Christopher L. Cunningham

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
180 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

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Christopher L. Cunningham is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher L. Cunningham has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 69 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 48 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christopher L. Cunningham's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (93 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (64 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (52 papers). Christopher L. Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (93 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (64 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (52 papers). Christopher L. Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Finland. Christopher L. Cunningham's co-authors include Stephen C. Noctor, Verónica Martínez‐Cerdeño, Christina M. Gremel, Robert A. Rescorla, Peter A. Groblewski, Julia A. Chester, Nicholas J. Grahame, Fred O. Risinger, MacKenzie A. Howard and Tamara J. Phillips and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christopher L. Cunningham

180 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

Microglia Regulate the Number of Neural Precursor Cells in the Developing Cerebral Cortex

2013 745 citations Christopher L. Cunningham, Verónica Martínez‐Cerdeño et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher L. Cunningham United States	50	4.9k	2.5k	2.3k	1.1k	959	180	8.0k
Federico Bermúdez‐Rattoni Mexico	43	3.5k 0.7×	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	541 0.6×	156	5.6k
Kunihiko Obata Japan	55	6.4k 1.3×	2.3k 0.9×	3.9k 1.7×	733 0.7×	987 1.0×	167	10.6k
Matthew Ennis United States	50	4.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	99	7.6k
Gregg E. Homanics United States	59	6.3k 1.3×	2.4k 1.0×	4.5k 2.0×	466 0.4×	764 0.8×	212	10.8k
Kobi Rosenblum Israel	42	3.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	778 0.7×	781 0.8×	98	6.2k
Yutaka Oomura Japan	56	3.5k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	2.4k 2.5×	273	10.7k
Minmin Luo China	49	3.9k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	986 0.9×	594 0.6×	103	7.3k
George Paxinos Australia	24	3.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	276 0.3×	741 0.8×	43	6.4k
Donald P. Cain Canada	43	2.8k 0.6×	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	333 0.3×	568 0.6×	114	5.8k
Toshio Kosaka Japan	56	7.2k 1.5×	2.5k 1.0×	3.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	791 0.8×	167	10.2k

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Wang, Pei, et al.. (2024). LOXHD1 is indispensable for maintaining TMC1 auditory mechanosensitive channels at the site of force transmission. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7865–7865. 4 indexed citations

Guan, Tongju, Neil Billington, Sanford L. Boye, et al.. (2024). TUBB4B is essential for the cytoskeletal architecture of cochlear supporting cells and motile cilia development. Communications Biology. 7(1). 1146–1146. 1 indexed citations

Cunningham, Christopher L., et al.. (2024). Cochlear zinc signaling dysregulation is associated with noise-induced hearing loss, and zinc chelation enhances cochlear recovery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(8). e2310561121–e2310561121. 5 indexed citations

Liang, Xiaoping, Xufeng Qiu, Christopher L. Cunningham, et al.. (2021). CIB2 and CIB3 are auxiliary subunits of the mechanotransduction channel of hair cells. Neuron. 109(13). 2131–2149.e15. 43 indexed citations

Cunningham, Christopher L. & Ulrich Müller. (2018). Molecular Structure of the Hair Cell Mechanoelectrical Transduction Complex. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 9(5). a033167–a033167. 33 indexed citations

Cunningham, Christopher L., Zizhen Wu, Aria Jafari, et al.. (2017). The murine catecholamine methyltransferase mTOMT is essential for mechanotransduction by cochlear hair cells. PMC. 3 indexed citations

Font, Laura, et al.. (2017). Naloxone effects on extinction of ethanol- and cocaine-induced conditioned place preference in mice. Psychopharmacology. 234(18). 2747–2759. 9 indexed citations

Pina, Melanie M. & Christopher L. Cunningham. (2016). Involvement of ventral tegmental area ionotropic glutamate receptors in the expression of ethanol-induced conditioned place preference. Behavioural Brain Research. 313. 23–29. 14 indexed citations

Cunningham, Christopher L., Verónica Martínez‐Cerdeño, & Stephen C. Noctor. (2013). Microglia Regulate the Number of Neural Precursor Cells in the Developing Cerebral Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(10). 4216–4233. 745 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pretto, Dalyir, Madhur Kumar, Zhengyu Cao, et al.. (2013). Reduced excitatory amino acid transporter 1 and metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 expression in the cerebellum of fragile X mental retardation gene 1 premutation carriers with fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. Neurobiology of Aging. 35(5). 1189–1197. 26 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Christopher L., Verónica Martínez‐Cerdeño, & Stephen C. Noctor. (2013). Diversity of Neural Precursor Cell Types in the Prenatal Macaque Cerebral Cortex Exists Largely within the Astroglial Cell Lineage. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e63848–e63848. 20 indexed citations

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Illing, Anthony C, Ali Shawki, Christopher L. Cunningham, & Bryan Mackenzie. (2012). Substrate Profile and Metal-ion Selectivity of Human Divalent Metal-ion Transporter-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(36). 30485–30496. 215 indexed citations

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Abraham, Antony D., Christopher L. Cunningham, & K. Matthew Lattal. (2012). Methylphenidate enhances extinction of contextual fear. Learning & Memory. 19(2). 67–72. 53 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Cerdeño, Verónica, et al.. (2012). Comparative Analysis of the Subventricular Zone in Rat, Ferret and Macaque: Evidence for an Outer Subventricular Zone in Rodents. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e30178–e30178. 147 indexed citations

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Cunningham, Christopher L., Verónica Martínez‐Cerdeño, James M. Angelastro, et al.. (2010). Premutation CGG-repeat expansion of the Fmr1 gene impairs mouse neocortical development. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(1). 64–79. 61 indexed citations

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Groblewski, Peter A., et al.. (2008). Reference-dose place conditioning with ethanol in mice: empirical and theoretical analysis. Psychopharmacology. 201(1). 97–106. 43 indexed citations

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Bechtholt, Anita J., Christina M. Gremel, & Christopher L. Cunningham. (2004). Handling blocks expression of conditioned place aversion but not conditioned place preference produced by ethanol in mice. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 79(4). 739–744. 16 indexed citations

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Phillips, Tamara J., John K. Belknap, R. Hitzemann, et al.. (2002). Harnessing the mouse to unravel the genetics of human disease. Genes Brain & Behavior. 1(1). 14–26. 57 indexed citations

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Peris, Joanna & Christopher L. Cunningham. (1985). Dissociation of tolerance to the hypothermic and tachycardic effects of ethanol. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 22(6). 973–978. 14 indexed citations

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Linakis, James G. & Christopher L. Cunningham. (1980). The effects of embryonic exposure to alcohol on learning and inhibition in chicks. 2(3). 243–251. 7 indexed citations

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