Peggy Mason

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
94 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Peggy Mason is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Peggy Mason has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Physiology, 40 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 35 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Peggy Mason's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (50 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (17 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (17 papers). Peggy Mason is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (50 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (17 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (17 papers). Peggy Mason collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and United Kingdom. Peggy Mason's co-authors include Howard L. Fields, Mary M. Heinricher, Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal, Jean Decety, Keming Gao, Himanshu Singh, Ira J. Rampil, Andrew M. Strassman, R. Maciewicz and Cynthia Leung and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Peggy Mason

90 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Neurotransmitters in Nociceptive Modulatory Circuits 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 2011 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Neurotransmitters in Nociceptive Modulatory Circuits
    1991 825 citations Howard L. Fields, Mary M. Heinricher et al. Annual Review of Neuroscience profile →
  2. Empathy and Pro-Social Behavior in Rats
    2011 582 citations Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal, Peggy Mason et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peggy Mason United States 34 2.5k 1.9k 1.3k 970 742 94 5.1k
Michael M. Behbehani United States 38 1.9k 0.8× 2.4k 1.3× 957 0.7× 584 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 86 5.3k
Anthony L. Vaccarino United States 32 2.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.0× 993 0.7× 783 0.8× 847 1.1× 67 5.4k
Kevin A. Keay Australia 34 1.7k 0.7× 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 834 0.9× 486 0.7× 109 4.7k
James W. Grau United States 41 2.4k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 958 0.7× 392 0.4× 779 1.0× 144 4.8k
Barry R. Komisaruk United States 52 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 2.2k 2.3× 770 1.0× 191 8.0k
Rainer Hellweg Germany 50 1.7k 0.7× 3.8k 2.1× 1.3k 1.0× 672 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 194 8.5k
T.A. Lovick United Kingdom 40 1.5k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 781 0.6× 949 1.0× 499 0.7× 140 4.2k
D. Eugene Redmond United States 50 764 0.3× 4.2k 2.3× 1.4k 1.1× 719 0.7× 2.5k 3.4× 124 8.1k
D Albe‐Fessard France 41 1.6k 0.6× 2.2k 1.2× 1.9k 1.4× 241 0.2× 466 0.6× 149 5.0k
Jan G. Veening Netherlands 46 585 0.2× 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 2.2k 2.3× 684 0.9× 96 6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Peggy Mason

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peggy Mason

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peggy Mason

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Morris, Evan D., Lee Jussim, Peggy Mason, & Sally L. Satel. (2025). Science Is the Thing. Why and How to Restore Balance Between U.S. Institutional Review Boards and Investigators. 5(2). 1–1.
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Havlík, J, et al.. (2020). The bystander effect in rats. Science Advances. 6(28). eabb4205–eabb4205. 17 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy, et al.. (2017). A valence-free definition of sociality as any violation of inter-individual independence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1866). 20170948–20170948. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Qiang, Robert Fong, Peggy Mason, Aaron P. Fox, & Zheng Xie. (2013). Caffeine accelerates recovery from general anesthesia. Journal of Neurophysiology. 111(6). 1331–1340. 39 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy. (2012). Medullary circuits for nociceptive modulation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 22(4). 640–645. 34 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy & Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal. (2010). How the social brain experiences empathy: Summary of a gathering. Social Neuroscience. 5(2). 252–256. 7 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy, et al.. (2009). Eating is a protected behavior even in the face of persistent pain in male rats. Physiology & Behavior. 97(3-4). 426–429. 13 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy, et al.. (2009). Food Consumption Inhibits Pain‐related Behaviors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1170(1). 399–402. 10 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy. (2006). Placing pain on the sensory map: Classic papers by Ed Perl and colleagues. Journal of Neurophysiology. 97(3). 1871–1873. 3 indexed citations
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Brink, Thaddeus S., et al.. (2006). Raphe Magnus Neurons Help Protect Reactions to Visceral Pain From Interruption by Cutaneous Pain. Journal of Neurophysiology. 96(6). 3423–3432. 23 indexed citations
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Brink, Thaddeus S., et al.. (2005). Roles for Pain Modulatory Cells during Micturition and Continence. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(2). 384–394. 37 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy. (2005). Ventromedial medulla: Pain modulation and beyond. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 493(1). 2–8. 72 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy, David B. Wilson, & Monica Bessler. (2005). Dyskeratosis Congenita - A Disease of Dysfunctional Telomere Maintenance. Current Molecular Medicine. 5(2). 159–170. 99 indexed citations
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Gao, Keming & Peggy Mason. (2001). The discharge of a subset of serotonergic raphe magnus cells is influenced by baroreceptor input. Brain Research. 900(2). 306–313. 20 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy, et al.. (1998). Ruptured plantar epidermal inclusion cyst.. American Journal of Roentgenology. 171(6). 1709–1710. 21 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy, et al.. (1997). Lumbar but not cervical intrathecal DAMGO suppresses extrasegmental nociception in awake rats. Brain Research. 767(2). 375–379. 3 indexed citations
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Mason, Peggy. (1993). Lipopolysaccharide induces fever and decreases tail flick latency in awake rats. Neuroscience Letters. 154(1-2). 134–136. 32 indexed citations
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Fields, Howard L., Mary M. Heinricher, & Peggy Mason. (1991). Neurotransmitters in Nociceptive Modulatory Circuits. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 14(1). 219–245. 825 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mason, Peggy, Mary Kay Floeter, & Howard L. Fields. (1990). Somatodendritic morphology of on‐ and off‐cells in the rostral ventromedial medulla. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 301(1). 23–43. 24 indexed citations
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Strassman, Andrew M., Peggy Mason, F. Eckenstein, Robert P. Baughman, & R. Maciewicz. (1987). Choline acetyltransferase immunocytochemistry of Edinger-Westphal and ciliary ganglion afferent neurons in the cat. Brain Research. 423(1-2). 293–304. 28 indexed citations

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