Michael B. VanElzakker

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Michael B. VanElzakker is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael B. VanElzakker has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Clinical Psychology, 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Michael B. VanElzakker's work include Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (7 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (7 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (7 papers). Michael B. VanElzakker is often cited by papers focused on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (7 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (7 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (7 papers). Michael B. VanElzakker collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Sweden. Michael B. VanElzakker's co-authors include Amy D. Proal, Lisa M. Shin, Jasmeet P. Hayes, Stacey J. Dubois, Mary Kathryn Dahlgren, F. Caroline Davis, Robert L. Spencer, Cecilia A. Hinojosa, Natasha B. Lasko and Eva‐Maria Ratai and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, American Journal of Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Michael B. VanElzakker

24 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Long COVID or Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): An Overview of Biological Factors That May Contribute to Persistent Symptoms

2021 550 citations Amy D. Proal, Michael B. VanElzakker Frontiers in Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael B. VanElzakker United States	16	588	508	470	317	307	25	1.8k
Guerry M. Peavy United States	24	513 0.9×	493 1.0×	171 0.4×	836 2.6×	127 0.4×	62	2.2k
Joseph Snow United States	22	194 0.3×	375 0.7×	332 0.7×	651 2.1×	225 0.7×	48	2.2k
Sarah Archibald United States	25	327 0.6×	1.0k 2.0×	240 0.5×	659 2.1×	105 0.3×	39	3.4k
Irene Bollettini Italy	21	714 1.2×	416 0.8×	824 1.8×	709 2.2×	180 0.6×	42	2.2k
Shaojia Lu China	21	329 0.6×	495 1.0×	500 1.1×	306 1.0×	230 0.7×	51	1.5k
Johannes Rothlind United States	26	526 0.9×	364 0.7×	282 0.6×	371 1.2×	34 0.1×	35	1.8k
Marilyn Huckans United States	25	139 0.2×	299 0.6×	179 0.4×	345 1.1×	250 0.8×	48	1.9k
Esther Blessing United States	17	138 0.2×	415 0.8×	295 0.6×	165 0.5×	86 0.3×	33	1.4k
Nora Hamdani France	25	136 0.2×	235 0.5×	221 0.5×	566 1.8×	101 0.3×	46	1.8k
Angela M. Reiersen United States	22	309 0.5×	1.1k 2.2×	651 1.4×	1.2k 3.8×	44 0.1×	46	2.4k

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Proal, Amy D. & Michael B. VanElzakker. (2025). Pathogens accelerate features of human aging: A review of molecular mechanisms. Ageing Research Reviews. 112. 102865–102865.

VanElzakker, Michael B., et al.. (2024). Neuroinflammation in post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) as assessed by [11C]PBR28 PET correlates with vascular disease measures. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 119. 713–723. 28 indexed citations

Ellett, Felix, Sohrab Hajizadeh, Michael B. VanElzakker, et al.. (2024). Evidence Circulating Microclots and Activated Platelets Contribute to Hyperinflammation Within Pediatric Post Acute Sequala of COVID. A2247–A2247. 2 indexed citations

Hinojosa, Cecilia A., Michael B. VanElzakker, Meredith E. Charney, et al.. (2023). Pre-treatment amygdala activation and habituation predict symptom change in post-traumatic stress disorder. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 17. 1198244–1198244. 9 indexed citations

Hinojosa, Cecilia A., Michael B. VanElzakker, Katherine C. Hughes, et al.. (2022). Exaggerated amygdala activation to ambiguous facial expressions is a familial vulnerability factor for posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 156. 451–459. 5 indexed citations

Proal, Amy D. & Michael B. VanElzakker. (2021). Long COVID or Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC): An Overview of Biological Factors That May Contribute to Persistent Symptoms. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 698169–698169. 550 indexed citations breakdown →

VanElzakker, Michael B., et al.. (2020). Corrigendum: Neuroinflammation and Cytokines in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): A Critical Review of Research Methods. Frontiers in Neurology. 11. 863–863. 64 indexed citations

VanElzakker, Michael B., Stacey J. Dubois, Natasha B. Lasko, et al.. (2020). Failure of Attentional Control is a Vulnerability Factor for PTSD: An Identical Twin Study. Biological Psychiatry. 87(9). S115–S116. 2 indexed citations

VanElzakker, Michael B., et al.. (2019). Neuroinflammation and Cytokines in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): A Critical Review of Research Methods. Frontiers in Neurology. 9. 1033–1033. 90 indexed citations

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VanElzakker, Michael B., et al.. (2019). Corrigendum: Neuroinflammation and Cytokines in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): A Critical Review of Research Methods. Frontiers in Neurology. 10. 316–316. 14 indexed citations

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Hinojosa, Cecilia A., Navneet Kaur, Michael B. VanElzakker, & Lisa M. Shin. (2019). Cingulate subregions in posttraumatic stress disorder, chronic stress, and treatment. Handbook of clinical neurology. 166. 355–370. 19 indexed citations

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Kutlu, Munir Gunes, Marie‐France Marin, Navneet Kaur, et al.. (2018). Nicotine exposure leads to deficits in differential cued fear conditioning in mice and humans: A potential role of the anterior cingulate cortex. Neuroscience Letters. 673. 142–149. 6 indexed citations

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Dahlgren, Mary Kathryn, Lauren M. Laifer, Michael B. VanElzakker, et al.. (2017). Diminished medial prefrontal cortex activation during the recollection of stressful events is an acquired characteristic of PTSD. Psychological Medicine. 48(7). 1128–1138. 39 indexed citations

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VanElzakker, Michael B., Mary Kathryn Dahlgren, F. Caroline Davis, Stacey J. Dubois, & Lisa M. Shin. (2013). From Pavlov to PTSD: The extinction of conditioned fear in rodents, humans, and anxiety disorders. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 113. 3–18. 350 indexed citations

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Shin, Lisa M., F. Caroline Davis, Michael B. VanElzakker, Mary Kathryn Dahlgren, & Stacey J. Dubois. (2013). Neuroimaging predictors of treatment response in anxiety disorders. PubMed. 3(1). 15–15. 29 indexed citations

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Dubois, Stacey J., Katherine C. Hughes, Danielle L. Pfaff, et al.. (2013). Diminished rostral anterior cingulate cortex activation during trauma-unrelated emotional interference in PTSD. PubMed. 3(1). 10–10. 33 indexed citations

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VanElzakker, Michael B.. (2013). Chronic fatigue syndrome from vagus nerve infection: A psychoneuroimmunological hypothesis. Medical Hypotheses. 81(3). 414–423. 44 indexed citations

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Hayes, Jasmeet P., Michael B. VanElzakker, & Lisa M. Shin. (2012). Emotion and cognition interactions in PTSD: a review of neurocognitive and neuroimaging studies. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 6. 89–89. 278 indexed citations

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VanElzakker, Michael B., Phillip R. Zoladz, Vanessa Thompson, et al.. (2011). Influence of Pre-Training Predator Stress on the Expression of c-fos mRNA in the Hippocampus, Amygdala, and Striatum Following Long-Term Spatial Memory Retrieval. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 5. 30–30. 35 indexed citations

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VanElzakker, Michael B., et al.. (2008). Environmental novelty is associated with a selective increase in Fos expression in the output elements of the hippocampal formation and the perirhinal cortex. Learning & Memory. 15(12). 899–908. 141 indexed citations

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