David S. Olton

17.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

David S. Olton is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Olton has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 58 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 19 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David S. Olton's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (83 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (50 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (19 papers). David S. Olton is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (83 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (50 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (19 papers). David S. Olton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. David S. Olton's co-authors include Robert J. Samuelson, James T. Becker, Gail E. Handelmann, John Walker, Fred H. Gage, Bennet Givens, Gary L. Wenk, Alicja L. Markowska, Mary Ann Werz and Warren H. Meck and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, American Psychologist and Trends in Neurosciences.

In The Last Decade

David S. Olton

126 papers receiving 13.1k 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.

Hippocampus, space, and memory

1979 1.7k citations David S. Olton et al. profile →
Remembrance of places passed: Spatial memory in rats.

1976 1.5k citations David S. Olton et al. profile →
Spatial memory and hippocampal function

1979 753 citations David S. Olton et al. Neuropsychologia profile →
Hippocampal connections and spatial discrimination

1978 708 citations David S. Olton et al. Brain Research profile →

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Raymond P. Kesner United States

Robert Y. Moore United States

Norman M. White Canada

Yadin Dudai Israel

Robert J. Sutherland Canada

Paul E. Gold United States

Michel Jouvet France

Henk J. Groenewegen Netherlands

Susan D. Iversen United Kingdom

Ian Q. Whishaw Canada

Raymond P. Kesner United States

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Meck, Warren H., Russell M. Church, & David S. Olton. (2013). Hippocampus, time, and memory.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 127(5). 655–668. 93 indexed citations

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Pang, Kevin, et al.. (1997). Nonhippocampal Muscarinic Receptors Are Required for Nonspatial Working Memory. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 58(2). 361–367. 5 indexed citations

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Frick, Karyn M., Mark G. Baxter, Alicja L. Markowska, David S. Olton, & Donald L. Price. (1995). Age-related spatial reference and working memory deficits assessed in the water maze. Neurobiology of Aging. 16(2). 149–160. 281 indexed citations

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Baxter, Mark G., Thomas H. Lanthorn, Karyn M. Frick, et al.. (1994). D-cycloserine, a novel cognitive enhancer, improves spatial memory in aged rats. Neurobiology of Aging. 15(2). 207–213. 111 indexed citations

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Pang, Kevin, Megan Williams, & David S. Olton. (1993). Activation of the medial septal area attenuates LTP of the lateral perforant path and enhances heterosynaptic LTD of the medial perforant path in aged rats. Brain Research. 632(1-2). 150–160. 27 indexed citations

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Olton, David S.. (1993). Age-related behavioral impairments: Benefits of multiple measures of performance. Neurobiology of Aging. 14(6). 637–638. 6 indexed citations

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Koliatsos, Vassilis E., Donald L. Price, Richard E. Clatterbuck, et al.. (1993). Neurotrophic Strategies for Treating Alzheimer's Disease: Lessons from Basic Neurobiology and Animal Models^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 695(1). 292–299. 21 indexed citations

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Pang, Kevin, et al.. (1992). Expectancy and stimulus frequency: A comparative analysis in rats and humans. Perception & Psychophysics. 51(6). 607–615. 22 indexed citations

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Olton, David S.. (1990). Dementia: Animal models of the cognitive impairments following damage to the basal forebrain cholinergic system. Brain Research Bulletin. 25(3). 499–502. 73 indexed citations

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Markowska, Alicja L., Gary L. Wenk, & David S. Olton. (1990). Nucleus basalis magnocellularis and memory: Differential effects of two neurotoxins. Behavioral and Neural Biology. 54(1). 13–26. 64 indexed citations

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Givens, Bennet & David S. Olton. (1990). Cholinergic and GABAergic modulation of medial septal area: Effect on working memory.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 104(6). 849–855. 250 indexed citations

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Wenk, Gary L. & David S. Olton. (1989). Cognitive enhancers: Potential strategies and experimental results. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 13. S117–S139. 14 indexed citations

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Olton, David S.. (1989). Frontal cortex, timing and memory. Neuropsychologia. 27(1). 121–130. 55 indexed citations

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Wenk, Gary L., Alicja L. Markowska, & David S. Olton. (1989). Basal forebrain lesions and memory: Alterations in neurotensin, not acetylcholine, may cause amnesia.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 103(4). 765–769. 100 indexed citations

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Knowlton, Barbara J., et al.. (1989). Hippocampal seizures disrupt working memory performance but not reference memory acquisition.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 103(5). 1144–1147. 43 indexed citations

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Markowska, Alicja L., William S. Stone, Donald K. Ingram, et al.. (1989). Individual differences in aging: Behavioral and neurobiological correlates. Neurobiology of Aging. 10(1). 31–43. 214 indexed citations

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Olton, David S., et al.. (1988). Attention and the frontal cortex as examined by simultaneous temporal processing. Neuropsychologia. 26(2). 307–318. 197 indexed citations

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Raffaele, Kathleen C. & David S. Olton. (1988). Hippocampal and amygdaloid involvement in working memory for nonspatial stimuli.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 102(3). 349–355. 131 indexed citations

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Olton, David S.. (1988). Aging and spatial cognition. Neurobiology of Aging. 9(5-6). 569–570. 11 indexed citations

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Olton, David S.. (1987). The radial arm maze as a tool in behavioral pharmacology. Physiology & Behavior. 40(6). 793–797. 191 indexed citations

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