Daniel W. Wesson

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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Daniel W. Wesson is a scholar working on Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel W. Wesson has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Sensory Systems, 33 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 25 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Daniel W. Wesson's work include Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (47 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (25 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (24 papers). Daniel W. Wesson is often cited by papers focused on Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (47 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (25 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (24 papers). Daniel W. Wesson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Daniel W. Wesson's co-authors include Donald A. Wilson, Matt Wachowiak, Justus V. Verhagen, Efrat Levy, Ralph A. Nixon, Patrik Brundin, Gary E. Landreth, John A. White, Nolwen L. Rey and Ryan M. Carey and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Daniel W. Wesson

68 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

ApoE-Directed Therapeutics Rapidly Clear β-Amyloid and Reverse Deficits in AD Mouse Models

2012 854 citations Paige E. Cramer, John R. Cirrito et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel W. Wesson United States	30	2.0k	1.6k	1.0k	919	780	68	4.2k
Rui B. Chang United States	21	894 0.5×	749 0.5×	978 1.0×	680 0.7×	865 1.1×	37	3.2k
Matthew Ennis United States	50	2.5k 1.3×	4.4k 2.7×	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.8×	99	7.6k
Hyosang Lee South Korea	23	2.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	471 0.5×	1.3k 1.6×	44	5.1k
Kelvin Y. Kwan United States	24	2.7k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	485 0.5×	1.3k 1.6×	45	4.4k
Jianhong Luo China	43	519 0.3×	2.8k 1.7×	776 0.8×	216 0.2×	2.9k 3.7×	140	6.1k
Lidong Liu Canada	31	406 0.2×	4.4k 2.7×	1.0k 1.0×	646 0.7×	3.6k 4.7×	61	7.6k
Takashi Yamamoto Japan	44	2.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	452 0.4×	2.9k 3.2×	750 1.0×	166	5.3k
Christian H. Wetzel Germany	33	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	302 0.3×	915 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	86	4.0k
Johannes Mosbacher Switzerland	24	1.9k 1.0×	4.3k 2.7×	1.0k 1.0×	734 0.8×	3.6k 4.7×	40	6.9k
Thomas V. Getchell United States	42	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	403 0.4×	1.5k 1.6×	650 0.8×	107	4.3k

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Gadziola, Marie A., et al.. (2025). Dopaminergic signaling to ventral striatum neurons initiates sniffing behavior. Nature Communications. 16(1). 336–336. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yun Feng, Yingqi Wang, Janardhan P. Bhattarai, et al.. (2023). Ventral striatal islands of Calleja neurons bidirectionally mediate depression-like behaviors in mice. Nature Communications. 14(1). 21 indexed citations

Shaw, Jessica K., et al.. (2023). Strawberry Additive Increases Nicotine Vapor Sampling and Systemic Exposure But Does Not Enhance Pavlovian-Based Nicotine Reward in Mice. eNeuro. 10(6). ENEURO.0390–22.2023. 3 indexed citations

Dossat, Amanda M., et al.. (2023). Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptors in the Gustatory Cortex Influence Food Intake. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(23). 4251–4261. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Minghong, et al.. (2022). Organization and engagement of a prefrontal-olfactory network during olfactory selective attention. Cerebral Cortex. 33(4). 1504–1526. 16 indexed citations

Wright, Katherine N., et al.. (2022). Reducing local synthesis of estrogen in the tubular striatum promotes attraction to same-sex odors in female mice. Hormones and Behavior. 140. 105122–105122. 1 indexed citations

Dossat, Amanda M., et al.. (2020). Alterations in odor hedonics in the 5XFAD Alzheimer’s disease mouse model and the influence of sex.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 134(5). 407–416. 2 indexed citations

Gadziola, Marie A. & Daniel W. Wesson. (2016). The Neural Representation of Goal-Directed Actions and Outcomes in the Ventral Striatum's Olfactory Tubercle. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(2). 548–560. 39 indexed citations

Rey, Nolwen L., Daniel W. Wesson, & Patrik Brundin. (2016). The olfactory bulb as the entry site for prion-like propagation in neurodegenerative diseases. Neurobiology of Disease. 109(Pt B). 226–248. 204 indexed citations

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Wesson, Daniel W., et al.. (2014). Laminar and spatial localization of the islands of Calleja in mice. Neuroscience. 287. 137–143. 8 indexed citations

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Wachowiak, Matt, Michael N. Economo, Daniela Brunert, et al.. (2013). Optical Dissection of Odor Information ProcessingIn VivoUsing GCaMPs Expressed in Specified Cell Types of the Olfactory Bulb. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(12). 5285–5300. 97 indexed citations

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Wesson, Daniel W.. (2013). Sniffing Behavior Communicates Social Hierarchy. Current Biology. 23(7). 575–580. 90 indexed citations

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Cramer, Paige E., John R. Cirrito, Daniel W. Wesson, et al.. (2012). ApoE-Directed Therapeutics Rapidly Clear β-Amyloid and Reverse Deficits in AD Mouse Models. Science. 335(6075). 1503–1506. 854 indexed citations breakdown →

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Payton, Colleen, Donald A. Wilson, & Daniel W. Wesson. (2012). Correction: Parallel Odor Processing by Two Anatomically Distinct Olfactory Bulb Target Structures. PLoS ONE. 7(8). 5 indexed citations

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Wesson, Daniel W., et al.. (2011). Sensory Network Dysfunction, Behavioral Impairments, and Their Reversibility in an Alzheimer's β-Amyloidosis Mouse Model. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(44). 15962–15971. 110 indexed citations

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Wesson, Daniel W., et al.. (2011). Respiratory and sniffing behaviors throughout adulthood and aging in mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 223(1). 99–106. 15 indexed citations

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Wesson, Daniel W., Efrat Levy, Ralph A. Nixon, & Donald A. Wilson. (2010). Olfactory Dysfunction Correlates with Amyloid-β Burden in an Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(2). 505–514. 229 indexed citations

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Wesson, Daniel W. & Donald A. Wilson. (2010). Sniffing out the contributions of the olfactory tubercle to the sense of smell: Hedonics, sensory integration, and more?. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 35(3). 655–668. 147 indexed citations

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Wesson, Daniel W. & Donald A. Wilson. (2010). Smelling Sounds: Olfactory–Auditory Sensory Convergence in the Olfactory Tubercle. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(8). 3013–3021. 115 indexed citations

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Wesson, Daniel W., et al.. (2008). Sexually dimorphic enhancement by estradiol of male urinary odor detection thresholds in mice.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 122(4). 788–793. 27 indexed citations

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