Brittany D. Needham

3.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
20 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Brittany D. Needham is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Social Psychology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Brittany D. Needham has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Brittany D. Needham's work include Gut microbiota and health (8 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (3 papers). Brittany D. Needham is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (8 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (4 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (3 papers). Brittany D. Needham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Taiwan. Brittany D. Needham's co-authors include M. Stephen Trent, Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Rima Kaddurah‐Daouk, Mark D. Adame, Mark S. Ladinsky, Rob Knight, Sean M. Carroll, Viviana Gradinaru, David K. Giles and George Georgiou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brittany D. Needham

19 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Fortifying the barrier: the impact of lipid A remodelling on bacterial pathogenesis

2013 426 citations Brittany D. Needham, M. Stephen Trent Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →
A gut bacterial amyloid promotes α-synuclein aggregation and motor impairment in mice

2020 309 citations Timothy R. Sampson, Collin Challis et al. eLife profile →
A gut-derived metabolite alters brain activity and anxiety behaviour in mice

2022 287 citations Brittany D. Needham, Masanori Funabashi et al. Nature profile →
Microbiota regulate social behaviour via stress response neurons in the brain

2021 220 citations Wei‐Li Wu, Mark D. Adame et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brittany D. Needham United States	16	1.2k	396	360	269	253	20	2.2k
Francis Beaudry Canada	31	874 0.7×	465 1.2×	74 0.2×	113 0.4×	356 1.4×	163	3.4k
Sara W. McBride United States	10	2.0k 1.6×	539 1.4×	632 1.8×	286 1.1×	72 0.3×	11	3.3k
Henry L. Schreiber United States	15	1.2k 1.0×	422 1.1×	372 1.0×	109 0.4×	129 0.5×	33	2.4k
Britta Björkholm Sweden	15	2.1k 1.7×	717 1.8×	726 2.0×	258 1.0×	78 0.3×	21	3.6k
Kien T. Nguyen United States	31	1.1k 0.9×	488 1.2×	553 1.5×	191 0.7×	118 0.5×	59	3.5k
Sandra Schwarz Germany	25	889 0.7×	332 0.8×	175 0.5×	491 1.8×	579 2.3×	44	4.3k
Thomas A. Tompkins Canada	34	2.5k 2.0×	637 1.6×	496 1.4×	207 0.8×	61 0.2×	111	4.1k
Feargal J. Ryan Australia	21	2.3k 1.9×	367 0.9×	363 1.0×	266 1.0×	27 0.1×	39	3.6k
Toby K. Eisenstein United States	41	1.4k 1.1×	683 1.7×	249 0.7×	100 0.4×	111 0.4×	122	4.8k
David Moranta Spain	31	684 0.6×	230 0.6×	79 0.2×	145 0.5×	622 2.5×	47	2.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bostick, John W., Taren Thron, Brittany D. Needham, et al.. (2025). Genotype and microbiome shape immunity in a sex-specific manner in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 129. 1014–1027. 1 indexed citations

Needham, Brittany D.. (2024). Exposed wires: A microbial metabolite influences myelination in the brain. Science. 385(6704). 37–37.

Nemet, Ina, Masanori Funabashi, Xinmin S. Li, et al.. (2023). Microbe-derived uremic solutes enhance thrombosis potential in the host. mBio. 14(6). e0133123–e0133123. 8 indexed citations

Boktor, Joseph C., Mark D. Adame, Destanie Rose, et al.. (2022). Global metabolic profiles in a non-human primate model of maternal immune activation: implications for neurodevelopmental disorders. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(12). 4959–4973. 12 indexed citations

Campbell, A. Stewart, Brittany D. Needham, Christopher R. Meyer, et al.. (2022). Safety and target engagement of an oral small-molecule sequestrant in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: an open-label phase 1b/2a trial. Nature Medicine. 28(3). 528–534. 65 indexed citations

Needham, Brittany D., Masanori Funabashi, Mark D. Adame, et al.. (2022). A gut-derived metabolite alters brain activity and anxiety behaviour in mice. Nature. 602(7898). 647–653. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

Wu, Wei‐Li, Mark D. Adame, Chia‐Wei Liou, et al.. (2021). Microbiota regulate social behaviour via stress response neurons in the brain. Nature. 595(7867). 409–414. 220 indexed citations breakdown →

Sampson, Timothy R., Collin Challis, Neha Jain, et al.. (2020). A gut bacterial amyloid promotes α-synuclein aggregation and motor impairment in mice. eLife. 9. 309 indexed citations breakdown →

Needham, Brittany D., Mark D. Adame, Gloria Serena, et al.. (2020). Plasma and Fecal Metabolite Profiles in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Biological Psychiatry. 89(5). 451–462. 155 indexed citations

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Needham, Brittany D., Rima Kaddurah‐Daouk, & Sarkis K. Mazmanian. (2020). Gut microbial molecules in behavioural and neurodegenerative conditions. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 21(12). 717–731. 254 indexed citations

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Needham, Brittany D., Weiyi Tang, & Wei‐Li Wu. (2018). Searching for the gut microbial contributing factors to social behavior in rodent models of autism spectrum disorder. Developmental Neurobiology. 78(5). 474–499. 45 indexed citations

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Houser, John R., Daniel R. Boutz, Sean M. Carroll, et al.. (2015). Controlled Measurement and Comparative Analysis of Cellular Components in E. coli Reveals Broad Regulatory Changes in Response to Glucose Starvation. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(8). e1004400–e1004400. 30 indexed citations

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OʼBrien, John P., et al.. (2014). Top-down strategies for the structural elucidation of intact gram-negative bacterial endotoxins. Chemical Science. 5(11). 4291–4301. 26 indexed citations

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OʼBrien, John P., Brittany D. Needham, Jeremy C. Henderson, et al.. (2014). 193 nm Ultraviolet Photodissociation Mass Spectrometry for the Structural Elucidation of Lipid A Compounds in Complex Mixtures. Analytical Chemistry. 86(4). 2138–2145. 53 indexed citations

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Needham, Brittany D., Sean M. Carroll, David K. Giles, et al.. (2013). Modulating the innate immune response by combinatorial engineering of endotoxin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(4). 1464–1469. 181 indexed citations

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Needham, Brittany D. & M. Stephen Trent. (2013). Fortifying the barrier: the impact of lipid A remodelling on bacterial pathogenesis. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 11(7). 467–481. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moreira, Cristiano G., Carmen M. Herrera, Brittany D. Needham, et al.. (2013). Virulence and stress-related periplasmic protein (VisP) in bacterial/host associations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(4). 1470–1475. 41 indexed citations

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Cooley, Benjamin, Brittany D. Needham, Carolyn R. Fisher, et al.. (2013). The Vps/VacJ ABC Transporter Is Required for Intercellular Spread of Shigella flexneri. Infection and Immunity. 82(2). 660–669. 40 indexed citations

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Hankins, Jessica V., James A. Madsen, Brittany D. Needham, Jennifer S. Brodbelt, & M. Stephen Trent. (2012). The Outer Membrane of Gram-Negative Bacteria: Lipid A Isolation and Characterization. Methods in molecular biology. 966. 239–258. 36 indexed citations

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Gellatly, Shaan L., Brittany D. Needham, Laurence Madera, M. Stephen Trent, & Robert E. W. Hancock. (2012). The Pseudomonas aeruginosa PhoP-PhoQ Two-Component Regulatory System Is Induced upon Interaction with Epithelial Cells and Controls Cytotoxicity and Inflammation. Infection and Immunity. 80(9). 3122–3131. 47 indexed citations

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