L. Churchill

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

L. Churchill is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Churchill has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in L. Churchill's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (9 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (5 papers). L. Churchill is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (9 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (5 papers). L. Churchill collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. L. Churchill's co-authors include Peter W. Kalivas, Daniel S. Zahm, Christopher Wohltmann, Lennart Heimer, Mark A. Klitenick, Gary Banker, Carl W. Cotman, Dwan A. Taylor, Ariel Y. Deutch and Sacha B. Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

L. Churchill

26 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Specificity in the projection patterns of accumbal core and shell in the rat

1991 997 citations Lennart Heimer, Daniel S. Zahm et al. Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. Churchill United States	18	1.8k	956	701	247	198	28	2.4k
Eleanor H. Simpson United States	31	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	147 0.6×	198 1.0×	59	3.1k
Z. Henderson United Kingdom	32	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.7×	922 1.3×	189 0.8×	105 0.5×	73	3.2k
Michael E. Corcoran Canada	35	3.3k 1.9×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	115 0.5×	250 1.3×	105	4.0k
Kenneth C. Watkins Canada	22	2.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	873 1.2×	177 0.7×	249 1.3×	24	3.1k
P. Feltz France	32	2.3k 1.3×	1.5k 1.6×	359 0.5×	282 1.1×	232 1.2×	92	3.0k
Jean‐Jacques Soghomonian United States	33	2.4k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	748 1.1×	193 0.8×	928 4.7×	60	3.5k
M A Geyer United States	21	2.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	979 1.4×	187 0.8×	131 0.7×	31	3.7k
Menahem Segal Israel	17	1.9k 1.1×	704 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	286 1.2×	132 0.7×	24	2.6k
Douglas B. Matthews United States	32	2.0k 1.1×	563 0.6×	961 1.4×	105 0.4×	120 0.6×	47	2.9k
Osvaldo Giorgi Italy	30	2.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	483 0.7×	155 0.6×	142 0.7×	104	3.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Churchill, L., et al.. (2025). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (f MRI) Signatures of Progression and Phenoconversion in Prodromal Synucleinopathies. Movement Disorders. 40(12). 2664–2677.

Churchill, L., et al.. (2025). Combined Dysfunction of the Amygdala and Nucleus Basalis Underlies Visual Hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease. Movement Disorders. 40(11). 2381–2392.

Churchill, L., et al.. (2025). Basal Forebrain Volume Predicts Disease Conversion in Prodromal Synucleinopathy. Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 13(1). 198–207. 1 indexed citations

Churchill, L., et al.. (2024). Understanding REM Sleep Behavior Disorder through Functional MRI : A Systematic Review. Movement Disorders. 39(10). 1679–1696. 6 indexed citations

Churchill, L., et al.. (2008). Tumor necrosis factor α: Activity dependent expression and promotion of cortical column sleep in rats. Neuroscience. 156(1). 71–80. 69 indexed citations

Péterfi, Zoltán, L. Churchill, I. Hajdu, et al.. (2004). Fos-immunoreactivity in the hypothalamus: dependency on the diurnal rhythm, sleep, gender, and estrogen. Neuroscience. 124(3). 695–707. 57 indexed citations

Churchill, L., Ping Taishi, Zhiwei Guan, et al.. (2001). Sleep Modifies Glutamate Decarboxylase mRNA Within the Barrel Cortex of Rats After a Mystacial Whisker Trim. SLEEP. 24(3). 261–266. 7 indexed citations

Johnson, Kari A., L. Churchill, Mark A. Klitenick, M. Stacy Hooks, & Peter W. Kalivas. (1996). Involvement of the ventral tegmental area in locomotion elicited from the nucleus accumbens or ventral pallidum.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 277(2). 1122–1131. 59 indexed citations

Churchill, L., Daniel S. Zahm, & Peter W. Kalivas. (1996). The mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus in rats—I. Forebrain gabaergic innervation. Neuroscience. 70(1). 93–102. 53 indexed citations

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Churchill, L., Daniel S. Zahm, Philip E. Duffy, & Peter W. Kalivas. (1996). The mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus in rats—II. Behavioral and neurochemical effects of GABA agonists. Neuroscience. 70(1). 103–112. 29 indexed citations

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Churchill, L., B.P. Roques, & Peter W. Kalivas. (1995). Dopamine depletion augments endogenous opioid-induced locomotion in the nucleus accumbens using bothμ1 andδ opioid receptors. Psychopharmacology. 120(3). 347–355. 21 indexed citations

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Napier, T. Celeste, Igor Mitrovic, L. Churchill, et al.. (1995). Substance P in the ventral pallidum: Projection from the ventral striatum, and electrophysiological and behavioral cinsequences of pallidal substance P. Neuroscience. 69(1). 59–70. 68 indexed citations

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Kalivas, Peter W., L. Churchill, & Mark A. Klitenick. (1993). GABA and enkephalin projection from the nucleus accumbens and ventral pallidum to the ventral tegmental area. Neuroscience. 57(4). 1047–1060. 283 indexed citations

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Klitenick, Mark A., Ariel Y. Deutch, L. Churchill, & Peter W. Kalivas. (1992). Topography and functional role of dopaminergic projections from the ventral mesencephalic tegmentum to the ventral pallidum. Neuroscience. 50(2). 371–386. 151 indexed citations

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Heimer, Lennart, Daniel S. Zahm, L. Churchill, Peter W. Kalivas, & Christopher Wohltmann. (1991). Specificity in the projection patterns of accumbal core and shell in the rat. Neuroscience. 41(1). 89–125. 997 indexed citations breakdown →

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Churchill, L., et al.. (1987). Cholinergic systems influence local cerebral glucose use in specific anatomical areas: Diisopropyl phosphorofluoridate versus soman. Neuroscience. 20(1). 329–339. 20 indexed citations

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Samson, F. E., et al.. (1985). Brain regional activity and damage associated with organophosphate induced seizures: effects of atropine and benactyzine.. PubMed. 28. 183–5. 12 indexed citations

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Churchill, L. & L E Hokin. (1979). Biosynthesis and insertion of (Na+ + K+)-adenosine triphosphatase subunits into eel electroplax membranes.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 254(15). 7388–7392. 17 indexed citations

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Russell, Roger W., et al.. (1975). Experimental tests of hypotheses about neurochemical mechanisms underlying behavioral tolerance to the anticholinesterase, diisopropyl fluorophosphate.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 192(1). 73–85. 87 indexed citations

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Cotman, Carl W., Gary Banker, L. Churchill, & Dwan A. Taylor. (1974). ISOLATION OF POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITIES FROM RAT BRAIN. The Journal of Cell Biology. 63(2). 441–455. 190 indexed citations

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