D. C. Gajdusek

5.2k citations

79 papers · 3.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 30

Co-authors: Clarence J. Gibbs Michael P. Alpers C. J. Gibbs Richard Yanagihara Jiri Safar Peter P. Roller H L Amyx Timothy Hla
Topics: Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (35 papers)Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers)Neurological diseases and metabolism (10 papers)
Cited by: Neurology Biological Psychiatry Nutrition and Dietetics
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences The Lancet
Partner nations: United States Poland Japan

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D. C. Gajdusek

78 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Experimental Transmission of a Kuru-like Syndrome to Chimpanzees

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Genetic Studies in Relation to Kuru: An Overview 2004 ·Current Molecular Medicine ·L. G. Goldfarb,Larisa Červen̆áková,D. C. Gajdusek	24
2	A new point mutation of the PRNP gene in Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker case in Poland. 2000 ·PubMed ·(unknown),Maria Barcikowska,(unknown),Peter Brown,D. C. Gajdusek,(unknown)	8
3	Molecular analysis of prion protein (PrP) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) transcripts in experimental Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in mice 1997 ·Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis ·Radzisław Kordek,Paweł P. Liberski,Richard Yanagihara,Stuart Isaacson,D. C. Gajdusek	16
4	Fatal insomnia in a case of familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with the codon 200 ^Lys mutation 1996 ·Neurology ·Joab Chapman,A Arlazoroff,L. G. Goldfarb,Larisa Červen̆áková,Miriam Y. Neufeld,(unknown),Mary Herbert,Paul Brown,D. C. Gajdusek,Amos D. Korczyn	53
5	Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease with Alzheimer‐type Aβ‐reactive amyloid plaques 1995 ·Histopathology ·Maria Barcikowska,Hubert Kwieciński,Paweł P. Liberski,(unknown),Paul Brown,D. C. Gajdusek	21
6	Clinical and genetic studies of fatal familial insomnia 1995 ·Neurology ·Anthony T. Reder,(unknown),Paul Brown,Jean‐Paul Spire,Eve Van Cauter,Robert L. Wollmann,(unknown),L. G. Goldfarb,(unknown),Fred Ovsiew,D. C. Gajdusek,Raymond P. Roos	47
7	Cellular Localization of Poliovirus RNA in the Spinal Cord during Acute Paralytic Poliomyelitis 1995 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Stuart Isaacson,K Sivakumar,David M. Asher,Kitty Pomeroy,M Ramos-Alvarez,Clarence J. Gibbs,D. C. Gajdusek,Marinos C. Dalakas	6
8	Comparative ultrastructural neuropathology of naturally occurring bovine spongiform encephalopathy and experimentally induced scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 1992 ·Journal of Comparative Pathology ·Paweł P. Liberski,Richard Yanagihara,G. A. H. Wells,Clarence J. Gibbs,D. C. Gajdusek	22
9	Localization of amyloidogenic proteins and sulfated glycosaminoglycans in nontransmissible and transmissible cerebral amyloidoses 1991 ·Acta Neuropathologica ·Don C. Guiroy,Richard Yanagihara,D. C. Gajdusek	34
10	A cluster of male pseudohermaphrodites with 5α‐reductase deficiency in Papua New Guinea 1991 ·Clinical Endocrinology ·Julianne Imperato‐McGinley,Michelle Miller,Jean D. Wilson,Ralph E. Peterson,C.H.L. Shackleton,D. C. Gajdusek	103
11	A Mutation in the Prion Protein Gene in Creutzfeldt‐Jakob Disease in Jewish Patients of Libyan, Greek, and Tunisian Origin 1991 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Amos D. Korczyn,Joab Chapman,Lev G. Goldfarb,Paul Brown,D. C. Gajdusek	15
12	Resistance of Scrapie Infectivity to Steam Autoclaving after Formaldehyde Fixation and Limited Survival after Ashing at 360 C: Practical and Theoretical Implications 1990 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Paul Brown,(unknown),(unknown),D. C. Gajdusek	122
13	Intrathecal synthesis of IgG antibodies to HTLV-I supports an etiological role for HTLV-I in tropical spastic paraparesis 1988 ·Annals of Neurology ·Mauro Ceroni,Pedro Piccardo,Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson,Carlos A. Mora,David M. Asher,D. C. Gajdusek,Clarence J. Gibbs	53
14	Localization of amyloid beta protein messenger RNA in brains from patients with Alzheimerʼs disease 1988 ·Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders ·Sina Bahmanyar,Gerald A. Higgins,D Goldgaber,David A. Lewis,JH Morrison,M C Wilson,S.K. Shankar,D. C. Gajdusek	38
15	[Trace-elemental study on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and parkinsonism-dementia(PD) in the Kii Peninsula of Japan and Guam]. 1987 ·PubMed ·(unknown),Y Yase,S. Iwata,Yuki Mizumoto,D. C. Gajdusek	7
16	Serological survey of Prospect Hill virus infection in indigenous wild rodents in the USA 1987 ·Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Richard Yanagihara,(unknown),(unknown),Luck Ju Baek,H L Amyx,D. C. Gajdusek,C. J. Gibbs	33
17	Familial clustering of the ataxic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with Hirano bodies. 1985 ·Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry ·L Cartier,Sergio Gálvez,D. C. Gajdusek	23
18	Effect of Different Gradient Solutions on the Buoyant Density of Scrapie Infectivity 1978 ·Experimental Biology and Medicine ·Paul Brown,(unknown),D. C. Gajdusek	10
19	EARLY ACQUISITION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS AND EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS ANTIBODY IN SEVERAL ISOLATED MELANESIAN POPULATIONS 1977 ·American Journal of Epidemiology ·David J. Lang,Ralph M. Garruto,D. C. Gajdusek	44
20	Congenital defects of the central nervous system associated with hyperendemic goiter in a neolithic highland society of western New Guinea. IV. Serum proteins and haptoglobins, transferrins and hemoglobin types in goitrous and adjacent non-goitrous Western Dani populations. 1974 ·PubMed ·Cyril C. Curtain,D. C. Gajdusek,(unknown),Ralph M. Garruto	2

About D. C. Gajdusek

D. C. Gajdusek is a scholar working on Neurology, Infectious Diseases and Neurology, having authored 79 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (35 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (11 papers) and Neurological diseases and metabolism (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (1.2k citations), Biological Psychiatry (100 citations) and Nutrition and Dietetics (594 citations). D. C. Gajdusek has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Poland and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Clarence J. Gibbs, Michael P. Alpers, C. J. Gibbs, Richard Yanagihara, Jiri Safar, Peter P. Roller, H L Amyx, Timothy Hla, T Maciag and J. Steven Jacobsen. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

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