W. Vale

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

W. Vale is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Vale has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 24 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in W. Vale's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (25 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (11 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (10 papers). W. Vale is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (25 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (11 papers) and TGF-β signaling in diseases (10 papers). W. Vale collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Italy. W. Vale's co-authors include Paul E. Sawchenko, Jean Rivier, L. W. Swanson, Catherine Rivier, Felice Petraglia, R.K.W. Chan, Kunihiro Tsuchida, Joachim Spiess, Louise M. Bilezikjian and Angelo Contarino and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

W. Vale

64 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Organization of Ovine Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Immunoreactive Cells and Fibers in the Rat Brain: An Immunohistochemical Study

1983 1.7k citations Paul E. Sawchenko, Jean Rivier et al. profile →
Mice deficient for corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor-2 display anxiety-like behaviour and are hypersensitive to stress

2000 700 citations Paul E. Sawchenko, W. Vale et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Vale United States	38	3.9k	2.0k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	64	6.5k
Greti Aguilera United States	55	4.1k 1.0×	2.7k 1.4×	2.7k 1.6×	909 0.6×	1.8k 1.5×	139	8.1k
Jean Rivier United States	40	3.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	76	7.2k
Errol B. De Souza United States	46	3.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	1.4k 1.1×	112	6.2k
Tamotsu Shibasaki Japan	44	2.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	877 0.7×	150	6.4k
Louise M. Bilezikjian United States	37	2.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	3.0k 2.4×	62	7.3k
Toshihiro Suda Japan	43	2.3k 0.6×	898 0.5×	2.3k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	940 0.8×	208	6.1k
Cynthia J. Donaldson United States	33	3.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	597 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	53	6.3k
Alejandro F. De Nicola Argentina	47	2.1k 0.5×	862 0.4×	2.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	219	7.5k
Cynthia L. Bethea United States	48	2.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	871 0.7×	154	6.6k
Toshihiro Imaki Japan	36	1.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	795 0.5×	676 0.5×	95	5.1k

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Currie, Paul J., et al.. (2001). Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus injections of urocortin alter food intake and respiratory quotient. Brain Research. 916(1-2). 222–228. 49 indexed citations

Bilezikjian, Louise M., Anne Corrigan, Amy L. Blount, Yan Chen, & W. Vale. (2001). Regulation and Actions of Smad7 in the Modulation of Activin, Inhibin, and Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling in Anterior Pituitary Cells¹. Endocrinology. 142(3). 1065–1072. 34 indexed citations

Wang, Lixin, Vicente Martı́nez, W. Vale, & Yvette Taché. (2000). Fos induction in selective hypothalamic neuroendocrine and medullary nuclei by intravenous injection of urocortin and corticotropin-releasing factor in rats. Brain Research. 855(1). 47–57. 30 indexed citations

Boehme, Stefen A., Amitabh Gaur, Paul D. Crowe, et al.. (1997). Immunosuppressive Phenotype of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Transgenic Mice Is Reversed by Adrenalectomy. Cellular Immunology. 176(2). 103–112. 17 indexed citations

Tsuchida, Kunihiro, Paul E. Sawchenko, Shin‐Ichi Nishikawa, & W. Vale. (1996). Molecular Cloning of a Novel Type I Receptor Serine/Threonine Kinase for the TGFβ Superfamily from Rat Brain. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 7(6). 467–478. 63 indexed citations

Imaki, Toshihiro, Mitsuhide Naruse, Shoko Harada, et al.. (1996). Corticotropin-releasing factor up-regulates its own receptor mRNA in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Molecular Brain Research. 38(1). 166–170. 98 indexed citations

Grigoriadis, Dimitri E., et al.. (1996). 125I-Tyro-sauvagine: a novel high affinity radioligand for the pharmacological and biochemical study of human corticotropin-releasing factor 2 alpha receptors.. Molecular Pharmacology. 50(3). 679–686. 83 indexed citations

Perrin, Marilyn H., Cynthia J. Donaldson, Renjie Chen, et al.. (1995). Identification of a second corticotropin-releasing factor receptor gene and characterization of a cDNA expressed in heart.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(7). 2969–2973. 439 indexed citations

Lovejoy, David A., Anne Corrigan, Carol S. Nahorniak, et al.. (1995). Structural modifications of non-mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) isoforms: design of novel GnRH analogues. Regulatory Peptides. 60(2-3). 99–115. 15 indexed citations

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Petraglia, Felice, Chiara Benedetto, Pasquale Florio, et al.. (1995). Effect of corticotropin-releasing factor-binding protein on prostaglandin release from cultured maternal decidua and on contractile activity of human myometrium in vitro.. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 80(10). 3073–3076. 48 indexed citations

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Gaddy-Kurten, Dana, Kunihiro Tsuchida, & W. Vale. (1995). Activins and the Receptor Serine Kinase Superfamily. Elsevier eBooks. 50. 109–129. 65 indexed citations

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Tsuchida, Kunihiro, Lawrence S. Mathews, & W. Vale. (1993). Cloning and characterization of a transmembrane serine kinase that acts as an activin type I receptor.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(23). 11242–11246. 109 indexed citations

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Potter, E, Dominic P. Behan, Elizabeth A. Linton, et al.. (1992). The central distribution of a corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)-binding protein predicts multiple sites and modes of interaction with CRF.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(9). 4192–4196. 239 indexed citations

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Rivier, Catherine, Anne Corrigan, & W. Vale. (1991). Effect of Recombinant Human Inhibin on Gonadotropin Secretion by the Male Rat*. Endocrinology. 129(4). 2155–2159. 17 indexed citations

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Petraglia, Felice, Giancarlo Garuti, Laura Calzà, et al.. (1991). Inhibin subunits in human placenta: Localization and messenger ribonucleic acid levels during pregnancy. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 165(3). 750–758. 89 indexed citations

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Sylvia, L., Kálmán Kovács, Lucia Ştefăneanu, et al.. (1990). Pituitary Mammosomatotroph Adenomas Develop in Old Mice Transgenic for Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 193(3). 232–235. 50 indexed citations

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Vance, Mary Lee, Donald L. Kaiser, P M Martha, et al.. (1989). Lack ofin VivoSomatotroph Desensitization or Depletion After 14 Days of Continuous Growth Hormone (GH)-Releasing Hormone Administration in Normal Men and a GH-Deficient Boy*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 68(1). 22–28. 37 indexed citations

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Honnebier, M.B.O.M., Jorge P. Figueroa, Jean Rivier, W. Vale, & Peter W. Nathanielsz. (1989). Studies on the role of oxytocin in late pregnancy in the pregnant rhesus monkey: plasma concentrations of oxytocin in the maternal circulation throughout the 24-h day and the effect of the synthetic oxytocin antagonist [1-beta-Mpa(beta-(CH2)5)1,(Me(Tyr2, Orn8] oxytocin on spontaneous nocturnal myometrial contractions.. PubMed. 12(4). 225–32. 39 indexed citations

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Samson, Willis K., et al.. (1989). Oxytocin Mediates the Hypothalamic Action of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide to Stimulate Prolactin Secretion. Endocrinology. 124(2). 812–819. 54 indexed citations

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Rivier, Jean, Joachim Spiess, & W. Vale. (1983). Characterization of rat hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 80(15). 4851–4855. 266 indexed citations

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