Nigel J. Cairns

51.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
181 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

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Nigel J. Cairns is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel J. Cairns has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Physiology, 68 papers in Neurology and 66 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Nigel J. Cairns's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (71 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (38 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (37 papers). Nigel J. Cairns is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (71 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (38 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (37 papers). Nigel J. Cairns collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Nigel J. Cairns's co-authors include John Q. Trojanowski, Gert Lübec, R. Anthony Crowther, Michel Goedert, Maria Grazia Spillantini, P. L. Lantos, Eileen H. Bigio, John C. Morris, Dennis W. Dickson and Peter T. Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Neuron and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Nigel J. Cairns

180 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer's Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer's disease

2012 2.1k citations Eileen H. Bigio, Nigel J. Cairns et al. profile →
National Institute on Aging–Alzheimer’s Association guidelines for the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer’s disease: a practical approach

2011 1.9k citations Thomas J. Montine, Eileen H. Bigio et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →
Tau proteins of alzheimer paired helical filaments: Abnormal phosphorylation of all six brain isoforms

1992 882 citations Nigel J. Cairns et al. profile →
Filamentous α-synuclein inclusions link multiple system atrophy with Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

1998 807 citations Nigel J. Cairns, P. L. Lantos et al. Neuroscience Letters profile →
Pathological TDP‐43 distinguishes sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with SOD1 mutations

2007 761 citations Ian R. Mackenzie, Eileen H. Bigio et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
The first NINDS/NIBIB consensus meeting to define neuropathological criteria for the diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy

2015 559 citations Ann C. McKee, Nigel J. Cairns et al. Acta Neuropathologica profile →
Preclinical Alzheimer's disease and its outcome: a longitudinal cohort study

2013 412 citations Nigel J. Cairns, John C. Morris et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel J. Cairns United States	58	8.5k	6.8k	5.4k	4.1k	3.4k	181	17.6k
Dietmar Rudolf Thal Germany	60	11.5k 1.3×	5.0k 0.7×	5.1k 0.9×	4.9k 1.2×	4.6k 1.3×	234	19.1k
Charles Duyckaerts France	72	9.5k 1.1×	6.6k 1.0×	6.6k 1.2×	3.5k 0.9×	4.6k 1.3×	287	21.6k
Eileen H. Bigio United States	47	6.7k 0.8×	4.6k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	144	12.6k
Paul G. Ince United Kingdom	80	6.3k 0.7×	9.2k 1.3×	5.5k 1.0×	3.7k 0.9×	5.1k 1.5×	295	21.7k
Irina Alafuzoff Sweden	61	6.9k 0.8×	3.8k 0.6×	4.4k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	205	14.2k
Peter T. Nelson United States	70	8.8k 1.0×	3.8k 0.6×	8.8k 1.6×	4.8k 1.2×	4.0k 1.2×	273	21.3k
Charlotte E. Teunissen Netherlands	73	9.4k 1.1×	4.3k 0.6×	5.2k 1.0×	7.7k 1.9×	3.8k 1.1×	604	21.5k
Jeffery M. Vance United States	70	10.3k 1.2×	4.2k 0.6×	12.8k 2.4×	3.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.1×	298	29.0k
Barbara J. Crain United States	54	8.0k 0.9×	3.5k 0.5×	5.2k 1.0×	4.9k 1.2×	2.7k 0.8×	153	20.0k
Tamás Révész United Kingdom	69	7.5k 0.9×	14.3k 2.1×	5.5k 1.0×	1.7k 0.4×	4.8k 1.4×	247	21.6k

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Martin, W. R. Wayne, Meghan C. Campbell, Brad A. Racette, et al.. (2022). Neocortical Lewy Body Pathology Parallels Parkinson's Dementia, but Not Always. Annals of Neurology. 93(1). 184–195. 24 indexed citations

Miller, Rebecca L., Dhruva D. Dhavale, Jialu Liu, et al.. (2022). Quantifying regional α ‐synuclein, amyloid β, and tau accumulation in lewy body dementia. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 9(2). 106–121. 28 indexed citations

Hannon, Eilís, Gemma Shireby, Keeley J. Brookes, et al.. (2020). Genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease influences neuropathology via multiple biological pathways. Brain Communications. 2(2). fcaa167–fcaa167. 6 indexed citations

Cairns, Nigel J., Richard J. Perrin, Erin Franklin, et al.. (2015). Neuropathologic assessment of participants in two multi-center longitudinal observational studies: the Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) and the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN). PMC. 2 indexed citations

McKee, Ann C., Victor E. Alvarez, Kevin F. Bieniek, et al.. (2015). Preliminary Results of the NINDS/NIBIB Consensus Meeting to Evaluate Pathological Criteria for the Diagnosis of CTE (P2.178). Neurology. 84(14_supplement). 2 indexed citations

Shim, Yong S., Dong Won Yang, Catherine M. Roe, et al.. (2014). Pathological Correlates of White Matter Hyperintensities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 39(1-2). 92–104. 77 indexed citations

Ghoshal, Nupur, Arie Perry, Daniel W. McKeel, et al.. (2014). Variably Protease-sensitive Prionopathy in an Apparent Cognitively Normal 93-Year-Old. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 29(2). 173–176. 6 indexed citations

Sun, Jun, Nigel J. Cairns, Joel S. Perlmutter, Robert H. Mach, & Jinbin Xu. (2013). Regulation of dopamine D3 receptor in the striatal regions and substantia nigra in diffuse Lewy body disease. Neuroscience. 248. 112–126. 20 indexed citations

Xu, Jinbin, et al.. (2012). Dopamine D1, D2, D3 Receptors, Vesicular Monoamine Transporter Type-2 (VMAT2) and Dopamine Transporter (DAT) Densities in Aged Human Brain. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e49483–e49483. 57 indexed citations

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Halliday, Glenda M., Eileen H. Bigio, Nigel J. Cairns, et al.. (2012). Mechanisms of disease in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: gain of function versus loss of function effects. Acta Neuropathologica. 124(3). 373–382. 72 indexed citations

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Kotzbauer, Paul T., Nigel J. Cairns, Meghan C. Campbell, et al.. (2012). Pathologic Accumulation of α-Synuclein and Aβ in Parkinson Disease Patients With Dementia. Archives of Neurology. 69(10). 1326–1326. 164 indexed citations

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Foster, Erin R., Meghan C. Campbell, Michelle A. Burack, et al.. (2010). Amyloid imaging of Lewy body‐associated disorders. Movement Disorders. 25(15). 2516–2523. 113 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Richard A., Marla Gearing, Eileen H. Bigio, et al.. (2010). The spectrum and severity of FUS-immunoreactive inclusions in the frontal and temporal lobes of ten cases of neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease. Acta Neuropathologica. 121(2). 219–228. 19 indexed citations

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Gitcho, Michael A., Deborah Carter, Lisa Taylor‐Reinwald, et al.. (2009). VCP Mutations Causing Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Disrupt Localization of TDP-43 and Induce Cell Death. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(18). 12384–12398. 93 indexed citations

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Mackenzie, Ian R., Eileen H. Bigio, Paul G. Ince, et al.. (2007). Pathological TDP‐43 distinguishes sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with SOD1 mutations. Annals of Neurology. 61(5). 427–434. 761 indexed citations breakdown →

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Armstrong, Richard A., P. L. Lantos, & Nigel J. Cairns. (2003). A quantitative study of the pathological changes in cortical neurons in sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Neuropathology. 23(3). 181–187. 4 indexed citations

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Fountoulakis, M., Nigel J. Cairns, & Gert Lübec. (1999). Increased levels of 14-3-3 gamma and epsilon proteins in brain of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and Down Syndrome. PubMed. 57. 323–335. 90 indexed citations

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Lippa, Carol F., Hideo Fujiwara, David M. A. Mann, et al.. (1998). Lewy Bodies Contain Altered α-Synuclein in Brains of Many Familial Alzheimer's Disease Patients with Mutations in Presenilin and Amyloid Precursor Protein Genes. American Journal Of Pathology. 153(5). 1365–1370. 429 indexed citations

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Labudová, Olga, Kurt Krapfenbauer, H. Rink, et al.. (1998). Decreased transcription factor junD in brains of patients with Down syndrome. Neuroscience Letters. 252(3). 159–162. 24 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Richard A., et al.. (1992). THE SPATIAL PATTERN OF SENILE PLAQUES, NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES AND A4 DEPOSITS IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE. Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University). 7 indexed citations

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