LaRoy Penix

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

LaRoy Penix is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, LaRoy Penix has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 6 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 4 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in LaRoy Penix's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (3 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (2 papers). LaRoy Penix is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (3 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (2 papers). LaRoy Penix collaborates with scholars based in United States. LaRoy Penix's co-authors include Claude G. Wasterlain, Carlo Pierpaoli, Robert Chen, Peter J. Basser, Anette Virta, Alan Barnett, Sinisa Pajevic, Raman Sankar, Denson G. Fujikawa and Carsten Culmsee and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, NeuroImage and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

LaRoy Penix

16 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Water Diffusion Changes in Wallerian Degeneration and Their Dependence on White Matter Architecture

2001 778 citations Carlo Pierpaoli, Alan Barnett et al. NeuroImage profile →
Homocysteine Elicits a DNA Damage Response in Neurons That Promotes Apoptosis and Hypersensitivity to Excitotoxicity

2000 658 citations Inna I. Kruman, Carsten Culmsee et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
LaRoy Penix United States	11	745	571	511	496	452	16	2.2k
Meiping Ding China	28	231 0.3×	814 1.4×	472 0.9×	170 0.3×	376 0.8×	151	2.7k
Seizo Sadoshima Japan	31	278 0.4×	265 0.5×	336 0.7×	211 0.4×	332 0.7×	142	2.8k
Ross Carne Australia	11	148 0.2×	523 0.9×	291 0.6×	182 0.4×	208 0.5×	18	1.2k
Edith Hofer Austria	20	332 0.4×	435 0.8×	240 0.5×	98 0.2×	223 0.5×	50	1.8k
G D’Andrea Italy	31	339 0.5×	1.4k 2.5×	276 0.5×	70 0.1×	252 0.6×	154	3.1k
Gary L. Baumbach United States	36	292 0.4×	186 0.3×	267 0.5×	174 0.4×	656 1.5×	76	3.7k
Maria Laura Manca Italy	25	237 0.3×	218 0.4×	295 0.6×	128 0.3×	623 1.4×	80	2.3k
Kyoung Heo South Korea	22	147 0.2×	790 1.4×	362 0.7×	87 0.2×	129 0.3×	88	1.4k
David Bates United Kingdom	20	135 0.2×	100 0.2×	254 0.5×	186 0.4×	578 1.3×	35	3.5k
Silvana Archetti Italy	33	157 0.2×	746 1.3×	320 0.6×	229 0.5×	532 1.2×	106	3.2k

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of LaRoy Penix. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of LaRoy Penix 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 LaRoy Penix. LaRoy Penix is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Goldstein, Felicia C., Lorin J. Freedman, LaRoy Penix, et al.. (2005). Hypertension and cognitive performance in African Americans with Alzheimer disease. Neurology. 64(5). 899–901. 20 indexed citations

Pierpaoli, Carlo, Alan Barnett, Sinisa Pajevic, et al.. (2001). Water Diffusion Changes in Wallerian Degeneration and Their Dependence on White Matter Architecture. NeuroImage. 13(6). 1174–1185. 778 indexed citations breakdown →

Goldstein, Felicia C., Marla Gearing, John Hanfelt, et al.. (2001). Apolipoprotein E and age at onset of Alzheimer’s disease in African American patients. Neurology. 57(10). 1923–1925. 8 indexed citations

Kruman, Inna I., Carsten Culmsee, Sic L. Chan, et al.. (2000). Homocysteine Elicits a DNA Damage Response in Neurons That Promotes Apoptosis and Hypersensitivity to Excitotoxicity. Journal of Neuroscience. 20(18). 6920–6926. 658 indexed citations breakdown →

Wasterlain, Claude G., Andréy Mazarati, Yukiyoshi Shirasaka, et al.. (1999). Seizure-induced hippocampal damage and chronic epilepsy: a hebbian theory of epileptogenesis.. PubMed. 79. 829–43. 21 indexed citations

Ryan, Melody, et al.. (1999). Preventing stroke in patients with transient ischemic attacks.. PubMed. 60(8). 2329–36, 2341. 7 indexed citations

DeGraba, Thomas J., Anna‐Leena Sirén, LaRoy Penix, et al.. (1998). Increased Endothelial Expression of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 in Symptomatic Versus Asymptomatic Human Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque. Stroke. 29(7). 1405–1410. 91 indexed citations

Penix, LaRoy. (1998). Ischemic strokes secondary to vitamin B ₁₂ deficiency-induced hyperhomocystinemia. Neurology. 51(2). 622–624. 12 indexed citations

Penix, LaRoy, Kerry W. Thompson, & Claude G. Wasterlain. (1996). Selective vulnerability to perforant path stimulation: role of NMDA and non-NMDA receptors.. PubMed. 12. 63–73. 5 indexed citations

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Subramaniam, Swaminathan, et al.. (1995). Felbamate block of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 273(2). 878–886. 69 indexed citations

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DeGraba, Thomas J. & LaRoy Penix. (1995). Genetics of ischemic stroke. Current Opinion in Neurology. 8(1). 24–29. 5 indexed citations

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Kawai, Kensuke, LaRoy Penix, Nobutaka Kawahara, Christl Ruetzler, & I. Klatzo. (1995). Development of Susceptibility to Audiogenic Seizures following Cardiac Arrest Cerebral Ischemia in Rats. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 15(2). 248–258. 34 indexed citations

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Penix, LaRoy & Claude G. Wasterlain. (1994). Selective protection of neuropeptide containing dentate hilar interneurons by non-NMDA receptor blockade in an animal model of status epilepticus. Brain Research. 644(1). 19–24. 28 indexed citations

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Penix, LaRoy, et al.. (1994). Inhibition of NO synthase increases the severity of kainic acid-induced seizures in rodents. Epilepsy Research. 18(3). 177–184. 100 indexed citations

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Wasterlain, Claude G., Denson G. Fujikawa, LaRoy Penix, & Raman Sankar. (1993). Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Brain Damage from Status Epilepticus. Epilepsia. 34(s1). S37–53. 380 indexed citations

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Martin, Michael R. & LaRoy Penix. (1983). Comparison of the effects of bicuculline and strychnine on brain stem auditory evoked potentials in the cat. British Journal of Pharmacology. 78(1). 75–77. 8 indexed citations

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