R. W. Olsen

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
79 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

R. W. Olsen is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. W. Olsen has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. W. Olsen's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (40 papers), Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials (19 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (15 papers). R. W. Olsen is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (40 papers), Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials (19 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (15 papers). R. W. Olsen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. R. W. Olsen's co-authors include Robert L. Macdonald, Martin Wallner, H. Jacob Hanchar, H Möhler, Werner Sieghart, Phil Skolnick, Salomón Z. Langer, C. Bræstrup, Alan N. Bateson and Giovanni Biggio and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

R. W. Olsen

79 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

GABA_A Receptor Channels

1994 1.7k citations Robert L. Macdonald, R. W. Olsen Annual Review of Neuroscience profile →
International Union of Pharmacology. XV. Subtypes of gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptors: classification on the basis of subunit structure and receptor function.

1998 1.0k citations R. W. Olsen et al. PubMed profile →
International Union of Pharmacology. XV. Subtypes of γ-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptors: Classification on the Basis of Subunit Structure and Receptor Function

1998 515 citations R. W. Olsen et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Alcohol Selectivity of β3-Containing GABAA Receptors: Evidence for a Unique Extracellular Alcohol/Imidazobenzodiazepine Ro15-4513 Binding Site at the α+β- Subunit Interface in αβ3δ GABAA Receptors 2014 ·Neurochemical Research ·Martin Wallner, H. Jacob Hanchar, R. W. Olsen	31
2	Trace and contextual fear conditioning is enhanced in mice lacking the α4 subunit of the GABAA receptor 2009 ·Neurobiology of Learning and Memory ·(unknown), Jesse D. Cushman, Dev Chandra, Gregg E. Homanics, R. W. Olsen, Michael S. Fanselow	56
3	Physiology and pharmacology of alcohol: the imidazobenzodiazepine alcohol antagonist site on subtypes of GABA_Areceptors as an opportunity for drug development? 2008 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·Martin Wallner, R. W. Olsen	58
4	C-Terminal Modification Is Required for GABARAP-Mediated GABAA Receptor Trafficking 2007 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Zi-Wei Chen, (unknown), Tarek A. Leil, R. W. Olsen	42
5	Low-dose alcohol actions on α4β3δ GABA _A receptors are reversed by the behavioral alcohol antagonist Ro15-4513 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Martin Wallner, H. Jacob Hanchar, R. W. Olsen	101
6	Basis of the Gabamimetic Profile of Ethanol 2006 ·Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research ·George R. Breese, H E Criswell, Mario Carta, Paul D. Dodson, H. Jacob Hanchar, Rahul T. Khisti, Manuel Mameli, Ming Zhang, A. Leslie Morrow, R. W. Olsen, Thomas S. Otis, Loren H. Parsons, Shannon Penland, Marisa Roberto, George R. Siggins, C. Fernando Valenzuela, Martin Wallner	57
7	Ethanol enhances α ₄ β ₃ δ and α ₆ β ₃ δ γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptors at low concentrations known to affect humans 2003 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Martin Wallner, H. Jacob Hanchar, R. W. Olsen	387
8	Alpha Particle Time of Flight Measurements on a new class of CdZnTe Radiation Detectors 2000 ·Voprosy Onkologii ·Jay C. Erickson, Heng Yao, (unknown), R. W. Olsen, (unknown), Fengying Lu	1
9	The Use of Pulse Processing Techniques to Improve the Performance of Cdl-,Zn,Te Gamma-Ray Spectrometers 1996 ·J.C. Lund, R. W. Olsen, J.M. Van Scyoc, R. B. James	15
10	Performance of a coaxial geometry Cd1−Zn Te detector 1996 ·Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·J.C. Lund, R. W. Olsen, R. B. James, J.M. Van Scyoc, E.E. Eissler, (unknown), (unknown), Carl J. Johnson	8
11	The γ-aminobutyric acid receptor γ3 subunit gene (GABRG3) is tightly linked to the α5 subunit gene (GABRA5) on human chromosome 15q11–q13 and is transcribed in the same orientation 1995 ·Genomics ·Valerie Greger, Joan H.M. Knoll, Elizabeth A. Woolf, Karen A. Glatt, Rachel F. Tyndale, Timothy M. DeLorey, R. W. Olsen, Allan J. Tobin, James M. Sikela, Yoshimichi Nakatsu, Murray H. Brilliant, Paul J. Whiting, M. Lalande	57
12	Neuroactive steroid modulation of GABAA receptors. 1995 ·PubMed ·R. W. Olsen, Douglas W. Sapp	41
13	GABA_A Receptor Channels breakdown → 1994 ·Annual Review of Neuroscience ·Robert L. Macdonald, R. W. Olsen	1694
14	Anticonvulsant effect of muscimol injected into the thalamus of spontaneously epileptic Mongolian gerbils 1989 ·Brain Research ·(unknown), Antoine Depaulis, Peter Lomax, R. W. Olsen	11
15	The GABA Receptor-Chloride Ion Channel Protein Complex 1988 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·R. W. Olsen, M. Bureau, Richard W. Ransom, (unknown), (unknown), Geoffrey B. Smith, (unknown), Allan J. Tobin	10
16	Pyrethroid insecticides: stereospecific allosteric interaction with the batrachotoxinin-A benzoate binding site of mammalian voltage-sensitive sodium channels. 1988 ·Molecular Pharmacology ·George Bosworth Brown, (unknown), R. W. Olsen	44
17	Barbiturates enhance GABA receptor binding in mammalian brain membranes in vitro 1981 ·Lund University Publications (Lund University) ·R. W. Olsen, A M Snowman, F Leeb-Lundberg	7
18	GABA binding in mammalian brain: Inhibition by endogenous GABA 1980 ·Life Sciences ·Christian Napias, M. Bergman, Paul C. Van Ness, Donald V. Greenlee, R. W. Olsen	66
19	CALCIUM‐INDUCED RELEASE OF γ‐AMINOBUTYRIC ACID FROM SYNAPTOSOMES: EFFECTS OF TRANQUILIZER DRUGS 1977 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·R. W. Olsen, (unknown), (unknown)	47
20	Length of Trapping Period in Population Studies 1975 ·Journal of Mammalogy ·R. W. Olsen	6

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