Charles Nicholson

26.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
150 papers, 19.7k citations indexed

About

Charles Nicholson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Nicholson has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 19.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 44 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 39 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Charles Nicholson's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (41 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (35 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (28 papers). Charles Nicholson is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (41 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (35 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (28 papers). Charles Nicholson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Charles Nicholson's co-authors include Eva Syková, J. A. Freeman, Margaret E. Rice, J. M. Phillips, R. Llinás, Sabina Hrabětová, Maiken Nedergaard, Hans J. ten Donkelaar, Jeffrey J. Iliff and Yonghong Liao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Charles Nicholson

149 papers receiving 19.1k 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.

Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain

2013 3.5k citations Lulu Xie, Hongyi Kang et al. Science profile →
Clearance systems in the brain—implications for Alzheimer disease

2015 1.3k citations Charles Nicholson et al. profile →
Diffusion in Brain Extracellular Space

2008 1.0k citations Charles Nicholson et al. profile →
The Central Nervous System of Vertebrates

1998 910 citations Charles Nicholson et al. profile →
Extracellular space structure revealed by diffusion analysis

1998 727 citations Charles Nicholson et al. Trends in Neurosciences profile →
Ion diffusion modified by tortuosity and volume fraction in the extracellular microenvironment of the rat cerebellum.

1981 656 citations Charles Nicholson et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
Theory of current source-density analysis and determination of conductivity tensor for anuran cerebellum

1975 532 citations Charles Nicholson et al. profile →
The glymphatic system: Current understanding and modeling

2022 193 citations Tomas Bohr, Poul G. Hjorth et al. iScience profile →

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Charles Nicholson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Charles Nicholson 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 Charles Nicholson. Charles Nicholson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The glymphatic system: Current understanding and modeling breakdown → 2022 ·iScience ·Tomas Bohr, Poul G. Hjorth, Sebastian C. Holst, Sabina Hrabětová, Vesa Kiviniemi, Tuomas O. Lilius, Iben Lundgaard, Kent‐André Mardal, Erik A. Martens, Yuki Mori, U. Valentin Nägerl, Charles Nicholson, Allen Tannenbaum, John H. Thomas, Jeffrey Tithof, Helene Benveniste, Jeffrey J. Iliff, Douglas H. Kelley, Maiken Nedergaard	193
2	Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain breakdown → 2013 ·Science ·Lulu Xie, Hongyi Kang, Qiwu Xu, Michael Chen, Yonghong Liao, Meenakshisundaram Thiyagarajan, John O’Donnell, Daniel J. Christensen, Charles Nicholson, Jeffrey J. Iliff, Takahiro Takano, Rashid Deane, Maiken Nedergaard	3453
3	Generation and Dynamics of an Endogenous, Self-Generated Signaling Gradient across a Migrating Tissue 2013 ·Cell ·(unknown), (unknown), John Wang, Eric Reynolds, Charles Nicholson, Holger Knaut	148
4	In vivo diffusion analysis with quantum dots and dextrans predicts the width of brain extracellular space 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Robert G. Thorne, Charles Nicholson	484
5	Factors governing diffusing molecular signals in brain extracellular space 2004 ·Journal of Neural Transmission ·Charles Nicholson	38
6	Contribution of dead-space microdomains to tortuosity of brain extracellular space 2004 ·Neurochemistry International ·Sabina Hrabětová, Charles Nicholson	71
7	Reproducibility of oligonucleotide arrays using small samples 2003 ·BMC Genomics ·Jeanette N. McClintick, Ronald E. Jerome, Charles Nicholson, David W. Crabb, Howard J. Edenberg	77
8	Light scattering in rat neocortical slices differs during spreading depression and ischemia 2002 ·Brain Research ·Tao Lian, (unknown), Sabina Hrabětová, Charles Nicholson	23
9	Independence of extracellular tortuosity and volume fraction during osmotic challenge in rat neocortex 2002 ·The Journal of Physiology ·(unknown), Tomáš Mazel, Ivan Voříšek, Sabina Hrabětová, Tao Lian, Charles Nicholson	58
10	Spatial Buffering of Potassium Ions in Brain Extracellular Space 2000 ·Biophysical Journal ·Kevin C. Chen, Charles Nicholson	82
11	Volume transmission in the year 2000 2000 ·Progress in brain research ·Charles Nicholson	16
12	Signals that go with the flow 1999 ·Trends in Neurosciences ·Charles Nicholson	73
13	Interaction between diffusion and Michaelis-Menten uptake of dopamine after iontophoresis in striatum 1995 ·Biophysical Journal ·Charles Nicholson	145
14	Diffusion Properties of Brain Tissue Measured with Electrode Methods and Prospects for Optical Analysis 1993 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·Charles Nicholson, Tao Lian	4
15	Ion-selective microelectrodes and diffusion measurements as tools to explore the brain cell microenvironment 1993 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Charles Nicholson	157
16	Superfusion of verapamil on the cerebral cortex does not suppress epileptic discharges due to restricted diffusion (rats, in vivo) 1993 ·Brain Research ·Rüdiger Köhling, A. Lehmenkühler, Charles Nicholson, Erwin‐Josef Speckmann	18
17	Diffusion of penicillin in agar and cerebral cortex of the rat 1988 ·Brain Research ·A. Lehmenkühler, U. Kersting, Charles Nicholson	19
18	Responses of ependymal glial cells to quasi steady state electric fields 1986 ·The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts ·(unknown), Charles Nicholson	1
19	Diffusion from an injected volume of a substance in brain tissue with arbitrary volume fraction and tortuosity 1985 ·Brain Research ·Charles Nicholson	323
20	Equilibrium Potential for the Postsynaptic Response in the Squid Giant Synapse 1974 ·The Journal of General Physiology ·R. Llinás, Ronald W. Joyner, Charles Nicholson	27

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