Y.S. Allen

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Y.S. Allen is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Y.S. Allen has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Y.S. Allen's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (12 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (9 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers). Y.S. Allen is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (12 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (9 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers). Y.S. Allen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Poland and Denmark. Y.S. Allen's co-authors include S.R. Bloom, J.M. Polak, J. M. Polak, T.J. Crow, Kazuhiko Tatemoto, Thomas E. Adrian, J.M. Allen, J.D. Sinden, P. L. Lantos and J.A. Gray and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Y.S. Allen

30 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Neuropeptide Y Distribution in the Rat Brain 1983 2026 1997 2011 1983 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Neuropeptide Y Distribution in the Rat Brain
    1983 970 citations Y.S. Allen, Thomas E. Adrian et al. Science profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Y.S. Allen United Kingdom 22 2.4k 1.3k 662 599 455 31 3.1k
T. Ho ̈kfelt Sweden 16 2.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 548 0.8× 231 0.4× 242 0.5× 17 3.1k
T. Hökfelt Sweden 30 3.0k 1.2× 1.8k 1.3× 548 0.8× 247 0.4× 227 0.5× 59 4.2k
Peter B. Hedlund Sweden 33 2.5k 1.0× 1.9k 1.4× 417 0.6× 533 0.9× 87 0.2× 74 4.0k
José Ángel Narváez Spain 29 1.8k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 559 0.8× 213 0.4× 175 0.4× 130 2.6k
Charles A. Fox United States 15 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 340 0.5× 320 0.5× 178 0.4× 18 2.9k
James R. Unnerstall United States 22 1.8k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 229 0.3× 312 0.5× 98 0.2× 35 3.0k
S.L. Dun United States 27 1.0k 0.4× 555 0.4× 895 1.4× 302 0.5× 234 0.5× 49 2.4k
Teresa L. Krukoff Canada 37 1.4k 0.6× 747 0.6× 1.4k 2.1× 371 0.6× 116 0.3× 82 3.3k
S.J. Watson United States 11 1.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 309 0.5× 307 0.5× 133 0.3× 24 2.7k
June Chan United States 31 2.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 404 0.6× 479 0.8× 71 0.2× 52 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Y.S. Allen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rose, Steven P. R., Y.S. Allen, & Ian M. Varndell. (2018). A brief history of the British Neuroscience Association. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 1864960656–1864960656.
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Zamani, Reza & Y.S. Allen. (2001). Nicotine and its interaction with β-amyloid protein: a short review. Biological Psychiatry. 49(3). 221–232. 31 indexed citations
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Morley, J. S., et al.. (1997). Trophic Effects of Melanotropin-Potentiating Factor (MPF) on Cultures of Cells of the Central Nervous System. Peptides. 18(7). 1015–1021. 5 indexed citations
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Zamani, Reza, et al.. (1997). Nicotine modulates the neurotoxic effect of β-amyloid protein(25–35) in hippocampal cultures. Neuroreport. 8(2). 513–517. 70 indexed citations
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Allen, Y.S., et al.. (1995). NEUROTOXICITY OF BETA‐AMYLOID PROTEIN: CYTOCHEMICAL CHANGES AND APOPTOTIC CELL DEATH INVESTIGATED IN ORGANOTYPIC CULTURES. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 22(5). 370–371. 16 indexed citations
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Hodges, H. Courtney, Y.S. Allen, J.D. Sinden, et al.. (1991). The effects of cholinergic drugs and cholinergic-rich foetal neural transplants on alcohol-induced deficits in radial maze performance in rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 43(1). 7–28. 104 indexed citations
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Sinden, J.D., Y.S. Allen, J. N. P. Rawlins, & J.A. Gray. (1990). The effects of ibotenic acid lesions of the nucleus basalis and cholinergic-rich neural transplants on win-stay/lose-shift and win-shift/lose-stay performance in the rat. Behavioural Brain Research. 36(3). 229–249. 34 indexed citations
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Allen, Y.S., et al.. (1990). Chapter 39 Cholinergic-rich transplants alleviate cognitive deficits in lesioned rats, but exacerbate response to cholinergic drugs. Progress in brain research. 82. 347–358. 28 indexed citations
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Kershaw, T. R., et al.. (1990). Chapter 6 Behavioural recovery following transplantation of the neuroblastoma cell line IMR-32. Progress in brain research. 82. 47–53. 6 indexed citations
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Allen, Y.S. & T. R. Kershaw. (1989). A morphological study of the neuroblastoma-glioma hybrid cell line, NG108-15, in culture and after grafting to the adult rat brain. Neuroscience Letters. 103(3). 247–252. 1 indexed citations
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Arendt, Thomas, Y.S. Allen, John D. Sinden, et al.. (1988). Cholinergic-rich brain transplants reverse alcohol-induced memory deficits. Nature. 332(6163). 448–450. 170 indexed citations
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Coffey, Peter, V. Hugh Perry, Y.S. Allen, J.D. Sinden, & J. N. P. Rawlins. (1988). Ibotenic acid induced demyelination in the central nervous system: A consequence of a local inflammatory response. Neuroscience Letters. 84(2). 178–184. 90 indexed citations
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Ch'ng, J.L.C., N.D. Christofides, Praveen Anand, et al.. (1985). Distribution of galanin immunoreactivity in the central nervous system and the responses of galanin-containing neuronal pathways to injury. Neuroscience. 16(2). 343–354. 391 indexed citations
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Chan‐Palay, Victoria, et al.. (1985). I. Cytology and distribution in normal human cerebral cortex of neurons immunoreactive with antisera against neuropeptide Y. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 238(4). 382–389. 116 indexed citations
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Pelletier, G., J. Guy, Y.S. Allen, & J. M. Polak. (1984). Electron microscope immunocytochemical localization of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the rat brain. Neuropeptides. 4(4). 319–324. 113 indexed citations
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Allen, Y.S., Thomas E. Adrian, J.M. Allen, et al.. (1983). Neuropeptide Y Distribution in the Rat Brain. Science. 221(4613). 877–879. 970 indexed citations breakdown →

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