Jacob Barg

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Jacob Barg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Barg has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Jacob Barg's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (39 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (34 papers) and Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects (25 papers). Jacob Barg is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (39 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (34 papers) and Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects (25 papers). Jacob Barg collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Poland. Jacob Barg's co-authors include Zvi Vogel, Michael Bayewitch, L Hanŭs, Raphael Mechoulam, M. Ligumsky, Shimon Ben‐Shabat, Asher Gopher, Roger G. Pertwee, Shlomo Almog and Norbert E. Kaminski and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Barg

72 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Identification of an endogenous 2-monoglyceride, present in canine gut, that binds to cannabinoid receptors

1995 2.3k citations Michael Bayewitch, Jacob Barg et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jacob Barg Israel	32	3.1k	2.7k	1.7k	731	636	73	5.4k
Alice C. Young United States	11	3.8k 1.3×	3.4k 1.3×	2.5k 1.5×	852 1.2×	536 0.8×	11	6.4k
Michael Bayewitch Israel	18	2.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	982 0.6×	663 0.9×	386 0.6×	21	3.8k
Laura J. Sim‐Selley United States	36	2.8k 0.9×	2.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	738 1.0×	736 1.2×	78	4.6k
Lisa A. Matsuda United States	12	4.8k 1.6×	3.1k 1.1×	671 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	441 0.7×	17	5.3k
Shinji Nakane Japan	18	3.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	666 0.4×	683 0.9×	344 0.5×	21	3.8k
Monica Bari Italy	49	4.4k 1.5×	2.2k 0.8×	835 0.5×	774 1.1×	866 1.4×	104	6.1k
Eberhard Schlicker Germany	46	2.5k 0.8×	3.6k 1.4×	3.4k 2.0×	793 1.1×	992 1.6×	195	7.5k
Dana E. Selley United States	45	3.7k 1.2×	4.7k 1.8×	2.9k 1.8×	814 1.1×	1.2k 1.9×	142	7.5k
Marı́a L. de Ceballos Spain	33	2.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	514 0.7×	996 1.6×	88	5.0k
Krisztina Monory Germany	35	4.6k 1.5×	3.4k 1.3×	676 0.4×	1.3k 1.8×	542 0.9×	56	5.7k

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Steingart, Ruth A., et al.. (1998). Pre- and postsynaptic alterations in the septohippocampal cholinergic innervations after prenatal exposure to drugs. Brain Research Bulletin. 46(3). 203–209. 36 indexed citations

Belcheva, Mariana M., et al.. (1996). Buprenorphine differentially alters opioid receptor adaptation in rat brain regions.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 277(3). 1322–1327. 19 indexed citations

Pittel, Zipora, Eliahu Heldman, Jacob Barg, Rachel Haring, & Abraham Fisher. (1996). Muscarinic control of amyloid precursor protein secretion in rat cerebral cortex and cerebellum. Brain Research. 742(1-2). 299–304. 28 indexed citations

Bayewitch, Michael, Tomer Avidor‐Reiss, Rivka Levy, et al.. (1995). The peripheral cannabinoid receptor: adenylate cyclase inhibition and G protein coupling. FEBS Letters. 375(1-2). 143–147. 175 indexed citations

Zimlichman, Reuven, et al.. (1995). Insulin induces medial hypertrophy of myocardial arterioles in rats. American Journal of Hypertension. 8(9). 915–920. 11 indexed citations

Gorodinsky, A., Jacob Barg, Mariana M. Belcheva, et al.. (1995). Dynorphins Modulate DNA Synthesis in Fetal Brain Cell Aggregates. Journal of Neurochemistry. 65(4). 1481–1486. 20 indexed citations

Blechman, Janna, Sima Lev, Jacob Barg, et al.. (1995). The fourth immunoglobulin domain of the stem cell factor receptor couples ligand binding to signal transduction. Cell. 80(1). 103–113. 142 indexed citations

Fride, Ester, Jacob Barg, Ronald Levy, et al.. (1995). Low doses of anandamides inhibit pharmacological effects of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 272(2). 699–707. 62 indexed citations

Haring, Rachel, David Gurwitz, Jacob Barg, et al.. (1995). NGF Promotes Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretion via Muscarinic Receptor Activation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 213(1). 15–23. 25 indexed citations

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Novàkovâ, Marie, Catherine Ela, Jacob Barg, et al.. (1995). Inotropic action of σ receptor ligands in isolated cardiac myocytes from adult rats. European Journal of Pharmacology. 286(1). 19–30. 66 indexed citations

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Ela, Catherine, et al.. (1994). Sigma receptor ligands modulate contractility, Ca++ influx and beating rate in cultured cardiac myocytes.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 269(3). 1300–1309. 96 indexed citations

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Haring, Rachel, David Gurwitz, Jacob Barg, et al.. (1994). Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretion via Muscarinic Receptors: Reduced Desensitization Using the M1-Selective Agonist AF102B. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 203(1). 652–658. 41 indexed citations

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Vogel, Zvi, Jacob Barg, Rivka Levy, et al.. (1993). Anandamide, a Brain Endogenous Compound, Interacts Specifically with Cannabinoid Receptors and Inhibits Adenylate Cyclase. Journal of Neurochemistry. 61(1). 352–355. 265 indexed citations

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Barg, Jacob, et al.. (1993). β‐Endorphin Is a Potent Inhibitor of Thymidine Incorporation into DNA via μ and κ‐Opioid Receptors in Fetal Rat Brain Cell Aggregates in Culture. Journal of Neurochemistry. 60(2). 765–767. 31 indexed citations

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Belcheva, Mariana M., et al.. (1993). Differential down- and up-regulation of rat brain opioid receptor types and subtypes by buprenorphine.. Molecular Pharmacology. 44(1). 173–179. 48 indexed citations

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Barg, Jacob, et al.. (1992). Differential development of β-endorphin and μ opioid binding sites in mouse brain. Developmental Brain Research. 66(1). 71–76. 18 indexed citations

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Belcheva, Mariana M., et al.. (1991). Up-regulation of delta opioid receptors in neuroblastoma hybrid cells: evidence for differences in the mechanisms of action of sodium butyrate and naltrexone.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 259(1). 302–309. 29 indexed citations

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Yeung, Sai‐Ching J., et al.. (1991). Age‐Dependent Changes in the Subcellular Distribution of Rat Brain μ‐Opioid Receptors and GTP Binding Regulatory Proteins. Journal of Neurochemistry. 57(5). 1470–1477. 16 indexed citations

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Barg, Jacob, Victor Hatini, & Rabi Simantov. (1990). Developmental pattern of opioid receptors in the striatum and hippocampus: evidence for a non-mature type of receptor in embryonic tissue.. PubMed. 328. 141–4. 2 indexed citations

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Barg, Jacob & Rabi Simantov. (1990). Depolarization regulates selectively the expression of different opioid receptors: a decreased number of κ receptors in chronically activated guinea pig brain cell cultures. Neuroscience Letters. 111(1-2). 222–227. 6 indexed citations

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