Angus C. Nairn

53.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
478 papers, 39.4k citations indexed

About

Angus C. Nairn is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Angus C. Nairn has authored 478 papers receiving a total of 39.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 360 papers in Molecular Biology, 162 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 96 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Angus C. Nairn's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (119 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (81 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (63 papers). Angus C. Nairn is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (119 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (81 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (63 papers). Angus C. Nairn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Angus C. Nairn's co-authors include Paul Greengard, David C. Gadsby, Akinori Nishi, Patrick B. Allen, Jean‐Antoine Girault, Paul J. Lombroso, John Kuriyan, Andrew J. Czernik, H. Clive Palfrey and Marina R. Picciotto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Angus C. Nairn

473 papers receiving 38.8k citations

Hit Papers

Regulation of NMDA receptor trafficking by amyloid-β 1992 2026 2003 2014 2005 1995 1992 1999 2004 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Regulation of NMDA receptor trafficking by amyloid-β
    2005 1.3k citations Angus C. Nairn, Paul J. Lombroso et al. profile →
  2. Three-dimensional structure of the catalytic subunit of protein serine/threonine phosphatase-1
    1995 715 citations Paul Greengard, Angus C. Nairn et al. profile →
  3. MARCKS is an actin filament crosslinking protein regulated by protein kinase C and calcium–calmodulin
    1992 630 citations Angus C. Nairn et al. profile →
  4. Beyond the Dopamine Receptor
    1999 619 citations Paul Greengard, Angus C. Nairn et al. profile →
  5. DARPP-32: An Integrator of Neurotransmission
    2004 549 citations Akinori Nishi, Jean‐Antoine Girault et al. profile →
  6. Modulation of calcium currents by a D1 dopaminergic protein kinase/phosphatase cascade in rat neostriatal neurons
    1995 451 citations D. James Surmeier, Angus C. Nairn et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Angus C. Nairn United States 111 26.5k 14.2k 6.1k 5.6k 3.2k 478 39.4k
David E. Clapham United States 117 33.0k 1.2× 17.0k 1.2× 4.0k 0.7× 5.5k 1.0× 1.4k 0.4× 326 57.4k
Michael J. Berridge United Kingdom 96 42.2k 1.6× 19.2k 1.4× 9.8k 1.6× 7.8k 1.4× 1.4k 0.4× 210 65.7k
Tullio Pozzan Italy 111 31.4k 1.2× 14.4k 1.0× 7.1k 1.2× 6.2k 1.1× 628 0.2× 329 45.3k
James F. Gusella United States 96 22.3k 0.8× 14.1k 1.0× 3.0k 0.5× 7.1k 1.3× 1.3k 0.4× 462 41.2k
Stuart A. Lipton United States 125 26.9k 1.0× 18.7k 1.3× 3.2k 0.5× 12.3k 2.2× 840 0.3× 386 52.8k
Ted M. Dawson United States 133 28.9k 1.1× 19.4k 1.4× 5.3k 0.9× 15.3k 2.7× 869 0.3× 433 61.8k
Tom Curran United States 111 32.0k 1.2× 14.5k 1.0× 3.7k 0.6× 3.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 276 50.9k
Valina L. Dawson United States 126 26.9k 1.0× 15.8k 1.1× 4.9k 0.8× 12.9k 2.3× 840 0.3× 380 56.5k
Lutz Birnbaumer United States 110 27.5k 1.0× 14.5k 1.0× 3.6k 0.6× 4.6k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 556 42.8k
Jeffrey Milbrandt United States 106 18.1k 0.7× 12.5k 0.9× 3.3k 0.5× 3.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 297 34.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Chao‐Yi, Hiroko H. Dodge, Shannon Leslie, et al.. (2025). Unbiased CSF Proteomics in Patients With Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus to Identify Molecular Signatures and Candidate Biomarkers. Neurology. 104(5). e213375–e213375. 1 indexed citations
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Pena, Izabella A., Ju Shi, Sarah Chang, et al.. (2025). SLC25A38 is required for mitochondrial pyridoxal 5’-phosphate (PLP) accumulation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 978–978. 4 indexed citations
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Leclercq, Mickaël, Florence Roux‐Dalvai, Shannon Leslie, et al.. (2024). BERNN: Enhancing classification of Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry data with batch effect removal neural networks. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3777–3777. 6 indexed citations
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Datta, Dibyadeep, Feng Liang, Nicolas R. Barthélemy, et al.. (2023). Chronic GCPII (glutamate‐carboxypeptidase‐II) inhibition reduces pT217Tau levels in the entorhinal and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices of aged macaques. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 9(4). e12431–e12431. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Peng, Jerry C. Chang, Xiaopu Zhou, et al.. (2021). GSAP regulates lipid homeostasis and mitochondrial function associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 218(8). 23 indexed citations
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Mansuri, M. Shahid, Gang Peng, Rashaun S. Wilson, et al.. (2020). Differential Protein Expression in Striatal D1- and D2-Dopamine Receptor-Expressing Medium Spiny Neurons. Proteomes. 8(4). 27–27. 6 indexed citations
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Girault, Jean‐Antoine & Angus C. Nairn. (2020). DARPP-32 40 years later. Advances in pharmacology. 90. 67–87. 18 indexed citations
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Ceglia, Ilaria, Christiane Reitz, Jodi Gresack, et al.. (2015). APP intracellular domain–WAVE1 pathway reduces amyloid-β production. Nature Medicine. 21(9). 1054–1059. 36 indexed citations
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Braithwaite, Steven P., Jeffry B. Stock, Paul J. Lombroso, & Angus C. Nairn. (2012). Protein Phosphatases and Alzheimer's Disease. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 106. 343–379. 84 indexed citations
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Ceglia, Ilaria, Yong Kim, Angus C. Nairn, & Paul Greengard. (2010). Signaling pathways controlling the phosphorylation state of WAVE1, a regulator of actin polymerization. Journal of Neurochemistry. 114(1). 182–190. 23 indexed citations
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Sung, Jee Young, Olivia Engmann, Merilee Teylan, et al.. (2008). WAVE1 controls neuronal activity-induced mitochondrial distribution in dendritic spines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(8). 3112–3116. 93 indexed citations
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Ahn, Jung‐Hyuck, Jee Young Sung, Thomas McAvoy, et al.. (2007). The B″/PR72 subunit mediates Ca 2+ -dependent dephosphorylation of DARPP-32 by protein phosphatase 2A. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(23). 9876–9881. 78 indexed citations
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Ahn, Jung‐Hyuck, Thomas McAvoy, Sergey Rakhilin, et al.. (2007). Protein kinase A activates protein phosphatase 2A by phosphorylation of the B56δ subunit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(8). 2979–2984. 219 indexed citations
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Uboha, Nataliya V., Marc Flajolet, Angus C. Nairn, & Marina R. Picciotto. (2007). A Calcium- and Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase Iα/Microtubule Affinity Regulating Kinase 2 Signaling Cascade Mediates Calcium-Dependent Neurite Outgrowth. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(16). 4413–4423. 59 indexed citations
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Kim, Yong, et al.. (2006). Cocaine-induced dendritic spine formation in D1 and D2 dopamine receptor-containing medium spiny neurons in nucleus accumbens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(9). 3399–3404. 289 indexed citations
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Olson, Patricia A., Akinori Nishi, Natalia N. Starkova, et al.. (2004). A Network of Control Mediated by Regulator of Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Signaling. Science. 306(5696). 698–701. 80 indexed citations
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Mense, Martin, et al.. (2002). Generation, expression, and function of cysteine-less CFTR. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Bibb, James, Akinori Nishi, James P. O’Callaghan, et al.. (2001). Phosphorylation of Protein Phosphatase Inhibitor-1 by Cdk5. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(17). 14490–14497. 75 indexed citations
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Connor, John H., Hsien‐Bin Huang, Jie Yang, et al.. (2000). Cellular Mechanisms Regulating Protein Phosphatase-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(25). 18670–18675. 48 indexed citations
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Nairn, Angus C., et al.. (1995). Rapid purification of protein phosphatase-2B (calcineurin) from rat forebrain. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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