M.N. Perkins

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

M.N. Perkins is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, M.N. Perkins has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in M.N. Perkins's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (14 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (7 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers). M.N. Perkins is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (14 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (7 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers). M.N. Perkins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Mexico. M.N. Perkins's co-authors include Trevor W. Stone, David Kelly, Alan H. Ganong, Carl W. Cotman, J A Flatman, A. Dray, S. A. Whitehead, Sue Birley, J.F. Collins and Yu Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Journal of Physiology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

M.N. Perkins

35 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

An iontophoretic investigation of the actions of convulsant kynurenines and their interaction with the endogenous excitant quinolinic acid

1982 726 citations M.N. Perkins, Trevor W. Stone Brain Research profile →
Quinolinic acid: A potent endogenous excitant at amino acid receptors in CNS

1981 624 citations Trevor W. Stone, M.N. Perkins profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M.N. Perkins United Kingdom	18	1.2k	973	917	555	404	35	2.5k
Halina Baran Austria	26	1.0k 0.8×	758 0.8×	760 0.8×	502 0.9×	473 1.2×	55	2.3k
Jesús A. García‐Sevilla Spain	40	3.0k 2.4×	603 0.6×	2.8k 3.0×	560 1.0×	422 1.0×	161	4.8k
Zoë A. Hughes United States	28	949 0.8×	381 0.4×	771 0.8×	344 0.6×	316 0.8×	53	2.5k
Xavier Langlois Belgium	38	2.3k 1.9×	389 0.4×	2.1k 2.3×	292 0.5×	402 1.0×	104	4.2k
Malika El Yacoubi France	24	1.5k 1.2×	455 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	369 0.7×	242 0.6×	41	3.3k
Maria Lindskog Sweden	26	1.5k 1.2×	501 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	367 0.7×	174 0.4×	51	3.0k
A Guidotti United States	31	2.0k 1.6×	344 0.4×	1.6k 1.7×	291 0.5×	245 0.6×	69	3.5k
Jan Bert Gramsbergen Denmark	25	767 0.6×	544 0.6×	688 0.8×	291 0.5×	236 0.6×	62	2.1k
Richard Bergeron Canada	32	2.2k 1.8×	676 0.7×	2.0k 2.2×	463 0.8×	436 1.1×	65	4.3k
Hans O. Kalkman Switzerland	30	1.7k 1.4×	300 0.3×	1.8k 1.9×	199 0.4×	530 1.3×	68	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.N. Perkins

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Brookshire, Geoffrey, Keith J. Yoder, M.N. Perkins, et al.. (2025). Measuring electrophysiological changes induced by sub-concussive impacts due to soccer ball heading. Frontiers in Neurology. 16. 1500796–1500796. 1 indexed citations

Martina, Marzia & M.N. Perkins. (2015). Ion channels: Small molecules versus biologics - the quest for the ideal Na v 1.7 inhibitor. 2(3). 34–37. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Chang, et al.. (2003). A pro-nociceptive role of neuromedin U in adult mice. Pain. 104(3). 609–616. 41 indexed citations

Perkins, M.N., et al.. (2003). Social conflict reduction program for male mice.. PubMed. 42(5). 24–6. 12 indexed citations

Ducharme, Julie, et al.. (2000). The effects of δ agonists on locomotor activity in habituated and non-habituated rats. Life Sciences. 67(8). 913–922. 15 indexed citations

Perkins, M.N. & David Kelly. (1994). Interleukin-1β induced-desArg9bradykinin-mediated thermal hyperalgesia in the rat. Neuropharmacology. 33(5). 657–660. 77 indexed citations

James, Iain F., et al.. (1990). Opioid receptor ligands in the neonatal rat spinal cord: binding and in vitro depression of the nociceptive responses. British Journal of Pharmacology. 99(3). 503–508. 9 indexed citations

Perkins, M.N., et al.. (1988). The involvement of afferent nerve terminals in the stimulation of ion transport by bradykinin in rat isolated colon. British Journal of Pharmacology. 94(1). 47–54. 12 indexed citations

Dray, A., et al.. (1988). Bradykinin-induced stimulation of afferent fibres is mediated through protein kinase C. Neuroscience Letters. 91(3). 301–307. 79 indexed citations

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Cotman, Carl W., J A Flatman, Alan H. Ganong, & M.N. Perkins. (1986). Effects of excitatory amino acid antagonists on evoked and spontaneous excitatory potentials in guinea‐pig hippocampus.. The Journal of Physiology. 378(1). 403–415. 136 indexed citations

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Perkins, M.N. & Trevor W. Stone. (1983). In vivo release of [³H]‐purines by quinolinic acid and related compounds. British Journal of Pharmacology. 80(2). 263–267. 27 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Hilary, M.N. Perkins, M. K. Gaitonde, & Trevor W. Stone. (1982). Uptake and Calcium‐Dependent Release of Ethylenediamine (1,2‐Diaminoethane) by Rat Brain Slices. Journal of Neurochemistry. 38(4). 1118–1122. 7 indexed citations

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Perkins, M.N. & Trevor W. Stone. (1982). An iontophoretic investigation of the actions of convulsant kynurenines and their interaction with the endogenous excitant quinolinic acid. Brain Research. 247(1). 184–187. 726 indexed citations breakdown →

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Perkins, M.N. & Trevor W. Stone. (1982). COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF ETHYLENEDIAMINE ANALOGUES AND γ‐AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ON CORTICAL AND PALLIDAL NEURONES. British Journal of Pharmacology. 75(1). 93–99. 17 indexed citations

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Stone, Trevor W. & M.N. Perkins. (1981). Adenine dinucleotide effects on rat cortical neurones. Brain Research. 229(1). 241–245. 36 indexed citations

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Perkins, M.N. & Trevor W. Stone. (1980). 4‐AMINOPYRIDINE BLOCKADE OF NEURONAL DEPRESSANT RESPONSES TO ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE. British Journal of Pharmacology. 70(3). 425–428. 22 indexed citations

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Perkins, M.N. & Trevor W. Stone. (1979). Adenosine may mediate neuronal depressant effects of morphine [proceedings].. PubMed. 67(3). 476P–477P. 1 indexed citations

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Perkins, M.N. & S. A. Whitehead. (1979). Neural connexions between the medial forebrain bundle, the preoptic area and the basal hypothalamus in the rat: an electrophysiological study. The Journal of Physiology. 291(1). 443–456. 11 indexed citations

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Perkins, M.N. & S. A. Whitehead. (1978). Responses and pharmacological properties of preoptic/anterior hypothalamic neurones following medial forebrain bundle stimulation.. The Journal of Physiology. 279(1). 347–360. 11 indexed citations

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Perkins, M.N., C. Demaine, & S. A. Whitehead. (1977). Electrophysiological and Pharmacological Studies of Amygdalo-Hypothalamic Connections in the Rat. Neuroendocrinology. 23(4). 200–211. 11 indexed citations

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