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 →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Dim light at night disrupts the sleep-wake cycle and exacerbates abnormal EEG activity in Cntnap2 knockout mice: implications for autism spectrum disorders 2025 ·Molecular Autism ·Yumeng Wang, Ketema N. Paul, Gene D. Block, Tom Deboer, Christopher S. Colwell	0
2	Chronic methamphetamine uncovers a circadian rhythm in multiple-unit neural activity in the dorsal striatum which is independent of the suprachiasmatic nucleus 2021 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Yu Tahara, Christopher S. Colwell, Gene D. Block, Wataru Nakamura, Takahiro J. Nakamura	7
3	Circadian-based Treatment Strategy Effective in the BACHD Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease 2018 ·Journal of Biological Rhythms ·Daniel S. Whittaker, Dawn H. Loh, Huei‐Bin Wang, Yu Tahara, Dika Kuljis, (unknown), Cristina A. Ghiani, Shigenobu Shibata, Gene D. Block, Christopher S. Colwell	34
4	Recovery from Age-Related Infertility under Environmental Light-Dark Cycles Adjusted to the Intrinsic Circadian Period 2015 ·Cell Reports ·Nana N. Takasu, Takahiro J. Nakamura, Isao T. Tokuda, Takeshi Todo, Gene D. Block, Wataru Nakamura	47
5	Aging Differentially Affects the Re-entrainment Response of Central and Peripheral Circadian Oscillators 2012 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Michael T. Sellix, Jennifer A. Evans, Tanya Leise, Oscar Castañón‐Cervantes, DiJon Hill, (unknown), Gene D. Block, Michael Menaker, Alec J. Davidson	116
6	Age-Related Decline in Circadian Output 2011 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Takahiro J. Nakamura, Wataru Nakamura, Shin Yamazaki, Takashi Kudo, (unknown), Christopher S. Colwell, Gene D. Block	297
7	Influence of the estrous cycle on clock gene expression in reproductive tissues: Effects of fluctuating ovarian steroid hormone levels 2010 ·Steroids ·Takahiro J. Nakamura, Michael T. Sellix, Takashi Kudo, Nobuhiro Nakao, Takashi Yoshimura, Shizufumi Ebihara, Christopher S. Colwell, Gene D. Block	90
8	In Vivo Monitoring of Circadian Timing in Freely Moving Mice 2008 ·Current Biology ·Wataru Nakamura, Shin Yamazaki, Takahiro J. Nakamura, Tetsuo Shirakawa, Gene D. Block, Toru Takumi	61
9	A Calcium Flux Is Required for Circadian Rhythm Generation in Mammalian Pacemaker Neurons 2005 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Gabriella B. Lundkvist, Yongho Kwak, (unknown), Hajime Tei, Gene D. Block	149
10	Keeping an Eye on Retinal Clocks 1999 ·Chronobiology International ·Erik D. Herzog, Gene D. Block	20
11	Circadian rhythms in mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus explants on multimicroelectrode plates 1997 ·Brain Research ·Erik D. Herzog, Michael E. Geusz, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Martin Straume, Gene D. Block	98
12	Biological Clocks in the Retina: Cellular Mechanisms of Biological Timekeeping 1993 ·International review of cytology ·Gene D. Block, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Douglas G. McMahon, Stephan Michel, (unknown)	62
13	Cellular Mechanisms of Entrainment 1992 ·Chronobiology International ·Christopher S. Colwell, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Gene D. Block	12
14	Phase shifting of the circadian rhythm in the eye of Bulla by inhibition of chloride conductance 1992 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Stephan Michel, Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Gene D. Block	9
15	Calcium in phase control of theBulla circadian pacemaker 1990 ·Brain Research ·Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Gene D. Block	27
16	Light induced phase shifts of the bulla eye in the presence of protein synthesis inhibitors 1988 ·The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts ·(unknown), Gene D. Block	7
17	Calcium channels mediate phase shifts of theBulla circadian pacemaker 1988 ·Journal of Comparative Physiology A ·Sat Bir S. Khalsa, Gene D. Block	40
18	TheBulla ocular circadian pacemaker 1987 ·Journal of Comparative Physiology A ·Douglas G. McMahon, Gene D. Block	77
19	Comparative studies of circadian pacemaker coupling in Opisthobranch molluscs 1987 ·Brain Research ·Michael H. Roberts, Gene D. Block, (unknown)	15
20	Familial metabolic disorder with fatty metamorphosis of the viscera 1966 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gene D. Block	11

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