Colette Donaghy

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Colette Donaghy is a scholar working on Neurology, Genetics and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colette Donaghy has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Neurology, 13 papers in Genetics and 9 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Colette Donaghy's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (28 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (16 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (13 papers). Colette Donaghy is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (28 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (16 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (13 papers). Colette Donaghy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Greece. Colette Donaghy's co-authors include Orla Hardiman, Victor Patterson, Russell L. McLaughlin, Karen Morrison, Alice Vajda, Peter Bede, Eoin Finegan, Jochen H.M. Prehn, Jennifer C. Hengeveld and Stacey Li Hi Shing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Colette Donaghy

30 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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ANG mutations segregate with familial and 'sporadic' amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

2006 518 citations Matthew Greenway, Peter M. Andersen et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colette Donaghy United Kingdom	21	1.3k	640	387	336	222	30	1.6k
Lokesh Wijesekera United Kingdom	11	1.4k 1.1×	806 1.3×	336 0.9×	239 0.7×	202 0.9×	14	1.6k
Kevin P. Kenna Ireland	15	1.3k 1.0×	700 1.1×	348 0.9×	368 1.1×	273 1.2×	21	1.5k
Giorgia Querin France	22	849 0.7×	549 0.9×	397 1.0×	110 0.3×	154 0.7×	46	1.3k
Angela Rosenbohm Germany	24	1.2k 0.9×	621 1.0×	596 1.5×	227 0.7×	205 0.9×	61	1.7k
Chun‐Feng Tan Japan	17	1.3k 1.0×	541 0.8×	449 1.2×	360 1.1×	376 1.7×	23	1.5k
Claudia Caponnetto Italy	17	633 0.5×	345 0.5×	253 0.7×	224 0.7×	146 0.7×	49	999
Kathrin Müller Germany	18	593 0.5×	356 0.6×	482 1.2×	159 0.5×	168 0.8×	39	1.2k
Helga Cristina Almeida da Silva Brazil	16	773 0.6×	504 0.8×	706 1.8×	173 0.5×	168 0.8×	65	1.5k
Wouter van Rheenen Netherlands	17	741 0.6×	494 0.8×	356 0.9×	239 0.7×	111 0.5×	30	1.2k
Magdalena Kuźma‐Kozakiewicz Poland	17	661 0.5×	396 0.6×	300 0.8×	129 0.4×	118 0.5×	72	959

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McCluskey, Gavin, Karen Morrison, Colette Donaghy, et al.. (2023). Serum Neurofilaments in Motor Neuron Disease and Their Utility in Differentiating ALS, PMA and PLS. Life. 13(6). 1301–1301. 7 indexed citations

McCluskey, Gavin, Karen Morrison, Colette Donaghy, et al.. (2022). Extracellular Vesicles in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Life. 13(1). 121–121. 20 indexed citations

McCluskey, Gavin, Colette Donaghy, Karen Morrison, et al.. (2022). The Role of Sphingomyelin and Ceramide in Motor Neuron Diseases. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 12(9). 1418–1418. 18 indexed citations

McCluskey, Gavin, et al.. (2021). Epidemiology and survival trends of motor neurone disease in Northern Ireland from 2015 to 2019. European Journal of Neurology. 29(3). 707–714. 11 indexed citations

Gall, Laura Le, et al.. (2020). A Systematic Review of Genotype–Phenotype Correlation across Cohorts Having Causal Mutations of Different Genes in ALS. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 10(3). 58–58. 34 indexed citations

Finegan, Eoin, We Fong Siah, Stacey Li Hi Shing, et al.. (2020). Imaging and clinical data indicate considerable disease burden in ‘probable’ PLS: Patients with UMN symptoms for 2–4 years. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 32. 106247–106247. 12 indexed citations

Chipika, Rangariroyashe H., We Fong Siah, Stacey Li Hi Shing, et al.. (2020). MRI data confirm the selective involvement of thalamic and amygdalar nuclei in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and primary lateral sclerosis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 32. 106246–106246. 20 indexed citations

Chipika, Rangariroyashe H., Eoin Finegan, Stacey Li Hi Shing, et al.. (2020). “Switchboard” malfunction in motor neuron diseases: Selective pathology of thalamic nuclei in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and primary lateral sclerosis. NeuroImage Clinical. 27. 102300–102300. 62 indexed citations

Finegan, Eoin, Stacey Li Hi Shing, We Fong Siah, et al.. (2020). Evolving diagnostic criteria in primary lateral sclerosis: The clinical and radiological basis of “probable PLS”. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 417. 117052–117052. 29 indexed citations

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Chipika, Rangariroyashe H., Foteini Christidi, Eoin Finegan, et al.. (2020). Amygdala pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and primary lateral sclerosis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 417. 117039–117039. 51 indexed citations

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Finegan, Eoin, Rangariroyashe H. Chipika, Stacey Li Hi Shing, et al.. (2019). The clinical and radiological profile of primary lateral sclerosis: a population-based study. Journal of Neurology. 266(11). 2718–2733. 63 indexed citations

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Finegan, Eoin, Stacey Li Hi Shing, Rangariroyashe H. Chipika, et al.. (2019). Widespread subcortical grey matter degeneration in primary lateral sclerosis: a multimodal imaging study with genetic profiling. NeuroImage Clinical. 24. 102089–102089. 70 indexed citations

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Bede, Peter, Rangariroyashe H. Chipika, Eoin Finegan, et al.. (2019). Brainstem pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and primary lateral sclerosis: A longitudinal neuroimaging study. NeuroImage Clinical. 24. 102054–102054. 69 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Russell L., Kevin P. Kenna, Alice Vajda, et al.. (2015). Homozygosity mapping in an Irish ALS case–control cohort describes local demographic phenomena and points towards potential recessive risk loci. Genomics. 105(4). 237–241. 12 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Russell L., Kevin P. Kenna, Alice Vajda, et al.. (2014). A second-generation Irish genome-wide association study for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of Aging. 36(2). 1221.e7–1221.e13. 12 indexed citations

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Donaghy, Colette, et al.. (2011). Timeliness of diagnosis in Motor Neurone Disease: a population-based study-0. PubMed. 77(1). 18–21. 22 indexed citations

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Donaghy, Colette, Judith A. Clarke, Chris Patterson, et al.. (2010). The epidemiology of motor neuron disease in Northern Ireland using capture-recapture methodology. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 11(4). 374–378. 22 indexed citations

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Donaghy, Colette, Sharon Abrahams, Chris R. Cardwell, et al.. (2010). Slow saccades in bulbar-onset motor neurone disease. Journal of Neurology. 257(7). 1134–1140. 42 indexed citations

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Donaghy, Colette, Sharon Abrahams, Chris R. Cardwell, et al.. (2009). Ocular fixation instabilities in motor neurone disease. Journal of Neurology. 256(3). 420–426. 46 indexed citations

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Greenway, Matthew, Peter M. Andersen, Carsten Russ, et al.. (2006). ANG mutations segregate with familial and 'sporadic' amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nature Genetics. 38(4). 411–413. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

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