Grant A. McPherson

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Grant A. McPherson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Grant A. McPherson has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 18 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Grant A. McPherson's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (29 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (15 papers). Grant A. McPherson is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (29 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (15 papers). Grant A. McPherson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Grant A. McPherson's co-authors include C J Garland, James A. Angus, Roger J. Summers, Bronwyn A. Kingwell, Garry Jennings, Murray Esler, Jordan M. Thompson, David M. Kaye, C. Raper and E. Malta and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Grant A. McPherson

64 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Analysis of radioligand binding experiments

1985 1.2k citations Grant A. McPherson profile →
A practical computer-based approach to the analysis of radioligand binding experiments

1983 811 citations Grant A. McPherson profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Grant A. McPherson Australia	22	2.0k	1.5k	865	817	289	64	3.7k
G. Haeusler Austria	34	1.5k 0.8×	955 0.7×	821 0.9×	755 0.9×	468 1.6×	123	3.5k
Philippe Schoeffter Switzerland	39	2.1k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	891 1.0×	443 0.5×	374 1.3×	80	3.9k
Henry R. Besch United States	35	2.6k 1.3×	867 0.6×	691 0.8×	1.9k 2.3×	400 1.4×	70	4.4k
L E Limbird United States	36	3.0k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	579 0.7×	454 0.6×	275 1.0×	60	4.4k
J. Paul Hieble United States	32	2.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	473 0.6×	561 1.9×	112	5.1k
Ikunobu Muramatsu Japan	35	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	407 0.5×	589 2.0×	243	4.3k
Nobuyuki Yanagihara Japan	34	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	716 0.9×	325 1.1×	183	4.2k
D P Westfall United States	29	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	579 0.7×	145 0.5×	59	3.5k
August M. Watanabe United States	36	2.4k 1.2×	828 0.6×	570 0.7×	2.0k 2.4×	164 0.6×	72	4.2k
Dianne M. Perez United States	39	3.6k 1.8×	2.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.2×	504 0.6×	333 1.2×	98	5.3k

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Favaloro, Joanne L & Grant A. McPherson. (2004). Vasorelaxation and hyperpolarisation of rat small mesenteric artery by the quaternary anion tetraphenylboron. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 369(4). 367–373. 2 indexed citations

Favaloro, Joanne L, Karen L. Andrews, & Grant A. McPherson. (2003). Novel imidazoline compounds that inhibit Kir-mediated vasorelaxation in rat middle cerebral artery. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 367(4). 397–405. 8 indexed citations

McPherson, Grant A., Karen L. Bell, Joanne L Favaloro, Masahiro Kubo, & Nicholas B. Standen. (1999). Functional and electrophysiological effects of a novel imidazoline‐based K_ATP channel blocker, IMID‐4F. British Journal of Pharmacology. 128(8). 1636–1642. 3 indexed citations

Bell, Karen L., B. Kemp, Grant A. McPherson, & Wayne C. Hodgson. (1999). The smooth muscle relaxant effects of venom from the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus). Toxicon. 37(1). 229–231. 6 indexed citations

Webster, Lorraine K., et al.. (1998). K_ATP CHANNEL BLOCKING ACTIONS OF QUATERNARY IONS PLAY NO ROLE IN THEIR ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTION ON MOUSE LEUKAEMIA AND RAT VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS IN VITRO. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 25(12). 992–998. 1 indexed citations

Barrett‐Jolley, Richard & Grant A. McPherson. (1998). Characterization of K_ATP channels in intact mammalian skeletal muscle fibres. British Journal of Pharmacology. 123(6). 1103–1110. 30 indexed citations

Rosenfeldt, Franklin, et al.. (1997). Antiischemic and Antiarrhythmic Activities of Some Novel Alinidine Analogs in the Rat Heart. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 29(4). 499–507. 1 indexed citations

McPherson, Grant A., et al.. (1997). The thromboxane A2 and KATP channel antagonist actions of a series of sulphonylurea derivatives in the pig coronary artery. European Journal of Pharmacology. 324(2-3). 193–200. 10 indexed citations

McPherson, Grant A., et al.. (1997). Structure–activity relationship of quaternary ion antagonism of levcromakalim-induced relaxation in pig coronary artery. European Journal of Pharmacology. 322(1). 37–44. 9 indexed citations

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Kong, David C. M., et al.. (1995). Structure-activity relationship of glibenclamide analogs: a comparison of potency as levcromakalim antagonists in rat aorta vs. affinity for [3H]-glibenclamide binding to membranes from rat cerebral cortex.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 273(2). 778–786. 11 indexed citations

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McPherson, Grant A., et al.. (1994). POTASSIUM CHANNEL OPENERS AND OTHER REGULATORS OF K_ATP CHANNELS. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 21(8). 583–597. 37 indexed citations

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McPherson, Grant A., et al.. (1993). EVIDENCE THAT IMIDAZOL(ID)INE‐ AND SULPHONYLUREA‐BASED ANTAGONISTS OF CROMAKALIM ACT AT DIFFERENT SITES IN THE RAT THORACIC AORTA. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 20(7-8). 467–475. 15 indexed citations

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McPherson, Grant A., et al.. (1992). The resistance of some rat cerebral arteries to the vasorelaxant effect of cromakalim and other K⁺ channel openers. British Journal of Pharmacology. 105(1). 51–58. 38 indexed citations

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Angus, James A., Jane Ward, Joseph J. Smolich, & Grant A. McPherson. (1991). Reactivity of canine isolated epicardial collateral coronary arteries. Relation to vessel structure.. Circulation Research. 69(5). 1340–1352. 25 indexed citations

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McPherson, Grant A. & James A. Angus. (1991). Evidence that acetylcholine‐mediated hyperpolarization of the rat small mesenteric artery does not involve the K⁺ channel opened by cromakalim. British Journal of Pharmacology. 103(1). 1184–1190. 61 indexed citations

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McPherson, Grant A. & James A. Angus. (1990). Characterization of responses to cromakalim and pinacidil in smooth and cardiac muscle by use of selective antagonists. British Journal of Pharmacology. 100(2). 201–206. 52 indexed citations

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McPherson, Grant A. & John A. Bevan. (1987). Specialization in beta-1 and beta-2 adrenoceptor distribution in veins of the rabbit face: relationship to myogenic tone and sympathetic nerve innervation.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 240(1). 99–105. 12 indexed citations

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McPherson, Grant A.. (1983). Analysis of radioligand binding experiments on a microcomputer system. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 4. 369–370. 48 indexed citations

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McPherson, Grant A. & Roger J. Summers. (1982). Localisation of [3H]clonidine binding to membranes from guinea pig renal tubules. Biochemical Pharmacology. 31(4). 583–587. 17 indexed citations

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McPherson, Grant A., E. Malta, & C. Raper. (1981). Effects of Some Catecholamines on the Cat Cardiovascular System. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 3(4). 739–752. 7 indexed citations

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