M A Zar

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

M A Zar is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, M A Zar has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Physiology, 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in M A Zar's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (16 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (13 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (9 papers). M A Zar is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (16 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (13 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (9 papers). M A Zar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hungary and Australia. M A Zar's co-authors include W. D. M. Paton, N Ambache, E. Sylvester Vizi, Giamal N. Luheshi, P. H. POWELL, Robert Pickard, Mahmoud M. Iravani, Julien Verney, R.S. Pickard and J.B. Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Gut and The Journal of Urology.

In The Last Decade

M A Zar

43 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

The origin of acetylcholine released from guinea‐pig intestine and longitudinal muscle strips

1968 535 citations M A Zar et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M A Zar United Kingdom	19	865	806	525	388	227	43	2.0k
David P. Westfall United States	25	684 0.8×	984 1.2×	616 1.2×	153 0.4×	133 0.6×	71	2.2k
Lane J. Wallace United States	28	1.0k 1.2×	697 0.9×	305 0.6×	411 1.1×	70 0.3×	96	2.0k
N Ambache United Kingdom	20	600 0.7×	635 0.8×	442 0.8×	220 0.6×	64 0.3×	59	1.8k
Peter Sneddon United Kingdom	26	878 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	639 1.2×	148 0.4×	180 0.8×	40	2.5k
D P Westfall United States	29	1.2k 1.4×	1.6k 2.0×	1.2k 2.4×	118 0.3×	136 0.6×	59	3.5k
A. Rubenson Sweden	18	761 0.9×	424 0.5×	338 0.6×	147 0.4×	112 0.5×	42	1.6k
Jeffrey R. Jasper United States	27	957 1.1×	1.6k 2.0×	547 1.0×	132 0.3×	121 0.5×	50	2.5k
Emma J. Kidd United Kingdom	27	895 1.0×	874 1.1×	675 1.3×	85 0.2×	171 0.8×	89	2.4k
Gin C. Hsieh United States	30	698 0.8×	792 1.0×	685 1.3×	85 0.2×	363 1.6×	54	2.7k
D.G. Satchell Australia	19	519 0.6×	565 0.7×	375 0.7×	42 0.1×	102 0.4×	47	1.7k

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Iravani, Mahmoud M. & M A Zar. (1997). The presence and the effects of neuropeptide Y in rat anococcygeus muscle. European Journal of Pharmacology. 338(1). 75–82. 3 indexed citations

Harris, J.B., et al.. (1997). The effect of palytoxin on neuromuscular junctions in the anococcygeus muscle of the rat. Journal of Neurocytology. 26(6). 367–376. 6 indexed citations

Pickard, R.S., P. H. POWELL, & M A Zar. (1995). Nitric oxide and cyclic GMP formation following relaxant nerve stimulation in isolated human corpus cavernosum. British Journal of Urology. 75(4). 516–522. 41 indexed citations

Pickard, R.S., et al.. (1994). Corpus cavernosal relaxation in impotent men. British Journal of Urology. 74(4). 485–491. 30 indexed citations

Posangi, Jimmy, J.B. Harris, & M A Zar. (1994). Palytoxin-induced transmitter release in the autonomic nervous system of the rat. Toxicon. 32(8). 965–975. 3 indexed citations

Iravani, Mahmoud M. & M A Zar. (1994). Presence of neuropeptide Y in the rat seminal vesicle and its effects on noradrenaline‐ and nerve‐induced contractions. British Journal of Pharmacology. 113(3). 877–882. 15 indexed citations

Iravani, Mahmoud M. & M A Zar. (1994). Neuropeptide Y in rat detrusor and its effect on nerve‐mediated and acetylcholine‐evoked contractions. British Journal of Pharmacology. 113(1). 95–102. 19 indexed citations

Iravani, Mahmoud M. & M A Zar. (1993). Differential effects of nifedipine on nerve-mediated and noradrenaline-evoked contractions of rat anococcygeus muscle. European Journal of Pharmacology. 250(1). 193–195. 3 indexed citations

Pickard, Robert, P. H. POWELL, & M A Zar. (1993). Evidence against vasoactive intestinal polypeptide as the relaxant neurotransmitter in human cavernosal smooth muscle. British Journal of Pharmacology. 108(2). 497–500. 26 indexed citations

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Luheshi, Giamal N. & M A Zar. (1992). Effect of streptozotocin diabetes on motor and inhibitory transmission in rat anococcygeus. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 70(10). 1372–1378. 4 indexed citations

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Posangi, Jimmy, M A Zar, & J.B. Harris. (1992). The action of palytoxin on the isolated detrusor muscle of the rat. British Journal of Pharmacology. 106(2). 307–314. 8 indexed citations

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Luheshi, Giamal N. & M A Zar. (1991). The effect of streptozotocin‐induced diabetes on cholinergic motor transmission in the rat urinary bladder. British Journal of Pharmacology. 103(3). 1657–1662. 43 indexed citations

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Pickard, Robert, P. H. POWELL, & M A Zar. (1991). The effect of inhibitors of nitric oxide biosynthesis and cyclic GMP formation on nerve‐evoked relaxation of human cavernosal smooth muscle. British Journal of Pharmacology. 104(3). 755–759. 97 indexed citations

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Luheshi, Giamal N. & M A Zar. (1990). Inhibitory effect of streptozotocin‐induced diabetes on non‐cholinergic motor transmission in rat detrusor and its prevention by sorbinil. British Journal of Pharmacology. 101(2). 411–417. 20 indexed citations

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Luheshi, Giamal N. & M A Zar. (1990). Presence of non-cholinergic motor transmission in human isolated bladder. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 42(3). 223–224. 39 indexed citations

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Dewar, H. A., M A Zar, & Andrew P. A. Oxley. (1989). Neuropeptide y and platelet aggregation by adrenaline. Life Sciences. 45(5). 367–370. 6 indexed citations

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Zar, M A, et al.. (1989). Failure of non-adrenergic transmission in the rat vas deferens. Neuropharmacology. 28(4). 335–341. 3 indexed citations

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Zar, M A, et al.. (1982). Effect of metoclopramide in guinea-pig ileum longitudinal muscle: evidence against dopamine-mediation.. Gut. 23(1). 66–70. 29 indexed citations

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Ambache, N, Julien Verney, & M A Zar. (1970). Evidence for the release of two atropine‐resistant spasmogens from Auerbach's plexus. The Journal of Physiology. 207(3). 761–782. 38 indexed citations

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Ambache, N & M A Zar. (1970). Non‐cholinergic transmission by post‐ganglionic motor neurones in the mammalian bladder. The Journal of Physiology. 210(3). 761–783. 275 indexed citations

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