James B. Preston

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

James B. Preston is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James B. Preston has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in James B. Preston's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (11 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (9 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (8 papers). James B. Preston is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (11 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (9 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (8 papers). James B. Preston collaborates with scholars based in United States. James B. Preston's co-authors include Peter L. Strick, Gordon K. Moe, J.A. Abildskov, P L Strick, Frank Yanowitz, H. Burlington, David Whitlock, Paul D. Cheney, Donald Kennedy and J. Hore and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation Research, The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

James B. Preston

39 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Functional Distribution of Right and Left Stellate Innervation to the Ventricles

1966 424 citations James B. Preston et al. Circulation Research profile →
Physiologic Evidence for a Dual A-V Transmission System

1956 353 citations Gordon K. Moe, James B. Preston et al. Circulation Research profile →

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V. C. Abrahams Canada

R. A. Westerman Australia

Y Laporte France

S. Landgren Sweden

Orville A. Smith United States

P Bessou France

M. Udo Japan

M. G. M. Jukes Sweden

Karl Hainaut Belgium

E.D. Schomburg Germany

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James B. Preston

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Preston, James B., et al.. (1994). Interconnections between the prefrontal cortex and the premotor areas in the frontal lobe. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 341(3). 375–392. 404 indexed citations

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Strick, P L & James B. Preston. (1982). Two representations of the hand in area 4 of a primate. I. Motor output organization.. Journal of Neurophysiology. 48(1). 139–149. 146 indexed citations

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Strick, Peter L. & James B. Preston. (1978). Sorting of somatosensory afferent information in primate motor cortex. Brain Research. 156(2). 364–368. 54 indexed citations

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Sakai, Tsuneo & James B. Preston. (1978). Evidence for a transcortical reflex: primate corticospinal tract neuron response to ramp stretch of muscle. Brain Research. 159(2). 463–467. 9 indexed citations

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Strick, Peter L. & James B. Preston. (1978). Multiple representation in the primate motor cortex. Brain Research. 154(2). 366–370. 107 indexed citations

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Grigg, P. & James B. Preston. (1971). Baboon flexor and extensor fusimotor neurons and their modulation by motor cortex.. Journal of Neurophysiology. 34(3). 428–436. 21 indexed citations

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Fidone, S. & James B. Preston. (1969). Patterns of motor cortex control of flexor and extensor cat fusimotor neurons.. Journal of Neurophysiology. 32(2). 103–115. 20 indexed citations

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Stewart, Donald H. & James B. Preston. (1968). Spinal pathways mediating motor cortex evoked excitability changes in segmental motoneurons in pyramidal primates.. Journal of Neurophysiology. 31(6). 938–946. 12 indexed citations

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Preston, James B., et al.. (1965). Motor cortex-pyramidal effects on single ankle flexor and extensor motoneurons of the cat. Experimental Neurology. 12(4). 384–398. 16 indexed citations

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Moore, E. Neil, James B. Preston, & Gordon K. Moe. (1965). Durations of Transmembrane Action Potentials and Functional Refractory Periods of Canine False Tendon and Ventricular Myocardium:. Circulation Research. 17(3). 259–273. 91 indexed citations

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Preston, James B., et al.. (1963). Patterns of motor cortex effects on ankle flexor and extensor motoneurons in the “pyramidal” cat preparation. Experimental Neurology. 8(3). 248–263. 31 indexed citations

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Tuttle, Richard S. & James B. Preston. (1963). THE EFFECTS OF DIPHENYLHYDANTOIN (DILANTIN) ON SEGMENTAL AND SUPRASEGMENTAL FACILITATION AND INHIBITION OF SEGMENTAL MOTONEURONS IN THE CAT. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 141(1). 84–91. 8 indexed citations

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Preston, James B. & David Whitlock. (1963). A comparison of motor cortex effects on slow and fast muscle innervations in the monkey. Experimental Neurology. 7(4). 327–341. 36 indexed citations

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Preston, James B. & Donald Kennedy. (1962). Spontaneous Activity in Crustacean Neurons. The Journal of General Physiology. 45(4). 821–836. 24 indexed citations

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Preston, James B. & David Whitlock. (1961). INTRACELLULAR POTENTIALS RECORDED FROM MOTONEURONS FOLLOWING PRECENTRAL GYRUS STIMULATION IN PRIMATE. Journal of Neurophysiology. 24(1). 91–100. 90 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Donald & James B. Preston. (1960). Activity Patterns of Interneurons in the Caudal Ganglion of the Crayfish. The Journal of General Physiology. 43(3). 655–670. 44 indexed citations

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Preston, James B. & Donald Kennedy. (1960). Integrative Synaptic Mechanisms in the Caudal Ganglion of the Crayfish. The Journal of General Physiology. 43(3). 671–681. 35 indexed citations

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Preston, James B.. (1956). EFFECTS OF CHLORPROMAZINE ON THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE CAT: A POSSIBLE NEURAL BASIS FOR ACTION. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 118(1). 100–115. 53 indexed citations

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Preston, James B.. (1955). The influence of thiosemicarbazide on electrical activity recorded in the anterior brain stem of the cat.. PubMed. 115(1). 39–45. 2 indexed citations

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Preston, James B.. (1955). PENTYLENETETRAZOLE AND THIOSEMICARBAZIDE: A STUDY OF CONVULSANT ACTIVITY IN THE ISOLATED CEREBRAL CORTEX PREPARATION. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 115(1). 28–38. 13 indexed citations

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