Ronald L. Davis

21.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
189 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Ronald L. Davis is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald L. Davis has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 78 papers in Molecular Biology and 45 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ronald L. Davis's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (105 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (40 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (22 papers). Ronald L. Davis is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (105 papers), Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (40 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (22 papers). Ronald L. Davis collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Ronald L. Davis's co-authors include Sean E. McGuire, Efthimios M. C. Skoulakis, Gregg Roman, Kyung‐An Han, Dinghui Yu, Isaac Cervantes-Sandoval, Zhengmei Mao, Alexander J. Osborn, Kunihiro Matsumoto and Jacob A. Berry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ronald L. Davis

183 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

Evaluation of 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride as a st... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 2003 2004 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Evaluation of 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride as a stain for detection and quantification of experimental cerebral infarction in rats.
    1986 1.1k citations Ronald L. Davis et al. profile →
  2. Spatiotemporal Rescue of Memory Dysfunction in Drosophila
    2003 1.0k citations Sean E. McGuire, Alexander J. Osborn et al. Science profile →
  3. Spatiotemporal Gene Expression Targeting with the TARGET and Gene-Switch Systems in Drosophila
    2004 560 citations Sean E. McGuire, Ronald L. Davis et al. profile →

Peers

Ronald L. Davis
Tim Tully United States
Barry J. Dickson Austria
Hugo J. Bellen United States
Ulrike Heberlein United States
Ernst Hafen Switzerland
Thomas Préat France
Corey S. Goodman United States
Kei Ito Japan
Amita Sehgal United States
Ralph J. Greenspan United States
Tim Tully United States
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronald L. Davis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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MacMullen, Courtney, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial dynamics and bioenergetics in Alzheimer’s induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons. Brain. 148(4). 1405–1420. 2 indexed citations
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Crittenden, Jill R., Efthimios M. C. Skoulakis, Elliott S. Goldstein, & Ronald L. Davis. (2018). Drosophila mef2 is essential for normal mushroom body and wing development. Biology Open. 7(9). 11 indexed citations
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Cervantes-Sandoval, Isaac & Ronald L. Davis. (2012). Distinct Traces for Appetitive versus Aversive Olfactory Memories in DPM Neurons of Drosophila. Current Biology. 22(13). 1247–1252. 34 indexed citations
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Berry, Jacob A., et al.. (2012). Dopamine Is Required for Learning and Forgetting in Drosophila. Neuron. 74(3). 530–542. 202 indexed citations
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Yu, Dinghui, et al.. (2010). A Late-Phase, Long-Term Memory Trace Forms in the γ Neurons of Drosophila Mushroom Bodies after Olfactory Classical Conditioning. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(49). 16699–16708. 81 indexed citations
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Liu, Xu, et al.. (2009). The GABAAReceptor RDL Suppresses the Conditioned Stimulus Pathway for Olfactory Learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(5). 1573–1579. 45 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhiyong, et al.. (2007). Drosophila homer is required in a small set of neurons including the ellipsoid body for normal ethanol sensitivity and tolerance. PMC. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhiyong, et al.. (2007). DrosophilaHomer Is Required in a Small Set of Neurons Including the Ellipsoid Body for Normal Ethanol Sensitivity and Tolerance. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(17). 4541–4551. 80 indexed citations
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Davis, Ronald L.. (2007). The Scent of Drosophila Sex. Neuron. 54(1). 14–16. 7 indexed citations
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Garner, Joel H., et al.. (2006). How to Correctly Collect and Analyze Racial Profiling Data: Your Reputation Depends on It!. 14 indexed citations
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Weeber, Edwin J., et al.. (2006). β1-Integrins Are Required for Hippocampal AMPA Receptor-Dependent Synaptic Transmission, Synaptic Plasticity, and Working Memory. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(1). 223–232. 132 indexed citations
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McGuire, Sean E., et al.. (2003). Spatiotemporal Rescue of Memory Dysfunction in Drosophila. Science. 302(5651). 1765–1768. 1041 indexed citations breakdown →
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McGuire, Sean E., et al.. (2001). The Role of Drosophila Mushroom Body Signaling in Olfactory Memory. Science. 293(5533). 1330–1333. 344 indexed citations
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Roman, Gregg, et al.. (2001). P{Switch}, a system for spatial and temporal control of gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(22). 12602–12607. 307 indexed citations
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Davis, Ronald L.. (2001). Mushroom Bodies, Ca2+ Oscillations, and the Memory Gene amnesiac. Neuron. 30(3). 653–656. 25 indexed citations
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Davis, Ronald L. & Kyung‐An Han. (1996). Neuroanatomy: Mushrooming mushroom bodies. Current Biology. 6(2). 146–148. 31 indexed citations
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Cherry, James A. & Ronald L. Davis. (1995). A mouse homolog of dunce, a gene important for learning and memory in drosophila, is preferentially expressed in olfactory receptor neurons. Journal of Neurobiology. 28(1). 102–113. 40 indexed citations
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Skoulakis, Efthimios M. C., Daniel Kalderon, & Ronald L. Davis. (1993). Preferential expression in mushroom bodies of the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A and its role in learning and memory. Neuron. 11(2). 197–208. 249 indexed citations
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Davis, Ronald L., et al.. (1989). Copia RNA levels are elevated in dunce mutants and modulated by cAMP. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(20). 8313–8326. 11 indexed citations

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