Leah Boyer

5.6k citations

16 papers · 3.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 15

Impact in

Neurology top 1%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Neurological disorders and treatments
Developmental Neuroscience top 2%

Papers in

Aging 2
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5
- Nerve injury and regeneration 2
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering 2

Co-authors: Fred H. Gage Beate Winner Eliezer Masliah Michael G. Rosenfeld Kaoru Saijo Christian T. Carson Christopher K. Glass Jérôme Mertens
Journals: eLife (2 papers)Human Molecular Genetics (2 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 papers)Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology (1 paper)The Journal of Immunology (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Germany Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Leah Boyer

16 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Metabolic reprogramming during neuronal differentiation from aerobic glycolysis to neuronal oxidative phosphorylation 2016 · 458 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 eLife
2011 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2009 Cell

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Leah Boyer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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1	Alleviation of neuronal energy deficiency by mTOR inhibition as a treatment for mitochondria-related neurodegeneration eLife ·Xinde Zheng, Leah Boyer, Mingji Jin, Yongsung Kim, Weiwei Fan, Cédric Bardy, Travis Berggren, Ronald M. Evans, Fred H. Gage, Tony Hunter	2016	105
2	Metabolic reprogramming during neuronal differentiation from aerobic glycolysis to neuronal oxidative phosphorylation eLife ·Xinde Zheng, Leah Boyer, Mingji Jin, Jérôme Mertens, Yongsung Kim, Li Ma, Michael Hamm, Fred H. Gage, Tony Hunter Hit paper breakdown →	2016	458
3	Neuronal medium that supports basic synaptic functions and activity of human neurons in vitro Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cédric Bardy, Mark van den Hurk, Tameji Eames, Cynthia Marchand, Rubén Hernández, M Kellogg, Mark A.J. Gorris, Ben Galet, Vanessa Palomares, J. Elliott Brown, Anne G. Bang, Jérôme Mertens, Lena Böhnke, Leah Boyer, Suzanne Simon, Fred H. Gage	2015	268
4	FOXO4 is necessary for neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells Aging Cell ·David Vı́lchez, Leah Boyer, Margaret Lutz, Carsten Merkwirth, Ianessa Morantte, Christina Tse, Brian Spencer, Lesley J. Page, Eliezer Masliah, W. Travis Berggren, Fred H. Gage, Andrew Dillin	2013	40
5	Gene dosage-dependent rescue of HSP neurite defects in SPG4 patients' neurons Human Molecular Genetics ·Steven Havlicek, Zacharias Kohl, Hemant Kumar Mishra, Iryna Prots, Erik Eberhardt, N. Denguir, Holger Wend, Sonja Plötz, Leah Boyer, Maria C. Marchetto, Stefan Aigner, Heinrich Sticht, Teja W. Groemer, Ute Hehr, Angelika Lampert, Ursula Schlötzer‐Schrehardt, Jürgen Winkler, Fred H. Gage, Beate Winner	2013	98
6	Role of α-Synuclein in Adult Neurogenesis and Neuronal Maturation in the Dentate Gyrus Journal of Neuroscience ·Beate Winner, Martin Regensburger, Sebastian R. Schreglmann, Leah Boyer, Iryna Prots, Edward Rockenstein, Michael Mante, Chunmei Zhao, Jürgen Winkler, Eliezer Masliah, Fred H. Gage	2012	104
7	Increased proteasome activity in human embryonic stem cells is regulated by PSMD11 Nature ·David Vı́lchez, Leah Boyer, Ianessa Morantte, Margaret Lutz, Carsten Merkwirth, Derek Joyce, Brian Spencer, Lesley J. Page, Eliezer Masliah, W. Travis Berggren, Fred H. Gage, Andrew Dillin	2012	316
8	Dopaminergic Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Cells Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology ·Leah Boyer, Benjamin C. Campbell, Samantha Larkin, Yanling Mu, Fred H. Gage	2012	31
9	Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and neurological disease modeling: progress and promises Human Molecular Genetics ·Maria C. Marchetto, Kristen Brennand, Leah Boyer, Fred H. Gage	2011	138
10	In vivo demonstration that α-synuclein oligomers are toxic Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Beate Winner, Roberto Jappelli, Samir K. Maji, Paula Desplats, Leah Boyer, Stefan Aigner, Claudia Hetzer, Thomas Loher, Marçal Vilar, Silvia Campioni, Christos Tzitzilonis, Alice Soragni, Sebastian Jessberger, Helena Mira, Antonella Consiglio, Emiley Pham, Eliezer Masliah, Fred H. Gage, Roland Riek Hit paper breakdown →	2011	1194
11	A Nurr1/CoREST Pathway in Microglia and Astrocytes Protects Dopaminergic Neurons from Inflammation-Induced Death Cell ·Kaoru Saijo, Beate Winner, Christian T. Carson, Jana G. Collier, Leah Boyer, Michael G. Rosenfeld, Fred H. Gage, Christopher K. Glass Hit paper breakdown →	2009	758
12	Carbon Black and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Internalization in Two Human Respiratory Cell Lines. Esther Belade, Leah Boyer, Frédéric Moisan, Laurent Martinon, Marie Annick Billon-Galland, Jorge Boczkowski, Sophie Lanone, Jean‐Claude Pairon	2009	1
13	Improved Electrospray Ionization Efficiency Compensates for Diminished Chromatographic Resolution and Enables Proteomics Analysis of Tyrosine Signaling in Embryonic Stem Cells Analytical Chemistry ·Scott B. Ficarro, Yi Zhang, Yu Lu, Ahmadali R. Moghimi, Manor Askenazi, Elzbieta Hyatt, Eric Smith, Leah Boyer, Thorsten M. Schlaeger, Chance John Luckey, Jarrod A. Marto	2009	90
14	Enhanced Plating Efficiency of Trypsin-Adapted Human Embryonic Stem Cells is Reversible and Independent of Trisomy 12/17 Cloning and Stem Cells ·Elayne M. Chan, F Yates, Leah Boyer, Thorsten M. Schlaeger, George Q. Daley	2008	22
15	Derivation and maintenance of human embryonic stem cells from poor-quality in vitro fertilization embryos Nature Protocols ·Paul H. Lerou, Akiko Yabuuchi, Hongguang Huo, Justine D. Miller, Leah Boyer, Thorsten M. Schlaeger, George Q. Daley	2008	42
16	Increased avidity of mutant IgM antibodies caused by the absence of COOH-terminal glycosylation of the mu H chain The Journal of Immunology ·Renée Bazin, A. Darveau, F Martel, Alex Pelletier, Lisa Piche, M. St-Laurent, L. Thibault, Andrew Demers, Leah Boyer, George A. Lemieux	1992	18

About Leah Boyer

Leah Boyer is a scholar working on Aging, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology, having authored 16 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (6 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (2 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (2 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (2 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (2 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (1.1k citations), Developmental Neuroscience (281 citations), Aging (119 citations), Neurology (559 citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (1.2k citations). Leah Boyer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Fred H. Gage, Beate Winner, Eliezer Masliah, Michael G. Rosenfeld, Kaoru Saijo, Christian T. Carson, Christopher K. Glass, Jérôme Mertens, Stefan Aigner and Marçal Vilar. Their work appears in journals such as eLife, Human Molecular Genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology and The Journal of Immunology.

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