J.-P. G. Vonsattel

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

J.-P. G. Vonsattel is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, J.-P. G. Vonsattel has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Neurology, 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in J.-P. G. Vonsattel's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (11 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (10 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers). J.-P. G. Vonsattel is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (11 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (10 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers). J.-P. G. Vonsattel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. J.-P. G. Vonsattel's co-authors include Marian DiFiglia, Ellen Sapp, Neil Aronin, Kathryn Chase, Gillian P. Bates, Stephen W. Davies, Ali H. Rajput, Phyllis L. Faust, Koujiro Tohyama and Pradeep G. Bhide and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Genetics and Brain.

In The Last Decade

J.-P. G. Vonsattel

22 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Aggregation of Huntingtin... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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  1. Aggregation of Huntingtin in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusions and Dystrophic Neurites in Brain
    1997 2.3k citations Marian DiFiglia, Ellen Sapp et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J.-P. G. Vonsattel United States 16 3.2k 2.6k 2.0k 486 321 22 4.4k
Jean‐Paul Vonsattel United States 13 3.3k 1.0× 2.7k 1.0× 1.9k 1.0× 413 0.8× 449 1.4× 20 4.4k
David Howland United States 30 2.5k 0.8× 2.5k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 885 1.8× 404 1.3× 62 4.4k
Kirupa Sathasivam United Kingdom 22 4.8k 1.5× 4.8k 1.8× 1.7k 0.9× 331 0.7× 232 0.7× 32 5.9k
Austen J. Milnerwood Canada 29 2.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 561 1.2× 371 1.2× 46 3.1k
Penelope J. Hallett United States 36 1.9k 0.6× 2.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 2.3× 454 1.4× 63 4.2k
Jean‐Paul Vonsattel United States 18 2.6k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.8× 578 1.2× 181 0.6× 37 3.7k
Ben Woodman United Kingdom 26 2.0k 0.6× 2.4k 0.9× 644 0.3× 259 0.5× 97 0.3× 29 3.0k
Albert Giralt Spain 31 1.6k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 672 0.3× 447 0.9× 377 1.2× 73 2.8k
Elizabeth Slow Canada 17 2.3k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 183 0.4× 108 0.3× 35 2.9k
Kathryn Chase United States 22 3.9k 1.2× 4.2k 1.6× 1.6k 0.8× 318 0.7× 160 0.5× 34 5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by J.-P. G. Vonsattel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J.-P. G. Vonsattel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hickman, Richard A., Phyllis L. Faust, Marc K. Rosenblum, et al.. (2021). Developmental malformations in Huntington disease: neuropathologic evidence of focal neuronal migration defects in a subset of adult brains. Acta Neuropathologica. 141(3). 399–413. 25 indexed citations
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Rüb, Udo, Kay Seidel, Helmut Heinsen, et al.. (2016). Huntington's disease (HD): the neuropathology of a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder of the human brain. Brain Pathology. 26(6). 726–740. 117 indexed citations
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Rüb, Udo, E. R. Brunt, Helmut Heinsen, et al.. (2013). Degeneration of the cerebellum and brainstem in Huntington's disease (HD). Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 333. e141–e142. 1 indexed citations
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Kuo, Sheng‐Han, Cordelia Erickson‐Davis, Arthur E. Gillman, et al.. (2010). Increased number of heterotopic Purkinje cells in essential tremor. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 82(9). 1038–1040. 80 indexed citations
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Louis, Elan D., Nana Yaw Asabere, Carol Moskowitz, et al.. (2010). Rest tremor in advanced essential tremor: a post-mortem study of nine cases. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 82(3). 261–265. 61 indexed citations
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Louis, Elan D., Phyllis L. Faust, J.-P. G. Vonsattel, et al.. (2007). Neuropathological changes in essential tremor: 33 cases compared with 21 controls. Brain. 130(12). 3297–3307. 436 indexed citations
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McClelland, Shearwood, J.-P. G. Vonsattel, Linda Winfield, et al.. (2007). Relationship of clinical efficacy to postmortem-determined anatomic subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson syndrome. Clinical Neuropathology. 26(11). 267–275. 18 indexed citations
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Sapp, Ellen, Kimberly B. Kegel, Neil Aronin, et al.. (2001). Early and Progressive Accumulation of Reactive Microglia in the Huntington Disease Brain. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 60(2). 161–172. 411 indexed citations
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DiFiglia, Marian, Ellen Sapp, Kathryn Chase, et al.. (1997). Aggregation of Huntingtin in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusions and Dystrophic Neurites in Brain. Science. 277(5334). 1990–1993. 2267 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gusella, James F., Sandra McNeil, Francesca Persichetti, et al.. (1996). . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 61(1). 615–626. 50 indexed citations
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MacDonald, Marcy E., Mabel P. Duyao, Anna B. Auerbach, et al.. (1996). . Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 61(1). 627–638. 8 indexed citations
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Urbańska, Ewa M., Paolo Guidetti, Edward D. Bird, et al.. (1995). Dysfunction of brain kynurenic acid metabolism in Huntington's disease: focus on kynurenine aminotransferases. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 130(1). 39–47. 102 indexed citations
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Mohan, Panaiyur S., et al.. (1995). Elevated Levels of the Endosomal‐Lysosomal Proteinase Cathepsin D in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Alzheimer Disease. Journal of Neurochemistry. 64(1). 443–446. 86 indexed citations
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Vonsattel, J.-P. G., Hitoshi Aizawa, Marian DiFiglia, et al.. (1995). An Improved Approach to Prepare Human Brains for Research. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 54(1). 42–56. 112 indexed citations
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Myers, Richard H., Marcy E. MacDonald, Walter J. Koroshetz, et al.. (1993). De novo expansion of a (CAG)n repeat in sporadic Huntington's disease. Nature Genetics. 5(2). 168–173. 184 indexed citations
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Vonsattel, J.-P. G., E. Tessa Hedley‐Whyte, Allan H. Ropper, & E. P. Richardson. (1984). 70 COINCIDENCE OF FIBRINOID NECROSIS WITH AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY AS THE CAUSE OF CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 43(3). 316–316. 6 indexed citations
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Vonsattel, J.-P. G., Robert J. Ferrante, & E. P. Richardson. (1983). 122 NEUROPATHOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION OF HUNTINGTONʼS DISEASE. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 42(3). 345–345. 5 indexed citations
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Régli, F, J.-P. G. Vonsattel, Elias Perentes, & G Assal. (1981). [Cerebral amyloid angiopathy. A clinicopathological study (author's transl)].. PubMed. 137(3). 181–94. 8 indexed citations

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