Martin Sarter

22.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
256 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Martin Sarter is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Sarter has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 148 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 96 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Martin Sarter's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (141 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (117 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (64 papers). Martin Sarter is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (141 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (117 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (64 papers). Martin Sarter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Martin Sarter's co-authors include John P. Bruno, Vinay Parikh, Jill McGaughy, Ben Givens, Michael E. Hasselmo, Rouba Kozak, Cindy Lustig, Hans J. Markowitsch, Janita Turchi and William M. Howe and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Martin Sarter

255 papers receiving 17.2k 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.

The cognitive neuroscience of sustained attention: where top-down meets bottom-up

2001 847 citations Martin Sarter, John P. Bruno et al. Brain Research Reviews profile →
Cognitive functions of cortical acetylcholine: toward a unifying hypothesis

1997 563 citations Martin Sarter, John P. Bruno Brain Research Reviews profile →
Modes and Models of Forebrain Cholinergic Neuromodulation of Cognition

2010 549 citations Martin Sarter et al. profile →
Unraveling the attentional functions of cortical cholinergic inputs: interactions between signal-driven and cognitive modulation of signal detection

2004 522 citations Martin Sarter, John P. Bruno et al. Brain Research Reviews profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Sarter United States	71	10.5k	8.9k	6.1k	1.9k	1.5k	256	17.5k
John D. Salamone United States	79	5.9k 0.6×	12.4k 1.4×	4.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	265	19.3k
Anthony G. Phillips Canada	86	8.4k 0.8×	14.3k 1.6×	5.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	297	21.8k
Antonello Bonci United States	83	8.1k 0.8×	15.3k 1.7×	8.3k 1.4×	1.3k 0.7×	678 0.4×	187	22.1k
Ann E. Kelley United States	74	6.5k 0.6×	11.3k 1.3×	4.6k 0.8×	714 0.4×	953 0.6×	149	17.5k
Robert Freedman United States	96	9.1k 0.9×	8.6k 1.0×	10.5k 1.7×	1.7k 0.9×	4.7k 3.1×	428	28.5k
Bita Moghaddam United States	67	5.6k 0.5×	11.4k 1.3×	5.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	146	16.8k
J. N. P. Rawlins United Kingdom	71	13.0k 1.2×	12.3k 1.4×	4.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	170	24.6k
Neal R. Swerdlow United States	78	9.0k 0.9×	13.6k 1.5×	6.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	4.6k 3.1×	321	24.6k
Stan Floresco Canada	72	8.9k 0.8×	10.6k 1.2×	3.9k 0.6×	935 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	162	16.4k
Ted Abel United States	75	7.6k 0.7×	9.2k 1.0×	7.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	584 0.4×	236	20.0k

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Yang, Yihao, Howard J. Gritton, Martin Sarter, et al.. (2021). Theta-gamma coupling emerges from spatially heterogeneous cholinergic neuromodulation. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(7). e1009235–e1009235. 12 indexed citations

Albin, Roger L., Martijn L.T.M. Müller, Nicolaas I. Bohnen, et al.. (2021). α4β2 ^* Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptor Target Engagement in Parkinson Disease Gait–Balance Disorders. Annals of Neurology. 90(1). 130–142. 15 indexed citations

Lü, Yiqing, Martin Sarter, Michał Żochowski, & Victoria Booth. (2020). Phasic cholinergic signaling promotes emergence of local gamma rhythms in excitatory–inhibitory networks. European Journal of Neuroscience. 52(6). 3545–3560. 11 indexed citations

Cherian, Ajeesh Koshy, et al.. (2019). Co-treatment with rivastigmine and idalopirdine reduces the propensity for falls in a rat model of falls in Parkinson’s disease. Psychopharmacology. 236(6). 1701–1715. 7 indexed citations

Albin, Roger L., Nicolaas I. Bohnen, Martijn L.T.M. Müller, et al.. (2018). Regional vesicular acetylcholine transporter distribution in human brain: A [¹⁸F]fluoroethoxybenzovesamicol positron emission tomography study. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 526(17). 2884–2897. 50 indexed citations

Sarter, Martin. (2015). Behavioral-cognitive targets for cholinergic enhancement. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 4. 22–26. 18 indexed citations

Paolone, Giovanna, et al.. (2012). Deficits in the attentional control of posture and complex movements in a rat model of early state, multisystem Parkinson’s disease. Social Neuroscience. 53–53. 1 indexed citations

Parikh, Vinay, William M. Howe, Ryan M. Welchko, et al.. (2012). Diminished trkA receptor signaling reveals cholinergic‐attentional vulnerability of aging. European Journal of Neuroscience. 37(2). 278–293. 40 indexed citations

Paolone, Giovanna, et al.. (2011). Sign- versus goal trackers, top down control of attention, and underlying cholinergic mechanisms. Social Neuroscience. 197–197. 1 indexed citations

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Sarter, Martin, Vinay Parikh, & William M. Howe. (2009). Phasic acetylcholine release and the volume transmission hypothesis: time to move on. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 10(5). 383–390. 267 indexed citations

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Parikh, Vinay & Martin Sarter. (2008). Cholinergic Mediation of Attention. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1129(1). 225–235. 142 indexed citations

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Parikh, Vinay, Rouba Kozak, Vicente Martínez, & Martin Sarter. (2007). Prefrontal Acetylcholine Release Controls Cue Detection on Multiple Timescales. Neuron. 56(1). 141–154. 467 indexed citations

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Sarter, Martin, John P. Bruno, & Gary G. Berntson. (2001). Psychotogenic properties of benzodiazepine receptor inverse agonists. Psychopharmacology. 156(1). 1–13. 37 indexed citations

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Bushnell, Philip J., Edward D. Levin, Richard T. Marrocco, et al.. (2000). Attention as a target of intoxication:. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 22(4). 487–502. 33 indexed citations

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Sarter, Martin. (1998). Age-related changes in rodent cortical acetylcholine and cognition: main effects of age versus age as an intervening variable. Brain Research Reviews. 27(2). 143–156. 59 indexed citations

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Mar, Corinne M., David A. Smith, & Martin Sarter. (1996). Behavioural Vigilance in Schizophrenia. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 169(6). 781–789. 30 indexed citations

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Sarter, Martin, et al.. (1994). Cholinergic deafferentation of the visual cortex by intracortical infusion of 192 IgG-saporin in rats Effects on visual discrimination and visual attention. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 20. 1576. 4 indexed citations

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Dudchenko, Paul A. & Martin Sarter. (1992). Failure of a chlordiazepoxide to reproduce the behavioral effects of muscimol administered into the basal forebrain. Behavioural Brain Research. 47(2). 202–205. 20 indexed citations

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Sarter, Martin & Paul A. Dudchenko. (1991). Dissociative effects of ibotenic and quisqualic acid-induced basal forebrain lesions on cortical acetylcholinesterase-positive fiber density and cytochrome oxidase activity. Neuroscience. 41(2-3). 729–738. 30 indexed citations

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Sarter, Martin. (1991). Taking stock of cognition enhancers. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 12(12). 456–461. 100 indexed citations

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