Douglas Wahłsten

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
118 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Douglas Wahłsten is a scholar working on Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas Wahłsten has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Genetics, 28 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Douglas Wahłsten's work include Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders (23 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (16 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (14 papers). Douglas Wahłsten is often cited by papers focused on Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders (23 papers), Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (16 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (14 papers). Douglas Wahłsten collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Douglas Wahłsten's co-authors include John C. Crabbe, Bruce C. Dudek, Pamela Metten, Jerry Silver, Suzanne Lorenz, Jack Coughlin, Nathan R. Rustay, Hiroki Ozaki, Daniel J. Livy and J. Philippe Rushton and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Douglas Wahłsten

115 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Genetics of Mouse Behavior: Interactions with Laborat... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1999 1982 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Genetics of Mouse Behavior: Interactions with Laboratory Environment
    1999 1.3k citations John C. Crabbe, Douglas Wahłsten et al. profile →
  2. Axonal guidance during development of the great cerebral commissures: Descriptive and experimental studies, in vivo, on the role of preformed glial pathways
    1982 489 citations Douglas Wahłsten et al. The Journal of Comparative Neurology profile →

Peers

Douglas Wahłsten
Wim E. Crusio France
Francesca Cirulli Italy
Adolf Tobeña Spain
Marian C. Diamond United States
Anthony J. Hannan Australia
David P Wolfer Switzerland
Mark H. Lewis United States
Victor H. Denenberg United States
Michael J. Baum United States
Cathy Fernandes United Kingdom
Wim E. Crusio France
Douglas Wahłsten
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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas Wahłsten

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas Wahłsten

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Crusio, Wim E., Nazia M. Alam, Hans-Peter Lipp, et al.. (2013). Behavioral Genetics of the Mouse. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Wahłsten, Douglas. (2013). A Contemporary View of Genes and Behavior. Advances in child development and behavior. 44. 285–306. 1 indexed citations
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Bailoo, Jeremy D., Martin O. Bohlen, & Douglas Wahłsten. (2010). The precision of video and photocell tracking systems and the elimination of tracking errors with infrared backlighting. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 188(1). 45–52. 34 indexed citations
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Wahłsten, Douglas, et al.. (2009). Digit Ratio (2D∶4D) Differences between 20 Strains of Inbred Mice. PLoS ONE. 4(6). e5801–e5801. 19 indexed citations
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Bohlen, Martin O., Andy J. Cameron, Pamela Metten, John C. Crabbe, & Douglas Wahłsten. (2008). Calibration of rotational acceleration for the rotarod test of rodent motor coordination. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 178(1). 10–14. 37 indexed citations
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Crabbe, John C., Pamela Metten, Igor Ponomarev, Carol A. Prescott, & Douglas Wahłsten. (2006). Effects of Genetic and Procedural Variation on Measurement of Alcohol Sensitivity in Mouse Inbred Strains. Behavior Genetics. 36(4). 536–552. 28 indexed citations
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Wahłsten, Douglas, et al.. (2005). Recombinant inbreeding in mice reveals thresholds in embryonic corpus callosum development. Genes Brain & Behavior. 5(2). 170–188. 29 indexed citations
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Wahłsten, Douglas, Frederick Colbourne, & Richard C. Pleus. (2003). A robust, efficient and flexible method for staining myelinated axons in blocks of brain tissue. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 123(2). 207–214. 24 indexed citations
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Wahłsten, Douglas, Nathan R. Rustay, Pamela Metten, & John C. Crabbe. (2003). In search of a better mouse test. Trends in Neurosciences. 26(3). 132–136. 115 indexed citations
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Wahłsten, Douglas, Pamela Metten, & John C. Crabbe. (2003). A rating scale for wildness and ease of handling laboratory mice: results for 21 inbred strains tested in two laboratories. Genes Brain & Behavior. 2(2). 71–79. 73 indexed citations
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Rustay, Nathan R., Douglas Wahłsten, & John C. Crabbe. (2003). Influence of task parameters on rotarod performance and sensitivity to ethanol in mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 141(2). 237–249. 143 indexed citations
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Wahłsten, Douglas. (2001). Standardizing tests of mouse behavior: Reasons, recommendations, and reality. Physiology & Behavior. 73(5). 695–704. 129 indexed citations
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Ozaki, Hiroki & Douglas Wahłsten. (1998). Timing and origin of the first cortical axons to project through the corpus callosum and the subsequent emergence of callosal projection cells in mouse. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 400(2). 197–206. 63 indexed citations
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Livy, Daniel J., et al.. (1997). Increased Axon Number in the Anterior Commissure of Mice Lacking a Corpus Callosum. Experimental Neurology. 146(2). 491–501. 42 indexed citations
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Wahłsten, Douglas. (1997). Leilani Muir versus the Philosopher King: Eugenics on trial in Alberta. Genetica. 99(2-3). 185–198. 13 indexed citations
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Wahłsten, Douglas, et al.. (1994). A new hybrid mouse model for agenesis of the corpus callosum. Behavioural Brain Research. 64(1-2). 111–117. 22 indexed citations
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Ozaki, Hiroki & Douglas Wahłsten. (1993). Cortical axon trajectories and growth cone morphologies in fetuses of acallosal mouse strains. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 336(4). 595–604. 49 indexed citations
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Wahłsten, Douglas. (1992). The problem of test reliability in genetic studies of brain-behavior correlation. 8. 407–422. 6 indexed citations
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Bulman‐Fleming, B. & Douglas Wahłsten. (1991). The effects of intrauterine position on the degree of corpus callosum deficiency in two substrains of BALB/c mice. Developmental Psychobiology. 24(6). 395–412. 15 indexed citations
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Bulman‐Fleming, B. & Douglas Wahłsten. (1988). Effects of a hybrid maternal environment on brain growth and corpus callosum defects of inbred BALBc mice: A study using ovarian grafting. Experimental Neurology. 99(3). 636–646. 32 indexed citations

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