William Wisden

24.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
163 papers, 19.6k citations indexed

About

William Wisden is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, William Wisden has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 19.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 86 papers in Molecular Biology and 56 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in William Wisden's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (108 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (34 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (32 papers). William Wisden is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (108 papers), Sleep and Wakefulness Research (34 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (32 papers). William Wisden collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Finland. William Wisden's co-authors include Peter H. Seeburg, Hannah Monyer, Anne Herb, Kari Keinänen, Bert Sakmann, P. Werner, Nicholas P. Franks, P. H. Seeburg, Stephen P. Hunt and Bernd Sommer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William Wisden

161 papers receiving 19.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The distribution of 13 GABAA receptor subunit mRNAs in the rat brain. I. Telencephalon, diencephalon, mesencephalon

1992 1.4k citations William Wisden, Hannah Monyer et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
A Family of AMPA-Selective Glutamate Receptors

1990 1.2k citations William Wisden et al. Science profile →
Flip and Flop: A Cell-Specific Functional Switch in Glutamate-Operated Channels of the CNS

1990 1.0k citations William Wisden et al. Science profile →
The distribution of thirteen GABAA receptor subunit mRNAs in the rat brain. III. Embryonic and postnatal development

1992 982 citations William Wisden et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Differential expression of immediate early genes in the hippocampus and spinal cord

1990 583 citations William Wisden, M.L. Er̀rington et al. Neuron profile →
The distribution of 13 GABAA receptor subunit mRNAs in the rat brain. II. Olfactory bulb and cerebellum

1992 577 citations William Wisden et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Structural and functional basis for GABAA receptor heterogeneity

1988 521 citations William Wisden et al. Nature profile →
Specialized astrocytes mediate glutamatergic gliotransmission in the CNS

2023 141 citations Roberta De Ceglia, Ada Ledonne et al. Nature profile →
Brain clearance is reduced during sleep and anesthesia

2024 79 citations Andawei Miao, William Wisden et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A REM-active basal ganglia circuit that regulates anxiety 2024 ·Current Biology ·Wei Ba, Mathieu Nollet, Chunyu Yin, Xiao Yu, Sara Wong, Andawei Miao, Esteban J. Beckwith, Edward C. Harding, Ying Ma, Raquel Yustos, Alexei L. Vyssotski, William Wisden, Nicholas P. Franks	6
2	Biochemical pathways of sleep 2023 ·Cell Research ·William Wisden, Nicholas P. Franks	0
3	Prefrontal engrams of long-term fear memory perpetuate pain perception 2023 ·Nature Neuroscience ·(unknown), Sheng Liu, (unknown), M.J. Oswald, (unknown), Carlo A. Beretta, Zheng Gan, Linette Liqi Tan, William Wisden, Johannes Gräff, Rohini Kuner	24
4	Specialized astrocytes mediate glutamatergic gliotransmission in the CNS breakdown → 2023 ·Nature ·Roberta De Ceglia, Ada Ledonne, David Litvin, Barbara Lykke Lind, Giovanni Carriero, Emanuele Claudio Latagliata, (unknown), Maria Amalia Di Castro, Iaroslav Savtchouk, Ilaria Vitali, (unknown), Mauro Congiu, (unknown), William Wisden, Kenneth D. Harris, Manuel Mameli, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Ludovic Telley, Andrea Volterra	141
5	A specific circuit in the midbrain detects stress and induces restorative sleep 2022 ·Science ·Xiao Yu, Guangchao Zhao, (unknown), Sa Wang, Rui Li, (unknown), Huan Wang, Mathieu Nollet, (unknown), (unknown), Raquel Yustos, Huiming Li, (unknown), (unknown), Min Cai, Alexei L. Vyssotski, Yulong Li, Hailong Dong, Nicholas P. Franks, William Wisden	70
6	NMDA Receptors in the Lateral Preoptic Hypothalamus Are Essential for Sustaining NREM and REM Sleep 2022 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Giulia Miracca, Berta Anuncibay‐Soto, Kyoko Tossell, Raquel Yustos, Alexei L. Vyssotski, Nicholas P. Franks, William Wisden	27
7	Sleep deprivation and stress: a reciprocal relationship 2020 ·Interface Focus ·Mathieu Nollet, William Wisden, Nicholas P. Franks	173
8	Bottom-Up versus Top-Down Induction of Sleep by Zolpidem Acting on Histaminergic and Neocortex Neurons 2016 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·David S. Uygun, Zhiwen Ye, Anna Zecharia, Edward C. Harding, Xiao Yu, Raquel Yustos, Alexei L. Vyssotski, Stephen G. Brickley, Nicholas P. Franks, William Wisden	35
9	Staying awake – a genetic region that hinders α ₂ adrenergic receptor agonist‐induced sleep 2014 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Çiğdem Gelegen, Thomas C. Gent, Valentina Ferretti, Zhe Zhang, Raquel Yustos, Fei Lan, Qianzi Yang, (unknown), Alexei L. Vyssotski, Hein A. van Lith, William Wisden, Nicholas P. Franks	18
10	Interneurons in the molecular layer of the cerebellum are required for consolidation of motor learning 2007 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), Peer Wulff, Massimiliano Renzi, William Wisden, Mark Farrant, (unknown)	1
11	GABAA receptors: structure and function in the basal ganglia 2007 ·Progress in brain research ·Thomas E. Goetz, (unknown), William Wisden, Peer Wulff	100
12	Lymphomagenesis, Hydronephrosis, and Autoantibodies Result from Dysregulation of IL-9 and Are Differentially Dependent on Th2 Cytokines 2004 ·The Journal of Immunology ·(unknown), Helen E. Jolin, P. H. SMITH, José G. van den Berg, Alison Jones, William Wisden, Kenneth G. C. Smith, Ayan Dasvarma, Padraic G. Fallon, Andrew N. J. McKenzie	14
13	Abolition of zolpidem sensitivity in mice with a point mutation in the GABAA receptor γ2 subunit 2004 ·Neuropharmacology ·David W. Cope, Peer Wulff, Alessandra Oberto, M. Isabel Aller, Marco Capogna, Francesco Ferraguti, (unknown), Harald Hoeger, Helen E. Jolin, Alison Jones, Andrew N. J. McKenzie, (unknown), (unknown), Saku T. Sinkkonen, Olga Vekovischeva, Esa R. Korpi, Werner Sieghart, Erwin Sigel, Péter Somogyi, William Wisden	60
14	Blunted Furosemide Action On Cerebellar GABA A Receptors In ANT Rats Selectively Bred for High Alcohol Sensitivity 1996 ·Neuropharmacology ·Riikka Mäkelä, Marko Lehtonen, William Wisden, Hartmut Lüddens, Esa R. Korpi	11
15	Kainate receptor gene expression in the developing rat brain 1994 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Sabine Bahn, Balázs Volk, William Wisden	337
16	The differential expression of 16 NMDA and non-NMDA receptor subunits in the rat spinal cord and in periaqueductal gray 1993 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·T. R. Tölle, Achim Berthele, W. Zieglgänsberger, (unknown), William Wisden	367
17	Glutamate-operated channels: Developmentally early and mature forms arise by alternative splicing 1991 ·Neuron ·Hannah Monyer, P. H. Seeburg, William Wisden	445
18	CELLULAR-LOCALIZATION OF NEUROTRANSMITTER MESSENGER-RNAS IN STRIATAL GRAFTS 1990 ·Progress in brain research ·(unknown), William Wisden, (unknown), Stephen P. Hunt, Stephen B. Dunnett, (unknown)	2
19	Differential expression of immediate early genes in the hippocampus and spinal cord breakdown → 1990 ·Neuron ·William Wisden, M.L. Er̀rington, Steven Williams, Stephen B. Dunnett, Catherine Waters, Daniel F. A. Hitchcock, Gérard I. Evan, Tim Bliss, Stephen P. Hunt	583
20	Differential distribution of GABA-A receptor messenger RNAs in bovine cerebellum - localization of alpha2 messenger RNA in Bergmann glia layer 1989 ·Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) ·William Wisden, (unknown), (unknown), Stephen P. Hunt, (unknown)	2

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