N. J. Cairns

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

N. J. Cairns is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, N. J. Cairns has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Physiology, 33 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in N. J. Cairns's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (48 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (19 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (17 papers). N. J. Cairns is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (48 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (19 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (17 papers). N. J. Cairns collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Austria. N. J. Cairns's co-authors include Gert Lübec, P. L. Lantos, Philip J. Luthert, Hans Förstl, Richard A. Armstrong, Andrew M. Jenner, Peter Jenner, C. D. Marsden, A. J. Lees and Barry Halliwell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Neurology and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

N. J. Cairns

81 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Oxidative DNA Damage in the Parkinsonian Brain: An Appare... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Oxidative DNA Damage in the Parkinsonian Brain: An Apparent Selective Increase in 8‐Hydroxyguanine Levels in Substantia Nigra
    1997 667 citations Andrew M. Jenner, S. E. Daniel et al. Journal of Neurochemistry profile →

Peers

N. J. Cairns
Sadao Katayama Japan
Etsuro Matsubara Japan
Randall L. Woltjer United States
Ángel Cedazo-Mı́nguez Sweden
Roberta Ghidoni Italy
Mitchell K.P. Lai Singapore
C. Bancher Austria
Dushyant P. Purohit United States
Rajesh N. Kalaria United States
Douglas Galasko United States
Sadao Katayama Japan
N. J. Cairns
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. J. Cairns

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ghoshal, Nupur, Joshua T. Dearborn, David F. Wozniak, & N. J. Cairns. (2011). Core features of frontotemporal dementia recapitulated in progranulin knockout mice. Neurobiology of Disease. 45(1). 395–408. 89 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Richard A. & N. J. Cairns. (2009). Clustering and spatial correlations of the neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions, astrocytic plaques and ballooned neurons in corticobasal degeneration. Journal of Neural Transmission. 116(9). 1103–1110. 5 indexed citations
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Baamonde, Carmela, Carmen Martínez‐Cué, Gert Lübec, et al.. (2006). Brain G protein-dependent signaling pathways in Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. Amino Acids. 31(4). 449–456. 16 indexed citations
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Schuessel, Katrin, Silke Leutner, N. J. Cairns, W. E. G. M�ller, & Anne Eckert. (2004). Impact of gender on upregulation of antioxidant defence mechanisms in Alzheimer?s disease brain. Journal of Neural Transmission. 111(9). 1167–82. 82 indexed citations
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Yoo, Byong Chul, Roman Vlkolinský, Ephrem Engidawork, et al.. (2001). Differential expression of molecular chaperones in brain of patients with Down syndrome. Electrophoresis. 22(6). 1233–1241. 34 indexed citations
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Engidawork, Ephrem, Talin Gulesserian, Rainer Seidl, N. J. Cairns, & Gert Lübec. (2001). Expression of apoptosis related proteins in brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience Letters. 303(2). 79–82. 80 indexed citations
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Yoo, Byong Chul, M. Fountoulakis, N. J. Cairns, & Gert Lübec. (2001). Changes of voltage-dependent anion-selective channel proteins VDAC1 and VDAC2 brain levels in patients with Alzheimer's disease and Down Syndrome. Electrophoresis. 22(1). 172–179. 114 indexed citations
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Engidawork, Ephrem, Talin Gulesserian, Rainer Seidl, N. J. Cairns, & Gert Lübec. (2001). Expression of apoptosis related proteins: RAIDD, ZIP kinase, Bim/BOD, p21, Bax, Bcl-2 and NF-kB in brains of patients with Down syndrome. PubMed. 181–192. 16 indexed citations
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Kim, S. H., Roman Vlkolinský, N. J. Cairns, & Gert Lübec. (2000). Decreased levels of complex III core protein 1 and complex V β chain in brains from patients with Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 57(12). 1810–1816. 103 indexed citations
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Eckert, Gunter P., N. J. Cairns, & Wernér E.G. Müller. (1999). Piracetam reverses hippocampal membrane alterations in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Neural Transmission. 106(7-8). 757–761. 34 indexed citations
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Cairns, N. J., et al.. (1999). Validity of current clinical criteria for Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 174(1). 45–50. 255 indexed citations
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Cairns, N. J.. (1999). Neuropathology. PubMed. 57. 61–74. 2 indexed citations
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Greber‐Platzer, Susanne, et al.. (1999). c-fos expression in brains of patients with Down Syndrome. PubMed. 57. 75–85. 8 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Richard A., N. J. Cairns, & P. L. Lantos. (1999). Clustering of cerebral cortical lesions in patients with corticobasal degeneration. Neuroscience Letters. 268(1). 5–8. 22 indexed citations
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Johnson, Ian, et al.. (1997). Neurotrophin-3-like immunoreactivity and Trk C expression in human spinal motoneurones in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 148(1). 33–40. 25 indexed citations
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Johnson, Ian, et al.. (1997). Immunocytochemical studies of neurotrophins in cerebral motor cortex in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Brain Research. 763(2). 259–263. 10 indexed citations
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Jenner, Andrew M., S. E. Daniel, A. J. Lees, et al.. (1997). Oxidative DNA Damage in the Parkinsonian Brain: An Apparent Selective Increase in 8‐Hydroxyguanine Levels in Substantia Nigra. Journal of Neurochemistry. 69(3). 1196–1203. 667 indexed citations breakdown →
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Risser, Daniele, Gert Lübec, N. J. Cairns, & Mario Herrera‐Marschitz. (1997). Excitatory amino acids and monoamines in parahippocampal gyrus and frontal cortical pole of adults with down syndrome. Life Sciences. 60(15). 1231–1237. 64 indexed citations
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