Ian C.G. Weaver

12.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
45 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Ian C.G. Weaver is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian C.G. Weaver has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ian C.G. Weaver's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (12 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (12 papers). Ian C.G. Weaver is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (21 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (12 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (12 papers). Ian C.G. Weaver collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Ian C.G. Weaver's co-authors include Moshe Szyf, Michael J. Meaney, Frances A. Champagne, Sergiy Dymov, Shakti Sharma, Ana C. D’Alessio, Jonathan R. Seckl, Nadia Cervoni, Josie Diorio and Shelley E. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Ian C.G. Weaver

43 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior

2004 4.2k citations Ian C.G. Weaver, Nadia Cervoni et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Reversal of Maternal Programming of Stress Responses in Adult Offspring through Methyl Supplementation: Altering Epigenetic Marking Later in Life

2005 655 citations Ian C.G. Weaver, Frances A. Champagne et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Maternal care effects on the hippocampal transcriptome and anxiety-mediated behaviors in the offspring that are reversible in adulthood

2006 578 citations Ian C.G. Weaver, Michael J. Meaney et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Sergiy Dymov Canada

Ana C. D’Alessio United States

Patrick O. McGowan Canada

Shakti Sharma Canada

Tracy L. Bale United States

Margaret M. McCarthy United States

Josie Diorio Canada

Tania L. Roth United States

Isabelle M. Mansuy Switzerland

Giovanni Laviola Italy

Sergiy Dymov Canada

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Countries citing papers authored by Ian C.G. Weaver

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian C.G. Weaver

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Fertan, Emre, et al.. (2023). Noncanonical regulation of imprinted gene Igf2 by amyloid-beta 1–42 in Alzheimer’s disease. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2043–2043. 9 indexed citations

Cruickshank, Brianne M., Cheryl A. Dean, Ryan W. Holloway, et al.. (2020). Decitabine Response in Breast Cancer Requires Efficient Drug Processing and Is Not Limited by Multidrug Resistance. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 19(5). 1110–1122. 20 indexed citations

Fertan, Emre, Donna Goguen, Aimée A. Wong, et al.. (2019). Cognitive Decline, Cerebral-Spleen Tryptophan Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, Cytokine Production, and Regulation of the Txnip Gene in a Triple Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer Disease. American Journal Of Pathology. 189(7). 1435–1450. 28 indexed citations

Sultan, Mohammad, Dejan Vidovic, Cheryl A. Dean, et al.. (2019). Retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide induce lasting differentiation and demethylation of target genes in APL cells. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9414–9414. 29 indexed citations

Weaver, Ian C.G., et al.. (2018). Effects of paternal high-fat diet and rearing environment on maternal investment and development of defensive responses in the offspring. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 91. 20–30. 21 indexed citations

Weaver, Ian C.G., et al.. (2017). Stress and the Emerging Roles of Chromatin Remodeling in Signal Integration and Stable Transmission of Reversible Phenotypes. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 11. 41–41. 45 indexed citations

Weaver, Ian C.G., et al.. (2016). Effects of Paternal Predation Risk and Rearing Environment on Maternal Investment and Development of Defensive Responses in the Offspring. eNeuro. 3(6). ENEURO.0231–16.2016. 15 indexed citations

Kennedy, Barry E., Amos Hundert, Donna Goguen, Ian C.G. Weaver, & Barbara Karten. (2016). Presymptomatic Alterations in Amino Acid Metabolism and DNA Methylation in the Cerebellum of a Murine Model of Niemann-Pick Type C Disease. American Journal Of Pathology. 186(6). 1582–1597. 22 indexed citations

Weaver, Ian C.G.. (2014). Integrating Early Life Experience, Gene Expression, Brain Development, and Emergent Phenotypes. Advances in genetics. 86. 277–307. 46 indexed citations

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Weaver, Ian C.G.. (2009). Epigenetic effects of glucocorticoids. Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. 14(3). 143–150. 81 indexed citations

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Poulter, Michael O., Lisheng Du, Ian C.G. Weaver, et al.. (2008). GABAA Receptor Promoter Hypermethylation in Suicide Brain: Implications for the Involvement of Epigenetic Processes. Biological Psychiatry. 64(8). 645–652. 212 indexed citations

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Brown, Shelley E., Ian C.G. Weaver, Michael J. Meaney, & Moshe Szyf. (2008). Regional-specific global cytosine methylation and DNA methyltransferase expression in the adult rat hippocampus. Neuroscience Letters. 440(1). 49–53. 60 indexed citations

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D’Alessio, Ana C., Ian C.G. Weaver, & Moshe Szyf. (2007). Acetylation-Induced Transcription Is Required for Active DNA Demethylation in Methylation-Silenced Genes. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(21). 7462–7474. 66 indexed citations

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Weaver, Ian C.G., Ana C. D’Alessio, Shelley E. Brown, et al.. (2007). The Transcription Factor Nerve Growth Factor-Inducible Protein A Mediates Epigenetic Programming: Altering Epigenetic Marks by Immediate-Early Genes. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(7). 1756–1768. 352 indexed citations

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Brown, Shelley E., Mario F. Fraga, Ian C.G. Weaver, María Berdasco, & Moshe Szyf. (2007). Variations in DNA Methylation Patterns During the Cell Cycle of HeLa Cells. Epigenetics. 2(1). 54–65. 48 indexed citations

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Weaver, Ian C.G., Michael J. Meaney, & Moshe Szyf. (2006). Maternal care effects on the hippocampal transcriptome and anxiety-mediated behaviors in the offspring that are reversible in adulthood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(9). 3480–3485. 578 indexed citations breakdown →

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Szyf, Moshe, Ian C.G. Weaver, Frances A. Champagne, Josie Diorio, & Michael J. Meaney. (2005). Maternal programming of steroid receptor expression and phenotype through DNA methylation in the rat. Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology. 26(3-4). 139–162. 260 indexed citations

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Weaver, Ian C.G., Nadia Cervoni, Frances A. Champagne, et al.. (2004). Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior. Nature Neuroscience. 7(8). 847–854. 4150 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weaver, Ian C.G., Rebecca Grant, & Michael J. Meaney. (2002). Maternal behavior regulates long‐term hippocampal expression of BAX and apoptosis in the offspring. Journal of Neurochemistry. 82(4). 998–1002. 53 indexed citations

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Weaver, Ian C.G., Shelley Weaver, Shakti Sharma, et al.. (2001). Early environmental regulation of hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor gene expression: characterization of intracellular mediators and potential genomic target sites. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 185(1-2). 205–218. 136 indexed citations

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