J. Paul Bolam

29.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
184 papers, 22.3k citations indexed

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J. Paul Bolam is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Paul Bolam has authored 184 papers receiving a total of 22.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 74 papers in Neurology and 50 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in J. Paul Bolam's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (123 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (67 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (51 papers). J. Paul Bolam is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (123 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (67 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (51 papers). J. Paul Bolam collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. J. Paul Bolam's co-authors include A. David Smith, Peter J. Magill, Mark D. Bevan, Yoland Smith, Juan Mena‐Segovia, Péter Somogyi, Mark A. Ungless, Eleftheria K. Pissadaki, James M. Tepper and Ben D. Bennett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. Paul Bolam

184 papers receiving 21.9k 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.

The neural network of the basal ganglia as revealed by the study of synaptic connections of identified neurones

1990 857 citations A. David Smith, J. Paul Bolam Trends in Neurosciences profile →
Discussion

1998 749 citations Mark D. Bevan, J. Paul Bolam et al. Neuroscience profile →
Synaptic organisation of the basal ganglia

2000 703 citations J. Paul Bolam, Mark D. Bevan et al. profile →
Uniform Inhibition of Dopamine Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area by Aversive Stimuli

2004 623 citations Peter J. Magill, J. Paul Bolam et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Paul Bolam United Kingdom	88	17.9k	9.1k	6.6k	6.1k	1.2k	184	22.3k
Yoland Smith United States	80	12.7k 0.7×	6.9k 0.8×	5.4k 0.8×	4.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	232	18.1k
Charles R. Gerfen United States	57	14.2k 0.8×	4.6k 0.5×	6.2k 0.9×	6.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	116	19.9k
D. James Surmeier United States	90	18.0k 1.0×	9.4k 1.0×	4.9k 0.7×	12.3k 2.0×	1.8k 1.4×	204	27.4k
Michael S. Levine United States	69	11.5k 0.6×	4.8k 0.5×	2.7k 0.4×	6.7k 1.1×	875 0.7×	270	15.7k
John B. Penney United States	63	13.4k 0.7×	7.7k 0.9×	2.6k 0.4×	6.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	139	17.1k
Henk J. Groenewegen Netherlands	65	12.4k 0.7×	2.9k 0.3×	10.0k 1.5×	3.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	111	19.0k
S.T. Kitai United States	65	10.1k 0.6×	3.7k 0.4×	3.9k 0.6×	3.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	170	12.3k
Piers C. Emson United Kingdom	65	12.5k 0.7×	2.7k 0.3×	3.0k 0.4×	8.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	208	19.9k
Anatol C. Kreitzer United States	47	9.2k 0.5×	2.2k 0.2×	4.8k 0.7×	3.5k 0.6×	952 0.8×	62	12.9k
H.C. Fibiger Canada	73	12.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.2×	5.1k 0.8×	5.3k 0.9×	754 0.6×	165	16.0k

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Dautan, Daniel, Albert Schiaveto de Souza, Icnelia Huerta-Ocampo, et al.. (2016). Segregated cholinergic transmission modulates dopamine neurons integrated in distinct functional circuits. Nature Neuroscience. 19(8). 1025–1033. 116 indexed citations

Hunn, Benjamin H.M., et al.. (2015). Impaired intracellular trafficking defines early Parkinson's disease. Trends in Neurosciences. 38(3). 178–188. 142 indexed citations

Doig, Natalie M., Peter J. Magill, Paul Apicella, J. Paul Bolam, & Andrew Sharott. (2014). Cortical and Thalamic Excitation Mediate the Multiphasic Responses of Striatal Cholinergic Interneurons to Motivationally Salient Stimuli. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(8). 3101–3117. 102 indexed citations

Pissadaki, Eleftheria K. & J. Paul Bolam. (2013). The energy cost of action potential propagation in dopamine neurons: clues to susceptibility in Parkinson's disease. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 7. 13–13. 245 indexed citations

Martinez‐Gonzalez, Cristina, Huiling Wang, Benjamin R. Micklem, J. Paul Bolam, & Juan Mena‐Segovia. (2012). Subpopulations of cholinergic, GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in the pedunculopontine nucleus contain calcium‐binding proteins and are heterogeneously distributed. European Journal of Neuroscience. 35(5). 723–734. 50 indexed citations

Lacey, Carolyn J., J. Paul Bolam, & Peter J. Magill. (2007). Novel and Distinct Operational Principles of Intralaminar Thalamic Neurons and Their Striatal Projections. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(16). 4374–4384. 116 indexed citations

Tepper, James M., Elizabeth D. Abercrombie, & J. Paul Bolam. (2007). Basal ganglia macrocircuits. Progress in brain research. 160. 3–7. 136 indexed citations

Bolam, J. Paul, et al.. (2007). Localization of GABA receptors in the basal ganglia. Progress in brain research. 160. 229–243. 33 indexed citations

Tepper, James M. & J. Paul Bolam. (2004). Functional diversity and specificity of neostriatal interneurons. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 14(6). 685–692. 396 indexed citations

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Magill, Peter J., Andrew Sharott, Mark D. Bevan, Peter Brown, & J. Paul Bolam. (2004). Synchronous Unit Activity and Local Field Potentials Evoked in the Subthalamic Nucleus by Cortical Stimulation. Journal of Neurophysiology. 92(2). 700–714. 114 indexed citations

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Yung, Ken Kin Lam & J. Paul Bolam. (2000). Localization of dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in the rat neostriatum: Synaptic interaction with glutamate- and GABA-containing axonal terminals. Synapse. 38(4). 413–420. 25 indexed citations

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Bevan, Mark D., A. David Smith, & J. Paul Bolam. (1996). The substantia nigra as a site of synaptic integration of functionally diverse information arising from the ventral pallidum and the globus pallidus in the rat. Neuroscience. 75(1). 5–12. 67 indexed citations

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Smith, A. David, et al.. (1994). Monosynaptic innervation of facial motoneurones by neurones of the parvicellular reticular formation. Experimental Brain Research. 101(3). 427–38. 26 indexed citations

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Bolam, J. Paul, et al.. (1992). Input from the frontal cortex and the parafascicular nucleus to cholinergic interneurons in the dorsal striatum of the rat. Neuroscience. 51(3). 533–545. 365 indexed citations

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Bolam, J. Paul. (1992). Experimental Neuroanatomy: A Practical Approach. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 107 indexed citations

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Bolam, J. Paul, P.N. Izzo, & Ann M. Graybiel. (1988). Cellular substrate of the histochemically defined striosome/matrix system of the caudate nucleus: A combined golgi and immunocytochemical study in cat and ferret. Neuroscience. 24(3). 853–875. 90 indexed citations

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Izzo, P.N. & J. Paul Bolam. (1988). Cholinergic synaptic input to different parts of spiny striatonigral neurons in the rat. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 269(2). 219–234. 155 indexed citations

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Wainer, Bruce H., J. Paul Bolam, Tamás F. Freund, et al.. (1984). Cholinergic synapses in the rat brain: a correlated light and electron microscopic immunohistochemical study employing a monoclonal antibody against choline acetyltransferase. Brain Research. 308(1). 69–76. 181 indexed citations

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Somogyi, Péter, J. Paul Bolam, Susan Totterdell, & A. David Smith. (1981). Monosynaptic input from the nucleus accumbens-ventral striatum region to retrogradely labelled nigrostriatal neurones. Brain Research. 217(2). 245–263. 163 indexed citations

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Ford‐Hutchinson, A W, Peter Elliott, J. Paul Bolam, & Michael Smith. (1974). The effects of a human plasma fraction on carrageenan-induced paw oedema in the rat. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 26(11). 878–881. 2 indexed citations

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