Michael T. Alkire

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Michael T. Alkire is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael T. Alkire has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 17 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and 17 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael T. Alkire's work include Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (17 papers), Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (17 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (12 papers). Michael T. Alkire is often cited by papers focused on Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (17 papers), Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (17 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (12 papers). Michael T. Alkire collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Finland. Michael T. Alkire's co-authors include Richard J. Haier, Giulio Tononi, Anthony G. Hudetz, Larry Cahill, Nathan S. White, Kevin Head, Ronald A. Yeo, Rex E. Jung, Jason Miller and Nitin Shah and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Michael T. Alkire

35 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Consciousness and Anesthesia 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750
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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. Consciousness and Anesthesia
    2008 832 citations Michael T. Alkire et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael T. Alkire United States 28 2.7k 1.0k 925 732 541 38 4.5k
James H. Fallon United States 48 3.5k 1.3× 4.7k 4.7× 158 0.2× 756 1.0× 1.8k 3.4× 107 10.2k
Michael Chen United States 15 1.7k 0.6× 2.5k 2.5× 78 0.1× 333 0.5× 375 0.7× 24 6.4k
Hiroto Kawasaki United States 36 3.2k 1.2× 720 0.7× 133 0.1× 68 0.1× 141 0.3× 129 4.4k
Urs Ribary Canada 29 3.9k 1.5× 1.5k 1.5× 117 0.1× 91 0.1× 316 0.6× 86 6.1k
Richard J. Maddock United States 36 2.6k 1.0× 690 0.7× 56 0.1× 111 0.2× 617 1.1× 98 5.0k
Peter Mariën Belgium 47 3.2k 1.2× 806 0.8× 100 0.1× 91 0.1× 864 1.6× 165 7.4k
Antti Revonsuo Finland 47 5.0k 1.9× 275 0.3× 179 0.2× 113 0.2× 81 0.1× 162 6.7k
Tom Nugent United States 6 2.6k 1.0× 573 0.6× 59 0.1× 125 0.2× 687 1.3× 9 5.0k
David H. Ingvar Sweden 42 2.9k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 103 0.1× 143 0.2× 1.3k 2.5× 158 6.5k
Yechiel Levkovitz Israel 44 1.9k 0.7× 571 0.6× 167 0.2× 132 0.2× 163 0.3× 110 5.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alkire, Michael T., A Scheinin, Jaakko Långsjö, et al.. (2023). Decreased Thalamic Activity Is a Correlate for Disconnectedness during Anesthesia with Propofol, Dexmedetomidine and Sevoflurane But Not S-Ketamine. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(26). 4884–4895. 11 indexed citations
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Scheinin, A, Michael T. Alkire, Jaakko Långsjö, et al.. (2020). Foundations of Human Consciousness: Imaging the Twilight Zone. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(8). 1769–1778. 41 indexed citations
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Scheinin, Harry, et al.. (2018). Using Positron Emission Tomography in Revealing the Mystery of General Anesthesia: Study Design Challenges and Opportunities. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 603. 279–303. 4 indexed citations
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Lioudyno, Maria, Brian S. Tanaka, Yuri Sokolov, et al.. (2013). Shaker-Related Potassium Channels in the Central Medial Nucleus of the Thalamus Are Important Molecular Targets for Arousal Suppression by Volatile General Anesthetics. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(41). 16310–16322. 54 indexed citations
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Långsjö, Jaakko, Michael T. Alkire, Kimmo Kaskinoro, et al.. (2012). Returning from Oblivion: Imaging the Neural Core of Consciousness. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(14). 4935–4943. 137 indexed citations
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Hayama, Hiroki, et al.. (2012). Event-related Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of a Low Dose of Dexmedetomidine that Impairs Long-term Memory. Anesthesiology. 117(5). 981–995. 17 indexed citations
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Lioudyno, Maria, Matteo Broccio, Yuri Sokolov, et al.. (2012). Effect of Synthetic Aβ Peptide Oligomers and Fluorinated Solvents on Kv1.3 Channel Properties and Membrane Conductance. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e35090–e35090. 41 indexed citations
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Lioudyno, Maria, et al.. (2010). Fluorinated General Anesthetics Modulate Kv1.3 Potassium Channels and Interact With β-Amyloid Peptide: Is there a Link?. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 534a–534a. 1 indexed citations
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Alkire, Michael T., et al.. (2009). Thalamic Microinfusion of Antibody to a Voltage-gated Potassium Channel Restores Consciousness during Anesthesia. Anesthesiology. 110(4). 766–773. 81 indexed citations
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Alkire, Michael T., et al.. (2008). Neuroimaging analysis of an anesthetic gas that blocks human emotional memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(5). 1722–1727. 78 indexed citations
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Alkire, Michael T.. (2008). Loss of Effective Connectivity During General Anesthesia. International Anesthesiology Clinics. 46(3). 55–73. 40 indexed citations
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Alkire, Michael T. & Jason Miller. (2005). General anesthesia and the neural correlates of consciousness. Progress in brain research. 150. 229–597. 163 indexed citations
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Haier, Richard J., Rex E. Jung, Ronald A. Yeo, Kevin Head, & Michael T. Alkire. (2004). Structural brain variation and general intelligence. NeuroImage. 23(1). 425–433. 407 indexed citations
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Alkire, Michael T., Nathan S. White, Raymond Hsieh, & Richard J. Haier. (2004). Dissociable Brain Activation Responses to 5-Hz Electrical Pain Stimulation. Anesthesiology. 100(4). 939–946. 31 indexed citations
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White, Nathan S., Michael T. Alkire, & Richard J. Haier. (2003). A voxel-based morphometric study of nondemented adults with Down Syndrome. NeuroImage. 20(1). 393–403. 120 indexed citations
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Cahill, Larry & Michael T. Alkire. (2003). Epinephrine enhancement of human memory consolidation: Interaction with arousal at encoding. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 79(2). 194–198. 349 indexed citations
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Cahill, Larry, Richard J. Haier, Nathan S. White, et al.. (2001). Sex-Related Difference in Amygdala Activity during Emotionally Influenced Memory Storage. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 75(1). 1–9. 327 indexed citations
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Alkire, Michael T.. (1998). Quantitative EEG Correlations with Brain Glucose Metabolic Rate during Anesthesia in Volunteers . Anesthesiology. 89(2). 323–333. 111 indexed citations
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Alkire, Michael T., et al.. (1997). Positron Emission Tomography Study of Regional Cerebral Metabolism in Humans during Isoflurane Anesthesia. Anesthesiology. 86(3). 549–557. 172 indexed citations
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Alkire, Michael T., et al.. (1995). Cerebral Metabolism During Pr??pofol Anesthesia in Humans Studied with Positron Emission Tomography. Survey of Anesthesiology. 39(6). 344–344.

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