W.W. Blessing

9.7k total citations
180 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

W.W. Blessing is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, W.W. Blessing has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 57 papers in Physiology and 51 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in W.W. Blessing's work include Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (73 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (43 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (30 papers). W.W. Blessing is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (73 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (43 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (30 papers). W.W. Blessing collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Japan. W.W. Blessing's co-authors include Youichirou Ootsuka, John O. Willoughby, Eugene Nalivaiko, John Chalmers, L. B. Geffen, Tong H. Joh, Glenda M. Halliday, Peter R.C. Howe, Z.J. Gieroba and D.J. Reis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

W.W. Blessing

178 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W.W. Blessing Australia 53 3.7k 3.0k 1.8k 1.4k 1.3k 180 8.0k
David A. Ruggiero United States 47 3.7k 1.0× 3.8k 1.3× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 1.7k 1.4× 84 7.8k
Edward M. Stricker United States 62 4.0k 1.1× 4.4k 1.5× 2.2k 1.2× 3.3k 2.3× 1.2k 0.9× 224 11.1k
R.A.L. Dampney Australia 53 5.7k 1.5× 1.9k 0.7× 2.0k 1.1× 1.9k 1.3× 1.9k 1.5× 129 9.3k
Janusz Lipski New Zealand 47 3.6k 1.0× 1.9k 0.6× 851 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 1.6k 1.2× 144 6.5k
Terry L. Powley United States 55 3.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 2.3k 1.3× 444 0.3× 907 0.7× 166 8.5k
Martin D. Cassell United States 49 986 0.3× 2.9k 1.0× 842 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 2.3k 1.8× 110 8.2k
Arthur D. Loewy United States 68 7.2k 1.9× 5.1k 1.7× 3.0k 1.7× 2.8k 1.9× 3.4k 2.7× 133 14.8k
Gert J. Ter Horst Netherlands 45 2.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 111 6.6k
Barry E. Levin United States 63 7.5k 2.0× 1.9k 0.6× 6.0k 3.3× 667 0.5× 1.5k 1.2× 232 13.8k
Ralph Norgren United States 48 3.8k 1.0× 4.2k 1.4× 1.2k 0.7× 995 0.7× 2.5k 2.0× 91 10.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.W. Blessing

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All Works

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Mohammed, Mazher, Youichirou Ootsuka, & W.W. Blessing. (2014). Brown adipose tissue thermogenesis contributes to emotional hyperthermia in a resident rat suddenly confronted with an intruder rat. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 306(6). R394–R400. 41 indexed citations
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Blessing, Esther, et al.. (2011). Atypical Antipsychotics Cause an Acute Increase in Cutaneous Hand Blood Flow in Patients with Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 45(8). 646–653. 10 indexed citations
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Ootsuka, Youichirou & W.W. Blessing. (2005). Thermogenesis in brown adipose tissue: Increase by 5-HT2A receptor activation and decrease by 5-HT1A receptor activation in conscious rats. Neuroscience Letters. 395(2). 170–174. 50 indexed citations
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Blessing, W.W.. (2005). BAT control shows the way: medullary raphé/parapyramidal neurons and sympathetic regulation of brown adipose tissue. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 288(3). R557–R560. 11 indexed citations
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Ootsuka, Youichirou & W.W. Blessing. (2003). 5‐Hydroxytryptamine 1A Receptors Inhibit Cold‐Induced Sympathetically Mediated Cutaneous Vasoconstriction in Rabbits. The Journal of Physiology. 552(1). 303–314. 47 indexed citations
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Blessing, W.W.. (2003). New treatment for Ecstasy‐related hyperthermia. Internal Medicine Journal. 33(12). 555–556. 4 indexed citations
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Nalivaiko, Eugene & W.W. Blessing. (2003). Crf1-receptor antagonist cp-154526 reduces alerting-related cutaneous vasoconstriction in conscious rabbits. Neuroscience. 117(1). 129–138. 8 indexed citations
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Pedersen, Nigel P. & W.W. Blessing. (2001). Cutaneous Vasoconstriction Contributes to Hyperthermia Induced by 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy) in Conscious Rabbits. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(21). 8648–8654. 106 indexed citations
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Blessing, W.W., et al.. (1998). CUTANEOUS VASOCONSTRICTION WITH ALERTING STIMULI IN RABBITS REFLECTS A PATTERNED REDISTRIBUTION OF CARDIAC OUTPUT. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 25(6). 457–460. 7 indexed citations
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Blessing, W.W.. (1997). Anatomy of the lower brainstem. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 29–99. 29 indexed citations
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Gieroba, Z.J., J. P. Messenger, & W.W. Blessing. (1995). Abdominal vagal stimulation excites bulbospinal barosensitive neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla. Neuroscience. 65(2). 355–364. 18 indexed citations
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Wesselingh, Steve, et al.. (1992). Projections from rabbit caudal medulla to C1 and A5 sympathetic premotor neurons, demonstrated with phaseolus leucoagglutinin and herpes simplex virus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 317(4). 379–395. 56 indexed citations
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Gai, Wei, Glenda M. Halliday, Peter Blumbergs, L. B. Geffen, & W.W. Blessing. (1991). SUBSTANCE P-CONTAINING NEURONS IN THE MESOPONTINE TEGMENTUM ARE SEVERELY AFFECTED IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE. Brain. 114(5). 2253–2267. 70 indexed citations
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Halliday, Glenda M., Peter Blumbergs, Richard G.H. Cotton, W.W. Blessing, & L. B. Geffen. (1990). Loss of brainstem serotonin- and substance P-containing neurons in Parkinson's disease. Brain Research. 510(1). 104–107. 292 indexed citations
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Blessing, W.W., Peter R.C. Howe, Tong H. Joh, J. R. Oliver, & John O. Willoughby. (1986). Distribution of tyrosine hydroxylase and neuropeptide Y–like immunoreactive neurons in rabbit medulla oblongata, with attention to colocalization studies, presumptive adrenaline‐synthesizing perikarya, and vagal preganglionic cells. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 248(2). 285–300. 180 indexed citations
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Blessing, W.W., et al.. (1981). Altered Reflex Vasoconstrictor Function in the Rabbit After Specific Brain-Stem Lesions. Circulation. 64(4). 157–157. 5 indexed citations

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