David Lau

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

David Lau is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lau has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in David Lau's work include Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (4 papers). David Lau is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (4 papers). David Lau collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Mexico. David Lau's co-authors include Bernardo Rudy, Andrés Ozaita, Marcela S. Nadal, Alan Chow, Eleazar Vega‐Saenz de Miera, Yimy Amarillo, Michael J. Saganich, David Pountney, William A. Coetzee and Tom McCormack and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Nature Neuroscience and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

David Lau

11 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Molecular Diversity of K⁺ Channels

1999 957 citations William A. Coetzee, Yimy Amarillo et al. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Lau United States	11	1.4k	1.2k	531	400	159	11	1.9k
Yimy Amarillo United States	13	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	607 1.1×	302 0.8×	133 0.8×	16	1.9k
M. Isabel Aller Spain	23	967 0.7×	834 0.7×	264 0.5×	311 0.8×	102 0.6×	34	1.6k
Stephen G. Volsen United Kingdom	23	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	253 0.5×	257 0.6×	55 0.3×	31	1.8k
Martha M. Bosma United States	19	777 0.6×	887 0.7×	87 0.2×	272 0.7×	102 0.6×	26	1.5k
Erika S. Piedras-Renterı́a United States	18	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	153 0.3×	164 0.4×	58 0.4×	32	1.8k
Thomas Munsch Germany	26	954 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	92 0.2×	474 1.2×	154 1.0×	48	1.7k
John P. Horn United States	23	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	155 0.3×	246 0.6×	32 0.2×	60	1.6k
Yury D. Bogdanov United Kingdom	20	1.1k 0.8×	955 0.8×	163 0.3×	120 0.3×	69 0.4×	30	1.8k
Salvador Hernández‐López Mexico	16	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	81 0.2×	612 1.5×	48 0.3×	31	2.2k
D. P. McCobb United States	12	666 0.5×	980 0.8×	108 0.2×	116 0.3×	46 0.3×	13	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by David Lau

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Lau

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Harvey, Michael, David Lau, Eugene F. Civillico, Bernardo Rudy, & Diego Contreras. (2012). Impaired long-range synchronization of gamma oscillations in the neocortex of a mouse lacking Kv3.2 potassium channels. Journal of Neurophysiology. 108(3). 827–833. 11 indexed citations

Vyazovskiy, Vladyslav V., Tom Deboer, Bernardo Rudy, et al.. (2002). Sleep EEG in mice that are deficient in the potassium channel subunit K.v.3.2. Brain Research. 947(2). 204–211. 41 indexed citations

Miera, Eleazar Vega‐Saenz de, David Lau, Maria Zhadina, et al.. (2001). KT3.2 and KT3.3, Two Novel Human Two-Pore K⁺Channels Closely Related to TASK-1. Journal of Neurophysiology. 86(1). 130–142. 45 indexed citations

Atzori, Marco, David Lau, Alan Y. Chow, et al.. (2000). H2 histamine receptor-phosphorylation of Kv3.2 modulates interneuron fast spiking. Nature Neuroscience. 3(8). 791–798. 90 indexed citations

Lau, David, Diego Contreras, Andrés Ozaita, et al.. (2000). Impaired Fast-Spiking, Suppressed Cortical Inhibition, and Increased Susceptibility to Seizures in Mice Lacking Kv3.2 K⁺Channel Proteins. Journal of Neuroscience. 20(24). 9071–9085. 145 indexed citations

Coetzee, William A., Yimy Amarillo, Joanna C. Chiu, et al.. (1999). Molecular Diversity of K⁺ Channels. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 868(1). 233–255. 957 indexed citations breakdown →

Rudy, Bernardo, Alan Chow, David Lau, et al.. (1999). Contributions of Kv3 Channels to Neuronal Excitability. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 868(1). 304–343. 264 indexed citations

Chow, Alan Y., Alev Erişir, Claudia R. Farb, et al.. (1999). K⁺Channel Expression Distinguishes Subpopulations of Parvalbumin- and Somatostatin-Containing Neocortical Interneurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 19(21). 9332–9345. 189 indexed citations

Haas, Melanie, David C. Ward, Jihun Lee, et al.. (1993). Localization of Shaw-related K+ channel genes on mouse and human chromosomes. Mammalian Genome. 4(12). 711–715. 22 indexed citations

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Ried, Thomas, et al.. (1993). Localization of a Highly Conserved Human Potassium Channel Gene (NGK2-KV4; KCNC1) to Chromosome 11p15. Genomics. 15(2). 405–411. 30 indexed citations

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Rudy, Bernardo, Kikuo Sen, Eleazar Vega‐Saenz de Miera, et al.. (1991). Cloning of a human cDNA expressing a high voltage‐activating. Tea‐sensitive, type‐a K⁺ channel which maps to chromosome 1 band p21. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 29(3). 401–412. 56 indexed citations

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