Alfredo Lorenzo

5.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Alfredo Lorenzo is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfredo Lorenzo has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Physiology, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alfredo Lorenzo's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (19 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (10 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Alfredo Lorenzo is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (19 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (10 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Alfredo Lorenzo collaborates with scholars based in Argentina, United States and Germany. Alfredo Lorenzo's co-authors include Bruce A. Yankner, Jorge Busciglio, Bronwyn L. Razzaboni, Gordon C. Weir, John Yeh, Menglan Yuan, Daniel Saroff, Chuang-Kuo Wu, Alfredo Cáceres and Dana Gabuzda and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alfredo Lorenzo

34 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

Beta-amyloid neurotoxicity requires fibril formation and is inhibited by congo red.

1994 1.1k citations Alfredo Lorenzo, Bruce A. Yankner profile →
Pancreatic islet cell toxicity of amylin associated with type-2 diabetes mellitus

1994 675 citations Alfredo Lorenzo, Bruce A. Yankner et al. profile →
β-Amyloid fibrils induce tau phosphorylation and loss of microtubule binding

1995 508 citations Jorge Busciglio, Alfredo Lorenzo et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alfredo Lorenzo Argentina	22	3.1k	2.1k	874	776	582	35	4.6k
Jorge Busciglio United States	43	4.3k 1.4×	3.5k 1.7×	1.7k 1.9×	996 1.3×	1.1k 1.9×	65	7.9k
Irene H. Cheng United States	25	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	999 1.1×	805 1.0×	601 1.0×	53	4.1k
Andréa C. LeBlanc Canada	44	2.6k 0.9×	4.5k 2.2×	1.3k 1.4×	635 0.8×	1.4k 2.4×	103	6.9k
Malcolm A. Leissring United States	36	3.1k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	881 1.1×	497 0.9×	65	5.0k
Takami Tomiyama Japan	32	2.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	787 0.9×	712 0.9×	610 1.0×	83	3.9k
Stephen D. Schmidt United States	30	5.6k 1.8×	2.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.7×	1.1k 1.9×	38	7.4k
Suzanne Y. Guénette United States	20	3.6k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	908 1.0×	830 1.1×	527 0.9×	30	4.7k
Steven Estus United States	44	4.4k 1.4×	4.4k 2.2×	1.5k 1.8×	933 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	87	8.3k
Maria Ankarcrona Sweden	36	2.8k 0.9×	4.9k 2.4×	2.2k 2.5×	645 0.8×	777 1.3×	70	8.0k
Takeshi Kawarabayashi Japan	31	4.1k 1.3×	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	889 1.1×	1.0k 1.8×	129	5.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Quassollo, Gonzalo, et al.. (2022). Aβ Assemblies Promote Amyloidogenic Processing of APP and Intracellular Accumulation of Aβ42 Through Go/Gβγ Signaling. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 852738–852738. 10 indexed citations

Olmos, Soledad de, et al.. (2020). Retrograde and anterograde contextual fear amnesia induced by selective elimination of layer IV-Va neurons in the granular retrosplenial cortex (A29). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 171. 107229–107229. 6 indexed citations

Olmos, Soledad de, et al.. (2019). Fear-context association during memory retrieval requires input from granular to dysgranular retrosplenial cortex. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 163. 107036–107036. 8 indexed citations

Caicedo, Hector Hugo, Yuyu Song, Lisa M. Jungbauer, et al.. (2017). Prion protein inhibits fast axonal transport through a mechanism involving casein kinase 2. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0188340–e0188340. 14 indexed citations

Ponce, Nicolás Eric, María Krawczyk, Gustavo Pigino, et al.. (2017). APP/Go protein Gβγ-complex signaling mediates Aβ degeneration and cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease models. Neurobiology of Aging. 64. 44–57. 10 indexed citations

Giachero, Marcelo, et al.. (2015). Selective neuronal degeneration in the retrosplenial cortex impairs the recall of contextual fear memory. Brain Structure and Function. 221(4). 1861–1875. 10 indexed citations

Olmos, J.S. de, et al.. (2010). Involvement of AMPA/kainate-excitotoxicity in MK801-induced neuronal death in the retrosplenial cortex. Neuroscience. 169(2). 720–732. 8 indexed citations

Raimunda, Daniel, et al.. (2010). Secreted amyloid precursor protein and holo‐APP bind amyloid β through distinct domains eliciting different toxic responses on hippocampal neurons. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 88(8). 1795–1803. 13 indexed citations

Olmos, Soledad de, et al.. (2010). Comparative analyses of the neurodegeneration induced by the non-competitive NMDA-receptor-antagonist drug MK801 in mice and rats. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 32(5). 542–550. 16 indexed citations

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Lorenzo, Alfredo, et al.. (2008). Estrogen receptor α is expressed on the cell-surface of embryonic hypothalamic neurons. Neuroscience. 154(4). 1173–1177. 63 indexed citations

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Olmos, Soledad de, et al.. (2008). Sex differences and influence of gonadal hormones on MK801-induced neuronal degeneration in the granular retrosplenial cortex of the rat. Brain Structure and Function. 213(1-2). 229–238. 21 indexed citations

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Wu, Chuang-Kuo, et al.. (1998). Aging renders the brain vulnerable to amyloid β-protein neurotoxicity. Nature Medicine. 4(7). 827–831. 441 indexed citations

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Shi, Bin, et al.. (1998). Neuronal apoptosis induced by HIV-1 Tat protein and TNF-α: potentiation of neurotoxicity mediated by oxidative stress and implications for HIV-1 dementia. Journal of NeuroVirology. 4(3). 281–290. 155 indexed citations

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Busciglio, Jorge, Henrike Hartmann, Alfredo Lorenzo, et al.. (1997). Neuronal Localization of Presenilin-1 and Association with Amyloid Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles in Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 17(13). 5101–5107. 76 indexed citations

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Lorenzo, Alfredo & Bruce A. Yankner. (1996). Amyloid Fibril Toxicity in Alzheimer's Disease and Diabetesa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 777(1). 89–95. 135 indexed citations

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Geula, Changiz, et al.. (1996). 803 A primate model of ßamyloid-induced neurotoxicity and tau phoaphorylation. Neurobiology of Aging. 17(4). S200–S200. 1 indexed citations

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Shi, Bin, Umberto De Girolami, Julian He, et al.. (1996). Apoptosis induced by HIV-1 infection of the central nervous system.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 98(9). 1979–1990. 202 indexed citations

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Busciglio, Jorge, Alfredo Lorenzo, John Yeh, & Bruce A. Yankner. (1995). β-Amyloid fibrils induce tau phosphorylation and loss of microtubule binding. Neuron. 14(4). 879–888. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lorenzo, Alfredo, et al.. (1992). Time lapse study of neurite growth in hypothalamic dissociated neurons in culture: Sex differences and estrogen effects. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 33(2). 266–281. 79 indexed citations

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Lorenzo, Alfredo, et al.. (1992). Amygdala neurons in vitro: Neurite growth and effects of estradiol. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 33(3). 418–435. 85 indexed citations

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