Michael Menaker

27.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
201 papers, 20.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Menaker is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Menaker has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 20.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 103 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 45 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Michael Menaker's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (159 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (58 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (53 papers). Michael Menaker is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (159 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (58 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (53 papers). Michael Menaker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Michael Menaker's co-authors include Shin Yamazaki, Martin R. Ralph, Joseph S. Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Sakaki, Hajime Tei, F. Foster, Fred C. Davis, Gianluca Tosini, Gene D. Block and Karl‐Arne Stokkan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Menaker

201 papers receiving 20.3k 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.

PERIOD2::LUCIFERASE real-time reporting of circadian dynamics reveals persistent circadian oscillations in mouse peripheral tissues

2004 1.8k citations Shin Yamazaki, Michael Menaker et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Resetting Central and Peripheral Circadian Oscillators in Transgenic Rats

2000 1.5k citations Shin Yamazaki, Gene D. Block et al. profile →
Transplanted Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Determines Circadian Period

1990 1.4k citations Fred C. Davis, Michael Menaker et al. profile →
Entrainment of the Circadian Clock in the Liver by Feeding

2001 1.4k citations Shin Yamazaki, Michael Menaker et al. profile →
Positional Syntenic Cloning and Functional Characterization of the Mammalian Circadian Mutation tau

2000 654 citations Shin Yamazaki, Michael Menaker et al. profile →
Circadian Rhythms in Cultured Mammalian Retina

1996 571 citations Gianluca Tosini, Michael Menaker profile →
Circadian Rhythms in Isolated Brain Regions

2002 520 citations Shin Yamazaki, Michael Menaker et al. profile →
A Mutation of the Circadian System in Golden Hamsters

1988 500 citations Michael Menaker et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael Menaker	17.6k	7.6k	6.4k	4.0k	2.8k	201	20.9k
Steven M. Reppert	22.8k 1.3×	9.6k 1.3×	7.2k 1.1×	4.4k 1.1×	6.1k 2.2×	163	30.1k
Fred W. Turek	15.9k 0.9×	4.2k 0.6×	8.2k 1.3×	5.3k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	335	23.1k
Michael H. Hastings	17.7k 1.0×	6.8k 0.9×	6.6k 1.0×	4.1k 1.0×	4.1k 1.5×	231	22.2k
David R. Weaver	20.4k 1.2×	7.2k 0.9×	6.7k 1.0×	4.3k 1.1×	4.5k 1.6×	167	26.1k
F. Foster	12.5k 0.7×	7.5k 1.0×	2.8k 0.4×	4.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	294	20.4k
Elizabeth S. Maywood	13.6k 0.8×	4.9k 0.7×	5.2k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	3.5k 1.3×	113	16.2k
Urs Albrecht	12.5k 0.7×	3.8k 0.5×	5.6k 0.9×	2.9k 0.7×	2.9k 1.1×	168	19.3k
Paul Pévet	10.0k 0.6×	4.1k 0.5×	3.5k 0.5×	3.0k 0.7×	697 0.3×	376	13.4k
Ruud M. Buijs	15.7k 0.9×	6.9k 0.9×	6.9k 1.1×	5.8k 1.4×	1.0k 0.4×	328	26.8k
David C. Klein	13.4k 0.8×	8.5k 1.1×	3.2k 0.5×	3.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	362	23.5k

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Moraes, Maria Nathália, et al.. (2016). TRPV1 participates in the activation of clock molecular machinery in the brown adipose tissue in response to light-dark cycle. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1864(2). 324–335. 22 indexed citations

Menaker, Michael, et al.. (2012). Photic resetting of the circadian clock is correlated with photic habitat in Anolis lizards. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 198(5). 375–387. 4 indexed citations

Castañón‐Cervantes, Oscar, Mingwei Wu, J. Christopher Ehlen, et al.. (2010). Dysregulation of Inflammatory Responses by Chronic Circadian Disruption. The Journal of Immunology. 185(10). 5796–5805. 424 indexed citations

Sellix, Michael T. & Michael Menaker. (2010). Circadian clocks in the ovary. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 21(10). 628–636. 67 indexed citations

Mohawk, Jennifer A., et al.. (2009). The methamphetamine-sensitive circadian oscillator does not employ canonical clock genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(9). 3519–3524. 62 indexed citations

Davidson, Alec J., Shin Yamazaki, Deanna M. Arble, Michael Menaker, & Gene D. Block. (2006). Resetting of central and peripheral circadian oscillators in aged rats. Neurobiology of Aging. 29(3). 471–477. 108 indexed citations

Davidson, Alec J., Özgür Tataroğlu, & Michael Menaker. (2005). Circadian Effects of Timed Meals (and Other Rewards). Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 393. 509–523. 23 indexed citations

Castrucci, Ana Maria de Lauro, et al.. (2004). Light Regulation Of Melanopsin–positive Retinal Ganglion Cells In The Albino Hamster. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 4645–4645. 4 indexed citations

Davidson, Alec J., Shin Yamazaki, & Michael Menaker. (2003). SCN: Ringmaster of the Circadian Circus or Conductor of the Circadian Orchestra?. Novartis Foundation symposium. 253. 110–125. 60 indexed citations

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Oda, Gisele A., Michael Menaker, & W. Otto Friesen. (2000). Modeling the Dual Pacemaker System of the tau Mutant Hamster. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 15(3). 246–264. 22 indexed citations

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Grace, Michael S., Atsuhiko Chiba, & Michael Menaker. (1999). Circadian control of photoreceptor outer segment membrane turnover in mice genetically incapable of melatonin synthesis. Visual Neuroscience. 16(5). 909–918. 60 indexed citations

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Yamazaki, Shin, et al.. (1999). Serotonin-containing cell bodies in novel brain LOCATIONS. Neuroreport. 10(2). 431–435. 7 indexed citations

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Quigg, Mark, et al.. (1999). Hypothalamic Neuronal Loss and Altered Circadian Rhythm of Temperature in a Rat Model of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsia. 40(12). 1688–1696. 31 indexed citations

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Tosini, Gianluca & Michael Menaker. (1998). The tau mutation affects temperature compensation of hamster retinal circadian oscillators. Neuroreport. 9(6). 1001–1005. 62 indexed citations

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Welsh, John P., Bill C. H. Chang, Michael Menaker, & Sue A. Aicher. (1997). Removal of the inferior olive abolishes myoclonic seizures associated with a loss of olivary serotonin. Neuroscience. 82(3). 879–897. 24 indexed citations

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Menaker, Michael, Sue A. Aicher, & John P. Welsh. (1996). Anti-myoclonic effect of ablation of the inferior olive. The FASEB Journal. 10(3). 1 indexed citations

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Refinetti, Roberto & Michael Menaker. (1993). Effects of imipramine on circadian rhythms in the golden hamster. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 45(1). 27–33. 15 indexed citations

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Cassone, Vincent M., Ross F. Lane, & Michael Menaker. (1986). Melatonin-Induced Increases in Serotonin Concentrations in Specific Regions of the Chicken Brain. Neuroendocrinology. 42(1). 38–43. 26 indexed citations

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Menaker, Michael. (1985). Eyes—the Second (and Third) Pineal Glands?. Novartis Foundation symposium. 117. 78–92. 29 indexed citations

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Davis, Fred C. & Michael Menaker. (1981). Development of the mouse circadian pacemaker: Independence from environmental cycles. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 143(4). 527–539. 65 indexed citations

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