László Urbán

53.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
210 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

László Urbán is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, László Urbán has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 80 papers in Physiology and 51 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in László Urbán's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (69 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (46 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (31 papers). László Urbán is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (69 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (46 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (31 papers). László Urbán collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. László Urbán's co-authors include A. Dray, Bruce Kidd, I. Nagy, Steven Whitebread, Jacques Hamon, Sadhana Patel, Alyson Fox, Steve Thompson, Mirjana Randić and Alyson J. Fox and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

László Urbán

207 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

  1. Large-scale prediction and testing of drug activity on side-effect targets
    2012 656 citations Eugen Lounkine, Steven Whitebread et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
László Urbán United States 54 4.5k 3.5k 3.3k 1.9k 1.5k 210 10.5k
Christopher Southan United Kingdom 50 2.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 7.1k 2.1× 1.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 120 15.5k
Adam J Pawson United Kingdom 53 2.0k 0.4× 3.0k 0.9× 6.8k 2.1× 1.5k 0.8× 549 0.4× 88 15.6k
Elena Faccenda United Kingdom 43 1.9k 0.4× 2.6k 0.8× 5.9k 1.8× 1.5k 0.8× 539 0.4× 61 13.2k
Joanna L Sharman United Kingdom 40 1.9k 0.4× 2.6k 0.8× 5.8k 1.7× 1.5k 0.8× 528 0.4× 55 12.8k
Michael Spedding France 65 3.4k 0.8× 8.4k 2.4× 11.7k 3.5× 2.5k 1.4× 902 0.6× 231 24.4k
Michael T. Heneka Germany 86 11.1k 2.5× 4.0k 1.2× 10.8k 3.2× 2.2k 1.2× 676 0.5× 275 27.9k
Eamonn Kelly United Kingdom 55 1.9k 0.4× 4.7k 1.4× 6.4k 1.9× 1.1k 0.6× 234 0.2× 159 12.4k
John A. Peters United Kingdom 55 1.6k 0.3× 5.3k 1.5× 6.2k 1.9× 1.1k 0.6× 207 0.1× 108 12.9k
Ronald J. Tallarida United States 41 2.6k 0.6× 2.8k 0.8× 2.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 397 0.3× 194 8.2k
Nigel H. Greig United States 77 6.9k 1.5× 4.4k 1.3× 8.8k 2.7× 6.2k 3.3× 3.1k 2.1× 431 25.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of László Urbán

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All Works

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Sutherland, Jeffrey J., et al.. (2023). A preclinical secondary pharmacology resource illuminates target-adverse drug reaction associations of marketed drugs. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4323–4323. 17 indexed citations
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Pottel, Joshua, Duncan Armstrong, Ling Zou, et al.. (2020). The activities of drug inactive ingredients on biological targets. Science. 369(6502). 403–413. 63 indexed citations
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Bogos, Krisztina, Zoltán Kiss, Gabriella Gálffy, et al.. (2019). Revising Incidence and Mortality of Lung Cancer in Central Europe: An Epidemiology Review From Hungary. Frontiers in Oncology. 9. 1051–1051. 18 indexed citations
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Maciejewski, Mateusz, Eugen Lounkine, Steven Whitebread, et al.. (2017). Reverse translation of adverse event reports paves the way for de-risking preclinical off-targets. eLife. 6. 38 indexed citations
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Ramalingam, Suresh S., Normand Blais, Julien Mazières, et al.. (2016). Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase II Study of Veliparib in Combination with Carboplatin and Paclitaxel for Advanced/Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(8). 1937–1944. 65 indexed citations
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Muller, Patrick, Donna M. Dambach, Brian Gemzik, et al.. (2015). Integrated risk assessment of suicidal ideation and behavior in drug development. Drug Discovery Today. 20(9). 1135–1142. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Nianzhen, Qin Chen, Tong Lee, et al.. (2011). IonFlux: A Microfluidic Patch Clamp System Evaluated with Human Ether-à-go-go Related Gene Channel Physiology and Pharmacology. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 9(6). 608–619. 31 indexed citations
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Cao, Xueying, Mats Holmqvist, Yingxin Lin, et al.. (2010). Cardiac Ion Channel Safety Profiling on the IonWorks Quattro Automated Patch Clamp System. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 8(6). 766–780. 14 indexed citations
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Walker, Katharine, László Urbán, Stephen J. Medhurst, et al.. (2003). The VR1 Antagonist Capsazepine Reverses Mechanical Hyperalgesia in Models of Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 304(1). 56–62. 285 indexed citations
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Ahluwalia, Jatinder, László Urbán, Stuart Bevan, Marco Capogna, & I. Nagy. (2002). Cannabinoid 1 receptors are expressed by nerve growth factor- and glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor-responsive primary sensory neurones. Neuroscience. 110(4). 747–753. 62 indexed citations
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Urbán, László, et al.. (2000). Repeated administration of systemic gabapentin alleviates allodynia-like behaviors in spinally injured rats. Neuroscience Letters. 280(3). 211–214. 40 indexed citations
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Polgár, Erika, Péter Szűcs, László Urbán, & I. Nagy. (1998). Alterations of substance P immunoreactivity in lumbar and thoracic segments of rat spinal cord in ultraviolet irradiation induced hyperalgesia of the hindpaw. Brain Research. 786(1-2). 248–251. 9 indexed citations
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Nagy, I., A. Dray, & László Urbán. (1995). Possible branching of myelinated primary afferent fibres in the dorsal root of the rat. Brain Research. 703(1-2). 223–226. 2 indexed citations
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Urbán, László. (1994). Cellular mechanisms of sensory processing : the somatosensory system. Springer eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Urbán, László, Martin Perkins, Elizabeth A. Campbell, & A. Dray. (1993). Activity of deep dorsal horn neurons in the anaesthetized rat during hyperalgesia of the hindpaw induced by ultraviolet irradiation. Neuroscience. 57(1). 167–172. 23 indexed citations
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Thompson, Steve, László Urbán, & A. Dray. (1993). Contribution of NK1 and NK2 receptor activation to high threshold afferent fibre evoked ventral root responses in the rat spinal cord in vitro. Brain Research. 625(1). 100–108. 44 indexed citations
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Urbán, László & Andy Dray. (1991). Capsazepine, a novel capsaicin antagonist, selectively antagonises the effects of capsaicin in the mouse spinal cord in vitro. Neuroscience Letters. 134(1). 9–11. 74 indexed citations
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Urbán, László, Kenneth H. Neill, Barbara J. Crain, J. Victor Nadler, & George G. Somjen. (1990). Effects of Transient Forebrain Ischemia in Area CA1 of the Gerbil Hippocampus: An in Vitro Study. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 268. 491–500. 2 indexed citations

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