Colm Cunningham

20.7k citations

111 papers · 10.9k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 54

Impact in

Biological Psychiatry top 0.1%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine top 0.05%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders

Papers in

Biological Psychiatry 21
- Tryptophan and brain disorders 21
Neurology 55
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms 51

Co-authors: V. Hugh Perry Clive Holmes Alasdair M. J. MacLullich Carol Murray Suzanne Campion Edel Hennessy Katie Lunnon Delphine Boche
Journals: Brain Behavior and Immunity (11 papers)Age and Ageing (6 papers)Glia (6 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (5 papers)PLoS ONE (5 papers)
Partner nations: Ireland United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Colm Cunningham

110 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Delirium 2020 · 644 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Nature Reviews Disease Primers
2016 Immunity
2012 Glia
2012 Brain
2007 Nature reviews. Immunology
2005 Journal of Neuroscience

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colm Cunningham

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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All Works

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1	Susceptibility to acute cognitive dysfunction in aged mice is underpinned by reduced white matter integrity and microgliosis Communications Biology ·Dáire Healy, Carol Murray, Matilde Muocha, Ameya Sohani, 和彦谷合, J. Lambe, Lucas Silva Tortorelli, Ana Belén López-Rodríguez, Colm Cunningham	2024	10
2	Microglial activation and neuroinflammation in acute and chronic cognitive deficits in sepsis Neuropharmacology ·Hasan Faroqi, Colm Cunningham	2024	5
3	Persistent delirium is associated with cerebrospinal fluid markers of neuronal injury Brain Communications ·Alex Tsui, Melekşen Akın, Amanda Heslegrave, L. L. DeBra, Leiv Otto Watne, Bjørn Erik Neerland, Maria Krogseth, Colm Cunningham, Alasdair M. J. MacLullich, Graciela Muñiz‐Terrera, Daniel Davis, Gideon A. Caplan	2024	2
4	Preclinical and translational models for delirium: Recommendations for future research from the NIDUS delirium network Alzheimer s & Dementia ·Sarinnapha M. Vasunilashorn, Nadia Lunardi, John C. Newman, Gregory Crosby, Leah Acker, Ted Abel, Seema Bhatnagar, Colm Cunningham, Rafael de Cabo, Laura L. Dugan, Joseph A. Hippensteel, Yumiko Ishizawa, Shouri Lahiri, Edward R. Marcantonio, Zhongcong Xie, Sharon K. Inouye, Niccolò Terrando, Roderic G. Eckenhoff, (unknown)	2023	14
5	EEG microstate quantifiers and state space descriptors during anaesthesia in patients with postoperative delirium: a descriptive analysis Brain Communications ·Bruno Neuner, Jeremy Addis, William J. McCarthy, Claudia Spies, Colm Cunningham, Finn M. Radtke, Martin Franck, Thomas Koenig	2023	3
6	Hyperthermia elevates brain temperature and improves behavioural signs in animal models of autism spectrum disorder Molecular Autism ·Ana Belén López-Rodríguez, Carol Murray, John Kealy, J. Cho, Andrew J. Roche, Arshed Nazmi, Denis Corriveau, John Lowry, Colm Cunningham	2023	3
7	Reporting Essentials for DElirium bioMarker Studies (REDEEMS): Explanation and Elaboration IUScholarWorks (Indiana University) ·Blanca Susana Ramírez-Puerta, Annmarie Hosie, Gideon A. Caplan, Dimitrios Adamis, Leiv Otto Watne, Colm Cunningham, Esther S. Oh, Sophia Wang, Heidi Lindroth, Robert D. Sanders, 実也上村, Timothy D. Girard, Luzius A. Steiner, Sarinnapha M. Vasunilashorn, Meera Agar	2022	1
8	Double stranded RNA drives anti-viral innate immune responses, sickness behavior and cognitive dysfunction dependent on dsRNA length, IFNAR1 expression and age Brain Behavior and Immunity ·A. M. M. Mendoza, Carol Murray, 保赤塚, Electrical Research Association Ltd, Lucas Silva Tortorelli, Lucy Ryan, 聡子春山, Dáire Healy, Éadaoin W. Griffin, Edel Hennessy, Анна Ивановна Байкова, Donal Skelly, Kevin J. Mitchell, Colm Cunningham	2021	29
9	Acute neuroinflammation, sickness behavior and working memory responses to acute systemic LPS challenge following noradrenergic lesion in mice Brain Behavior and Immunity ·Eoin O′Neill, Éadaoin W. Griffin, F De Meo, Carol Murray, Lucy Ryan, Najtej S. Buttar, Andrew Harkin, Colm Cunningham	2020	24
10	The Vaccine Adjuvant Chitosan Promotes Cellular Immunity via DNA Sensor cGAS-STING-Dependent Induction of Type I Interferons Immunity ·Elizabeth C. Carroll, Lei Jin, Andrés Mori, Natalia Muñoz‐Wolf, Ewa Oleszycka, Michelle Nonato de Oliveira Melo, Samira Mansouri, Craig P. McEntee, Barbara Sardella, Else Marie Agger, Peter Andersen, Colm Cunningham, Paul J. Hertzog, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Andrew Bowie, Ed C. Lavelle Hit paper breakdown →	2016	491
11	Astrocytes Are Primed by Chronic Neurodegeneration to Produce Exaggerated Chemokine and Cell Infiltration Responses to Acute Stimulation with the Cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α Journal of Neuroscience ·Edel Hennessy, Éadaoin W. Griffin, Colm Cunningham	2015	141
12	A MOUSE MODEL OF DELIRIUM DURING DEMENTIA: SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION INDUCES ACUTE WORKING MEMORY DEFICITS IN THE PRIMED BRAIN Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) ·Carol Murray, David J. Sanderson, Chris Barkus, Guillermo Sullings, Gary Hornett, David M. Bannerman, Colm Cunningham	2011	3
13	Neuroinflammation in Delirium: A Postmortem Case-Control Study Rejuvenation Research ·Barbara C. Van Munster, Eleonora Aronica, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Piet Eikelenboom, Colm Cunningham, Sophia E. J. A. de Rooij	2011	111
14	Hippocampal lesions can enhance discrimination learning despite normal sensitivity to interference from incidental information Hippocampus ·David J. Sanderson, J. N. P. Rawlins, Robert M. J. Deacon, Colm Cunningham, Chris Barkus, David M. Bannerman	2011	11
15	Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Cognitive Function: Are Prostaglandins at the Heart of Cognitive Impairment in Dementia and Delirium ? Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology ·Colm Cunningham, Donal Skelly	2011	46
16	Microglia in the degenerating brain are capable of phagocytosis of beads and of apoptotic cells, but do not efficiently remove PrP^Sc, even upon LPS stimulation Glia ·Martina M. Hughes, Robert H. Field, V. Hugh Perry, Carol Murray, Colm Cunningham	2010	82
17	Adaptive Responses by Mouse Early Embryos to Maternal Diet Protect Fetal Growth but Predispose to Adult Onset Disease1 Biology of Reproduction ·Adam J. Watkins, 小響安田, P. Peirano, Thomas Papenbrock, А. Г. Сыркашева, Colm Cunningham, Adrian Wilkins, V. Hugh Perry, Bhavwanti Sheth, Wing Yee Kwong, Judith J. Eckert, A. E. Wild, Mark A. Hanson, Clive Osmond, Tom P. Fleming	2007	178
18	Systemic inflammation switches the inflammatory cytokine profile in CNS Wallerian degeneration Neurobiology of Disease ·Karine Palin, Colm Cunningham, أحمد بن محمد بن عمر الخفاجي, V. Hugh Perry, Nick Platt	2007	87
19	Peripheral infection evokes exaggerated sickness behaviour in pre-clinical murine prion disease Neuroscience ·Marc Combrinck, V. Hugh Perry, Colm Cunningham	2002	185
20	REDUCTION OF SENSITIZATION INDUCED BY BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN THE RAT BY MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES Transplantation ·Michael C. Jones, David Propper, Hao Fang, Keith N. Stewart, G. R. D. Catto, Colm Cunningham	1991	3

About Colm Cunningham

Colm Cunningham is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Neurology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Developmental Neuroscience and Behavioral Neuroscience, having authored 111 papers that have together received 10.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (51 papers), Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (30 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (21 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (16 papers), Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (15 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (13 papers) and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (1.7k citations), Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (2.8k citations), Neurology (4.4k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (1.7k citations) and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (1.3k citations). Colm Cunningham has collaborated with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include V. Hugh Perry, Clive Holmes, Alasdair M. J. MacLullich, Carol Murray, Suzanne Campion, Edel Hennessy, Katie Lunnon, Delphine Boche, Tracey A. Newman and Donal Skelly. Their work appears in journals such as Brain Behavior and Immunity, Age and Ageing, Glia, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

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