Harold Gainer

16.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
251 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

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Harold Gainer is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Harold Gainer has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 92 papers in Social Psychology and 89 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Harold Gainer's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (92 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (28 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (28 papers). Harold Gainer is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (92 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (28 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (28 papers). Harold Gainer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Cameroon and Hungary. Harold Gainer's co-authors include James T. Russell, Michael Brownstein, Susan Wray, Jeffery L. Barker, William J. Schwartz, Mark H. Whitnall, Y. Peng Loh, Philip Grant, David J. Fink and Shirley B. House and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Harold Gainer

251 papers receiving 12.3k citations

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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.

Synthesis, Transport, and Release of Posterior Pituitary Hormones

1980 658 citations Michael Brownstein, Harold Gainer et al. profile →
Evidence that cells expressing luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone mRNA in the mouse are derived from progenitor cells in the olfactory placode.

1989 597 citations Susan Wray, Harold Gainer et al. profile →
Activity‐dependent Energy Metabolism in Rat Posterior Pituitary Primarily Reflects Sodium Pump Activity

1980 485 citations Harold Gainer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harold Gainer United States	58	5.9k	4.2k	3.9k	2.8k	1.5k	251	13.0k
Lee E. Eiden United States	68	8.6k 1.4×	7.9k 1.9×	1.4k 0.3×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 1.3×	304	16.3k
Hubert Vaudry France	69	12.4k 2.1×	8.2k 2.0×	3.0k 0.8×	4.7k 1.6×	979 0.6×	696	21.9k
Willem Hendrik Gispen Netherlands	62	7.0k 1.2×	4.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.3×	2.6k 0.9×	2.2k 1.5×	299	15.2k
W. Scott Young United States	81	9.0k 1.5×	7.1k 1.7×	6.9k 1.8×	3.7k 1.3×	480 0.3×	195	20.6k
Pertti Panula Finland	69	5.9k 1.0×	6.7k 1.6×	1.8k 0.4×	3.5k 1.2×	2.9k 1.9×	344	16.9k
Sadao Shiosaka Japan	55	6.5k 1.1×	4.7k 1.1×	866 0.2×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	269	11.9k
F E Bloom United States	43	6.6k 1.1×	3.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.3×	1.7k 0.6×	954 0.6×	97	11.2k
Piers C. Emson United Kingdom	65	12.5k 2.1×	8.0k 1.9×	1.5k 0.4×	1.9k 0.7×	902 0.6×	208	19.9k
Jean Rossier France	70	9.7k 1.6×	9.4k 2.3×	1.1k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	230	16.9k
Jean M. Lauder United States	59	5.3k 0.9×	3.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.5×	979 0.3×	608 0.4×	150	11.5k

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Greenwood, Michael, André S. Mecawi, See-Ziau Hoe, et al.. (2015). A comparison of physiological and transcriptome responses to water deprivation and salt loading in the rat supraoptic nucleus. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 308(7). R559–R568. 46 indexed citations

Sood, Rapita, et al.. (2013). DNA Methylation of Specific CpG Sites in the Promoter Region Regulates the Transcription of the Mouse Oxytocin Receptor. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56869–e56869. 80 indexed citations

Rusnák, Milan, Zsuzsanna Tóth, Shirley B. House, & Harold Gainer. (2007). Depolarization and Neurotransmitter Regulation of Vasopressin Gene Expression in the Rat Suprachiasmatic NucleusIn Vitro. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(1). 141–151. 14 indexed citations

Yue, Chunmei, Noriko Mutsuga, Elka M. Scordalakes, & Harold Gainer. (2005). Studies of oxytocin and vasopressin gene expression in the rat hypothalamus using exon- and intron-specific probes. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 290(5). R1233–R1241. 24 indexed citations

Mutsuga, Noriko, Tal Shahar, Joseph G. Verbalis, et al.. (2004). Selective Gene Expression in Magnocellular Neurons in Rat Supraoptic Nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(32). 7174–7185. 31 indexed citations

Gainer, Harold, et al.. (2003). Transgenesis and the Study of Expression, Cellular Targeting and Function of Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Their Receptors. Neuroendocrinology. 78(4). 185–203. 72 indexed citations

Xi, Dan, Kiyoshi Kusano, & Harold Gainer. (1999). Quantitative Analysis of Oxytocin and Vasopressin Messenger Ribonucleic Acids in Single Magnocellular Neurons Isolated from Supraoptic Nucleus of Rat Hypothalamus. Endocrinology. 140(10). 4677–4682. 72 indexed citations

Wray, Susan, Susan M. Fueshko, Kazuo Kusano, & Harold Gainer. (1996). GABAergic Neurons in the Embryonic Olfactory Pit/Vomeronasal Organ: Maintenance of Functional GABAergic Synapses in Olfactory Explants. Developmental Biology. 180(2). 631–645. 65 indexed citations

Kwon, Oh‐Joo, Harold Gainer, Susan Wray, & Hemin Chin. (1996). Identification of a novel protein containing two C2 domains selectively expressed in the rat brain and kidney. FEBS Letters. 378(2). 135–139. 33 indexed citations

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Wray, Susan, Kiyoshi Kusano, & Harold Gainer. (1991). Maintenance of LHRH and Oxytocin Neurons in Slice Explants Cultured in Serum-Free Media: Effects of Tetrodotoxin on Gene Expression. Neuroendocrinology. 54(4). 327–339. 53 indexed citations

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Whitnall, Mark H., et al.. (1989). Coexisting peptides in hypothalamic neuroendocrine systems: Some functional implications. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 9(4). 427–446. 69 indexed citations

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Whitnall, Mark H. & Harold Gainer. (1988). Major Pro-Vasopressin-Expressing and Pro-Vasopressin-Deficient Subpopulations of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons in Normal Rats. Neuroendocrinology. 47(2). 176–180. 42 indexed citations

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Szaro, Ben G. & Harold Gainer. (1988). Immunocytochemical identification of non-neuronal intermediate filament proteins in the developing Xenopus laevis nervous system. Developmental Brain Research. 43(2). 207–224. 52 indexed citations

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Whitnall, Mark H., Derek G. Smyth, & Harold Gainer. (1987). Vasopressin Coexists in Half of the Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Axons Present in the External Zone of the Median Eminence in Normal Rats. Neuroendocrinology. 45(5). 420–424. 107 indexed citations

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Russell, J. T., et al.. (1985). Neurophysin in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system. I. Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies. Journal of Neuroscience. 5(1). 81–97. 294 indexed citations

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Obaid, A.L., Richard K. Orkand, Harold Gainer, & Brian M. Salzberg. (1985). Active calcium responses recorded optically from nerve terminals of the frog neurohypophysis.. The Journal of General Physiology. 85(4). 481–489. 60 indexed citations

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Salzberg, Brian M., A.L. Obaid, & Harold Gainer. (1985). Large and rapid changes in light scattering accompany secretion by nerve terminals in the mammalian neurohypophysis.. The Journal of General Physiology. 86(3). 395–411. 103 indexed citations

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Gainer, Harold. (1983). Precursors of Vasopressin and Oxytocin. Progress in brain research. 60. 205–215. 33 indexed citations

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Gallant, P.E., et al.. (1982). Distribution of calcium-activated protease activity and endogenous substrates in the squid nervous system. Journal of Neuroscience. 2(11). 1578–1587. 23 indexed citations

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Gainer, Harold. (1976). Peptides and neuronal function.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 15. 193–210. 8 indexed citations

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