James E. Vaughn

12.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

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James E. Vaughn is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, James E. Vaughn has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 34 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in James E. Vaughn's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (34 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (15 papers). James E. Vaughn is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (34 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (15 papers). James E. Vaughn collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. James E. Vaughn's co-authors include Robert P. Barber, Carolyn R. Houser, Eugene Roberts, Charles E. Ribak, Patricia E. Phelps, Paul M. Salvaterra, Kihachi Saito, G. D. Crawford, Alan Peters and Charles K. Henrikson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

James E. Vaughn

92 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

Organization and morphological characteristics of cholonergic neurons: an immunocytochemical study with a monoclonal antibody to choline acetyltransferase

1983 681 citations Robert P. Barber, Paul M. Salvaterra et al. profile →
GABA neurons are the major cell type of the nucleus reticularis thalami

1980 568 citations James E. Vaughn, Robert P. Barber et al. profile →
Immunocytochemical localization of glutamic acid decarboxylase in neuronal somata following colchicine inhibition of axonal transport

1978 548 citations James E. Vaughn et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James E. Vaughn United States	49	7.7k	4.0k	2.1k	2.0k	1.6k	92	10.4k
Victoria Chan‐Palay United States	55	8.2k 1.1×	4.2k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	119	11.8k
Kunihiko Obata Japan	55	6.4k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	987 0.6×	167	10.6k
Ira B. Black United States	70	9.9k 1.3×	6.6k 1.6×	907 0.4×	4.8k 2.3×	2.1k 1.3×	230	16.6k
Carolyn R. Houser United States	47	7.5k 1.0×	3.6k 0.9×	2.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	721 0.5×	77	9.4k
Toshio Kosaka Japan	56	7.2k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	791 0.5×	167	10.2k
Ronald M. Lindsay United States	48	10.0k 1.3×	4.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	5.1k 2.5×	1.8k 1.2×	77	13.1k
Giorgio Carmignoto Italy	52	9.4k 1.2×	4.8k 1.2×	2.9k 1.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	90	13.3k
David M. Armstrong United States	55	5.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.3×	962 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	135	9.4k
Charles E. Ribak United States	56	8.2k 1.1×	3.1k 0.8×	2.9k 1.4×	3.0k 1.5×	745 0.5×	137	10.3k
Masahiro Fukaya Japan	52	5.8k 0.8×	4.9k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	135	10.4k

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Vaughn, James E., et al.. (1998). Differential vulnerability of autonomic and somatic motor neurons to N-methyl- d-aspartate-induced excitotoxicity. Neuroscience. 83(1). 239–249. 14 indexed citations

Wetts, Richard & James E. Vaughn. (1998). Differences in developmental cell death between somatic and autonomic motor neurons of rat spinal cord. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 396(4). 483–492. 13 indexed citations

Wetts, Richard & James E. Vaughn. (1996). Differential Vulnerability of Two Subsets of Spinal Motor Neurons in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Experimental Neurology. 141(2). 248–255. 23 indexed citations

Wetts, Richard, Patricia E. Phelps, & James E. Vaughn. (1995). Transient and continuous expression of NADPH diaphorase in different neuronal populations of developing rat spinal cord. Developmental Dynamics. 202(3). 215–228. 41 indexed citations

Phelps, Patricia E. & James E. Vaughn. (1995). Commissural fibers may guide cholinergic neuronal migration in developing rat cervical spinal cord. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 355(1). 38–50. 27 indexed citations

Wetts, Richard & James E. Vaughn. (1994). Choline acetyltransferase and NADPH diaphorase are co-expressed in rat spinal cord neurons. Neuroscience. 63(4). 1117–1124. 71 indexed citations

Phelps, Patricia E., Robert P. Barber, & James E. Vaughn. (1993). Embryonic development of rat sympathetic preganglionic neurons: Possible migratory substrates. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 330(1). 1–14. 46 indexed citations

Wetts, Richard & James E. Vaughn. (1993). Transient expression of β-NADPH diaphorase in developing rat dorsal root ganglia neurons. Developmental Brain Research. 76(2). 278–282. 23 indexed citations

Vaughn, James E., Patricia E. Phelps, Miyuki Yamamoto, & Robert P. Barber. (1992). Association interneurons of embryonic rat spinal cord transiently express the cell surface glycoprotein SNAP/TAG‐1. Developmental Dynamics. 194(1). 43–51. 19 indexed citations

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Phelps, Patricia E., Robert P. Barber, & James E. Vaughn. (1991). Embryonic development of choline acetyltransferase in thoracic spinal motor neurons: Somatic and autonomic neurons may be derived from a common cellular group. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 307(1). 77–86. 79 indexed citations

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Barber, Robert P., Patricia E. Phelps, & James E. Vaughn. (1991). Generation patterns of immunocytochemically identified cholinergic neurons at autonomic levels of the rat spinal cord. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 311(4). 509–519. 35 indexed citations

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Phelps, Patricia E., et al.. (1991). Development of rostrocaudal dendritic bundles in rat thoracic spinal cord: analysis of cholinergic sympathetic preganglionic neurons. Developmental Brain Research. 61(2). 229–236. 14 indexed citations

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Vaughn, James E., et al.. (1990). Ultrastructural analysis of choline acetyltransferase‐immunoreactive sympathetic preganglionic neurons and their dendritic bundles in rat thoracic spinal cord. Synapse. 5(4). 299–312. 9 indexed citations

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Phelps, Patricia E., et al.. (1990). Embryonic development of four different subsets of cholinergic neurons in rat cervical spinal cord. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 291(1). 9–26. 75 indexed citations

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Vaughn, James E., et al.. (1989). Regulation of Choline Acetyltransferase. International review of neurobiology. 31. 81–143. 48 indexed citations

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Phelps, Patricia E., Daniel R. Brady, & James E. Vaughn. (1989). The generation and differentiation of cholinergic neurons in rat caudate—putamen. Developmental Brain Research. 46(1). 47–60. 56 indexed citations

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Barber, Robert P., et al.. (1989). Localization of Drosophila neurons that contain choline acetyltransferase messenger RNA: An in situ hybridization study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 280(4). 533–543. 26 indexed citations

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Vaughn, James E., Robert P. Barber, & Terry J. Sims. (1988). Dendritic development and preferential growth into synaptogenic fields: A quantitative study of Golgi‐impregnated spinal motor neurons. Synapse. 2(1). 69–78. 70 indexed citations

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Phelps, Patricia E., Robert P. Barber, & James E. Vaughn. (1988). Generation patterns of four groups of cholinergic neurons in rat cervical spinal cord: A combined tritiated thymidine autoradiographic and choline acetyltransferase immunocytochemical study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 273(4). 459–472. 44 indexed citations

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Brady, Daniel R. & James E. Vaughn. (1988). A comparison of the localization of choline acetyltransferase and glutamate decarboxylase immunoreactivity in rat cerebral cortex. Neuroscience. 24(3). 1009–1026. 16 indexed citations

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