Steven Petrou

15.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
225 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Steven Petrou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Petrou has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Molecular Biology, 116 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 77 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Steven Petrou's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (103 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (76 papers) and Epilepsy research and treatment (68 papers). Steven Petrou is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (103 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (76 papers) and Epilepsy research and treatment (68 papers). Steven Petrou collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Steven Petrou's co-authors include Samuel F. Berkovic, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Christopher A. Reid, John C. Mulley, Louise A. Harkin, Ben J. Gu, Leanne M. Dibbens, James S. Wiley, David N. Bowser and Rekha G. Panchal and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Steven Petrou

220 papers receiving 9.6k citations

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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.

Mutant GABAA receptor γ2-subunit in childhood absence epilepsy and febrile seizures

2001 590 citations Steven Petrou, Ingrid E. Scheffer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven Petrou Australia	56	4.5k	3.8k	3.1k	2.0k	1.1k	225	9.8k
David R. Lynch United States	61	7.8k 1.7×	8.2k 2.2×	1.1k 0.4×	3.3k 1.6×	335 0.3×	278	18.2k
Jack P. Antel Canada	102	11.1k 2.5×	3.9k 1.0×	752 0.2×	812 0.4×	580 0.5×	525	38.0k
Zhong Chen China	56	5.1k 1.1×	3.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	404 0.2×	352 0.3×	533	14.2k
Albert J. Becker Germany	58	3.8k 0.8×	4.1k 1.1×	3.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	82 0.1×	259	10.2k
Antonio V. Delgado‐Escueta United States	52	2.5k 0.6×	3.2k 0.8×	4.4k 1.4×	2.7k 1.3×	219 0.2×	251	9.5k
Takahiro Takano United States	43	4.1k 0.9×	6.6k 1.8×	1.2k 0.4×	493 0.2×	1.2k 1.1×	82	15.4k
Lawrence S. Honig United States	55	3.0k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	2.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	211 0.2×	182	13.3k
Illana Gozes Israel	70	7.7k 1.7×	8.2k 2.1×	953 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	329 0.3×	379	16.7k
Ingo Bechmann Germany	72	4.2k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	736 0.2×	664 0.3×	295 0.3×	217	17.7k
Marc A. Dichter United States	58	4.6k 1.0×	6.7k 1.8×	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	145 0.1×	149	12.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven Petrou

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Bourke, Justin, Claudia De Mattei, Dmitry A. Ovchinnikov, et al.. (2024). Standardizing a method for functional assessment of neural networks in brain organoids. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 409. 110178–110178. 2 indexed citations

Li, Melody, Alicia Sedó, Nikola Jancovski, et al.. (2024). Variant‐specific in vitro neuronal network phenotypes and drug sensitivity in SCN2A developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Journal of Neurochemistry. 168(12). 3950–3961. 3 indexed citations

Berecki, Géza, Katherine B. Howell, Erik Andersen, et al.. (2024). Nav1.2 channel mutations preventing fast inactivation lead to SCN2A encephalopathy. Brain. 148(1). 212–226. 4 indexed citations

Nelson, Aaron B., et al.. (2024). Cortical Tonic Inhibition Gates the Expression of Spike-and-Wave Discharges Associated with Absence Epilepsy. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience. 23(1). 24–24. 2 indexed citations

Miranda, Panimaya Jeffreena, Carol J. Milligan, Steven Petrou, et al.. (2024). Ion channel modulator DPI-201-106 significantly enhances antitumor activity of DNA damage response inhibitors in glioblastoma. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 6(1). vdae187–vdae187. 1 indexed citations

Milligan, Carol J., Lyndsey L. Anderson, Iain S. McGregor, Jonathon C. Arnold, & Steven Petrou. (2023). Beyond CBD: Inhibitory effects of lesser studied phytocannabinoids on human voltage-gated sodium channels. Frontiers in Physiology. 14. 1081186–1081186. 5 indexed citations

Berecki, Géza, Katherine B. Howell, N.B. Olivier, et al.. (2022). Functional correlates of clinical phenotype and severity in recurrent SCN2A variants. Communications Biology. 5(1). 515–515. 21 indexed citations

Koopman, Charlotte D., Jessica De Angelis, Arie O. Verkerk, et al.. (2021). The zebrafishgrimemutant uncovers an evolutionarily conserved role for Tmem161b in the control of cardiac rhythm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(9). 14 indexed citations

Berkovic, Samuel F., et al.. (2021). State transitions through inhibitory interneurons in a cortical network model. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(10). e1009521–e1009521. 6 indexed citations

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Hatch, Robert J., Christian Rössert, Samuel F. Berkovic, et al.. (2020). GABA-mediated tonic inhibition differentially modulates gain in functional subtypes of cortical interneurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(6). 3192–3202. 36 indexed citations

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Berecki, Géza, Katherine L. Helbig, Tyson L. Ware, et al.. (2020). Novel Missense CACNA1G Mutations Associated with Infantile-Onset Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(17). 6333–6333. 10 indexed citations

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Thomas, Oliver R. B., Kay Richards, Steven Petrou, Blaine R. Roberts, & Stephen E. Swearer. (2020). In situ 3D visualization of biomineralization matrix proteins. Journal of Structural Biology. 209(3). 107448–107448. 12 indexed citations

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Richards, Kay, Carol J. Milligan, Robert J. Richardson, et al.. (2018). Selective Na _V 1.1 activation rescues Dravet syndrome mice from seizures and premature death. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(34). E8077–E8085. 93 indexed citations

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Li, Melody, Vivien R. Schack, Ian C. Forster, et al.. (2018). Functional consequences of the CAPOS mutation E818K of Na+,K+-ATPase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(1). 269–280. 8 indexed citations

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Scott, Daniel J., Verena C. Wimmer, Nicholas A. Veldhuis, et al.. (2018). A Novel Ultra-Stable, Monomeric Green Fluorescent Protein For Direct Volumetric Imaging of Whole Organs Using CLARITY. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 667–667. 69 indexed citations

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Berecki, Géza, Katherine B. Howell, Maria Roberta Cilio, et al.. (2018). Dynamic action potential clamp predicts functional separation in mild familial and severe de novo forms of SCN2A epilepsy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(24). E5516–E5525. 59 indexed citations

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Reid, Christopher A., Ben Rollo, Steven Petrou, & Samuel F. Berkovic. (2018). Can mutation‐mediated effects occurring early in development cause long‐term seizure susceptibility in genetic generalized epilepsies?. Epilepsia. 59(5). 915–922. 6 indexed citations

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Petty, Sandra, Carol J. Milligan, Marian Todaro, et al.. (2016). The antiepileptic medications carbamazepine and phenytoin inhibit native sodium currents in murine osteoblasts. Epilepsia. 57(9). 1398–1405. 20 indexed citations

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Richards, Kay, Fernando Calamante, Jacques‐Donald Tournier, et al.. (2014). Mapping somatosensory connectivity in adult mice using diffusion MRI tractography and super-resolution track density imaging. NeuroImage. 102. 381–392. 11 indexed citations

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Bird, M. K., et al.. (2009). Cocaine-mediated synaptic potentiation is absent in VTA neurons from mGlu5-deficient mice. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 13(2). 133–133. 28 indexed citations

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