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17638
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19857
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9888

Alan Frazer publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan Frazer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 268 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Alan Frazer D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan Frazer sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alan Frazer is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with particular attention to cellular and molecular neuroscience and neuropharmacology.

Their work spans multiple subfields including:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Pharmacology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

The main topics that characterize Frazer's research include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Alan Frazer has published articles in several scientific venues. Frequently appearing journals in their publication record are:

  • The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • Behavioural Brain Research

Their recent published papers include:

  • Hippocampal α5-GABAA Receptors Modulate Dopamine Neuron Activity in the Rat Ventral Tegmental Area, 2022, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • Ketamine: Leading us into the future for development of antidepressants, 2020, Behavioural Brain Research
  • Positive Allosteric Modulation of α5-GABAA Receptors Reverses Stress-Induced Alterations in Dopamine System Function and Prepulse Inhibition of Startle, 2022, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Mechanisms associated with the antidepressant-like effects of L-655,708, 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Analgesic Effects of Oxycodone in Combination With Risperidone or Ziprasidone: Results From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial in Healthy Volunteers, 2022, Frontiers in Pain Research

Alan Frazer has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Flavia Carreño
  • Daniel J. Lodge
  • Alexandra M. McCoy
  • Thomas D. Prévot
  • James M. Cook

Best Publications

  • Efficacy of Divalproex vs Lithium and Placebo in the Treatment of Mania

    Charles L. Bowden;Andrew M. Brugger;Alan C. Swann;Joseph R. Calabrese

  • VNS therapy in treatment-resistant depression: clinical evidence and putative neurobiological mechanisms.

    Charles B Nemeroff;Helen S Mayberg;Scott E Krahl;James McNamara

  • Leptin: A potential novel antidepressant

    Xin-Yun Lu;Chung Sub Kim;Alan Frazer;Wei Zhang

  • Chronic unpredictable stress induces a cognitive deficit and anxiety-like behavior in rats that is prevented by chronic antidepressant drug treatment.

    Corina O Bondi;Gustavo Rodriguez;Georgianna G Gould;Alan Frazer

  • Determination of selective and nonselective compounds for the 5-HT 1A and 5-HT 1B receptor subtypes in rat frontal cortex.

    M. A. Sills;B. B. Wolfe;Alan Frazer

  • Differential actions of serotonin antagonists on two behavioral models of serotonin receptor activation in the rat.

    I. Lucki;M. S. Nobler;Alan Frazer

  • Effects of chronic antidepressant treatments on serotonin transporter function, density, and mRNA level

    Saloua Benmansour;Marco Cecchi;David A Morilak;Greg A. Gerhardt

  • Pharmacology of antidepressants.

    Alan Frazer

  • Antidepressants and brain monoaminergic systems: a dimensional approach to understanding their behavioural effects in depression and anxiety disorders

    David A. Morilak;Alan Frazer

  • Onset and Early Behavioral Effects of Pharmacologically Different Antidepressants and Placebo in Depression

    Martin M Katz;Janet L Tekell;Charles L Bowden;Steve Brannan

  • Subtypes of receptors for serotonin.

    Alan Frazer;Saul Maayani;Barry B. Wolfe

  • Intracellular lithium concentration and clinical response: Towards a membrane theory of depression ☆

    J. Mendels;Alan Frazer

  • Differences in nocturnal melatonin secretion between melancholic depressed patients and control subjects.

    R. Brown;J. H. Kocsis;S. Caroff;J. Amsterdam

  • The timing, specificity and clinical prediction of tricyclic drug effects in depression.

    M. M. Katz;S. H. Koslow;J. W. Maas;A. Frazer

  • Activation of a ventral hippocampus-medial prefrontal cortex pathway is both necessary and sufficient for an antidepressant response to ketamine.

    F. R. Carreno;J. J. Donegan;A. M. Boley;A. Shah

  • Serotonin Clearance In Vivo Is Altered to a Greater Extent by Antidepressant-Induced Downregulation of the Serotonin Transporter than by Acute Blockade of this Transporter

    Saloua Benmansour;William A. Owens;Marco Cecchi;David A. Morilak

  • Effect of 1-(m-chlorophenyl)piperazine and 1-(m-trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine on locomotor activity.

    I Lucki;H R Ward;A Frazer

  • A quantitative autoradiographic study of serotonin1A receptor regulation: effect of 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine and antidepressant treatments

    Julie G. Hensler;Gyula B. Kovachich;Alan Frazer

  • Desmethylimipramine-induced decrease in β-adrenergic receptor binding in rat cerebral cortex

    Keisuke Sarai;Alan Frazer;David Brunswick;Joe Mendels

  • Biogenic amine metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid of depressed and manic patients.

    J. Mendels;Alan Frazer;R. G. Fitzgerald;T. A. Ramsey

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles L. Bowden
Charles L. Bowden The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Irwin Lucki
Irwin Lucki University of Pennsylvania
Daniel J. Lodge
Daniel J. Lodge The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Greg A. Gerhardt
Greg A. Gerhardt University of Kentucky
Alan C. Swann
Alan C. Swann The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jay D. Amsterdam
Jay D. Amsterdam University of Pennsylvania
Martin A. Javors
Martin A. Javors The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Ghanshyam N. Pandey
Ghanshyam N. Pandey University of Illinois at Chicago
Thomas R. Henry
Thomas R. Henry University of Minnesota
Helen S. Mayberg
Helen S. Mayberg Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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