Sandra E. File

33.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
396 papers, 28.1k citations indexed

About

Sandra E. File is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra E. File has authored 396 papers receiving a total of 28.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 254 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 129 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 85 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sandra E. File's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (175 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (167 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (115 papers). Sandra E. File is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (175 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (167 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (115 papers). Sandra E. File collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. Sandra E. File's co-authors include Sharon Pellow, Philippe Chopin, Mike Briley, Amanda Johnston, J.R.G. Hyde, Paul J. Kenny, Nick Andrews, Pallab Seth, Hélio Zangrossi and Survjit Cheeta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and Trends in Neurosciences.

In The Last Decade

Sandra E. File

395 papers receiving 27.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Validation of open : closed arm entries in an elevated plus-maze as a measure of anxiety in the rat

1985 4.8k citations Sandra E. File, Mike Briley et al. profile →
Anxiolytic and anxiogenic drug effects on exploratory activity in an elevated plus-maze: A novel test of anxiety in the rat

1986 1.3k citations Sandra E. File et al. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior profile →
The use of social interaction as a method for detecting anxiolytic activity of chlordiazepoxide-like drugs

1980 706 citations Sandra E. File profile →
CAN SOCIAL INTERACTION BE USED TO MEASURE ANXIETY?

1978 678 citations Sandra E. File, J.R.G. Hyde profile →
A review of 25 years of the social interaction test

2003 615 citations Sandra E. File et al. European Journal of Pharmacology profile →
Validity of head-dipping as a measure of exploration in a modified hole-board

1975 602 citations Sandra E. File et al. Psychopharmacology profile →
Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption on the Central Nervous System*

1998 540 citations Michael J. Eckardt, Sandra E. File et al. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research profile →
Sex differences in animal tests of anxiety

1991 507 citations Amanda Johnston, Sandra E. File Physiology & Behavior profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra E. File United Kingdom	80	15.6k	7.3k	7.1k	6.8k	6.6k	396	28.1k
Michel Le Moal France	93	18.9k 1.2×	10.0k 1.4×	7.1k 1.0×	7.7k 1.1×	7.6k 1.2×	355	33.4k
Mark A. Geyer United States	98	18.4k 1.2×	3.9k 0.5×	9.5k 1.3×	4.8k 0.7×	9.4k 1.4×	443	34.5k
Jacqueline N. Crawley United States	98	15.2k 1.0×	4.1k 0.6×	10.7k 1.5×	7.0k 1.0×	14.5k 2.2×	329	36.5k
Klaus‐Peter Lesch Germany	101	18.0k 1.2×	6.5k 0.9×	8.1k 1.1×	6.7k 1.0×	10.4k 1.6×	635	42.3k
Joram Feldon Switzerland	91	12.8k 0.8×	8.5k 1.2×	9.8k 1.4×	8.0k 1.2×	4.9k 0.7×	419	29.1k
Iván Izquierdo Brazil	81	14.9k 1.0×	3.4k 0.5×	11.1k 1.6×	2.8k 0.4×	7.8k 1.2×	526	25.1k
Jane Stewart Canada	69	13.4k 0.9×	3.9k 0.5×	5.4k 0.8×	3.8k 0.6×	5.5k 0.8×	227	20.0k
René Hen United States	116	23.6k 1.5×	7.8k 1.1×	10.6k 1.5×	5.5k 0.8×	14.5k 2.2×	326	49.2k
Michael S. Fanselow United States	88	19.1k 1.2×	11.4k 1.6×	20.0k 2.8×	7.2k 1.1×	5.4k 0.8×	306	34.2k
Anthony G. Phillips Canada	86	14.3k 0.9×	2.6k 0.4×	8.4k 1.2×	3.7k 0.5×	5.9k 0.9×	297	21.8k

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Marco, Eva M., Érika Borcel, Marina Rubio, et al.. (2004). Involvement of 5-HT1A receptors in behavioural effects of the cannabinoid receptor agonist CP 55,940 in male rats. Behavioural Pharmacology. 15(1). 21–27. 112 indexed citations

Hartley, David E., et al.. (2002). The soya content of normal rat diet is sufficient to increase anxiety and stress hormone release in the male rat. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 16(3). 1 indexed citations

Cheeta, Survjit, Elaine E. Irvine, Paul J. Kenny, & Sandra E. File. (2001). The dorsal raphé nucleus is a crucial structure mediating nicotine's anxiolytic effects and the development of tolerance and withdrawal responses. Psychopharmacology. 155(1). 78–85. 98 indexed citations

Cheeta, Survjit, et al.. (2001). Anxiolytic actions of the substance P (NK1) receptor antagonist L-760735 and the 5-HT1A agonist 8-OH-DPAT in the social interaction test in gerbils. Brain Research. 915(2). 170–175. 66 indexed citations

Irvine, Elaine E., Survjit Cheeta, & Sandra E. File. (2001). Development of tolerance to nicotine’s anxiogenic effect in the social interaction test. Brain Research. 894(1). 95–100. 22 indexed citations

Fluck, Emma, Sandra E. File, & Janice Rymer. (2000). Ten years of hormone replacement therapy and performance in tasks associated with frontal lobe function. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 50(4). 2 indexed citations

Eckardt, Michael J., Sandra E. File, Gian Luigi Gessa, et al.. (1998). Effects of Moderate Alcohol Consumption on the Central Nervous System*. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 22(5). 998–1040. 540 indexed citations breakdown →

File, Sandra E. & Nick Andrews. (1994). F 2692: Flumazenil-reversible anxiolytic effects but inactive on [3H]-Ro 15-4513 binding. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 48(1). 223–227. 2 indexed citations

File, Sandra E., Hélio Zangrossi, Milena de Barros Viana, & Frederico Guilherme Graeff. (1993). Trial 2 in the elevated plus-maze: a different form of fear?. Psychopharmacology. 111(4). 491–494. 182 indexed citations

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File, Sandra E. & Nick Andrews. (1993). Enhanced anxiolytic effect of zacopride enantiomers in diazepam-withdrawn rats. European Journal of Pharmacology. 237(1). 127–130. 10 indexed citations

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Briley, Mike & Sandra E. File. (1991). New Concepts in Anxiety. 1 indexed citations

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Johnston, Amanda & Sandra E. File. (1991). Sex differences in animal tests of anxiety. Physiology & Behavior. 49(2). 245–250. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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File, Sandra E. & P.S. Mabbutt. (1990). Chronic ethanol and chlordiazepoxide: Contrasting effects on reward learning. Alcohol. 7(4). 307–310. 6 indexed citations

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File, Sandra E.. (1990). One-trial tolerance to the anxiolytic effects of chlordiazepoxide in the plus-maze. Psychopharmacology. 100(2). 281–282. 135 indexed citations

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File, Sandra E.. (1988). Convulsant actions of the anxiolytic buspirone in combination with antidepressants. Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and Experimental. 3(2). 145–148. 2 indexed citations

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File, Sandra E., Amanda Johnston, & Helen A. Baldwin. (1988). Anxiolytic and anxiogenic drugs: Changes in behaviour and endocrine responses. Stress Medicine. 4(4). 221–230. 43 indexed citations

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File, Sandra E.. (1987). The contribution of behavioural studies to the neuropharmacology of anxiety. Neuropharmacology. 26(7). 877–886. 107 indexed citations

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File, Sandra E., et al.. (1987). Anxiety in the rat is associated with decreased release of 5-HT and glycine from the hippocampus. Neuroscience Letters. 83(3). 318–322. 22 indexed citations

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File, Sandra E. & J.R.G. Hyde. (1978). Piracetam--a non-sedative anxiolytic drug? [proceedings].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 62(3). 425P–426P. 3 indexed citations

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File, Sandra E. & J.R.G. Hyde. (1977). The effects of piracetam on acquisition and retention of habituation [proceedings].. PubMed Central. 61(3). 475P–475P. 2 indexed citations

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