Mona Thiruchelvam

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Mona Thiruchelvam is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Mona Thiruchelvam has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Neurology, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Mona Thiruchelvam's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers), Paraquat toxicity studies and treatments (9 papers) and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (8 papers). Mona Thiruchelvam is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (13 papers), Paraquat toxicity studies and treatments (9 papers) and Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (8 papers). Mona Thiruchelvam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Italy. Mona Thiruchelvam's co-authors include Deborah A. Cory‐Slechta, Eric K. Richfield, Raymond B. Baggs, Donato A. Di Monte, Alison L. McCormack, A. William Tank, Amy Manning-Bog, J. William Langston, Christine Thiffault and Miriam B. Virgolini and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Mona Thiruchelvam

29 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Environmental Risk Factors and Parkinson's Disease: Selective Degeneration of Nigral Dopaminergic Neurons Caused by the Herbicide Paraquat

2002 602 citations Alison L. McCormack, Mona Thiruchelvam et al. Neurobiology of Disease profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mona Thiruchelvam United States	24	1.5k	979	640	604	556	29	3.2k
Meike Kasten Germany	34	2.5k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	301 0.5×	976 1.6×	130 0.2×	90	4.3k
Jason R. Cannon United States	32	1.4k 0.9×	985 1.0×	234 0.4×	943 1.6×	497 0.9×	74	3.4k
Hong Yin United States	31	878 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	221 0.3×	1.3k 2.2×	286 0.5×	59	3.6k
Huajun Jin United States	40	1.4k 0.9×	917 0.9×	372 0.6×	1.9k 3.2×	451 0.8×	101	4.5k
Kathleen Comyns United States	10	981 0.7×	393 0.4×	371 0.6×	461 0.8×	147 0.3×	16	1.8k
Monica Korell United States	11	1.1k 0.7×	381 0.4×	373 0.6×	455 0.8×	143 0.3×	21	2.0k
Cheryl Meng United States	11	1.1k 0.7×	399 0.4×	324 0.5×	465 0.8×	143 0.3×	16	1.9k
Evelyn Tiffany‐Castiglioni United States	32	236 0.2×	547 0.6×	340 0.5×	810 1.3×	1.2k 2.1×	85	2.9k
Maria‐Grazia Martinoli Canada	33	737 0.5×	746 0.8×	187 0.3×	1.0k 1.7×	57 0.1×	69	3.5k
Carla I. Tasca Brazil	36	403 0.3×	1.5k 1.5×	229 0.4×	1.5k 2.5×	93 0.2×	151	4.5k

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Lee, Donna W., Mona Thiruchelvam, Daniel P. Dever, et al.. (2011). Subchronic Polychlorinated Biphenyl (Aroclor 1254) Exposure Produces Oxidative Damage and Neuronal Death of Ventral Midbrain Dopaminergic Systems. Toxicological Sciences. 125(2). 496–508. 42 indexed citations

Rossi‐George, Alba, Miriam B. Virgolini, D. Weston, Mona Thiruchelvam, & Deborah A. Cory‐Slechta. (2010). Interactions of lifetime lead exposure and stress: Behavioral, neurochemical and HPA axis effects. NeuroToxicology. 32(1). 83–99. 44 indexed citations

Winnik, Bożena, Dana Boyd Barr, Mona Thiruchelvam, et al.. (2009). Quantification of Paraquat, MPTP, and MPP+ in brain tissue using microwave-assisted solvent extraction (MASE) and high-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 395(1). 195–201. 32 indexed citations

Virgolini, Miriam B., et al.. (2008). CNS effects of developmental Pb exposure are enhanced by combined maternal and offspring stress. NeuroToxicology. 29(5). 812–827. 51 indexed citations

Cory‐Slechta, Deborah A., et al.. (2007). The gestational environment and Parkinson's disease: Evidence for neurodevelopmental origins of a neurodegenerative disorder. Reproductive Toxicology. 23(3). 457–470. 138 indexed citations

Gray, Joshua P., Diane E. Heck, Vladimir Mishin, et al.. (2007). Paraquat Increases Cyanide-insensitive Respiration in Murine Lung Epithelial Cells by Activating an NAD(P)H:Paraquat Oxidoreductase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(11). 7939–7949. 58 indexed citations

Chen, Li, Mona Thiruchelvam, Kiran Madura, & Eric K. Richfield. (2006). Proteasome dysfunction in aged human α-synuclein transgenic mice. Neurobiology of Disease. 23(1). 120–126. 71 indexed citations

Vahter, Marie, Michael Gochfeld, Barbara Casati, et al.. (2006). Implications of gender differences for human health risk assessment and toxicology. Environmental Research. 104(1). 70–84. 90 indexed citations

Cory‐Slechta, Deborah A., et al.. (2005). Developmental Pesticide Models of the Parkinson Disease Phenotype. Environmental Health Perspectives. 113(9). 1263–1270. 97 indexed citations

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Cory‐Slechta, Deborah A., et al.. (2005). Developmental pesticide exposures and the Parkinson's disease phenotype. Birth Defects Research Part A Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 73(3). 136–139. 42 indexed citations

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Mhyre, Timothy R., Elissa J. Chesler, Mona Thiruchelvam, et al.. (2004). Heritability, correlations and in silico mapping of locomotor behavior and neurochemistry in inbred strains of mice. Genes Brain & Behavior. 4(4). 209–228. 32 indexed citations

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Reeves, Ruth, Mona Thiruchelvam, Eric K. Richfield, & Deborah A. Cory‐Slechta. (2004). The effect of developmental exposure to the fungicide triadimefon on behavioral sensitization to triadimefon during adulthood. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 200(1). 54–63. 13 indexed citations

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Richfield, Eric K., et al.. (2004). A Fetal Risk Factor for Parkinson’s Disease. Developmental Neuroscience. 26(1). 11–23. 56 indexed citations

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Cory‐Slechta, Deborah A., Miriam B. Virgolini, Mona Thiruchelvam, D. Weston, & Mark R. Bauter. (2004). Maternal stress modulates the effects of developmental lead exposure.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(6). 717–730. 146 indexed citations

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Reeves, Ruth, Mona Thiruchelvam, & Deborah A. Cory‐Slechta. (2004). Expression of behavioral sensitization to the cocaine-like fungicide triadimefon is blocked by pretreatment with AMPA, NMDA and DA D1 receptor antagonists. Brain Research. 1008(2). 155–167. 12 indexed citations

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Thiruchelvam, Mona, Alison L. McCormack, Eric K. Richfield, et al.. (2003). Age‐related irreversible progressive nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurotoxicity in the paraquat and maneb model of the Parkinson's disease phenotype. European Journal of Neuroscience. 18(3). 589–600. 220 indexed citations

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Thiruchelvam, Mona, et al.. (2003). Increased synaptosomal dopamine content and brain concentration of paraquat produced by selective dithiocarbamates. Journal of Neurochemistry. 85(4). 1075–1086. 57 indexed citations

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Reeves, Ruth, Mona Thiruchelvam, Eric K. Richfield, & Deborah A. Cory‐Slechta. (2003). Behavioral sensitization and long-term neurochemical alterations associated with the fungicide triadimefon. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 76(2). 315–326. 23 indexed citations

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McCormack, Alison L., Mona Thiruchelvam, Amy Manning-Bog, et al.. (2002). Environmental Risk Factors and Parkinson's Disease: Selective Degeneration of Nigral Dopaminergic Neurons Caused by the Herbicide Paraquat. Neurobiology of Disease. 10(2). 119–127. 602 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thiruchelvam, Mona, Becky Brockel, Eric K. Richfield, Raymond B. Baggs, & Deborah A. Cory‐Slechta. (2000). Potentiated and preferential effects of combined paraquat and maneb on nigrostriatal dopamine systems: environmental risk factors for Parkinson’s disease?. Brain Research. 873(2). 225–234. 240 indexed citations

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