M.G. Lacey

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

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M.G. Lacey is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, M.G. Lacey has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in M.G. Lacey's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (30 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (15 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers). M.G. Lacey is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (30 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (15 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers). M.G. Lacey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. M.G. Lacey's co-authors include Nicola Biagio Mercuri, R. Alan North, R A North, Jenni Harvey, Paolo Calabresi, Ian M. Stanford, William Howson, Guy R. Seabrook, Caroline Rick and Graeme Henderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

M.G. Lacey

33 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Dopamine acts on D2 receptors to increase potassium conductance in neurones of the rat substantia nigra zona compacta.

1987 512 citations M.G. Lacey, Nicola Biagio Mercuri et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M.G. Lacey United Kingdom	26	2.4k	1.4k	508	468	174	33	2.6k
AA Grace United States	5	1.8k 0.7×	896 0.6×	692 1.4×	339 0.7×	84 0.5×	12	2.1k
Sylvia Garcia Canada	12	1.5k 0.6×	803 0.6×	392 0.8×	227 0.5×	119 0.7×	14	1.7k
G. Godeheu France	24	1.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	289 0.6×	291 0.6×	219 1.3×	39	2.1k
C.A. Ingham United Kingdom	23	2.2k 0.9×	970 0.7×	649 1.3×	1.1k 2.3×	274 1.6×	30	2.9k
C. Gauchy France	25	1.6k 0.7×	921 0.6×	266 0.5×	331 0.7×	205 1.2×	53	1.9k
P.M. Groves United States	22	1.5k 0.6×	615 0.4×	574 1.1×	311 0.7×	111 0.6×	43	1.8k
Kenneth C. Watkins Canada	22	2.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	873 1.7×	249 0.5×	257 1.5×	24	3.1k
Carlos A. Paladini United States	24	1.7k 0.7×	843 0.6×	810 1.6×	291 0.6×	109 0.6×	40	2.1k
Sébastien Carnicella France	27	1.5k 0.6×	746 0.5×	450 0.9×	499 1.1×	258 1.5×	44	2.3k
I.C. Kilpatrick United Kingdom	23	1.3k 0.6×	486 0.3×	481 0.9×	377 0.8×	146 0.8×	52	1.7k

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Lacey, M.G., et al.. (2014). Spike Firing and IPSPs in Layer V Pyramidal Neurons during Beta Oscillations in Rat Primary Motor Cortex (M1) In Vitro. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85109–e85109. 29 indexed citations

Wilson, Claire, Diana Cash, Kevin Galley, et al.. (2006). Subthalamic nucleus neurones in slices from 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned mice show irregular, dopamine-reversible firing pattern changes, but without synchronous activity. Neuroscience. 143(2). 565–572. 35 indexed citations

Wilson, Clare, et al.. (2005). Functional interconnectivity between the globus pallidus and the subthalamic nucleus in the mouse brain slice. The Journal of Physiology. 567(3). 977–987. 39 indexed citations

Wilson, Claire, M. C. A. Puntis, & M.G. Lacey. (2003). Overwhelmingly asynchronous firing of rat subthalamic nucleus neurones in brain slices provides little evidence for intrinsic interconnectivity. Neuroscience. 123(1). 187–200. 51 indexed citations

Lacey, M.G., et al.. (2000). A Kv3‐like persistent, outwardly rectifying, Cs⁺‐permeable, K⁺ current in rat subthalamic nucleus neurones. The Journal of Physiology. 527(3). 493–506. 40 indexed citations

Lacey, M.G., et al.. (1998). Metabotropic glutamate receptors depress glutamate‐mediated synaptic input to rat midbrain dopamine neurones in vitro. British Journal of Pharmacology. 123(4). 667–674. 63 indexed citations

Lacey, M.G., et al.. (1998). Presynaptic inhibition by dopamine of a discrete component of GABA release in rat substantia nigra pars reticulata. The Journal of Physiology. 513(3). 805–817. 45 indexed citations

Abbott, Andrew P., et al.. (1997). Excitation of rat subthalamic nucleus neurones in vitro by activation of a group I metabotropic glutamate receptor. Brain Research. 766(1-2). 162–167. 24 indexed citations

Harvey, Jenni & M.G. Lacey. (1996). Dopamine depresses EPSCs in the nucleus accumbens via NMDA receptor-dependent release of adenosine. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 22. 1739. 2 indexed citations

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Abbott, Andrew P., et al.. (1996). Functional characterisation of mGluRs in ventral midbrain. Neuropharmacology. 35(6). A33–A33. 3 indexed citations

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Rick, Caroline, Ian M. Stanford, & M.G. Lacey. (1995). Excitation of rat substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons by 5-hydroxytryptaminein vitro: Evidence for a direct action mediated by 5-hydroxytryptamine2C receptors. Neuroscience. 69(3). 903–913. 69 indexed citations

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Rick, Caroline & M.G. Lacey. (1994). Rat substantia nigra pars reticulata neurones are tonically inhibited via GABA A , but not GABA B , receptors in vitro. Brain Research. 659(1-2). 133–137. 53 indexed citations

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Lacey, M.G.. (1993). Chapter 17 Neurotransmitter receptors and ionic conductances regulating the activity of neurones in substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral tegmental area. Progress in brain research. 99. 251–276. 45 indexed citations

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Häusser, Michael, Wing‐Ho Yung, & M.G. Lacey. (1992). Taurine and glycine activate the same Cl− conductance in substantia nigra dopamine neurones. Brain Research. 571(1). 103–108. 54 indexed citations

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Seabrook, Guy R., William Howson, & M.G. Lacey. (1991). Subpopulations of GABA-mediated synaptic potentials in slices of rat dorsal striatum are differentially modulated by presynaptic GABAB receptors. Brain Research. 562(2). 332–334. 33 indexed citations

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Seabrook, Guy R., William Howson, & M.G. Lacey. (1990). Electrophysiological characterization of potent agonists and antagonists at pre‐ and postsynaptic GABA_B receptors on neurones in rat brain slices. British Journal of Pharmacology. 101(4). 949–957. 140 indexed citations

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Lacey, M.G., Paolo Calabresi, & R. Alan North. (1990). Muscarine depolarizes rat substantia nigra zona compacta and ventral tegmental neurons in vitro through M1-like receptors.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 253(1). 395–400. 143 indexed citations

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Lacey, M.G., Nicola Biagio Mercuri, & R A North. (1990). Actions of cocaine on rat dopaminergic neuronesin vitro. British Journal of Pharmacology. 99(4). 731–735. 115 indexed citations

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Calabresi, Paolo, M.G. Lacey, & R A North. (1989). Nicotinic excitation of rat ventral tegmental neurones in vitro studied by intracellular recording. British Journal of Pharmacology. 98(1). 135–140. 239 indexed citations

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Lacey, M.G., Nicola Biagio Mercuri, & R. Alan North. (1986). Dopamine hyperpolarizes neurons in the rat substantia nigra zona compacta in vitro by increasing potassium conductance. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 12(2). 1515. 6 indexed citations

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