Nigel J. Cairns

51.1k citations

181 papers · 17.6k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 58

Physiology top 0.05%
Neurology top 0.05%
Molecular Biology top 1%
Psychiatry and Mental health top 0.2%
Neurology top 0.1%

Co-authors: John Q. Trojanowski Gert Lübec R. Anthony Crowther Michel Goedert Maria Grazia Spillantini P. L. Lantos Eileen H. Bigio John C. Morris
Topics: Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (71 papers)Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (38 papers)Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (37 papers)
Cited by: Neurology Physiology
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry Neuron PLoS ONE
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Austria

In The Last Decade

Nigel J. Cairns

180 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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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1	Neocortical Lewy Body Pathology Parallels Parkinson's Dementia, but Not Always 2022 ·Annals of Neurology ·W. R. Wayne Martin,(unknown),Meghan C. Campbell,Brad A. Racette,Scott A. Norris,Mwiza Ushe,Susan R. Criswell,Albert A. Davis,(unknown),Baijayanta Maiti,Nigel J. Cairns,Richard J. Perrin,Paul T. Kotzbauer,Joel S. Perlmutter	24
2	Quantifying regional α ‐synuclein, amyloid β, and tau accumulation in lewy body dementia 2022 ·Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology ·Rebecca L. Miller,Dhruva D. Dhavale,(unknown),(unknown),Jialu Liu,Erin Franklin,Chandana Buddhala,Susan K. Loftin,John R. Cirrito,Richard J. Perrin,Nigel J. Cairns,Meghan C. Campbell,Joel S. Perlmutter,Paul T. Kotzbauer	28
3	Genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease influences neuropathology via multiple biological pathways 2020 ·Brain Communications ·Eilís Hannon,Gemma Shireby,Keeley J. Brookes,Johannes Attems,Rebecca Sims,Nigel J. Cairns,Seth Love,Alan Thomas,Kevin Morgan,Paul T. Francis,Jonathan Mill	6
4	Neuropathologic assessment of participants in two multi-center longitudinal observational studies: the Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) and the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) 2015 ·PMC ·Nigel J. Cairns,Richard J. Perrin,Erin Franklin,Deborah Carter,(unknown),Mingqiang Xie,Randall J. Bateman,Tammie L.S. Benzinger,Karl A. Friedrichsen,William S. Brooks,Glenda M. Halliday,Catriona McLean,Bernardino Ghetti,John C. Morris	2
5	Preliminary Results of the NINDS/NIBIB Consensus Meeting to Evaluate Pathological Criteria for the Diagnosis of CTE (P2.178) 2015 ·Neurology ·Ann C. McKee,Victor E. Alvarez,Kevin F. Bieniek,Nigel J. Cairns,John F. Crary,Kristen Dams-O’Connor,Rebecca D. Folkerth,C. Dirk Keene,Irene Litvan,Thomas J. Montine,Philip H. Montenigro,Daniel P. Perl,Thor D. Stein,(unknown),Yorghos Tripodis,Jean Paul Vonsattel,Wayne A. Gordon,Dennis W. Dickson	2
6	Pathological Correlates of White Matter Hyperintensities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2014 ·Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders ·Yong S. Shim,Dong Won Yang,Catherine M. Roe,Mary A. Coats,Tammie L.S. Benzinger,Chengjie Xiong,James E. Galvin,Nigel J. Cairns,John C. Morris	77
7	Variably Protease-sensitive Prionopathy in an Apparent Cognitively Normal 93-Year-Old 2014 ·Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders ·Nupur Ghoshal,Arie Perry,Daniel W. McKeel,Robert E. Schmidt,Deborah Carter,Joanne Norton,Wen‐Quan Zou,Xiangzhu Xiao,Gianfranco Puoti,Silvio Notari,Pierluigi Gambetti,John C. Morris,Nigel J. Cairns	6
8	Regulation of dopamine D3 receptor in the striatal regions and substantia nigra in diffuse Lewy body disease 2013 ·Neuroscience ·Jun Sun,Nigel J. Cairns,Joel S. Perlmutter,Robert H. Mach,Jinbin Xu	20
9	Dopamine D1, D2, D3 Receptors, Vesicular Monoamine Transporter Type-2 (VMAT2) and Dopamine Transporter (DAT) Densities in Aged Human Brain 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown),Jinbin Xu,Nigel J. Cairns,Joel S. Perlmutter,Robert H. Mach	57
10	Mechanisms of disease in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: gain of function versus loss of function effects 2012 ·Acta Neuropathologica ·Glenda M. Halliday,Eileen H. Bigio,Nigel J. Cairns,Manuela Neumann,Ian R. Mackenzie,David Mann	72
11	Pathologic Accumulation of α-Synuclein and Aβ in Parkinson Disease Patients With Dementia 2012 ·Archives of Neurology ·Paul T. Kotzbauer,Nigel J. Cairns,Meghan C. Campbell,Allison W. Willis,Brad A. Racette,Samer D. Tabbal,Joel S. Perlmutter	164
12	Amyloid imaging of Lewy body‐associated disorders 2010 ·Movement Disorders ·Erin R. Foster,Meghan C. Campbell,Michelle A. Burack,Johanna M Hartlein,Hubert Flores,Nigel J. Cairns,Tamara Hershey,Joel S. Perlmutter	113
13	The spectrum and severity of FUS-immunoreactive inclusions in the frontal and temporal lobes of ten cases of neuronal intermediate filament inclusion disease 2010 ·Acta Neuropathologica ·Richard A. Armstrong,Marla Gearing,Eileen H. Bigio,Felix Cruz-Sánchez,Charles Duyckaerts,Ian R. Mackenzie,Robert H. Perry,Kari Skullerud,(unknown),Nigel J. Cairns	19
14	VCP Mutations Causing Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration Disrupt Localization of TDP-43 and Induce Cell Death 2009 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Michael A. Gitcho,(unknown),Deborah Carter,Lisa Taylor‐Reinwald,Mark S. Forman,Alison Goate,Nigel J. Cairns	93
15	Pathological TDP‐43 distinguishes sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with SOD1 mutationsbreakdown → 2007 ·Annals of Neurology ·Ian R. Mackenzie,Eileen H. Bigio,Paul G. Ince,Felix Geser,Manuela Neumann,Nigel J. Cairns,Linda K. Kwong,Mark S. Forman,John Ravits,Heather Stewart,Andrew Eisen,(unknown),Hans A. Kretzschmar,Camelia Maria Monoranu,J. Robin Highley,Janine Kirby,Teepu Siddique,Pamela J. Shaw,(unknown),John Q. Trojanowski	761
16	A quantitative study of the pathological changes in cortical neurons in sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease 2003 ·Neuropathology ·Richard A. Armstrong,P. L. Lantos,Nigel J. Cairns	4
17	Increased levels of 14-3-3 gamma and epsilon proteins in brain of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and Down Syndrome 1999 ·PubMed ·M. Fountoulakis,Nigel J. Cairns,Gert Lübec	90
18	Lewy Bodies Contain Altered α-Synuclein in Brains of Many Familial Alzheimer's Disease Patients with Mutations in Presenilin and Amyloid Precursor Protein Genes 1998 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Carol F. Lippa,Hideo Fujiwara,David M. A. Mann,Benoit I. Giasson,Minami Baba,Marie L. Schmidt,Linda E. Nee,Brendan P. O’Connell,(unknown),Peter St George‐Hyslop,Bernardino Ghetti,David Nochlin,Thomas D. Bird,Nigel J. Cairns,Virginia M.‐Y. Lee,Takeshi Iwatsubo,John Q. Trojanowski	429
19	Decreased transcription factor junD in brains of patients with Down syndrome 1998 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Olga Labudová,Kurt Krapfenbauer,(unknown),H. Rink,Erwin Kitzmüller,Nigel J. Cairns,Gert Lübec	24
20	THE SPATIAL PATTERN OF SENILE PLAQUES, NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES AND A4 DEPOSITS IN ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE 1992 ·Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University) ·Richard A. Armstrong,(unknown),(unknown),Nigel J. Cairns,Philip J. Luthert	7

About Nigel J. Cairns

Nigel J. Cairns is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 181 papers that have together received 17.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this 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). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (6.8k citations), Neurology (3.4k citations) and Physiology (8.5k citations). Nigel J. Cairns has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Neuron and PLoS ONE.

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