Robert A. Whittington

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Whittington is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Whittington has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 21 papers in Physiology and 18 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Whittington's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (18 papers) and Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (17 papers). Robert A. Whittington is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (18 papers) and Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (17 papers). Robert A. Whittington collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Robert A. Whittington's co-authors include Emmanuel Planel, László Virág, Alexis Bretteville, Roderic G. Eckenhoff, Stacie Deiner, Françoise Morin, Hisayo O. Morishima, Katie J. Schenning, Marie-Amélie Papon and Miles Berger and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Whittington

66 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Association of Delirium With Long-term Cognitive Decline

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Whittington United States	29	1.1k	821	606	601	566	68	2.7k
Elias Schwam United States	18	459 0.4×	370 0.5×	572 0.9×	900 1.5×	192 0.3×	37	2.6k
Gregory Crosby United States	35	2.8k 2.6×	2.8k 3.4×	408 0.7×	1.6k 2.7×	492 0.9×	84	4.4k
Julius Popp Switzerland	36	464 0.4×	255 0.3×	1.5k 2.4×	272 0.5×	276 0.5×	112	4.2k
Tomasz Sobów Poland	26	429 0.4×	294 0.4×	623 1.0×	242 0.4×	90 0.2×	122	2.0k
Larry E. Tune United States	34	639 0.6×	231 0.3×	327 0.5×	428 0.7×	769 1.4×	73	4.1k
Antero Kallio Finland	26	613 0.6×	758 0.9×	177 0.3×	1.9k 3.1×	375 0.7×	42	2.8k
André P. Schmidt Brazil	27	270 0.2×	203 0.2×	235 0.4×	289 0.5×	482 0.9×	72	2.4k
Luc J. Teppema Netherlands	35	227 0.2×	170 0.2×	1.0k 1.7×	1.1k 1.9×	498 0.9×	81	4.1k
Walter L. Way United States	26	345 0.3×	601 0.7×	379 0.6×	1.6k 2.7×	616 1.1×	61	3.4k
Elise Sarton Netherlands	43	262 0.2×	276 0.3×	1.9k 3.2×	2.1k 3.4×	842 1.5×	101	5.4k

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Canales, Cecilia, L. Samüel Wann, Jeanna Blitz, & Robert A. Whittington. (2025). The older adult surgical patient: a review of optimization and gaps in clinical practice. Perioperative Medicine. 14(1). 104–104.

Canet, Geoffrey, et al.. (2024). Western Blot of Tau Protein from Mouse Brains Extracts: How to Avoid Signal Artifacts. Methods in molecular biology. 2754. 309–321.

Kim, Jae Hyun, May Hua, Robert A. Whittington, et al.. (2022). A machine learning approach to identifying delirium from electronic health records. JAMIA Open. 5(2). ooac042–ooac042. 6 indexed citations

Canet, Geoffrey, Françoise Morin, Robert A. Whittington, et al.. (2022). Sauna-like conditions or menthol treatment reduce tau phosphorylation through mild hyperthermia. Neurobiology of Aging. 113. 118–130. 9 indexed citations

Babalonis, Shanna, Sandra D. Comer, Jermaine D. Jones, et al.. (2021). Relative potency of intravenous oxymorphone compared to other µ opioid agonists in humans — pilot study outcomes. Psychopharmacology. 238(9). 2503–2514. 9 indexed citations

Gratuze, Maud, Noura B. El Khoury, Carl Julien, et al.. (2016). Tau hyperphosphorylation in the brain of ob/ob mice is due to hypothermia: Importance of thermoregulation in linking diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 98. 1–8. 36 indexed citations

Hipólito, Lucía, Adrianne R. Wilson‐Poe, László Virág, et al.. (2015). Inflammatory Pain Promotes Increased Opioid Self-Administration: Role of Dysregulated Ventral Tegmental Area μ Opioid Receptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(35). 12217–12231. 92 indexed citations

Whittington, Robert A., Alexis Bretteville, László Virág, et al.. (2013). Anesthesia-induced hypothermia mediates decreased ARC gene and protein expression through ERK/MAPK inactivation. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1388–1388. 27 indexed citations

Whittington, Robert A., et al.. (2013). Anesthesia and tau pathology. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 47. 147–155. 75 indexed citations

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Whittington, Robert A.. (2012). Embryonic Stem Cell Research: A Pragmatic Roman Catholic's Defense. Christian bioethics Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality. 18(3). 235–251. 1 indexed citations

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Papon, Marie-Amélie, et al.. (2011). Alzheimer's Disease and Anesthesia. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 4. 272–272. 60 indexed citations

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Whittington, Robert A. & László Virág. (2010). The differential effects of equipotent doses of isoflurane and desflurane on hippocampal acetylcholine levels in young and aged rats. Neuroscience Letters. 471(3). 166–170. 11 indexed citations

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Comer, Sandra D., Maria A. Sullivan, Robert A. Whittington, Suzanne K. Vosburg, & William J. Kowalczyk. (2007). Abuse Liability of Prescription Opioids Compared to Heroin in Morphine-Maintained Heroin Abusers. Neuropsychopharmacology. 33(5). 1179–1191. 125 indexed citations

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Collins, Eric D., et al.. (2005). Anesthesia-Assisted vs Buprenorphine- or Clonidine-Assisted Heroin Detoxification and Naltrexone Induction. JAMA. 294(8). 903–903. 86 indexed citations

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Virág, László & Robert A. Whittington. (2002). Highly sensitive chromatographic assay for dopamine determination during in vivo cerebral microdialysis in the rat. Journal of Chromatography B. 772(2). 267–272. 27 indexed citations

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Whittington, Robert A., László Virág, Hisayo O. Morishima, & Yvonne Vulliemoz. (2001). Dexmedetomidine decreases extracellular dopamine concentrations in the rat nucleus accumbens. Brain Research. 919(1). 132–138. 14 indexed citations

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Morishima, Hisayo O., et al.. (2000). Dose-related differences in the distribution of cocaine in the maternal–fetoplacental compartments in rats. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 22(6). 837–844. 8 indexed citations

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Whittington, Robert A., et al.. (1999). Role of gender in the toxicity of norcocaine. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. 133(6). 590–596. 7 indexed citations

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Morishima, Hisayo O., et al.. (1999). The Comparative Toxicity of Cocaine and Its Metabolites in Conscious Rats. Anesthesiology. 90(6). 1684–1690.. 28 indexed citations

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Vulliemoz, Yvonne, László Virág, & Robert A. Whittington. (1998). Interaction of the α-2 adrenergic- and opioid receptor with the cGMP system in the mouse cerebellum. Brain Research. 813(1). 26–31. 8 indexed citations

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