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| Brief, irregular oscillations of basal plasma insulin and glucose concentrations in diabetic man | Diabetes | 1981 | 234 |
| Ethyl beta-carboline carboxylate lowers seizure threshold and antagonizes flurazepam-induced sedation in rats | Nature | 1981 | 217 |
| Laryngeal abductor paralysis in multiple system atrophy. A report on three necropsied cases, with observations on the laryngeal muscles and the nuclei ambigui | Brain | 1981 | 183 |
| Marginal zones: the major B cell compartment of rat spleens | European Journal of Immunology | 1981 | 146 |
| Tricarboxylic acid cycle flux and enzyme activities in the isolated working rat heart | Biochemical Journal | 1981 | 131 |
| On psycholinguistic classifications of the acquired dyslexias | Bulletin of the Orton Society | 1981 | 120 |
| The evolution of metabolic cycles | Nature | 1981 | 112 |
| Cells of the marginal zone of the spleen are lymphocytes derived from recirculating precursors | European Journal of Immunology | 1981 | 95 |
| Epidural fentanyl in labour | Anaesthesia | 1981 | 90 |
| A behavioural and biochemical study in rats of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor agonists and antagonists, with observations on structure-activity requirements for the agonists | British Journal of Pharmacology | 1981 | 79 |
| Sublingual buprenorphine used postoperatively: clinical observations and preliminary pharmacokinetic analysis | British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology | 1981 | 77 |
| Sexual dysfunction and psychiatric morbidity in patients attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases | British Journal of Psychiatry | 1981 | 75 |
| Examination of a myopathy by phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance | Lancet, The | 1981 | 73 |
| The effect of maternal weight on maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein levels | BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 1981 | 71 |
| The urodynamic characteristics of multiple sclerosis | British Journal of Urology | 1981 | 68 |
| Studies on the post-ictal rise in seizure threshold | European Journal of Pharmacology | 1981 | 64 |
| Potential sources of emboli in patients with presumed transient cerebral or retinal ischaemia | Lancet, The | 1981 | 55 |
| Acute opiate tolerance in man | Life Sciences | 1981 | 51 |
| The basal plasma glucose: a simple relevant index of maturity-onset diabetes | Clinical Endocrinology | 1981 | 49 |
| Aortic input impedance in man: acute response to vasodilator drugs | Circulation | 1981 | 46 |
| Role of pyruvate dehydrogenase and insulin in the regulation of lipogenesis in the lactating mammary gland of the rat during the starved-refed transition | Biochemical Journal | 1981 | 44 |
| Childhood mitochondrial myopathy with ophthalmoplegia | Journal of the Neurological Sciences | 1981 | 41 |
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a teaching hospital. A survey of cardiac arrests occurring outside intensive care units and emergency rooms | Anaesthesia | 1981 | 40 |
| Hemifacial spasm: a long term follow-up of patients treated by posterior fossa surgery and facial nerve wrapping | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 1981 | 40 |
