Robert A. Neff

1.8k total citations
34 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Neff is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Neff has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Neff's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (14 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (13 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (10 papers). Robert A. Neff is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (14 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (13 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (10 papers). Robert A. Neff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Germany. Robert A. Neff's co-authors include David Mendelowitz, Darwin K. Berg, Zhaoping Liu, Cory Evans, Alan D. Wickenden, Mustapha Irnaten, Arthur D. Loewy, Anindya Bhattacharya, Thomas C. Mettenleiter and Jijiang Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Neff

33 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert A. Neff United States 18 589 539 342 333 215 34 1.5k
Timothy W. Bailey United States 18 428 0.7× 759 1.4× 562 1.6× 188 0.6× 29 0.1× 20 1.6k
Steven M. Simasko United States 29 776 1.3× 645 1.2× 806 2.4× 191 0.6× 28 0.1× 61 2.0k
Elena Krstew Australia 23 331 0.6× 400 0.7× 580 1.7× 98 0.3× 94 0.4× 37 1.3k
Valentina Mosienko Germany 17 537 0.9× 190 0.4× 605 1.8× 100 0.3× 30 0.1× 34 1.5k
J. Brent Kuzmiski Canada 16 349 0.6× 173 0.3× 455 1.3× 59 0.2× 75 0.3× 18 1.2k
Edward C. Burgard United States 21 684 1.2× 360 0.7× 925 2.7× 48 0.1× 668 3.1× 39 1.9k
Flavia Carreño United States 20 214 0.4× 249 0.5× 281 0.8× 135 0.4× 22 0.1× 29 1.1k
S.L. Dun United States 27 555 0.9× 895 1.7× 1.0k 3.0× 182 0.5× 30 0.1× 49 2.4k
L. Hedley United States 11 452 0.8× 360 0.7× 570 1.7× 37 0.1× 394 1.8× 14 1.7k
Wengang Wang United States 12 333 0.6× 844 1.6× 552 1.6× 214 0.6× 18 0.1× 17 1.5k

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All Works

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Flores, Christopher M., John R. Carson, Ellen E. Codd, et al.. (2025). The discovery and preclinical pharmacology of JNJ-10450232 (NTM-006), a centrally penetrant, non-opioid structural analog of acetaminophen with comparable analgesic and anti-pyretic properties but no evidence of hepatotoxicity. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 161. 105830–105830. 1 indexed citations
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Neff, Robert A., Kumiko Kambara, & Daniel Bertrand. (2021). Ligand gated receptor interactions: A key to the power of neuronal networks. Biochemical Pharmacology. 190. 114653–114653. 8 indexed citations
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Neff, Robert A., M.L. Flinspach, Alan C. Gibbs, et al.. (2019). Comprehensive engineering of the tarantula venom peptide huwentoxin-IV to inhibit the human voltage-gated sodium channel hNav1.7. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(5). 1315–1327. 17 indexed citations
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Flinspach, M.L., Q. Xu, Andrew D. Piekarz, et al.. (2017). Insensitivity to pain induced by a potent selective closed-state Nav1.7 inhibitor. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 39662–39662. 93 indexed citations
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Lord, Brian, Leah Aluisio, James R. Shoblock, et al.. (2014). Pharmacology of a Novel Central Nervous System–Penetrant P2X7 Antagonist JNJ-42253432. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 351(3). 628–641. 65 indexed citations
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Minassian, Natali A., Alan C. Gibbs, Amy Y. Shih, et al.. (2013). Analysis of the Structural and Molecular Basis of Voltage-sensitive Sodium Channel Inhibition by the Spider Toxin Huwentoxin-IV (μ-TRTX-Hh2a). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(31). 22707–22720. 61 indexed citations
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Shih, Amy Y., Scott D. Bembenek, Natali A. Minassian, et al.. (2012). Functional Studies of Interaction Between Huwentoxin-IV and Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Nav1.7. Biophysical Journal. 102(3). 324a–324a. 1 indexed citations
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Bhattacharya, Anindya, Robert A. Neff, & Alan D. Wickenden. (2011). The Physiology, Pharmacology and Future of P2X7 as An Analgesic Drug Target: Hype or Promise?. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 12(10). 1698–1706. 18 indexed citations
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Dergacheva, Olga, Kathleen J. Griffioen, Robert A. Neff, & David Mendelowitz. (2010). Respiratory modulation of premotor cardiac vagal neurons in the brainstem. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 174(1-2). 102–110. 62 indexed citations
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Neff, Robert A., David Gómez‐Varela, Catarina Fernandes, & Darwin K. Berg. (2009). Postsynaptic scaffolds for nicotinic receptors on neurons. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 30(6). 694–701. 15 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhaoping, Robert A. Neff, & Darwin K. Berg. (2006). Sequential Interplay of Nicotinic and GABAergic Signaling Guides Neuronal Development. Science. 314(5805). 1610–1613. 180 indexed citations
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Evans, Cory, J. Wang, Robert A. Neff, & David Mendelowitz. (2005). Hypoxia recruits a respiratory-related excitatory pathway to brainstem premotor cardiac vagal neurons in animals exposed to prenatal nicotine. Neuroscience. 133(4). 1073–1079. 35 indexed citations
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Neff, Robert A., et al.. (2004). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia in freely moving and anesthetized rats. Journal of Applied Physiology. 97(4). 1431–1436. 49 indexed citations
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Neff, Robert A., Samuel J. Simmens, Cory Evans, & David Mendelowitz. (2004). Prenatal Nicotine Exposure Alters Central Cardiorespiratory Responses to Hypoxia in Rats: Implications for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(42). 9261–9268. 59 indexed citations
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Evans, Cory, et al.. (2003). Synaptic activation of cardiac vagal neurons by capsaicin sensitive and insensitive sensory neurons. Brain Research. 979(1-2). 210–215. 15 indexed citations
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Irnaten, Mustapha, Robert A. Neff, Priya Venkatesan, et al.. (2001). Synaptic and Neurotransmitter Activation of Cardiac Vagal Neurons in the Nucleus Ambiguus. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 940(1). 237–246. 107 indexed citations
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Fan, Zheng & Robert A. Neff. (2000). Susceptibility of ATP‐sensitive K+ channels to cell stress through mediation of phosphoinositides as examined by photoirradiation. The Journal of Physiology. 529(3). 707–721. 7 indexed citations
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Neff, Robert A., et al.. (1998). Stimulation of NTS activates NMDA and non-NMDA receptors in rat cardiac vagal neurons in the nucleus ambiguus. Brain Research. 792(2). 277–282. 78 indexed citations
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Neff, Robert A., et al.. (1998). Nicotine Enhances Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Glutamatergic Neurotransmission to Activate Cardiac Parasympathetic Neurons. Circulation Research. 83(12). 1241–1247. 51 indexed citations
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Neff, Robert A., et al.. (1996). Voltage-gated currents in identified parasympathetic cardiac neurons in the nucleus ambiguus. Brain Research. 739(1-2). 258–262. 17 indexed citations

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