Lorna W. Role

14.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
107 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Lorna W. Role is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorna W. Role has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Molecular Biology, 63 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Lorna W. Role's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (56 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (40 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (37 papers). Lorna W. Role is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (56 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (40 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (37 papers). Lorna W. Role collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and China. Lorna W. Role's co-authors include David A. Talmage, Daniel S. McGehee, Darwin K. Berg, Young‐Hwan Jo, Steven A. Siegelbaum, Cheng‐Rong Yu, Mala Ananth, S M Schuetze, Amy B. MacDermott and Elizabeth Ballinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lorna W. Role

106 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Physiological Diversity of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Expressed by Vertebrate Neurons

1995 893 citations Lorna W. Role et al. profile →
Axonal Neuregulin-1 Regulates Myelin Sheath Thickness

2004 730 citations G. Michailov, Michael W. Sereda et al. Science profile →
Nicotinic Receptors in the Development and Modulation of CNS Synapses

1996 672 citations Lorna W. Role et al. Neuron profile →
Neuregulin-1 Type III Determines the Ensheathment Fate of Axons

2005 562 citations Lorna W. Role et al. Neuron profile →
Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Circuits and Signaling in Cognition and Cognitive Decline

2016 519 citations Elizabeth Ballinger, Mala Ananth et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lorna W. Role United States	48	7.1k	5.7k	1.1k	1.0k	936	107	10.6k
Julie A. Blendy United States	52	5.2k 0.7×	5.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.5×	653 0.7×	814 0.9×	143	11.1k
William C. Wetsel United States	63	5.9k 0.8×	5.5k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	699 0.7×	735 0.8×	206	13.0k
Soren Impey United States	54	7.0k 1.0×	5.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	779 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	81	13.1k
Guadalupe Mengod Spain	56	5.3k 0.7×	6.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	502 0.5×	177	9.9k
Emiliana Borrelli France	62	6.7k 0.9×	6.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	510 0.5×	426 0.5×	116	12.7k
Jay M. Baraban United States	60	8.4k 1.2×	7.4k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	577 0.6×	945 1.0×	156	14.0k
Dorit Ron United States	55	4.9k 0.7×	4.8k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	436 0.4×	810 0.9×	130	9.2k
Salah El Mestikawy France	51	5.7k 0.8×	8.4k 1.5×	2.0k 1.8×	613 0.6×	509 0.5×	128	11.3k
Ralf Schoepfer United Kingdom	46	6.5k 0.9×	5.7k 1.0×	976 0.9×	400 0.4×	587 0.6×	76	9.7k
Hilmar Bading Germany	52	8.1k 1.1×	8.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	654 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	134	13.9k

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Rajebhosale, Prithviraj, et al.. (2024). Neuregulin1 Nuclear Signaling Influences Adult Neurogenesis and Regulates a Schizophrenia Susceptibility Gene Network within the Mouse Dentate Gyrus. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(43). e0063242024–e0063242024. 1 indexed citations

Rajebhosale, Prithviraj, Mala Ananth, Ronald Kim, et al.. (2024). Functionally refined encoding of threat memory by distinct populations of basal forebrain cholinergic projection neurons. eLife. 13. 4 indexed citations

Kim, Ronald, Mala Ananth, Niraj S. Desai, Lorna W. Role, & David A. Talmage. (2024). Distinct subpopulations of ventral pallidal cholinergic projection neurons encode valence of olfactory stimuli. Cell Reports. 43(4). 114009–114009. 5 indexed citations

Ananth, Mala, Prithviraj Rajebhosale, Ronald Kim, David A. Talmage, & Lorna W. Role. (2023). Basal forebrain cholinergic signalling: development, connectivity and roles in cognition. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 24(4). 233–251. 61 indexed citations

Ananth, Mala, et al.. (2021). NeuroConstruct: 3D Reconstruction and Visualization of Neurites in Optical Microscopy Brain Images. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 28(12). 4951–4965. 12 indexed citations

Crouse, Richard B., Kristen K.O. Kim, Hannah M. Batchelor, et al.. (2020). Acetylcholine is released in the basolateral amygdala in response to predictors of reward and enhances the learning of cue-reward contingency. eLife. 9. 57 indexed citations

Ballinger, Elizabeth, Christian P. Schaaf, Akash J. Patel, et al.. (2019). Mecp2Deletion from Cholinergic Neurons Selectively Impairs Recognition Memory and Disrupts Cholinergic Modulation of the Perirhinal Cortex. eNeuro. 6(6). ENEURO.0134–19.2019. 16 indexed citations

Záborszky, László, Péter Gombkötő, Matthew R. Gielow, et al.. (2018). Specific Basal Forebrain–Cortical Cholinergic Circuits Coordinate Cognitive Operations. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(44). 9446–9458. 134 indexed citations

López‐Hernández, Gretchen Y., Mala Ananth, Li Jiang, et al.. (2017). Electrophysiological properties of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons identified by genetic and optogenetic tagging. Journal of Neurochemistry. 142(S2). 103–110. 14 indexed citations

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Akmentin, Wendy, et al.. (2017). Axonal Type III Nrg1 Controls Glutamate Synapse Formation and GluA2 Trafficking in Hippocampal-Accumbens Connections. eNeuro. 4(1). ENEURO.0232–16.2017. 11 indexed citations

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Jiang, Li, Srikanya Kundu, Gretchen Y. López‐Hernández, et al.. (2016). Cholinergic Signaling Controls Conditioned Fear Behaviors and Enhances Plasticity of Cortical-Amygdala Circuits. Neuron. 90(5). 1057–1070. 133 indexed citations

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Talmage, David A., et al.. (2013). Type III Neuregulin 1 Is Required for Multiple Forms of Excitatory Synaptic Plasticity of Mouse Cortico-Amygdala Circuits. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(23). 9655–9666. 30 indexed citations

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Johnson, Matthew A., Michael D. Lieberman, Rose E. Goodchild, et al.. (2008). Type III Neuregulin-1 Is Required for Normal Sensorimotor Gating, Memory-Related Behaviors, and Corticostriatal Circuit Components. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(27). 6872–6883. 149 indexed citations

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Role, Lorna W. & Eric R. Kandel. (2008). Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: From Molecular Biology to Cognition. Neuron. 58(6). 847–849. 2 indexed citations

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Berman, Joshua A., David A. Talmage, & Lorna W. Role. (2007). Cholinergic Circuits and Signaling in the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia. International review of neurobiology. 78. 193–223. 36 indexed citations

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Michailov, G., Michael W. Sereda, Bastian G. Brinkmann, et al.. (2004). Axonal Neuregulin-1 Regulates Myelin Sheath Thickness. Science. 304(5671). 700–703. 730 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bao, Jianxin, David A. Talmage, Lorna W. Role, & Jean Gautier. (2000). Regulation of neurogenesis by interactions between HEN1 and neuronal LMO proteins. Development. 127(2). 425–435. 43 indexed citations

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Brussaard, Arjen B., Xia Yang, Joseph Doyle, Sigismund Huck, & Lorna W. Role. (1994). Developmental regulation of multiple nicotinic AChR channel subtypes in embryonic chick habenula neurons: contributions of both theα2 andα4 subunit genes. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 429(1). 27–43. 30 indexed citations

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Role, Lorna W.. (1992). Diversity in structure and function of neuronal nicotinic acetycholine receptor channels. Current Biology. 2(6). 291–291. 2 indexed citations

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Gardette, Robert, et al.. (1991). Developmental changes in transmitter sensitivity and synaptic transmission in embryonic chicken sympathetic neurons innervated in Vitro. Developmental Biology. 147(1). 83–95. 31 indexed citations

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