David Mears

1.8k total citations
34 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

David Mears is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David Mears has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Surgery, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David Mears's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (18 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (8 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers). David Mears is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (18 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (8 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers). David Mears collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Italy. David Mears's co-authors include I. Atwater, Harvey B. Pollard, Dinesh Gautam, Charles L. Zimliki, Jürgen Wess, Yinghong Cui, N. Sheppard, Alokesh Duttaroy, Emilio Rojas and Fadi F. Hamdan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Cell Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

David Mears

33 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Mears United States 19 707 602 284 231 192 34 1.5k
Per-Eric Lund Sweden 19 907 1.3× 474 0.8× 210 0.7× 341 1.5× 242 1.3× 41 1.6k
Daniel C.-H. Lin United States 18 1.2k 1.7× 495 0.8× 509 1.8× 586 2.5× 268 1.4× 24 2.1k
Luı́s M. Rosário Portugal 21 1.0k 1.5× 910 1.5× 317 1.1× 457 2.0× 163 0.8× 51 1.6k
Hung‐Tsung Wu Taiwan 26 742 1.0× 259 0.4× 293 1.0× 139 0.6× 355 1.8× 93 2.2k
Makoto Wakui Japan 20 1.0k 1.4× 368 0.6× 174 0.6× 500 2.2× 178 0.9× 54 1.7k
Ana Dı́ez-Sampedro United States 19 925 1.3× 363 0.6× 324 1.1× 555 2.4× 151 0.8× 30 1.8k
F M Ashcroft United Kingdom 11 1.1k 1.5× 431 0.7× 174 0.6× 632 2.7× 114 0.6× 38 1.7k
Lance A. Johnson United States 26 744 1.1× 231 0.4× 184 0.6× 238 1.0× 831 4.3× 60 2.0k
Mohammad Reza Hojjati United States 17 875 1.2× 193 0.3× 90 0.3× 233 1.0× 246 1.3× 34 1.5k
Blanca Rubı́ Spain 20 1.0k 1.4× 1.0k 1.7× 485 1.7× 163 0.7× 537 2.8× 22 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Mears

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Mears

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All Works

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Patel, Ishan, et al.. (2025). The human spinothalamic tract: lessons from cordotomy. Brain Communications. 7(3). fcaf237–fcaf237.
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Vozella, Valentina, et al.. (2020). Cannabinoid CB2 receptors mediate the anxiolytic-like effects of monoacylglycerol lipase inhibition in a rat model of predator-induced fear. Neuropsychopharmacology. 45(8). 1330–1338. 37 indexed citations
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Vozella, Valentina, et al.. (2018). Effects of fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitor URB597 in a rat model of trauma-induced long-term anxiety. Psychopharmacology. 235(11). 3211–3221. 46 indexed citations
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Mears, David, Charles L. Zimliki, I. Atwater, et al.. (2012). The Anx7(+/-) Knockout Mutation Alters Electrical and Secretory Responses to Ca2+-Mobilizing Agents in Pancreatic �-cells. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 29(5-6). 697–704. 18 indexed citations
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Verma, Ranjana, Manoj K. Jaiswal, Cara Olsen, et al.. (2011). In vitro profiling of epigenetic modifications underlying heavy metal toxicity of tungsten-alloy and its components. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 253(3). 178–187. 21 indexed citations
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Atwater, I., Pablo Caviedes, Carmen Romero, et al.. (2010). Isolation of Viable Porcine Islets by Selective Osmotic Shock Without Enzymatic Digestion. Transplantation Proceedings. 42(1). 381–386. 9 indexed citations
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Zimliki, Charles L., et al.. (2009). Glucose-dependent and -independent electrical activity in islets of Langerhans of Psammomys obesus, an animal model of nutritionally induced obesity and diabetes. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 161(2). 193–201. 5 indexed citations
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Gautam, Dinesh, Sung‐Jun Han, Fadi F. Hamdan, et al.. (2006). A critical role for β cell M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in regulating insulin release and blood glucose homeostasis in vivo. Cell Metabolism. 3(6). 449–461. 224 indexed citations
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Mears, David & Eduardo Rojas. (2006). Properties of voltage-gated Ca2+ currents measured from mouse pancreatic β-cells in situ. Biological Research. 39(3). 505–20. 5 indexed citations
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Mears, David. (2004). Regulation of Insulin Secretion in Islets of Langerhans by Ca2+Channels. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 200(2). 57–66. 110 indexed citations
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Zimliki, Charles L., David Mears, & Arthur Sherman. (2004). Three Roads to Islet Bursting: Emergent Oscillations in Coupled Phantom Bursters. Biophysical Journal. 87(1). 193–206. 26 indexed citations
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Mears, David & Charles L. Zimliki. (2004). Muscarinic Agonists Activate Ca 2+ Store-operated and -independent Ionic Currents in Insulin-secreting HIT-T15 Cells and Mouse Pancreatic �-Cells. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 197(1). 59–70. 25 indexed citations
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Duttaroy, Alokesh, Charles L. Zimliki, Dinesh Gautam, et al.. (2004). Muscarinic Stimulation of Pancreatic Insulin and Glucagon Release Is Abolished in M3 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor–Deficient Mice. Diabetes. 53(7). 1714–1720. 163 indexed citations
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Mears, David, Ximena Leighton, I. Atwater, & Emilio Rojas. (1999). Tetracaine stimulates insulin secretion from the pancreaticβ-cell by release of intracellular calcium. Cell Calcium. 25(1). 59–68. 11 indexed citations
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He, Liping, David Mears, I. Atwater, & Hiroshi Kitasato. (1998). Glucagon Induces Suppression of ATP-sensitive K + Channel Activity Through a Ca 2+ /Calmodulin-dependent Pathway in Mouse Pancreatic β-Cells. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 166(3). 237–244. 14 indexed citations
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Mears, David, N. Sheppard, I. Atwater, & Emilio Rojas. (1995). Magnitude and modulation of pancreatic β-cell gap junction electrical conductance in situ. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 146(2). 163–176. 77 indexed citations
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Rojas, Emilio, Cynthia L. Stokes, David Mears, & I. Atwater. (1995). Single-microelectrode voltage clamp measurements of pancreatic ?-cell membrane ionic currents in situ. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 143(1). 65–77. 9 indexed citations
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Bertram, Richard, Paul Smolen, Arthur Sherman, et al.. (1995). A role for calcium release-activated current (CRAC) in cholinergic modulation of electrical activity in pancreatic beta-cells. Biophysical Journal. 68(6). 2323–2332. 83 indexed citations

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