Collin Challis

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
16 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Collin Challis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Collin Challis has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Neurology and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Collin Challis's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (2 papers). Collin Challis is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (2 papers). Collin Challis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Germany. Collin Challis's co-authors include Viviana Gradinaru, Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Timothy R. Sampson, Taren Thron, Pernilla Wittung‐Stafshede, Gauri G. Shastri, Stefan Janssen, Justine W. Debelius, Rob Knight and Kathleen M. Shannon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Collin Challis

16 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease

2016 2.6k citations Timothy R. Sampson, Justine W. Debelius et al. Cell profile →
LRP1 is a master regulator of tau uptake and spread

2020 370 citations Jennifer N. Rauch, Gabriel Luna et al. Nature 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 →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Collin Challis United States	11	2.2k	1.2k	1.2k	786	736	16	4.4k
Robin M. Voigt United States	30	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	578 0.7×	366 0.5×	85	5.3k
Marie-Françoise Chesselet United States	13	2.3k 1.1×	974 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	635 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	13	4.5k
Hemraj B. Dodiya United States	25	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	2.5k 2.1×	911 1.2×	958 1.3×	30	4.4k
Catherine E. Schretter United States	7	1.7k 0.8×	791 0.6×	794 0.7×	487 0.6×	298 0.4×	10	3.1k
Gauri G. Shastri United States	8	3.5k 1.6×	1.7k 1.4×	967 0.8×	611 0.8×	283 0.4×	10	5.6k
Taren Thron United States	4	1.7k 0.8×	867 0.7×	933 0.8×	534 0.7×	238 0.3×	6	3.0k
Pascal Derkinderen France	47	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	3.2k 2.6×	1.0k 1.3×	1.5k 2.1×	142	7.0k
Daniel Erny Germany	19	2.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	345 0.3×	1.7k 2.2×	228 0.3×	51	4.7k
Yoshio Tsuboi Japan	42	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	3.8k 3.2×	1.2k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	292	6.5k
Yan‐Qin Shen China	23	1.2k 0.5×	454 0.4×	608 0.5×	451 0.6×	270 0.4×	65	2.3k

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Griffiths, Jessica, Bryan B. Yoo, Peter Thuy-Boun, et al.. (2024). Peripheral neuronal activation shapes the microbiome and alters gut physiology. Cell Reports. 43(4). 113953–113953. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Lixin, Pu‐Qing Yuan, Collin Challis, Sripriya Ravindra Kumar, & Yvette Taché. (2022). Transduction of Systemically Administered Adeno-Associated Virus in the Colonic Enteric Nervous System and c-Kit Cells of Adult Mice. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 16. 884280–884280. 3 indexed citations

Rauch, Jennifer N., Gabriel Luna, Elmer Guzman, et al.. (2020). LRP1 is a master regulator of tau uptake and spread. Nature. 580(7803). 381–385. 370 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Lixin, Collin Challis, Songlin Li, et al.. (2020). Multicolor sparse viral labeling and 3D digital tracing of enteric plexus in mouse proximal colon using a novel adeno‐associated virus capsid. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 33(8). e14014–e14014. 2 indexed citations

Challis, Collin, Acacia M Hori, Timothy R. Sampson, et al.. (2020). Gut-seeded α-synuclein fibrils promote gut dysfunction and brain pathology specifically in aged mice. Nature Neuroscience. 23(3). 327–336. 275 indexed citations

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 →

Challis, Rosemary C., Sripriya Ravindra Kumar, Ken Y. Chan, et al.. (2019). Publisher Correction: Systemic AAV vectors for widespread and targeted gene delivery in rodents. Nature Protocols. 14(8). 2597–2597. 5 indexed citations

Challis, Rosemary C., Sripriya Ravindra Kumar, Ken Y. Chan, et al.. (2019). Systemic AAV vectors for widespread and targeted gene delivery in rodents. Nature Protocols. 14(2). 379–414. 242 indexed citations

Greenbaum, Alon, Min Jee Jang, Collin Challis, & Viviana Gradinaru. (2017). Q&A: How can advances in tissue clearing and optogenetics contribute to our understanding of normal and diseased biology?. BMC Biology. 15(1). 87–87. 7 indexed citations

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Sampson, Timothy R., Justine W. Debelius, Taren Thron, et al.. (2016). Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Cell. 167(6). 1469–1480.e12. 2573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Challis, Collin & Olivier Berton. (2015). Top-Down Control of Serotonin Systems by the Prefrontal Cortex: A Path toward Restored Socioemotional Function in Depression. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 6(7). 1040–1054. 61 indexed citations

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Veerakumar, Avin, et al.. (2014). Antidepressant-like Effects of Cortical Deep Brain Stimulation Coincide With Pro-neuroplastic Adaptations of Serotonin Systems. Biological Psychiatry. 76(3). 203–212. 82 indexed citations

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Challis, Collin, Sheryl G. Beck, & Olivier Berton. (2014). Optogenetic modulation of descending prefrontocortical inputs to the dorsal raphe bidirectionally bias socioaffective choices after social defeat. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8. 43–43. 107 indexed citations

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Jochems, Jeanine, Sarah L. Teegarden, Yong Chen, et al.. (2014). Enhancement of Stress Resilience Through Histone Deacetylase 6–Mediated Regulation of Glucocorticoid Receptor Chaperone Dynamics. Biological Psychiatry. 77(4). 345–355. 47 indexed citations

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Challis, Collin, Janette Boulden, Avin Veerakumar, et al.. (2013). Raphe GABAergic Neurons Mediate the Acquisition of Avoidance after Social Defeat. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(35). 13978–13988. 149 indexed citations

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Espallergues, Julie, Sarah L. Teegarden, Avin Veerakumar, et al.. (2012). HDAC6 Regulates Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling in Serotonin Pathways with Critical Impact on Stress Resilience. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(13). 4400–4416. 113 indexed citations

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