G. Oakson

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

G. Oakson is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Oakson has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in G. Oakson's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (20 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers). G. Oakson is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (20 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers). G. Oakson collaborates with scholars based in Canada. G. Oakson's co-authors include Mircea Steriade, Denis Paré, Martin Deschênes, Subimal Datta, Roberto Curro ́Dossi, Nicole Ropert, Anne Kitsikis, Chantal Guímont, Simon Carette and Didier Bouhassira and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

G. Oakson

28 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Neuronal activities in brain-stem cholinergic nuclei related to tonic activation processes in thalamocortical systems

1990 580 citations Mircea Steriade, Subimal Datta et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. Oakson Canada	21	2.4k	1.9k	499	313	309	28	3.0k
Yukihiko Kayama Japan	28	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	673 1.3×	410 1.3×	377 1.2×	76	2.9k
Bernát Kocsis United States	37	3.4k 1.4×	3.2k 1.7×	645 1.3×	264 0.8×	624 2.0×	90	4.6k
Walter B. Hoover United States	15	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	194 0.4×	103 0.3×	308 1.0×	28	2.7k
M Jouvet France	26	1.4k 0.6×	755 0.4×	785 1.6×	561 1.8×	195 0.6×	141	2.4k
Jiro Iwata Japan	11	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	219 0.4×	178 0.6×	244 0.8×	26	2.3k
Manjit K. Sanghera United States	22	944 0.4×	993 0.5×	181 0.4×	121 0.4×	381 1.2×	41	2.1k
Robert P. Vertes United States	29	2.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	329 0.7×	100 0.3×	295 1.0×	40	3.1k
Thomas Seidenbecher Germany	30	2.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.2×	228 0.5×	148 0.5×	645 2.1×	55	3.5k
Clayton T. Dickson Canada	32	2.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	506 1.0×	85 0.3×	437 1.4×	82	3.5k
Didier Pinault France	29	3.0k 1.2×	3.2k 1.7×	187 0.4×	105 0.3×	728 2.4×	48	4.2k

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Carette, Simon, G. Oakson, Chantal Guímont, & Mircea Steriade. (1995). Sleep electroencephalography and the clinical response to amitriptyline in patients with fibromyalgia. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 38(9). 1211–1217. 117 indexed citations

Steriade, Mircea, Roberto Curro ́Dossi, Denis Paré, & G. Oakson. (1991). Fast oscillations (20-40 Hz) in thalamocortical systems and their potentiation by mesopontine cholinergic nuclei in the cat.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(10). 4396–4400. 315 indexed citations

Datta, Subimal, et al.. (1991). Substantia nigra reticulata neurons during sleep-waking states: relation with ponto-geniculo-occipital waves. Brain Research. 566(1-2). 344–347. 39 indexed citations

Steriade, Mircea, et al.. (1990). Neuronal activities in brain-stem cholinergic nuclei related to tonic activation processes in thalamocortical systems. Journal of Neuroscience. 10(8). 2541–2559. 580 indexed citations breakdown →

Steriade, Mircea, David Paré, Didier Bouhassira, Martin Deschênes, & G. Oakson. (1989). Phasic activation of lateral geniculate and perigeniculate thalamic neurons during sleep with ponto-geniculo-occipital waves. Journal of Neuroscience. 9(7). 2215–2229. 50 indexed citations

Oakson, G., et al.. (1987). Thalamic and cortical spindles during early ontogenesis in kittens. Developmental Brain Research. 31(1). 140–142. 14 indexed citations

Steriade, Mircea, et al.. (1986). Reticularis thalami neurons revisited: activity changes during shifts in states of vigilance. Journal of Neuroscience. 6(1). 68–81. 318 indexed citations

Oakson, G., et al.. (1986). Thalamic burst patterns in the naturally sleeping cat: a comparison between cortically projecting and reticularis neurones.. The Journal of Physiology. 379(1). 429–449. 209 indexed citations

Oakson, G. & Mircea Steriade. (1983). Slow rhythmic oscillations of EEG slow-wave amplitudes and their relations to midbrain reticular discharge. Brain Research. 269(2). 386–390. 20 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, G. Oakson, & Nicole Ropert. (1982). Firing rates and patterns of midbrain reticular neurons during steady and transitional states of the sleep-waking cycle. Experimental Brain Research. 46(1). 37–51. 132 indexed citations

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Oakson, G. & Mircea Steriade. (1982). Slow rhythmic rate fluctuations of cat midbrain reticular neurons in synchronized sleep and waking. Brain Research. 247(2). 277–288. 25 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, Anne Kitsikis, & G. Oakson. (1978). Excitatory-Inhibitory Processes in Parietal Association Neurons During Reticular Activation and Sleep-Waking Cycle. SLEEP. 1(4). 339–355. 32 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, G. Oakson, & Anne Kitsikis. (1978). Firing rates and patterns of output and nonoutput cells in cortical areas 5 and 7 of cat during the sleep-waking cycle. Experimental Neurology. 60(3). 443–468. 25 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, Anne Kitsikis, & G. Oakson. (1978). Thalamic inputs and subcortical targets of cortical neurons in areas 5 and 7 of cat. Experimental Neurology. 60(3). 420–442. 43 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, et al.. (1977). Some synaptic inputs and ascending projections of lateralis posterior thalamic neurons. Brain Research. 131(1). 39–53. 29 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, et al.. (1977). Reticular influences on lateralis posterior thalamic neurons. Brain Research. 131(1). 55–71. 36 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, et al.. (1976). Cortically elicited spike-wave afterdischarges in thalamic neurons. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 41(6). 641–644. 31 indexed citations

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Oakson, G.. (1972). A Technique for Time-Ordered Display of Temporal Patterns of Evoked Neuronal Unit Activity. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. BME-19(3). 244–246. 1 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, P. Wyzinski, & G. Oakson. (1971). Activities in synaptic pathways between the motor cortex and ventrolateral thalamus underlying EEG spindle waves.. PubMed. 8(2). 211–29. 7 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, et al.. (1971). Control of unitary activities in cerebellothalamic pathway during wakefulness and synchronized sleep.. Journal of Neurophysiology. 34(3). 389–413. 97 indexed citations

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