Michael P. Hefferan

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Michael P. Hefferan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael P. Hefferan has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 14 papers in Physiology and 13 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Michael P. Hefferan's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (12 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (7 papers). Michael P. Hefferan is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (12 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (7 papers). Michael P. Hefferan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Czechia. Michael P. Hefferan's co-authors include Martin Maršala, Christian T. Carson, Sebastiaan van Gorp, Mason A. Israel, Cédric Bardy, Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Sol M. Reyna, Shauna H. Yuan, Kristopher L. Nazor and Francesca S. Boscolo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael P. Hefferan

31 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Probing sporadic and familial Alzheimer’s disease using induced pluripotent stem cells

2012 911 citations Mason A. Israel, Shauna H. Yuan et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael P. Hefferan United States	21	1.0k	715	669	327	304	31	1.9k
Natalie J. Gardiner United Kingdom	22	629 0.6×	806 1.1×	1.0k 1.6×	259 0.8×	343 1.1×	40	2.4k
Christopher Sliwinski Germany	7	702 0.7×	498 0.7×	547 0.8×	100 0.3×	288 0.9×	8	1.6k
Kevin C. Kanning United States	12	1.0k 1.0×	209 0.3×	1.0k 1.5×	355 1.1×	447 1.5×	13	1.9k
D.N. Ishii United States	19	858 0.8×	813 1.1×	983 1.5×	477 1.5×	316 1.0×	25	2.7k
Stephen Minger United Kingdom	22	857 0.8×	443 0.6×	507 0.8×	85 0.3×	399 1.3×	45	1.8k
Yael Barhum Israel	32	1.1k 1.0×	289 0.4×	746 1.1×	534 1.6×	475 1.6×	59	2.5k
Carlos J. Miranda United States	19	1.4k 1.3×	370 0.5×	754 1.1×	1.2k 3.5×	397 1.3×	35	2.8k
Jean‐Philippe Vit United States	19	667 0.6×	868 1.2×	645 1.0×	638 2.0×	160 0.5×	34	2.0k
Rugao Liu United States	24	744 0.7×	576 0.8×	433 0.6×	436 1.3×	403 1.3×	28	2.0k
Victoria Zhukareva United States	28	1.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.9×	880 1.3×	1.1k 3.3×	202 0.7×	47	3.0k

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Ahmed, Aminul I., Shoji Yokobori, Stephanie W. Lee, et al.. (2017). Amelioration of Penetrating Ballistic-Like Brain Injury Induced Cognitive Deficits after Neuronal Differentiation of Transplanted Human Neural Stem Cells. Journal of Neurotrauma. 34(11). 1981–1995. 20 indexed citations

Leinders, Mathias, Fred J. Koehrn, Beatrix Bartók, et al.. (2014). Differential distribution of PI3K isoforms in spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia: Potential roles in acute inflammatory pain. Pain. 155(6). 1150–1160. 28 indexed citations

Ševc, Juraj, Sebastiaan van Gorp, Marjolein Leerink, et al.. (2013). Effective long-term immunosuppression in rats by subcutaneously implanted sustained-release tacrolimus pellet: Effect on spinally grafted human neural precursor survival. Experimental Neurology. 248. 85–99. 24 indexed citations

Kakinohana, Osamu, Michael P. Hefferan, Atsushi Miyanohara, et al.. (2012). Combinational Spinal GAD65 Gene Delivery and Systemic GABA-Mimetic Treatment for Modulation of Spasticity. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e30561–e30561. 16 indexed citations

Hefferan, Michael P., Ján Gálik, Osamu Kakinohana, et al.. (2012). Human Neural Stem Cell Replacement Therapy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Spinal Transplantation. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e42614–e42614. 78 indexed citations

Israel, Mason A., Shauna H. Yuan, Cédric Bardy, et al.. (2012). Probing sporadic and familial Alzheimer’s disease using induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature. 482(7384). 216–220. 911 indexed citations breakdown →

Lunn, J. Simon, Crystal Pacut, Carey Backus, et al.. (2010). The Pleotrophic Effects of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I on Human Spinal Cord Neural Progenitor Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 19(12). 1983–1993. 20 indexed citations

Hefferan, Michael P., Osamu Kakinohana, Nadežda Lukáčová, et al.. (2010). Suppression of stretch reflex activity after spinal or systemic treatment with AMPA receptor antagonist NGX424 in rats with developed baclofen tolerance. British Journal of Pharmacology. 161(5). 976–985. 16 indexed citations

Emre, Nil, Jason G. Vidal, Jeanne Elia, et al.. (2010). The ROCK Inhibitor Y-27632 Improves Recovery of Human Embryonic Stem Cells after Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting with Multiple Cell Surface Markers. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e12148–e12148. 51 indexed citations

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Codeluppi, Simone, et al.. (2009). The Rheb–mTOR Pathway Is Upregulated in Reactive Astrocytes of the Injured Spinal Cord. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(4). 1093–1104. 136 indexed citations

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Lunn, J. Simon, Michael P. Hefferan, Martin Maršala, & Eva L. Feldman. (2009). Stem cells: comprehensive treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in conjunction with growth factor delivery. Growth Factors. 27(3). 133–140. 44 indexed citations

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Sorkin, Linda S., et al.. (2008). Spinal p38 mitogen‐activated protein kinase mediates allodynia induced by first‐degree burn in the rat. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 87(4). 948–955. 34 indexed citations

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Hedlund, Eva, Michael P. Hefferan, Martin Maršala, & Ole Isacson. (2007). REVIEW ARTILCE: Cell therapy and stem cells in animal models of motor neuron disorders. European Journal of Neuroscience. 26(7). 1721–1737. 55 indexed citations

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Hefferan, Michael P., Karolı́na Kuchárová, Osamu Kakinohana, et al.. (2007). Spinal Astrocyte Glutamate Receptor 1 Overexpression after Ischemic Insult Facilitates Behavioral Signs of Spasticity and Rigidity. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(42). 11179–11191. 31 indexed citations

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Jones, Toni L., Michael P. Hefferan, Martin Maršala, & Linda S. Sorkin. (2006). Low-speed subcellular fractionation method for determining noxious stimulus-evoked spinal neurokinin-1 receptor internalization. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 161(1). 23–31. 2 indexed citations

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Hefferan, Michael P., et al.. (2006). Development of baclofen tolerance in a rat model of chronic spasticity and rigidity. Neuroscience Letters. 403(1-2). 195–200. 16 indexed citations

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Kakinohana, Osamu, Michael P. Hefferan, Manabu Kakinohana, et al.. (2006). Development of GABA-sensitive spasticity and rigidity in rats after transient spinal cord ischemia: A qualitative and quantitative electrophysiological and histopathological study. Neuroscience. 141(3). 1569–1583. 58 indexed citations

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Kuchárová, Karolı́na, Jaroslav Pavel, J Radoňák, et al.. (2006). Spatiotemporal Alterations of the NO/NOS Neuronal Pools Following Transient Abdominal Aorta Occlusion: Morphological and Biochemical Studies in the Rabbit. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 26(7-8). 1293–1308. 6 indexed citations

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Maršala, Martin, et al.. (2004). Synaptogenesis and amino acid release from long term embryonic rat spinal cord neuronal culture using tissue culture inserts. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 141(1). 21–27. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zizhen, Michael P. Hefferan, & Christopher W. Loomis. (2001). Topical bicuculline to the rat spinal cord induces highly localized allodynia that is mediated by spinal prostaglandins. Pain. 92(3). 351–361. 31 indexed citations

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