V. P. Whittaker

V. P. Whittaker publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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V. P. Whittaker D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

Research.com Recognitions

• 1978 - Karl Spencer Lashley Award, The American Philosophical Society
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

• The isolation of nerve endings from brain: an electron-microscopic study of cell fragments derived by homogenization and centrifugation.

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  2536
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• Intracellular distributions of acetylcholine and choline acetylase

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  290
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• Adenosine triphosphate. A constituent of cholinergic synaptic vesicles

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  289
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• Thirty years of synaptosome research.

  V. P. Whittaker

  239
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• The preparation and characterization of synaptic vesicles of high purity

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  230
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• The Synaptosome

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  198
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• The isolation of pure cholinergic synaptic vesicles from the electric organs of elasmobranch fish of the family Torpedinidae

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  190
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• SOME PROPERTIES OF SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES ISOLATED FROM THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM*

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  150
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• Choline metabolism in the cerebral cortex of guinea pigs. Stable-bound acetylcholine

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  131
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• The morphology of fractions of rat forebrain synaptosomes separated on continuous sucrose density gradients

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  131
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• The subcellular localization of 5-hydroxytryptamine in guinea pig brain

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  124
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• Morphological and biochemical heterogeneity of cholinergic synaptic vesicles

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  106
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• The subcellular fractionation of the electric organ of Torpedo

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  88
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• DIFFERENT RECOVERY RATES OF THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN THE CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSES OF THE TORPEDO ELECTRIC ORGAN AFTER STIMULATION

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  83
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• Selective depletion of the acetylcholine and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide of the guinea-pig myenteric plexus by differential mobilization of distinct transmitter pools.

  D.V. Agoston;J.M. Conlon;V.P. Whittaker

  77
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• Identification of Acetylcholine and Related Esters of Biological Origin

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  68
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• COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN SYNAPTOSOME FORMATION: THE PREPARATION OF SYNAPTOSOMES FROM THE HEAD GANGLION OF THE SQUID, <i>LOLIGO PEALII</i>

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  67
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• Isolation of neuropeptide-containing vesicles from the guinea pig ileum.

  Dénes V. Ägoston;M. Ballmann;J. M. Conlon;G. H. C. Dowe

  64
  Citations

• The subcellular distribution of [<i>N-Me</i>−3H]-acetylcholine synthesized by brain <i>in vivo</i>

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  63
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• Recent Studies on the Comparative Biochemistry of the Cholinergic Neuron

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  45
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