Elliott J. Mufson

39.2k total citations · 13 hit papers
301 papers, 31.0k citations indexed

About

Elliott J. Mufson is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elliott J. Mufson has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 31.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Physiology, 137 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 87 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Elliott J. Mufson's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (154 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (67 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (50 papers). Elliott J. Mufson is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (154 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (67 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (50 papers). Elliott J. Mufson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Elliott J. Mufson's co-authors include Bruce H. Wainer, Allan I. Levey, Scott Counts, Marsel Mesulam, Stephen D. Ginsberg, M.‐Marsel Mesulam, Sylvia E. Perez, M.‐Marsel Mesulam, Stephen W. Scheff and Jeffrey H. Kordower and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Elliott J. Mufson

298 papers receiving 30.4k citations

Hit Papers

Central cholinergic pathw... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1983 1983 1982 2005 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Central cholinergic pathways in the rat: An overview based on an alternative nomenclature (Ch1–Ch6)
    1983 2.0k citations Elliott J. Mufson et al. profile →
  2. Cholinergic innervation of cortex by the basal forebrain: Cytochemistry and cortical connections of the septal area, diagonal band nuclei, nucleus basalis (Substantia innominata), and hypothalamus in the rhesus monkey
    1983 1.6k citations Elliott J. Mufson et al. The Journal of Comparative Neurology profile →
  3. Insula of the old world monkey. III: Efferent cortical output and comments on function
    1982 823 citations Elliott J. Mufson et al. The Journal of Comparative Neurology profile →
  4. Hippocampal synaptic loss in early Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment
    2005 799 citations Stephen W. Scheff, D. A. Price et al. Neurobiology of Aging profile →
  5. A phase 1 clinical trial of nerve growth factor gene therapy for Alzheimer disease
    2005 780 citations Elliott J. Mufson, Jeffrey H. Kordower et al. profile →
  6. Neuropathological Evidence of Graft Survival and Striatal Reinnervation after the Transplantation of Fetal Mesencephalic Tissue in a Patient with Parkinson's Disease
    1995 671 citations Jeffrey H. Kordower, Thomas B. Freeman et al. profile →
  7. Nanoparticle-based detection in cerebral spinal fluid of a soluble pathogenic biomarker for Alzheimer's disease
    2005 648 citations Elliott J. Mufson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. Synaptic alterations in CA1 in mild Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment
    2007 636 citations Stephen W. Scheff, D. A. Price et al. profile →
  9. Cortical projections arising from the basal forebrain: A study of cholinergic and noncholinergic components employing combined retrograde tracing and immunohistochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase
    1984 634 citations Elliott J. Mufson et al. profile →
  10. Precursor form of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor and mature brain‐derived neurotrophic factor are decreased in the pre‐clinical stages of Alzheimer's disease
    2005 570 citations Shiyong Peng, Joanne Wuu et al. Journal of Neurochemistry profile →
  11. Upregulation of choline acetyltransferase activity in hippocampus and frontal cortex of elderly subjects with mild cognitive impairment
    2002 560 citations Steven T. DeKosky, Miloš D. Ikonomović et al. profile →
  12. Insula of the old world monkey. Architectonics in the insulo‐orbito‐temporal component of the paralimbic brain
    1982 556 citations Elliott J. Mufson et al. The Journal of Comparative Neurology profile →
  13. Neuronal sorting protein-related receptor sorLA/LR11 regulates processing of the amyloid precursor protein
    2005 510 citations Elliott J. Mufson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elliott J. Mufson United States 88 13.7k 10.7k 9.9k 8.1k 4.4k 301 31.0k
Lennart Mucke United States 97 13.4k 1.0× 20.8k 1.9× 12.4k 1.3× 4.0k 0.5× 9.1k 2.1× 172 38.9k
Miklós Palkovits Hungary 95 33.4k 2.4× 9.6k 0.9× 17.1k 1.7× 10.9k 1.4× 4.3k 1.0× 692 62.5k
Masahiko Watanabe Japan 104 24.9k 1.8× 4.9k 0.5× 17.8k 1.8× 7.2k 0.9× 4.6k 1.0× 673 40.4k
Rachael L. Neve United States 103 16.8k 1.2× 9.4k 0.9× 20.1k 2.0× 5.7k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 361 37.8k
Rémi Quirion Canada 93 17.4k 1.3× 7.7k 0.7× 15.3k 1.5× 3.0k 0.4× 2.6k 0.6× 546 31.9k
Min Zhuo Canada 82 13.2k 1.0× 10.3k 1.0× 8.5k 0.9× 6.2k 0.8× 2.2k 0.5× 359 23.3k
Richard L. M. Faull New Zealand 89 15.0k 1.1× 4.5k 0.4× 11.1k 1.1× 3.0k 0.4× 3.9k 0.9× 417 27.4k
Donald L. Price United States 108 16.3k 1.2× 17.3k 1.6× 16.9k 1.7× 4.6k 0.6× 6.2k 1.4× 365 44.1k
George Paxinos Australia 50 14.3k 1.0× 3.9k 0.4× 7.9k 0.8× 7.6k 0.9× 3.3k 0.8× 158 29.2k
Vahram Haroutunian United States 79 6.3k 0.5× 7.0k 0.7× 9.7k 1.0× 2.9k 0.4× 2.7k 0.6× 334 21.9k

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All Works

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Counts, Scott, John S. Beck, Bryan Maloney, et al.. (2025). Posterior cingulate cortex microRNA dysregulation differentiates cognitive resilience, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(2). e70019–e70019. 2 indexed citations
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Bennett, Estelle R., Nadav Yayon, David A. Bennett, et al.. (2024). Knockout of the longevity gene Klotho perturbs aging and Alzheimer’s disease-linked brain microRNAs and tRNA fragments. Communications Biology. 7(1). 720–720. 11 indexed citations
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Kelley, Christy M., Sang H. Lee, Melissa J. Alldred, et al.. (2023). Maternal choline supplementation protects against age-associated cholinergic and GABAergic basal forebrain neuron degeneration in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 188. 106332–106332. 12 indexed citations
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Zorbaz, Tamara, Nimrod Madrer, Iddo Paldor, et al.. (2023). Sex‐specific declines in cholinergic‐targeting tRNA fragments in the nucleus accumbens in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(11). 5159–5172. 27 indexed citations
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Edler, Melissa K., Merina Varghese, Bridget Wicinski, et al.. (2021). Comparative neuropathology in aging primates: A perspective. American Journal of Primatology. 83(11). e23299–e23299. 21 indexed citations
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Arva, Nicoleta C., et al.. (2021). Postnatal Cytoarchitecture and Neurochemical Hippocampal Dysfunction in Down Syndrome. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(15). 3414–3414. 4 indexed citations
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Edler, Melissa K., Richard S. Meindl, William D. Hopkins, et al.. (2020). Neuron loss associated with age but not Alzheimer's disease pathology in the chimpanzee brain. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 375(1811). 20190619–20190619. 27 indexed citations
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Perez, Sylvia E., Muhammad Nadeem, Michael Malek‐Ahmadi, Bin He, & Elliott J. Mufson. (2017). Frontal Cortex and Hippocampal γ-Secretase Activating Protein Levels in Prodromal Alzheimer Disease. Neurodegenerative Diseases. 17(6). 235–241. 12 indexed citations
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Counts, Scott & Elliott J. Mufson. (2010). Noradrenaline activation of neurotrophic pathways protects against neuronal amyloid toxicity. Journal of Neurochemistry. 113(3). 649–660. 127 indexed citations
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Cicchetti, Francesca, Samuel Saporta, Robert A. Hauser, et al.. (2009). Neural transplants in patients with Huntington's disease undergo disease-like neuronal degeneration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(30). 12483–12488. 142 indexed citations
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Mufson, Elliott J., Scott Counts, Sylvia E. Perez, & Stephen D. Ginsberg. (2008). Cholinergic system during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease: therapeutic implications. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 8(11). 1703–1718. 485 indexed citations
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Scheff, Stephen W., D. A. Price, Frederick A. Schmitt, & Elliott J. Mufson. (2005). Hippocampal synaptic loss in early Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Neurobiology of Aging. 27(10). 1372–1384. 799 indexed citations breakdown →
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Peng, Shiyong, Joanne Wuu, Elliott J. Mufson, & Margaret Fahnestock. (2004). Increased proNGF Levels in Subjects with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer Disease. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 63(6). 641–649. 200 indexed citations
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Ikonomović, Miloš D., Elliott J. Mufson, Elizabeth J. Cochran, Derrick Bennett, & Steven T. DeKosky. (2002). Acetylcholinesterase changes in people with mild cognitive impairment implications for hippocampal plasticity. 8826. 2 indexed citations
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Granholm, Ann-Charlotte, Kerstin A. Ford, Lynn A. Hyde, et al.. (2002). Estrogen restores cognition and cholinergic phenotype in an animal model of Down syndrome. Physiology & Behavior. 77(2-3). 371–385. 86 indexed citations
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Mufson, Elliott J., Jeffrey S. Kroin, Timothy J. Sendera, & Teresa Sobreviela. (1999). Distribution and retrograde transport of trophic factors in the central nervous system: functional implications for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Progress in Neurobiology. 57(4). 451–484. 246 indexed citations
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Sobreviela, Teresa, et al.. (1996). Retrograde transport of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) following infusion in neo-and limbic cortex in rat: Relationship to BDNF mRNA expressing neurons. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 375(3). 417–444. 68 indexed citations
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Mufson, Elliott J., et al.. (1994). Cholinesterases colocalize with sites of neurofibrillary degeneration in aged and Alzheimer's brains. Acta Neuropathologica. 87(3). 284–292. 38 indexed citations
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Benzing, William C., Jeffrey H. Kordower, & Elliott J. Mufson. (1993). Galanin immunoreactivity within the primate basal forebrain: Evolutionary change between monkeys and apes. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 336(1). 31–39. 58 indexed citations
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Benoit, Robert, Frederick Esch, H.P.J. Bennett, et al.. (1990). Processing of prosomatostatin. Metabolism. 39(9). 22–25. 23 indexed citations

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