Jack A. Benson

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
50 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Jack A. Benson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack A. Benson has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Jack A. Benson's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (19 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (14 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (11 papers). Jack A. Benson is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (19 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (14 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (11 papers). Jack A. Benson collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. Jack A. Benson's co-authors include Jean‐Marc Fritschy, Dietmar Benke, Bernhard Lüscher, Ina Brünig, Horst Bluethmann, Florence Crestani, Hanns Möhler, Matthias Lorez, Christian Essrich and Uwe Rudolph and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jack A. Benson

50 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Benzodiazepine actions mediated by specific γ-aminobutyric acidA receptor subtypes

1999 953 citations Uwe Rudolph, Florence Crestani et al. Nature profile →
Molecular and Neuronal Substrate for the Selective Attenuation of Anxiety

2000 747 citations Karin Löw, Florence Crestani et al. Science profile →
Postsynaptic clustering of major GABAA receptor subtypes requires the γ2 subunit and gephyrin

1998 724 citations Christian Essrich, Matthias Lorez et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jack A. Benson Switzerland	26	3.8k	2.1k	1.1k	387	306	50	4.8k
Hartmut Lüddens Germany	34	4.9k 1.3×	3.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	652 1.7×	410 1.3×	83	6.0k
J. G. Richards Switzerland	43	4.4k 1.1×	2.8k 1.3×	993 0.9×	606 1.6×	218 0.7×	76	6.0k
Keith Williams United States	40	4.3k 1.1×	4.1k 1.9×	713 0.7×	356 0.9×	445 1.5×	98	6.3k
Dorothy W. Gallager United States	39	4.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	277 0.7×	281 0.9×	81	5.6k
Dolan B. Pritchett United States	35	5.9k 1.5×	4.6k 2.1×	922 0.9×	573 1.5×	563 1.8×	45	7.3k
Florence Crestani Switzerland	25	3.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	520 1.3×	501 1.6×	34	5.4k
Renato Corradetti Italy	31	3.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	963 0.9×	448 1.2×	403 1.3×	92	4.5k
Joachim Bormann Germany	31	5.0k 1.3×	4.3k 2.0×	603 0.6×	385 1.0×	240 0.8×	48	6.3k
Peter J. Flor Switzerland	42	5.6k 1.5×	4.1k 1.9×	1.2k 1.1×	598 1.5×	386 1.3×	86	7.4k
Carl R. Lupica United States	48	5.3k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.8×	306 0.8×	354 1.2×	106	7.0k

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Davy, Zowie, et al.. (2022). Shared care and gender identity support in Primary Care: The perspectives and experiences of parents/carers of young trans people. Health An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine. 28(2). 235–252. 1 indexed citations

Saxton, Marsha, et al.. (2006). We're All Little John Waynes: A Study of Disabled Men's Experience of Abuse by Personal Assistants. Journal of rehabilitation. 72(4). 3. 35 indexed citations

Forster, Ian C., Victoria L. Harvey, Mark G. Darlison, & Jack A. Benson. (2001). Functional pharmacology of GABAA receptors containing the chicken brain γ4 subunit. European Journal of Pharmacology. 419(1). 1–7. 3 indexed citations

Brünig, Ina, Silke Penschuck, Benedikt Berninger, Jack A. Benson, & Jean‐Marc Fritschy. (2001). BDNF reduces miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents by rapid downregulation of GABA_A receptor surface expression. European Journal of Neuroscience. 13(7). 1320–1328. 206 indexed citations

Löw, Karin, Florence Crestani, Ruth Keist, et al.. (2000). Molecular and Neuronal Substrate for the Selective Attenuation of Anxiety. Science. 290(5489). 131–134. 747 indexed citations breakdown →

Lorez, Matthias, Dietmar Benke, Bernhard Lüscher, Hanns Möhler, & Jack A. Benson. (2000). Single‐channel properties of neuronal GABA_A receptors from mice lacking the γ2 subunit. The Journal of Physiology. 527(1). 11–31. 51 indexed citations

Rudolph, Uwe, Florence Crestani, Dietmar Benke, et al.. (1999). Benzodiazepine actions mediated by specific γ-aminobutyric acidA receptor subtypes. Nature. 401(6755). 796–800. 953 indexed citations breakdown →

Möhler, Hans, Bernhard Lüscher, Jean‐Marc Fritschy, et al.. (1998). GABAA-receptor assembly in vivo: Lessons from subunit mutant mice. Life Sciences. 62(17-18). 1611–1615. 15 indexed citations

Benson, Jack A., Karin Löw, Ruth Keist, H. Möhler, & Uwe Rudolph. (1998). Pharmacology of recombinant γ‐aminobutyric acid_A receptors rendered diazepam‐insensitive by point‐mutated α‐subunits. FEBS Letters. 431(3). 400–404. 154 indexed citations

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Essrich, Christian, Matthias Lorez, Jack A. Benson, Jean‐Marc Fritschy, & Bernhard Lüscher. (1998). Postsynaptic clustering of major GABAA receptor subtypes requires the γ2 subunit and gephyrin. Nature Neuroscience. 1(7). 563–571. 724 indexed citations breakdown →

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Möhler, H., Dietmar Benke, Jack A. Benson, Bernhard Lüscher, & Jean‐Marc Fritschy. (1995). GABAA-receptor subtypes in vivo: cellular localization, pharmacology and regulation.. PubMed. 48. 41–56. 48 indexed citations

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Burns, Gilbert A., Kimberly Stephens, & Jack A. Benson. (1994). Expression of mRNA for the (NMDAR1) receptor by the enteric neurons of the rat. Neuroscience Letters. 170(1). 87–90. 54 indexed citations

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Backus, Kurt H., Michele Arigoni, Uwe Drescher, et al.. (1993). Stoichiometry of a recombinant GABAA receptor deduced from mutation-induced rectification. Neuroreport. 5(3). 285–288. 119 indexed citations

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Benson, Jack A., et al.. (1992). Inhibition of dipteran larval neuromuscular synaptic transmission by analogues of philanthotoxin-4.3.3: a structure-activity study. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Comparative Pharmacology. 102(2). 267–272. 10 indexed citations

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Benson, Jack A.. (1989). Insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors as targets for insecticides. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 59–70. 10 indexed citations

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Benson, Jack A.. (1988). Bicuculline blocks the response to acetylcholine and nicotine but not to muscarine or GABA in isolated insect neuronal somata. Brain Research. 458(1). 65–71. 51 indexed citations

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Adams, William M. & Jack A. Benson. (1985). The generation and modulation of endogenous rhythmicity in the aplysia bursting pacemaker neurone R15. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 46(1). 1–49. 111 indexed citations

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Miller, Mark W., Jack A. Benson, & Allan Berlind. (1984). Excitatory Effects of Dopamine on the Cardiac Ganglia of the Crabs Portunus Sanguinolentus and Podophthalmus Vigil. Journal of Experimental Biology. 108(1). 97–118. 42 indexed citations

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Treherne, J. E., Jack A. Benson, & Helen Skaer. (1977). Axonal accessibility and adaptation to osmotic stress in an extreme osmoconformer. Nature. 269(5627). 430–431. 6 indexed citations

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Benson, Jack A.. (1975). Impact of a Teachers' Strike on Students.. 1 indexed citations

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