J.C. Watkins

19.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
89 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

J.C. Watkins is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, J.C. Watkins has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in J.C. Watkins's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (61 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (26 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (14 papers). J.C. Watkins is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (61 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (26 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (14 papers). J.C. Watkins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Slovakia. J.C. Watkins's co-authors include Richard H. Evans, A. D. Bangham, M. M. Standish, D.R. Curtis, J. Davies, Henry J. Olverman, Alan Wayne Jones, A. A. Francis, John W. Phillis and Demetrios Papahadjopoulos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

J.C. Watkins

88 papers receiving 14.3k 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.

Diffusion of univalent ions across the lamellae of swollen phospholipids

1965 3.5k citations J.C. Watkins et al. profile →
Excitatory Amino Acid Transmitters

1981 2.2k citations J.C. Watkins, Richard H. Evans profile →
THE EXCITATION AND DEPRESSION OF SPINAL NEURONES BY STRUCTURALLY RELATED AMINO ACIDS

1960 664 citations D.R. Curtis, J.C. Watkins Journal of Neurochemistry profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structure‐activity relationships of new agonists and antagonists of different metabotropic glutamate receptor subtypes 1996 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·Naohiro Sekiyama, Yasunori Hayashi, Shigetada Nakanishi, David E. Jane, (unknown), Ewan F. Birse, J.C. Watkins	87
2	α-methyl derivatives of serine-O-phosphate as novel, selective competitive metabotropic glutamate receptor antagonists 1996 ·Neuropharmacology ·Nicola Thomas, David E. Jane, Heong‐Wai Tse, J.C. Watkins	65
3	Potent antagonists at the L-AP4- and (1S,3S)-ACPD-sensitive presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors in the neonatal rat spinal cord 1996 ·Neuropharmacology ·David E. Jane, Nicola Thomas, (unknown), J.C. Watkins	124
4	Differential actions of 3-(4-chlorophenyl) glutamic acid stereoisomers and l-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid upon l-homocysteic acid- and l-glutamic acid-induced responses from rat spinal motoneurones 1995 ·Neuropharmacology ·David J. Chalmers, David E. Jane, David C. Sunter, (unknown), Peter M. Udvarhelyi, I.C. Kilpatrick, J.C. Watkins	5
5	New phenylglycine derivatives with potent and selective antagonist activity at presynaptic glutamate receptors in neonatal rat spinal cord 1995 ·Neuropharmacology ·David E. Jane, K. Pittaway, David C. Sunter, Nicola Thomas, J.C. Watkins	95
6	Antagonism of the synaptic depressant actions of l-AP4 in the lateral perforant path by MAP4 1995 ·Neuropharmacology ·Trevor J. Bushell, David E. Jane, Heong‐Wai Tse, J.C. Watkins, Ceri H. Davies, John Garthwaite, (unknown)	51
7	Stereospecific antagonism by (+)-α-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (MCPG) of (1S,3R)-ACPD-induced effects in neonatal rat motoneurones and rat thalamic neurones 1993 ·Neuropharmacology ·David E. Jane, Philip L. Jones, (unknown), T.E. Salt, David C. Sunter, J.C. Watkins	84
8	Metabotropic glutamate receptors contribute to the induction of long-term depression in the CA1 region of the hippocampus 1993 ·European Journal of Pharmacology ·Zafar I. Bashir, David E. Jane, David C. Sunter, J.C. Watkins, Graham L. Collingridge	117
9	A comparison of the actions of agonists and antagonists at non‐NMDA receptors of C fibres and motoneurones of the immature rat spinal cord in vitro 1993 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·Peter C.K. Pook, Felix Brugger, Neil Hawkins, (unknown), J.C. Watkins, Richard H. Evans	32
10	Some chemical highlights in the development of excitatory amino acid pharmacology 1991 ·Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology ·J.C. Watkins	27
11	Molecular target size analyses of the NMDA-receptor complex in rat cortex 1989 ·European Journal of Pharmacology Molecular Pharmacology ·T. Honoré, Jørgen Drejer, Elsebet Ø. Nielsen, J.C. Watkins, Henry J. Olverman, Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen	44
12	[3H]D-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate as a ligand for N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors in the mammalian central nervous system 1988 ·Neuroscience ·Henry J. Olverman, Arwel W. Jones, J.C. Watkins	45
13	Structure/activity relations of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor ligands as studied by their inhibition of [3H]d2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid binding in rat brain membranes 1988 ·Neuroscience ·Henry J. Olverman, Alan Wayne Jones, Kenneth N. Mewett, J.C. Watkins	145
14	γ-d-Glutamylaminomethylsulphonic acid (GAMS), a kainate and quisqualate antagonist, prevents sound-induced seizures in DBA/2 mice 1984 ·Brain Research ·Martin J. Croucher, Brian S. Meldrum, Alan Wayne Jones, J.C. Watkins	42
15	THE EFFECTS OF A SERIES OF ω‐PHOSPHONIC α‐CARBOXYLIC AMINO ACIDS ON ELECTRICALLY EVOKED AND EXCITANT AMINO ACID‐INDUCED RESPONSES IN ISOLATED SPINAL CORD PREPARATIONS 1982 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·Richard H. Evans, A. A. Francis, Alan Wayne Jones, D.A.S. Smith, J.C. Watkins	406
16	Differentiation of kainate and quisqualate receptors in the cat spinal cord by selective antagonism with γ-D(and L)-glutamylglycine 1981 ·Brain Research ·J. Davies, J.C. Watkins	102
17	Selective antagonism of amino acid‐induced and synaptic excitation in the cat spinal cord. 1979 ·The Journal of Physiology ·J. Davies, J.C. Watkins	161
18	THE PHARMACOLOGY OF AMINO ACIDS RELATED TO GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID 1965 ·Pharmacological Reviews ·D.R. Curtis, J.C. Watkins	270
19	Pharmacological receptors and general permeability phenomena of cell membranes 1965 ·Journal of Theoretical Biology ·J.C. Watkins	50
20	THE EXCITATION AND DEPRESSION OF SPINAL NEURONES BY STRUCTURALLY RELATED AMINO ACIDS breakdown → 1960 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·D.R. Curtis, J.C. Watkins	664

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