Don W. Walker

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

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Don W. Walker is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Don W. Walker has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 18 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Don W. Walker's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (30 papers), Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (18 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (15 papers). Don W. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (30 papers), Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects (18 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (15 papers). Don W. Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Don W. Walker's co-authors include Bruce E. Hunter, Gerhard Freund, David Barnes, Joseph N. Riley, Steven F. Zornetzer, Michael A. King, Marieta Barrow Heaton, Larry W. Means, Wickliffe C. Abraham and David E. Barnes and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Don W. Walker

64 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Prenatal ethanol exposure permanently reduces the number of pyramidal neurons in rat hippocampus

1981 344 citations Don W. Walker et al. Developmental Brain Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Don W. Walker United States	32	1.9k	1.0k	1.0k	592	480	64	3.6k
W. McIntyre Burnham Canada	39	2.9k 1.5×	839 0.8×	751 0.7×	1.5k 2.5×	229 0.5×	156	5.1k
Jana Velı́šková United States	37	2.2k 1.2×	453 0.4×	841 0.8×	920 1.6×	542 1.1×	111	3.8k
Lalit K. Srivastava Canada	35	2.1k 1.1×	746 0.7×	317 0.3×	1.6k 2.6×	246 0.5×	94	4.2k
Michael E. Corcoran Canada	35	3.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.1×	319 0.3×	1.1k 1.9×	250 0.5×	105	4.0k
Amy R. Brooks‐Kayal United States	42	2.9k 1.5×	704 0.7×	804 0.8×	1.8k 3.0×	269 0.6×	81	4.7k
A. Wauquier Belgium	36	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	364 0.4×	800 1.4×	369 0.8×	131	3.9k
Sture Liljequist Sweden	34	2.4k 1.3×	514 0.5×	262 0.3×	1.3k 2.2×	233 0.5×	107	3.4k
Kimberly Nixon United States	35	1.7k 0.9×	672 0.6×	660 0.6×	677 1.1×	355 0.7×	77	4.3k
William J. Shoemaker United States	32	1.5k 0.8×	267 0.3×	410 0.4×	921 1.6×	165 0.3×	70	3.0k
Alicia Brusco Argentina	28	1.9k 1.0×	545 0.5×	406 0.4×	643 1.1×	116 0.2×	87	3.5k

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Wang, Xiangdan, et al.. (2016). Investigating interactions between phospholipase B-Like 2 and antibodies during Protein A chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 1438. 31–38. 31 indexed citations

Walker, Don W., et al.. (2003). Nerve growth factor and chronic ethanol treatment alter calcium homeostasis in developing rat septal neurons. Developmental Brain Research. 143(1). 57–71. 10 indexed citations

Li, Yangxin, Don W. Walker, & Michael A. King. (2001). Peroxide mediates ethanol-induced cytotoxicity in PC12 cells. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 30(4). 389–392. 19 indexed citations

Heaton, Marieta Barrow, et al.. (2000). Ethanol-induced alterations in the expression of neurotrophic factors in the developing rat central nervous system. Developmental Brain Research. 121(1). 97–107. 83 indexed citations

Moore, D. Blaine, Don W. Walker, & Marieta Barrow Heaton. (1999). Neonatal Ethanol Exposure Alters bcl‐2 Family mRNA Levels in the Rat Cerebellar Vermis. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 23(7). 1251–1261. 47 indexed citations

Moore, D. Blaine, et al.. (1998). Prenatal ethanol exposure reduces parvalbumin-immunoreactive GABAergic neuronal number in the adult rat cingulate cortex. Neuroscience Letters. 249(1). 25–28. 36 indexed citations

Mitchell, J. Jean, Michael Paiva, D. Blaine Moore, Don W. Walker, & Marieta Barrow Heaton. (1998). A comparative study of ethanol, hypoglycemia, hypoxia and neurotrophic factor interactions with fetal rat hippocampal neurons: a multi-factor in vitro model for developmental ethanol effects. Developmental Brain Research. 105(2). 241–250. 39 indexed citations

Peris, Joanna, et al.. (1997). Effects of Chronic Ethanol Exposure on GABA Receptors and GABA_B Receptor Modulation of ³H‐GABA Release in the Hippocampus. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 21(6). 1047–1052. 35 indexed citations

Swanson, Douglas J., et al.. (1996). Influence of chronic prenatal ethanol on cholinergic neurons of the septohippocampal system. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 364(1). 104–112. 19 indexed citations

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Rothberg, Brad S., et al.. (1996). Long‐Term Effects of Chronic Ethanol on Muscarinic Receptor Binding in Rat Brain. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 20(9). 1613–1617. 7 indexed citations

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Paiva, Michael, et al.. (1995). Perturbation of target-directed neurite outgrowth in embryonic CNS co-cultures grown in the presence of ethanol. Developmental Brain Research. 89(2). 270–280. 13 indexed citations

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Swanson, Douglas J., Michael A. King, Don W. Walker, & Marieta Barrow Heaton. (1995). Chronic Prenatal Ethanol Exposure Alters the Normal Ontogeny of Choline Acetyltransferase Activity in the Rat Septohippocampal System. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 19(5). 1252–1260. 47 indexed citations

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Brazeau, Gayle A., Saleh A. Al‐Suwayeh, Joanna Peris, Bruce E. Hunter, & Don W. Walker. (1995). Creatine kinase release from isolated EDL muscles in chronic ethanol-treated rats. Alcohol. 12(2). 145–149. 8 indexed citations

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MacLennan, A. John, Nancy Lee, Steven R. Vincent, & Don W. Walker. (1994). D2 dopamine receptor mRNA distribution in cholinergic and somatostatinergic cells of the rat caudate-putamen and nucleus accumbens. Neuroscience Letters. 180(2). 214–218. 17 indexed citations

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Paiva, Michael, et al.. (1994). Ethanol neurotoxicity in vitro: effects of GM1 ganglioside and protein synthesis inhibition. Brain Research. 654(2). 336–342. 11 indexed citations

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Walker, Don W., Marieta Barrow Heaton, Nancy Lee, Michael A. King, & Bruce E. Hunter. (1993). Effect of Chronic Ethanol on the Septohippocampal System: A Role for Neurotrophic Factors?. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 17(1). 12–18. 40 indexed citations

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Walker, Don W., Nancy Lee, Marieta Barrow Heaton, Michael A. King, & Bruce E. Hunter. (1992). Chronic ethanol consumption reduces the neurotrophic activity in rat hippocampus. Neuroscience Letters. 147(1). 77–80. 34 indexed citations

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King, Michael A., et al.. (1989). Biocytin: a versatile anterograde neuroanatomical tract-tracing alternative. Brain Research. 497(2). 361–367. 233 indexed citations

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Hunter, Bruce E., Joseph N. Riley, Don W. Walker, & Gerhard Freund. (1975). Ethanol dependence in the rat: A parametric analysis. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 3(4). 619–629. 93 indexed citations

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Walker, Don W. & Gerhard Freund. (1973). Impairment of Timing Behavior after Prolonged Alcohol Consumption in Rats. Science. 182(4112). 597–599. 55 indexed citations

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