Mark A. Geyer

44.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
443 papers, 34.5k citations indexed

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Mark A. Geyer is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Geyer has authored 443 papers receiving a total of 34.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 256 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 125 papers in Molecular Biology and 120 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Geyer's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (205 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (129 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (101 papers). Mark A. Geyer is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (205 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (129 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (101 papers). Mark A. Geyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Mark A. Geyer's co-authors include Neal R. Swerdlow, David Braff, Jared W. Young, Martin P. Paulus, Franz X. Vollenweider, Adam L. Halberstadt, Susan B. Powell, Victoria B. Risbrough, Stephanie C. Dulawa and William Perry and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Geyer

439 papers receiving 33.7k citations

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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.

Human studies of prepulse inhibition of startle: normal subjects, patient groups, and pharmacological studies

2001 1.4k citations David Braff, Mark A. Geyer et al. Psychopharmacology profile →
Habituation revisited: An updated and revised description of the behavioral characteristics of habituation

2008 1.1k citations Mark A. Geyer et al. profile →
Prestimulus Effects on Human Startle Reflex in Normals and Schizophrenics

1978 1.0k citations David Braff, Mark A. Geyer et al. profile →
Neural circuit regulation of prepulse inhibition of startle in the rat: current knowledge and future challenges

2001 908 citations Neal R. Swerdlow, Mark A. Geyer et al. Psychopharmacology profile →
Using an Animal Model of Deficient Sensorimotor Gating to Study the Pathophysiology and New Treatments of Schizophrenia

1998 535 citations Neal R. Swerdlow, Mark A. Geyer profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mark A. Geyer	18.4k	9.5k	9.4k	6.3k	5.0k	443	34.5k
Klaus‐Peter Lesch	18.0k 1.0×	8.1k 0.9×	10.4k 1.1×	7.8k 1.2×	7.3k 1.5×	635	42.3k
Dennis L. Murphy	17.3k 0.9×	7.1k 0.7×	9.8k 1.0×	7.1k 1.1×	9.5k 1.9×	572	40.9k
Neal R. Swerdlow	13.6k 0.7×	9.0k 0.9×	6.5k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.4×	321	24.6k
Anthony A. Grace	22.4k 1.2×	14.3k 1.5×	9.2k 1.0×	4.4k 0.7×	2.0k 0.4×	350	35.3k
Patrick R. Hof	12.5k 0.7×	15.0k 1.6×	10.8k 1.1×	5.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.2×	664	48.1k
René Hen	23.6k 1.3×	10.6k 1.1×	14.5k 1.5×	2.6k 0.4×	2.5k 0.5×	326	49.2k
David A. Lewis	22.9k 1.2×	15.6k 1.6×	14.6k 1.6×	5.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.3×	565	46.0k
Joseph L. Price	14.7k 0.8×	19.9k 2.1×	4.5k 0.5×	8.2k 1.3×	1.8k 0.4×	179	41.9k
Bhaskar Kolachana	8.1k 0.4×	8.9k 0.9×	4.2k 0.4×	5.1k 0.8×	3.1k 0.6×	104	22.6k
David Braff	9.0k 0.5×	10.5k 1.1×	4.8k 0.5×	7.3k 1.2×	2.6k 0.5×	231	23.6k

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Piomelli, Daniele, Kwang‐Mook Jung, Samuel A. Barnes, et al.. (2025). Chronic cannabis use in people with bipolar disorder is associated with comparable decision-making and functional outcome to healthy participants. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 506–506.

Geyer, Mark A., et al.. (2025). Effect of blast exposure on sensorimotor gating and fear memory. Physiology & Behavior. 300. 115029–115029.

Geyer, Mark A.. (2023). A Brief Historical Overview of Psychedelic Research. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 9(5). 464–471. 15 indexed citations

Achim, Cristian L., et al.. (2022). iTat transgenic mice exhibit hyper-locomotion in the behavioral pattern monitor after chronic exposure to methamphetamine but are unaffected by Tat expression. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 222. 173499–173499. 3 indexed citations

Young, Jared W., et al.. (2022). Chronic methamphetamine exposure exerts few effects on the iTat mouse model of HIV, but blocks Tat expression-induced slowed reward retrieval. Behavioural Brain Research. 437. 114109–114109.

Hendricks, Peter S., Charles D. Nichols, Kathryn A. Cunningham, et al.. (2022). Past, Present, and Future of Psychedelics: A Psychedelic Medicine Roundtable Discussion. PubMed. 1(1). 2–11. 1 indexed citations

Walter, T. Jordan, et al.. (2020). The Effects of Cannabis Use on Cognitive Function in Healthy Aging: A Systematic Scoping Review. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 36(5). 673–685. 18 indexed citations

Yurgil, Kate A., Royce E. Clifford, Victoria B. Risbrough, et al.. (2015). Prospective Associations Between Traumatic Brain Injury and Postdeployment Tinnitus in Active-Duty Marines. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 31(1). 30–39. 15 indexed citations

Acheson, Dean T., Murray B. Stein, Martin P. Paulus, Mark A. Geyer, & Victoria B. Risbrough. (2012). The effect of pregabalin on sensorimotor gating in ‘low’ gating humans and mice. Neuropharmacology. 63(3). 480–485. 15 indexed citations

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Halberstadt, Adam L. & Mark A. Geyer. (2011). Multiple receptors contribute to the behavioral effects of indoleamine hallucinogens. Neuropharmacology. 61(3). 364–381. 293 indexed citations

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Quednow, Boris B., Michael Kometer, Mark A. Geyer, & Franz X. Vollenweider. (2011). Psilocybin-Induced Deficits in Automatic and Controlled Inhibition are Attenuated by Ketanserin in Healthy Human Volunteers. Neuropsychopharmacology. 37(3). 630–640. 172 indexed citations

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Risbrough, Victoria B., Sarah C. Coste, Mary P. Stenzel‐Poore, et al.. (2007). Role of CRF-R1 and CRF-R2 receptors in unconditioned and conditioned fear-induced increases in startle. Biological Psychiatry. 61. 1 indexed citations

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Ludewig, S., Katja Ludewig, Mark A. Geyer, Daniel Hell, & Franz X. Vollenweider. (2002). Prepulse inhibition deficits in patients with panic disorder. Depression and Anxiety. 15(2). 55–60. 132 indexed citations

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Braff, David, Mark A. Geyer, Gregory A. Light, et al.. (2001). Impact of prepulse characteristics on the detection of sensorimotor gating deficits in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 49(1-2). 171–178. 237 indexed citations

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Bakshi, Vaishali P., Mark D. Tricklebank, H.C. Neijt, Virginia Lehmann-Masten, & Mark A. Geyer. (1999). Disruption of Prepulse Inhibition and Increases in Locomotor Activity by Competitive N-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptor Antagonists in Rats. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 288(2). 643–652. 50 indexed citations

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Grailhe, Régis, Christian Waeber, Stephanie C. Dulawa, et al.. (1999). Increased Exploratory Activity and Altered Response to LSD in Mice Lacking the 5-HT5A Receptor. Neuron. 22(3). 581–591. 138 indexed citations

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Geyer, Mark A., Lawrence S. Wilkinson, Trevor Humby, & Trevor W. Robbins. (1993). Isolation rearing of rats produces a deficit in prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle similar to that in schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry. 34(6). 361–372. 317 indexed citations

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Caine, S. Barak, Mark A. Geyer, & Neal R. Swerdlow. (1991). Carbachol infusion into the dentate gyrus disrupts sensorimotor gating of startle in the rat. Psychopharmacology. 105(3). 347–354. 89 indexed citations

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Callaway, Clifton W., et al.. (1990). Serotonin release contributes to the locomotor stimulant effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine in rats.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 254(2). 456–464. 152 indexed citations

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Gold, Lisa, George F. Koob, & Mark A. Geyer. (1988). Stimulant and hallucinogenic behavioral profiles of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine and N-ethyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine in rats.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 247(2). 547–555. 94 indexed citations

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