Nicholas P. Franks

23.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
167 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

About

Nicholas P. Franks is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas P. Franks has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 70 papers in Molecular Biology and 50 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Nicholas P. Franks's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (64 papers), Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (50 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (39 papers). Nicholas P. Franks is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (64 papers), Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (50 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (39 papers). Nicholas P. Franks collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Nicholas P. Franks's co-authors include W.R. Lieb, P. Brick, Stephen Curry, Mervyn Maze, William Wisden, Hendrik Mandelkow, Robert Dickinson, Daqing Ma, Laura E. Nelson and Elena Conti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas P. Franks

165 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of general anaesthesia

1994 1.5k citations Nicholas P. Franks, W.R. Lieb profile →
Crystal structure of human serum albumin complexed with fatty acid reveals an asymmetric distribution of binding sites

1998 1.2k citations Stephen Curry, Nicholas P. Franks et al. profile →
General anaesthesia: from molecular targets to neuronal pathways of sleep and arousal

2008 946 citations Nicholas P. Franks profile →
The α2-Adrenoceptor Agonist Dexmedetomidine Converges on an Endogenous Sleep-promoting Pathway to Exert Its Sedative Effects

2003 619 citations Nicholas P. Franks, Mervyn Maze et al. Anesthesiology profile →
Crystal structure of firefly luciferase throws light on a superfamily of adenylate-forming enzymes

1996 506 citations Nicholas P. Franks et al. Structure profile →
Do general anaesthetics act by competitive binding to specific receptors?

1984 444 citations Nicholas P. Franks, W.R. Lieb profile →
Brain clearance is reduced during sleep and anesthesia

2024 79 citations Andawei Miao, Christopher J. Edge et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A REM-active basal ganglia circuit that regulates anxiety 2024 ·Current Biology ·Wei Ba, Mathieu Nollet, Chunyu Yin, Xiao Yu, Sara Wong, Andawei Miao, Esteban J. Beckwith, Edward C. Harding, Ying Ma, Raquel Yustos, Alexei L. Vyssotski, William Wisden, Nicholas P. Franks	6
2	Biochemical pathways of sleep 2023 ·Cell Research ·William Wisden, Nicholas P. Franks	0
3	A specific circuit in the midbrain detects stress and induces restorative sleep 2022 ·Science ·Xiao Yu, Guangchao Zhao, (unknown), Sa Wang, Rui Li, (unknown), Huan Wang, Mathieu Nollet, (unknown), (unknown), Raquel Yustos, Huiming Li, (unknown), (unknown), Min Cai, Alexei L. Vyssotski, Yulong Li, Hailong Dong, Nicholas P. Franks, William Wisden	70
4	NMDA Receptors in the Lateral Preoptic Hypothalamus Are Essential for Sustaining NREM and REM Sleep 2022 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Giulia Miracca, Berta Anuncibay‐Soto, Kyoko Tossell, Raquel Yustos, Alexei L. Vyssotski, Nicholas P. Franks, William Wisden	27
5	Sleep deprivation and stress: a reciprocal relationship 2020 ·Interface Focus ·Mathieu Nollet, William Wisden, Nicholas P. Franks	173
6	Sleep and thermoregulation 2019 ·Current Opinion in Physiology ·Edward C. Harding, Nicholas P. Franks, William Wisden	67
7	Bottom-Up versus Top-Down Induction of Sleep by Zolpidem Acting on Histaminergic and Neocortex Neurons 2016 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·David S. Uygun, Zhiwen Ye, Anna Zecharia, Edward C. Harding, Xiao Yu, Raquel Yustos, Alexei L. Vyssotski, Stephen G. Brickley, Nicholas P. Franks, William Wisden	35
8	Structural Comparisons of Ligand-gated Ion Channels in Open, Closed, and Desensitized States Identify a Novel Propofol-binding Site on Mammalian γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptors 2015 ·Anesthesiology ·Nicholas P. Franks	31
9	Mutational Analysis of the Putative High-Affinity Propofol Binding Site in Human β3 Homomeric GABAA Receptors 2015 ·Molecular Pharmacology ·Megan Eaton, (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas P. Franks, Alex S. Evers, Gustav Akk	21
10	Staying awake – a genetic region that hinders α ₂ adrenergic receptor agonist‐induced sleep 2014 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Çiğdem Gelegen, Thomas C. Gent, Valentina Ferretti, Zhe Zhang, Raquel Yustos, Fei Lan, Qianzi Yang, (unknown), Alexei L. Vyssotski, Hein A. van Lith, William Wisden, Nicholas P. Franks	18
11	Identification of Two Mutations (F758W and F758Y) in the N -methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Glycine-binding Site that Selectively Prevent Competitive Inhibition by Xenon without Affecting Glycine Binding 2012 ·Anesthesiology ·(unknown), Paul J. Banks, (unknown), (unknown), Christopher J. Edge, (unknown), Constantinos Simillis, Nicholas P. Franks, Robert Dickinson	38
12	GABAergic Inhibition of Histaminergic Neurons Regulates Active Waking But Not the Sleep–Wake Switch or Propofol-Induced Loss of Consciousness 2012 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Anna Zecharia, Xiao Yu, Thomas Götz, Zhiwen Ye, (unknown), Peer Wulff, Bernhard Bettler, Alexei L. Vyssotski, Stephen G. Brickley, Nicholas P. Franks, William Wisden	85
13	Sleep and general anesthesia 2010 ·Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie ·Nicholas P. Franks, Anna Zecharia	74
14	Competitive Inhibition at the Glycine Site of the N -Methyl-d-aspartate Receptor by the Anesthetics Xenon and Isoflurane 2007 ·Anesthesiology ·Robert Dickinson, Brian K. Peterson, Paul J. Banks, Constantinos Simillis, (unknown), Carlos A. Valenzuela, Mervyn Maze, Nicholas P. Franks	197
15	Determinants of the Anesthetic Sensitivity of Two-pore Domain Acid-sensitive Potassium Channels 2007 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Isabelle Andres-Enguix, (unknown), Raquel Yustos, Mark Schumacher, Pietro D. Spanu, Robert Dickinson, Mervyn Maze, Nicholas P. Franks	44
16	David Mervyn Blow (1931–2004) 2004 ·Structure ·Nicholas P. Franks	1
17	Binding of the General Anesthetics Propofol and Halothane to Human Serum Albumin 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Ananyo A. Bhattacharya, Stephen Curry, Nicholas P. Franks	464
18	Preparation of Barbiturate Optical Isomers and Their Effects on GABA (A) Receptors 1999 ·Anesthesiology ·(unknown), Andrew Jenkins, W.R. Lieb, Nicholas P. Franks	33
19	The effects of temperature on the interactions between volatile general anaesthetics and a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor 1995 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·Robert Dickinson, W.R. Lieb, Nicholas P. Franks	16
20	Effects of temperature on the anaesthetic potency of halothane, enflurane and ethanol in Daphnia magna (Cladocera: Crustacea) 1992 ·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Comparative Pharmacology ·(unknown), Peter Calow, (unknown), Angela Miles, Robert Dickinson, W.R. Lieb, Nicholas P. Franks	25

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