Dajan O’Donnell

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Dajan O’Donnell is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dajan O’Donnell has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Dajan O’Donnell's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (16 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (12 papers). Dajan O’Donnell is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (16 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (12 papers). Dajan O’Donnell collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Sweden. Dajan O’Donnell's co-authors include Cyrla Hoffert, Philippe Walker, Françoise Mennicken, Sultan Ahmad, Sultan Ahmad, Thierry Groblewski, Allan I. Basbaum, Michael J. Meaney, Claes Wahlestedt and Manon Pelletier and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Dajan O’Donnell

39 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Trpv1 Reporter Mice Reveal Highly Restricted Brain Distribution and Functional Expression in Arteriolar Smooth Muscle Cells

2011 423 citations Rebecca Grant, Dajan O’Donnell et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dajan O’Donnell Canada	27	2.2k	1.6k	1.4k	560	487	39	3.9k
Steven P. Wilson United States	40	2.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	459 0.8×	179 0.4×	121	4.7k
Vito de Novellis Italy	46	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	2.4k 1.8×	375 0.7×	520 1.1×	127	5.3k
Igor Spigelman United States	40	3.6k 1.7×	1.9k 1.2×	982 0.7×	212 0.4×	164 0.3×	96	5.4k
Christopher W. Vaughan Australia	45	3.6k 1.7×	2.1k 1.3×	2.5k 1.8×	485 0.9×	400 0.8×	106	5.9k
Enza Palazzo Italy	42	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	2.1k 1.5×	311 0.6×	515 1.1×	96	4.3k
Barbara Przewłocka Poland	52	4.3k 2.0×	2.2k 1.4×	4.4k 3.2×	408 0.7×	158 0.3×	182	7.3k
Manfred Göthert Germany	39	3.5k 1.6×	3.3k 2.0×	1.0k 0.7×	455 0.8×	318 0.7×	192	6.3k
Roberto Rimondini Italy	39	2.9k 1.4×	2.8k 1.7×	942 0.7×	342 0.6×	87 0.2×	107	5.6k
Kyungsoon Chung United States	46	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	4.0k 2.9×	298 0.5×	275 0.6×	87	5.9k
James K. Wamsley United States	49	5.0k 2.3×	3.6k 2.2×	888 0.6×	702 1.3×	239 0.5×	137	6.8k

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Bardoni, Rita, Vivianne L. Tawfik, Dong Wang, et al.. (2014). Delta Opioid Receptors Presynaptically Regulate Cutaneous Mechanosensory Neuron Input to the Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn. Neuron. 81(6). 1312–1327. 122 indexed citations

Mo, Gary, Rebecca Grant, Michel Paré, et al.. (2012). Differential Expression and Pharmacology of Native P2X Receptors in Rat and Primate Sensory Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(34). 11890–11896. 52 indexed citations

Ndong, Christian, Dajan O’Donnell, Sultan Ahmad, & Thierry Groblewski. (2011). Cloning and pharmacological characterization of the dog cannabinoid CB2 receptor. European Journal of Pharmacology. 669(1-3). 24–31. 23 indexed citations

Scherrer, Grégory, Noritaka Imamachi, Yuqing Cao, et al.. (2009). Dissociation of the Opioid Receptor Mechanisms that Control Mechanical and Heat Pain. Cell. 137(6). 1148–1159. 370 indexed citations

Schmidt, Ralf, et al.. (2009). Cyclic Dimers Of C-terminal γ2-MSH Analogs As Selective Antagonists Of The Human Sensory Nerve-Specific Receptor (SNSR-4). Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 611. 111–112. 6 indexed citations

Ahmad, Sultan, Leif Dahllund, Anders Eriksson, et al.. (2007). A stop codon mutation in SCN9A causes lack of pain sensation. Human Molecular Genetics. 16(17). 2114–2121. 144 indexed citations

Morinville, Anne, Bengt T. Fundín, Anders Juréus, et al.. (2007). Distribution of the voltage‐gated sodium channel Na_v1.7 in the rat: Expression in the autonomic and endocrine systems. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 504(6). 680–689. 33 indexed citations

Brumovsky, Pablo R., Françoise Mennicken, Dajan O’Donnell, & Tomas Hökfelt. (2006). Differential distribution and regulation of galanin receptors- 1 and -2 in the rat lumbar spinal cord. Brain Research. 1085(1). 111–120. 35 indexed citations

Gendron, Louis, Anna Lisa Lucido, Françoise Mennicken, et al.. (2006). Morphine and Pain-Related Stimuli Enhance Cell Surface Availability of Somatic δ-Opioid Receptors in Rat Dorsal Root Ganglia. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(3). 953–962. 131 indexed citations

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Mennicken, Françoise, Ji Zhang, Cyrla Hoffert, et al.. (2003). Phylogenetic changes in the expression of delta opioid receptors in spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 465(3). 349–360. 69 indexed citations

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Kerekes, Nóra, Françoise Mennicken, Dajan O’Donnell, Tomas Hökfelt, & Russell H. Hill. (2003). Galanin increases membrane excitability and enhances Ca²⁺currents in adult, acutely dissociated dorsal root ganglion neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience. 18(11). 2957–2966. 49 indexed citations

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Lembo, Paola, Eric Grazzini, Thierry Groblewski, et al.. (2002). Proenkephalin A gene products activate a new family of sensory neuron–specific GPCRs. Nature Neuroscience. 5(3). 201–209. 311 indexed citations

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Mennicken, Françoise, Cyrla Hoffert, Manon Pelletier, Sultan Ahmad, & Dajan O’Donnell. (2002). Restricted distribution of galanin receptor 3 (GalR3) mRNA in the adult rat central nervous system. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 24(4). 257–268. 171 indexed citations

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Cahill, Catherine, Kelly A. McClellan, Anne Morinville, et al.. (2001). Immunohistochemical distribution of delta opioid receptors in the rat central nervous system: Evidence for somatodendritic labeling and antigen‐specific cellular compartmentalization. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 440(1). 65–84. 110 indexed citations

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Lembo, Paola, Eric Grazzini, Douglas A. Hubatsch, et al.. (1999). The receptor for the orexigenic peptide melanin-concentrating hormone is a G-protein-coupled receptor. Nature Cell Biology. 1(5). 267–271. 212 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, Dajan, Huy Khang Vu, Kemal Payza, et al.. (1998). Cloning and Characterization of a cDNA Encoding a Novel Subtype of Rat Thyrotropin-releasing Hormone Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(48). 32281–32287. 111 indexed citations

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Sarrieau, Alain, Dajan O’Donnell, Richard Alonso, & Michael J. Meaney. (1996). Regulation of glucocorticosteroid receptor expression in rat hippocampal cell cultures by nerve growth factor. Neuroscience Letters. 206(2-3). 207–211. 12 indexed citations

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Meaney, Michael J., Dajan O’Donnell, Wayne Rowe, et al.. (1995). Individual differences in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity in later life and hippocampal aging. Experimental Gerontology. 30(3-4). 229–251. 86 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, Dajan, Darlene Francis, Shelley Weaver, & Michael J. Meaney. (1995). Effects of adrenalectomy and corticosterone replacement on glucocorticoid receptor levels in rat brain tissue: a comparison between Western blotting and receptor binding assays. Brain Research. 687(1-2). 133–142. 33 indexed citations

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O’Donnell, Dajan & Michael J. Meaney. (1994). Aldosterone modulates glucocorticoid receptor binding in hippocampal cell cultures via the mineralocorticoid receptor. Brain Research. 636(1). 49–54. 17 indexed citations

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