Krikor Dikranian

12.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
65 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

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Krikor Dikranian is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Krikor Dikranian has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Krikor Dikranian's work include Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (17 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (12 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers). Krikor Dikranian is often cited by papers focused on Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (17 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (12 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (11 papers). Krikor Dikranian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and United Kingdom. Krikor Dikranian's co-authors include John W. Olney, Chrysanthy Ikonomidou, Petra Bittigau, David F. Wozniak, Vesna Jevtović‐Todorović, Charles F. Zorumski, N. Benshoff, Tanya Tenkova, Vanya Stefovska and Richard E. Hartman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Krikor Dikranian

64 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Blockade of NMDA Receptors and Apoptotic Neurodegeneration in the Developing Brain

1999 1.6k citations Chrysanthy Ikonomidou, Petra Bittigau et al. profile →
Early Exposure to Common Anesthetic Agents Causes Widespread Neurodegeneration in the Developing Rat Brain and Persistent Learning Deficits

2003 1.5k citations Vesna Jevtović‐Todorović, Richard E. Hartman et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Ethanol-Induced Apoptotic Neurodegeneration and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

2000 1.1k citations Chrysanthy Ikonomidou, Petra Bittigau et al. profile →
Antiepileptic drugs and apoptotic neurodegeneration in the developing brain

2002 601 citations Petra Bittigau, Marco Sifringer et al. profile →
Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) is an NMDA antagonist, neuroprotectant and neurotoxin

1998 504 citations Vesna Jevtović‐Todorović, Krikor Dikranian et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Krikor Dikranian United States	32	4.4k	2.7k	2.3k	2.3k	2.1k	65	9.6k
Chrysanthy Ikonomidou Germany	63	3.9k 0.9×	4.3k 1.6×	5.7k 2.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	151	14.3k
Petra Bittigau Germany	29	2.5k 0.6×	2.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	895 0.4×	895 0.4×	42	6.4k
Zhiyi Zuo United States	52	3.2k 0.7×	369 0.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	2.3k 1.1×	282	8.7k
Vesna Jevtović‐Todorović United States	42	5.2k 1.2×	852 0.3×	1.7k 0.7×	3.4k 1.5×	3.4k 1.6×	115	7.9k
John D. Michenfelder United States	51	1.3k 0.3×	656 0.2×	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	188	7.7k
Stephen A. Back United States	51	2.3k 0.5×	5.8k 2.2×	985 0.4×	259 0.1×	350 0.2×	94	9.6k
John C. Drummond United States	46	1.9k 0.4×	255 0.1×	887 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	198	6.2k
Christian Werner Germany	38	1.5k 0.3×	226 0.1×	826 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	816 0.4×	205	5.8k
Alan A. Artru United States	36	750 0.2×	496 0.2×	658 0.3×	822 0.4×	346 0.2×	198	5.0k
Zhongcong Xie United States	52	5.7k 1.3×	199 0.1×	920 0.4×	2.8k 1.3×	5.5k 2.6×	201	8.8k

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Plog, Benjamin A., Kyungdeok Kim, Min Woo Kim, et al.. (2025). A route for cerebrospinal fluid flow through leptomeningeal arterial–venous overlaps enables macromolecule and fluid shunting. Nature Neuroscience. 28(7). 1436–1445. 7 indexed citations

Chaldakov, George N., Stanislav Yanev, Marco Fiore, et al.. (2024). Trackins (Trk-Targeting Drugs): A Novel Therapy for Different Diseases. Pharmaceuticals. 17(7). 961–961. 4 indexed citations

Michurina, Tatyana V., Krikor Dikranian, Stephen Hearn, et al.. (2021). nNOS regulates ciliated cell polarity, ciliary beat frequency, and directional flow in mouse trachea. Life Science Alliance. 4(5). e202000981–e202000981. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaoying, Lindsey M. Brier, Nicholas Rensing, et al.. (2020). Astrocyte deletion of α2-Na/K ATPase triggers episodic motor paralysis in mice via a metabolic pathway. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6164–6164. 25 indexed citations

Noguchi, Kazuma, et al.. (2019). Zika Virus Infection in the Developing Mouse Produces Dramatically Different Neuropathology Dependent on Viral Strain. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(5). 1145–1161. 15 indexed citations

Maloney, Susan E., Catherine E. Creeley, Richard E. Hartman, et al.. (2018). Using animal models to evaluate the functional consequences of anesthesia during early neurodevelopment. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 165. 106834–106834. 20 indexed citations

Musiek, Erik S., Miranda M. Lim, Guangrui Yang, et al.. (2013). Circadian clock proteins regulate neuronal redox homeostasis and neurodegeneration. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 123(12). 5389–5400. 412 indexed citations

Creeley, Catherine E., Krikor Dikranian, Gregory A. Dissen, et al.. (2013). Propofol-induced apoptosis of neurones and oligodendrocytes in fetal and neonatal rhesus macaque brain. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 110. i29–i38. 297 indexed citations

Brambrink, Ansgar M., Stephen A. Back, Art Riddle, et al.. (2012). Isoflurane‐induced apoptosis of oligodendrocytes in the neonatal primate brain. Annals of Neurology. 72(4). 525–535. 205 indexed citations

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Lodygensky, Gregory A., Tim West, Matthew D. Moravec, et al.. (2011). Diffusion characteristics associated with neuronal injury and glial activation following hypoxia‐ischemia in the immature brain. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 66(3). 839–845. 28 indexed citations

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Shitaka, Yoshitsugu, Hien Tran, Rachel E. Bennett, et al.. (2011). Repetitive Closed-Skull Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice Causes Persistent Multifocal Axonal Injury and Microglial Reactivity. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 70(7). 551–567. 245 indexed citations

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Dikranian, Krikor, et al.. (2008). Mild traumatic brain injury to the infant mouse causes robust white matter axonal degeneration which precedes apoptotic death of cortical and thalamic neurons. Experimental Neurology. 211(2). 551–560. 70 indexed citations

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Donald, Christine L. Mac, Krikor Dikranian, Philip V. Bayly, David M. Holtzman, & David L. Brody. (2007). Diffusion Tensor Imaging Reliably Detects Experimental Traumatic Axonal Injury and Indicates Approximate Time of Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(44). 11869–11876. 362 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Clinton C., Krikor Dikranian, Soo‐Chang Song, et al.. (2007). Detection of traumatic axonal injury with diffusion tensor imaging in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury. Experimental Neurology. 205(1). 116–131. 249 indexed citations

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Bayly, Philip V., et al.. (2006). Spatiotemporal evolution of apoptotic neurodegeneration following traumatic injury to the developing rat brain. Brain Research. 1107(1). 70–81. 31 indexed citations

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Dikranian, Krikor, et al.. (2005). Ethanol-induced neuroapoptosis in the developing rodent cerebellum and related brain stem structures. Developmental Brain Research. 155(1). 1–13. 138 indexed citations

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Erausquin, Gabriel A. de, David Dorsey, Daniel Mamah, et al.. (2003). Nuclear Translocation of Nuclear Transcription Factor-κB by α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid Receptors Leads to Transcription of p53 and Cell Death in Dopaminergic Neurons. Molecular Pharmacology. 63(4). 784–790. 36 indexed citations

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Steudel, Wolfgang, Masazumi Watanabe, Krikor Dikranian, Margaretha Jacobson, & Rosemary Jones. (1999). Expression of nitric oxide synthase isoforms (NOS II and NOS III) in adult rat lung in hyperoxic pulmonary hypertension. Cell and Tissue Research. 295(2). 317–329. 33 indexed citations

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Bittigau, Petra, Daniela Pohl, Marco Sifringer, et al.. (1998). Modeling Pediatric Head Trauma: Mechanisms of Degeneration and Potential Strategies for Neuroprotection. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 13(1-2). 11–23. 21 indexed citations

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Dikranian, Krikor, et al.. (1997). Immunomorphological characteristics of pleomorphic adenoma of salivary glands.. PubMed. 39(3-4). 67–75. 5 indexed citations

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