M Wesierska

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

M Wesierska is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, M Wesierska has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in M Wesierska's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (27 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (9 papers). M Wesierska is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (27 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (9 papers). M Wesierska collaborates with scholars based in Poland, Czechia and United States. M Wesierska's co-authors include André A. Fenton, Colleen Dockery, Jan Bureš, José Manuel Cimadevilla, Anna Bielak-Żmijewska, Magdalena Dudkowska, Jakub Włodarczyk, Ewa Sikora, Adam Krzystyniak and Grażyna Mosieniak and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

M Wesierska

41 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

  1. Cellular Senescence in Brain Aging
    2021 199 citations Ewa Sikora, Anna Bielak-Żmijewska et al. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience profile →

Peers

M Wesierska
Toshiko Tsumori Japan
Teiko Miyashita United States
Tali Kobilo United States
Stéphane Gaskin Canada
Melissa J. Glenn United States
Brigitte Cosquer France
Amy Taylor United Kingdom
Lisa A. Teather United States
Gilberto Fernando Xavier Brazil
Timothy P. O’Leary Canada
Toshiko Tsumori Japan
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Countries citing papers authored by M Wesierska

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Fields of papers citing papers by M Wesierska

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M Wesierska

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wesierska, M, et al.. (2022). Strategies discovery in the active allothetic place avoidance task. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 12675–12675. 1 indexed citations
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Dziendzikowska, Katarzyna, M Wesierska, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska, et al.. (2021). Silver Nanoparticles Impair Cognitive Functions and Modify the Hippocampal Level of Neurotransmitters in a Coating-Dependent Manner. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(23). 12706–12706. 18 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M, et al.. (2021). Spatial working memory in rats: Crucial role of the hippocampus in the allothetic place avoidance alternation task demanding stimuli segregation. Behavioural Brain Research. 412. 113414–113414. 7 indexed citations
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Sikora, Ewa, Anna Bielak-Żmijewska, Magdalena Dudkowska, et al.. (2021). Cellular Senescence in Brain Aging. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 13. 646924–646924. 199 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wesierska, M, Katarzyna Dziendzikowska, Joanna Gromadzka-Ostrowska, et al.. (2018). Silver ions are responsible for memory impairment induced by oral administration of silver nanoparticles. Toxicology Letters. 290. 133–144. 44 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M, et al.. (2016). MK-801 and memantine act differently on short-term memory tested with different time-intervals in the Morris water maze test. Behavioural Brain Research. 311. 15–23. 11 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M, et al.. (2013). Low-dose memantine-induced working memory improvement in the allothetic place avoidance alternation task (APAAT) in young adult male rats. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 7. 203–203. 18 indexed citations
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Dockery, Colleen, David Liebetanz, Niels Birbaumer, Monika Malinowska, & M Wesierska. (2011). Cumulative benefits of frontal transcranial direct current stimulation on visuospatial working memory training and skill learning in rats. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 96(3). 452–460. 59 indexed citations
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Dockery, Colleen & M Wesierska. (2010). A spatial paradigm, the allothetic place avoidance alternation task, for testing visuospatial working memory and skill learning in rats. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 191(2). 215–221. 12 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M, et al.. (2008). Retrosplenial cortex lesion affected segregation of spatial information in place avoidance task in the rat. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 91(1). 41–49. 48 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M, et al.. (2006). Cognitive flexibility but not cognitive coordination is affected in rats with toxic liver failure. Behavioural Brain Research. 171(1). 70–77. 21 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M, et al.. (2005). Selection for body weight induces differences in exploratory behavior and learning in mice. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 65(3). 243–253. 15 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M, Colleen Dockery, & André A. Fenton. (2005). Beyond Memory, Navigation, and Inhibition: Behavioral Evidence for Hippocampus-Dependent Cognitive Coordination in the Rat. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(9). 2413–2419. 123 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M, et al.. (2002). Effects of social rearing conditions on conditioned suppression in rats. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 62(1). 25–31. 5 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M & Krzysztof Turlejski. (2000). Spontaneous behavior of the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) in the elevated plus-maze: comparison with Long-Evans rats. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 60(4). 479–487. 12 indexed citations
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Werka, Tomasz, et al.. (1997). The effect of infantile nonaversive and aversive stimulation on adult emotional reactivity in rats. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 57(5). 2 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M, et al.. (1995). Conditioning of fear and conditioning of safety in rats. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 55(2). 121–132. 20 indexed citations
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Wesierska, M, et al.. (1990). Differential effect of ketamine on the reference and working memory versions of the Morris water maze task.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 104(1). 74–83. 65 indexed citations

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