L. DiStefano

1.5k total citations
22 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

L. DiStefano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, L. DiStefano has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in L. DiStefano's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (6 papers). L. DiStefano is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (6 papers). L. DiStefano collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Austria. L. DiStefano's co-authors include Stephen J. Kish, Li‐Jan Chang, Jay S. Schneider, Ali H. Rajput, S Dózić, Frank Mastrogiacomo, Julie M. Wilson, Catherine Bergeron, José N. Nóbrega and Kate Simpson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Neurology and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

L. DiStefano

22 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L. DiStefano Canada 17 716 507 446 295 148 22 1.3k
Li‐Jan Chang Canada 12 495 0.7× 474 0.9× 399 0.9× 260 0.9× 131 0.9× 14 1.2k
Marina V. Frantseva Canada 20 882 1.2× 625 1.2× 277 0.6× 177 0.6× 203 1.4× 25 1.7k
Thomas G. Beach Canada 18 494 0.7× 532 1.0× 702 1.6× 282 1.0× 103 0.7× 39 1.6k
Reiji Iizuka Japan 15 265 0.4× 409 0.8× 313 0.7× 136 0.5× 119 0.8× 23 864
María Elisa Alonso Mexico 17 634 0.9× 453 0.9× 575 1.3× 178 0.6× 76 0.5× 29 1.5k
Sally J. Boyson United States 13 833 1.2× 820 1.6× 224 0.5× 685 2.3× 41 0.3× 13 1.5k
Marı́a-Dolores Muñoz Spain 21 484 0.7× 856 1.7× 326 0.7× 118 0.4× 429 2.9× 34 1.5k
Elżbieta Salińska Poland 20 595 0.8× 551 1.1× 251 0.6× 143 0.5× 111 0.8× 64 1.4k
Aleksandra Maruszak Poland 19 600 0.8× 173 0.3× 386 0.9× 149 0.5× 67 0.5× 30 1.0k
Youngsin Jung United States 10 557 0.8× 144 0.3× 570 1.3× 104 0.4× 98 0.7× 15 975

Countries citing papers authored by L. DiStefano

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Fields of papers citing papers by L. DiStefano

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. DiStefano

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benini, Federica, Alessandro Pozzi, Luisa Bercich, et al.. (2009). Elevation of serum gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase activity is frequent in chronic hepatitis C, and is associated with insulin resistance. Digestive and Liver Disease. 41(8). 586–590. 6 indexed citations
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Mastrogiacomo, Frank, Mark Guttman, Jan‐Willem Taanman, et al.. (1999). Decreased Brain Protein Levels of Cytochrome Oxidase Subunits in Alzheimer's Disease and in Hereditary Spinocerebella Ataxia Disorders. Journal of Neurochemistry. 72(2). 700–707. 71 indexed citations
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Kish, Stephen J., Kathryn S. Kalasinsky, Yoshiaki Furukawa, et al.. (1999). Brain choline acetyltransferase activity in chronic, human users of cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin. Molecular Psychiatry. 4(1). 26–32. 26 indexed citations
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Furukawa, Yusuke, Torbjoern G. Nygaard, Markus Gütlich, et al.. (1999). Striatal biopterin and tyrosine hydroxylase protein reduction in dopa-responsive dystonia. Neurology. 53(5). 1032–1032. 80 indexed citations
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Kish, Stephen J., Íscia Lopes‐Cendes, Mark Guttman, et al.. (1998). Brain Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity in Human Trinucleotide Repeat Disorders. Archives of Neurology. 55(10). 1299–1299. 45 indexed citations
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Schneider, Jay S. & L. DiStefano. (1995). Response of the damaged dopamine system to gm1 and semisynthetic gangliosides: Effects of dose and extent of lesion. Neuropharmacology. 34(5). 489–493. 19 indexed citations
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Schneider, Jay S., Adam C. Kean, & L. DiStefano. (1995). GM1 ganglioside rescues substantia nigra pars compacta neurons and increases dopamine synthesis in residual nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in MPTP‐treated mice. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 42(1). 117–123. 37 indexed citations
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Schneider, Jay S. & L. DiStefano. (1995). Enhanced restoration of striatal dopamine concentrations by combined GM1 ganglioside and neurotrophic factor treatments. Brain Research. 674(2). 260–264. 11 indexed citations
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Schneider, Jay S., et al.. (1994). Volume transmission of dopamine over large distances may contribute to recovery from experimental parkinsonism. Brain Research. 643(1-2). 86–91. 63 indexed citations
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Wilson, Julie M., Marilyn E. Carroll, T. Sylvie, L. DiStefano, & Stephen J. Kish. (1994). Choline acetyltransferase activity is reduced in rat nucleus accumbens after unlimited access to self-administration of cocaine. Neuroscience Letters. 180(1). 29–32. 20 indexed citations
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Kish, Stephen J., et al.. (1994). Cerebellar glutamate metabolizing enzymes in spinocerebellar ataxia type I. Metabolic Brain Disease. 9(1). 97–103. 6 indexed citations
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Schneider, Jay S., et al.. (1994). GM1 ganglioside treatment partially reverses the nigrostriatal dopamine defect in the weaver mutant mouse. Brain Research. 636(2). 353–356. 5 indexed citations
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Nobrega, JoséN., Roger Raymond, L. DiStefano, & W. McIntyre Burnham. (1993). Long-term changes in regional brain cytochrome oxidase activity induced by electroconvulsive treatment in rats. Brain Research. 605(1). 1–8. 31 indexed citations
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Kish, Stephen J., Yves Robitaille, Munir El‐Awar, et al.. (1993). Reduced cerebral cortical but elevated striatal concentration of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in dominantly inherited olivopontocerebellar atrophy.. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 56(9). 1013–1015. 2 indexed citations
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Kish, Stephen J., Catherine Bergeron, Ali H. Rajput, et al.. (1992). Brain Cytochrome Oxidase in Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Neurochemistry. 59(2). 776–779. 447 indexed citations
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Schneider, Jochen, et al.. (1992). Recovery from experimental parkinsonism in primates with GM1 ganglioside treatment. Science. 256(5058). 843–846. 155 indexed citations
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Kish, Stephen J., Mortimer Mamelak, Andy Lewis, et al.. (1992). Brain neurotransmitter changes in human narcolepsy. Neurology. 42(1). 229–229. 46 indexed citations
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DiStefano, L., et al.. (1990). [3H]Vesamicol binding in human brain cholinergic deficiency disorders. Neuroscience Letters. 117(3). 347–352. 61 indexed citations
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Kish, Stephen J., Harry Karlinsky, Lawrence E. Becker, et al.. (1989). Down's Syndrome Individuals Begin Life with Normal Levels of Brain Cholinergic Markers. Journal of Neurochemistry. 52(4). 1183–1187. 50 indexed citations
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Kish, Stephen J., Yves Robitaille, Munir El‐Awar, et al.. (1989). Non‐Alzheimer‐type pattern of brain cholineacetyltransferase reduction in dominantly inherited olivopontocerebellar atrophy. Annals of Neurology. 26(3). 362–367. 35 indexed citations

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