Gordon Fain

9.1k total citations
150 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Gordon Fain is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gordon Fain has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Molecular Biology, 116 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gordon Fain's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (114 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (98 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (37 papers). Gordon Fain is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (114 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (98 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (37 papers). Gordon Fain collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Gordon Fain's co-authors include M. Carter Cornwall, Michael L. Woodruff, Alapakkam P. Sampath, Hugh R. Matthews, H.R. Matthews, John Lisman, Simon B. Laughlin, Trevor D. Lamb, Yiannis Koutalos and Fred N. Quandt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gordon Fain

147 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gordon Fain 5.7k 4.9k 929 672 459 150 6.8k
Trevor D. Lamb 6.4k 1.1× 5.4k 1.1× 995 1.1× 1.5k 2.2× 438 1.0× 84 8.3k
Silke Haverkamp 4.9k 0.9× 4.2k 0.9× 542 0.6× 619 0.9× 600 1.3× 97 5.7k
Harris Ripps 5.4k 1.0× 3.5k 0.7× 1.5k 1.6× 940 1.4× 636 1.4× 171 7.2k
Ulrike Grünert 4.6k 0.8× 3.9k 0.8× 764 0.8× 1.4k 2.1× 304 0.7× 108 5.9k
Robert E. Marc 5.5k 1.0× 4.7k 1.0× 1.5k 1.6× 747 1.1× 441 1.0× 121 7.4k
Paul Witkovsky 4.9k 0.9× 4.5k 0.9× 596 0.6× 931 1.4× 497 1.1× 130 6.8k
Karl‐Wilhelm Koch 4.3k 0.8× 3.0k 0.6× 764 0.8× 229 0.3× 748 1.6× 157 5.3k
Reto Weiler 5.1k 0.9× 4.0k 0.8× 358 0.4× 612 0.9× 500 1.1× 138 6.2k
Samuel M. Wu 4.4k 0.8× 3.5k 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 992 1.5× 407 0.9× 141 6.1k
Helga Kolb 8.0k 1.4× 6.6k 1.4× 1.7k 1.8× 2.1k 3.1× 651 1.4× 181 9.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gordon Fain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gordon Fain

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All Works

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Myers, Connie A., et al.. (2025). Conservation of cis-regulatory codes over half a billion years of evolution. Science Advances. 11(50). eadw7681–eadw7681. 1 indexed citations
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Scalabrino, Miranda L., et al.. (2023). Cones and cone pathways remain functional in advanced retinal degeneration. Current Biology. 33(8). 1513–1522.e4. 17 indexed citations
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Morshedian, Ala, Matthew B. Toomey, Rikard Frederiksen, et al.. (2017). Cambrian origin of the CYP27C1-mediated vitamin A 1 -to-A 2 switch, a key mechanism of vertebrate sensory plasticity. Royal Society Open Science. 4(7). 170362–170362. 25 indexed citations
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Reingruber, Jürgen, David Holcman, & Gordon Fain. (2015). How rods respond to single photons: Key adaptations of a G‐protein cascade that enable vision at the physical limit of perception. BioEssays. 37(11). 1243–1252. 23 indexed citations
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Rajala, Raju V. S., Michael L. Woodruff, & Gordon Fain. (2013). Modulation of Mouse Rod cGMP-Gated Channels by Grb14. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 2459–2459. 1 indexed citations
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Woodruff, Michael L., et al.. (2011). Bleaching Adaptation in a Mammalian Photoreceptor. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(14). 1174–1174. 1 indexed citations
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Nymark, Soile, et al.. (2011). Visual Pigment Regeneration and Sensitivity Recovery in mouse rods. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(14). 6578–6578. 1 indexed citations
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Fain, Gordon, et al.. (2007). Decrease in Sensitivity Without Acceleration of Response Decay in PDEgamma T35A Mouse Rods Exposed to Background Illumination. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 48(13). 2845–2845. 2 indexed citations
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Woodruff, Michael L., Jie Fan, Marianne Cilluffo, Rosalie K. Crouch, & Gordon Fain. (2005). Opsin–dependent Activation of Transduction in Mouse Rods. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 46(13). 4630–4630. 1 indexed citations
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Tsang, Simon H. Y., et al.. (2004). Regulation of Photoreceptor Signal Termination. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 2206–2206. 1 indexed citations
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Fain, Gordon, et al.. (2004). The effect of light on outer segment Ca2+ in the uv–sensitive cones of zebrafish. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 1083–1083. 1 indexed citations
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Cilluffo, Marianne, H.R. Matthews, Susan E. Brockerhoff, & Gordon Fain. (2004). Characterization of calcium release in zebrafish visible cone outer segments. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 1343–1343. 1 indexed citations
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Fain, Gordon, et al.. (2003). Constitutive Activation and Photoreceptor Degeneration in RPE65 Knockout Mice. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 3553–3553. 1 indexed citations
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Matthews, H.R., et al.. (2002). Measurement of Ca2+i During the Flash Response Without Photopigment Bleaching in Isolated Ultraviolet-Sensitive Zebrafish Cones. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 43(13). 1837–1837. 2 indexed citations
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Cornwall, M. Carter, G J Jones, Vladimir J. Kefalov, Gordon Fain, & H.R. Matthews. (2000). [14] Electrophysiological methods for measurement of activation of phototransduction by bleached visual pigment in salamander photoreceptors. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 316. 224–252. 29 indexed citations
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Cilluffo, Marianne, Shen‐Ling Xia, Afshin Farahbakhsh, & Gordon Fain. (1998). Synergistic receptor-activated calcium increases in single nonpigmented epithelial cells.. PubMed. 39(8). 1429–35. 5 indexed citations
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Cornwall, M. Carter, et al.. (1996). Activation of guanylyl cyclase in bleached salamander rods by 11-cis-13-demethylretinal. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 37(3). 239. 1 indexed citations
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Cornwall, M. Carter, H.R. Matthews, Rosalie K. Crouch, & Gordon Fain. (1995). Bleached pigment activates transduction in salamander cones.. The Journal of General Physiology. 106(3). 543–557. 61 indexed citations
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Matthews, H.R., et al.. (1988). Photoreceptor light adaptation is mediated by cytoplasmic calcium concentration. Nature. 334(6177). 67–69. 284 indexed citations
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Fain, Gordon. (1975). Interactions of rod and cone signals in the mudpuppy retina.. The Journal of Physiology. 252(3). 735–769. 63 indexed citations

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