David Attwell

42.8k total citations · 20 hit papers
221 papers, 31.7k citations indexed

About

David Attwell is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Attwell has authored 221 papers receiving a total of 31.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 89 papers in Molecular Biology and 47 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in David Attwell's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (120 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (51 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (37 papers). David Attwell is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (120 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (51 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (37 papers). David Attwell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. David Attwell's co-authors include Simon B. Laughlin, Marek Szatkowski, Boris Barbour, David J. Rossi, Nicola B. Hamilton, Julia J. Harris, Clare Howarth, David G. Nicholls, Renaud Jolivet and Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Attwell

219 papers receiving 31.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

An Energy Budget for Signaling in the Grey Matter of the Brain

2001 2.4k citations David Attwell et al. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism profile →
Glial and neuronal control of brain blood flow

2010 1.8k citations David Attwell et al. Nature profile →
Capillary pericytes regulate cerebral blood flow in health and disease

2014 1.4k citations Catherine N. Hall, Nicola B. Hamilton et al. Nature profile →
Synaptic Energy Use and Supply

2012 1.2k citations Renaud Jolivet, David Attwell et al. profile →
The release and uptake of excitatory amino acids

1990 931 citations David Attwell et al. profile →
Glutamate release in severe brain ischaemia is mainly by reversed uptake

2000 904 citations David J. Rossi, David Attwell et al. Nature profile →
Bidirectional control of CNS capillary diameter by pericytes

2006 881 citations David Attwell et al. Nature profile →
Nonvesicular release of neurotransmitter

1993 711 citations David Attwell, Boris Barbour et al. profile →
The neural basis of functional brain imaging signals

2002 661 citations David Attwell et al. Trends in Neurosciences profile →
Oligodendrocyte Dynamics in the Healthy Adult CNS: Evidence for Myelin Remodeling

2013 658 citations Kaylene M. Young, David Attwell et al. profile →
Astrocyte calcium signaling: the third wave

2016 657 citations David Attwell et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Non-vesicular release of glutamate from glial cells by reversed electrogenic glutamate uptake

1990 617 citations Marek Szatkowski, Boris Barbour et al. Nature profile →
NMDA receptors are expressed in oligodendrocytes and activated in ischaemia

2005 602 citations Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir, David Attwell et al. Nature profile →
Triggering and execution of neuronal death in brain ischaemia: two phases of glutamate release by different mechanisms

1994 546 citations Marek Szatkowski, David Attwell Trends in Neurosciences profile →
Miro1 Is a Calcium Sensor for Glutamate Receptor-Dependent Localization of Mitochondria at Synapses

2009 521 citations David Attwell et al. profile →
Do astrocytes really exocytose neurotransmitters?

2010 521 citations Nicola B. Hamilton, David Attwell profile →
Updated Energy Budgets for Neural Computation in the Neocortex and Cerebellum

2012 507 citations David Attwell et al. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism profile →
What is a pericyte?

2015 484 citations David Attwell, Anusha Mishra et al. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism profile →
Amyloid β oligomers constrict human capillaries in Alzheimer’s disease via signaling to pericytes

2019 475 citations Ross Nortley, Nils Korte et al. Science profile →
Astrocytes mediate neurovascular signaling to capillary pericytes but not to arterioles

2016 421 citations Anusha Mishra, David Attwell et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Amyloid plaques and normal ageing have differential effects on microglial Ca2+ activity in the mouse brain 2023 ·Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology ·Pablo Izquierdo, Renaud Jolivet, David Attwell, Christian Madry	3
2	Synapse development is regulated by microglial THIK-1 K ⁺ channels 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Pablo Izquierdo, Hiroko Shiina, Chanawee Hirunpattarasilp, (unknown), David Attwell	23
3	Monitoring phagocytic uptake of amyloid β into glial cell lysosomes in real time 2021 ·Chemical Science ·Priya Prakash, Krupal P. Jethava, Nils Korte, Pablo Izquierdo, Emilia Favuzzi, Indigo V.L. Rose, Kevin A. Guttenplan, (unknown), Sayan Deb Dutta, Jean‐Christophe Rochet, Gord Fishell, Shane A. Liddelow, David Attwell, Gaurav Chopra	25
4	Amyloid β oligomers constrict human capillaries in Alzheimer’s disease via signaling to pericytes breakdown → 2019 ·Science ·Ross Nortley, Nils Korte, Pablo Izquierdo, Chanawee Hirunpattarasilp, Anusha Mishra, Zane Jaunmuktane, Vasiliki Kyrargyri, Thomas Pfeiffer, Lila Khennouf, Christian Madry, Hui Gong, Angela Richard-Loendt, Wenhui Huang, Takashi Saito, Takaomi C. Saido, Sebastian Brandner, Huma Sethi, David Attwell	475
5	Ion Channels and Receptors as Determinants of Microglial Function 2019 ·Trends in Neurosciences ·Pablo Izquierdo, David Attwell, Christian Madry	72
6	Regulation of developing myelin sheath elongation by oligodendrocyte calcium transients in vivo 2017 ·Nature Neuroscience ·(unknown), Marc C Ford, Leonardo E. Valdivia, Stephen W. Wilson, David Attwell	132
7	Capillary pericytes contribute to coronary no-reflow following myocardial infarction and reperfusion 2016 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Matthew Hammond‐Haley, Svetlana Mastitskaya, Fergus M O’Farrell, David Attwell	1
8	What is a pericyte? breakdown → 2015 ·Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism ·David Attwell, Anusha Mishra, Catherine N. Hall, Fergus M O’Farrell, Turgay Dalkara	484
9	Properties and Fate of Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells in the Corpus Callosum, Motor Cortex, and Piriform Cortex of the Mouse 2012 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Laura Clarke, Kaylene M. Young, Nicola B. Hamilton, Hongbin Li, William D. Richardson, David Attwell	154
10	Microanatomy of pericytes in the rat ventricular myocardium 2012 ·Proceedings of The Physiological Society ·Fergus M O’Farrell, E N Coleman, S Kendrick, David Attwell	2
11	Rundown and inhibition of oligodendrocyte NMDA receptors 2006 ·Proceedings of The Physiological Society ·David Attwell, Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir, (unknown), Yamina Bakiri	2
12	Release of l-aspartate by reversal of glutamate transporters 2005 ·Neuropharmacology ·Paı̈kan Marcaggi, Nashila Hirji, David Attwell	25
13	Modulation of extracellular glutamate concentration in rat brain slices by cystine‐glutamate exchange 1999 ·The Journal of Physiology ·(unknown), Michiko Takahashi, David Attwell	111
14	Anion Conductance Behavior of the Glutamate Uptake Carrier in Salamander Retinal Glial Cells 1996 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Brian Billups, David J. Rossi, David Attwell	104
15	Glia and neurons 1994 ·Nature ·David Attwell	1
16	Changes in NAD(P)H fluorescence and membrane current produced by glutamate uptake into salamander Müller cells. 1993 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Boris Barbour, (unknown), Marek Szatkowski, P. T. A. Gray, David Attwell	22
17	GLUTAMATE UPTAKE IN MAMMALIAN RETINAL GLIA IS VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT AND POTASSIUM-DEPENDENT 1990 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Monique Sarantis, David Attwell	2
18	DESIGNING SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS IN THE OUTER RETINA 1989 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·David Attwell, Marc Tessier‐Lavigne	2
19	A presynaptic action of glutamate at the cone output synapse 1988 ·Nature ·Monique Sarantis, (unknown), David Attwell	95
20	BEHAVIOR OF THE ROD NETWORK IN THE TIGER SALAMANDER RETINA MEDIATED BY MEMBRANE-PROPERTIES OF INDIVIDUAL RODS 1980 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·David Attwell, Monita P. Wilson	2

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