W. Kehr

3.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
68 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

W. Kehr is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Kehr has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. Kehr's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (24 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (12 papers). W. Kehr is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (24 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (12 papers). W. Kehr collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and Denmark. W. Kehr's co-authors include Arvid Carlsson, Margit Lindqvist, Colin Atack, David Stephens, James N. Davis, Tor Magnusson, Erling N. Petersen, Herbert H. Schneider, Ralph Schmiechen and Leif H. Jensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Brain Research and Pharmacological Reviews.

In The Last Decade

W. Kehr

66 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Simultaneous measurement of tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylase activities in brain in Vivo using an inhibitor of the aromatic amino acid decarboxylase

1972 577 citations Arvid Carlsson, W. Kehr et al. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology profile →
Evidence for a receptor-mediated feedback control of striatal tyrosine hydroxylase activity

1972 352 citations W. Kehr, Arvid Carlsson et al. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology profile →
A method for the determination of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) in brain

1972 251 citations W. Kehr, Arvid Carlsson et al. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology profile →
Regulation of Monoamine Metabolism in the Central Nervous System

1972 215 citations Arvid Carlsson, W. Kehr et al. Pharmacological Reviews profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Kehr Germany	29	2.5k	1.3k	453	391	333	68	3.4k
Louis C. Iorio United States	19	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	288 0.6×	250 0.6×	225 0.7×	52	2.6k
Alan A. Boulton Canada	31	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	314 0.7×	227 0.6×	341 1.0×	147	3.4k
Barrett R. Cooper United States	35	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	469 1.0×	388 1.0×	298 0.9×	73	4.0k
Kenneth G. Lloyd France	38	2.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	445 1.0×	551 1.4×	678 2.0×	107	4.0k
Douglas W. Bonhaus United States	31	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	622 1.4×	333 0.9×	335 1.0×	78	3.6k
Malcolm J. Sheardown Denmark	32	2.8k 1.1×	2.6k 1.9×	414 0.9×	296 0.8×	299 0.9×	82	4.1k
Norman J. Uretsky United States	31	2.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	425 0.9×	472 1.2×	508 1.5×	98	3.2k
S. Arbilla France	29	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	312 0.7×	424 1.1×	155 0.5×	74	2.7k
Robert Zaczek United States	35	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	374 0.8×	407 1.0×	203 0.6×	91	3.8k
Tage Honoré Denmark	23	4.1k 1.7×	2.9k 2.2×	447 1.0×	609 1.6×	378 1.1×	43	5.1k

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Fabian, Bernhard, et al.. (1992). Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland. 2 indexed citations

Stephens, D.N., Herbert H. Schneider, W. Kehr, et al.. (1990). Abecarnil, a metabolically stable, anxioselective beta-carboline acting at benzodiazepine receptors.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 253(1). 334–343. 112 indexed citations

Stephens, David, Herbert H. Schneider, W. Kehr, et al.. (1987). Modulation of anxiety by β-carbolines and other benzodiazepine receptor ligands: Relationship of pharmacological to biochemical measures of efficacy. Brain Research Bulletin. 19(3). 309–318. 68 indexed citations

Stephens, D.N., W. Kehr, & Th. Duka. (1986). Anxiolytic and anxiogenic beta-carbolines: tools for the study of anxiety mechanisms.. PubMed. 41. 91–106. 10 indexed citations

Kehr, W., et al.. (1985). Effects of rolipram, a novel antidepressant, on monoamine metabolism in rat brain. Journal of Neural Transmission. 63(1). 1–12. 55 indexed citations

Löscher, Wolfgang, Herbert H. Schneider, & W. Kehr. (1985). Evaluation of different β-carbolines in Mongolian gerbils with reflex epilepsy. European Journal of Pharmacology. 114(3). 261–266. 13 indexed citations

Stephens, David, W. Kehr, Herbert H. Schneider, & Ralph Schmiechen. (1984). β-Carbolines with agonistic and inverse agonistic properties at benzodiazepine receptors of the rat. Neuroscience Letters. 47(3). 333–338. 45 indexed citations

Petersen, Erling N., Leif H. Jensen, Claus Bræstrup, et al.. (1984). ZK 91296, a partial agonist at benzodiazepine receptors. Psychopharmacology. 83(3). 240–248. 97 indexed citations

Kehr, W.. (1984). Transdihydrolisuride, a partial dopamine receptor antagonist: Effects on monoamine metabolism. European Journal of Pharmacology. 97(1-2). 111–119. 41 indexed citations

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Kehr, W., et al.. (1980). Tripotassium cis-dichloro(hydrogendisulfito)platinate(II) K₃[Pt{(SO₃)₂H}Cl₂]. A case of an extremely short hydrogen bond O...H...O. Acta Crystallographica Section B. 36(11). 2545–2550. 8 indexed citations

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Kehr, W., et al.. (1979). Action of dopamine agonists on parkinson-like muscle rigidity induced by 6-aminonicotinamide. Neuroscience. 4(5). 667–676. 8 indexed citations

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Rehse, Klaus, et al.. (1979). Neuropsychotrope Aktivität dopaminanaloger 1,2,3,4‐Tetrahydro‐β‐carboline, 2. Mitt. Wirkungsveränderung durch Substituenten. Archiv der Pharmazie. 312(7). 597–603. 5 indexed citations

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Kehr, W., et al.. (1979). Neuropsychotrope Aktivität dopaminanaloger 4,7‐Methano‐1H‐isoindole. Archiv der Pharmazie. 312(12). 982–994. 5 indexed citations

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Debus, Günter & W. Kehr. (1979). Catecholamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine synthesis and metabolism following intracerebroventricular injection of dibutyryl cyclic AMP. Journal of Neural Transmission. 45(3). 195–206. 9 indexed citations

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Kehr, W.. (1977). Effect of lisuride and other ergot derivatives on monoaminergic mechanisms in rat brain. European Journal of Pharmacology. 41(3). 261–273. 99 indexed citations

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Kehr, W.. (1976). [Interactions of dopamine receptor agonists and antagonists with regard to dopamine synthesis and metabolism].. PubMed. 26(6). 1086–8. 5 indexed citations

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Kehr, W.. (1976). 3-Methoxytyramine as an indicator of impulse-induced dopamine release in rat brain in vivo. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 293(3). 209–215. 110 indexed citations

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Carlsson, Arvid, W. Kehr, & Margit Lindqvist. (1974). Short-term control of tyrosine hydroxylase.. PubMed. 12(0). 135–42. 14 indexed citations

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Kehr, W., Arvid Carlsson, Margit Lindqvist, Tor Magnusson, & Colin Atack. (1972). Evidence for a receptor-mediated feedback control of striatal tyrosine hydroxylase activity. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 24(9). 744–747. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carlsson, Arvid, W. Kehr, Margit Lindqvist, Tor Magnusson, & Colin Atack. (1972). Regulation of Monoamine Metabolism in the Central Nervous System. Pharmacological Reviews. 24(2). 371–384. 215 indexed citations breakdown →

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