Gerard M. Moloney

11.1k citations

71 papers · 4.4k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 30

Co-authors: John F. Cryan Timothy G. Dinan Gerard Clarke Catherine Stanton Alan E. Hoban R. Paul Ross Karen A. Scott Elaine Patterson
Topics: Gut microbiota and health (27 papers)Tryptophan and brain disorders (25 papers)Stress Responses and Cortisol (20 papers)
Cited by: Biological Psychiatry Behavioral Neuroscience Gastroenterology
Journals: Gastroenterology Scientific Reports Biological Psychiatry
Partner nations: Ireland Italy Australia

In The Last Decade

Gerard M. Moloney

68 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Transferring the blues: Depression-associated gut microbiota induces neurobehavioural changes in the rat

2016 1.2k citations Paul J. Kennedy, Karen A. Scott et al. profile →
Short chain fatty acids: Microbial metabolites for gut-brain axis signalling

2022 402 citations Kenneth J. O’Riordan, Gerard M. Moloney et al. profile →
The gut microbiota-immune-brain axis: Therapeutic implications

2025 61 citations Kenneth J. O’Riordan, Gerard M. Moloney et al. profile →
The gut virome is associated with stress-induced changes in behaviour and immune responses in mice

2024 45 citations Nathaniel L. Ritz, Lorraine A. Draper et al. Nature Microbiology profile →

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1	Targeting the Microbiota Reverses C‐Section‐Induced Effects on Intestinal Permeability, Microbiota Composition, and Amygdala Gene Expression in the Mouse 2025 ·Neurogastroenterology & Motility ·(unknown),Gerard M. Moloney,(unknown),(unknown),Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,Kieran Rea,Patrick Fitzgerald,Anna V. Golubeva,(unknown),Ingrid B. Renes,Jan Knol,Timothy G. Dinan,John F. Cryan	0
2	The gut virome is associated with stress-induced changes in behaviour and immune responses in micebreakdown → 2024 ·Nature Microbiology ·Nathaniel L. Ritz,Lorraine A. Draper,Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,Christopher Turkington,Veronica L. Peterson,Marcel van de Wouw,Klára Vlčková,Christine Fülling,Katherine E. Guzzetta,Aurelijus Burokas,Hugh M. B. Harris,Marion Dalmasso,Fiona Crispie,Paul D. Cotter,Andrey N. Shkoporov,Gerard M. Moloney,Timothy G. Dinan,Colin Hill,John F. Cryan	45
3	Social fear extinction susceptibility is associated with Microbiota-Gut-Brain axis alterations 2024 ·Brain Behavior and Immunity ·Nathaniel L. Ritz,Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,Caitlin S.M. Cowan,Linda Smith,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Rachel D. Moloney,Gerard M. Moloney,Andrey N. Shkoporov,Lorraine A. Draper,Colin Hill,Timothy G. Dinan,David A. Slattery,John F. Cryan	5
4	Feed your microbes to deal with stress: a psychobiotic diet impacts microbial stability and perceived stress in a healthy adult population 2022 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Kirsten Berding,Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,Gerard M. Moloney,Serena Boscaini,Conall Strain,Andrea Anesi,Caitríona M. Long-Smith,Fulvio Mattivi,Catherine Stanton,Gerard Clarke,Timothy G. Dinan,John F. Cryan	84
5	The impact of psychosocial defeat stress on the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis transcriptome in adult male mice 2021 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Anand Gururajan,Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,(unknown),Gerard M. Moloney,John F. Cryan	5
6	Early-life oxytocin attenuates the social deficits induced by caesarean-section delivery in the mouse 2021 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Lívia H. Morais,Anna V. Golubeva,(unknown),Karen A. Scott,Ana Paula Costa,Gerard M. Moloney,Timothy G. Dinan,John F. Cryan	17
7	Maternal antibiotic administration during a critical developmental window has enduring neurobehavioural effects in offspring mice 2021 ·Behavioural Brain Research ·Rory O’Connor,Gerard M. Moloney,Christine Fülling,Kenneth J. O’Riordan,(unknown),Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,Harriët Schellekens,Timothy G. Dinan,John F. Cryan	39
8	Altered stress responses in adults born by Caesarean section 2021 ·Neurobiology of Stress ·Timothy G. Dinan,Paul J. Kennedy,Lívia H. Morais,Amy Murphy,Caitríona M. Long-Smith,Gerard M. Moloney,Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,Andrew P. Allen,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Kirsten Berding,Paul W. O’Toole,Gerard Clarke,Catherine Stanton,John F. Cryan	13
9	Improvements in sleep indices during exam stress due to consumption of a Bifidobacterium longum 2020 ·Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health ·Gerard M. Moloney,Caitríona M. Long-Smith,Amy Murphy,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),David Campos,Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,(unknown),Kirsten Berding,Fiona Fouhy,Andrew Allen,Catherine Stanton,Gerard Clarke,Timothy G. Dinan,John F. Cryan	47
10	Mid-life microbiota crises: middle age is associated with pervasive neuroimmune alterations that are reversed by targeting the gut microbiome 2019 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Marcus Boehme,Marcel van de Wouw,Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,Loreto Olavarría‐Ramírez,Katríona Lyons,Fiona Fouhy,Anna V. Golubeva,Gerard M. Moloney,(unknown),Kiran V. Sandhu,Karen A. Scott,Gerard Clarke,Catherine Stanton,Timothy G. Dinan,Harriët Schellekens,John F. Cryan	100
11	Resilience to chronic stress is associated with specific neurobiological, neuroendocrine and immune responses 2019 ·Brain Behavior and Immunity ·Anand Gururajan,Marcel van de Wouw,Marcus Boehme,Thorsten Becker,Rory O’Connor,Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,Gerard M. Moloney,Joshua M. Lyte,(unknown),(unknown),Timothy G. Dinan,John F. Cryan	55
12	Differential gene expression in the mesocorticolimbic system of innately high- and low-impulsive rats 2019 ·Behavioural Brain Research ·Gerard M. Moloney,(unknown),Feargal J. Ryan,Marcel van de Wouw,Caitlin S.M. Cowan,Marcus J. Claesson,Harriët Schellekens,Timothy G. Dinan,John F. Cryan	9
13	Enduring effects of muscarinic receptor activation on adult hippocampal neurogenesis, microRNA expression and behaviour 2019 ·Behavioural Brain Research ·Ana Paula Costa,Brunno Rocha Levone,Anand Gururajan,Gerard M. Moloney,Alexandre Ademar Hoeller,Cilene Lino de Oliveira,Timothy G. Dinan,Olivia F. O’Leary,Thereza Christina Monteiro de Lima,John F. Cryan	5
14	A role for the orphan nuclear receptor TLX in the interaction between neural precursor cells and microglia 2019 ·PubMed ·(unknown),Gerard M. Moloney,Alan E. Hoban,Valerio Rossini,Kenneth Nally,John F. Cryan,Yvonne M. Nolan	7
15	Social interaction-induced activation of RNA splicing in the amygdala of microbiome-deficient mice 2018 ·eLife ·Roman M. Stilling,Gerard M. Moloney,Feargal J. Ryan,Alan E. Hoban,Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen,Fergus Shanahan,Gerard Clarke,Marcus J. Claesson,Timothy G. Dinan,John F. Cryan	82
16	Exposure to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Increases the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Affected Offspring 2017 ·Molecular Neurobiology ·Eileen A. Curran,Gerard W. O’Keeffe,(unknown),Gerard M. Moloney,Shane V. Hegarty,Deirdre M. Murray,Ali S. Khashan,Louise C. Kenny	40
17	Downregulation of Umbilical Cord Blood Levels of miR-374a in Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy 2015 ·The Journal of Pediatrics ·(unknown),Brian H. Walsh,Gerard M. Moloney,Sue Grenham,Ailís Fagan,Gerard W. O’Keeffe,Gerard Clarke,John F. Cryan,Timothy G. Dinan,Geraldine B. Boylan,Deirdre M. Murray	54
18	A prospective study of C-reactive protein as a state marker in Cardiac Syndrome X 2014 ·Brain Behavior and Immunity ·(unknown),Peter Kearney,Gerard Clarke,Gerard M. Moloney,John F. Cryan,Timothy G. Dinan	14
19	Toll-Like Receptor 4 Regulates Chronic Stress-Induced Visceral Pain in Mice 2013 ·Biological Psychiatry ·Mónica Tramullas,Beate C. Finger,Rachel D. Moloney,Anna V. Golubeva,Gerard M. Moloney,Timothy G. Dinan,John F. Cryan	69
20	Inhibition of destructive autoimmune arthritis in FcγRIIa transgenic mice by small chemical entities 2008 ·Immunology and Cell Biology ·Geoffrey A. Pietersz,Patricia L. Mottram,(unknown),Caroline T. Sardjono,Sandra Esparon,Paul A. Ramsland,Gerard M. Moloney,Jonathan B. Baell,Tom D. McCarthy,Barry Matthews,Maree S. Powell,P. Mark Hogarth	32

About Gerard M. Moloney

Gerard M. Moloney is a scholar working on Biological Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience and Gastroenterology, having authored 71 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gut microbiota and health (27 papers), Tryptophan and brain disorders (25 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biological Psychiatry (1.6k citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (548 citations) and Gastroenterology (506 citations). Gerard M. Moloney has collaborated with scholars based in Ireland, Italy and Australia. Frequent co-authors include John F. Cryan, Timothy G. Dinan, Gerard Clarke, Catherine Stanton, Alan E. Hoban, R. Paul Ross, Karen A. Scott, Elaine Patterson, Lucinda V. Scott and Patrick Fitzgerald. Their work appears in journals such as Gastroenterology, Scientific Reports and Biological Psychiatry.

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