Susan Amara

25.9k citations

165 papers · 20.2k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 63

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.02%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Biochemistry top 0.05%
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 117
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 92
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior 40
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology 16
Biochemistry 18
- Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism 18

Co-authors: Ronald M. Evans Michael G. Rosenfeld Michael P. Kavanaugh Jeffrey L. Arriza Michael J. Kuhar Mark S. Sonders J.L. Arriza Jacques I. Wadiche
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (14 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (10 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (10 papers)Molecular Pharmacology (9 papers)The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology (9 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Susan Amara

162 papers receiving 19.7k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Excitatory amino acid transporter 5, a retinal glutamate transporter coupled to a chloride conductance 1997 · 763 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1997 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1995 Nature
1994 Journal of Neuroscience
1993 Annual Review of Neuroscience
1991 Nature
1985 Science
1983 Nature
1982 Nature

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#	Work
1	Neuronal excitatory amino acid transporter EAAT3: Emerging functions in health and disease Neurochemistry International ·Suzanne M. Underhill, Susan Ingram, Susanne E. Ahmari, Jeremy Veenstra‐VanderWeele, Susan Amara	2018	18
2	Glial and Neuronal Glutamate Transporters Differ in the Na+ Requirements for Activation of the Substrate-Independent Anion Conductance Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience ·Christopher B. Divito, L. McKECKNIE, Nathan G. Glasgow, Ricardo Etxepare, Delany Torres‐Salazar, Jon W. Johnson, Susan Amara	2017	11
3	Differential Regulation of Two Isoforms of the Glial Glutamate Transporter EAAT2 by DLG1 and CaMKII Journal of Neuroscience ·Suzanne M. Underhill, David Wheeler, Susan Amara	2015	36
4	A Mutation in Transmembrane Domain 7 (TM7) of Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters Disrupts the Substrate-dependent Gating of the Intrinsic Anion Conductance and Drives the Channel into a Constitutively Open State Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Delany Torres‐Salazar, Jie Jiang, Christopher B. Divito, Jennie García‐Olivares, Susan Amara	2015	12
5	Cysteine Transport through Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 3 (EAAT3) PLoS ONE ·Spencer D. Watts, Delany Torres‐Salazar, Christopher B. Divito, Susan Amara	2014	38
6	Large collective motions regulate the functional properties of glutamate transporter trimers Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jie Jiang, Indira H. Shrivastava, Spencer D. Watts, İvet Bahar, Susan Amara	2011	55
7	Genetic Complementation Screen Identifies a Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Phosphatase, MKP3, as a Regulator of Dopamine Transporter Trafficking Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Ole V. Mortensen, Mads Larsen, Balakrishna M. Prasad, Susan Amara	2008	35
8	Time-resolved Mechanism of Extracellular Gate Opening and Substrate Binding in a Glutamate Transporter Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Indira H. Shrivastava, Jie Jiang, Susan Amara, İvet Bahar	2008	79
9	Purification of a neuroprotective component of Parawixia bistriata spider venom that enhances glutamate uptake British Journal of Pharmacology ·Andréia C. K. Fontana, Curtis D. Von Gunten, René Oliveira Beleboni, Jolita Balčiauskienė, Norberto Cysne Coimbra, Susan Amara, Wagner Ferreira dos Santos, Joaquim Coutinho‐Netto	2003	60
10	Sulfhydryl modification of V449C in the glutamate transporter EAAT1 abolishes substrate transport but not the substrate-gated anion conductance Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rebecca P. Seal, Yasushi Shigeri, Scott Eliasof, Barbara H. Leighton, Susan Amara	2001	62
11	Ultrastructural evidence for a preferential elimination on of glutamateimmunorective synatic terminals from spinal motoneurons after intramedullary axotomy Europe PMC (PubMed Central) ·Roy A. Jacoby, Allan F. Wiechmann, Susan Amara, Barbara H. Leighton, David Marshak	2000	1
12	[21] Selective labeling of neurotransmitter transporters at the cell surface Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Gwynn M. Daniels, Susan Amara	1998	58
13	Localization and function of five glutamate transporters cloned from the salamander retina Vision Research ·Scott Eliasof, Jeffrey L. Arriza, Barbara H. Leighton, Susan Amara, Michael P. Kavanaugh	1998	55
14	[22] Transmembrane topology mapping using biotin-containing sulfhydryl reagents Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Rebecca P. Seal, Barbara H. Leighton, Susan Amara	1998	20
15	Excitatory amino acid transporter 5, a retinal glutamate transporter coupled to a chloride conductance Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jeffrey L. Arriza, Scott Eliasof, Michael P. Kavanaugh, Susan Amara Hit paper breakdown →	1997	763
16	Neurotransmitter transporters: new insights into structure, function and pharmacology. PubMed ·Susan Amara	1996	13
17	Taql RFLP at norepinephrine transporter protein (NET) locus Human Molecular Genetics ·Joel Gelernter, Susan Kruger, Kenneth K. Kídd, Susan Amara	1993	6
18	Localization of Immunoreactivity for Calcitonin Gene- Related Peptide in the Rat Anterior Pituitary during Ontogeny and Gonadal Steroid Manipulations and Detection of its Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Endocrinology ·G. Gon, Adel Giaid, Jennifer H. Steel, Domhnall O’Halloran, Susan Van Noorden, Mohammed A. Ghatei, Philip Jones, Susan Amara, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Stephen R. Bloom, Julia M. Polak	1990	47
19	RNA Processing Regulation of Neuroendorcrine Gene Expression DNA ·Ronald M. Evans, Susan Amara, Michael G. Rosenfeld	1982	5
20	Calcitonin mRNA polymorphism: peptide switching associated with alternative RNA splicing events. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·M G Rosenfeld, Ching‐Yu Lin, Susan Amara, Lana Stolarsky, Bernard A. Roos, Estelita S. Ong, Ronald M. Evans	1982	80

About Susan Amara

Susan Amara is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Behavioral Neuroscience, having authored 165 papers that have together received 20.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (92 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (69 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (40 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (33 papers), Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (18 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (16 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (12 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (15.0k citations), Biochemistry (2.6k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (669 citations), Molecular Biology (11.1k citations) and Behavioral Neuroscience (484 citations). Susan Amara has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Ronald M. Evans, Michael G. Rosenfeld, Michael P. Kavanaugh, Jeffrey L. Arriza, Michael J. Kuhar, Mark S. Sonders, J.L. Arriza, Jacques I. Wadiche, Estelita S. Ong and Vivian Jonas. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience, Molecular Pharmacology and The Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology.

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