Howard P. Roffwarg

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
106 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

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Howard P. Roffwarg is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard P. Roffwarg has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 29 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Howard P. Roffwarg's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (55 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (18 papers). Howard P. Roffwarg is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (55 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (18 papers). Howard P. Roffwarg collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Howard P. Roffwarg's co-authors include LEON HELLMAN, William C. Dement, Elliot D. Weitzman, ROBERT M. BOYAR, David K. Fukushima, Jordan W. Finkelstein, T. F. Gallagher, A. John Rush, Gerald A. Marks and Christopher Nogeire and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Howard P. Roffwarg

106 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Ontogenetic Development of the Human Sleep-Dream Cycle

1966 1.1k citations Howard P. Roffwarg et al. profile →
Twenty-four Hour Pattern of the Episodic Secretion of Cortisol in Normal Subjects

1971 981 citations Elliot D. Weitzman, Howard P. Roffwarg et al. profile →
Age-Related Change in the Twenty-Four Hour Spontaneous Secretion of Growth Hormone

1972 508 citations Howard P. Roffwarg, LEON HELLMAN et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Howard P. Roffwarg	3.2k	2.0k	1.9k	1.4k	1.1k	106	7.4k
Elliot D. Weitzman	3.1k 1.0×	3.7k 1.9×	2.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	602 0.5×	127	10.1k
Horst L. Fehm	2.0k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	765 0.7×	188	8.4k
Axel Steiger	4.4k 1.4×	3.3k 1.6×	3.7k 1.9×	1.1k 0.8×	982 0.9×	259	9.2k
Andrew Winokur	1.0k 0.3×	874 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	894 0.7×	2.2k 1.9×	135	7.1k
Alexander Yassouridis	1.4k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	818 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	170	8.8k
Georges Copinschi	1.4k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	217 0.2×	111	5.0k
Jan G. Veening	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	316 0.2×	529 0.4×	2.0k 1.7×	96	6.0k
Gareth Leng	908 0.3×	5.3k 2.7×	1.1k 0.6×	608 0.4×	3.2k 2.8×	261	11.8k
Patricia N. Prinz	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	855 0.6×	280 0.2×	73	4.6k
Robert T. Rubín	682 0.2×	628 0.3×	700 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	709 0.6×	193	5.9k

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Shaffery, James P., Jorge López, & Howard P. Roffwarg. (2012). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) reverses the effects of rapid eye movement sleep deprivation (REMSD) on developmentally regulated, long-term potentiation (LTP) in visual cortex slices. Neuroscience Letters. 513(1). 84–88. 22 indexed citations

Shaffery, James P., Jorge López, Garth Bissette, & Howard P. Roffwarg. (2005). Rapid eye movement sleep deprivation revives a form of developmentally regulated synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex of post-critical period rats. Neuroscience Letters. 391(3). 96–101. 24 indexed citations

Hogan, Dale, Howard P. Roffwarg, & James P. Shaffery. (2001). The effects of 1 week of REM sleep deprivation on parvalbumin and calbindin immunoreactive neurons in central visual pathways of kittens. Journal of Sleep Research. 10(4). 285–296. 24 indexed citations

Shaffery, James P., Howard P. Roffwarg, Samuel G. Speciale, & Gerald A. Marks. (1999). Ponto-geniculo-occipital-wave suppression amplifies lateral geniculate nucleus cell-size changes in monocularly deprived kittens. Developmental Brain Research. 114(1). 109–119. 48 indexed citations

Rush, A. John, Donna E. Giles, Michael A. Schlesser, et al.. (1997). Dexamethasone response, thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation, rapid eye movement latency, and subtypes of depression. Biological Psychiatry. 41(9). 915–928. 57 indexed citations

Rush, A. John, et al.. (1995). Depression spectrum disease with and without depression in first-degree relatives. Journal of Affective Disorders. 35(3). 131–138. 7 indexed citations

Armitage, Roseanne, A. John Rush, Madhukar H. Trivedi, John W. Cain, & Howard P. Roffwarg. (1994). The Effects of Nefazodone on Sleep Architecture in Depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 10(2). 123–127. 88 indexed citations

Hendrickse, W, Howard P. Roffwarg, Bruce D. Grannemann, et al.. (1994). The Effects of Fluoxetine on the Polysomnogram of Depressed Outpatients: A Pilot Study. Neuropsychopharmacology. 10(2). 85–91. 45 indexed citations

Giles, Donna E., Robin B. Jarrett, A. John Rush, Melanie M. Biggs, & Howard P. Roffwarg. (1993). Prospective assessment of electroencephalograpic sleep in remitted major depression. Psychiatry Research. 46(3). 269–284. 30 indexed citations

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Marks, Gerald A. & Howard P. Roffwarg. (1993). Spontaneous activity in the thalamic reticular nucleus during the sleep/wake cycle of the freely-moving rat. Brain Research. 623(2). 241–248. 37 indexed citations

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Armitage, Roseanne, et al.. (1992). Digital period analysis of sleep EEG in depression. Biological Psychiatry. 31(1). 52–68. 50 indexed citations

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Armitage, Roseanne, et al.. (1992). Comparison of the delta EEG in the first and second non-REM periods in depressed adults and normal control. Psychiatry Research. 41(1). 65–72. 33 indexed citations

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Jarrett, Robin B., A. John Rush, Manoochehr Khatami, & Howard P. Roffwarg. (1990). Does the pretreatment polysomnogram predict response to cognitive therapy in depressed outpatients? A preliminary report. Psychiatry Research. 33(3). 285–299. 35 indexed citations

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Giles, Donna E., Howard P. Roffwarg, A. John Rush, & David S. Guzick. (1990). Age-adjusted threshold values for reduced REM latency in unipolar depression using ROC analysis. Biological Psychiatry. 27(8). 841–853. 22 indexed citations

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Marks, Gerald A., Samuel G. Speciale, & Howard P. Roffwarg. (1989). Sleep state-specific neuronal activity in rat dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus is not altered by local serotonin and norepinephrine depletion. Experimental Brain Research. 74(2). 402–10. 6 indexed citations

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Giles, Donna E., et al.. (1989). Polysomnographic parameters in first-degree relatives of unipolar probands. Psychiatry Research. 27(2). 127–136. 70 indexed citations

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Marks, Gerald A., Samuel G. Speciale, & Howard P. Roffwarg. (1988). A method for concurrent local intracranial drug infusion and electrophysiological recording. Physiology & Behavior. 43(2). 249–252. 2 indexed citations

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Fishman, Jack, Howard P. Roffwarg, & LEON HELLMAN. (1973). DISPOSITION OF NALOXONE-7,8-3H IN NORMAL AND NARCOTIC-DEPENDENT MEN. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 187(3). 575–580. 128 indexed citations

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Roffwarg, Howard P., et al.. (1968). Color and other perceptual qualities of REM and NREM sleep.. Psychophysiology. 3 indexed citations

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Tauber, Erich, Howard P. Roffwarg, & Elliot D. Weitzman. (1966). Eye Movements and Electroencephalogram Activity during Sleep in Diurnal Lizards. Nature. 212(5070). 1612–1613. 41 indexed citations

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