Nancy J. Woolf

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

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Nancy J. Woolf is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nancy J. Woolf has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Nancy J. Woolf's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (18 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (12 papers). Nancy J. Woolf is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (22 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (18 papers) and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (12 papers). Nancy J. Woolf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Nancy J. Woolf's co-authors include Larry L. Butcher, Volker Bigl, F. Eckenstein, Elizabeth Gould, Jennifer S. Buchwald, Jean B. Harrison, Justin D. Oh, Jack A. Tuszyński, Avner Priel and Ali Roghani and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Trends in Neurosciences and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

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Nancy J. Woolf

40 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Cholinergic systems in the rat brain: III. Projections from the pontomesencephalic tegmentum to the thalamus, tectum, basal ganglia, and basal forebrain

1986 577 citations Nancy J. Woolf, Larry L. Butcher Brain Research Bulletin profile →
Cholinergic projections from the basal forebrain to frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, and cingulate cortices: A combined fluorescent tracer and acetylcholinesterase analysis

1982 570 citations Nancy J. Woolf, Larry L. Butcher et al. Brain Research Bulletin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nancy J. Woolf United States	27	2.8k	1.9k	1.5k	695	313	40	3.9k
Z. Henderson United Kingdom	32	2.0k 0.7×	922 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	434 0.6×	469 1.5×	73	3.2k
Michael E. Corcoran Canada	35	3.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	384 0.6×	283 0.9×	105	4.0k
Robert Jaffard France	40	3.1k 1.1×	2.8k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	307 0.4×	288 0.9×	159	4.7k
Dorothy W. Gallager United States	39	4.3k 1.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	330 0.5×	574 1.8×	81	5.6k
Wilkie A. Wilson United States	38	3.7k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	520 0.7×	465 1.5×	83	4.8k
U. Misgeld Germany	37	3.6k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	262 0.4×	210 0.7×	97	4.1k
Michael S. Lidow United States	42	2.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	201 0.3×	346 1.1×	68	4.5k
Renato Corradetti Italy	31	3.3k 1.2×	963 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	258 0.4×	310 1.0×	92	4.5k
Marco Capogna United Kingdom	43	4.1k 1.5×	2.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.3×	421 0.6×	570 1.8×	84	5.5k
Jean‐Christophe Cassel France	44	3.1k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	480 0.7×	570 1.8×	176	5.4k

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Woolf, Nancy J. & Larry L. Butcher. (2010). Cholinergic systems mediate action from movement to higher consciousness. Behavioural Brain Research. 221(2). 488–498. 120 indexed citations

Priel, Avner, Jack A. Tuszyński, & Nancy J. Woolf. (2009). Neural cytoskeleton capabilities for learning and memory. Journal of Biological Physics. 36(1). 3–21. 58 indexed citations

Woolf, Nancy J.. (2006). Acetylcholine, Cognition, and Consciousness. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 30(1-2). 219–222. 13 indexed citations

Woolf, Nancy J. & Stuart R. Hameroff. (2001). A quantum approach to visual consciousness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 5(11). 472–478. 60 indexed citations

Oh, Justin D., Robert H. Edwards, & Nancy J. Woolf. (1996). Choline Acetyltransferase mRNA Plasticity with Pavlovian Conditioning. Experimental Neurology. 140(1). 95–99. 19 indexed citations

Butcher, Larry L., et al.. (1995). Trophic-factor modulation of cortical acetylcholinesterase reappearance following transection of the medial cholinergic pathway in the adult rat. Experimental Neurology. 131(2). 180–192. 7 indexed citations

Woolf, Nancy J., Stacey L. Young, Gail V.W. Johnson, & Michael S. Fanselow. (1994). Pavlovian conditioning alters cortical microtubule-associated protein-2. Neuroreport. 5(9). 1045–1048. 32 indexed citations

Woolf, Nancy J., et al.. (1993). Reestablishment of Laminar Patterns of Cortical Acetylcholinesterase Activity Following Axotomy of the Medial Cholinergic Pathway in the Adult Rat. Experimental Neurology. 121(1). 77–92. 10 indexed citations

Oh, Justin D., Nancy J. Woolf, Ali Roghani, Robert H. Edwards, & Larry L. Butcher. (1992). Cholinergic neurons in the rat central nervous system demonstrated by in situ hybridization of choline acetyltransferase mRNA. Neuroscience. 47(4). 807–822. 126 indexed citations

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Kaga, Kimitaka, Jean B. Harrison, Larry L. Butcher, Nancy J. Woolf, & Jennifer S. Buchwald. (1992). Cat ‘P300’ and cholinergic septohippocampal neurons: depth recordings, lesions, and choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry. Neuroscience Research. 13(1). 53–71. 10 indexed citations

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Woolf, Nancy J., Stacey L. Young, Michael S. Fanselow, & Larry L. Butcher. (1991). Map 2 expression in cholinoceptive pyramidal cells of rodent cortex and hippocampus is altered by pavlovian conditioning. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 17. 480. 2 indexed citations

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Gould, Elizabeth, Nancy J. Woolf, & Larry L. Butcher. (1991). Postnatal development of cholinergic neurons in the rat: I. Forebrain. Brain Research Bulletin. 27(6). 767–789. 117 indexed citations

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Harrison, Jean B., Nancy J. Woolf, & Jennifer S. Buchwald. (1990). Cholinergic neurons of the feline pontomesencephalon. I. Essential role in ‘Wave A’ generation. Brain Research. 520(1-2). 43–54. 51 indexed citations

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Woolf, Nancy J., Roland Jacobs, & Larry L. Butcher. (1989). The pontomesencephalotegmental cholinergic system does not degenerate in Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience Letters. 96(3). 277–282. 78 indexed citations

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Gould, Elizabeth, Nancy J. Woolf, & Larry L. Butcher. (1989). Cholinergic projections to the substantia nigra from the pedunculopontine and laterodorsal tegmental nuclei. Neuroscience. 28(3). 611–623. 150 indexed citations

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Woolf, Nancy J., Elizabeth Gould, & Larry L. Butcher. (1989). Nerve growth factor receptor is associated with cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain but not the pontomesencephalon. Neuroscience. 30(1). 143–152. 181 indexed citations

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Talbot, Konrad, Nancy J. Woolf, & Larry L. Butcher. (1988). Feline islands of calleja complex: II. Cholinergic and cholinesterasic features. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 275(4). 580–603. 26 indexed citations

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Harrison, Jean B., Jennifer S. Buchwald, Kimitaka Kaga, Nancy J. Woolf, & Larry L. Butcher. (1988). ‘Cat P300’ disappears after septal lesions. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 69(1). 55–64. 92 indexed citations

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Talbot, Konrad, Nancy J. Woolf, & Larry L. Butcher. (1988). Feline islands of calleja complex: I. Cytoarchitectural organization and comparative anatomy. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 275(4). 553–579. 15 indexed citations

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Butcher, Larry L. & Nancy J. Woolf. (1982). Cholinergic and Serotonergic Systems in the Brain and Spinal Cord: Anatomic Organization, Role in Intercellular Communication Processes, and Interactive Mechanisms. Progress in brain research. 55. 3–40. 55 indexed citations

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