James K. Pretorius

6.5k citations

38 papers · 4.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 29

Impact in

Developmental Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Papers in

Developmental Neuroscience 7
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 7
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 26
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 25

Co-authors: Thomas L. Babb Gary W. Mathern João Pereira Leite Wendy J. Brown Maxime Lévesque P.H. Crandall Paul H. Crandall Jeffrey P. Lieb
Journals: Epilepsy Research (7 papers)Epilepsia (3 papers)Journal of neurosurgery (3 papers)Neuroscience (2 papers)Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Brazil Canada

In The Last Decade

James K. Pretorius

38 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Deletion of Pten in mouse brain causes seizures, ataxia and defects in soma size resembling Lhermitte-Duclos disease 2001 · 399 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2001 Nature Genetics
1993 Epilepsia
1991 Neuroscience

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1	Discovery of a Calcimimetic with Differential Effects on Parathyroid Hormone and Calcitonin Secretion Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·Charles M. Henley, Yuhua Yang, James M. Davis, Selen Sousa, Sean Morony, Wei Fan, Monica Florio, Banghua Sun, Edward Shatzen, James K. Pretorius, William G. Richards, David J. St. Jean, Christopher Fotsch, Jeff D. Reagan	2011	25
2	S1719 A Pathogenic Role for IL-17RB in Intestinal Inflammation Gastroenterology ·Richard Bortz, W. A. Brown, Erika Rickel, Lori Siegel, C. Smith, James K. Pretorius, James B. Rottman, Alison Budelsky	2010	1
3	The Evolving Systemic and Local Biomarker Milieu at Different Stages of Disease Progression in Rat Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis Journal of Clinical Immunology ·Marina Stolina, Brad Bolon, Scot Middleton, Denise Dwyer, Heather Brown, Diane Duryea, Li Zhu, Sarah Newhall, James K. Pretorius, Paul J. Kostenuik, Ulrich Feige, Debra Zack	2008	64
4	Opposing activities of two novel members of the IL-1 ligand family regulate skin inflammation The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Hal Blumberg, Huyen Dinh, Esther S. Trueblood, James K. Pretorius, David Kugler, Ning Weng, Suzanne T. Kanaly, Jennifer E. Towne, Cynthia R. Willis, Melanie K. Kuechle, John E. Sims, Jacques J. Peschon	2007	283
5	A protective role for keratinocyte growth factor in a murine model of chemotherapy and radiotherapy-induced mucositis International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics ·Luís Borges, Karen Rex, Reiko Miroku, Ping Wei, Stephen A. Kaufman, Sheila Scully, James K. Pretorius, Catherine L. Farrell	2006	23
6	Altered Hippocampal Kainate-Receptor mRNA Levels in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients Neurobiology of Disease ·Gary W. Mathern, James K. Pretorius, Harley I. Kornblum, Delia Mendoza, Sara Marenghi, João Pereira Leite, Leila Chimelli, Donald E. Born, Itzhak Fried, Américo Ceiki Sakamoto, João Alberto Assirati, Warwick J. Peacock, George A. Ojemann, P. David Adelson	1998	46
7	Increased Hippocampal AMPA and NMDA Receptor Subunit Immunoreactivity in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology ·Gary W. Mathern, James K. Pretorius, Delia Mendoza, Sara Marenghi, João Pereira Leite, Leila Chimelli, Itzhak Fried, Américo Ceiki Sakamoto, João Alberto Assirati, P. David Adelson	1998	58
8	Anoxia during kainate status epilepticus shortens behavioral convulsions but generates hippocampal neuron loss and supragranular mossy fiber sprouting Epilepsy Research ·Gary W. Mathern, Gregory D. Price, Carlos Rosales, James K. Pretorius, Sara Marenghi, Delia Mendoza	1998	26
9	Hippocampal AMPA and NMDA mRNA levels and subunit immunoreactivity in human temporal lobe epilepsy patients and a rodent model of chronic mesial limbic epilepsy Epilepsy Research ·Gary W. Mathern, James K. Pretorius, João Pereira Leite, Harley I. Kornblum, Delia Mendoza, Sara Marenghi, Edward H. Bertram	1998	79
10	Granule cell mRNA levels for BDNF, NGF, and NT-3 correlate with neuron losses or supragranular mossy fiber sprouting in the chronically damaged and epileptic human hippocampus Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology ·Gary W. Mathern, Mahmood Abd El-Wahid Mahmood, Paul E. Micevych, A. Thurner, James K. Pretorius	1997	80
11	Neuron loss, mossy fiber sprouting, and interictal spikes after intrahippocampal kainate in developing rats Epilepsy Research ·João Pereira Leite, Thomas L. Babb, James K. Pretorius, Jackson Olsen, Sam Gurol, Gary W. Mathern	1996	79
12	The pathogenic and progressive features of chronic human hippocampal epilepsy Epilepsy Research ·Gary W. Mathern, Thomas L. Babb, João Pereira Leite, James K. Pretorius, Sam Gurol, Jackson Olsen	1996	183
13	Glutamate AMPA receptors in the fascia dentata of human and kainate rat hippocampal epilepsy Epilepsy Research ·Thomas L. Babb, Gary W. Mathern, João Pereira Leite, James K. Pretorius, Sam Gurol, Jackson Olsen	1996	49
14	Kainic acid induced hippocampal seizures in rats: comparisons of acute and chronic seizures using intrahippocampal versus systemic injections Neurological Sciences ·Thomas L. Babb, João Pereira Leite, Gary W. Mathern, James K. Pretorius	1995	47
15	Unilateral hippocampal mossy fiber sprouting and bilateral asymmetric neuron loss with episodic postictal psychosis Journal of neurosurgery ·Gary W. Mathern, James K. Pretorius, Thomas L. Babb, Bruce Quinn	1995	40
16	Quantified patterns of mossy fiber sprouting and neuron densities in hippocampal and lesional seizures Journal of neurosurgery ·Gary W. Mathern, James K. Pretorius, Thomas L. Babb	1995	99
17	Influence of the type of initial precipitating injury and at what age it occurs on course and outcome in patients with temporal lobe seizures Journal of neurosurgery ·Gary W. Mathern, James K. Pretorius, Thomas L. Babb	1995	158
18	Hippocampal EEG excitability and chronic spontaneous seizures are associated with aberrant synaptic reorganization in the rat intrahippocampal kainate model Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology ·Gary W. Mathern, Fredi Cifuentes, João Pereira Leite, James K. Pretorius, Thomas L. Babb	1993	136
19	Circuit Mechanisms of Seizures in the Pilocarpine Model of Chronic Epilepsy: Cell Loss and Mossy Fiber Sprouting Epilepsia ·Luiz E. Mello, Ésper A. Cavalheiro, Aiko M. Tan, Francesco Vario, James K. Pretorius, Thomas L. Babb, Deborah M. Finch Hit paper breakdown →	1993	576
20	Distribution of glutamate‐decarboxylase‐immunoreactive neurons and synapses in the rat and monkey hippocampus: Light and electron microscopy The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Thomas L. Babb, James K. Pretorius, Francesco Vario, Wendy J. Brown	1988	83

About James K. Pretorius

James K. Pretorius is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience and Otorhinolaryngology, having authored 38 papers that have together received 4.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (19 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (7 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (7 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (5 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (3 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Neuroscience (883 citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.9k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (1.7k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (790 citations) and Molecular Biology (1.7k citations). James K. Pretorius has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Thomas L. Babb, Gary W. Mathern, João Pereira Leite, Wendy J. Brown, Maxime Lévesque, P.H. Crandall, Paul H. Crandall, Jeffrey P. Lieb, Luiz E. Mello and Deborah M. Finch. Their work appears in journals such as Epilepsy Research, Epilepsia, Journal of neurosurgery, Neuroscience and Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology.

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