John J. Renger

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

John J. Renger is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John J. Renger has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 52 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 45 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in John J. Renger's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (58 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (42 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (38 papers). John J. Renger is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (58 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (42 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (38 papers). John J. Renger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. John J. Renger's co-authors include Christopher J. Winrow, Victor N. Uebele, Paul J. Coleman, Anthony L. Gotter, Bryan A. Stewart, Chunfu Wu, H. L. Atwood, Jing W. Wang, Guosong Liu and Christophe Egles and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

John J. Renger

126 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Improved stability of Drosophila larval neuromuscular preparations in haemolymph-like physiological solutions

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John J. Renger United States	45	2.5k	2.4k	2.3k	1.6k	1.4k	127	6.1k
Helmut L. Haas Germany	47	2.4k 1.0×	3.3k 1.4×	2.9k 1.3×	3.0k 1.8×	1.3k 0.9×	117	9.1k
Patria E. Danielson United States	25	2.1k 0.9×	3.1k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	3.1k 1.9×	1.7k 1.2×	34	7.6k
Olga A. Sergeeva Germany	35	1.3k 0.5×	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	2.1k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	80	5.0k
Karl Obrietan United States	51	4.4k 1.8×	1.9k 0.8×	4.0k 1.8×	2.9k 1.8×	459 0.3×	105	9.9k
Joseph G. Wettstein United States	36	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	868 0.5×	638 0.5×	91	5.3k
Amanda J. Roberts United States	52	5.0k 2.0×	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.3×	992 0.6×	399 0.3×	186	9.3k
Ralf Jockers France	54	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	4.5k 2.0×	5.0k 3.1×	426 0.3×	195	9.7k
Pascal Bonaventure United States	39	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	996 0.6×	730 0.5×	114	4.6k
Mark J. Zylka United States	41	2.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.4×	3.1k 1.4×	3.7k 2.3×	325 0.2×	96	9.7k
Hailan Hu China	34	3.2k 1.3×	1.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	429 0.3×	283 0.2×	67	6.4k

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Belov, Vasily, Nicolas J. Guehl, Sridhar Duvvuri, et al.. (2024). PET imaging of M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in rhesus macaques using [¹¹C]MK-6884: Quantification with kinetic modeling and receptor occupancy by CVL-231 (emraclidine), a novel positive allosteric modulator. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 44(8). 1329–1342. 4 indexed citations

Duvvuri, Sridhar, Matthew Leoni, Ih Chang, et al.. (2022). Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety of the Highly Selective Dopamine D1/D5 Agonist Tavapadon: Summary of Phase 1 Clinical Studies (P10-11.001). Neurology. 98(18_supplement). 2 indexed citations

Sasané, Rahul, Sridhar Duvvuri, David Gray, et al.. (2021). Parkinson disease among patients treated for benign prostatic hyperplasia with α1 adrenergic receptor antagonists. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(11). 26 indexed citations

Coleman, Paul J., Luı́s de Lecea, Anthony L. Gotter, et al.. (2021). Orexin receptors in GtoPdb v.2021.3. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2021(3). 3 indexed citations

Scarpa, Joseph R., Peng Jiang, Joshua Millstein, et al.. (2018). Cross-species systems analysis identifies gene networks differentially altered by sleep loss and depression. Science Advances. 4(7). eaat1294–eaat1294. 20 indexed citations

Nikonova, Elena, Keith Q. Tanis, Alexei A. Podtelezhnikov, et al.. (2017). Transcriptional Profiling of Cholinergic Neurons From Basal Forebrain Identifies Changes in Expression of Genes Between Sleep and Wake. SLEEP. 40(6). 11 indexed citations

Johnson, Philip L., Lauren M. Federici, Stephanie D. Fitz, et al.. (2015). OREXIN 1 AND 2 RECEPTOR INVOLVEMENT IN CO2 -INDUCED PANIC-ASSOCIATED BEHAVIOR AND AUTONOMIC RESPONSES. 4 indexed citations

Roecker, Anthony J., Swati P. Mercer, C. Meacham Harrell, et al.. (2014). Discovery of dual orexin receptor antagonists with rat sleep efficacy enabled by expansion of the acetonitrile-assisted/diphosgene-mediated 2,4-dichloropyrimidine synthesis. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24(9). 2079–2085. 9 indexed citations

Nuss, Cindy E., Isabelle Bidaud, John J. Renger, et al.. (2013). Cross-Modulation and Molecular Interaction at the Cav3.3 Protein between the Endogenous Lipids and the T-Type Calcium Channel Antagonist TTA-A2.. Molecular Pharmacology. 85(2). 218–225. 12 indexed citations

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Gotter, Anthony L., Anthony J. Roecker, Richard Hargreaves, et al.. (2012). Orexin receptors as therapeutic drug targets. Progress in brain research. 198. 163–188. 79 indexed citations

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François, Amaury, Nicolas Kerckhove, Mathieu Méleine, et al.. (2012). State-dependent properties of a new T-type calcium channel blocker enhance CaV3.2 selectivity and support analgesic effects. Pain. 154(2). 283–293. 90 indexed citations

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Tang, Ai‐Hui, Miranda A. Karson, Daniel A. Nagode, et al.. (2011). Nerve Terminal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Initiate Quantal GABA Release from Perisomatic Interneurons by Activating Axonal T-Type (Ca_v3) Ca²⁺Channels and Ca²⁺Release from Stores. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(38). 13546–13561. 78 indexed citations

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Huang, Zhuo, Rafael Luján, Ivan Kadurin, et al.. (2011). Presynaptic HCN1 channels regulate CaV3.2 activity and neurotransmission at select cortical synapses. Nature Neuroscience. 14(4). 478–486. 140 indexed citations

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Coleman, Paul J., John D. Schreier, Georgia B. McGaughey, et al.. (2010). Design and synthesis of conformationally constrained N,N-disubstituted 1,4-diazepanes as potent orexin receptor antagonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(7). 2311–2315. 12 indexed citations

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Melamed, Jeffrey Y., Nathan R. Kett, Anthony L. Gotter, et al.. (2010). Synthesis and evaluation of a new series of Neuropeptide S receptor antagonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(15). 4700–4703. 21 indexed citations

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Wittmann, Marion, Guangping Xu, Michelle Pearson, et al.. (2008). P4‐332: In vivo pharmacodynamic effects of BQCA, a novel selective allosteric M1 receptor modulator. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 4(4S_Part_24). 3 indexed citations

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Brandish, Philip E., Daniel Holder, Paul Hodor, et al.. (2005). Regulation of Gene Expression by Lithium and Depletion of Inositol in Slices of Adult Rat Cortex. Neuron. 45(6). 861–872. 69 indexed citations

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Renger, John J., Christophe Egles, & Guosong Liu. (2001). A Developmental Switch in Neurotransmitter Flux Enhances Synaptic Efficacy by Affecting AMPA Receptor Activation. Neuron. 29(2). 469–484. 186 indexed citations

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Renger, John J., Atsushi Ueda, Harold L. Atwood, C. K. Govind, & Chun‐Fang Wu. (2000). Role of cAMP cascade in synaptic stability and plasticity: ultrastructural and physiological analyses of individual synaptic boutons in Drosophila memory mutants.. PubMed. 20(11). 3980–92. 68 indexed citations

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Fan, Guoping, Christophe Egles, Yi Eve Sun, et al.. (2000). Knocking the NT4 gene into the BDNF locus rescues BDNF deficient mice and reveals distinct NT4 and BDNF activities. Nature Neuroscience. 3(4). 350–357. 88 indexed citations

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