Gillian Coughlan

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 775 citations indexed

About

Gillian Coughlan is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gillian Coughlan has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 775 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 10 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Gillian Coughlan's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (22 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (10 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (9 papers). Gillian Coughlan is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (22 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (10 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (9 papers). Gillian Coughlan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Gillian Coughlan's co-authors include Michael Hornberger, Anne Marie Minihane, Jakub Hort, Jan Laczó, Hugo J. Spiers, Peter Zhukovsky, Antoine Coutrot, Mizanur Khondoker, Aristotle N. Voineskos and Benoit H. Mulsant and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Gillian Coughlan

34 papers receiving 769 citations

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Spatial navigation deficits — overlooked cognitive marker for preclinical Alzheimer disease?

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Kateřina Sheardová Czechia

Ségolène Lithfous France

Samantha L. Allison United States

Hannes Noack Germany

Céline Fouquet France

M. Rizzo United States

Elena K. Festa United States

Bruno Fimm Germany

Mathieu Ceccaldi France

Zuzana Nedelská Czechia

Kateřina Sheardová Czechia

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Bonkhoff, Anna K., Gillian Coughlan, Valentina Perosa, et al.. (2025). Sex differences in age-associated neurological diseases—A roadmap for reliable and high-yield research. Science Advances. 11(10). eadt9243–eadt9243. 4 indexed citations

Seto, Mabel, Manuel J. Gómez, Gillian Coughlan, et al.. (2025). Sex-specific associations of gene expression with Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology and ante-mortem cognitive performance. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9466–9466.

Zhukovsky, Peter, Gillian Coughlan, David A. Bennett, et al.. (2024). Genetic influences on brain and cognitive health and their interactions with cardiovascular conditions and depression. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5207–5207. 7 indexed citations

Wu, Che‐Yuan, Gillian Coughlan, Tanvi A. Puri, et al.. (2024). Associations Between Age at Menopause, Vascular Risk, and 3-Year Cognitive Change in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Neurology. 102(9). e209298–e209298. 17 indexed citations

Coughlan, Gillian, et al.. (2023). Spatial cognition is associated with levels of phosphorylated-tau and β-amyloid in clinically normal older adults. Neurobiology of Aging. 130. 124–134. 6 indexed citations

Munro, Catherine E., Rory Boyle, Xi Chen, et al.. (2023). Recent contributions to the field of subjective cognitive decline in aging: A literature review. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 15(4). e12475–e12475. 14 indexed citations

Zhukovsky, Peter, et al.. (2023). Amyloid accumulation and functional connectivity in normal aging and preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease: a longitudinal analysis of the OASIS‐3 cohort. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S1).

Zhukovsky, Peter, et al.. (2022). Unravelling the relationship between amyloid accumulation and brain network function in normal aging and very mild cognitive decline: a longitudinal analysis. Brain Communications. 4(6). fcac282–fcac282. 10 indexed citations

Zhukovsky, Peter, Gillian Coughlan, Rachel F. Buckley, Cheryl Grady, & Aristotle N. Voineskos. (2022). Connectivity between default mode and frontoparietal networks mediates the association between global amyloid‐β and episodic memory. Human Brain Mapping. 44(3). 1147–1157. 10 indexed citations

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Coughlan, Gillian, Ali Golestani, Preston P. Thakral, et al.. (2022). Transcranial magnetic stimulation to the angular gyrus modulates the temporal dynamics of the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 33(6). 3255–3264. 5 indexed citations

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Aung, Min Hane, et al.. (2022). Using GPS Tracking to Investigate Outdoor Navigation Patterns in Patients With Alzheimer Disease: Cross-sectional Study. JMIR Aging. 5(2). e28222–e28222. 8 indexed citations

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Zhukovsky, Peter, Gillian Coughlan, Erin W. Dickie, Colin Hawco, & Aristotle N. Voineskos. (2022). Alternative labeling tool: a minimal algorithm for denoising single-subject resting-state fMRI data with ICA-MELODIC. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 16(4). 1823–1831. 2 indexed citations

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Coughlan, Gillian, et al.. (2022). Spatial orientation – a stable marker for vascular cognitive impairment?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100155–100155. 2 indexed citations

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Gellersen, Helena M., Alexandra N. Trelle, Benjamin Farrar, et al.. (2022). Medial temporal lobe structure, mnemonic and perceptual discrimination in healthy older adults and those at risk for mild cognitive impairment. Neurobiology of Aging. 122. 88–106. 12 indexed citations

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Gellersen, Helena M., Gillian Coughlan, Michael Hornberger, & Jon S. Simons. (2021). Memory precision of object-location binding is unimpaired in APOE ε4-carriers with spatial navigation deficits. Brain Communications. 3(2). fcab087–fcab087. 10 indexed citations

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Zhukovsky, Peter, John A. E. Anderson, Gillian Coughlan, et al.. (2021). Coordinate-Based Network Mapping of Brain Structure in Major Depressive Disorder in Younger and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Psychiatry. 178(12). 1119–1128. 50 indexed citations

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Coughlan, Gillian, Peter Zhukovsky, Rachel Gillings, et al.. (2020). Functional connectivity between the entorhinal and posterior cingulate cortices underpins navigation discrepancies in at-risk Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 90. 110–118. 22 indexed citations

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Coughlan, Gillian, et al.. (2020). Test-retest reliability of spatial navigation in adults at-risk of Alzheimer’s disease. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0239077–e0239077. 27 indexed citations

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Coughlan, Gillian, et al.. (2019). Menopause, cognition and dementia – A review. Post Reproductive Health. 25(4). 200–206. 25 indexed citations

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Ryan, Timothy J., et al.. (1989). Ketosis, a complication of theophylline toxicity. Journal of Internal Medicine. 226(4). 277–278. 3 indexed citations

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