Molly Braun

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Molly Braun is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Molly Braun has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 9 papers in Neurology and 5 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Molly Braun's work include Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (9 papers), Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (8 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (5 papers). Molly Braun is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (9 papers), Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (8 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (5 papers). Molly Braun collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Molly Braun's co-authors include Krishnan M. Dhandapani, Kumar Vaibhav, John R. Vender, Jeffrey J. Iliff, Babak Baban, Md Nasrul Hoda, David C. Hess, Mohammad Badruzzaman Khan, Sumbul Fatima and Ali S. Arbab and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Molly Braun

21 papers receiving 900 citations

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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.

Loss of perivascular aquaporin-4 localization impairs glymphatic exchange and promotes amyloid β plaque formation in mice

2022 144 citations Matthew Simon, Marie Xun Wang et al. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Molly Braun United States	13	353	268	237	178	145	22	910
Zhou Feng China	14	267 0.8×	223 0.8×	206 0.9×	199 1.1×	95 0.7×	29	774
Shotaro Michinaga Japan	17	270 0.8×	345 1.3×	124 0.5×	358 2.0×	86 0.6×	35	966
Rebecca J. Henry United States	18	372 1.1×	425 1.6×	93 0.4×	474 2.7×	267 1.8×	31	1.2k
Francesca Romana Rizzo Italy	19	144 0.4×	253 0.9×	225 0.9×	310 1.7×	143 1.0×	35	1.0k
Hannah Ennerfelt United States	10	157 0.4×	255 1.0×	207 0.9×	293 1.6×	178 1.2×	17	808
Andrew M. Fukuda United States	15	257 0.7×	405 1.5×	154 0.6×	268 1.5×	31 0.2×	27	944
Yuan-Hao Chen Taiwan	20	288 0.8×	223 0.8×	277 1.2×	118 0.7×	32 0.2×	84	924
Aaron A. Hall United States	18	510 1.4×	392 1.5×	226 1.0×	541 3.0×	210 1.4×	31	1.5k
Lee A. Shapiro United States	15	207 0.6×	290 1.1×	174 0.7×	156 0.9×	73 0.5×	26	835
Dengji Pan China	15	153 0.4×	148 0.6×	177 0.7×	163 0.9×	63 0.4×	38	771

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Molly Braun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Molly Braun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Molly Braun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Molly Braun. Molly Braun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Nelson-Maney, Nathan, Sentiel A. Rommel, William A. McLellan, et al.. (2025). Morphology of the glymphatic and meningeal lymphatic structures of the bottlenose dolphin. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 30216–30216.

Nelson-Maney, Nathan, Sentiel A. Rommel, William A. McLellan, et al.. (2025). Meningeal Lymphatic and Glymphatic Structures in a Pelagic Delphinid (Delphinus delphis). Animals. 15(5). 729–729. 1 indexed citations

Jansson, Deidre, et al.. (2025). Glymphatic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease: A critical appraisal. Science. 389(6756). eadv8269–eadv8269. 9 indexed citations

Braun, Molly, Marie Xun Wang, Emily D. Klein, et al.. (2024). Macroscopic changes in aquaporin-4 underlie blast traumatic brain injury-related impairment in glymphatic function. Brain. 147(6). 2214–2229. 20 indexed citations

Ahluwalia, Meenakshi, Manish Kumar, Yujiao Lu, et al.. (2023). Altered endocannabinoid metabolism compromises the brain-CSF barrier and exacerbates chronic deficits after traumatic brain injury in mice. Experimental Neurology. 361. 114320–114320. 10 indexed citations

Braun, Molly, et al.. (2023). Neutrophil extracellular traps in amyloid pathology & glymphatic impairment. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S13). 1 indexed citations

Simon, Matthew, Marie Xun Wang, Ozama Ismail, et al.. (2022). Loss of perivascular aquaporin-4 localization impairs glymphatic exchange and promotes amyloid β plaque formation in mice. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 14(1). 59–59. 144 indexed citations breakdown →

Braun, Molly, et al.. (2022). Dynamic infrared imaging of cerebrospinal fluid tracer influx into the brain. Neurophotonics. 9(3). 31915–31915. 19 indexed citations

Baban, Babak, Molly Braun, Hesam Khodadadi, et al.. (2021). AMPK induces regulatory innate lymphoid cells after traumatic brain injury. JCI Insight. 6(1). 31 indexed citations

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Reddy, Vamsi, Meenakshi Ahluwalia, Évila Lopes Salles, et al.. (2020). Targeting the endocannabinoid system: a predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine-directed approach to the management of brain pathologies. The EPMA Journal. 11(2). 217–250. 30 indexed citations

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Jarrahi, Abbas, Molly Braun, Meenakshi Ahluwalia, et al.. (2020). Revisiting Traumatic Brain Injury: From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Interventions. Biomedicines. 8(10). 389–389. 141 indexed citations

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Braun, Molly & Jeffrey J. Iliff. (2020). The impact of neurovascular, blood-brain barrier, and glymphatic dysfunction in neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases. International review of neurobiology. 413–436. 48 indexed citations

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Aslanzadeh, Farah, et al.. (2020). Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Primary Brain Tumor Patients: A Preliminary Investigation with the MMSE and RBANS. 1 indexed citations

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Vaibhav, Kumar, Molly Braun, Mohammad Badruzzaman Khan, et al.. (2018). Remote ischemic post-conditioning promotes hematoma resolution via AMPK-dependent immune regulation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 215(10). 2636–2654. 58 indexed citations

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Braun, Molly, Mohammad Badruzzaman Khan, Manish Kumar, et al.. (2017). Selective activation of cannabinoid receptor-2 reduces neuroinflammation after traumatic brain injury via alternative macrophage polarization. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 68. 224–237. 97 indexed citations

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Braun, Molly, Kumar Vaibhav, Sumbul Fatima, et al.. (2017). White matter damage after traumatic brain injury: A role for damage associated molecular patterns. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1863(10). 2614–2626. 75 indexed citations

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Braun, Molly, Kumar Vaibhav, Sumbul Fatima, et al.. (2017). Activation of Myeloid TLR4 Mediates T Lymphocyte Polarization after Traumatic Brain Injury. The Journal of Immunology. 198(9). 3615–3626. 55 indexed citations

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Beis, Jean-Marie, et al.. (2010). Suprascapular nerve entrapment in a patient with a spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 49(6). 761–763. 2 indexed citations

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Braun, Molly, et al.. (2009). Atlas of the North American Indian. Choice Reviews Online. 46(12). 46–6581. 11 indexed citations

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Grabitz, K., et al.. (1989). Protection from spinal cord injury by intravenous prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) after one hour occlusion of the descending thoracic aorta.. PubMed. 301. 211–6. 6 indexed citations

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