Erica S. Levitt

1.3k total citations
26 papers, 913 citations indexed

About

Erica S. Levitt is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Erica S. Levitt has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 913 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Erica S. Levitt's work include Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (18 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (7 papers). Erica S. Levitt is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (18 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (7 papers). Erica S. Levitt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Erica S. Levitt's co-authors include John T. Williams, Jordan T. Bateman, Adrienn G. Varga, John M. Bissonnette, Andrea Kliewer, Stefan Schulz, Brigitte L. Kieffer, Setareh Sianati, Alexis Bailey and MacDonald J. Christie and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Erica S. Levitt

24 papers receiving 906 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erica S. Levitt United States 14 461 405 331 171 166 26 913
Dipanwita Pati United States 17 361 0.8× 204 0.5× 101 0.3× 130 0.8× 157 0.9× 31 809
Fang‐Jung Wan Taiwan 18 374 0.8× 161 0.4× 88 0.3× 110 0.6× 126 0.8× 34 799
Zdeno Pirník Slovakia 17 243 0.5× 167 0.4× 326 1.0× 183 1.1× 55 0.3× 54 807
Evelin Painsipp Austria 18 284 0.6× 233 0.6× 135 0.4× 146 0.9× 51 0.3× 33 844
Claudine Serradeil‐Le Gal France 19 300 0.7× 358 0.9× 460 1.4× 118 0.7× 64 0.4× 26 1.4k
Akira Haji Japan 16 160 0.3× 148 0.4× 516 1.6× 116 0.7× 226 1.4× 66 801
Y. Taché United States 21 541 1.2× 220 0.5× 373 1.1× 324 1.9× 40 0.2× 36 1.3k
I Nylander Sweden 19 650 1.4× 312 0.8× 59 0.2× 159 0.9× 78 0.5× 31 1.2k
Sayuri Oshikawa Japan 9 194 0.4× 393 1.0× 177 0.5× 170 1.0× 23 0.1× 13 896
T. Hedner Sweden 19 272 0.6× 148 0.4× 155 0.5× 167 1.0× 58 0.3× 34 686

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erica S. Levitt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Levitt, Erica S., et al.. (2025). Xylazine exacerbates fentanyl-induced respiratory depression and bradycardia. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 392(7). 103616–103616. 3 indexed citations
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Baekey, David M., et al.. (2024). Effect of positive allosteric modulation and orthosteric agonism of dopamine D2-like receptors on respiration in mouse models of Rett syndrome. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 328. 104314–104314. 1 indexed citations
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Jenkins, Paul M., et al.. (2023). Inhibitory synaptic transmission is impaired in the Kölliker-Fuse of male, but not female, Rett syndrome mice. Journal of Neurophysiology. 130(6). 1578–1587.
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Bateman, Jordan T. & Erica S. Levitt. (2023). Opioid suppression of an excitatory pontomedullary respiratory circuit by convergent mechanisms. eLife. 12. 15 indexed citations
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Dossat, Amanda M., et al.. (2023). Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptors in the Gustatory Cortex Influence Food Intake. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(23). 4251–4261. 1 indexed citations
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Baekey, David M., et al.. (2022). Fentanyl effects on respiratory neuron activity in the dorsolateral pons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 128(5). 1117–1132. 12 indexed citations
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Varga, Adrienn G., et al.. (2022). Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Neurons Activated by Hypercapnia and Hypoxia Lack Mu Opioid Receptor Expression. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 15. 932189–932189. 10 indexed citations
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Bateman, Jordan T., et al.. (2021). Understanding and countering opioid‐induced respiratory depression. British Journal of Pharmacology. 180(7). 813–828. 59 indexed citations
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Ramirez, Jan‐Marino, Aguan Wei, Nathan A. Baertsch, et al.. (2021). Neuronal mechanisms underlying opioid-induced respiratory depression: our current understanding. Journal of Neurophysiology. 125(5). 1899–1919. 54 indexed citations
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Bateman, Jordan T. & Erica S. Levitt. (2021). Evaluation of G protein bias and β-arrestin 2 signaling in opioid-induced respiratory depression. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 321(4). C681–C683. 12 indexed citations
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Varga, Adrienn G., et al.. (2020). Neurochemistry of the Kölliker‐Fuse nucleus from a respiratory perspective. Journal of Neurochemistry. 156(1). 16–37. 31 indexed citations
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Levitt, Erica S., et al.. (2020). Kölliker-Fuse/Parabrachial complex mu opioid receptors contribute to fentanyl-induced apnea and respiratory rate depression. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 275. 103388–103388. 49 indexed citations
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Kliewer, Andrea, Setareh Sianati, Alexis Bailey, et al.. (2019). Phosphorylation-deficient G-protein-biased μ-opioid receptors improve analgesia and diminish tolerance but worsen opioid side effects. Nature Communications. 10(1). 367–367. 217 indexed citations
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Varga, Adrienn G., et al.. (2019). Differential impact of two critical respiratory centres in opioid‐induced respiratory depression in awake mice. The Journal of Physiology. 598(1). 189–205. 93 indexed citations
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Levitt, Erica S. & John T. Williams. (2017). Desensitization and Tolerance of Mu Opioid Receptors on Pontine Kölliker-Fuse Neurons. Molecular Pharmacology. 93(1). 8–13. 24 indexed citations
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Levitt, Erica S., Ana P. Abdala, Julian F. R. Paton, John M. Bissonnette, & John T. Williams. (2015). μ opioid receptor activation hyperpolarizes respiratory‐controlling Kölliker–Fuse neurons and suppresses post‐inspiratory drive. The Journal of Physiology. 593(19). 4453–4469. 107 indexed citations
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Gantz, Stephanie C., et al.. (2015). Depression of Serotonin Synaptic Transmission by the Dopamine Precursor L-DOPA. Cell Reports. 12(6). 944–954. 35 indexed citations
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Levitt, Erica S. & John T. Williams. (2012). Morphine Desensitization and Cellular Tolerance Are Distinguished in Rat Locus Ceruleus Neurons. Molecular Pharmacology. 82(5). 983–992. 47 indexed citations
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Levitt, Erica S., et al.. (2010). Gi/o-Coupled Receptors Compete for Signaling to Adenylyl Cyclase in SH-SY5Y Cells and Reduce Opioid-Mediated cAMP Overshoot. Molecular Pharmacology. 79(3). 461–471. 34 indexed citations
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Levitt, Erica S., Mary J. Clark, Paul M. Jenkins, Jeffrey R. Martens, & John R. Traynor. (2009). Differential Effect of Membrane Cholesterol Removal on μ- and δ-Opioid Receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(33). 22108–22122. 55 indexed citations

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