M.J. Leach

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

M.J. Leach is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, M.J. Leach has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in M.J. Leach's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers) and Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (4 papers). M.J. Leach is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers) and Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (4 papers). M.J. Leach collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. M.J. Leach's co-authors include A A Miller, George Lees, John Garthwaite, J. H. Swan, Roger P. Simon, Paul J. L. M. Strijbos, M. S. NOBBS, Dieter Riddall, Guy Lucas and Chris Fegan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

M.J. Leach

48 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Pharmacological Studies on Lamotrigine, A Novel Potential Antiepileptic Drug

1986 481 citations M.J. Leach, A A Miller et al. Epilepsia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M.J. Leach United Kingdom	20	1.1k	651	628	436	373	49	2.3k
John Hilton United States	31	704 0.7×	1.2k 1.9×	381 0.6×	108 0.2×	190 0.5×	64	3.6k
Chi‐Tso Chiu Taiwan	23	691 0.7×	1.2k 1.9×	367 0.6×	134 0.3×	142 0.4×	37	2.4k
Hélène Castel France	30	432 0.4×	608 0.9×	201 0.3×	94 0.2×	471 1.3×	130	3.2k
Cheryl L. Morse United States	27	924 0.9×	749 1.2×	483 0.8×	303 0.7×	62 0.2×	79	3.0k
A. Baethmann Germany	39	1.2k 1.1×	1.4k 2.2×	213 0.3×	251 0.6×	504 1.4×	177	4.9k
Nathalie Strazielle France	28	580 0.5×	784 1.2×	115 0.2×	687 1.6×	149 0.4×	58	2.8k
Byung In Lee South Korea	25	405 0.4×	456 0.7×	846 1.3×	522 1.2×	73 0.2×	94	2.0k
Sharon Menzies United States	20	327 0.3×	813 1.2×	147 0.2×	320 0.7×	420 1.1×	22	3.6k
William Charles Kreisl United States	26	515 0.5×	841 1.3×	617 1.0×	281 0.6×	82 0.2×	58	3.0k
Kentaro Deguchi Japan	32	440 0.4×	914 1.4×	228 0.4×	79 0.2×	240 0.6×	129	2.8k

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Palmer, Rex A., B.S. Potter, M.J. Leach, & Babur Z. Chowdhry. (2008). X-ray Crystallographic Structures of Two Lamotrigine Analogues: (I) 3,5-Diamino-6-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazine Water Solvate and (II) 3,5-Diamino-6-(3,6-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazine Methanol Solvate. Journal of Chemical Crystallography. 38(5). 387–392. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Zhan, James T. Milnes, Stéphanie C.M. Choisy, et al.. (2005). The neuroprotective agent sipatrigine blocks multiple cardiac ion channels and causes triangulation of the ventricular action potential. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 32(12). 1088–1096. 2 indexed citations

Riddall, Dieter, M.J. Leach, & John Garthwaite. (2005). A Novel Drug Binding Site on Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in Rat Brain. Molecular Pharmacology. 69(1). 278–287. 17 indexed citations

Moreton, Paul, Ben Kennedy, Guy Lucas, et al.. (2005). Eradication of Minimal Residual Disease in B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia After Alemtuzumab Therapy Is Associated With Prolonged Survival. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23(13). 2971–2979. 293 indexed citations

Caputi, Luigi, Atticus H. Hainsworth, Ezia Guatteo, et al.. (2003). Actions of the sodium channel inhibitor 202W92 on rat midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Synapse. 48(3). 123–130. 3 indexed citations

Caputi, Luigi, Atticus H. Hainsworth, Franco Lavaroni, et al.. (2001). Neuroprotective actions in vivo and electrophysiological actions in vitro of 202W92. Brain Research. 919(2). 259–268. 20 indexed citations

Calabresi, Paolo, Alessandro Stefani, Girolama Alessandra Marfia, et al.. (2000). Electrophysiology of Sipatrigine: A Lamotrigine Derivative Exhibiting Neuroprotective Effects. Experimental Neurology. 162(1). 171–179. 10 indexed citations

Hainsworth, Atticus H., Girolama Alessandra Marfia, Diego Centonze, et al.. (1999). The neuroprotective agent BW619C89 inhibits neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission in rat corticostriatal slices. British Journal of Pharmacology. 126. 151–151. 2 indexed citations

Leach, M.J., et al.. (1998). Efficacy of urate oxidase (uricozyme) in tumour lysis induced urate nephropathy. Clinical & Laboratory Haematology. 20(3). 169–172. 25 indexed citations

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Leach, M.J., et al.. (1997). Inhibition of human N-type voltage-gated Ca2+ channels by the neuroprotective agent BW619C89. Neuropharmacology. 36(11-12). 1795–1798. 13 indexed citations

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Swan, J. H. & M.J. Leach. (1995). Evaluation of the Novel Neuroprotective Agent BW619C89 in the Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion Model of Focal Ischemia in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat and Normotensive Fischer 344 Rat. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 765(1). 39–46. 8 indexed citations

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Okiyama, Koichi, Douglas H. Smith, Thomas A. Gennarelli, et al.. (1995). The Sodium Channel Blocker and Glutamate Release Inhibitor BW1003C87 and Magnesium Attenuate Regional Cerebral Edema Following Experimental Brain Injury in the Rat. Journal of Neurochemistry. 64(2). 802–809. 108 indexed citations

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Lees, George & M.J. Leach. (1993). Studies on the mechanism of action of the novel anticonvulsant lamotrigine (Lamictal) using primary neuroglial cultures from rat cortex. Brain Research. 612(1-2). 190–199. 207 indexed citations

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Leach, M.J., et al.. (1993). BW619C89, a glutamate release inhibitor, protects against focal cerebral ischemic damage.. Stroke. 24(7). 1063–1067. 159 indexed citations

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Meldrum, Brian S., J. H. Swan, M.J. Leach, et al.. (1992). Reduction of glutamate release and protection against ischemic brain damage by BW 1003C87. Brain Research. 593(1). 1–6. 97 indexed citations

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Leach, M.J., et al.. (1991). Neurochemical and Behavioral Aspects of Lamotrigine. Epilepsia. 32(s2). S4–8. 117 indexed citations

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Leach, M.J., et al.. (1988). Hippocampal NMDA/phencyclidine receptor binding sites are reduced following forebrain ischaemia in the gerbil. European Journal of Pharmacology. 152(1-2). 189–192. 15 indexed citations

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Leach, M.J., et al.. (1987). Effect of cortical kindling on [3H]d-aspartate uptake and glutamate metabolism in rats. Epilepsy Research. 1(2). 145–148. 12 indexed citations

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Leach, M.J., et al.. (1986). Pharmacological Studies on Lamotrigine, A Novel Potential Antiepileptic Drug. Epilepsia. 27(5). 490–497. 481 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leach, M.J.. (1981). STANDARDS IN GENERAL PRACTICE. PubMed Central. 31(231). 627–627. 8 indexed citations

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