Michael S. Mega

17.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
59 papers, 11.9k citations indexed

About

Michael S. Mega is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael S. Mega has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 11.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 25 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 14 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Michael S. Mega's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (21 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (19 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (13 papers). Michael S. Mega is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (21 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (19 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (13 papers). Michael S. Mega collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Taiwan. Michael S. Mega's co-authors include Jeffrey L. Cummings, Jeffrey Gornbein, Kevin F. Gray, Susan Rosenberg-Thompson, Jeffrey L. Cummings, Paul M. Thompson, Arthur W. Toga, Roger P. Woods, Donna Masterman and Irene Litvan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NeuroImage and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Michael S. Mega

56 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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 Neuropsychiatric Inventory

1994 6.0k citations Jeffrey L. Cummings, Michael S. Mega et al. Neurology profile →
The spectrum of behavioral changes in Alzheimer's disease

1996 871 citations Michael S. Mega, Jeffrey L. Cummings et al. Neurology profile →
Cerebral metabolic and cognitive decline in persons at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease

2000 591 citations Gary W. Small, Linda M. Ercoli et al. profile →
Frontal-subcortical circuits and neuropsychiatric disorders

1994 550 citations Michael S. Mega, Jeffrey L. Cummings profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael S. Mega United States	35	7.0k	3.1k	3.1k	1.9k	1.2k	59	11.9k
Ina J. Berg Netherlands	12	7.4k 1.1×	4.0k 1.3×	3.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	982 0.8×	21	16.0k
Jeroen S. Kok Netherlands	5	7.2k 1.0×	3.8k 1.2×	3.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	979 0.8×	6	15.7k
Hans Förstl Germany	66	5.4k 0.8×	4.9k 1.6×	3.9k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	399	14.2k
Alexander Kurz Germany	56	7.8k 1.1×	4.1k 1.3×	5.2k 1.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	247	14.5k
Kathleen A. Welsh‐Bohmer United States	61	5.8k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	5.0k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	857 0.7×	233	14.7k
Kousik Krishnan United States	70	5.0k 0.7×	3.5k 1.1×	2.0k 0.6×	967 0.5×	1.9k 1.5×	249	14.9k
Frank Jessen Germany	67	6.2k 0.9×	3.9k 1.2×	4.6k 1.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	363	15.1k
Bruno Giordani United States	64	5.1k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	2.8k 1.5×	943 0.8×	317	14.8k
Yonas E. Geda United States	62	7.9k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	4.7k 1.5×	1.8k 0.9×	703 0.6×	214	14.9k
Philippe Robert France	47	6.3k 0.9×	2.8k 0.9×	3.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	560 0.5×	214	11.2k

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Mega, Michael S., et al.. (2020). Stress-Induced Neurodegeneration: The Potential for Coping as Neuroprotective Therapy. American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias®. 35. 1311386985–1311386985. 18 indexed citations

Mega, Michael S., Ivo D. Dinov, Verna R. Porter, et al.. (2005). Metabolic Patterns Associated With the Clinical Response to Galantamine Therapy. Archives of Neurology. 62(5). 721–721. 72 indexed citations

Kumar, Anand, Albert Thomas, Helen Lavretsky, et al.. (2002). Frontal White Matter Biochemical Abnormalities in Late-Life Major Depression Detected With Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. American Journal of Psychiatry. 159(4). 630–636. 135 indexed citations

Mega, Michael S., Gary W. Small, Mina L. Xu, et al.. (2002). Hippocampal Atrophy in Persons With Age-Associated Memory Impairment: Volumetry Within a Common Space. Psychosomatic Medicine. 64(3). 487–492. 37 indexed citations

Mega, Michael S.. (2002). Differential diagnosis of dementia: Clinical examination and laboratory assessment. Clinical cornerstone. 4(6). 53–65.

Dinov, Ivo D., et al.. (2002). Quantitative comparison and analysis of brain image registration using frequency-adaptive wavelet shrinkage. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine. 6(1). 73–85. 23 indexed citations

Toga, Arthur W., Paul M. Thompson, Michael S. Mega, Katherine L. Narr, & Rebecca E. Blanton. (2001). Probabilistic approaches for atlasing normal and disease-specific brain variability. Anatomy and Embryology. 204(4). 267–282. 46 indexed citations

Fuh, Jong‐Ling, et al.. (2001). Behavioral Disorders and Caregivers' Reaction in Taiwanese Patients With Alzheimer's Disease. International Psychogeriatrics. 13(1). 121–128. 107 indexed citations

Mega, Michael S.. (2000). Cerebral correlates of psychotic symptoms in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 69(2). 167–171. 151 indexed citations

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Thompson, Paul M., Roger P. Woods, Michael S. Mega, & Arthur W. Toga. (2000). Mathematical/computational challenges in creating deformable and probabilistic atlases of the human brain. Human Brain Mapping. 9(2). 81–92. 264 indexed citations

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Hirono, Nobutsugu, Michael S. Mega, Ivo D. Dinov, Fred S. Mishkin, & Jeffrey L. Cummings. (2000). Left Frontotemporal Hypoperfusion Is Associated With Aggression in Patients With Dementia. Archives of Neurology. 57(6). 861–861. 99 indexed citations

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Dinov, Ivo D., Michael S. Mega, Paul M. Thompson, et al.. (2000). Analyzing Functional Brain Images in a Probabilistic Atlas: A Validation of Subvolume Thresholding. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 24(1). 128–138. 36 indexed citations

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Mega, Michael S., Teresa Chu, John C. Mazziotta, et al.. (1999). Mapping biochemistry to metabolism. Neuroreport. 10(14). 2911–2917. 34 indexed citations

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Mega, Michael S., Donna Masterman, Susan O’Connor, Terry R. Barclay, & Jeffrey L. Cummings. (1999). The Spectrum of Behavioral Responses to Cholinesterase Inhibitor Therapy in Alzheimer Disease. Archives of Neurology. 56(11). 1388–1388. 197 indexed citations

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Litvan, Irene, Jeffrey L. Cummings, & Michael S. Mega. (1998). Neuropsychiatric features of corticobasal degeneration. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 65(5). 717–721. 110 indexed citations

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Binetti, Giuliano, Michael S. Mega, Eugenio Magni, et al.. (1998). Behavioral Disorders in Alzheimer Disease: A Transcultural Perspective. Archives of Neurology. 55(4). 539–539. 89 indexed citations

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Mega, Michael S., Paul M. Thompson, Roger P. Woods, et al.. (1997). Mapping Histology to Metabolism: Coregistration of Stained Whole-Brain Sections to Premortem PET in Alzheimer's Disease. NeuroImage. 5(2). 147–153. 90 indexed citations

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Thompson, Paul M., et al.. (1997). Detection and Mapping of Abnormal Brain Structure with a Probabilistic Atlas of Cortical Surfaces. Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 21(4). 567–581. 227 indexed citations

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Geschwind, Dan, Marco Iacoboni, Michael S. Mega, et al.. (1995). Alien hand syndrome. Neurology. 45(4). 802–808. 70 indexed citations

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Oliveri, Beatriz, C. Mautalén, Michael S. Mega, & E. Rossi. (1994). Congenital erythropoietic porphyria: Skeletal manifestations and effect of pamidronate treatment. Bone. 15(1). 101–104. 5 indexed citations

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