Sara Rao

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Sara Rao is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Rao has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Sara Rao's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers) and Ion Channels and Receptors (4 papers). Sara Rao is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers) and Ion Channels and Receptors (4 papers). Sara Rao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. Sara Rao's co-authors include Mark A. Varney, Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Gönül Veliçelebi, Aida Sacaan, Edwin C. Johnson, Stephen D. Hess, Lida Tehrani, Peter J. Flor, Hans Allgeier and Rainer Kühn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sara Rao

18 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

2-Methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-pyridine (MPEP), a potent, selective and systemically active mGlu5 receptor antagonist

1999 628 citations F. Gasparini, Kurt Lingenhöhl et al. Neuropharmacology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara Rao United States	15	1.6k	1.1k	300	250	221	18	2.1k
Christian Thomsen Denmark	21	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	243 0.8×	168 0.7×	252 1.1×	38	1.9k
Carmelo Romano United States	22	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.6×	356 1.2×	421 1.7×	104 0.5×	43	2.8k
Eric S. Nisenbaum United States	32	2.4k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	403 1.3×	564 2.3×	155 0.7×	75	3.3k
Michael P. Johnson United States	25	1.8k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	260 0.9×	228 0.9×	46 0.2×	52	2.6k
Max Récasens France	23	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	196 0.7×	304 1.2×	222 1.0×	57	2.3k
Stephan Urwyler Switzerland	25	2.2k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	235 0.8×	252 1.0×	51 0.2×	55	2.8k
Michel Vignes France	24	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	334 1.1×	618 2.5×	143 0.6×	76	2.9k
Hervé Schaffhauser United States	28	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	117 0.4×	256 1.0×	66 0.3×	45	2.0k
D D Schoepp United States	15	1.5k 1.0×	922 0.8×	136 0.5×	419 1.7×	63 0.3×	18	1.8k
John W. Ferkany United States	28	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	351 1.2×	306 1.2×	79 0.4×	59	2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Rao

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Ellwanger, Daniel C., Shoutang Wang, Simone Brioschi, et al.. (2021). Prior activation state shapes the microglia response to antihuman TREM2 in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(3). 96 indexed citations

Miller, Silke, Sara Rao, Weiya Wang, et al.. (2014). Antibodies to the Extracellular Pore Loop of TRPM8 Act as Antagonists of Channel Activation. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107151–e107151. 14 indexed citations

Rao, Sara, Hong Sun, Dawn Zhu, et al.. (2014). EHMTI-0315. AMG 334, the first potent and selective human monoclonal antibody antagonist against the CGRP receptor. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 15(S1). 8 indexed citations

Rao, Sara, et al.. (2013). In vitro characterization of AA71, a potent and selective human monoclonal antibody against CGRP receptor. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 14(S1). 2 indexed citations

Almeida, Maria Camila, Tamara Hew‐Butler, Renato Nery Soriano, et al.. (2012). Pharmacological Blockade of the Cold Receptor TRPM8 Attenuates Autonomic and Behavioral Cold Defenses and Decreases Deep Body Temperature. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(6). 2086–2099. 200 indexed citations

Gavva, Narender R., Carl D. Davis, Sonya G. Lehto, et al.. (2012). Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 8 (TRPM8) Channels are Involved in Body Temperature Regulation. Molecular Pain. 8. 36–36. 82 indexed citations

Varney, Mark A., Fen‐Fen Lin, Christine Jachec, et al.. (2003). Stable Expression of Human NMDA Receptors in Cultured Mammalian Cells. Humana Press eBooks. 128. 43–59. 4 indexed citations

Cosford, Nicholas D. P., Jeffrey Roppe, Lida Tehrani, et al.. (2003). [3H]-Methoxymethyl-MTEP and [3H]-Methoxy-PEPy: potent and selective radioligands for the metabotropic glutamate subtype 5 (mGlu5) receptor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(3). 351–354. 123 indexed citations

Schaffhauser, Hervé, Blake A. Rowe, Laura E. Chavez-Noriega, et al.. (2003). Pharmacological Characterization and Identification of Amino Acids Involved in the Positive Modulation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 2. Molecular Pharmacology. 64(4). 798–810. 137 indexed citations

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Wang, Bowei, Jean‐Michel Vernier, Sara Rao, et al.. (2003). Discovery of novel modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype-5. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 12(1). 17–21. 24 indexed citations

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Bradbury, Margaret, et al.. (2003). Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 antagonist-induced stimulation of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity: interaction with serotonergic systems. Neuropharmacology. 44(5). 562–572. 43 indexed citations

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Anderson, Jeffery J., Sara Rao, Blake A. Rowe, et al.. (2002). [3H]Methoxymethyl-3-[(2-methyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)ethynyl]pyridine Binding to Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 5 in Rodent Brain: In Vitro and in Vivo Characterization. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 303(3). 1044–1051. 93 indexed citations

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Cosford, Nicholas D. P., Lida Tehrani, Jeffrey Roppe, et al.. (2002). 3-[(2-Methyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)ethynyl]- pyridine: A Potent and Highly Selective Metabotropic Glutamate Subtype 5 Receptor Antagonist with Anxiolytic Activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 46(2). 204–206. 348 indexed citations

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Gasparini, F., Kurt Lingenhöhl, Natacha Stoehr, et al.. (1999). 2-Methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)-pyridine (MPEP), a potent, selective and systemically active mGlu5 receptor antagonist. Neuropharmacology. 38(10). 1493–1503. 628 indexed citations breakdown →

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Varney, Mark A., Nicholas D. P. Cosford, Christine Jachec, et al.. (1999). SIB-1757 and SIB-1893: Selective, Noncompetitive Antagonists of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Type 5. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 290(1). 170–181. 151 indexed citations

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Varney, Mark A., Sara Rao, Christine Jachec, et al.. (1998). Pharmacological Characterization of the Human Ionotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype GluR3 Stably Expressed in Mammalian Cells. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 285(1). 358–370. 17 indexed citations

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Lin, Fen‐Fen, Mark A. Varney, Aida Sacaan, et al.. (1997). Cloning and stable expression of the mGluR1b subtype of human metabotropic receptors and pharmacological comparison with the mGluR5a subtype. Neuropharmacology. 36(7). 917–931. 42 indexed citations

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Daggett, Lorrie P., Aida Sacaan, M. Akong, et al.. (1995). Molecular and functional characterization of recombinant human metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5. Neuropharmacology. 34(8). 871–886. 102 indexed citations

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