Oleh Hornykiewicz

25.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
204 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

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Oleh Hornykiewicz is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oleh Hornykiewicz has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 111 papers in Neurology and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Oleh Hornykiewicz's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (89 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (77 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (60 papers). Oleh Hornykiewicz is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (89 papers), Neurological disorders and treatments (77 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (60 papers). Oleh Hornykiewicz collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Canada and United States. Oleh Hornykiewicz's co-authors include Stephen J. Kish, H Ehringer, Kathleen Shannak, W Birkmayer, F Seitelberger, H. Bernheimer, K. A. Jellinger, Kenneth G. Lloyd, Christian Pifl and Ali H. Rajput and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Oleh Hornykiewicz

203 papers receiving 19.1k 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.

Brain dopamine and the syndromes of Parkinson and Huntington Clinical, morphological and neurochemical correlations

1973 2.1k citations Oleh Hornykiewicz, F Seitelberger et al. profile →
Uneven Pattern of Dopamine Loss in the Striatum of Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease

1988 1.6k citations Stephen J. Kish, Kathleen Shannak et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Verteilung Von Noradrenalin Und Dopamin (3-Hydroxytyramin) Im Gehirn Des Menschen Und Ihr Verhalten Bei Erkrankungen Des Extrapyramidalen Systems

1960 1.4k citations Oleh Hornykiewicz et al. profile →
DOPAMINE (3-HYDROXYTYRAMINE) AND BRAIN FUNCTION

1966 1.2k citations Oleh Hornykiewicz profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Oleh Hornykiewicz Austria	73	11.3k	10.8k	4.4k	2.1k	2.0k	204	20.2k
Donald B. Calne Canada	68	7.9k 0.7×	12.0k 1.1×	3.5k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	2.5k 1.2×	263	20.3k
Stephen J. Kish Canada	73	9.5k 0.8×	6.3k 0.6×	5.6k 1.3×	2.2k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	284	17.9k
Anne B. Young United States	69	14.9k 1.3×	7.1k 0.7×	8.9k 2.0×	1.9k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	167	20.4k
Roger L. Albin United States	75	11.6k 1.0×	10.6k 1.0×	6.3k 1.4×	2.6k 1.3×	3.6k 1.8×	315	21.8k
John B. Penney United States	63	13.4k 1.2×	7.7k 0.7×	6.4k 1.5×	1.1k 0.5×	2.6k 1.3×	139	17.1k
A. Jon Stoessl Canada	65	6.5k 0.6×	9.8k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	317	16.5k
Roger C. Duvoisin United States	45	7.3k 0.6×	12.6k 1.2×	3.2k 0.7×	3.3k 1.6×	909 0.4×	140	16.6k
Peter Jenner United Kingdom	81	12.5k 1.1×	15.2k 1.4×	9.3k 2.1×	4.2k 2.0×	2.0k 1.0×	463	31.0k
Jeffrey H. Kordower United States	76	12.6k 1.1×	10.3k 0.9×	9.5k 2.1×	5.0k 2.4×	2.3k 1.1×	243	24.8k
Menek Goldstein United States	82	15.5k 1.4×	3.9k 0.4×	9.5k 2.1×	3.4k 1.6×	2.5k 1.2×	339	24.7k

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Hornykiewicz, Oleh. (2017). L-DOPA. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 7(s1). S3–S10. 26 indexed citations

Tong, Junchao, Lee-Cyn Ang, Belinda Williams, et al.. (2015). Low levels of astroglial markers in Parkinson’s disease: relationship to α-synuclein accumulation. Neurobiology of Disease. 82. 243–253. 86 indexed citations

Tong, Junchao, Henry Wong, Mark Guttman, et al.. (2009). Brain α-synuclein accumulation in multiple system atrophy, Parkinson's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy: a comparative investigation. Brain. 133(1). 172–188. 160 indexed citations

Kish, Stephen J., Junchao Tong, Oleh Hornykiewicz, et al.. (2007). Preferential loss of serotonin markers in caudate versus putamen in Parkinson's disease. Brain. 131(Pt 1). 120–31. 303 indexed citations

Zecca, Luigi, Antonella Stroppolo, Alberto Gatti, et al.. (2004). The role of iron and copper molecules in the neuronal vulnerability of locus coeruleus and substantia nigra during aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(26). 9843–9848. 387 indexed citations

Fenton, Mark, Sam Birdi, Robert Macaulay, et al.. (2002). Clinical–Pathological study of levodopa complications. Movement Disorders. 17(2). 289–296. 101 indexed citations

Hornykiewicz, Oleh. (2002). L-DOPA: From a biologically inactive amino acid to a successful therapeutic agent. Amino Acids. 23(1-3). 65–70. 120 indexed citations

Hornykiewicz, Oleh. (2001). How L-DOPA was discovered as a drug for Parkinson's disease 40 years ago.. PubMed. 113(22). 855–62. 17 indexed citations

Muenter, Manfred D., Lysia S. Forno, Oleh Hornykiewicz, et al.. (1998). Hereditary form of parkinsonism—dementia. Annals of Neurology. 43(6). 768–781. 136 indexed citations

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Hörtnagl, Heide, M. Berger, L Havelec, & Oleh Hornykiewicz. (1993). Role of glucocorticoids in the cholinergic degeneration in rat hippocampus induced by ethylcholine aziridinium (AF64A). Journal of Neuroscience. 13(7). 2939–2945. 63 indexed citations

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Pifl, Christian, et al.. (1992). Sensitization of Dopamine‐Stimulated Adenylyl Cyclase in the Striatum of 1‐Methyl‐4‐Phenyl‐1,2,3,6‐Tetrahydropyridine‐Treated Rhesus Monkeys and Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Neurochemistry. 58(6). 1997–2004. 41 indexed citations

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Kish, Stephen J., Kathleen Shannak, & Oleh Hornykiewicz. (1988). Uneven Pattern of Dopamine Loss in the Striatum of Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 318(14). 876–880. 1602 indexed citations breakdown →

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Baran, Halina, Hans Lassmann, Günther Sperk, F Seitelberger, & Oleh Hornykiewicz. (1987). Effect of mannitol treatment on brain neurotransmitter markers in kainic acid-induced epilepsy. Neuroscience. 21(3). 679–684. 56 indexed citations

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Livingston, Kenneth E. & Oleh Hornykiewicz. (1978). Limbic mechanisms : the continuing evolution of the limbic system concept : [proceedings of the Limbic System Symposium held at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 5-6, 1976, as a satellite to the sixth annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience]. Plenum Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Kevin, Lisa Davidson, & Oleh Hornykiewicz. (1975). The neurochemistry of Parkinson's disease: effect of L-dopa therapy.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 195(3). 453–464. 311 indexed citations

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Davidson, Lynne, et al.. (1971). l-DOPA treatment in Parkinson's disease: Effect on dopamine and related substances in discrete brain regions. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 27(9). 1048–1049. 56 indexed citations

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Lloyd, Kenneth G. & Oleh Hornykiewicz. (1970). Dopa decarboxylase in human brain. 12(2). 256. 9 indexed citations

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Hornykiewicz, Oleh, et al.. (1969). The Pharmacology of Psychotherapeutic Drugs. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations

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Hornykiewicz, Oleh, et al.. (1967). Wirkung von Chlorpromazin (CPZ) und ?-Methyl-p-Tyrosin (?MpT) auf den Dopamin-(DA) Gehalt des nigro-stri�ren Systems. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 257(3). 289–290. 3 indexed citations

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Hornykiewicz, Oleh. (1963). [The tropical localization and content of noradrenalin and dopamine (3-hydroxytyramine) in the substantia nigra of normal persons and patients with Parkinson's disease].. PubMed. 75. 309–12. 122 indexed citations

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