Rex Y. Wang

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Rex Y. Wang is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rex Y. Wang has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rex Y. Wang's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (40 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (39 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (29 papers). Rex Y. Wang is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (40 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (39 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (29 papers). Rex Y. Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Rex Y. Wang's co-authors include Francis J. White, George K. Aghajanian, Charles R. Ashby, Katia Gysling, G K Aghajanian, Emmeline Edwards, Yoshio Minabe, Mark M. Voigt, Richard J. Kasser and Timothy H. Hand and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Brain Research and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Rex Y. Wang

62 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Differential Effects of Classical and Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs on A9 and A10 Dopamine Neurons

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rex Y. Wang United States	30	4.0k	2.1k	977	632	425	62	4.7k
Dorothy W. Gallager United States	39	4.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.6×	595 0.9×	574 1.4×	81	5.6k
H.C. Fibiger Canada	32	3.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	544 0.9×	492 1.2×	54	4.5k
Gaylord Ellison United States	38	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	742 0.8×	357 0.6×	383 0.9×	92	4.0k
Roger D. Spealman United States	42	5.1k 1.3×	3.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	360 0.6×	483 1.1×	117	6.2k
Tyra Zetterström United Kingdom	31	3.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	585 0.6×	520 0.8×	393 0.9×	69	4.8k
G K Aghajanian United States	35	4.0k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	362 0.6×	678 1.6×	43	5.6k
Renato Corradetti Italy	31	3.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	963 1.0×	366 0.6×	310 0.7×	92	4.5k
Michael E. Corcoran Canada	35	3.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	283 0.7×	105	4.0k
L. Stinus France	36	3.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	263 0.4×	448 1.1×	69	4.2k
Daniel Vergé France	35	3.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	510 0.5×	259 0.4×	694 1.6×	66	4.3k

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Ninan, Ipe, Kent Jardemark, & Rex Y. Wang. (2003). Differential effects of atypical and typical antipsychotic drugs on N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate‐ and electrically evoked responses in the pyramidal cells of the rat medial prefrontal cortex. Synapse. 48(2). 66–79. 51 indexed citations

Ninan, Ipe & Rex Y. Wang. (2003). Modulation of the ability of clozapine to facilitate NMDA‐ and electrically evoked responses in pyramidal cells of the rat medial prefrontal cortex by dopamine: pharmacological evidence. European Journal of Neuroscience. 17(6). 1306–1312. 26 indexed citations

Ninan, Ipe, et al.. (2003). Calcium/calmodulin‐dependent kinase II is involved in the facilitating effect of clozapine on NMDA‐ and electrically evoked responses in the medial prefrontal cortical pyramidal cells. Synapse. 47(4). 285–294. 17 indexed citations

Arvanov, Viktor L., et al.. (1999). LSD and DOB: interaction with 5‐HT_2A receptors to inhibit NMDA receptor‐mediated transmission in the rat prefrontal cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11(9). 3064–3072. 43 indexed citations

Arvanov, Viktor L., et al.. (1998). Inhibition of NMDA-receptor mediated response in the rat medial prefrontal cortical pyramidal cells by the 5-HT3 receptor agonist SR 57227A and 5-HT: Intracellular studies. Synapse. 29(3). 257–268. 25 indexed citations

Wang, Rex Y., et al.. (1998). Biphasic modulatory action of the selective sigma receptor ligand SR 31742A on N-methyl-d-aspartate-induced neuronal responses in the frontal cortex. Brain Research. 807(1-2). 208–213. 24 indexed citations

Arvanov, Viktor L. & Rex Y. Wang. (1997). NMDA-induced response in pyramidal neurons of the rat medial prefrontal cortex slices consists of NMDA and non-NMDA components. Brain Research. 768(1-2). 361–364. 29 indexed citations

Ashby, Charles R. & Rex Y. Wang. (1996). Pharmacological actions of the atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine: A review. Synapse. 24(4). 349–394. 150 indexed citations

Gifford, Andrew N. & Rex Y. Wang. (1994). The effect of 5-HT3 receptor antagonists on the morphine-induced excitation of A10 dopamine cells: electrophysiological studies. Brain Research. 638(1-2). 325–328. 12 indexed citations

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Edwards, Emmeline, Charles R. Ashby, & Rex Y. Wang. (1993). Further characterization of 5-HT- and 5-HT3 receptor agonists'-stimulated phosphoinositol phosphates accumulation. Brain Research. 617(1). 113–119. 14 indexed citations

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Logue, A. W., Henry Tobin, John J. Chelonis, et al.. (1992). Cocaine decreases self-control in rats: a preliminary report. Psychopharmacology. 109(1-2). 245–247. 76 indexed citations

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Minabe, Yoshio, Charles R. Ashby, Charles J. Heyser, Linda P. Spear, & Rex Y. Wang. (1992). The effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on spontaneously active midbrain dopamine neurons in adult male offspring: an electrophysiological study. Brain Research. 586(1). 152–156. 64 indexed citations

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Ashby, Charles R., Emmeline Edwards, & Rex Y. Wang. (1992). Action of serotonin in the medial prefrontal cortex: Mediation by serotonin₃‐like receptors. Synapse. 10(1). 7–15. 27 indexed citations

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Ashby, Charles R., Yoshio Minabe, Emmeline Edwards, & Rex Y. Wang. (1991). 5-HT3-like receptors in the rat medial prefrontal cortex: an electrophysiological study. Brain Research. 550(2). 181–191. 66 indexed citations

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Minabe, Yoshio, Charles R. Ashby, Joseph E. Schwartz, & Rex Y. Wang. (1991). The 5-HT3 receptor antagonists LY 277359 and granisetron potentiate the suppressant action of apomorphine on the basal firing rate of ventral tegmental dopamine cells. European Journal of Pharmacology. 209(3). 143–150. 38 indexed citations

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Pan, Helen S. & Rex Y. Wang. (1991). MDMA: further evidence that its action in the medial prefrontal cortex is mediated by the serotonergic system. Brain Research. 539(2). 332–336. 15 indexed citations

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Ashby, Charles R. & Rex Y. Wang. (1990). Effects of antipsychotic drugs on 5-HT2 receptors in the medial prefrontal cortex: microiontophoretic studies. Brain Research. 506(2). 346–348. 40 indexed citations

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Ashby, Charles R., et al.. (1990). The effect of intraventricular administration of the 5-HT3 receptor agonist 2-methylserotonin on the release of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens: an in vivo chronocoulometric study. Brain Research. 513(1). 156–160. 140 indexed citations

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Hitzemann, Robert, et al.. (1989). Long-term treatment with antipsychotics does not alter the phosphoinositide response to muscarinic or D2 dopaminergic agonists in rat striatum. Brain Research. 496(1-2). 385–388. 11 indexed citations

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Ashby, Charles R., et al.. (1989). Effects of (±)-DOI on medial prefrontal cortical cells: a microiontophoretic study. Brain Research. 498(2). 393–396. 26 indexed citations

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