Leonard L. Heston

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
119 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Leonard L. Heston is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonard L. Heston has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Physiology and 22 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Leonard L. Heston's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (17 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (11 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (10 papers). Leonard L. Heston is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (17 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (11 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (10 papers). Leonard L. Heston collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Leonard L. Heston's co-authors include Janet L. Sobell, Steve S. Sommer, C. L. Grady, James V. Haxby, June White, Gerard D. Schellenberg, Elke D. Eckert, Thomas J. Bouchard, Ellen M. Wijsman and Thomas D. Bird and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Leonard L. Heston

118 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Genetic Linkage Evidence for a Familial Alzheimer's Disease Locus on Chromosome 14

1992 683 citations Gerard D. Schellenberg, Thomas D. Bird et al. profile →
Psychiatric Disorders in Foster Home Reared Children of Schizophrenic Mothers

1966 529 citations Leonard L. Heston profile →
Positron emission tomography in Alzheimer's disease

1986 438 citations Leonard L. Heston et al. Neurology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leonard L. Heston United States	38	2.1k	2.0k	1.6k	1.1k	897	119	6.1k
Julie Williams United Kingdom	49	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	1.8k 1.7×	994 1.1×	197	7.3k
Reinhard Heun Germany	51	1.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	492 0.5×	584 0.7×	214	8.0k
Andreas Papassotiropoulos Switzerland	50	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.6×	760 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	173	8.5k
Torbjörn Bäckström Sweden	58	1.6k 0.7×	750 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.9k 2.1×	250	11.2k
Manfred Ackenheil Germany	43	630 0.3×	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	621 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	168	6.3k
Andrea Schmitt Germany	48	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	3.3k 2.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	254	8.6k
Wade H. Berrettini United States	46	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	996 0.9×	2.1k 2.4×	177	6.1k
James Schmeidler United States	52	2.0k 0.9×	2.9k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	633 0.6×	681 0.8×	193	8.8k
Manfred Uhr Germany	57	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	531 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	199	10.2k
H. Beckmann Germany	44	680 0.3×	2.6k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	572 0.5×	2.6k 2.9×	254	7.9k

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Jin, Yan, Jinong Feng, Nick Craddock, et al.. (2005). Vitamin D receptor variants in 192 patients with schizophrenia and other psychiatric diseases. Neuroscience Letters. 380(1-2). 37–41. 30 indexed citations

Feng, Jinong, Jie‐Sheng Chen, Yan Jin, et al.. (2005). Structural variants in the retinoid receptor genes in patients with schizophrenia and other psychiatric diseases. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 133B(1). 50–53. 13 indexed citations

Hammond, Linda E., Daniela Castanotto, Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar, et al.. (2002). Alteration of branch site consensus sequence and enhanced pre‐mRNA splicing of an NMDAR1 intron not associated with schizophrenia. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 114(6). 631–636. 1 indexed citations

Feng, Jinong, Nick Craddock, Ian Rees Jones, et al.. (2001). Systematic screening for mutations in the glycine receptor α2 subunit gene (GLRA2) in patients with schizophrenia and other psychiatric diseases. Psychiatric Genetics. 11(1). 45–48. 7 indexed citations

Feng, Jinong, Janet L. Sobell, Leonard L. Heston, et al.. (1998). Scanning of the dopamine D1 and D5 receptor genes by REF in neuropsychiatric patients reveals a novel missense change at a highly conserved amino acid. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 81(2). 172–178. 35 indexed citations

Feng, Jinong, Janet L. Sobell, Leonard L. Heston, et al.. (1998). Variants in the ?2A AR adrenergic receptor gene in psychiatric patients. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 81(5). 405–410. 16 indexed citations

Poorkaj, Parvoneh, Vikram Sharma, Leojean Anderson, et al.. (1998). Missense mutations in the chromosome 14 familial Alzheimer's disease presenilin 1 gene. Human Mutation. 11(3). 216–221. 49 indexed citations

Heston, Leonard L.. (1997). Progress in Alzheimer's disease and similar conditions. 4 indexed citations

Lindor, Noralane M., Janet L. Sobell, Leonard L. Heston, Stephen N. Thibodeau, & Steve S. Sommer. (1994). Screening the dystrophin gene suggests a high rate of polymorphism in general but no exonic deletions in schizophrenics. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 54(1). 1–4. 17 indexed citations

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Bonnycastle, Lori L., Chang-En Yu, Ellen M. Wijsman, et al.. (1993). The c-fos gene and early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience Letters. 160(1). 33–36. 12 indexed citations

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Sobell, Janet L., et al.. (1992). Delineation of genetic predisposition to multifactorial disease: A general approach on the threshold of feasibility. Genomics. 12(1). 1–6. 78 indexed citations

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Heston, Leonard L., Judith Garrard, Lukas Makris, et al.. (1992). Inadequate Treatment of Depressed Nursing Home Elderly. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 40(11). 1117–1122. 77 indexed citations

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Heston, Leonard L., Harry T. Orr, Stephen S. Rich, & June White. (1991). Linkage of an Alzheimer disease susceptibility locus to markers on human chromosome 21. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 40(4). 449–453. 14 indexed citations

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Nance, Martha, Bonnie S. LeRoy, Harry T. Orr, et al.. (1991). Protocol for genetic testing in Huntington disease: Three years of experience in Minnesota. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 40(4). 518–522. 18 indexed citations

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Jarvik, Lissy F., Leonard van den Berg, Raymond T. Bartus, et al.. (1990). Clinical Drug Trials in Alzheimer Disease What are Some of the Issues?. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 4(4). 193–202. 11 indexed citations

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Farrer, Lindsay A., Richard H. Myers, L. Adrienne Cupples, et al.. (1990). Transmission and age‐at‐onset patterns in familial Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 40(3_part_1). 395–395. 92 indexed citations

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Tuna, Naip, Thomas J. Bouchard, Leonard L. Heston, et al.. (1989). Genetic factors in the electrocardiogram and heart rate of twins reared apart and together. The American Journal of Cardiology. 63(9). 606–609. 54 indexed citations

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Heston, Leonard L.. (1988). CLINICAL GENETICS OF ALZHEIMER??S DISEASE. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 2(3). 272–272. 1 indexed citations

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Trapp, George A., Gary Miner, R.L. Zimmerman, Angeline R. Mastri, & Leonard L. Heston. (1978). Aluminum levels in brain in Alzheimer's disease.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 13(6). 709–18. 96 indexed citations

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Heston, Leonard L.. (1968). Homosexuality in Twins. Archives of General Psychiatry. 18(2). 149–149. 45 indexed citations

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