Anna G. Orr

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Anna G. Orr is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna G. Orr has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Neurology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Anna G. Orr's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (11 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (6 papers). Anna G. Orr is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (11 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (6 papers). Anna G. Orr collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. Anna G. Orr's co-authors include Stephen F. Traynelis, Kaitlyn Ho, Lennart Mucke, Nino Devidze, Adam L. Orr, Xiao‐Jiang Li, Robert E. Gross, Pascal E. Sanchez, Jorge J. Palop and Laure Verret 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

Anna G. Orr

21 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Levetiracetam suppresses neuronal network dysfunction and reverses synaptic and cognitive deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease model

2012 489 citations Pascal E. Sanchez, Lei Zhu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna G. Orr United States	13	946	668	570	486	303	21	1.8k
Yuriy Pankratov United Kingdom	24	1.2k 1.2×	273 0.4×	733 1.3×	597 1.2×	615 2.0×	36	2.0k
Ulrike Pannasch France	18	1.2k 1.3×	281 0.4×	831 1.5×	765 1.6×	126 0.4×	22	2.1k
Séverine Chaumont‐Dubel France	23	847 0.9×	398 0.6×	249 0.4×	918 1.9×	596 2.0×	36	2.0k
Estibaliz Capetillo‐Zarate Spain	26	797 0.8×	1.4k 2.2×	784 1.4×	791 1.6×	114 0.4×	44	2.6k
Katherine J. Kopeikina United States	14	560 0.6×	916 1.4×	329 0.6×	506 1.0×	82 0.3×	15	1.5k
Shiyong Peng United States	14	730 0.8×	731 1.1×	260 0.5×	552 1.1×	79 0.3×	26	1.7k
José Luís Albasanz Spain	22	645 0.7×	278 0.4×	234 0.4×	666 1.4×	624 2.1×	71	1.6k
Luca Raiteri Italy	25	1.3k 1.4×	184 0.3×	237 0.4×	888 1.8×	217 0.7×	55	1.9k
Christian Madry Germany	16	532 0.6×	349 0.5×	714 1.3×	552 1.1×	126 0.4×	27	1.5k
Alfonso Araque United States	4	1.4k 1.5×	301 0.5×	696 1.2×	585 1.2×	78 0.3×	6	2.1k

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Barnett, Daniel, Till S. Zimmer, Samantha M. Meadows, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial complex III-derived ROS amplify immunometabolic changes in astrocytes and promote dementia pathology. Nature Metabolism. 7(11). 2300–2323. 1 indexed citations

Zimmer, Till S., Daniel Barnett, Noopur V. Khobrekar, et al.. (2025). Neuroimmune signaling mediates astrocytic nucleocytoplasmic disruptions and stress granule formation associated with TDP-43 pathology. Neurobiology of Disease. 211. 106939–106939. 1 indexed citations

Zimmer, Till S., et al.. (2024). Astrocytes in selective vulnerability to neurodegenerative disease. Trends in Neurosciences. 47(4). 289–302. 22 indexed citations

Meadows, Samantha M., Daniel Barnett, Till S. Zimmer, et al.. (2024). Hippocampal astrocytes induce sex-dimorphic effects on memory. Cell Reports. 43(6). 114278–114278. 11 indexed citations

Meadows, Samantha M., Soomin C. Song, Yaron Bram, et al.. (2023). Astrocytic TDP-43 dysregulation impairs memory by modulating antiviral pathways and interferon-inducible chemokines. Science Advances. 9(16). eade1282–eade1282. 25 indexed citations

Orr, Anna G., et al.. (2023). Effects of adenosine A2A receptors on cognitive function in health and disease. International review of neurobiology. 170. 121–154. 5 indexed citations

Barnett, Daniel, Alexandre Charlet, Glenn Dallérac, et al.. (2023). Astrocytes as Drivers and Disruptors of Behavior: New Advances in Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targeting. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(45). 7463–7471. 12 indexed citations

Meadows, Samantha M., Soomin C. Song, Yaron Bram, et al.. (2021). Dementia‐linked TDP‐43 dysregulation in astrocytes impairs memory, antiviral signaling, and chemokine‐mediated astrocytic‐neuronal interactions. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 17(S2). 1 indexed citations

Acosta-Ruiz, Amanda, Vanessa A. Gutzeit, Mary Jane Skelly, et al.. (2019). Branched Photoswitchable Tethered Ligands Enable Ultra-efficient Optical Control and Detection of G Protein-Coupled Receptors In Vivo. Neuron. 105(3). 446–463.e13. 57 indexed citations

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Orr, Anna G., Iris Lo, Kaitlyn Ho, et al.. (2017). Istradefylline reduces memory deficits in aging mice with amyloid pathology. Neurobiology of Disease. 110. 29–36. 66 indexed citations

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Orr, Anna G., Edward C. Hsiao, Max Wang, et al.. (2015). Astrocytic adenosine receptor A2A and Gs-coupled signaling regulate memory. Nature Neuroscience. 18(3). 423–434. 206 indexed citations

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Sanchez, Pascal E., Lei Zhu, Laure Verret, et al.. (2012). Levetiracetam suppresses neuronal network dysfunction and reverses synaptic and cognitive deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(42). E2895–903. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hansen, Kasper B., Praseeda Mullasseril, Natalie L. Kurtkaya, et al.. (2010). Implementation of a Fluorescence-Based Screening Assay Identifies Histamine H3 Receptor Antagonists Clobenpropit and Iodophenpropit as Subunit-Selective N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptor Antagonists. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 333(3). 650–662. 32 indexed citations

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Mullasseril, Praseeda, Kasper B. Hansen, Katie M. Vance, et al.. (2010). A subunit-selective potentiator of NR2C- and NR2D-containing NMDA receptors. Nature Communications. 1(1). 90–90. 127 indexed citations

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Cissé, Moustapha, Brian Halabisky, Julie A. Harris, et al.. (2010). Reversing EphB2 depletion rescues cognitive functions in Alzheimer model. Nature. 469(7328). 47–52. 329 indexed citations

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Orr, Anna G., Adam L. Orr, Xiao‐Jiang Li, Robert E. Gross, & Stephen F. Traynelis. (2009). Adenosine A2A receptor mediates microglial process retraction. Nature Neuroscience. 12(7). 872–878. 284 indexed citations

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Gyoneva, Stefka, Anna G. Orr, & Stephen F. Traynelis. (2009). Differential regulation of microglial motility by ATP/ADP and adenosine. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 15. S195–S199. 45 indexed citations

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Orr, Anna G., Anup Sharma, Nikolaus B. Binder, Andrew H. Miller, & Bradley D. Pearce. (2009). Interleukin-1 Mediates Long-Term Hippocampal Dentate Granule Cell Loss Following Postnatal Viral Infection. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 41(1). 89–96. 3 indexed citations

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Mannaioni, Guido, Anna G. Orr, Cecily E. Hamill, et al.. (2008). Plasmin Potentiates Synaptic N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Function in Hippocampal Neurons through Activation of Protease-activated Receptor-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(29). 20600–20611. 59 indexed citations

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Stanton, Gregory B. & Anna G. Orr. (1985). [3H]choline labelling of cerebellothalamic neurons with observations on the cerebello-thalamo-parietal pathway in cats. Brain Research. 335(2). 237–243. 7 indexed citations

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