Gouri Mahajan

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Gouri Mahajan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gouri Mahajan has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Gouri Mahajan's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (5 papers). Gouri Mahajan is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (5 papers). Gouri Mahajan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Gouri Mahajan's co-authors include Craig A. Stockmeier, Grażyna Rajkowska, George Jurjus, James C. Overholser, H.B.M. Uylings, Lee S. Friedman, Herbert Y. Meltzer, Lisa C. Konick, José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo and Lesa Dieter and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Gouri Mahajan

16 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Cellular changes in the postmortem hippocampus in major d... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Cellular changes in the postmortem hippocampus in major depression
    2004 551 citations Craig A. Stockmeier, Gouri Mahajan et al. Biological Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gouri Mahajan United States 13 529 443 379 259 254 17 1.3k
Neil M. Fournier Canada 15 332 0.6× 446 1.0× 426 1.1× 284 1.1× 157 0.6× 29 1.3k
Jinrong Wei United States 4 412 0.8× 296 0.7× 580 1.5× 215 0.8× 225 0.9× 6 1.3k
Matthew J. Girgenti United States 20 545 1.0× 360 0.8× 547 1.4× 382 1.5× 128 0.5× 46 1.6k
Sophie Dutheil France 15 537 1.0× 323 0.7× 275 0.7× 265 1.0× 415 1.6× 20 1.4k
Brendan Hare United States 14 593 1.1× 398 0.9× 521 1.4× 223 0.9× 179 0.7× 23 1.3k
Yadira Ibargüen-Vargas France 8 407 0.8× 564 1.3× 496 1.3× 193 0.7× 122 0.5× 11 1.2k
Giulia Treccani Denmark 17 766 1.4× 552 1.2× 691 1.8× 290 1.1× 156 0.6× 35 1.7k
Carrol D’Sa United States 14 373 0.7× 340 0.8× 772 2.0× 430 1.7× 158 0.6× 15 1.6k
George Jurjus United States 21 676 1.3× 519 1.2× 651 1.7× 386 1.5× 277 1.1× 34 2.0k
Fang Han China 21 321 0.6× 523 1.2× 271 0.7× 211 0.8× 83 0.3× 60 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gouri Mahajan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gouri Mahajan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gouri Mahajan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Gouri Mahajan. Gouri Mahajan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Palei, Ana C., Zhongming Zhao, Gouri Mahajan, et al.. (2024). Sex differences in metabolic adaptation in infants with cyanotic congenital heart disease. Pediatric Research. 96(5). 1201–1209.
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Mahajan, Gouri, et al.. (2020). Venlafaxine Stimulates an MMP-9-Dependent Increase in Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance in a Stress Model of Depression. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(22). 4418–4431. 50 indexed citations
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Ho, Ada Man‐Choi, Matej Markota, Carrie J. Heppelmann, et al.. (2020). Label-free proteomics differences in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex between bipolar disorder patients with and without psychosis. Journal of Affective Disorders. 270. 165–173. 6 indexed citations
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Ho, Ada Man‐Choi, Stacey J. Winham, Sebastian M. Armasu, et al.. (2019). Genome-wide DNA methylomic differences between dorsolateral prefrontal and temporal pole cortices of bipolar disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 117. 45–54. 15 indexed citations
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Mahajan, Gouri, Eric J. Vallender, Michael R. Garrett, et al.. (2019). NEUROINFLAMMATORY GENE EXPRESSION IN HIPPOCAMPUS IN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 29. S842–S842. 1 indexed citations
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François, Brice Le, Lei Zhang, Gouri Mahajan, et al.. (2018). A Novel Alternative Splicing Mechanism That Enhances Human 5-HT1A Receptor RNA Stability Is Altered in Major Depression. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(38). 8200–8210. 21 indexed citations
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Rajkowska, Grażyna, Gouri Mahajan, Beata Legutko, et al.. (2017). Length of axons expressing the serotonin transporter in orbitofrontal cortex is lower with age in depression. Neuroscience. 359. 30–39. 17 indexed citations
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Mahajan, Gouri, Eric J. Vallender, Michael R. Garrett, et al.. (2017). Altered neuro-inflammatory gene expression in hippocampus in major depressive disorder. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 82. 177–186. 96 indexed citations
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Rajkowska, Grażyna, Gerard Clarke, Gouri Mahajan, et al.. (2016). Differential effect of lithium on cell number in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex in adult mice: a stereological study. Bipolar Disorders. 18(1). 41–51. 31 indexed citations
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Rajkowska, Grażyna, Gouri Mahajan, Dorota Maciąg, et al.. (2015). Oligodendrocyte morphometry and expression of myelin – Related mRNA in ventral prefrontal white matter in major depressive disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 65. 53–62. 73 indexed citations
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O’Neill, Kathy E., Joel S. Milner, Gouri Mahajan, et al.. (2015). Density of GFAP-immunoreactive astrocytes is decreased in left hippocampi in major depressive disorder. Neuroscience. 316. 209–220. 193 indexed citations
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Mahajan, Gouri, Warren May, James C. Overholser, et al.. (2014). Basolateral amygdala volume and cell numbers in major depressive disorder: a postmortem stereological study. Brain Structure and Function. 221(1). 171–184. 55 indexed citations
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Fu, Yiling, Yan Lu, Xiaolong Zhu, et al.. (2013). Testosterone enhances tubuloglomerular feedback by increasing superoxide production in the macula densa. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 304(9). R726–R733. 17 indexed citations
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Simpson, Joy, Gouri Mahajan, James C. Overholser, et al.. (2012). Hippocampal volume and total cell numbers in major depressive disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 47(3). 299–306. 110 indexed citations
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Zhu, Hu, Daniel J. Urban, Wesley K. Kroeze, et al.. (2012). Quantitative Analysis of Focused A-To-I RNA Editing Sites by Ultra-High-Throughput Sequencing in Psychiatric Disorders. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e43227–e43227. 33 indexed citations
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Stockmeier, Craig A., Gouri Mahajan, Lisa C. Konick, et al.. (2004). Cellular changes in the postmortem hippocampus in major depression. Biological Psychiatry. 56(9). 640–650. 551 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stockmeier, Craig A., Gouri Mahajan, Lisa C. Konick, et al.. (2002). Preliminary evidence that neuronal and glial density is increased and neuronal size is decreased in hippocampus in major depressive disorder. 49719. 1 indexed citations

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