Gene D. Block

9.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
114 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Gene D. Block is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gene D. Block has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 73 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 26 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Gene D. Block's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (94 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (53 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (40 papers). Gene D. Block is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (94 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (53 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (40 papers). Gene D. Block collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Netherlands. Gene D. Block's co-authors include Michael Menaker, Shin Yamazaki, Hajime Tei, Erik D. Herzog, Michikazu Abe, Yoshiyuki Sakaki, Christopher S. Colwell, Stephan Michel, Rika Numano and Masatsugu Ueda and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Gene D. Block

113 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Resetting Central and Peripheral Circadian Oscillators in Transgenic Rats

2000 1.5k citations Shin Yamazaki, Gene D. Block et al. profile →
Circadian Rhythms in Isolated Brain Regions

2002 520 citations Erik D. Herzog, Shin Yamazaki et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Gene D. Block	6.4k	3.2k	2.4k	1.7k	1.1k	114	7.4k
Martin R. Ralph	5.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	869 0.8×	90	6.3k
Hajime Tei	6.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	2.6k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	39	7.0k
Fred C. Davis	5.8k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	52	7.4k
David K. Welsh	6.3k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.4×	80	7.9k
Phillip L. Lowrey	5.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	985 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	11	6.6k
Johanna H. Meijer	6.6k 1.0×	3.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	3.1k 1.9×	554 0.5×	145	8.2k
Vincent M. Cassone	5.1k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	986 0.6×	898 0.8×	102	6.6k
Hugh D. Piggins	4.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	500 0.4×	119	5.7k
Christopher S. Colwell	6.1k 0.9×	4.4k 1.4×	2.1k 0.9×	2.6k 1.5×	553 0.5×	178	9.4k
Ethan D. Buhr	6.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	2.9k 1.2×	934 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	36	7.2k

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Wang, Yumeng, Ketema N. Paul, Gene D. Block, Tom Deboer, & Christopher S. Colwell. (2025). Dim light at night disrupts the sleep-wake cycle and exacerbates abnormal EEG activity in Cntnap2 knockout mice: implications for autism spectrum disorders. Molecular Autism. 16(1). 62–62.

Whittaker, Daniel S., et al.. (2022). Dietary ketosis improves circadian dysfunction as well as motor symptoms in the BACHD mouse model of Huntington’s disease. Frontiers in Nutrition. 9. 1034743–1034743. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Huei‐Bin, David Zhou, Anna Matynia, et al.. (2022). Long wavelength light reduces the negative consequences of dim light at night. Neurobiology of Disease. 176. 105944–105944. 6 indexed citations

Whittaker, Daniel S., Dawn H. Loh, Huei‐Bin Wang, et al.. (2018). Circadian-based Treatment Strategy Effective in the BACHD Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 33(5). 535–554. 34 indexed citations

Nakamura, Takahiro J., Wataru Nakamura, Isao T. Tokuda, et al.. (2015). Age-Related Changes in the Circadian System Unmasked by Constant Conditions. eNeuro. 2(4). ENEURO.0064–15.2015. 82 indexed citations

Nakamura, Takahiro J., Wataru Nakamura, Shin Yamazaki, et al.. (2011). Age-Related Decline in Circadian Output. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(28). 10201–10205. 297 indexed citations

Nakamura, Wataru, Shin Yamazaki, Takahiro J. Nakamura, et al.. (2008). In Vivo Monitoring of Circadian Timing in Freely Moving Mice. Current Biology. 18(5). 381–385. 61 indexed citations

vanderLeest, Henk Tjebbe, Thijs Houben, Stephan Michel, et al.. (2007). Seasonal Encoding by the Circadian Pacemaker of the SCN. Current Biology. 17(5). 468–473. 204 indexed citations

Davidson, Alec J., Shin Yamazaki, Deanna M. Arble, Michael Menaker, & Gene D. Block. (2006). Resetting of central and peripheral circadian oscillators in aged rats. Neurobiology of Aging. 29(3). 471–477. 108 indexed citations

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Vansteensel, Mariska J., Shin Yamazaki, H. Albus, et al.. (2003). Dissociation between Circadian Per1 and Neuronal and Behavioral Rhythms Following a Shifted Environmental Cycle. Current Biology. 13(17). 1538–1542. 57 indexed citations

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Herzog, Erik D., Joseph S. Takahashi, & Gene D. Block. (1998). Clock controls circadian period in isolated suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 1(8). 708–713. 319 indexed citations

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Geusz, Michael E., F. Foster, Willem J. DeGrip, & Gene D. Block. (1996). Opsin-like immunoreactivity in the circadian pacemaker neurons and photoreceptors of the eye of the opisthobranch mollusc Bulla gouldiana. Cell and Tissue Research. 287(1). 203–210. 10 indexed citations

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Block, Gene D., et al.. (1993). Biological Clocks in the Retina: Cellular Mechanisms of Biological Timekeeping. International review of cytology. 146. 83–144. 62 indexed citations

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Khalsa, Sat Bir S., Stephan Michel, & Gene D. Block. (1993). The Effects of Lithium on a Neuronal in Vitro Orcadian Pacemaker. Chronobiology International. 10(5). 321–330. 7 indexed citations

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Michel, Stephan, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, & Gene D. Block. (1992). Phase shifting of the circadian rhythm in the eye of Bulla by inhibition of chloride conductance. Neuroscience Letters. 146(2). 219–222. 9 indexed citations

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Colwell, Christopher S., Sat Bir S. Khalsa, & Gene D. Block. (1992). Cellular Mechanisms of Entrainment. Chronobiology International. 9(3). 163–179. 12 indexed citations

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Khalsa, Sat Bir S. & Gene D. Block. (1990). Calcium in phase control of theBulla circadian pacemaker. Brain Research. 506(1). 40–45. 27 indexed citations

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Block, Gene D., et al.. (1988). Light induced phase shifts of the bulla eye in the presence of protein synthesis inhibitors. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 14(1). 386. 7 indexed citations

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McMahon, Douglas G. & Gene D. Block. (1987). TheBulla ocular circadian pacemaker. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 161(3). 335–346. 77 indexed citations

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Block, Gene D., et al.. (1966). Familial metabolic disorder with fatty metamorphosis of the viscera. The Journal of Pediatrics. 69(6). 1108–1112. 11 indexed citations

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