M.C. Austin

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

M.C. Austin is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, M.C. Austin has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in M.C. Austin's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers) and Epilepsy research and treatment (7 papers). M.C. Austin is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (7 papers) and Epilepsy research and treatment (7 papers). M.C. Austin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. M.C. Austin's co-authors include W. J. McKay, Samuel F. Berkovic, P. F. Bladin, David A. Lewis, David W. Volk, Joseph N. Pierri, A.R. Sampson, Christopher C. Rowe, M. R. Newton and Janine E. Janosky and has published in prestigious journals such as Neurology, Stroke and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

M.C. Austin

28 papers receiving 2.0k 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. Decreased Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase67 Messenger RNA Expression in a Subset of Prefrontal Cortical γ-Aminobutyric Acid Neurons in Subjects With Schizophrenia
    2000 518 citations David W. Volk, M.C. Austin et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M.C. Austin United States 22 1.0k 769 455 420 367 29 2.1k
B. Bogerts Germany 23 647 0.6× 853 1.1× 323 0.7× 801 1.9× 334 0.9× 38 2.1k
Fu Du United States 21 1.1k 1.1× 519 0.7× 59 0.1× 462 1.1× 647 1.8× 36 2.3k
Dieter Krell Germany 23 634 0.6× 361 0.5× 203 0.4× 541 1.3× 297 0.8× 44 1.7k
Jay Nierenberg United States 22 323 0.3× 558 0.7× 711 1.6× 914 2.2× 235 0.6× 45 1.9k
N. Weisenfeld United States 7 815 0.8× 369 0.5× 132 0.3× 404 1.0× 296 0.8× 15 1.5k
Nikolai Malykhin Canada 24 384 0.4× 409 0.5× 544 1.2× 879 2.1× 85 0.2× 43 1.9k
Evelyn S. Tecoma United States 26 841 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 613 1.3× 1.4k 3.3× 273 0.7× 35 2.9k
Subrata K. Bose United Kingdom 14 343 0.3× 288 0.4× 211 0.5× 379 0.9× 341 0.9× 18 1.6k
Peter Kalus Germany 23 554 0.6× 342 0.4× 326 0.7× 757 1.8× 326 0.9× 31 1.6k
Annabella Di Giorgio Italy 25 381 0.4× 513 0.7× 266 0.6× 796 1.9× 429 1.2× 49 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by M.C. Austin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by M.C. Austin. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by M.C. Austin. The network helps show where M.C. Austin may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.C. Austin

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

All Works

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Bogdan, Ryan, W. L. Woolverton, Cynthia L. Bethea, et al.. (2011). 5-HTTLPR genotype and gender, but not chronic fluoxetine administration, are associated with cortical TREK1 protein expression in rhesus macaques. Neuroscience Letters. 503(2). 83–86. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, X., P J Nicholls, Gonzalo Laje, et al.. (2010). A functional alternative splicing mutation in human tryptophan hydroxylase-2. Molecular Psychiatry. 16(12). 1169–1176. 22 indexed citations
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Iyo, Abiye H., et al.. (2010). Chronic corticosterone administration down-regulates metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 protein expression in the rat hippocampus. Neuroscience. 169(4). 1567–1574. 32 indexed citations
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Austin, M.C., et al.. (2003). Increased corticotropin-releasing hormone immunoreactivity in monoamine-containing pontine nuclei of depressed suicide men. Molecular Psychiatry. 8(3). 324–332. 116 indexed citations
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Volk, David W., M.C. Austin, Joseph N. Pierri, A.R. Sampson, & David A. Lewis. (2000). Decreased Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase67 Messenger RNA Expression in a Subset of Prefrontal Cortical γ-Aminobutyric Acid Neurons in Subjects With Schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry. 57(3). 237–237. 518 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chang, Mi‐Sook, Alan F. Sved, Michael J. Zigmond, & M.C. Austin. (2000). Increased transcription of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene in individual locus coeruleus neurons following footshock stress. Neuroscience. 101(1). 131–139. 42 indexed citations
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Baird, Alison E., Geoffrey A. Donnan, M.C. Austin, et al.. (1999). Asymmetries of cerebral perfusion in a stroke-age population. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 6(2). 113–120. 9 indexed citations
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Austin, M.C.. (1997). Differential Distribution of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Immunoreactive Axons in Monoaminergic Nuclei of the Human Brainstem. Neuropsychopharmacology. 17(5). 326–341. 24 indexed citations
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Bartolomeis, Andrea de, M.C. Austin, Gregory A. Goodwin, et al.. (1994). Dopaminergic and peptidergic mRNA levels in juvenile rat brain after prenatal cocaine treatment. Molecular Brain Research. 21(3-4). 321–332. 28 indexed citations
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Ho, S., Samuel F. Berkovic, M. R. Newton, et al.. (1994). Parietal lobe epilepsy. Neurology. 44(12). 2277–2277. 86 indexed citations
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Berkovic, Samuel F., et al.. (1994). Ictal postictal and interictal single-photon emission tomography in the lateralization of temporal lobe epilepsy. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 21(10). 51 indexed citations
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Newton, M. R., Samuel F. Berkovic, M.C. Austin, et al.. (1992). Postictal switch in blood flow distribution and temporal lobe seizures.. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 55(10). 891–894. 137 indexed citations
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Donnan, Geoffrey A., et al.. (1991). Preliminary experience with 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT in cerebral ischaemia.. PubMed. 28. 43–9. 3 indexed citations
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Schultzberg, Marianne, M.C. Austin, Jacqueline N. Crawley, & Steven M. Paul. (1991). Repeated administration of desmethylimipramine blocks the reserpine-induced increase in tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA in locus coeruleus neurons of the rat. Molecular Brain Research. 10(4). 307–314. 12 indexed citations
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Rowe, Christopher C., Samuel F. Berkovic, M.C. Austin, et al.. (1991). Visual and quantitative analysis of interictal SPECT with technetium-99m-HMPAO in temporal lobe epilepsy.. PubMed. 32(9). 1688–94. 97 indexed citations
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Austin, M.C. & Peter W. Kalivas. (1990). Enkephalinergic and GABAergic modulation of motor activity in the ventral pallidum.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 252(3). 1370–1377. 96 indexed citations

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