JO McNamara

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1000 citations indexed

About

JO McNamara is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, JO McNamara has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1000 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in JO McNamara's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers) and Epilepsy research and treatment (2 papers). JO McNamara is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (4 papers) and Epilepsy research and treatment (2 papers). JO McNamara collaborates with scholars based in United States. JO McNamara's co-authors include J. Victor Nadler, Julian R.F. Walters, David Martin, Z Cao, A H Friedman, P. Ian Andrews and Karl Whitney and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience and PubMed.

In The Last Decade

JO McNamara

7 papers receiving 963 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cellular and molecular basis of epilepsy

1994 512 citations JO McNamara Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
JO McNamara United States	7	803	434	309	202	102	7	1000
E Sanabria Brazil	19	738 0.9×	392 0.9×	352 1.1×	253 1.3×	91 0.9×	26	1.0k
Z A Bortolotto Brazil	11	935 1.2×	468 1.1×	389 1.3×	227 1.1×	117 1.1×	14	1.2k
J.E. Franck United States	11	596 0.7×	249 0.6×	215 0.7×	194 1.0×	154 1.5×	14	700
Melissa D. Shumate United States	10	1.2k 1.4×	638 1.5×	511 1.7×	240 1.2×	165 1.6×	10	1.3k
J.L. Giacchino United States	13	829 1.0×	489 1.1×	218 0.7×	387 1.9×	90 0.9×	20	1.2k
Jarkko Tuunanen Finland	11	534 0.7×	181 0.4×	307 1.0×	216 1.1×	72 0.7×	14	685
Eiichi Maru Japan	14	620 0.8×	289 0.7×	128 0.4×	305 1.5×	105 1.0×	22	801
Magdolna Szente Hungary	20	845 1.1×	492 1.1×	152 0.5×	450 2.2×	46 0.5×	47	1.2k
Barrie Lancaster United Kingdom	13	911 1.1×	569 1.3×	154 0.5×	370 1.8×	56 0.5×	13	1.1k
Valeri Lopantsev Canada	10	1.1k 1.3×	625 1.4×	328 1.1×	491 2.4×	45 0.4×	16	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of JO McNamara

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of JO McNamara. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of JO McNamara based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with JO McNamara. JO McNamara is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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7 of 7 papers shown

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McNamara, JO, et al.. (1999). Evidence for glutamate receptor autoimmunity in the pathogenesis of Rasmussen encephalitis.. PubMed. 79. 543–50. 14 indexed citations

2.

McNamara, JO. (1994). Cellular and molecular basis of epilepsy. Journal of Neuroscience. 14(6). 3413–3425. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martin, David, JO McNamara, & J. Victor Nadler. (1992). Kindling enhances sensitivity of CA3 hippocampal pyramidal cells to NMDA. Journal of Neuroscience. 12(5). 1928–1935. 78 indexed citations

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McNamara, JO, et al.. (1992). NMDA and non-NMDA receptor-mediated increase of c-fos mRNA in dentate gyrus neurons involves calcium influx via different routes. Journal of Neuroscience. 12(8). 2973–2981. 162 indexed citations

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Cao, Z, et al.. (1991). Increased AMPA-sensitive quisqualate receptor binding and reduced NMDA receptor binding in epileptic human hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience. 11(2). 428–434. 105 indexed citations

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Walters, Julian R.F., et al.. (1986). Activation of substantia nigra neurons: role in the propagation of seizures in kindled rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 6(10). 3024–3030. 81 indexed citations

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McNamara, JO, et al.. (1985). Knife cuts of entorhinal cortex: effects on development of amygdaloid kindling and seizure-induced decrease of muscarinic cholinergic receptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 5(2). 408–413. 48 indexed citations

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