Melissa J. Alldred

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Melissa J. Alldred is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa J. Alldred has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Physiology, 20 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Melissa J. Alldred's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers), Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (19 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers). Melissa J. Alldred is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers), Down syndrome and intellectual disability research (19 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers). Melissa J. Alldred collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Melissa J. Alldred's co-authors include Stephen D. Ginsberg, Bernhard Lüscher, Shaoli Che, Ralph A. Nixon, Sang H. Lee, Mariko Saito, Efrat Levy, Martin J. Berg, Corrinne M. Peterhoff and Panaiyur S. Mohan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Melissa J. Alldred

38 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Mitovesicles are a novel population of extracellular vesicles of mitochondrial origin altered in Down syndrome
    2021 195 citations Pasquale D’Acunzo, Rocío Pérez‐González et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa J. Alldred United States 23 1.1k 593 467 299 298 39 2.0k
Shaoli Che United States 28 1.2k 1.1× 1.3k 2.2× 649 1.4× 181 0.6× 423 1.4× 39 2.5k
Marta Barrachina Spain 30 1.3k 1.2× 706 1.2× 651 1.4× 107 0.4× 230 0.8× 45 2.8k
Christian Bjerggaard Vægter Denmark 25 1.0k 1.0× 818 1.4× 1.0k 2.2× 56 0.2× 298 1.0× 49 2.7k
James D. Lindsey United States 44 2.4k 2.3× 342 0.6× 996 2.1× 583 1.9× 331 1.1× 88 5.0k
Maria Teresa Fiorenza Italy 26 927 0.9× 407 0.7× 147 0.3× 171 0.6× 139 0.5× 56 1.7k
Marieke Dekker Tanzania 15 1.0k 1.0× 563 0.9× 1.2k 2.5× 58 0.2× 224 0.8× 41 3.0k
Suman Jayadev United States 28 1.4k 1.3× 773 1.3× 632 1.4× 42 0.1× 183 0.6× 86 2.6k
Masayo Fujita Japan 28 1.0k 1.0× 571 1.0× 572 1.2× 40 0.1× 135 0.5× 64 2.7k
Martín A. Bruno Canada 17 707 0.7× 608 1.0× 705 1.5× 50 0.2× 176 0.6× 23 1.7k
Robert A. Durham United States 17 772 0.7× 1.3k 2.1× 373 0.8× 102 0.3× 180 0.6× 22 1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa J. Alldred

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alldred, Melissa J., Michael Malek‐Ahmadi, Sang H. Lee, et al.. (2025). Frontal cortex pyramidal neuron expression profiles differentiate the prodromal stage from progressive degeneration across the Alzheimer's disease spectrum. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(7). e70395–e70395. 1 indexed citations
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Alldred, Melissa J., Sang H. Lee, Adriana Heguy, et al.. (2025). Profiling hippocampal neuronal populations reveals unique gene expression mosaics reflective of connectivity-based degeneration in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 18. 1546375–1546375. 1 indexed citations
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D’Acunzo, Pasquale, Monika Pawlik, Adriana Heguy, et al.. (2024). Apolipoprotein E2 Expression Alters Endosomal Pathways in a Mouse Model With Increased Brain Exosome Levels During Aging. Traffic. 25(5). e12937–e12937. 2 indexed citations
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Digwal, Chander Singh, Sahil Sharma, Anna Rodina, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and Characterization of Click Chemical Probes for Single-Cell Resolution Detection of Epichaperomes in Neurodegenerative Disorders. Biomedicines. 12(6). 1252–1252. 2 indexed citations
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Geiger, Heather, Lital Rachmany, Donald A. Wilson, et al.. (2024). Early-life prefrontal cortex inhibition and early-life stress lead to long-lasting behavioral, transcriptional, and physiological impairments. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(8). 2359–2371. 5 indexed citations
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Malek‐Ahmadi, Michael, Stephen D. Ginsberg, Melissa J. Alldred, et al.. (2024). Application of robust regression in translational neuroscience studies with non-Gaussian outcome data. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 15. 1299451–1299451. 1 indexed citations
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Kelley, Christy M., Sang H. Lee, Melissa J. Alldred, et al.. (2023). Maternal choline supplementation protects against age-associated cholinergic and GABAergic basal forebrain neuron degeneration in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 188. 106332–106332. 12 indexed citations
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Alldred, Melissa J. & Stephen D. Ginsberg. (2023). Microisolation of Spatially Characterized Single Populations of Neurons for RNA Sequencing from Mouse and Postmortem Human Brain Tissues. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(9). 3304–3304. 7 indexed citations
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Alldred, Melissa J., Sang H. Lee, & Stephen D. Ginsberg. (2021). Adiponectin Modulation by Genotype and Maternal Choline Supplementation in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(13). 2994–2994. 8 indexed citations
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Alldred, Melissa J., Helen M. Chao, Sang H. Lee, et al.. (2018). CA1 pyramidal neuron gene expression mosaics in the Ts65Dn murine model of Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease following maternal choline supplementation. Hippocampus. 28(4). 251–268. 30 indexed citations
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Gauthier, Sébastien A., Rocío Pérez‐González, Ajay Sharma, et al.. (2017). Enhanced exosome secretion in Down syndrome brain - a protective mechanism to alleviate neuronal endosomal abnormalities. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 5(1). 65–65. 95 indexed citations
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Bordi, Matteo, Martin J. Berg, Panaiyur S. Mohan, et al.. (2016). Autophagy flux in CA1 neurons of Alzheimer hippocampus: Increased induction overburdens failing lysosomes to propel neuritic dystrophy. Autophagy. 12(12). 2467–2483. 265 indexed citations
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Kelley, Christy M., Jessica A. Ash, Brian E. Powers, et al.. (2015). Effects of Maternal Choline Supplementation on the Septohippocampal Cholinergic System in the Ts65Dn Mouse Model of Down Syndrome. Current Alzheimer Research. 13(1). 84–96. 33 indexed citations
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Powers, Brian E., Ramón Velázquez, Christy M. Kelley, et al.. (2015). Attentional function and basal forebrain cholinergic neuron morphology during aging in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome. Brain Structure and Function. 221(9). 4337–4352. 24 indexed citations
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Kaur, Gurjinder, Ajay Sharma, Wenjin Xu, et al.. (2014). Glutamatergic Transmission Aberration: A Major Cause of Behavioral Deficits in a Murine Model of Down's Syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(15). 5099–5106. 51 indexed citations
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Ginsberg, Stephen D., Elliott J. Mufson, Melissa J. Alldred, et al.. (2011). Upregulation of select rab GTPases in cholinergic basal forebrain neurons in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy. 42(2). 102–110. 103 indexed citations
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Haskew-Layton, Renee, N. A. Smirnova, C. Thong, et al.. (2010). Controlled enzymatic production of astrocytic hydrogen peroxide protects neurons from oxidative stress via an Nrf2-independent pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(40). 17385–17390. 127 indexed citations
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Alldred, Melissa J., Shaoli Che, & Stephen D. Ginsberg. (2008). Terminal continuation (TC) RNA amplification without second strand synthesis. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 177(2). 381–385. 43 indexed citations
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Alldred, Melissa J., et al.. (2005). Distinct γ2 Subunit Domains Mediate Clustering and Synaptic Function of Postsynaptic GABAAReceptors and Gephyrin. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(3). 594–603. 127 indexed citations
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Harvey, Kirsten, Ian Duguid, Melissa J. Alldred, et al.. (2004). The GDP-GTP Exchange Factor Collybistin: An Essential Determinant of Neuronal Gephyrin Clustering. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(25). 5816–5826. 203 indexed citations

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