J. Patrick Kesslak

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

J. Patrick Kesslak is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Patrick Kesslak has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 14 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in J. Patrick Kesslak's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (11 papers). J. Patrick Kesslak is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (11 papers). J. Patrick Kesslak collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. J. Patrick Kesslak's co-authors include Carl W. Cotman, Nicole C. Berchtold, David H. Cribbs, Salvatore Oddo, Lauren M. Billings, Frank M. LaFerla, Orhan Nalcioğlu, Fernando Gómez‐Pinilla, Gregory A. Chinn and Fernando Gómez‐Pinilla and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

J. Patrick Kesslak

47 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Aβ Immunotherapy Leads to Clearance of Early, but Not Late, Hyperphosphorylated Tau Aggregates via the Proteasome

2004 615 citations Salvatore Oddo, Lauren M. Billings et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Patrick Kesslak United States	27	1.7k	1.3k	1.0k	792	724	48	4.1k
Shoshanna Vaynman United States	16	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	689 0.9×	540 0.7×	17	3.8k
Nicole C. Berchtold United States	27	1.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.1×	736 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	36	5.9k
Jason P. Brown United States	13	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.4×	372 0.5×	575 0.8×	16	4.0k
Fernando Gómez‐Pinilla United States	36	2.5k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.9×	958 1.2×	943 1.3×	51	6.5k
Stefan Brené Sweden	34	2.4k 1.4×	821 0.6×	690 0.7×	472 0.6×	469 0.6×	77	4.9k
Ipe Ninan United States	30	2.2k 1.3×	969 0.8×	798 0.8×	944 1.2×	1.7k 2.4×	67	5.5k
Geert M. J. Ramakers Netherlands	35	2.0k 1.2×	817 0.6×	403 0.4×	823 1.0×	911 1.3×	63	4.4k
Amelia Russo‐Neustadt United States	21	1.4k 0.8×	825 0.6×	950 0.9×	450 0.6×	354 0.5×	30	3.2k
Claude Messier Canada	39	1.5k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	278 0.3×	1.2k 1.5×	633 0.9×	95	4.4k
Alexis M. Stranahan United States	36	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 1.6×	865 0.8×	627 0.8×	1.2k 1.7×	62	5.3k

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Abushakra, Susan, Aidan Power, Anton P. Porsteinsson, et al.. (2025). Clinical Efficacy, Safety and Imaging Effects of Oral Valiltramiprosate in APOEε4/ε4 Homozygotes with Early Alzheimer’s Disease: Results of the Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, 78-Week APOLLOE4 Trial. Drugs. 85(11). 1455–1472.

Abushakra, Susan, Anton P. Porsteinsson, Marwan Sabbagh, et al.. (2024). APOLLOE4 Phase 3 study of oral ALZ‐801/valiltramiprosate in APOE ε4/ε4 homozygotes with early Alzheimer's disease: Trial design and baseline characteristics. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 10(3). e12498–e12498. 10 indexed citations

Kesslak, J. Patrick, et al.. (2017). Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis – Patterns of Care and Treatment in the EU-5 from Neurologists’ Perspective. European Neurological Review. 12(2). 92–92. 3 indexed citations

Queen, Susan A., J. Patrick Kesslak, & Richard J. Bridges. (2007). Regional Distribution of Sodium-Dependent Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters in Rat Spinal Cord. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 30(3). 263–271. 17 indexed citations

Berchtold, Nicole C., et al.. (2005). Exercise primes a molecular memory for brain-derived neurotrophic factor protein induction in the rat hippocampus. Neuroscience. 133(3). 853–861. 377 indexed citations

Oddo, Salvatore, Lauren M. Billings, J. Patrick Kesslak, David H. Cribbs, & Frank M. LaFerla. (2004). Aβ Immunotherapy Leads to Clearance of Early, but Not Late, Hyperphosphorylated Tau Aggregates via the Proteasome. Neuron. 43(3). 321–332. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

Ramsden, Martin, Nicole C. Berchtold, J. Patrick Kesslak, Carl W. Cotman, & Christian J. Pike. (2003). Exercise increases the vulnerability of rat hippocampal neurons to kainate lesion. Brain Research. 971(2). 239–244. 53 indexed citations

Kesslak, J. Patrick. (2002). Can estrogen play a significant role in the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease?. Journal of neural transmission. Supplementum. 227–239. 16 indexed citations

Brewer, Gregory J., et al.. (2001). Culture and regeneration of human neurons after brain surgery. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 107(1-2). 15–23. 48 indexed citations

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Russo‐Neustadt, Amelia, et al.. (2001). Physical activity–antidepressant treatment combination: impact on brain-derived neurotrophic factor and behavior in an animal model. Behavioural Brain Research. 120(1). 87–95. 280 indexed citations

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Gómez‐Pinilla, Fernando, et al.. (2001). Spatial learning induces neurotrophin receptor and synapsin I in the hippocampus. Brain Research. 904(1). 13–19. 94 indexed citations

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Gómez‐Pinilla, Fernando, et al.. (1998). Spatial learning and physical activity contribute to the induction of fibroblast growth factor: neural substrates for increased cognition associated with exercise. Neuroscience. 85(1). 53–61. 209 indexed citations

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Kesslak, J. Patrick, et al.. (1997). Memory Training for Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease Improves Name Recall. Behavioural Neurology. 10(4). 137–142. 20 indexed citations

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Kesslak, J. Patrick, et al.. (1995). Vulnerability of the hippocampus to kainate excitotoxicity in the aged, mature and young adult rat. Neuroscience Letters. 188(2). 117–120. 47 indexed citations

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Kesslak, J. Patrick, et al.. (1995). Roles of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors in Brain Plasticity and Pathology. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 757(1). 460–474. 57 indexed citations

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Smyth, Matthew D., David H. Cribbs, Andrea J. Tenner, et al.. (1994). Decreased levels of C1q in cerebrospinal fluid of living Alzheimer patients correlate with disease state. Neurobiology of Aging. 15(5). 609–614. 38 indexed citations

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Taube, Jeffrey S., J. Patrick Kesslak, & Carl W. Cotman. (1992). Lesions of the rat postsubiculum impair performance on spatial tasks. Behavioral and Neural Biology. 57(2). 131–143. 111 indexed citations

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Ribak, Charles E., Camil Joubran, J. Patrick Kesslak, & Roy A.E. Bakay. (1989). A selective decrease in the number of GABAergic somata occurs in pre-seizing monkeys with alumina gel granuloma. Epilepsy Research. 4(2). 126–138. 26 indexed citations

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Kesslak, J. Patrick, Carl W. Cotman, Helena C. Chui, et al.. (1988). Olfactory tests as possible probes for detecting and monitoring Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 9(4). 399–403. 86 indexed citations

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Bridges, Richard J., et al.. (1987). A l-[3H]glutamate binding site on glia: an autoradiographic study on implanted astrocytes. Brain Research. 415(1). 163–168. 21 indexed citations

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