Declan P. McKernan

2.5k total citations
61 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Declan P. McKernan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biological Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Declan P. McKernan has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Biological Psychiatry and 15 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Declan P. McKernan's work include Tryptophan and brain disorders (20 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (15 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (9 papers). Declan P. McKernan is often cited by papers focused on Tryptophan and brain disorders (20 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (15 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (9 papers). Declan P. McKernan collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and Sweden. Declan P. McKernan's co-authors include Timothy G. Dinan, John F. Cryan, Eamonn M.M. Quigley, Gábor Gaszner, Gary Donohoe, Thomas G. Cotter, Patrick Fitzgerald, Colm O’Brien, Eilís Dowd and Marc Guérin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Declan P. McKernan

60 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Declan P. McKernan Ireland 24 647 537 450 296 257 61 1.9k
Florian Reichmann Austria 22 1.0k 1.6× 216 0.4× 518 1.2× 646 2.2× 385 1.5× 39 2.5k
Yikang Deng Canada 13 1.2k 1.9× 652 1.2× 540 1.2× 581 2.0× 143 0.6× 19 2.4k
Agata Mulak Poland 18 905 1.4× 845 1.6× 356 0.8× 867 2.9× 143 0.6× 56 2.4k
Dervla O’Malley Ireland 27 629 1.0× 500 0.9× 188 0.4× 656 2.2× 256 1.0× 56 2.1k
Afifa Ait-Belgnaoui France 17 1.2k 1.9× 780 1.5× 430 1.0× 581 2.0× 209 0.8× 19 2.2k
Nora Hamdani France 25 264 0.4× 299 0.6× 407 0.9× 185 0.6× 101 0.4× 46 1.8k
J. Oliveira France 16 291 0.4× 325 0.6× 388 0.9× 219 0.7× 137 0.5× 40 1.2k
Marcela Julio‐Pieper Chile 17 603 0.9× 280 0.5× 233 0.5× 337 1.1× 155 0.6× 31 1.3k
Anna V. Golubeva Ireland 20 975 1.5× 191 0.4× 380 0.8× 507 1.7× 156 0.6× 44 1.6k
Yukang Mao Canada 24 1.3k 2.0× 1.0k 1.9× 314 0.7× 581 2.0× 68 0.3× 62 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Holleran, Laurena, Maria R. Dauvermann, Brian Hallahan, et al.. (2025). Investigating the relationship between toll-like receptor activity, low-grade inflammation and cognitive deficits in schizophrenia patients – A mediation analysis. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 128. 529–539.
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Holleran, Laurena, Declan P. McKernan, John Kelly, et al.. (2024). Direct targets of MEF2C are enriched for genes associated with schizophrenia and cognitive function and are involved in neuron development and mitochondrial function. PLoS Genetics. 20(9). e1011093–e1011093. 1 indexed citations
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Kelly, John, Lieve Desbonnet, Laurena Holleran, et al.. (2023). Social isolation-induced transcriptomic changes in mouse hippocampus impact the synapse and show convergence with human genetic risk for neurodevelopmental phenotypes. PLoS ONE. 18(12). e0295855–e0295855. 1 indexed citations
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King, Sinéad, David Mothersill, Laurena Holleran, et al.. (2023). Early life stress, low-grade systemic inflammation and weaker suppression of the default mode network (DMN) during face processing in Schizophrenia. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 213–213. 12 indexed citations
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Donohoe, Gary, et al.. (2023). Anti-inflammatory effects of 2nd generation antipsychotics in patients with schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 160. 126–136. 42 indexed citations
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Burke, Tom, Laurena Holleran, David Mothersill, et al.. (2022). Corpus Callosum Microstructural Tract Integrity Relates to Longer Emotion Recognition Reaction Time in People with Schizophrenia. Brain Sciences. 12(9). 1208–1208. 6 indexed citations
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Desbonnet, Lieve, Declan P. McKernan, Laurena Holleran, et al.. (2022). Dual hit mouse model to examine the long-term effects of maternal immune activation and post-weaning social isolation on schizophrenia endophenotypes. Behavioural Brain Research. 430. 113930–113930. 12 indexed citations
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McKernan, Declan P., et al.. (2022). The Effect of Aggregated Alpha Synuclein on Synaptic and Axonal Proteins in Parkinson’s Disease—A Systematic Review. Biomolecules. 12(9). 1199–1199. 11 indexed citations
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Kelly, Rachel, Alexis‐Pierre Bemelmans, Charlène Joséphine, et al.. (2022). Time-Course of Alterations in the Endocannabinoid System after Viral-Mediated Overexpression of α-Synuclein in the Rat Brain. Molecules. 27(2). 507–507. 11 indexed citations
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McKernan, Declan P.. (2021). Toll-Like Receptors as Drug Targets in the Intestinal Epithelium. Handbook of experimental pharmacology. 276. 291–314. 3 indexed citations
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Dauvermann, Maria R., David Mothersill, Laurena Holleran, et al.. (2020). Childhood trauma, parental bonding, and social cognition in patients with schizophrenia and healthy adults. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 77(1). 241–253. 30 indexed citations
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McKernan, Declan P.. (2019). Pattern recognition receptors as potential drug targets in inflammatory disorders. Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology. 119. 65–109. 48 indexed citations
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McKernan, Declan P. & Conor Hennessy. (2017). Epigenetic modifications influence TLR3 expression and activity. The FASEB Journal. 31(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Hennessy, Conor & Declan P. McKernan. (2016). Epigenetics and innate immunity: the ‘unTolld’ story. Immunology and Cell Biology. 94(7). 631–639. 20 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Rebecca L., Mark G. Rae, Niall P. Hyland, et al.. (2016). Leptin modifies the prosecretory and prokinetic effects of the inflammatory cytokine interleukin‐6 on colonic function in Sprague–Dawley rats. Experimental Physiology. 101(12). 1477–1491. 8 indexed citations
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Bashashati, Mohammad, Nima Rezaei, Declan P. McKernan, et al.. (2014). Cytokine imbalance in irritable bowel syndrome: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 26(7). 1036–1048. 135 indexed citations
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O’Mahony, Siobhain M., Gerard Clarke, Declan P. McKernan, et al.. (2013). Differential visceral nociceptive, behavioural and neurochemical responses to an immune challenge in the stress-sensitive Wistar Kyoto rat strain. Behavioural Brain Research. 253. 310–317. 30 indexed citations
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McKernan, Declan P., et al.. (2012). Schizophrenia patients with a history of childhood trauma have a pro-inflammatory phenotype. Psychological Medicine. 42(9). 1865–1871. 92 indexed citations
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McKernan, Declan P., et al.. (2011). Enhanced peripheral toll-like receptor responses in psychosis: further evidence of a pro-inflammatory phenotype. Translational Psychiatry. 1(8). e36–e36. 109 indexed citations
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McKernan, Declan P., Timothy G. Dinan, & John F. Cryan. (2009). “Killing the Blues”: A role for cellular suicide (apoptosis) in depression and the antidepressant response?. Progress in Neurobiology. 88(4). 246–263. 113 indexed citations

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