R. L. Polak

2.0k total citations
39 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

R. L. Polak is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. L. Polak has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in R. L. Polak's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (9 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). R. L. Polak is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (9 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). R. L. Polak collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and France. R. L. Polak's co-authors include P. Molenaar, Peter Molenaar, Ricardo Miledi, D.B. Beleslin, Angela Vincent, Victor J. Nickolson, John Newsom–Davis, Erik Cohen, S. Thesleff and Stuart Cull-Candy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neurology and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

R. L. Polak

39 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. L. Polak Netherlands 29 865 776 275 230 190 39 1.5k
N C Lan United States 19 826 1.0× 706 0.9× 280 1.0× 129 0.6× 98 0.5× 30 1.8k
Johannes C. Stoof Netherlands 26 1.2k 1.4× 954 1.2× 406 1.5× 130 0.6× 184 1.0× 50 1.9k
H.C. Guldberg Norway 19 902 1.0× 520 0.7× 333 1.2× 175 0.8× 201 1.1× 22 1.7k
Aase Frandsen Denmark 23 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 1.4× 116 0.4× 222 1.0× 253 1.3× 41 2.0k
P B Molinoff United States 23 1.7k 2.0× 1.6k 2.0× 232 0.8× 201 0.9× 286 1.5× 33 2.7k
E. Barry Smalstig United States 17 644 0.7× 808 1.0× 212 0.8× 105 0.5× 201 1.1× 38 2.0k
I.A. Paterson Canada 25 1.0k 1.2× 594 0.8× 391 1.4× 197 0.9× 125 0.7× 48 1.8k
Luis M. Zieher Argentina 21 815 0.9× 669 0.9× 71 0.3× 133 0.6× 248 1.3× 46 1.6k
I. J. Bak Germany 17 1.1k 1.2× 511 0.7× 226 0.8× 75 0.3× 271 1.4× 30 1.5k
Catherine O. Hebb Slovakia 24 1.1k 1.2× 939 1.2× 95 0.3× 526 2.3× 323 1.7× 56 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. L. Polak

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Molenaar, P. & R. L. Polak. (1989). Effect of potassium propionate on free and bound acetylcholine in frog muscle. Brain Research. 477(1-2). 109–117. 3 indexed citations
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Ceccarelli, B, et al.. (1989). The effect of anions on bound acetylcholine in frog sartorius muscle.. The Journal of Physiology. 408(1). 233–249. 6 indexed citations
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Miledi, Ricardo, et al.. (1982). Neural and non-neural acetylcholine in the rat diaphragm. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 214(1195). 153–168. 39 indexed citations
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Molgó, J., Shawn M. Gomez, R. L. Polak, & S. Thesleff. (1982). Giant miniature endplate potentials induced by 4‐aminoquinoline. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica. 115(2). 201–207. 13 indexed citations
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Molenaar, Peter, John Newsom–Davis, R. L. Polak, & Angela Vincent. (1982). Eaton‐Lambert syndrome. Neurology. 32(9). 1061–1061. 28 indexed citations
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Miledi, Ricardo, P. Molenaar, & R. L. Polak. (1980). The effect of lanthanum ions on acetylcholine in frog muscle.. The Journal of Physiology. 309(1). 199–214. 48 indexed citations
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Molenaar, Peter, R. L. Polak, Ricardo Miledi, et al.. (1979). Acetylcholine in Intercostal Muscle from Myasthenia Gravis Patients and in Rat Diaphragm after Blockade of Acetylcholine Receptors. Progress in brain research. 49. 449–458. 35 indexed citations
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Miledi, Ricardo, P. Molenaar, & R. L. Polak. (1978). α-Bungarotoxin enhances transmitter ‘released’ at the neuromuscular junction. Nature. 272(5654). 641–643. 61 indexed citations
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Miledi, Ricardo, P. Molenaar, & R. L. Polak. (1977). An analysis of acetylcholine in frog muscle by mass fragmentography. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 197(1128). 285–297. 48 indexed citations
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Ito, Yuji, et al.. (1976). Acetylcholine in human muscle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 192(1109). 475–480. 29 indexed citations
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Polak, R. L. & P. Molenaar. (1974). Pitfalls in determination of acetylcholine from brain by pyrolysis‐gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Journal of Neurochemistry. 23(6). 1295–1297. 33 indexed citations
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Polak, R. L.. (1971). Stimulating action of atropine on the release of acetylcholine by rat cerebral cortex in vitro. British Journal of Pharmacology. 41(4). 600–606. 61 indexed citations
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Polak, R. L. & Erik Cohen. (1970). The binding of sarin in the blood plasma of the rat. Biochemical Pharmacology. 19(3). 877–881. 20 indexed citations
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Polak, R. L. & Erik Cohen. (1969). The influence of triorthocresylphosphate on the distribution of 32P in the body of the rat after the injection of 32P-sarin. Biochemical Pharmacology. 18(4). 813–820. 28 indexed citations
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Polak, R. L., et al.. (1968). INFLUENCE OF ANTIMUSCARINIC SUBSTANCES ONIN VITROSYNTHESIS OF ACETYLCHOLINE BY RAT CEREBRAL CORTEX. British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. 33(2). 368–380. 45 indexed citations
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Beleslin, D.B., G. W. Bisset, Jaya Haldar, & R. L. Polak. (1967). The release of vasopressin without oxytocin in response to haemorrhage. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 166(1005). 443–458. 46 indexed citations
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Polak, R. L., et al.. (1966). The influence of atropine on the release and uptake of acetylcholine by the isolated cerebral cortex of the rat. Biochemical Pharmacology. 15(7). 989–992. 70 indexed citations
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Beleslin, D.B., et al.. (1965). The release of acetylcholine into the cerebral subarachnoid space of anaesthetized cats. The Journal of Physiology. 177(3). 420–428. 36 indexed citations
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Beleslin, D.B., et al.. (1965). The effect of leptazol and strychnine on the acetylcholine release from the cat brain.. The Journal of Physiology. 181(2). 308–316. 30 indexed citations

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