Mark L. Mayer

25.0k citations

124 papers · 20.1k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Developmental Neuroscience top 0.5%

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 112
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 106
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research 13
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering 8
Molecular Biology 93
- Ion channel regulation and function 62
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study 22
- Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling 21
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis 8

Co-authors: Gary L. Westbrook Peter B. Guthrie Ladislav Vyklický Morris Benveniste Kathryn M. Partin Eric Gouaux Jeffery L. Barker Amy B. MacDermott
Journals: The Journal of Physiology (17 papers)Neuron (11 papers)Nature (10 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)Brain Research (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Hungary

In The Last Decade

Mark L. Mayer

122 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Glutamate receptor ion channels 2005 · 2.4k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2005 Current Opinion in Neurobiology
2002 Nature
1987 The Journal of Physiology
1987 Nature
1987 Progress in Neurobiology
1986 Nature
1984 Nature

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All Works

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#	Work
1	Structural biology of kainate receptors Neuropharmacology ·Mark L. Mayer	2021	10
2	Preferential assembly of heteromeric kainate and AMPA receptor amino terminal domains eLife ·Huaying Zhao, 公子清水, Sagar Chittori, 乾健彦, Mark L. Mayer, Peter Schuck	2017	26
3	Structural basis of kainate subtype glutamate receptor desensitization Nature ·Joel R. Meyerson, Sagar Chittori, Alan Merk, Prashant Rao, Tae Hee Han, Mihaela Serpe, Mark L. Mayer, Sriram Subramaniam	2016	76
4	Structural Mechanism of Glutamate Receptor Activation and Desensitization Biophysical Journal ·Joel R. Meyerson, Janesh Kumar, Sagar Chittori, Prashant Rao, Jason Pierson, Alberto Bartesaghi, Mark L. Mayer, Sriram Subramaniam	2015	9
5	Self-assembled monolayers improve protein distribution on holey carbon cryo-EM supports Scientific Reports ·Joel R. Meyerson, Prashant Rao, Janesh Kumar, Sagar Chittori, Soojay Banerjee, Jason Pierson, Mark L. Mayer, Sriram Subramaniam	2014	71
6	Analysis of High Affinity Self-Association by Fluorescence Optical Sedimentation Velocity Analytical Ultracentrifugation of Labeled Proteins: Opportunities and Limitations PLoS ONE ·Huaying Zhao, 公子清水, 乾健彦, Mark L. Mayer, Peter Schuck	2013	26
7	Analysis of high-affinity assembly for AMPA receptor amino-terminal domains The Journal of General Physiology ·Huaying Zhao, Anthony J. Berger, Patrick H. Brown, Janesh Kumar, Andrea Balbo, C.A. May, P. J. Leach, Thomas M. Laue, George H. Patterson, Mark L. Mayer, Peter Schuck	2013	8
8	Emerging Models of Glutamate Receptor Ion Channel Structure and Function Structure ·Mark L. Mayer	2011	68
9	Structure and mechanism of glutamate receptor ion channel assembly, activation and modulation Current Opinion in Neurobiology ·Mark L. Mayer	2011	53
10	Domain organization and function in GluK2 subtype kainate receptors Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Utpal Das, Janesh Kumar, Mark L. Mayer, Andrew J.R. Plested	2010	36
11	AMPA Receptor Ligand Binding Domain Mobility Revealed by Functional Cross Linking Journal of Neuroscience ·Andrew J.R. Plested, Mark L. Mayer	2009	47
12	Molecular Basis of Kainate Receptor Modulation by Sodium Neuron ·Andrew J.R. Plested, Ranjit Vijayan, Philip C. Biggin, Mark L. Mayer	2008	73
13	Structure and Mechanism of Kainate Receptor Modulation by Anions Neuron ·Andrew J.R. Plested, Mark L. Mayer	2007	97
14	Crystal Structures of the Kainate Receptor GluR5 Ligand Binding Core Dimer with Novel GluR5-Selective Antagonists Journal of Neuroscience ·Mark L. Mayer, Shivam Goenka, Nigel P. Dolman, David E. Jane	2006	93
15	Glutamate receptors at atomic resolution Nature ·Mark L. Mayer	2006	223
16	Glutamate receptor ion channels Current Opinion in Neurobiology ·Mark L. Mayer Hit paper breakdown →	2005	2395
17	Mechanisms for ligand binding to GluR0 ion channels: crystal structures of the glutamate and serine complexes and a closed apo state Journal of Molecular Biology ·Mark L. Mayer, Rich Olson, Eric Gouaux	2001	120
18	Amino acid substitutions in the pore of rat glutamate receptors at sites influencing block by polyamines The Journal of Physiology ·J Corlett, 乾健彦, Kathryn M. Partin, Mark L. Mayer	1999	43
19	Modulation of excitatory synaptic transmission by drugs that reduce desensitization at AMPA/kainate receptors Neuron ·Ladislav Vyklický, Doris K. Patneau, Mark L. Mayer	1991	245
20	A functional antagonisms between benzodiazepines and ACTH? [proceedings]. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Thomas A. James, N.K. MacLeod, Mark L. Mayer	1979	2

About Mark L. Mayer

Mark L. Mayer is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy, Developmental Neuroscience and Structural Biology, having authored 124 papers that have together received 20.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (106 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (62 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (22 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (21 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (15 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (13 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (8 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (16.6k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (914 citations), Molecular Biology (13.4k citations), Neurology (1.4k citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (2.7k citations). Mark L. Mayer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Hungary. Frequent co-authors include Gary L. Westbrook, Peter B. Guthrie, Ladislav Vyklický, Morris Benveniste, Kathryn M. Partin, Eric Gouaux, Jeffery L. Barker, Amy B. MacDermott, Stephen J Smith and N. Armstrong. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Neuron, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Brain Research.

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