William A. Pulsinelli

11.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
55 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

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William A. Pulsinelli is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Pulsinelli has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 16 papers in Neurology and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William A. Pulsinelli's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (14 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers). William A. Pulsinelli is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (14 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers). William A. Pulsinelli collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. William A. Pulsinelli's co-authors include Fred Plum, J. B. Brierley, Michael Jacewicz, Thomas E. Duffy, Robert M. Sapolsky, David T. Levy, Carol K. Petito, Ulrich Dirnagl, Jody Tanabe and Marika Kiessling and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Neurology and Stroke.

In The Last Decade

William A. Pulsinelli

55 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Temporal profile of neuronal damage in a model of transient forebrain ischemia

1982 2.3k citations William A. Pulsinelli, Fred Plum et al. profile →
Delayed hippocampal damage in humans following cardiorespiratory arrest

1987 610 citations William A. Pulsinelli, Fred Plum et al. profile →
Moderate hyperglycemia augments ischemic brain damage

1982 587 citations William A. Pulsinelli, Fred Plum et al. profile →
Glucocorticoids Potentiate Ischemic Injury to Neurons: Therapeutic Implications

1985 566 citations William A. Pulsinelli et al. profile →
Increased damage after ischemic stroke in patients with hyperglycemia with or without established diabetes mellitus

1983 465 citations William A. Pulsinelli, Fred Plum et al. profile →
Regional cerebral blood flow and glucose metabolism following transient forebrain ischemia

1982 462 citations William A. Pulsinelli et al. profile →
Selective Neuronal Vulnerability: Morphological and Molecular Characteristics

1985 380 citations William A. Pulsinelli Progress in brain research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William A. Pulsinelli United States	38	3.9k	3.0k	2.5k	1.9k	1.5k	55	9.4k
Nils Henrik Diemer Denmark	46	5.3k 1.4×	3.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	166	9.6k
Roland N. Auer Canada	55	3.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	146	8.5k
Eric T. MacKenzie France	61	3.4k 0.9×	3.5k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	3.2k 1.6×	2.1k 1.4×	202	12.2k
Kyuya Kogure Japan	62	5.0k 1.3×	5.4k 1.8×	3.6k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	2.5k 1.7×	319	13.4k
James McCulloch United Kingdom	53	5.2k 1.3×	3.1k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	179	9.5k
Maj‐Lis Smith Sweden	39	3.0k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	69	6.8k
Anders Hamberger Sweden	56	4.7k 1.2×	3.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	236	9.7k
Michael D. Norenberg United States	61	4.2k 1.1×	4.2k 1.4×	1.8k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	148	12.8k
Tadeusz Wieloch Sweden	73	6.4k 1.6×	6.7k 2.2×	3.2k 1.3×	2.6k 1.3×	2.2k 1.5×	231	15.4k
J. B. Brierley United Kingdom	35	3.5k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	65	9.4k

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Takeda, Yoshimasa, Liang Zhao, Michael Jacewicz, William A. Pulsinelli, & Thaddeus S. Nowak. (2011). Metabolic and Perfusion Responses to Recurrent Peri-Infarct Depolarization during Focal Ischemia in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat: Dominant Contribution of Sporadic CBF Decrements to Infarct Expansion. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 31(9). 1863–1873. 26 indexed citations

Zhao, Liang, et al.. (2007). Transient Cooling during Early Reperfusion Attenuates Delayed Edema and Infarct Progression in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat. Distribution and Time Course of Regional Brain Temperature Change in a Model of Postischemic Hypothermic Protection. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 27(12). 1919–1930. 13 indexed citations

Takeda, Yoshimasa, et al.. (2004). Depolarization thresholds for hippocampal damage, ischemic preconditioning, and changes in gene expression after global ischemia in the rat. Neuroscience Letters. 372(1-2). 12–16. 12 indexed citations

LeDoux, Mark S., William A. Pulsinelli, Ronald F. Pfeiffer, et al.. (1998). Severe bilateral tremor in a liver transplant recipient taking cyclosporine. Movement Disorders. 13(3). 589–596. 6 indexed citations

Howard, Eugene M., Tian-Ming Gao, William A. Pulsinelli, & Zao C. Xu. (1998). Electrophysiological changes of CA3 neurons and dentate granule cells following transient forebrain ischemia. Brain Research. 798(1-2). 109–118. 19 indexed citations

Pellegrini‐Giampietro, Domenico E., William A. Pulsinelli, & R. Suzanne Zukin. (1994). NMDA and Non‐NMDA Receptor Gene Expression Following Global Brain Ischemia in Rats: Effect of NMDA and Non‐NMDA Receptor Antagonists. Journal of Neurochemistry. 62(3). 1067–1073. 81 indexed citations

Xu, Zao C. & William A. Pulsinelli. (1994). Responses of CA1 pyramidal neurons in rat hippocampus to transient forebrain ischemia: An in vivo intracellular recording study. Neuroscience Letters. 171(1-2). 187–191. 42 indexed citations

Maiese, Kenneth, et al.. (1993). Reactive astrocytes express NADPH diaphorase in vivo after transient ischemia. Neuroscience Letters. 154(1-2). 125–128. 63 indexed citations

Pulsinelli, William A., et al.. (1993). Chapter 8 Antagonism of the NMDA and non-NMDA receptors in global versus focal brain ischemia. Progress in brain research. 96. 125–135. 49 indexed citations

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Buchan, Alastair M., Hui Li, Sunghee Cho, & William A. Pulsinelli. (1991). Blockade of the AMPA receptor prevents CA1 hippocampal injury following severe but transient forebrain ischemia in adult rats. Neuroscience Letters. 132(2). 255–258. 229 indexed citations

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Dirnagl, Ulrich, Jody Tanabe, & William A. Pulsinelli. (1990). Pre- and post-treatment with MK-801 but not pretreatment alone reduces neocortical damage after focal cerebral ischemia in the rat. Brain Research. 527(1). 62–68. 104 indexed citations

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Kirschenbaum, Barry & William A. Pulsinelli. (1990). Posthoc phosphorylation of proteins derived from ischemic rat hippocampus, striatum and neocortex. Brain Research. 511(1). 21–29. 8 indexed citations

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Gold, Jeffrey P., William A. Pulsinelli, Patricia Winchester, et al.. (1989). Safety of metallic surgical clips in patients undergoing high-field-strength magnetic resonance imaging. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 48(5). 643–645. 10 indexed citations

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Plum, Fred, Richard P. Kraig, & William A. Pulsinelli. (1988). Compartmentation of acid-base balance in brain during complete ischemia. PubMed. 9(1-3). 139–44. 6 indexed citations

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Davis, Hasker P., et al.. (1987). Retention of reference memory following ischemic hippocampal damage. Physiology & Behavior. 39(6). 783–786. 77 indexed citations

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Davis, Hasker P., et al.. (1986). Reference and working memory of rats following hippocampal damage induced by transient forebrain ischemia. Physiology & Behavior. 37(3). 387–392. 111 indexed citations

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Jacewicz, Michael, Marika Kiessling, & William A. Pulsinelli. (1986). Selective Gene Expression in Focal Cerebral Ischemia. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 6(3). 263–272. 104 indexed citations

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Kraig, Richard P., William A. Pulsinelli, & Fred Plum. (1985). Heterogeneous Distribution of Hydrogen and Bicarbonate Ions During Complete Brain Cischemia. Progress in brain research. 63. 155–166. 44 indexed citations

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Pulsinelli, William A.. (1985). Selective Neuronal Vulnerability: Morphological and Molecular Characteristics. Progress in brain research. 63. 29–37. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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Francis, Andrew & William A. Pulsinelli. (1982). The response of GABAergic and cholinergic neurons to transient cerebral ischemia. Brain Research. 243(2). 271–278. 161 indexed citations

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