Michael D. Gershon

36.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
365 papers, 26.0k citations indexed

About

Michael D. Gershon is a scholar working on Gastroenterology, Surgery and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael D. Gershon has authored 365 papers receiving a total of 26.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 142 papers in Gastroenterology, 107 papers in Surgery and 95 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael D. Gershon's work include Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (140 papers), Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies (90 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (43 papers). Michael D. Gershon is often cited by papers focused on Gastrointestinal motility and disorders (140 papers), Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies (90 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (43 papers). Michael D. Gershon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Michael D. Gershon's co-authors include Jan Tack, Taube P. Rothman, Anne A. Gershon, Kara Gross Margolis, Meenakshi Rao, Annette L. Kirchgessner, Leonard L. Ross, Gary M. Mawe, Zhishan Li and Tuan D. Pham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael D. Gershon

360 papers receiving 25.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

The Serotonin Signaling System: From Basic Understanding To Drug Development for Functional GI Disorders

2007 1.2k citations Michael D. Gershon et al. Gastroenterology profile →
Molecular defects in mucosal serotonin content and decreased serotonin reuptake transporter in ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome 1 ☆

2004 613 citations Jason Chen, Michael D. Gershon et al. Gastroenterology profile →
Crosstalk between Muscularis Macrophages and Enteric Neurons Regulates Gastrointestinal Motility

2014 542 citations Korey D. Stevanovic, Kara Gross Margolis et al. profile →
Varicella zoster virus infection

2015 500 citations Anne A. Gershon, Michael D. Gershon et al. profile →
5-Hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) in the gastrointestinal tract

2013 474 citations Michael D. Gershon profile →
The bowel and beyond: the enteric nervous system in neurological disorders

2016 407 citations Meenakshi Rao, Michael D. Gershon profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael D. Gershon United States	91	8.4k	7.4k	7.1k	5.7k	4.5k	365	26.0k
John B. Furness Australia	98	12.0k 1.4×	8.1k 1.1×	10.0k 1.4×	15.8k 2.7×	8.4k 1.8×	598	35.6k
Keith A. Sharkey Canada	76	5.4k 0.6×	4.6k 0.6×	4.1k 0.6×	4.5k 0.8×	4.5k 1.0×	338	20.8k
Kenton M. Sanders United States	80	10.7k 1.3×	4.9k 0.7×	10.1k 1.4×	3.9k 0.7×	5.0k 1.1×	420	24.0k
Yvette Taché United States	77	5.1k 0.6×	2.9k 0.4×	3.3k 0.5×	5.2k 0.9×	5.8k 1.3×	499	21.0k
Nigel W. Bunnett United States	87	3.8k 0.5×	3.8k 0.5×	9.3k 1.3×	8.4k 1.5×	6.3k 1.4×	358	29.5k
F. Sundler Sweden	96	3.4k 0.4×	12.5k 1.7×	12.1k 1.7×	18.9k 3.3×	7.0k 1.5×	724	36.1k
John H. Walsh United States	72	4.4k 0.5×	7.6k 1.0×	5.2k 0.7×	6.9k 1.2×	1.7k 0.4×	476	17.4k
R. Håkanson Sweden	81	2.8k 0.3×	7.7k 1.0×	9.8k 1.4×	13.1k 2.3×	4.2k 0.9×	545	24.5k
John Bienenstock Canada	84	3.3k 0.4×	1.9k 0.3×	10.7k 1.5×	2.0k 0.3×	6.7k 1.5×	323	26.6k
Charalabos Pothoulakis United States	78	3.2k 0.4×	3.1k 0.4×	6.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.4×	2.2k 0.5×	261	18.9k

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Rao, Meenakshi & Michael D. Gershon. (2018). Enteric nervous system development: what could possibly go wrong?. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 19(9). 552–565. 122 indexed citations

Forrest, Graeme N., Michael D. Gershon, Yan Zhou, et al.. (2014). Disseminated, Persistent, and Fatal Infection Due to the Vaccine Strain of Varicella-Zoster Virus in an Adult Following Stem Cell Transplantation. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 60(7). 1068–1074. 46 indexed citations

Bonanni, Paolo, Anne A. Gershon, Michael D. Gershon, et al.. (2013). Primary Versus Secondary Failure After Varicella Vaccination. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 32(7). e305–e313. 58 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaoning, et al.. (2012). Reduced Serotonin Reuptake Transporter (SERT) Function Causes Insulin Resistance and Hepatic Steatosis Independent of Food Intake. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e32511–e32511. 76 indexed citations

Margolis, Kara Gross, Korey D. Stevanovic, Fabien D’Autréaux, et al.. (2011). Enteric Neuronal Density Contributes to the Severity of Intestinal Inflammation. Gastroenterology. 141(2). 588–598.e2. 92 indexed citations

Kuo, Yien–Ming, Zhishan Li, Yun Jiao, et al.. (2010). Extensive enteric nervous system abnormalities in mice transgenic for artificial chromosomes containing Parkinson disease-associated α-synuclein gene mutations precede central nervous system changes. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(9). 1633–1650. 217 indexed citations

Gershon, Anne A., Jason Chen, & Michael D. Gershon. (2008). A Model of Lytic, Latent, and Reactivating Varicella‐Zoster Virus Infections in Isolated Enteric Neurons. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 197(s2). S61–S65. 51 indexed citations

Côté, Francine, Cécile Fligny, Elisa Bayard, et al.. (2006). Maternal serotonin is crucial for murine embryonic development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(1). 329–334. 290 indexed citations

Fauré, Christophe, Alcmène Chalazonitis, Catherine Rhéaume, et al.. (2006). Gangliogenesis in the enteric nervous system: Roles of the polysialylation of the neural cell adhesion molecule and its regulation by bone morphogenetic protein‐4. Developmental Dynamics. 236(1). 44–59. 47 indexed citations

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Chalazonitis, Alcmène, Fabien D’Autréaux, Udayan Guha, et al.. (2004). Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 and -4 Limit the Number of Enteric Neurons But Promote Development of a TrkC-Expressing Neurotrophin-3-Dependent Subset. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(17). 4266–4282. 111 indexed citations

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Stokes, Alan H., Hadassah Tamir, Michael D. Gershon, et al.. (2000). p‐Ethynylphenylalanine. Journal of Neurochemistry. 74(5). 2067–2073. 20 indexed citations

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Zhai, Jin, Michael D. Gershon, & Annette L. Kirchgessner. (1998). 5-HT3-mediated inward currents evoked by 5-HT in dissociated cultures of myenteric neurons from the newborn guinea pig intestine Effects of alosetron. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 24. 1819. 1 indexed citations

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Blaugrund, Eran, Tuan D. Pham, Virginia M. Tennyson, et al.. (1996). Distinct subpopulations of enteric neuronal progenitors defined by time of development, sympathoadrenal lineage markers and Mash-1-dependence. Development. 122(1). 309–320. 189 indexed citations

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Tamir, H., et al.. (1996). Expression and development of a functional plasmalemmal 5-hydroxytryptamine transporter by thyroid follicular cells.. Endocrinology. 137(10). 4475–4486. 13 indexed citations

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Kirchgessner, Annette L., et al.. (1993). Detection of the 5‐HT_1Areceptor and 5‐HT_1Areceptor mRNA in the rat bowel and pancreas: Comparison with 5‐HT_1Preceptors. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 327(2). 233–250. 27 indexed citations

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Nunez, Eladio A., Howard D. Pomeranz, Michael D. Gershon, & Robert F. Payette. (1990). Distribution of laminin in the murine pituitary. The Anatomical Record. 226(4). 471–480. 3 indexed citations

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Gershon, Michael D., et al.. (1988). Neural and glial phenotypic expression by neural crest cells in culture: Effects of control and presumptive aganglionic bowel from ls/ls mice. Journal of Neurobiology. 19(6). 507–531. 14 indexed citations

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Gershon, Michael D., et al.. (1985). Identification, Purification, and Characterization of Two Forms of Serotonin Binding Protein from Rat Brain. Journal of Neurochemistry. 44(4). 1289–1301. 34 indexed citations

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Burnstock, G., T Hökfelt, Michael D. Gershon, et al.. (1979). Non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic autonomic neurotransmission mechanisms.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 17(3). 377–519. 56 indexed citations

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Nunez, Eladio A. & Michael D. Gershon. (1978). Cytophysiology of Thyroid Parafollicular Cells. International review of cytology. 52. 1–80. 50 indexed citations

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