John Drago

12.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
109 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

John Drago is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Drago has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 60 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in John Drago's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (42 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (35 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers). John Drago is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (42 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (35 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (27 papers). John Drago collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Ireland. John Drago's co-authors include Heiner Westphal, Eric J. Lee, Alexander Grinberg, Deanna L. Kroetz, Pedro M. Fernández‐Salguero, Susanna S.T. Lee, Jennie W. Owens, Frank J. Gonzalez, Thierry Pineau and Perry F. Bartlett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

John Drago

106 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

Targeted Disruption of the α Isoform of the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gene in Mice Results in Abolishment of the Pleiotropic Effects of Peroxisome Proliferators

1995 1.4k citations John Drago et al. profile →
Defects in enteric innervation and kidney development in mice lacking GDNF

1996 931 citations John Drago et al. profile →
Defective lymphoid development in mice lacking expression of the common cytokine receptor γ chain

1995 853 citations John Drago et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
John Drago	5.9k	4.0k	1.1k	1.0k	893	109	10.2k
Hiroshi Kiyama	6.3k 1.1×	5.7k 1.4×	916 0.8×	2.5k 2.4×	461 0.5×	352	13.6k
Anders Nykjær	5.3k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	809 0.7×	2.7k 2.6×	1.0k 1.1×	134	12.7k
Richard J. Smeyne	5.4k 0.9×	4.4k 1.1×	2.5k 2.2×	1.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	119	12.1k
Toshihide Yamashita	4.5k 0.8×	4.8k 1.2×	906 0.8×	1.3k 1.3×	531 0.6×	329	11.9k
Jian Feng	4.8k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	784 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	124	8.5k
Albee Messing	8.8k 1.5×	4.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.9×	174	14.5k
Serge N. Schiffmann	6.2k 1.1×	5.9k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	871 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	175	12.5k
Lin Mei	9.5k 1.6×	5.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.8×	1.9k 1.8×	1.4k 1.6×	257	16.3k
Kerstin Krieglstein	3.6k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	750 0.7×	843 0.8×	774 0.9×	154	7.6k
David Pleasure	4.5k 0.8×	3.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	681 0.8×	272	11.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Drago, John, Bastien Guérin, Jason Stockmann, & Lawrence L. Wald. (2024). Multiphoton parallel transmission (MP‐pTx): Pulse design methods and numerical validation. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 92(4). 1376–1391.

Khanal, Dipesh, et al.. (2022). Preparation and Characterization of Inhalable Ivermectin Powders as a Potential COVID-19 Therapy. Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery. 35(5). 239–251. 3 indexed citations

Cohen, Gary, et al.. (2015). Prenatal nicotine exposure increases hyperventilation in α4-knock-out mice during mild asphyxia. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 208. 29–36. 3 indexed citations

Griffiths, Robert I., Katya Kotschet, Zheng Xu, et al.. (2012). Automated Assessment of Bradykinesia and Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 2(1). 47–55. 199 indexed citations

Majd, Shohreh, et al.. (2011). Development of an In Vitro Model to Evaluate the Regenerative Capacity of Adult Brain-Derived Tyrosine Hydroxylase-Expressing Dopaminergic Neurons. Neurochemical Research. 36(6). 967–977. 5 indexed citations

Moses, David, et al.. (2010). Creating a Ventral Midbrain Stem Cell Niche in an Animal Model for Parkinson's Disease. Stem Cells and Development. 19(12). 1995–2007. 1 indexed citations

O’Tuathaigh, Colm, et al.. (2009). SELECTIVE ABLATION OF D1 RECEPTOR-EXPRESSING NEURONS IN THE STRIATUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH PARKINSONISM BUT NOT DYSTONIA. Journal of Neurochemistry. 110. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Joohyung, Davor Stanić, David I. Finkelstein, et al.. (2008). Sprouting of dopamine terminals and altered dopamine release and uptake in Parkinsonian dyskinaesia. Brain. 131(6). 1574–1587. 71 indexed citations

Stanić, Davor, et al.. (2003). Timecourse of striatal re‐innervation following lesions of dopaminergic SNpc neurons of the rat. European Journal of Neuroscience. 18(5). 1175–1188. 121 indexed citations

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Wong, J, Shelley Ross, Jim S. Massalas, et al.. (2002). Proconvulsant-induced seizures in α4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit knockout mice. Neuropharmacology. 43(1). 55–64. 21 indexed citations

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Lahoud, Mireille H., Sika Ristevski, Deon J. Venter, et al.. (2001). Gene Targeting of Desrt, a Novel ARID Class DNA-Binding Protein, Causes Growth Retardation and Abnormal Development of Reproductive Organs. Genome Research. 11(8). 1327–1334. 87 indexed citations

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Cullen‐McEwen, Luise A., John Drago, & John F. Bertram. (2001). Nephron endowment in glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) heterozygous mice. Kidney International. 60(1). 31–36. 75 indexed citations

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Ross, Shelley, J Wong, Jeremiah J. Clifford, et al.. (2000). Phenotypic characterization of an alpha 4 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit knock-out mouse.. PubMed. 20(17). 6431–41. 199 indexed citations

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Short, Jennifer L., et al.. (2000). Visualisation of AMPA binding sites in the brain of mice lacking the adenosine A2a receptor. Neuroscience Letters. 291(2). 97–100. 5 indexed citations

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Drago, John, et al.. (1998). Dopamine Receptors and Dopamine Transporter in Brain Function and Addictive Behaviors: Insights from Targeted Mouse Mutants. Developmental Neuroscience. 20(2-3). 188–203. 78 indexed citations

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Clifford, Jeremiah J., Orna Tighe, David T. Croke, et al.. (1998). Topographical evaluation of the phenotype of spontaneous behaviour in mice with targeted gene deletion of the D1A dopamine receptor: paradoxical elevation of grooming syntax. Neuropharmacology. 37(12). 1595–1602. 66 indexed citations

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Albrecht, Frederick E., John Drago, Robin A. Felder, et al.. (1996). Role of the D1A dopamine receptor in the pathogenesis of genetic hypertension.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 97(10). 2283–2288. 154 indexed citations

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Miner, Lucinda L., et al.. (1995). Retained cocaine conditioned place preference in D1 receptor deficient mice. Neuroreport. 6(17). 2314–2316. 91 indexed citations

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Drago, John, et al.. (1994). Neuronal progenitors identified by their inability to express class I histocompatibility antigens in response to interferon‐γ. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 39(2). 166–177. 18 indexed citations

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Drago, John, Victor Nurcombe, & Perry F. Bartlett. (1991). Laminin through its long arm E8 fragment promotes the proliferation and differentiation of murine neuroepithelial cells in vitro. Experimental Cell Research. 192(1). 256–265. 61 indexed citations

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