William E. Bunney

35.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
264 papers, 18.7k citations indexed

About

William E. Bunney is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Bunney has authored 264 papers receiving a total of 18.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 75 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 68 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William E. Bunney's work include Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (56 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (43 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (39 papers). William E. Bunney is often cited by papers focused on Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (56 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (43 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (39 papers). William E. Bunney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Japan. William E. Bunney's co-authors include Frederick K. Goodwin, Joseph C. Wu, Edward G. Jones, Huda Akil, Marquis P. Vawter, Monte S. Buchsbaum, R Myers, Steven G. Potkin, Robert M. Post and Stanley J. Watson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

William E. Bunney

256 papers receiving 17.1k 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.

Norepinephrine in Depressive Reactions

1965 840 citations William E. Bunney profile →
Aggression, suicide, and serotonin: relationships to CSF amine metabolites

1982 733 citations William E. Bunney et al. profile →
Altered cortical glutamatergic and GABAergic signal transmission with glial involvement in depression

2005 513 citations Prabhakara V. Choudary, Simon J. Evans et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
William E. Bunney	5.3k	4.7k	4.3k	4.2k	3.0k	264	18.7k
Frederick K. Goodwin	5.4k 1.0×	8.7k 1.9×	2.5k 0.6×	3.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	234	22.6k
Enrico Smeraldi	3.5k 0.7×	7.2k 1.5×	3.6k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	390	15.9k
J.F.W. Deakin	6.2k 1.2×	4.3k 0.9×	7.2k 1.7×	3.0k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	389	19.4k
John I. Nürnberger	4.1k 0.8×	4.8k 1.0×	2.9k 0.7×	3.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	388	19.4k
Robert Freedman	8.6k 1.6×	4.7k 1.0×	9.1k 2.1×	10.5k 2.5×	1.4k 0.5×	428	28.5k
Carol A. Tamminga	7.8k 1.5×	8.2k 1.7×	7.4k 1.7×	5.6k 1.3×	3.6k 1.2×	503	23.2k
James L. Kennedy	7.9k 1.5×	9.1k 1.9×	5.0k 1.2×	6.2k 1.5×	2.3k 0.8×	678	26.7k
Philip J. Cowen	8.3k 1.6×	5.2k 1.1×	7.9k 1.8×	3.8k 0.9×	4.4k 1.4×	608	29.2k
Lawrence H. Price	3.8k 0.7×	3.8k 0.8×	3.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	295	18.9k
Stefan Borgwardt	4.6k 0.9×	7.7k 1.6×	6.7k 1.6×	2.2k 0.5×	4.1k 1.3×	352	23.7k

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Krolewski, David M., Maria Waselus, Marquis P. Vawter, et al.. (2025). Cell-type specific reductions in interneuron gene expression within the cingulate gyrus of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder subjects. Schizophrenia. 11(1). 91–91.

Watson, Kathleen, Jennifer Keller, Heather Pankow, et al.. (2024). Proteomic profiles of cytokines and chemokines in moderate to severe depression: Implications for comorbidities and biomarker discovery. Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health. 36. 100731–100731.

Bunney, Blynn G., William E. Bunney, Lucas Massier, et al.. (2024). Resilience to Chronic Stress Is Characterized by Circadian Brain-Liver Coordination. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). 100385–100385. 3 indexed citations

Loupe, Jacob M., Lindsay F. Rizzardi, Iván Rodríguez-Nunez, et al.. (2024). Multiomic profiling of transcription factor binding and function in human brain. Nature Neuroscience. 27(7). 1387–1399. 5 indexed citations

Loupe, Jacob M., Iván Rodríguez-Nunez, James M.J. Lawlor, et al.. (2024). Allele-specific transcription factor binding across human brain regions offers mechanistic insight into eQTLs. Genome Research. 34(8). 1224–1234.

Sato, Shogo, Blynn G. Bunney, Lucía Mendoza-Viveros, et al.. (2021). Rapid-acting antidepressants and the circadian clock. Neuropsychopharmacology. 47(4). 805–816. 43 indexed citations

Lallai, Valeria, Preston Cartagena, Agenor Limón, et al.. (2019). Nicotine Acts on Cholinergic Signaling Mechanisms to Directly Modulate Choroid Plexus Function. eNeuro. 6(2). ENEURO.0051–19.2019. 15 indexed citations

Medina, Adriana, Stanley J. Watson, William E. Bunney, et al.. (2015). Evidence for alterations of the glial syncytial function in major depressive disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 72. 15–21. 81 indexed citations

Mamdani, Firoza, Brandi Rollins, Ling Morgan, et al.. (2015). Variable telomere length across post-mortem human brain regions and specific reduction in the hippocampus of major depressive disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 5(9). e636–e636. 76 indexed citations

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Medina, Adriana, Audrey F. Seasholtz, Vikram Sharma, et al.. (2012). Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor expression in the human hippocampus in major depressive disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 47(3). 307–314. 95 indexed citations

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Lavebratt, Catharina, Louise K. Sjöholm, Pia Soronen, et al.. (2010). CRY2 Is Associated with Depression. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations

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Bernard, René, Ilan A. Kerman, Robert C. Thompson, et al.. (2010). Altered expression of glutamate signaling, growth factor, and glia genes in the locus coeruleus of patients with major depression. Molecular Psychiatry. 16(6). 634–646. 273 indexed citations

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Evans, Simon J., Prabhakara V. Choudary, Charles R. Neal, et al.. (2004). Dysregulation of the fibroblast growth factor system in major depression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(43). 15506–15511. 315 indexed citations

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Bunney, William E.. (1990). Neuropsychopharmacology : proceedings of the XVIth C.I.N.P. Congress, Munich, August 15-19, 1988. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Usdin, Earl, Jack D. Barchas, & William E. Bunney. (1988). Perspectives in psychopharmacology : a collection of papers in honor of Earl Usdin. 9 indexed citations

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Kleinman, Joel E., Daniel R. Weinberger, Alan D. Rogol, et al.. (1982). Naloxone in chronic schizophrenic patients: Neuroendocrine and behavioral effects. Psychiatry Research. 7(1). 1–7. 16 indexed citations

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Cohen, Martin R., David Pickar, Michel Dubois, & William E. Bunney. (1982). Stress-induced plasma beta-endorphin immunoreactivity may predict postoperative morphine usage. Psychiatry Research. 6(1). 7–12. 50 indexed citations

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Gershon, Elliot S., J. Mendlewicz, Markus Gastpar, et al.. (1980). A collaborative study of genetic linkage of bipolar manic‐depressive illness and red/green colorblindness : A PROJECT OF THE BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 61(4). 319–338. 30 indexed citations

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Bunney, William E., et al.. (1977). A neuronal receptor sensitivity mechanism in affective illness (a review of evidence).. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 1(4). 393–405. 58 indexed citations

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Usdin, Earl & William E. Bunney. (1975). Pre- and postsynaptic receptors : proceedings of a study group held at the thirteenth annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, San Juan, Puerto Rico. M. Dekker eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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