Raad Nashmi

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Raad Nashmi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Raad Nashmi has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Raad Nashmi's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (27 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (23 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers). Raad Nashmi is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (27 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (23 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers). Raad Nashmi collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Raad Nashmi's co-authors include Henry A. Lester, Michael G. Fehlings, Sheri McKinney, Cesar Labarca, Purnima Deshpande, Michael J. Marks, Allan C. Collins, Paul Whiteaker, Johannes Schwarz and Andrew R. Tapper and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Raad Nashmi

46 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Nicotine Activation of α4* Receptors: Sufficient for Rewa... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Nicotine Activation of α4* Receptors: Sufficient for Reward, Tolerance, and Sensitization
    2004 539 citations Andrew R. Tapper, Sheri McKinney et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raad Nashmi Canada 26 1.9k 1.5k 448 299 278 46 2.9k
Alexander A. Velumian Canada 19 1.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 368 0.8× 297 1.0× 370 1.3× 32 2.3k
Tomás A. Reader Canada 34 1.2k 0.7× 2.4k 1.5× 323 0.7× 484 1.6× 289 1.0× 111 3.4k
Thomas Sander Germany 30 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 153 0.3× 306 1.0× 171 0.6× 67 2.9k
Gregory P. Gasic United States 20 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 102 0.2× 691 2.3× 254 0.9× 33 2.9k
Joseph J. McArdle United States 31 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 99 0.2× 301 1.0× 394 1.4× 102 2.8k
A. John MacLennan United States 29 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 86 0.2× 219 0.7× 365 1.3× 55 2.6k
Akiyoshi Moriwaki Japan 29 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 68 0.2× 202 0.7× 349 1.3× 69 2.8k
Enrico Tongiorgi Italy 37 1.3k 0.7× 2.4k 1.6× 156 0.3× 631 2.1× 326 1.2× 84 4.0k
Karin Löw Switzerland 17 840 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 144 0.3× 671 2.2× 108 0.4× 23 2.3k
Patricio Opazo United Kingdom 15 745 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 121 0.3× 236 0.8× 230 0.8× 21 1.5k

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All Works

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MacLeod, Patrick, et al.. (2020). Loss of tyrosine hydroxylase, motor deficits and elevated iron in a mouse model of phospholipase A2G6-associated neurodegeneration (PLAN). Brain Research. 1748. 147066–147066. 1 indexed citations
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McIntosh, J. Michael, et al.. (2017). Differential Control of Dopaminergic Excitability and Locomotion by Cholinergic Inputs in Mouse Substantia Nigra. Current Biology. 27(13). 1900–1914.e4. 22 indexed citations
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Nashmi, Raad, et al.. (2017). MeCP2-deficient mice have reduced α4 and α6 nicotinic receptor mRNA and altered behavioral response to nicotinic agonists. Behavioural Brain Research. 330. 118–126. 4 indexed citations
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Komal, Pragya, et al.. (2013). T-Cell Receptor Activation Decreases Excitability of Cortical Interneurons by Inhibiting α7 Nicotinic Receptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(1). 22–35. 21 indexed citations
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Bailey, Craig D. C., et al.. (2011). Nicotinic α5 Subunits Drive Developmental Changes in the Activation and Morphology of Prefrontal Cortex Layer VI Neurons. Biological Psychiatry. 71(2). 120–128. 53 indexed citations
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Bailey, Craig D. C., et al.. (2010). Developmental Sex Differences in Nicotinic Currents of Prefrontal Layer VI Neurons in Mice and Rats. PLoS ONE. 5(2). e9261–e9261. 24 indexed citations
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Fonck, Carlos, Raad Nashmi, Ramiro Salas, et al.. (2008). Demonstration of functional α4-containing nicotinic receptors in the medial habenula. Neuropharmacology. 56(1). 247–253. 18 indexed citations
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Lerchner, Walter, Cheng Xiao, Raad Nashmi, et al.. (2007). Reversible Silencing of Neuronal Excitability in Behaving Mice by a Genetically Targeted, Ivermectin-Gated Cl− Channel. Neuron. 54(1). 35–49. 135 indexed citations
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Nashmi, Raad & Henry A. Lester. (2007). Cell autonomy, receptor autonomy, and thermodynamics in nicotine receptor up-regulation. Biochemical Pharmacology. 74(8). 1145–1154. 34 indexed citations
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Khakh, Baljit S., James A. Fisher, Raad Nashmi, David N. Bowser, & Henry A. Lester. (2005). An Angstrom Scale Interaction between Plasma Membrane ATP-Gated P2X2and α4β2Nicotinic Channels Measured with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer and Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(29). 6911–6920. 80 indexed citations
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Tapper, Andrew R., Sheri McKinney, Raad Nashmi, et al.. (2004). Nicotine Activation of α4* Receptors: Sufficient for Reward, Tolerance, and Sensitization. Science. 306(5698). 1029–1032. 539 indexed citations breakdown →
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Edwards, Lori L., Raad Nashmi, Owen Jones, et al.. (2002). Upregulation of Kv 1.4 protein and gene expression after chronic spinal cord injury. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 443(2). 154–167. 33 indexed citations
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Nashmi, Raad, et al.. (2002). Patch-clamp recordings from white matter glia in thin longitudinal slices of adult rat spinal cord. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 117(2). 159–166. 15 indexed citations
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Nashmi, Raad, Owen Jones, & Michael G. Fehlings. (2000). Abnormal axonal physiology is associated with altered expression and distribution of Kv1.1 and Kv1.2 K+ channels after chronic spinal cord injury. European Journal of Neuroscience. 12(2). 491–506. 74 indexed citations
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Nashmi, Raad, Hiroyuki Imamura, Charles H. Tator, & Michael G. Fehlings. (1997). Serial Recording of Somatosensory and Myoelectric Motor Evoked Potentials: Role in Assessing Functional Recovery after Graded Spinal Cord Injury in the Rat. Journal of Neurotrauma. 14(3). 151–159. 68 indexed citations
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Fehlings, Michael G. & Raad Nashmi. (1995). Assessment of axonal dysfunction in an in vitro model of acute compressive injury to adult rat spinal cord axons. Brain Research. 677(2). 291–299. 39 indexed citations
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Nashmi, Raad, Antonio Mendonça, & William A. MacKay. (1994). EEG rhythms of the sensorimotor region during hand movements. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 91(6). 456–467. 35 indexed citations

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