William O. Whetsell

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

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William O. Whetsell is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, William O. Whetsell has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in William O. Whetsell's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (14 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers). William O. Whetsell is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (14 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers). William O. Whetsell collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. William O. Whetsell's co-authors include Robert Schwarcz, Richard M. Mangano, Robert Schwarcz, Alan C. Foster, P. Hemachandra Reddy, Edward D. French, Christer Köhler, Danilo A. Tagle, Vinod Charles and Edward D. Bird and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

William O. Whetsell

104 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Quinolinic Acid: An Endogenous Metabolite That Produces Axon-Sparing Lesions in Rat Brain

1983 1.1k citations Robert Schwarcz, William O. Whetsell et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William O. Whetsell United States	36	3.1k	2.5k	1.2k	1.1k	867	105	6.5k
Sylvie Chalon France	43	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	631 0.6×	1.5k 1.7×	208	8.0k
Sahebarao P. Mahadik United States	39	1.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	429 0.4×	1.6k 1.5×	828 1.0×	134	5.8k
Giambattista Bonanno Italy	45	3.4k 1.1×	3.1k 1.3×	836 0.7×	489 0.4×	685 0.8×	204	6.8k
M. Da Prada Switzerland	42	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	923 0.8×	379 0.3×	929 1.1×	142	6.7k
A.J. Cross United Kingdom	56	4.8k 1.6×	3.1k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	423 0.4×	1.2k 1.4×	197	8.6k
Flavio Moroni Italy	57	4.3k 1.4×	4.2k 1.7×	537 0.4×	2.2k 2.0×	1.2k 1.4×	232	10.5k
Robert Schwarcz United States	43	3.7k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	553 0.5×	2.3k 2.1×	547 0.6×	106	6.8k
Péter Klivènyi Hungary	40	2.3k 0.7×	3.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.6×	866 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	214	7.2k
C. Anthony Altar United States	58	7.8k 2.5×	3.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	821 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	116	12.5k
Tiziana Mennini Italy	49	3.8k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	228 0.2×	1.2k 1.4×	270	9.3k

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Wang, Hailun, Miaojun Han, William O. Whetsell, et al.. (2013). Tax-interacting protein 1 coordinates the spatiotemporal activation of Rho GTPases and regulates the infiltrative growth of human glioblastoma. Oncogene. 33(12). 1558–1569. 28 indexed citations

Wang, Lina, Gregory C. Mathews, William O. Whetsell, & Bassel Abou‐Khalil. (2008). Hypermotor seizures in patients with temporal pole lesions. Epilepsy Research. 82(1). 93–98. 22 indexed citations

Yazlovitskaya, Eugenia M., E. Edwards, Dinesh Thotala, et al.. (2006). Lithium Treatment Prevents Neurocognitive Deficit Resulting from Cranial Irradiation. Cancer Research. 66(23). 11179–11186. 145 indexed citations

Rieck, Richard W., Mohammed Saleh Al Ansari, William O. Whetsell, Ariel Y. Deutch, & Robert Kessler. (2003). Distribution of Dopamine D2-Like Receptors in the Human Thalamus: Autoradiographic and PET Studies. Neuropsychopharmacology. 29(2). 362–372. 82 indexed citations

Reddy, P. Hemachandra, Vinod Charles, Lisa Garrett, et al.. (1998). Behavioural abnormalities and selective neuronal loss in HD transgenic mice expressing mutated full-length HD cDNA. Nature Genetics. 20(2). 198–202. 317 indexed citations

Bruner, Joseph P., et al.. (1997). Quantitative Analysis of the Toxicity of Human Amniotic Fluid to Cultured Rat Spinal Cord. Pediatric Neurosurgery. 27(4). 190–193. 68 indexed citations

Ebert, Michael H., et al.. (1997). Attenuation of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) neurotoxicity by deprenyl in organotypic canine substantia nigra cultures. Journal of Neural Transmission. 104(8-9). 875–885. 12 indexed citations

Whetsell, William O.. (1996). Current Concepts of Excitotoxicity. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 55(1). 1–13. 96 indexed citations

Urbańska, Ewa M., Paolo Guidetti, Edward D. Bird, et al.. (1995). Dysfunction of brain kynurenic acid metabolism in Huntington's disease: focus on kynurenine aminotransferases. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 130(1). 39–47. 102 indexed citations

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Schwaber, Mitchell K. & William O. Whetsell. (1992). Cochleovestibular nerve compression syndrome. II. Vestibular nerve histopathology and theory of pathophysiology. The Laryngoscope. 102(9). 1030–1036. 28 indexed citations

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Eldik, Linda J. Van, et al.. (1991). Neurotrophic activity of S-100β in cultures of dorsal root ganglia from embryonic chick and fetal rat. Brain Research. 542(2). 280–285. 97 indexed citations

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Du, Fu, et al.. (1990). Distribution of quinolinic acid phosphoribosyltransferase in the human hippocampal formation and parahippocampal gyrus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 295(1). 71–82. 16 indexed citations

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Whetsell, William O., et al.. (1989). Alteration of kainic acid and quinolinic acid toxicity by neostriatal transplants in vitro. Neuroscience Letters. 96(1). 18–22. 2 indexed citations

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Johnson, Mahlon D., et al.. (1989). Lipocortin-1 immunoreactivity in central and peripheral nervous system glial tumors. Human Pathology. 20(8). 772–776. 48 indexed citations

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Burns, Richard S., et al.. (1989). Ultrastructural alterations induced by 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) in canine substantia nigra and rat mesencephalon in vitro. Experimental Neurology. 104(3). 235–240. 10 indexed citations

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Eldik, Linda J. Van, et al.. (1986). Immunohistochemical localization of S100 beta in human nervous system tumors by using monoclonal antibodies with specificity for the S100 beta polypeptide.. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 34(8). 977–982. 34 indexed citations

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Maker, Howard S., et al.. (1981). Regional activities of metabolic enzymes and glutamate decarboxylase in human brain. Annals of Neurology. 10(4). 377–383. 21 indexed citations

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Whetsell, William O., et al.. (1979). STUDIES ON EFFECTS OF CHRONIC LEAD EXPOSURE UPON PORPHYRIN BIOSYNTHESIS AND MYELIN IN CULTURE OF MOUSE DORSAL, ROOT GANGLIA (DRG). Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 38(3). 348–348. 1 indexed citations

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Whetsell, William O.. (1979). Archives of the International Congresses and Society of Neuropathology, 1952-1977. Archives of Neurology. 36(6). 389–389. 1 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Jerome, et al.. (1978). HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPES 1 AND 2 IN ORGANOTYPIC CULTURES OF MOUSE CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: I. LIGHT MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF MYELIN DEGENERATION. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 37(5). 518–530. 3 indexed citations

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