Ipe Ninan

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Ipe Ninan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ipe Ninan has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ipe Ninan's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (45 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (14 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (12 papers). Ipe Ninan is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (45 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (14 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (12 papers). Ipe Ninan collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Italy. Ipe Ninan's co-authors include Guang Yang, Dan R. Littman, Christopher N. Parkhurst, Juan J. Lafaille, Jeffrey N. Savas, John R. Yates, Barbara L. Hempstead, Wen-Biao Gan, Ottavio Arancio and Moses V. Chao and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ipe Ninan

67 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Microglia Promote Learning-Dependent Synapse Formation th... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2016 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Microglia Promote Learning-Dependent Synapse Formation through Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
    2013 1.9k citations Christopher N. Parkhurst, Guang Yang et al. Cell profile →
  2. Exercise promotes the expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) through the action of the ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate
    2016 575 citations Sama F. Sleiman, Lauretta El Hayek et al. eLife profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ipe Ninan United States 30 2.2k 1.7k 1.3k 969 944 67 5.5k
Thomas C. Foster United States 47 2.7k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 1.8k 1.4× 1.4k 1.4× 1.4k 1.5× 109 6.4k
Detlef Balschun Belgium 38 2.7k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 1.9k 1.5× 1.5k 1.5× 1.3k 1.4× 108 5.4k
Willem Kamphuis Netherlands 44 2.4k 1.1× 2.0k 1.1× 2.5k 2.0× 1.6k 1.7× 503 0.5× 106 6.1k
Gorazd Rosoklija United States 36 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.9k 1.5× 778 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 82 6.9k
Kazuhiro Takuma Japan 45 2.8k 1.2× 877 0.5× 2.7k 2.1× 1.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 159 6.7k
Keri Martinowich United States 35 2.6k 1.2× 1.5k 0.9× 3.2k 2.6× 603 0.6× 1.8k 1.9× 78 8.4k
Peter Gass Germany 40 2.9k 1.3× 764 0.4× 3.0k 2.4× 799 0.8× 678 0.7× 82 7.7k
Muriel Koehl France 33 2.0k 0.9× 759 0.4× 982 0.8× 563 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 60 5.8k
Kuei‐Sen Hsu Taiwan 42 3.2k 1.4× 835 0.5× 1.7k 1.3× 883 0.9× 1.5k 1.6× 148 6.0k
Hyeon Son South Korea 34 2.8k 1.3× 663 0.4× 2.0k 1.6× 814 0.8× 844 0.9× 82 5.8k

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All Works

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Koppensteiner, Peter, Riccardo Melani, & Ipe Ninan. (2017). A Cooperative Mechanism Involving Ca2+-Permeable AMPA Receptors and Retrograde Activation of GABAB Receptors in Interpeduncular Nucleus Plasticity. Cell Reports. 20(5). 1111–1122. 26 indexed citations
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Sleiman, Sama F., Lauretta El Hayek, Edwina Abou Haidar, et al.. (2016). Exercise promotes the expression of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) through the action of the ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate. eLife. 5. 575 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jing, Deqiang, Francis S. Lee, & Ipe Ninan. (2016). The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism enhances glutamatergic transmission but diminishes activity-dependent synaptic plasticity in the dorsolateral striatum. Neuropharmacology. 112(Pt A). 84–93. 23 indexed citations
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Lee, Francis S., et al.. (2015). Alteration of the Centromedial Amygdala Glutamatergic Synapses by the BDNF Val66Met Polymorphism. Neuropsychopharmacology. 40(9). 2269–2277. 15 indexed citations
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Mariga, Abigail, Juliane Glaser, Desheng Xu, et al.. (2015). Definition of a Bidirectional Activity-Dependent Pathway Involving BDNF and Narp. Cell Reports. 13(9). 1747–1756. 30 indexed citations
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Parkhurst, Christopher N., Guang Yang, Ipe Ninan, et al.. (2013). Microglia Promote Learning-Dependent Synapse Formation through Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor. Cell. 155(7). 1596–1609. 1909 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ninan, Ipe, Daniela Puzzo, Maria McCarthy, et al.. (2009). A role for cGMP-dependent protein kinase II in AMPA receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity. BMC Pharmacology. 9(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Ninan, Ipe, Ottavio Arancio, & Daniel Rabinowitz. (2006). Estimation of the Mean from Sums with Unknown Numbers of Summands. Biometrics. 62(3). 918–920. 2 indexed citations
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Trinchese, Fabrizio, et al.. (2004). Cell Cultures From Animal Models of Alzheimer's Disease as a Tool for Faster Screening and Testing of Drug Efficacy. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 24(1). 15–22. 17 indexed citations
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Sk, Kulkarni & Ipe Ninan. (2001). Current concepts in cannabinoid pharmacology. Indian Journal of Pharmacology. 33(3). 170. 3 indexed citations
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Ninan, Ipe & Sachin Kulkarni. (1999). Differential effects of olanzapine at dopamine D 1 and D 2 receptors in dopamine depleted animals. Psychopharmacology. 142(2). 175–181. 18 indexed citations
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Ninan, Ipe, et al.. (1999). Preferential inhibition of dizocilpine-induced hyperlocomotion by olanzapine. European Journal of Pharmacology. 368(1). 1–7. 29 indexed citations
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Sk, Kulkarni, et al.. (1998). Antispasmodic activity of diclofenac and its combination with pitofenone and fenpiverinium on rat colon. Indian Journal of Pharmacology. 30(5). 323–325. 4 indexed citations
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Ninan, Ipe & Sachin Kulkarni. (1998). Partial agonistic action of clozapine at dopamine D 2 receptors in dopamine depleted animals. Psychopharmacology. 135(3). 311–317. 14 indexed citations
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Ninan, Ipe, et al.. (1998). 5-HT2A receptor antagonists block MK-801-induced stereotypy and hyperlocomotion. European Journal of Pharmacology. 358(2). 111–116. 47 indexed citations
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Ninan, Ipe & Sachin Kulkarni. (1996). The Antimuscarinic Activity of Clozapine in Rats. Pharmacy and Pharmacology Communications. 2(9). 427–428. 2 indexed citations

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