviter United States	49	9.1k 1.2×	3.6k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	2.6k 1.5×	2.8k 1.9×	84	12.2k
Victoria Arango United States	61	5.4k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.4×	153	12.9k
Sven Ove Ögren Sweden	61	8.7k 1.1×	5.4k 1.5×	1.0k 0.4×	907 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	328	13.1k
Andrew J. Dwork United States	50	3.0k 0.4×	3.5k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	140	10.4k
David F. Wozniak United States	65	4.2k 0.5×	4.6k 1.3×	3.0k 1.0×	785 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	139	15.0k
Mike Dragunow New Zealand	72	9.2k 1.2×	7.4k 2.1×	2.2k 0.8×	923 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	231	18.2k
Giuseppe Battaglia Italy	63	7.8k 1.0×	4.9k 1.4×	908 0.3×	807 0.5×	938 0.6×	325	13.3k
J. Victor Nadler United States	56	8.6k 1.1×	4.5k 1.3×	2.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	2.4k 1.6×	146	11.0k
Helen E. Scharfman United States	67	9.3k 1.2×	3.2k 0.9×	4.7k 1.6×	2.1k 1.2×	4.2k 2.8×	188	14.7k
Ésper A. Cavalheiro Brazil	55	9.0k 1.1×	3.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	5.7k 3.3×	2.2k 1.4×	394	13.9k

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Awasthi, Swapnil, Chia‐Yen Chen, Max Lam, et al.. (2023). GWAS quality score for evaluating associated regions in GWAS analyses. Bioinformatics. 39(1). 1 indexed citations

Altar, C. Anthony, Joseph Carhart, Josiah D. Allen, et al.. (2015). Clinical validity: Combinatorial pharmacogenomics predicts antidepressant responses and healthcare utilizations better than single gene phenotypes. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 15(5). 443–451. 84 indexed citations

Mrazek, David A., John Hornberger, C. Anthony Altar, & Irina Degtiar. (2014). A Review of the Clinical, Economic, and Societal Burden of Treatment-Resistant Depression: 1996–2013. Psychiatric Services. 65(8). 977–987. 409 indexed citations breakdown →

Winner, Joel G, Joseph Carhart, C. Anthony Altar, Josiah D. Allen, & Bryan Dechairo. (2013). A prospective, randomized, double-blind study assessing the clinical impact of integrated pharmacogenomic testing for major depressive disorder.. PubMed. 16(89). 219–27. 138 indexed citations

Altar, C. Anthony, Marquis P. Vawter, & Stephen D. Ginsberg. (2008). Target Identification for CNS Diseases by Transcriptional Profiling. Neuropsychopharmacology. 34(1). 18–54. 121 indexed citations

Altar, C. Anthony, Theresa A. Branchek, & David R. Sibley. (2006). Nervous system disorders. Drug Discovery Today Therapeutic Strategies. 3(4). 411–412. 3 indexed citations

Altar, C. Anthony, Linda W. Jurata, Andrew L. Lemire, et al.. (2005). Deficient Hippocampal Neuron Expression of Proteasome, Ubiquitin, and Mitochondrial Genes in Multiple Schizophrenia Cohorts. Biological Psychiatry. 58(2). 85–96. 245 indexed citations

Laeng, Pascal, et al.. (2004). The mood stabilizer valproic acid stimulates GABA neurogenesis from rat forebrain stem cells. Journal of Neurochemistry. 91(1). 238–251. 142 indexed citations

Mamounas, Laura A., C. Anthony Altar, Mary E. Blue, et al.. (2000). BDNF Promotes the Regenerative Sprouting, But Not Survival, of Injured Serotonergic Axons in the Adult Rat Brain. Journal of Neuroscience. 20(2). 771–782. 281 indexed citations

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Celada, Pau, Judith A. Siuciak, Tuan M. Tran, C. Anthony Altar, & James M. Tepper. (1996). Local infusion of brain-derived neurotrophic factor modifies the firing pattern of dorsal raphé serotonergic neurons. Brain Research. 712(2). 293–298. 68 indexed citations

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Galpern, Wendy R., David M. Frim, Stephen B. Tatter, et al.. (1996). Cell-Mediated Delivery of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Enhances Dopamine Levels in an Mpp+ Rat Model of Substantia Nigra Degeneration. Cell Transplantation. 5(2). 225–232. 21 indexed citations

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Altar, C. Anthony, Judith A. Siuciak, Paul Wright, et al.. (1994). In Situ Hybridization of trkB and trkC Receptor mRNA in Rat Forebrain and Association with High‐affinity Binding of [¹²⁵I]BDNF, [¹²⁵I]NT‐4/5 and [¹²⁵I]NT‐3. European Journal of Neuroscience. 6(9). 1389–1405. 174 indexed citations

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Altar, C. Anthony, et al.. (1993). Characterization and topography of high-affinity 125I-neurotrophin-3 binding to mammalian brain. Journal of Neuroscience. 13(2). 733–743. 52 indexed citations

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Iacopino, Anthony M., et al.. (1992). Nerve growth factor increases calcium binding protein (Calbindin-D28K) in rat olfactory bulb. Brain Research. 578(1-2). 305–310. 16 indexed citations

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Altar, C. Anthony, Carolyn B. Boylan, Jonathan S. Miller, et al.. (1992). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor augments rotational behavior and nigrostriatal dopamine turnover in vivo.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(23). 11347–11351. 245 indexed citations

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Marien, Marc, Jean W. Richard, Catherine Allaire, & C. Anthony Altar. (1991). Suppression of In Vivo Neostriatal Acetylcholine Release by Vesamicol: Evidence for a Functional Role of Vesamicol Receptors in Brain. Journal of Neurochemistry. 57(6). 1878–1883. 10 indexed citations

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Liebman, Jeffrey M., Richard Gerber, Nancy Hall, & C. Anthony Altar. (1988). Heterogeneous rotational responsiveness in 6-hydroxydopamine-denervated rats: pharmacological and neurochemical characterization. Psychopharmacology. 96(4). 477–483. 8 indexed citations

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Wood, Paul L., et al.. (1988). Presynaptic inhibition of nigrostriatal dopamine release in the mouse: Lack of cross tolerance between apomorphine, GBL and CGS 10746B. Life Sciences. 42(16). 1503–1506. 20 indexed citations

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Boast, Carl A., et al.. (1986). Quantitative receptor autoradiography. 11 indexed citations

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Altar, C. Anthony, Robert Walter, Kim A. Neve, & John F. Marshall. (1984). Computer-assisted video analysis of [3H]spiroperidol binding autoradiographs. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 10(3). 173–188. 82 indexed citations

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