Cesar G. Labarca

10.7k citations

46 papers · 9.9k · 1 hit paper · h-index 32

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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Physiology top 0.5%
- Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 26
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 15
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research 9
Molecular Biology 43
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study 28
- Ion channel regulation and function 22
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling 20

Co-authors: Kenneth Paigen (6 shared papers)Henry A. Lester (32 shared papers)Norman Davidson (15 shared papers)Purnima Deshpande (9 shared papers)Baljit S. Khakh (3 shared papers)Pierre Charnet (7 shared papers)Raad Nashmi (7 shared papers)Sheri L. McKinney (5 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Neuroscience (7 papers)The Journal of General Physiology (6 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 papers)Science (4 papers)Neuron (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany France

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Cesar G. Labarca

46 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Cesar G. Labarca's Hit Papers

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A simple, rapid, and sensitive DNA assay procedure 1980 · 4.8k citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1980 Analytical Biochemistry

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1	A simple, rapid, and sensitive DNA assay procedure Analytical Biochemistry ·Cesar G. Labarca, Kenneth Paigen Hit paper breakdown →	1980	4772
2	Nicotine Activation of α4* Receptors: Sufficient for Reward, Tolerance, and Sensitization Science ·Andrew R. Tapper, Sheri L. McKinney, Raad Nashmi, Johannes Schwarz, Purnima Deshpande, Cesar G. Labarca, Paul Whiteaker, Michael J. Marks	2004	577
3	Evidence That the M2 Membrane-Spanning Region Lines the Ion Channel Pore of the Nicotinic Receptor Science ·Reid J. Leonard, Cesar G. Labarca, Pierre Charnet, Norman Davidson, Henry A. Lester	1988	344
4	Neuronal P2X transmitter-gated cation channels change their ion selectivity in seconds Nature Neuroscience ·Baljit S. Khakh, Xiaoyan Robert Bao, Cesar G. Labarca, Henry A. Lester	1999	338
5	Atrial G protein-activated K+ channel: expression cloning and molecular properties. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Nathan Dascal, Wolfgang Schreibmayer, Nancy Lim, W Wang, Charles Chavkin, Lisa DiMagno, Cesar G. Labarca, Brigitte Lina Kieffer	1993	336
6	Steady states, charge movements, and rates for a cloned GABA transporter expressed in Xenopus oocytes Neuron ·Sela Mager, Janis Naeve, Michael W. Quick, Cesar G. Labarca, Norman Davidson, Henry A. Lester	1993	303
7	Channel gating governed symmetrically by conserved leucine residues in the M2 domain of nicotinic receptors Nature ·Cesar G. Labarca, Mark Walter Nowak, Haiyun Zhang, Lixin Tang, Purnima Deshpande, Henry A. Lester	1995	270
8	Allosteric Control of Gating and Kinetics at P2X4Receptor Channels Journal of Neuroscience ·Baljit S. Khakh, William R. Proctor, Thomas V. Dunwiddie, Cesar G. Labarca, Henry A. Lester	1999	263
9	An open-channel blocker interacts with adjacent turns of α-helices in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor Neuron ·Pierre Charnet, Cesar G. Labarca, Reid J. Leonard, Nancy J. Vogelaar, Linda Czyzyk, Annie Gouin, Norman Davidson, Henry A. Lester	1990	256
10	Chronic Nicotine Cell Specifically Upregulates Functional α4* Nicotinic Receptors: Basis for Both Tolerance in Midbrain and Enhanced Long-Term Potentiation in Perforant Path Journal of Neuroscience ·Raad Nashmi, Cheng Xiao, Purnima Deshpande, Sheri L. McKinney, Sharon R. Grady, Paul Whiteaker, Qi Huang, Tristan D. McClure‐Begley	2007	229
11	Nicotinic Receptor Binding Site Probed with Unnatural Amino Acid Incorporation in Intact Cells Science ·Mark Walter Nowak, Patrick C. Kearney, Sampson, Margaret E. Saks, Cesar G. Labarca, Scott K. Silverman, Wenge Zhong, Jon S. Thorson	1995	205
12	Seizures and enhanced cortical GABAergic inhibition in two mouse models of human autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alwin Klaassen, Joseph C. Glykys, Jamie L. Maguire, Cesar G. Labarca, István Módy, Jim Boulter	2006	172
13	Assembly of α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Assessed with Functional Fluorescently Labeled Subunits: Effects of Localization, Trafficking, and Nicotine-Induced Upregulation in Clonal Mammalian Cells and in Cultured Midbrain Neurons Journal of Neuroscience ·Raad Nashmi, Mary E. Dickinson, Sheri L. McKinney, Mark Jareb, Cesar G. Labarca, Scott E. Fraser, Henry A. Lester	2003	167
14	Point mutant mice with hypersensitive α4 nicotinic receptors show dopaminergic deficits and increased anxiety Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cesar G. Labarca, Johannes Schwarz, Purnima Deshpande, Sigrid C. Schwarz, Mark Walter Nowak, Carlos Fonck, Raad Nashmi, Paulo Kofuji	2001	154
15	[28] In vivo incorporation of unnatural amino acids into ion channels in Xenopus oocyte expression system Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Mark Walter Nowak, Justin P. Gallivan, Scott K. Silverman, Cesar G. Labarca, Dennis A. Dougherty, Henry A. Lester	1998	151
16	Mutations in M2 alter the selectivity of the mouse nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for organic and alkali metal cations. The Journal of General Physiology ·Bruce N. Cohen, Cesar G. Labarca, Norman Davidson, Henry A. Lester	1992	107
17	Genetic Regulation of Mammalian Glucuronidase Elsevier eBooks ·Richard T. Swank, Kenneth Paigen, ROSS DAVEY, Verne M. Chapman, Cesar G. Labarca, Gordon L. Watson, Roger E. Ganschow, E. J. Brandt	1978	100
18	A G protein-gated K channel is activated via beta 2-adrenergic receptors and G beta gamma subunits in Xenopus oocytes. The Journal of General Physiology ·Nancy Lim, Nathan Dascal, Cesar G. Labarca, Nicholas O. Davidson, Henry A. Lester	1995	98
19	Novel Seizure Phenotype and Sleep Disruptions in Knock-In Mice with Hypersensitive α4Nicotinic Receptors Journal of Neuroscience* ·Carlos Fonck, Bruce N. Cohen, Raad Nashmi, Paul Whiteaker, Daniel A. Wagenaar, Nivalda Rodrigues‐Pinguet, Purnima Deshpande, Sheri L. McKinney	2005	77
20	Nicotine-Induced Dystonic Arousal Complex in a Mouse Line Harboring a Human Autosomal-Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Mutation Journal of Neuroscience ·Yaroslav Teper, Douglas G. Whyte, Elizabeth Cahir, Henry A. Lester, Sharon R. Grady, Michael J. Marks, Bruce N. Cohen, Carlos Fonck	2007	68

About Cesar G. Labarca

Cesar G. Labarca is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Nutrition and Dietetics, having authored 46 papers that have together received 9.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (28 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (22 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (3 papers), Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (3 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.4k citations), Physiology (564 citations), Molecular Biology (6.1k citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (353 citations) and Biochemistry (324 citations). Cesar G. Labarca has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Frequent co-authors include Kenneth Paigen, Henry A. Lester, Norman Davidson, Purnima Deshpande, Baljit S. Khakh, Pierre Charnet, Raad Nashmi, Sheri L. McKinney, Allan C. Collins and Reid J. Leonard. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, The Journal of General Physiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science and Neuron.

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