Derek Thomson

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Derek Thomson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Thomson has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Derek Thomson's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (10 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (6 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (6 papers). Derek Thomson is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (10 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (6 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (6 papers). Derek Thomson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Derek Thomson's co-authors include Thomas H. Gillingwater, Richard R. Ribchester, Lyndsay M. Murray, Michael P. Coleman, Laura H. Comley, Kevin Talbot, Nick Parkinson, Felipe A. Court, Thomas M. Wishart and Till G.A. Mack and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Derek Thomson

25 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

Wallerian degeneration of injured axons and synapses is delayed by a Ube4b/Nmnat chimeric gene

2001 501 citations Till G.A. Mack, Bogdan Beirowski et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Derek Thomson	1.1k	746	471	291	204	25	1.9k
Caroline Rouaux	935 0.8×	516 0.7×	178 0.4×	353 1.2×	140 0.7×	23	1.5k
W. Michael Zawada	821 0.7×	801 1.1×	102 0.2×	369 1.3×	192 0.9×	35	1.8k
Yves Sagot	552 0.5×	656 0.9×	216 0.5×	365 1.3×	150 0.7×	25	1.3k
Chengyong Shen	1.1k 1.0×	487 0.7×	171 0.4×	599 2.1×	119 0.6×	41	2.0k
Yuxiang Xie	735 0.7×	632 0.8×	61 0.1×	291 1.0×	142 0.7×	18	1.5k
Josep E. Esquerda	806 0.7×	648 0.9×	411 0.9×	416 1.4×	185 0.9×	66	1.7k
Carmen Cifuentes-Díaz	1.6k 1.5×	742 1.0×	716 1.5×	371 1.3×	146 0.7×	64	2.6k
Rocío Ruiz	803 0.7×	466 0.6×	296 0.6×	120 0.4×	133 0.7×	51	1.5k
XiaoOu Mao	618 0.6×	326 0.4×	194 0.4×	197 0.7×	354 1.7×	28	1.4k
Ruth M. Stassart	549 0.5×	844 1.1×	94 0.2×	253 0.9×	285 1.4×	28	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Thomson

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Boyd, Penelope J, Hannah K. Shorrock, Ewout J. N. Groen, et al.. (2017). Bioenergetic status modulates motor neuron vulnerability and pathogenesis in a zebrafish model of spinal muscular atrophy. PLoS Genetics. 13(4). e1006744–e1006744. 72 indexed citations

Powis, Rachael A., Evangelia Karyka, Penelope J Boyd, et al.. (2016). Systemic restoration of UBA1 ameliorates disease in spinal muscular atrophy. JCI Insight. 1(11). e87908–e87908. 69 indexed citations

Baxter, Paul, Karen Bell, Philip Hasel, et al.. (2015). Synaptic NMDA receptor activity is coupled to the transcriptional control of the glutathione system. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6761–6761. 118 indexed citations

Comley, Laura H., Heidi R. Fuller, Thomas M. Wishart, et al.. (2011). ApoE isoform-specific regulation of regeneration in the peripheral nervous system. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(12). 2406–2421. 29 indexed citations

Comley, Laura H., Thomas M. Wishart, Lyndsay M. Murray, et al.. (2011). Induction of Cell Stress in Neurons from Transgenic Mice Expressing Yellow Fluorescent Protein: Implications for Neurodegeneration Research. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17639–e17639. 25 indexed citations

Babetto, Elisabetta, Bogdan Beirowski, Lucie Janečková, et al.. (2010). Targeting NMNAT1 to Axons and Synapses Transforms Its Neuroprotective PotencyIn Vivo. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(40). 13291–13304. 97 indexed citations

Wishart, Thomas M., et al.. (2009). Expression of the neuroprotective slow Wallerian degeneration (Wld S ) gene in non-neuronal tissues. BMC Neuroscience. 10(1). 148–148. 3 indexed citations

Wong, Frances, Li Fan, Sara Wells, et al.. (2009). Axonal and neuromuscular synaptic phenotypes in Wld, SOD1 and ostes mutant mice identified by fiber-optic confocal microendoscopy. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 42(4). 296–307. 24 indexed citations

Murray, Lyndsay M., Derek Thomson, Annalijn Conklin, Thomas M. Wishart, & Thomas H. Gillingwater. (2008). Loss of translation elongation factor (eEF1A2) expression in vivo differentiates between Wallerian degeneration and dying‐back neuronal pathology. Journal of Anatomy. 213(6). 633–645. 27 indexed citations

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Murray, Lyndsay M., Laura H. Comley, Derek Thomson, et al.. (2007). Selective vulnerability of motor neurons and dissociation of pre- and post-synaptic pathology at the neuromuscular junction in mouse models of spinal muscular atrophy. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(7). 949–962. 317 indexed citations

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Newbery, Helen J., Thomas H. Gillingwater, Permphan Dharmasaroja, et al.. (2005). Progressive Loss of Motor Neuron Function in Wasted Mice: Effects of a Spontaneous Null Mutation in the Gene for the eEF1A2 Translation Factor. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 64(4). 295–303. 42 indexed citations

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Adalbert, Róbert, Thomas H. Gillingwater, Jane E. Haley, et al.. (2005). A rat model of slow Wallerian degeneration (Wld^S) with improved preservation of neuromuscular synapses. European Journal of Neuroscience. 21(1). 271–277. 75 indexed citations

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Ribchester, Richard R., Derek Thomson, Nigel I. Wood, et al.. (2004). Progressive abnormalities in skeletal muscle and neuromuscular junctions of transgenic mice expressing the Huntington's disease mutation. European Journal of Neuroscience. 20(11). 3092–3114. 138 indexed citations

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Parson, Simon H., et al.. (2004). Axotomy‐dependent and ‐independent synapse elimination in organ cultures of Wld^s mutant mouse skeletal muscle. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 76(1). 64–75. 10 indexed citations

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Gillingwater, Thomas H., Derek Thomson, & Richard R. Ribchester. (2003). Myo-GDNF increases non-functional polyinnervation of reinnervated mouse muscle. Neuroreport. 15(1). 21–25. 15 indexed citations

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Volynski, Kirill E., Marco Capogna, Anthony C. Ashton, et al.. (2003). Mutant α-Latrotoxin (LTXN4C) Does Not Form Pores and Causes Secretion by Receptor Stimulation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(33). 31058–31066. 38 indexed citations

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Gillingwater, Thomas H., Derek Thomson, Till G.A. Mack, et al.. (2002). Age‐Dependent Synapse Withdrawal at Axotomised Neuromuscular Junctions in Wld^s Mutant and Ube4b/Nmnat Transgenic Mice. The Journal of Physiology. 543(3). 739–755. 83 indexed citations

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Ribchester, Richard R., Derek Thomson, Lewis Haddow, & Yuri A. Ushkaryov. (1998). Enhancement of spontaneous transmitter release at neonatal mouse neuromuscular junctions by the glial cell line‐derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). The Journal of Physiology. 512(3). 635–641. 38 indexed citations

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Hayman, Michael J., Gordon W. Arbuthnott, Gordon D. Harkiss, et al.. (1993). Neurotoxicity of peptide analogues of the transactivating protein tat from maedi-visna virus and human immunodeficiency virus. Neuroscience. 53(1). 1–6. 87 indexed citations

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McLaren, K M & Derek Thomson. (1989). Localization of S‐100 protein in a Leydig and Sertoli cell tumour of testis. Histopathology. 15(6). 649–652. 8 indexed citations

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