Nigel S. Atkinson

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Nigel S. Atkinson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel S. Atkinson has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Nigel S. Atkinson's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (34 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (8 papers). Nigel S. Atkinson is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (34 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (8 papers). Nigel S. Atkinson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Puerto Rico and Bulgaria. Nigel S. Atkinson's co-authors include Barry Ganetzky, Gail A. Robertson, Alfredo Ghezzi, Harish R. Krishnan, Anita K. Hopper, Robert Brenner, Yazan Al-Hasan, Jascha B. Pohl, Jerry C. P. Yin and Annie Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Nigel S. Atkinson

55 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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A Component of Calcium-activated Potassium Channels Encoded by the Drosophila slo Locus

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel S. Atkinson United States	25	1.2k	1.0k	220	219	208	56	1.9k
Alice Butler United States	20	2.1k 1.8×	1.5k 1.4×	84 0.4×	772 3.5×	144 0.7×	28	2.9k
Celia M. Santi United States	28	1.5k 1.3×	861 0.8×	40 0.2×	320 1.5×	165 0.8×	50	2.8k
Susan Tsunoda United States	17	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	57 0.3×	323 1.5×	76 0.4×	28	1.9k
Robert Kreber United States	14	1.2k 1.0×	821 0.8×	91 0.4×	60 0.3×	331 1.6×	19	2.1k
Linda L. Restifo United States	25	954 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	116 0.5×	71 0.3×	1.1k 5.2×	42	2.5k
Soohong Min United States	16	352 0.3×	878 0.8×	117 0.5×	104 0.5×	418 2.0×	19	1.6k
L Byerly United States	21	2.0k 1.7×	2.0k 1.9×	112 0.5×	436 2.0×	135 0.6×	28	2.9k
James J. L. Hodge United Kingdom	24	519 0.4×	1.0k 1.0×	63 0.3×	52 0.2×	311 1.5×	51	1.6k
Zhiqiang Yan China	21	745 0.6×	587 0.6×	80 0.4×	54 0.2×	151 0.7×	58	1.7k
Mark A. Tanouye United States	32	2.9k 2.4×	2.8k 2.7×	222 1.0×	848 3.9×	711 3.4×	63	4.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Atkinson, Nigel S., et al.. (2025). PPI-ID: Streamlining protein-protein interaction prediction through domain and SLiM mapping. PLoS Computational Biology. 21(10). e1013062–e1013062.

Atkinson, Nigel S.. (2021). Alcohol-induced Aggression. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16. 2288689049–2288689049. 2 indexed citations

Ghezzi, Alfredo, et al.. (2017). Alcohol-Induced Neuroadaptation Is Orchestrated by the Histone Acetyltransferase CBP. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 10. 103–103. 14 indexed citations

Li, Xiaolei, et al.. (2015). A histone modification identifies a DNA element controllingsloBK channel gene expression in muscle. Journal of Neurogenetics. 29(2-3). 124–134. 2 indexed citations

Robinson, Brooks G., Sukant Khurana, & Nigel S. Atkinson. (2013). Drosophilalarvae as a model to study physiological alcohol dependence. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 6(2). e23501–e23501. 5 indexed citations

Ghezzi, Alfredo, et al.. (2013). Alcohol-Induced Histone Acetylation Reveals a Gene Network Involved in Alcohol Tolerance. PLoS Genetics. 9(12). e1003986–e1003986. 42 indexed citations

Robinson, Brooks G. & Nigel S. Atkinson. (2013). Is alcoholism learned? Insights from the fruit fly. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 23(4). 529–534. 10 indexed citations

Ghezzi, Alfredo, et al.. (2013). A DNA Element Regulates Drug Tolerance and Withdrawal in Drosophila. PLoS ONE. 8(9). e75549–e75549. 11 indexed citations

Robinson, Brooks G., et al.. (2012). Neural Adaptation Leads to Cognitive Ethanol Dependence. Current Biology. 22(24). 2338–2341. 25 indexed citations

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Al-Hasan, Yazan, et al.. (2011). Tolerance to Anesthesia Depends on Synaptic Proteins. Behavior Genetics. 41(5). 734–745. 4 indexed citations

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Ghezzi, Alfredo & Nigel S. Atkinson. (2011). Homeostatic Cont of Neural Activity: A Drosophila Model for Drug Tolerance and Dependence. International review of neurobiology. 99. 23–50. 20 indexed citations

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Wāng, Yán, Angelo Ghezzi, Jerry C. P. Yin, & Nigel S. Atkinson. (2009). CREB regulation of BK channel gene expression underlies rapid drug tolerance. Genes Brain & Behavior. 8(4). 369–376. 38 indexed citations

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Krishnan, Harish R., et al.. (2007). Computer automated movement detection for the analysis of behavior. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 162(1-2). 171–179. 33 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan, Harish R. Krishnan, Alfredo Ghezzi, Jerry C. P. Yin, & Nigel S. Atkinson. (2007). Drug-Induced Epigenetic Changes Produce Drug Tolerance. PLoS Biology. 5(10). e265–e265. 60 indexed citations

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Krishnan, Harish R., et al.. (2006). Ethanol Tolerance Caused by slowpoke Induction in Drosophila. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 30(5). 745–753. 78 indexed citations

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Krishnan, Harish R., et al.. (2005). The slowpoke Gene Is Necessary for Rapid Ethanol Tolerance in Drosophila. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 29(10). 1777–1786. 104 indexed citations

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Thomas, Tarita O., et al.. (1997). Novel embryonic regulation of Ca2+-activated K+ channel expression inDrosophila. Invertebrate Neuroscience. 2(4). 283–291. 9 indexed citations

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Brenner, Robert & Nigel S. Atkinson. (1996). Developmental- and Eye-Specific Transcriptional Control Elements in an Intronic Region of a Ca 2+ -Activated K + Channel Gene. Developmental Biology. 177(2). 536–543. 17 indexed citations

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Tung, Kuei-Shu, et al.. (1992). SRN1, a Yeast Gene Involved in RNA Processing, Is Identical to HEX2/REG1, a Negative Regulator in Glucose Repression. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 12(6). 2673–2680. 15 indexed citations

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Atkinson, Nigel S., et al.. (1985). Characterization of an Essential Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gene Related to RNA Processing: Cloning of RNA1 and Generation of a New Allele with a Novel Phenotype. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 5(5). 907–915. 16 indexed citations

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