Mark Cookson
Impact in
Papers in
- Neurology 197
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 176
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research 16
- Neurological disorders and treatments 5
- Physiology 14
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments 9
- Co-authors
- Alexandra G. Beilina (44 shared papers)Andrew Singleton (36 shared papers)John Hardy (26 shared papers)Elisa Greggio (24 shared papers)Jie Shen (3 shared papers)David W. Miller (17 shared papers)Clément Gautier (1 shared paper)Richard J. Youle (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Journal of Neurochemistry (18 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (15 papers)Human Molecular Genetics (11 papers)Nature Communications (8 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (7 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomGermany
In The Last Decade
Mark Cookson
304 papers receiving 43.3k citations
Mark Cookson's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 157
- Neurology 19.1k
- Aging 278
- Epidemiology 3.5k
- Neurology 644
- Physiology 2.1k
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Mark Cookson, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | α-Synuclein Locus Triplication Causes Parkinson's Disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2003 | 3715 |
| 2 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 3543 |
| 3 | PINK1 Is Selectively Stabilized on Impaired Mitochondria to Activate Parkin Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 2462 |
| 4 | Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Hit paper breakdown → | 2021 | 2067 |
| 5 | Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies Hit paper breakdown → | 2019 | 1727 |
| 6 | Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 1652 |
| 7 | Hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases Hit paper breakdown → | 2023 | 1190 |
| 8 | The Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 is neuroprotective due to cysteine-sulfinic acid-driven mitochondrial localization Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 946 |
| 9 | Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 678 |
| 10 | Abundant Quantitative Trait Loci Exist for DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Human Brain Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 651 |
| 11 | Kinase activity is required for the toxic effects of mutant LRRK2/dardarin Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 635 |
| 12 | 2005 | 563 | |
| 13 | The transcriptional landscape of age in human peripheral blood Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 537 |
| 14 | Genetic variability in the regulation of gene expression in ten regions of the human brain Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 533 |
| 15 | 2002 | 529 | |
| 16 | 2003 | 508 | |
| 17 | 2002 | 480 | |
| 18 | 2011 | 477 | |
| 19 | 2010 | 461 | |
| 20 | Evidence for natural antisense transcript-mediated inhibition of microRNA function Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 451 |
About Mark Cookson
Mark Cookson is a scholar working on Neurology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 317 papers that have together received 44.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (176 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (16 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (9 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (8 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (6 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (5 papers) and Animal testing and alternatives (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (19.1k citations), Aging (278 citations), Epidemiology (3.5k citations), Neurology (644 citations) and Physiology (2.1k citations). Mark Cookson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Alexandra G. Beilina, Andrew Singleton, John Hardy, Elisa Greggio, Jie Shen, David W. Miller, Clément Gautier, Richard J. Youle, Derek P. Narendra and Seok Min Jin. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neurochemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Human Molecular Genetics, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.
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