Randy Blakely

29.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
326 papers, 22.7k citations indexed

About

Randy Blakely is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Randy Blakely has authored 326 papers receiving a total of 22.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 199 papers in Molecular Biology and 37 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Randy Blakely's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (137 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (131 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (117 papers). Randy Blakely is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (137 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (131 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (117 papers). Randy Blakely collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Randy Blakely's co-authors include Sammanda Ramamoorthy, Louis J. DeFelice, Aurelio Galli, Susan Amara, Chong-Bin Zhu, William A. Hewlett, Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Maureen K. Hahn, Subbu Apparsundaram and Sally Schroeter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Randy Blakely

323 papers receiving 22.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Expression cloning of a cocaine-and antidepressant-sensitive human noradrenaline transporter

1991 772 citations Randy Blakely et al. profile →
Antidepressant- and cocaine-sensitive human serotonin transporter: molecular cloning, expression, and chromosomal localization.

1993 737 citations Sammanda Ramamoorthy, Randy Blakely et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Pharmacological profile of antidepressants and related compounds at human monoamine transporters

1997 727 citations Randy Blakely et al. profile →
Cloning and expression of a functional serotonin transporter from rat brain

1991 678 citations Randy Blakely, Marc G. Caron et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Randy Blakely	11.6k	10.7k	2.3k	1.9k	1.8k	326	22.7k
Raul R. Gainetdinov	17.8k 1.5×	15.1k 1.4×	3.4k 1.5×	2.8k 1.5×	2.2k 1.2×	333	28.2k
Per Svenningsson	9.0k 0.8×	8.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	453	20.2k
Ferdinando Nicoletti	13.6k 1.2×	10.5k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	4.3k 2.4×	535	24.6k
Bruno Giros	14.1k 1.2×	10.7k 1.0×	3.7k 1.6×	2.1k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	212	22.0k
Harry W.M. Steinbusch	9.9k 0.9×	7.3k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	4.6k 2.6×	388	22.8k
Richard L. M. Faull	15.0k 1.3×	11.1k 1.0×	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	4.5k 2.5×	417	27.4k
Richard S. Jope	6.6k 0.6×	12.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	2.5k 1.3×	3.3k 1.9×	251	23.0k
Yu Tian Wang	13.2k 1.1×	10.1k 0.9×	3.8k 1.7×	898 0.5×	2.9k 1.6×	251	21.3k
Helmut Kettenmann	16.5k 1.4×	14.1k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	4.3k 2.4×	372	39.6k
John W. Olney	17.9k 1.5×	11.8k 1.1×	3.2k 1.4×	3.1k 1.6×	4.1k 2.3×	262	36.2k

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Mayer, Felix P., Adele Stewart, Amy E. Moritz, et al.. (2025). Kappa opioid receptor antagonism restores phosphorylation, trafficking and behavior induced by a disease-associated dopamine transporter variant. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(10). 4651–4664. 1 indexed citations

Anderson, George P., Edwin H. Cook, Randy Blakely, James S. Sutcliffe, & Jeremy Veenstra‐VanderWeele. (2024). Long COVID-19 and Peripheral Serotonin: A Commentary and Reconsideration. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 17. 2169–2172. 6 indexed citations

Kalia, Vrinda, Cristina Fenollar‐Ferrer, Carson D. Matier, et al.. (2024). Glial swip-10 controls systemic mitochondrial function, oxidative stress, and neuronal viability via copper ion homeostasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(39). e2320611121–e2320611121. 3 indexed citations

Mayer, Felix P., Adele Stewart, & Randy Blakely. (2023). Leaky lessons learned: Efflux prone dopamine transporter variant reveals sex and circuit specific contributions of D2 receptor signalling to neuropsychiatric disease. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology. 134(2). 206–218. 4 indexed citations

Blakely, Randy, et al.. (2023). Sink or swim: Does a worm paralysis phenotype hold clues to neurodegenerative disease?. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 239(6). e31125–e31125. 3 indexed citations

Codreanu, Simona G., Alexandra C. Schrimpe‐Rutledge, Cassandra L. Retzlaff, et al.. (2018). Global untargeted serum metabolomic analyses nominate metabolic pathways responsive to loss of expression of the orphan metallo β-lactamase, MBLAC1. Molecular Omics. 14(3). 142–155. 12 indexed citations

Gowrishankar, Raajaram, Paul J. Gresch, Adele Stewart, et al.. (2018). Region-Specific Regulation of Presynaptic Dopamine Homeostasis by D₂ Autoreceptors Shapes the In Vivo Impact of the Neuropsychiatric Disease-Associated DAT Variant Val559. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(23). 5302–5312. 26 indexed citations

Bauer, Mary Beth, et al.. (2017). Serotonin and Serotonin Transporters in the Adrenal Medulla: A Potential Hub for Modulation of the Sympathetic Stress Response. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 8(5). 943–954. 41 indexed citations

Rajkowska, Grażyna, Gouri Mahajan, Beata Legutko, et al.. (2017). Length of axons expressing the serotonin transporter in orbitofrontal cortex is lower with age in depression. Neuroscience. 359. 30–39. 17 indexed citations

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Bauer, Mary Beth, et al.. (2016). An interplay between the serotonin transporter (SERT) and 5-HT receptors controls stimulus-secretion coupling in sympathoadrenal chromaffin cells. Neuropharmacology. 110(Pt A). 438–448. 18 indexed citations

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Campbell, Nicholas G., Chong-Bin Zhu, Brian L. Yaspan, et al.. (2013). Rare coding variants of the adenosine A3 receptor are increased in autism: on the trail of the serotonin transporter regulome. Molecular Autism. 4(1). 28–28. 18 indexed citations

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Veenstra‐VanderWeele, Jeremy, Christopher L. Muller, Hideki Iwamoto, et al.. (2012). Autism gene variant causes hyperserotonemia, serotonin receptor hypersensitivity, social impairment and repetitive behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(14). 5469–5474. 246 indexed citations

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Chang, Jerry C., Oleg Kovtun, Randy Blakely, & Sandra J. Rosenthal. (2012). Labeling of neuronal receptors and transporters with quantum dots. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology. 4(6). 605–619. 19 indexed citations

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Veenstra‐VanderWeele, Jeremy & Randy Blakely. (2011). Networking in Autism: Leveraging Genetic, Biomarker and Model System Findings in the Search for New Treatments. Neuropsychopharmacology. 37(1). 196–212. 93 indexed citations

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Bowton, Erica, Christine Saunders, Kevin Erreger, et al.. (2010). Dysregulation of Dopamine Transporters via Dopamine D ₂ Autoreceptors Triggers Anomalous Dopamine Efflux Associated with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(17). 6048–6057. 101 indexed citations

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Matthies, H, Jessica L. Moore, Christine Saunders, et al.. (2010). Rab11 Supports Amphetamine-Stimulated Norepinephrine Transporter Trafficking. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(23). 7863–7877. 26 indexed citations

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Carvelli, Lucia, Randy Blakely, & Louis J. DeFelice. (2008). Dopamine transporter/syntaxin 1A interactions regulate transporter channel activity and dopaminergic synaptic transmission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(37). 14192–14197. 77 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jiali, et al.. (2008). Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia-Associated Mutations in theNIPA1Gene and ItsCaenorhabditis elegansHomolog Trigger Neural DegenerationIn VitroandIn Vivothrough a Gain-of-Function Mechanism. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(51). 13938–13951. 32 indexed citations

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Haman, Kirsten, Satish R. Raj, Daniel W. Byrne, et al.. (2008). Psychiatric profile and attention deficits in postural tachycardia syndrome. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 80(3). 339–344. 94 indexed citations

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Tamir, H., et al.. (1996). Expression and development of a functional plasmalemmal 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter by thyroid follicular cells.. Endocrinology. 137(10). 4475–4486. 13 indexed citations

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