RA North

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

RA North is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Obstetrics and Gynecology. According to data from OpenAlex, RA North has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Recurrent topics in RA North's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (6 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (5 papers). RA North is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (6 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (5 papers). RA North collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and New Zealand. RA North's co-authors include Nicola Biagio Mercuri, JT Williams, Lesley McCowan, MacDonald J. Christie, Takayuki Tokimasa, E. Tanaka, Louise C. Kenny, GA Dekker, Hitoshi Tatsumi and Maria E. Costa and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, British Journal of Pharmacology and Life Sciences.

In The Last Decade

RA North

19 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Opioids excite dopamine neurons by hyperpolarization of local interneurons

1992 1.3k citations RA North et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
RA North United States	17	2.2k	1.4k	482	396	309	19	3.1k
Mechthild Voits Germany	14	806 0.4×	463 0.3×	171 0.4×	383 1.0×	62 0.2×	19	2.0k
Robert F. Berman United States	28	972 0.4×	400 0.3×	380 0.8×	126 0.3×	82 0.3×	54	1.9k
Shannon G. Matta United States	34	1.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	279 0.6×	516 1.3×	23 0.1×	73	3.1k
Carol A. Murphy United States	25	1.1k 0.5×	687 0.5×	391 0.8×	221 0.6×	18 0.1×	48	1.9k
Helen Wong United States	14	441 0.2×	933 0.7×	514 1.1×	391 1.0×	121 0.4×	19	2.3k
Bernard Beck France	32	1.1k 0.5×	377 0.3×	465 1.0×	807 2.0×	41 0.1×	113	2.9k
Don Shin United States	31	1.7k 0.8×	830 0.6×	273 0.6×	289 0.7×	20 0.1×	52	2.8k
Leonard Y. Koda United States	19	1.0k 0.5×	476 0.3×	467 1.0×	230 0.6×	17 0.1×	30	2.0k
Giovanna Flore Italy	23	1000 0.4×	418 0.3×	382 0.8×	116 0.3×	27 0.1×	41	1.7k
Michal Arad Israel	23	520 0.2×	545 0.4×	209 0.4×	209 0.5×	31 0.1×	35	2.0k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Kearney, Patricia M., Fergus P. McCarthy, RA Greene, et al.. (2014). OP06 Prevalence and predictors of alcohol use during pregnancy: findings from international multi-centre cohort studies. Oral Presentations. A6.2–A7. 2 indexed citations

Myers, Jenny, Louise C. Kenny, Lesley McCowan, et al.. (2013). Angiogenic factors combined with clinical risk factors to predict preterm pre‐eclampsia in nulliparous women: a predictive test accuracy study. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 120(10). 1215–1223. 102 indexed citations

Anderson, Ngaire, et al.. (2012). The impact of maternal body mass index on the phenotype of pre‐eclampsia: a prospective cohort study. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 119(5). 589–595. 36 indexed citations

North, RA, et al.. (2010). Amitriptyline does not block the action of ATP at human P2X4 receptor. British Journal of Pharmacology. 160(1). 88–92. 26 indexed citations

McCowan, Lesley, Claire T. Roberts, Rennae S. Taylor, et al.. (2010). Risk factors for small‐for‐gestational‐age infants by customised birthweight centiles: data from an international prospective cohort study. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 117(13). 1599–1607. 117 indexed citations

North, RA, et al.. (2009). Changes in Doppler flow velocity waveforms and fetal size at 20 weeks gestation among cigarette smokers. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 116(10). 1300–1306. 31 indexed citations

McCowan, Lesley, et al.. (2009). Maternal complications and pregnancy outcome in women with mechanical prosthetic heart valves treated with enoxaparin. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 116(12). 1585–1592. 115 indexed citations

Groom, Katie, et al.. (2007). The association between customised small for gestational age infants and pre‐eclampsia or gestational hypertension varies with gestation at delivery. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 114(4). 478–484. 33 indexed citations

Kincaid-Smith, P, et al.. (1995). Prevention of pre‐eclampsia in high risk women with renal disease: A prospective randomized trial of heparin and dipyridamole. Nephrology. 1(4). 297–300. 17 indexed citations

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Tanaka, E. & RA North. (1994). Opioid actions on rat anterior cingulate cortex neurons in vitro. Journal of Neuroscience. 14(3). 1106–1113. 75 indexed citations

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North, RA, et al.. (1993). Excitation of rat locus coeruleus neurons by adenosine 5'-triphosphate: ionic mechanism and receptor characterization. Journal of Neuroscience. 13(3). 894–899. 88 indexed citations

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North, RA, et al.. (1992). Opioids excite dopamine neurons by hyperpolarization of local interneurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 12(2). 483–488. 1328 indexed citations breakdown →

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North, RA, et al.. (1992). Pre- and postsynaptic inhibition by opioids in rat striatum. Journal of Neuroscience. 12(1). 356–361. 149 indexed citations

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Mercuri, Nicola Biagio, et al.. (1992). 5-hydroxytryptamine1B receptors block the GABAB synaptic potential in rat dopamine neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 12(5). 2000–2006. 216 indexed citations

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Tatsumi, Hitoshi, Maria E. Costa, Michael I. Schimerlik, & RA North. (1990). Potassium conductance increased by noradrenaline, opioids, somatostatin, and G-proteins: whole-cell recording from guinea pig submucous neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 10(5). 1675–1682. 68 indexed citations

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Mercuri, Nicola Biagio, et al.. (1989). Two cell types in rat substantia nigra zona compacta distinguished by membrane properties and the actions of dopamine and opioids. Journal of Neuroscience. 9(4). 1233–1241. 364 indexed citations

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Christie, MacDonald J., JT Williams, & RA North. (1989). Electrical coupling synchronizes subthreshold activity in locus coeruleus neurons in vitro from neonatal rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 9(10). 3584–3589. 157 indexed citations

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Galligan, J. J. & RA North. (1988). III. Drug receptors on single enteric neurons. Life Sciences. 43(26). 2183–2192. 4 indexed citations

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Williams, JT, RA North, & Takayuki Tokimasa. (1988). Inward rectification of resting and opiate-activated potassium currents in rat locus coeruleus neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 8(11). 4299–4306. 147 indexed citations

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