Alex M. Sykes

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Alex M. Sykes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex M. Sykes has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alex M. Sykes's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (5 papers). Alex M. Sykes is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (5 papers). Alex M. Sykes collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United Kingdom. Alex M. Sykes's co-authors include Wieland Β. Huttner, Marta Florio, Éric Lewitus, Robert Lachmann, Svante Pääbo, Elizabeth J. Coulson, Wulf Hevers, Sabina Kanton, J. Gray Camp and Juergen A. Knoblich and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alex M. Sykes

30 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Human cerebral organoids recapitulate gene expression programs of fetal neocortex development

2015 767 citations J. Gray Camp, Marta Florio et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion

2015 408 citations Marta Florio, Mareike Albert et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex M. Sykes Australia	14	1.3k	500	473	242	205	31	2.0k
Matthew Zimmer United States	19	1.2k 1.0×	381 0.8×	311 0.7×	262 1.1×	192 0.9×	31	1.9k
Apuã C.M. Paquola United States	18	1.6k 1.2×	263 0.5×	375 0.8×	154 0.6×	153 0.7×	27	2.0k
Mišo Mitkovski Germany	20	1.0k 0.8×	491 1.0×	580 1.2×	247 1.0×	65 0.3×	38	2.1k
Kazunori Toida Japan	30	911 0.7×	481 1.0×	970 2.1×	234 1.0×	295 1.4×	64	2.9k
Mauro Toselli Italy	24	1.9k 1.5×	574 1.1×	1.2k 2.5×	159 0.7×	169 0.8×	49	2.5k
Cassiano Carromeu United States	16	1.4k 1.1×	275 0.6×	488 1.0×	157 0.6×	228 1.1×	28	2.0k
Giorgia Quadrato United States	18	1.8k 1.4×	751 1.5×	694 1.5×	116 0.5×	657 3.2×	26	2.6k
James Smith United Kingdom	17	1.9k 1.5×	523 1.0×	530 1.1×	455 1.9×	211 1.0×	22	2.9k
Nasir Malik United States	23	1.3k 1.0×	140 0.3×	510 1.1×	284 1.2×	182 0.9×	32	1.9k
Mary T. Lucero United States	26	977 0.8×	442 0.9×	1.0k 2.1×	111 0.5×	216 1.1×	51	2.1k

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Chen, Xiaoyi, Rocio K. Finol‐Urdaneta, Mo Chen, et al.. (2025). Parkinson's disease‐linked Kir4.2 mutation R28C leads to loss of ion channel function. The Journal of Physiology. 603(12). 3499–3518.

Sykes, Alex M., et al.. (2025). Circular RNAs in neurological conditions – computational identification, functional validation, and potential clinical applications. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(4). 1652–1675. 9 indexed citations

Mellick, George D., et al.. (2023). The role of the endolysosomal pathway in α-synuclein pathogenesis in Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 1081426–1081426. 13 indexed citations

Sykes, Alex M., et al.. (2023). ER ‐phagy in neurodegeneration. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 101(10). 1611–1623. 13 indexed citations

Mellick, George D., et al.. (2023). Modelling α-synuclein processing in primary patient cells for pharmacological intervention. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(5). 695–708. 1 indexed citations

Völkner, Manuela, Felix Wagner, Thomas Kurth, et al.. (2023). Modeling inducible neuropathologies of the retina with differential phenotypes in organoids. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17. 1106287–1106287. 2 indexed citations

Bentley, Steven R., Suliman Khan, Javed Fowdar, et al.. (2020). Evidence of a Recessively Inherited CCN3 Mutation as a Rare Cause of Early-Onset Parkinsonism. Frontiers in Neurology. 11. 331–331. 4 indexed citations

Clarke, Emily L., et al.. (2019). Development and Evaluation of a Novel Point-of-Use Quality Assurance Tool for Digital Pathology. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 143(10). 1246–1255. 12 indexed citations

Wasielewska, Joanna M., Lisa Grönnert, Nicole Rund, et al.. (2017). Mast cells increase adult neural precursor proliferation and differentiation but this potential is not realized in vivo under physiological conditions. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17859–17859. 10 indexed citations

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Pasha, Sheik Pran Babu Sardar, Patrick Schäfer, Peter Oertel, et al.. (2017). Retinal cell death dependent reactive proliferative gliosis in the mouse retina. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9517–9517. 27 indexed citations

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Walker, Tara L., Rupert W. Overall, Steffen Vogler, et al.. (2016). Lysophosphatidic Acid Receptor Is a Functional Marker of Adult Hippocampal Precursor Cells. Stem Cell Reports. 6(4). 552–565. 54 indexed citations

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Camp, J. Gray, Marta Florio, Sabina Kanton, et al.. (2015). Human cerebral organoids recapitulate gene expression programs of fetal neocortex development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(51). 15672–15677. 767 indexed citations breakdown →

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Florio, Marta, Mareike Albert, Elena Taverna, et al.. (2015). Human-specific gene ARHGAP11B promotes basal progenitor amplification and neocortex expansion. Science. 347(6229). 1465–1470. 408 indexed citations breakdown →

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Matusica, Dusan, et al.. (2013). An Intracellular Domain Fragment of the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor (p75NTR) Enhances Tropomyosin Receptor Kinase A (TrkA) Receptor Function. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(16). 11144–11154. 36 indexed citations

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Sykes, Alex M., Daniel Abankwa, Justine M. Hill, et al.. (2012). The Effects of Transmembrane Sequence and Dimerization on Cleavage of the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor by γ-Secretase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(52). 43810–43824. 36 indexed citations

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Skeldal, Sune, Alex M. Sykes, Simon Glerup, et al.. (2012). Mapping of the Interaction Site between Sortilin and the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Reveals a Regulatory Role for the Sortilin Intracellular Domain in p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Shedding and Apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(52). 43798–43809. 42 indexed citations

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Sykes, Alex M. & Wieland Β. Huttner. (2012). Prominin-1 (CD133) and the Cell Biology of Neural Progenitors and Their Progeny. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 777. 89–98. 8 indexed citations

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Coulson, Elizabeth J., et al.. (2009). The Role of the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor in Cholinergic Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease. The Neuroscientist. 15(4). 317–323. 41 indexed citations

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Sotthibundhu, Areechun, et al.. (2008). β-Amyloid_1–42Induces Neuronal Death through the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(15). 3941–3946. 178 indexed citations

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Pearson, Mark S., Donald P. McManus, Danielle J. Smyth, et al.. (2007). Cloning and characterization of an orphan seven transmembrane receptor from Schistosoma mansoni. Parasitology. 134(14). 2001–2008. 3 indexed citations

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