Daniel J. Cavanaugh

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Cavanaugh is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Cavanaugh has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Cavanaugh's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (15 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (13 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (5 papers). Daniel J. Cavanaugh is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (15 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (13 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (5 papers). Daniel J. Cavanaugh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Daniel J. Cavanaugh's co-authors include Allan I. Basbaum, Hyosang Lee, David J. Anderson, Shannon D. Shields, Christopher E. Cann, Liching Lo, Mark J. Zylka, David Julius, Alexander T. Chesler and Nirao M. Shah and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Cavanaugh

30 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Distinct subsets of unmyelinated primary sensory fibers mediate behavioral responses to noxious thermal and mechanical stimuli

2009 542 citations Daniel J. Cavanaugh, Hyosang Lee et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Trpv1 Reporter Mice Reveal Highly Restricted Brain Distribution and Functional Expression in Arteriolar Smooth Muscle Cells

2011 423 citations Daniel J. Cavanaugh, Alexander T. Chesler et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel J. Cavanaugh United States	17	953	891	582	484	418	32	2.1k
Susan M. Fleetwood-Walker United Kingdom	34	1.7k 1.8×	1.8k 2.0×	327 0.6×	932 1.9×	286 0.7×	64	3.5k
Christopher J. Benson United States	23	622 0.7×	675 0.8×	964 1.7×	2.0k 4.2×	390 0.9×	49	2.9k
T. Kumazawa Japan	24	786 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	202 0.3×	413 0.9×	121 0.3×	62	2.1k
Loris A. Chahl Australia	26	1.3k 1.3×	664 0.7×	176 0.3×	955 2.0×	144 0.3×	93	2.0k
José R. Lémos United States	28	1.4k 1.5×	211 0.2×	204 0.4×	1.7k 3.5×	410 1.0×	82	2.9k
Roberta Rosie United Kingdom	22	623 0.7×	407 0.5×	275 0.5×	502 1.0×	136 0.3×	39	2.2k
Erin Golden United States	19	369 0.4×	672 0.8×	229 0.4×	372 0.8×	472 1.1×	20	1.7k
Sabrina L. McIlwrath United States	19	974 1.0×	856 1.0×	781 1.3×	962 2.0×	176 0.4×	30	2.4k
Sonya G. Wilson United States	22	1.1k 1.1×	1.7k 2.0×	176 0.3×	603 1.2×	97 0.2×	26	2.8k
Steven M. Simasko United States	29	806 0.8×	364 0.4×	211 0.4×	776 1.6×	645 1.5×	61	2.0k

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Velázquez, Antonia, et al.. (2025). The Drosophila SIFamide Receptor Regulates Sleep and Feeding in a Time‐Of‐Day Specific Manner. Genes Brain & Behavior. 24(6). e70043–e70043.

Poe, Amy R., Milán Szuperák, Patrick D. McClanahan, et al.. (2023). Developmental emergence of sleep rhythms enables long-term memory in Drosophila. Science Advances. 9(36). eadh2301–eadh2301. 8 indexed citations

Ye, Ivan B., Daniel J. Cavanaugh, Eugene Y. Koh, et al.. (2022). Intraoperative Sensory Signals Predict Prognosis for Patients with Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. World Neurosurgery. 168. e393–e398. 3 indexed citations

Cavanaugh, Daniel J., et al.. (2021). Slowpoke functions in circadian output cells to regulate rest:activity rhythms. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0249215–e0249215. 7 indexed citations

Cavanaugh, Daniel J., et al.. (2021). Dorsal clock neurons in Drosophila sculpt locomotor outputs but are dispensable for circadian activity rhythms. iScience. 24(9). 103001–103001. 10 indexed citations

Wheeler, Heather E., et al.. (2019). Chronic circadian misalignment results in reduced longevity and large-scale changes in gene expression in Drosophila. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 14–14. 17 indexed citations

Bai, Lei, et al.. (2019). A circadian output center controlling feeding:fasting rhythms in Drosophila. PLoS Genetics. 15(11). e1008478–e1008478. 41 indexed citations

Cavanaugh, Daniel J., et al.. (2019). Neuronal Activity in Non-LNv Clock Cells Is Required to Produce Free-Running Rest:Activity Rhythms in Drosophila. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 34(3). 249–271. 20 indexed citations

Bai, Lei, Yool Lee, Cynthia T. Hsu, et al.. (2018). A Conserved Circadian Function for the Neurofibromatosis 1 Gene. Cell Reports. 22(13). 3416–3426. 41 indexed citations

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King, Anna N., Annika F. Barber, Divya Sitaraman, et al.. (2017). A Peptidergic Circuit Links the Circadian Clock to Locomotor Activity. Current Biology. 27(13). 1915–1927.e5. 65 indexed citations

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Cavanaugh, Daniel J., Abigail Vigderman, Terry Dean, David S. Garbe, & Amita Sehgal. (2016). TheDrosophilaCircadian Clock Gates Sleep through Time-of-Day Dependent Modulation of Sleep-Promoting Neurons. SLEEP. 39(2). 345–356. 29 indexed citations

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Cavanaugh, Daniel J., Julian R. A. Wooltorton, Jennifer Spaethling, et al.. (2014). Identification of a Circadian Output Circuit for Rest:Activity Rhythms in Drosophila. Cell. 157(3). 689–701. 169 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jie, Daniel J. Cavanaugh, Michael I. Nemenov, & Allan I. Basbaum. (2012). The modality‐specific contribution of peptidergic and non‐peptidergic nociceptors is manifest at the level of dorsal horn nociresponsive neurons. The Journal of Physiology. 591(4). 1097–1110. 54 indexed citations

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Cavanaugh, Daniel J., Alexander T. Chesler, Joao Bráz, et al.. (2011). Restriction of Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid-1 to the Peptidergic Subset of Primary Afferent Neurons Follows Its Developmental Downregulation in Nonpeptidergic Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(28). 10119–10127. 208 indexed citations

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Shields, Shannon D., Daniel J. Cavanaugh, Hyosang Lee, David J. Anderson, & Allan I. Basbaum. (2010). Pain behavior in the formalin test persists after ablation of the great majority of C-fiber nociceptors. Pain. 151(2). 422–429. 110 indexed citations

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Cavanaugh, Daniel J., Hyosang Lee, Liching Lo, et al.. (2009). Distinct subsets of unmyelinated primary sensory fibers mediate behavioral responses to noxious thermal and mechanical stimuli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(22). 9075–9080. 542 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peoples, Laura L., Alexxai V. Kravitz, Kevin G. Lynch, & Daniel J. Cavanaugh. (2006). Accumbal Neurons that are Activated during Cocaine Self-Administration are Spared from Inhibitory Effects of Repeated Cocaine Self-Administration. Neuropsychopharmacology. 32(5). 1141–1158. 25 indexed citations

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Cavanaugh, Daniel J. & Christopher E. Cann. (1988). Brisk walking does not stop bone loss in postmenopausal women. Bone. 9(4). 201–204. 180 indexed citations

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Cavanaugh, Daniel J., et al.. (1963). Disassociation of Heart Cells by Collagenase. Nature. 200(4903). 261–262. 26 indexed citations

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Cavanaugh, Daniel J. & Frank R. Ervin. (1957). DETECTION OF CHLORPROMAZINE IN BODY FLUIDS. American Journal of Psychiatry. 114(2). 171–171. 2 indexed citations

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