W Young

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

W Young is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, W Young has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 12 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 7 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in W Young's work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (10 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers). W Young is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Cord Injury Research (10 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers). W Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Pakistan. W Young's co-authors include Graham H. Creasey, William H. Donovan, John F. Ditunno, Eugene S. Flamm, Theodore R. Holford, Linda Leo‐Summers, M J Shepard, Kaoru Sakatani, Joseph C. Maroon and William F. Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Stroke and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

W Young

33 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Methylprednisolone or Naloxone in the Treatment of Acute Spinal-Cord Injury

1990 1.9k citations Michael B. Bracken, M J Shepard et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
The International Standards Booklet for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury

1994 1.4k citations John F. Ditunno, W Young et al. Spinal Cord profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W Young United States	21	3.5k	2.0k	1.2k	865	842	34	5.7k
Wise Young United States	41	4.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.6×	923 1.1×	974 1.2×	118	7.8k
Lynne C. Weaver Canada	46	3.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.7×	656 0.8×	606 0.7×	146	6.9k
Christopher B. Shields United States	38	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	676 0.8×	332 0.4×	151	4.5k
James D. Guest United States	38	3.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	300 0.3×	691 0.8×	139	5.2k
Alexander G. Rabchevsky United States	42	2.6k 0.8×	753 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	907 1.0×	520 0.6×	78	5.3k
Jefferson R. Wilson Canada	45	6.6k 1.9×	5.1k 2.5×	1.1k 1.0×	380 0.4×	1.3k 1.5×	198	8.8k
Shiro Imagama Japan	48	3.6k 1.0×	5.6k 2.7×	524 0.4×	720 0.8×	387 0.5×	525	9.0k
Amer F. Samdani United States	40	1.9k 0.5×	4.2k 2.1×	643 0.5×	448 0.5×	568 0.7×	266	6.0k
D. Michele Basso United States	32	7.0k 2.0×	1.8k 0.9×	3.7k 3.1×	759 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	77	10.3k
Jeffrey S. Kroin United States	42	721 0.2×	2.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	220 0.3×	120	6.3k

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Yang, Mingliang, et al.. (2011). Efficacy and safety of lithium carbonate treatment of chronic spinal cord injuries: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Spinal Cord. 50(2). 141–146. 50 indexed citations

Wong, Y. W., et al.. (2010). A three-month, open-label, single-arm trial evaluating the safety and pharmacokinetics of oral lithium in patients with chronic spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 49(1). 94–98. 21 indexed citations

Young, W, et al.. (2010). Prophylactic retrievable inferior vena cava filters in spinal cord injured patients. Surgical Neurology International. 1(1). 68–68. 2 indexed citations

Saruhashi, Yasuo, W Young, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, J. M. Abrahams, & Jun Sakuma. (1999). GABA increases refractoriness of adult rat dorsal column axons. Neuroscience. 94(4). 1207–1212. 2 indexed citations

Shepard, M J, Theodore R. Holford, Linda Leo‐Summers, et al.. (1998). Methylprednisolone or tirilazad mesylate administration after acute spinal cord injury: 1-year follow up. Journal of neurosurgery. 89(5). 699–706. 369 indexed citations

Saruhashi, Yasuo, W Young, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, J. M. Abrahams, & Jun Sakuma. (1997). Evidence for serotonin sensitivity of adult rat spinal axons: Studies using randomized double pulse stimulation. Neuroscience. 80(2). 559–566. 8 indexed citations

Saruhashi, Yasuo, et al.. (1997). Calcium-mediated intracellular messengers modulate the serotonergic effects on axonal excitability. Neuroscience. 81(4). 959–965. 10 indexed citations

Beattie, Michael S., Jacqueline C. Bresnahan, C. Amy Tovar, et al.. (1997). Endogenous Repair after Spinal Cord Contusion Injuries in the Rat. Experimental Neurology. 148(2). 453–463. 323 indexed citations

Sakuma, Jun, Jeremy Ciporen, J. M. Abrahams, & W Young. (1996). Independent depressive mechanisms of GABA and (±)-8-hydroxy-dipropylaminotetralin hydrobromide on young rat spinal axons. Neuroscience. 75(3). 927–938. 5 indexed citations

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Basso, D. Michele, Michael S. Beattie, Jacqueline C. Bresnahan, et al.. (1996). MASCIS Evaluation of Open Field Locomotor Scores: Effects of Experience and Teamwork on Reliability. Journal of Neurotrauma. 13(7). 343–359. 387 indexed citations

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Honmou, Osamu & W Young. (1995). Norepinephrine modulates excitability of neonatal rat optic nerves through calcium-mediated mechanisms. Neuroscience. 65(1). 241–251. 13 indexed citations

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Saruhashi, Yasuo, et al.. (1994). Excitatory and inhibitory effects of serotonin on spinal axons. Neuroscience. 61(3). 645–653. 19 indexed citations

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Young, W, et al.. (1994). Dynamics of Extracellular Calcium Activity Following Contusion of the Rat Spinal Cord. Journal of Neurotrauma. 11(3). 255–263. 36 indexed citations

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Ditunno, John F., W Young, William H. Donovan, & Graham H. Creasey. (1994). The International Standards Booklet for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury. Spinal Cord. 32(2). 70–80. 1425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chesler, Mitchell, et al.. (1994). Elevation and Clearance of Extracellular K+ Following Graded Contusion of the Rat Spinal Cord. Experimental Neurology. 125(1). 93–98. 24 indexed citations

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Honmou, Osamu, Kaoru Sakatani, & W Young. (1993). GABA and potassium effects on corticospinal and primary afferent tracts of neonatal rat spinal dorsal columns. Neuroscience. 54(1). 93–104. 16 indexed citations

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Bracken, Michael B., M J Shepard, William F. Collins, et al.. (1990). A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Methylprednisolone or Naloxone in the Treatment of Acute Spinal-Cord Injury. New England Journal of Medicine. 322(20). 1405–1411. 1882 indexed citations breakdown →

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Iizuka, Hideaki, Kaoru Sakatani, & W Young. (1989). Selective cortical neuronal damage after middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats.. Stroke. 20(11). 1516–1523. 27 indexed citations

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Young, W, Z. Harry Rappaport, David J. Chalif, & Eugene S. Flamm. (1987). Regional brain sodium, potassium, and water changes in the rat middle cerebral artery occlusion model of ischemia.. Stroke. 18(4). 751–759. 127 indexed citations

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Cohen, Wendy A., W Young, Vincent DeCrescito, S C Horii, & Irvin I. Kricheff. (1985). Posttraumatic syrinx formation: experimental study.. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 6(5). 823–827. 7 indexed citations

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