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Graham A.R. Johnston

Graham A.R. Johnston

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Chemistry
Australia
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
31633
World Ranking
1873
National Ranking
51

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Graham A.R. Johnston is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with notable contributions in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Plant Science, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Biological Psychiatry.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics including:

  • GABA and Rice Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Tea Polyphenols and Effects
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Biochemical effects in animals
  • Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis

Recent publications by Graham A.R. Johnston include:

  • Milestone review: GABA, from chemistry, conformations, ionotropic receptors, modulators, epilepsy, flavonoids, and stress to neuro-nutraceuticals, 2024, Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Factors associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes in patients with psoriasis-insights from a global registry-based study, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Other prominent papers closely related to the scientific community around Johnston's work, though authored by frequent coauthors, include:

  • GABA-enriched teas as neuro-nutraceuticals, 2020, Neurochemistry International
  • GABA, epigallocatechin gallate, tea, and the gut-brain axis, 2024, Neurochemistry International
  • Targeting GABAC Receptors Improves Post-Stroke Motor Recovery, 2021, Brain Sciences

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Johnston are:

  • Tina Hinton
  • Vincent Viengkhou
  • Sandra Kindaro
  • Herbert F. Jelinek
  • Slade Matthews

Graham A.R. Johnston's research has appeared most frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Neurochemistry International
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Brain Sciences
  • JID Innovations

In addition to journal publications, Johnston has contributed to book literature. One notable book is Recent Advances in the Health Benefits of Tea, published by IntechOpen in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Amino acid transmitters in the mammalian central nervous system

    David R. Curtis;Graham A. R. Johnston

  • Bicuculline, an antagonist of GABA and synaptic inhibition in the spinal cord of the cat.

    D.R. Curtis;A.W. Duggan;D. Felix;G.A.R. Johnston

  • THE STRUCTURAL SPECIFICITY OF THE HIGH AFFINITY UPTAKE OF l‐GLUTAMATE AND l‐ASPARTATE BY RAT BRAIN SLICES

    V. J. Balcar;G.A. R. Johnston

  • GABA, Bicuculline and Central Inhibition

    D. R. Curtis;A. W. Duggan;D. Felix;G. A. R. Johnston

  • A pharmacological study of the depression of spinal neurones by glycine and related amino acids

    D. R. Curtis;L. Hösli;G. A. R. Johnston

  • The hyperpolarization of spinal motoneurones by glycine and related amino acids.

    D. R. Curtis;L. Hösli;G. A. R. Johnston;I. H. Johnston

  • The 'ABC' of GABA receptors: a brief review.

    Mary Chebib;Graham A R Johnston

  • GABA UPTAKE IN RAT CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: COMPARISON OF UPTAKE IN SLICES AND HOMOGENATES AND THE EFFECTS OF SOME INHIBITORS

    L. L. Iversen;G. A. R. Johnston

  • GABAA receptor pharmacology

    G.A.R. Johnston

  • GABA-Activated ligand gated ion channels: medicinal chemistry and molecular biology.

    Mary Chebib;Graham A. R. Johnston

  • The specificity of strychnine as a glycine antagonist in the mammalian spinal cord.

    D. R. Curtis;A. W. Duggan;G. A. R. Johnston

  • Antagonism between bicuculline and GABA in the cat brain.

    D.R. Curtis;A.W. Duggan;D. Felix;G.A.R. Johnston

  • A new class of GABA agonist.

    P. Krogsgaard-Larsen;G. A. R. Johnston;D. Lodge;D. R. Curtis

  • Central nervous system depressant action of flavonoid glycosides

    Sebastián P. Fernández;Cristina Wasowski;Leonardo M. Loscalzo;Renee E. Granger

  • Inhibition of GABA uptake in rat brain slices by nipecotic acid, various isoxazoles and related compounds.

    P. Krogsgaard-Larsen;G. A. R. Johnston

  • Spinal interneurone excitation by conformationally restricted analogues of L-glutamic acid

    G. A. R. Johnston;D. R. Curtis;J. Davies;R. M. Mcculloch

  • GABA(A) receptor channel pharmacology.

    Graham A.R. Johnston

  • Uptake and release of D- and L-aspartate by rat brain slices.

    L. P. Davies;G. A. R. Johnston

  • ACTION OF THE NEUROTOXIN KAINIC ACID ON HIGH AFFINITY UPTAKE OF l‐GLUTAMIC ACID IN RAT BRAIN SLICES

    G. A. R. Johnston;Sue M. E. Kennedy;B. Twitchin

  • GLYCINE UPTAKE IN RAT CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SLICES AND HOMOGENATES: EVIDENCE FOR DIFFERENT UPTAKE SYSTEMS IN SPINAL CORD AND CEREBRAL CORTEX

    G. A. R. Johnston;L. L. Iversen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Chebib
Mary Chebib University of Sydney
David R. Curtis
David R. Curtis Australian National University
Peter R. Dodd
Peter R. Dodd University of Queensland
Philip M. Beart
Philip M. Beart Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Trevor W. Hambley
Trevor W. Hambley University of Sydney
Sarah C. R. Lummis
Sarah C. R. Lummis University of Cambridge
Andrew L. Gundlach
Andrew L. Gundlach Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Joel C. Bornstein
Joel C. Bornstein University of Melbourne
Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen
Povl Krogsgaard-Larsen University of Copenhagen
Jillian J. Kril
Jillian J. Kril University of Sydney

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