Sheila L. Handley

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

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Sheila L. Handley is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheila L. Handley has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sheila L. Handley's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (31 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers). Sheila L. Handley is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (31 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers). Sheila L. Handley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Kenya. Sheila L. Handley's co-authors include James W. McBlane, R T Brittain, Lakhbir Singh, Todd Dunn, D.A. Lowther, Şükrü Dursun, G. F. A. Harding, Janet Brown, A. Sayers and John C. Doxey and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Physiology, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and The British Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Sheila L. Handley

78 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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Effects of alpha-adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists in a maze-exploration model of ?fear?-motivated behaviour

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sheila L. Handley United Kingdom	26	2.2k	1.2k	898	787	688	79	4.0k
Patricia M. Whitaker‐Azmitia United States	35	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	855 1.0×	435 0.6×	936 1.4×	68	4.5k
Blake A. Gosnell United States	42	2.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	836 0.9×	820 1.0×	717 1.0×	96	5.7k
Seymour M. Antelman United States	36	2.4k 1.1×	844 0.7×	916 1.0×	985 1.3×	856 1.2×	82	4.5k
Wendy J. Lynch United States	42	3.8k 1.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.7×	714 1.0×	114	5.8k
Robert S. Mansbach United States	35	3.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	555 0.6×	798 1.0×	801 1.2×	69	4.9k
Gary A. Gudelsky United States	45	3.5k 1.6×	1.5k 1.3×	627 0.7×	749 1.0×	615 0.9×	141	6.2k
John R. Glowa United States	36	2.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	596 0.7×	798 1.0×	704 1.0×	96	4.4k
Ian A. Paul United States	38	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	653 0.7×	654 0.8×	429 0.6×	91	4.0k
Alexander R. Cools Netherlands	39	2.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	1000 1.1×	830 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	146	4.9k
G F Koob United States	26	3.8k 1.7×	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	1.8k 2.3×	1.3k 1.8×	37	6.3k

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Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (2005). Autoradiographic localisation of [3H]2-BFI imidazoline I2 binding sites in mouse brain. European Journal of Pharmacology. 516(2). 139–144. 12 indexed citations

Thompson, Kevin S. J., et al.. (2004). Increased 5-HT2A receptor expression and function following central glucocorticoid receptor knockdown in vivo. European Journal of Pharmacology. 502(3). 213–220. 8 indexed citations

Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (2004). Chronic administration of 2-(2-benzofuranyl)-2-imidazoline (2-BFI) induces region-specific increases in [3H]2-BFI binding to rat central imidazoline I2 sites. Neuroscience Letters. 363(1). 11–13. 2 indexed citations

Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (2002). Characterization of the discriminable stimulus produced by 2‐BFI: effects of imidazoline I₂‐site ligands, MAOIs, β‐carbolines, agmatine and ibogaine. British Journal of Pharmacology. 135(5). 1227–1234. 29 indexed citations

Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (2001). Region-dependent effects of acute and chronic tranylcypromine in vivo on [3H]2-BFI binding to brain imidazoline I2 sites. European Journal of Pharmacology. 428(2). 221–225. 7 indexed citations

McCreary, Andrew C. & Sheila L. Handley. (1999). The thyrotrophin-releasing hormone analogue MK771 induces tic-like behaviours: the effects of dopamine D1 and D2 receptor antagonists. European Journal of Pharmacology. 369(1). 1–9. 6 indexed citations

Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (1999). Quinolinic acid inhibits DOI-induced head shakes in mice. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 13(3). 284–285. 2 indexed citations

Rickards, Hugh, S.M. Dursun, Gillian Farrar, et al.. (1996). Increased plasma kynurenine and its relationship to neopterin and tryptophan in Tourette's syndrome. Psychological Medicine. 26(4). 857–862. 20 indexed citations

Dursun, Şükrü & Sheila L. Handley. (1996). Similarities in the pharmacology of spontaneous and DOI-induced head-shakes suggest 5HT 2A receptors are active under physiological conditions. Psychopharmacology. 128(2). 198–205. 62 indexed citations

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Nutt, David, Sheila L. Handley, Alan L. Hudson, et al.. (1995). Functional Studies of Specific Imidazoline‐2 Receptor Ligands. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 763(1). 125–139. 97 indexed citations

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Handley, Sheila L.. (1995). 5-Hydroxytryptamine pathways in anxiety and its treatment. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 66(1). 103–148. 178 indexed citations

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Handley, Sheila L. & James W. McBlane. (1993). 5HT drugs in animal models of anxiety. Psychopharmacology. 112(1). 13–20. 214 indexed citations

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Handley, Sheila L. & James W. McBlane. (1993). An assessment of the elevated X-maze for studying anxiety and anxiety-modulating drugs. Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods. 29(3). 129–138. 182 indexed citations

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Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (1993). Multiple serotonin mechanisms in animal models of anxiety. Behavioural Brain Research. 58(1-2). 203–210. 118 indexed citations

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Jordan, Sue, Helen C. Jackson, David Nutt, & Sheila L. Handley. (1993). Centralα-2 adrenoceptors are responsible for a clonidine-induced cue in a rat drug discrimination paradigm. Psychopharmacology. 110(1-2). 209–212. 8 indexed citations

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Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (1992). Actions and some interactions of 5-HT1A ligands in the elevated X-maze and effects of dorsal raphe lesions. Psychopharmacology. 106(4). 484–490. 53 indexed citations

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Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (1991). Evaluation of marble-burying behavior as a model of anxiety. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 38(1). 63–67. 392 indexed citations

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Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (1980). Seasonal variation in plasma cortisol concentration during pregnancy and the puerperium. Biochemical Society Transactions. 8(5). 587–588. 2 indexed citations

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Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (1978). Dose-dependent dual action of kynurenine, a tryptophan metabolite, on the turnover of 5-hydroxytryptamine [proceedings].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 63(2). 392P–392P. 4 indexed citations

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Handley, Sheila L., et al.. (1977). Mood changes in puerperium, and plasma tryptophan and cortisol concentrations.. BMJ. 2(6078). 18–20. 76 indexed citations

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