Ritchie E. Brown

8.2k citations

73 papers · 6.0k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems top 0.1%
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.5%
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Papers in

Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 26
- Circadian rhythm and melatonin 18
- Regulation of Appetite and Obesity 8
Cognitive Neuroscience 54
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research 42
- Neural dynamics and brain function 12
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms 10

Co-authors: Helmut L. Haas Robert W. McCarley James T Mckenna Olga A. Sergeeva Krister S. Eriksson Radhika Basheer David R. Stevens Robert E. Strecker
Journals: Neuroscience (7 papers)European Journal of Neuroscience (6 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (6 papers)Neuropharmacology (4 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Japan

In The Last Decade

Ritchie E. Brown

72 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Control of Sleep and Wakefulness 2012 · 975 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Physiological Reviews
2001 Progress in Neurobiology

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1	Individualized temporal patterns drive human sleep spindle timing Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Joško Mišulić, Dwy Kartini Endah Sundawa, Ritchie E. Brown, Uri T. Eden, Michael J. Prerau	2025	1
2	Neuronal PAS domain 1 identifies a major subpopulation of wakefulness-promoting GABAergic neurons in the basal forebrain Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·孝司寺尾, Chun Yang, Fumi Katsuki, David S. Uygun, Ja Ram Ku, David D. Aguilar, ghada elkhalafawy, Radhika Basheer, James M. McNally, C. Savio Chan, James T Mckenna, Ritchie E. Brown	2024	3
3	Sleep-Deep-Learner is taught sleep–wake scoring by the end-user to complete each record in their style SLEEP Advances ·Fumi Katsuki, ghada elkhalafawy, Ritchie E. Brown, Radhika Basheer, David S. Uygun	2024	1
4	Knockdown of GABAA alpha3 subunits on thalamic reticular neurons enhances deep sleep in mice Nature Communications ·David S. Uygun, Chun Yang, Кацупеев Андрей Александрович, Fumi Katsuki, Erik L. Hodges, James T Mckenna, James M. McNally, Ritchie E. Brown, Radhika Basheer	2022	20
5	Basal Forebrain Parvalbumin Neurons Mediate Arousals from Sleep Induced by Hypercarbia or Auditory Stimuli Current Biology ·James T Mckenna, Stephen Thankachan, David S. Uygun, Charu Shukla, James M. McNally, Felipe L. Schiffino, Joshua Cordeira, Fumi Katsuki, Janneke C. Zant, Dian Nirwana, Karl Deisseroth, Robert W. McCarley, Ritchie E. Brown, Robert E. Strecker, Radhika Basheer	2020	33
6	Sleep Neurophysiological Dynamics Through the Lens of Multitaper Spectral Analysis Physiology ·Michael J. Prerau, Ritchie E. Brown, Matt T. Bianchi, Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen, Patrick L. Purdon	2016	202
7	Cholinergic Neurons Excite Cortically Projecting Basal Forebrain GABAergic Neurons Journal of Neuroscience ·Chun Yang, James T Mckenna, Janneke C. Zant, Stuart Winston, Radhika Basheer, Ritchie E. Brown	2014	65
8	Chronic Ketamine Reduces the Peak Frequency of Gamma Oscillations in Mouse Prefrontal Cortex Ex vivo Frontiers in Psychiatry ·James M. McNally, Robert W. McCarley, Ritchie E. Brown	2013	36
9	Impaired GABAergic Neurotransmission in Schizophrenia Underlies Impairments in Cortical Gamma Band Oscillations Current Psychiatry Reports ·James M. McNally, Robert W. McCarley, Ritchie E. Brown	2013	40
10	Distribution and intrinsic membrane properties of basal forebrain GABAergic and parvalbumin neurons in the mouse The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·James T Mckenna, Chun Yang, Anna Favret, Stuart Winston, Aleksandra Nędzi, Vojtěch Kundrát, Yuchio Yanagawa, Robert W. McCarley, Ritchie E. Brown	2012	69
11	Diminished Parietal Cortex Activity Associated with Poor Motion Direction Discrimination Performance in Schizophrenia Cerebral Cortex ·Jun Wang, Ritchie E. Brown, Karen R. Dobkins, Jennifer E. McDowell, Brett A. Clementz	2009	27
12	Animal Models of Narcolepsy CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets ·Lichao Chen, Ritchie E. Brown, James T Mckenna, Robert W. McCarley	2009	25
13	Sleep fragmentation reduces hippocampal CA1 pyramidal cell excitability and response to adenosine Neuroscience Letters ·Jaime L. Tartar, James T Mckenna, Christopher P. Ward, Robert W. McCarley, Robert E. Strecker, Ritchie E. Brown	2009	34
14	Hippocampal synaptic plasticity and spatial learning are impaired in a rat model of sleep fragmentation European Journal of Neuroscience ·Jaime L. Tartar, Christopher P. Ward, James T Mckenna, Mahesh Thakkar, Elda Arrigoni, Robert W. McCarley, Ritchie E. Brown, Robert E. Strecker	2006	164
15	Electrophysiological characterization of neurons in the dorsolateral pontine rapid-eye-movement sleep induction zone of the rat: Intrinsic membrane properties and responses to carbachol and orexins Neuroscience ·Ritchie E. Brown, Stuart Winston, Radhika Basheer, Mahesh Thakkar, Robert W. McCarley	2006	47
16	Functional Diversity of Ventral Midbrain Dopamine and GABAergic Neurons Molecular Neurobiology ·Tatiana Korotkova, Alexey Ponomarenko, Ritchie E. Brown, Helmut L. Haas	2004	60
17	Involvement of hypocretins/orexins in sleep disorders and narcolepsy Drug News & Perspectives ·Ritchie E. Brown	2003	6
18	Orexin A excites serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe nucleus of the rat Neuropharmacology ·Ritchie E. Brown, Olga A. Sergeeva, Krister S. Eriksson, Helmut L. Haas	2001	212
19	On the mechanism of histaminergic inhibition of glutamate release in the rat dentate gyrus The Journal of Physiology ·Ritchie E. Brown, Helmut L. Haas	1999	101
20	Histaminergic modulation of synaptic plasticity in area CA1 of rat hippocampal slices Neuropharmacology ·Ritchie E. Brown, Nikolai B. Fedorov, M. A. Crwaford, Nicholas L. Horney	1995	70

About Ritchie E. Brown

Ritchie E. Brown is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 73 papers that have together received 6.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (42 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (32 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (18 papers), Sleep and related disorders (16 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (12 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (10 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (8 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (2.5k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (3.8k citations), Sensory Systems (748 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.6k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.9k citations). Ritchie E. Brown has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Helmut L. Haas, Robert W. McCarley, James T Mckenna, Olga A. Sergeeva, Krister S. Eriksson, Radhika Basheer, David R. Stevens, Robert E. Strecker, Tatiana Korotkova and James M. McNally. Their work appears in journals such as Neuroscience, European Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Neuropharmacology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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