Michael L. Garcia

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Michael L. Garcia is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Garcia has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Garcia's work include Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (15 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (8 papers) and Skin and Cellular Biology Research (7 papers). Michael L. Garcia is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (15 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (8 papers) and Skin and Cellular Biology Research (7 papers). Michael L. Garcia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Michael L. Garcia's co-authors include Don W. Cleveland, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Séverine Boillée, Elizabeth A. Roberts, Robert H. Brown, Andrew P. McMahon, Wilder T. Doucette, Robert J. Ferrante, Donald Siwek and Minh Dang Nguyen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Garcia

35 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Wild-Type Nonneuronal Cells Extend Survival of SOD1 Mutant Motor Neurons in ALS Mice

2003 855 citations Albrecht M. Clement, Minh Dang Nguyen et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael L. Garcia United States	20	1.1k	850	749	500	423	37	2.2k
Cédric Raoul France	28	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	664 0.9×	688 1.4×	359 0.8×	70	2.7k
Erik Storkebaum Germany	23	704 0.6×	1.4k 1.7×	512 0.7×	696 1.4×	371 0.9×	37	2.7k
Carlos J. Miranda United States	19	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	693 0.9×	754 1.5×	675 1.6×	35	2.8k
Tetsuya Nagata Japan	28	1.1k 1.0×	2.3k 2.7×	836 1.1×	716 1.4×	517 1.2×	107	3.8k
Matthew B. Harms United States	24	1.8k 1.6×	1.5k 1.8×	1.1k 1.5×	704 1.4×	611 1.4×	33	3.2k
Roxanne Larivière Canada	24	627 0.6×	857 1.0×	344 0.5×	678 1.4×	292 0.7×	36	1.9k
Georg Haase France	22	684 0.6×	1.4k 1.6×	474 0.6×	681 1.4×	267 0.6×	28	2.4k
Hirofumi Kusaka Japan	31	1.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	692 0.9×	451 0.9×	576 1.4×	108	2.7k
Roberto Del Bo Italy	36	913 0.8×	2.0k 2.4×	982 1.3×	736 1.5×	593 1.4×	88	3.5k
Yael Barhum Israel	32	534 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	730 1.0×	746 1.5×	273 0.6×	59	2.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Garcia, Michael L., et al.. (2025). Novel neurofilament light ( Nefl ) E397K mouse models of Charcot–Marie-tooth type 2E (CMT2E) present early and chronic axonal neuropathy. Human Molecular Genetics. 34(18). 1541–1552.

Garcia, Michael L., et al.. (2024). Title: Updates on Testosterone Deficiency in Men Living With HIV and the Cardiovascular Implications. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 27(1).

Garcia, Virginia B., et al.. (2022). Spinal cord injury is associated with changes in synaptic properties of the mouse major pelvic ganglion. Journal of Neurophysiology. 128(4). 892–909. 2 indexed citations

Liscum, Emmanuel & Michael L. Garcia. (2021). You can't keep a bad idea down: Dark history, death, and potential rebirth of eugenics. The Anatomical Record. 305(4). 902–937. 11 indexed citations

Villalón, Eric, Devin M. Barry, Katie Frizzi, et al.. (2018). Internode length is reduced during myelination and remyelination by neurofilament medium phosphorylation in motor axons. Experimental Neurology. 306. 158–168. 15 indexed citations

Garcia, Virginia B., Gayle C. Johnson, Martin L. Katz, et al.. (2017). Cerebrospinal Fluid Levels of Phosphorylated Neurofilament Heavy as a Diagnostic Marker of Canine Degenerative Myelopathy. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 31(2). 513–520. 15 indexed citations

Bartko, Philipp E., Jacob P. Dal‐Bianco, Jorge Guerrero, et al.. (2017). Effect of Losartan on Mitral Valve Changes After Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 70(10). 1232–1244. 85 indexed citations

Bischoff, Joyce, Guillem Casanovas, Jill Wylie‐Sears, et al.. (2016). CD45 Expression in Mitral Valve Endothelial Cells After Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Research. 119(11). 1215–1225. 64 indexed citations

Stark, Danny A., Nathan J. Coffey, Joanne Vallée, et al.. (2015). Ephrin-A3 promotes and maintains slow muscle fiber identity during postnatal development and reinnervation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 211(5). 1077–1091. 24 indexed citations

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Villalón, Eric, et al.. (2015). Exacerbation of Charcot–Marie–Tooth type 2E neuropathy following traumatic nerve injury. Brain Research. 1627. 143–153. 9 indexed citations

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Hodgkinson, Victoria, Michael L. Garcia, Gary A. Weisman, et al.. (2015). X‐linked spinal muscular atrophy in mice caused by autonomous loss of ATP7A in the motor neuron. The Journal of Pathology. 236(2). 241–250. 26 indexed citations

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Jones, Maria R., Eric Villalón, & Michael L. Garcia. (2015). Genetic Manipulation of Neurofilament Protein Phosphorylation. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 568. 461–476. 3 indexed citations

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Osman, Erkan Y., et al.. (2015). Placental development in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 470(1). 82–87. 2 indexed citations

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Rindt, Hansjörg, Jacqueline Glascock, Monir Shababi, et al.. (2013). Development and characterization of an SMN2-based intermediate mouse model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(9). 1843–1855. 26 indexed citations

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Barry, Devin M., William Stevenson, Jonathan D. Strope, et al.. (2012). Expansion of Neurofilament Medium C Terminus Increases Axonal Diameter Independent of Increases in Conduction Velocity or Myelin Thickness. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(18). 6209–6219. 48 indexed citations

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Garcia, Michael L., Mala V. Rao, Jiro Fujimoto, et al.. (2009). Phosphorylation of Highly Conserved Neurofilament Medium KSP Repeats Is Not Required for Myelin-Dependent Radial Axonal Growth. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(5). 1277–1284. 45 indexed citations

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Barry, Devin M., Catherine L. Carpenter, Kevin J. Barry, et al.. (2009). Variation of the neurofilament medium KSP repeat sub-domain across mammalian species: implications for altering axonal structure. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213(1). 128–136. 12 indexed citations

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Yamanaka, Koji, Séverine Boillée, Elizabeth A. Roberts, et al.. (2008). Mutant SOD1 in cell types other than motor neurons and oligodendrocytes accelerates onset of disease in ALS mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(21). 7594–7599. 232 indexed citations

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Garcia, Michael L., Andrew Singleton, Dena Hernandez, et al.. (2005). Mutations in neurofilament genes are not a significant primary cause of non-SOD1-mediated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of Disease. 21(1). 102–109. 28 indexed citations

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Clement, Albrecht M., Minh Dang Nguyen, Elizabeth A. Roberts, et al.. (2003). Wild-Type Nonneuronal Cells Extend Survival of SOD1 Mutant Motor Neurons in ALS Mice. Science. 302(5642). 113–117. 855 indexed citations breakdown →

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