Owain W. Howell

10.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
58 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

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Owain W. Howell is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Owain W. Howell has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 23 papers in Neurology and 18 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Owain W. Howell's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (34 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (22 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (18 papers). Owain W. Howell is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (34 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (22 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (18 papers). Owain W. Howell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Owain W. Howell's co-authors include Richard Reynolds, Roberta Magliozzi, Richard Nicholas, Francesca Aloisi, Barbara Serafini, Federico Roncaroli, Maria Puopolo, Cheryl Reeves, John Atack and Cyrille Sur and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Owain W. Howell

55 papers receiving 6.9k citations

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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.

Meningeal B-cell follicles in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis associate with early onset of disease and severe cortical pathology

2006 1.1k citations Roberta Magliozzi, Owain W. Howell et al. Brain profile →
Meningeal inflammation is widespread and linked to cortical pathology in multiple sclerosis

2011 630 citations Owain W. Howell, Richard Nicholas et al. Brain profile →
A Gradient of neuronal loss and meningeal inflammation in multiple sclerosis

2010 543 citations Roberta Magliozzi, Owain W. Howell et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Enhanced Learning and Memory and Altered GABAergic Synaptic Transmission in Mice Lacking the α5 Subunit of the GABA_AReceptor

2002 509 citations Cyrille Sur, Owain W. Howell et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Owain W. Howell United Kingdom	34	3.4k	1.9k	1.8k	1.8k	1.4k	58	7.0k
Don Mahad United Kingdom	35	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	56	6.6k
Inge Huitinga Netherlands	48	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	3.2k 1.8×	2.2k 1.5×	119	7.7k
Grahame J. Kidd United States	45	1.6k 0.5×	2.2k 1.2×	3.1k 1.7×	3.1k 1.7×	1.5k 1.0×	93	8.9k
Ranjan Dutta United States	30	1.8k 0.5×	767 0.4×	2.2k 1.2×	2.7k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	80	6.3k
Ryo Yamasaki Japan	33	972 0.3×	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	2.9k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	187	6.6k
Wendy B. Macklin United States	57	1.3k 0.4×	2.8k 1.5×	4.9k 2.7×	2.1k 1.1×	988 0.7×	163	10.5k
Alexandra Kutzelnigg Austria	19	2.4k 0.7×	417 0.2×	722 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	402 0.3×	28	4.0k
Anis K. Mir Switzerland	38	876 0.3×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	581 0.4×	88	4.7k
Matthew Craner United Kingdom	22	1.3k 0.4×	838 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	547 0.3×	932 0.6×	31	3.8k
Nicole Schaeren‐Wiemers Switzerland	40	590 0.2×	1.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.3×	858 0.5×	625 0.4×	81	5.2k

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Middleton, Rod, I Farkas, David R. Owen, et al.. (2023). Comparing the Pathology, Clinical, and Demographic Characteristics of Younger and Older‐Onset Multiple Sclerosis. Annals of Neurology. 95(3). 471–486. 13 indexed citations

Watkins, Lewis M., Michelle Naughton, Marie Dittmer, et al.. (2023). Complement activation and increased anaphylatoxin receptor expression are associated with cortical grey matter lesions and the compartmentalised inflammatory response of multiple sclerosis. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17. 1094106–1094106. 11 indexed citations

Magliozzi, Roberta, Owain W. Howell, Massimiliano Calabrese, & Richard Reynolds. (2023). Meningeal inflammation as a driver of cortical grey matter pathology and clinical progression in multiple sclerosis. Nature Reviews Neurology. 19(8). 461–476. 42 indexed citations

Magliozzi, Roberta, Giulia Fadda, Robert A. Brown, et al.. (2022). “Ependymal‐in” Gradient of Thalamic Damage in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Annals of Neurology. 92(4). 670–685. 36 indexed citations

Naughton, Michelle, et al.. (2022). A Review of Compartmentalised Inflammation and Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in the Pathophysiology of Multiple Sclerosis. Biomedicines. 10(10). 2604–2604. 15 indexed citations

Angelini, Roberto, Eylan Yutuc, Mark F. Wyatt, et al.. (2021). Visualizing Cholesterol in the Brain by On-Tissue Derivatization and Quantitative Mass Spectrometry Imaging. Analytical Chemistry. 93(11). 4932–4943. 46 indexed citations

Hauser, Stefan, Eylan Yutuc, Holger Hengel, et al.. (2021). Metabolic profiling in serum, cerebrospinal fluid, and brain of patients with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis. Journal of Lipid Research. 62. 100078–100078. 11 indexed citations

Naughton, Michelle, Andrew Young, John Falconer, et al.. (2020). CCN3 is dynamically regulated by treatment and disease state in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 17(1). 349–349. 12 indexed citations

Yutuc, Eylan, Roberto Angelini, Mark Baumert, et al.. (2020). Localization of sterols and oxysterols in mouse brain reveals distinct spatial cholesterol metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(11). 5749–5760. 66 indexed citations

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Santos, Vanessa Valgas dos, Mathieu Méquinion, Romana Stark, et al.. (2020). Unacylated-Ghrelin Impairs Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Memory in Mice and Is Altered in Parkinson’s Dementia in Humans. Cell Reports Medicine. 1(7). 100120–100120. 25 indexed citations

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Rees, Daniel, Brianne A. Kent, Timothy J. Bussey, et al.. (2019). Calorie restriction activates new adult born olfactory‐bulb neurones in a ghrelin‐dependent manner but acyl‐ghrelin does not enhance subventricular zone neurogenesis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 31(7). e12755–e12755. 14 indexed citations

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Ingram, Gillian, Sam Loveless, Owain W. Howell, et al.. (2014). Complement activation in multiple sclerosis plaques: an immunohistochemical analysis. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 2(1). 53–53. 135 indexed citations

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Choi, Sung R., Owain W. Howell, Daniele Carassiti, et al.. (2012). Meningeal inflammation plays a role in the pathology of primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Brain. 135(10). 2925–2937. 286 indexed citations

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Lovato, Laura, Simon N. Willis, Scott J. Rodig, et al.. (2011). Related B cell clones populate the meninges and parenchyma of patients with multiple sclerosis. Brain. 134(2). 534–541. 167 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Richard, Federico Roncaroli, Richard Nicholas, et al.. (2011). The neuropathological basis of clinical progression in multiple sclerosis. Acta Neuropathologica. 122(2). 155–170. 168 indexed citations

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Campbell, G., Iryna Ziabreva, Amy K. Reeve, et al.. (2010). Mitochondrial DNA deletions and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis. Annals of Neurology. 69(3). 481–492. 277 indexed citations

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Howell, Owain W., et al.. (2007). NPY mediates basal and seizure-induced proliferation in the subcallosal zone. Neuroreport. 18(10). 1005–1008. 14 indexed citations

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Reynolds, David S., Thomas W. Rosahl, Jennifer Cirone, et al.. (2003). Sedation and anesthesia mediated by distinct GABA(A) receptor isoforms.. PubMed Central. 23(24). 8608–17. 240 indexed citations

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Howell, Owain W., Helen E. Scharfman, Herbert Herzog, et al.. (2003). Neuropeptide Y is neuroproliferative for post‐natal hippocampal precursor cells. Journal of Neurochemistry. 86(3). 646–659. 144 indexed citations

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Howell, Owain W., et al.. (2000). Changes in [3H]zolpidem and [3H]Ro 15-1788 binding in rat globus pallidus and substantia nigra pars reticulata following a nigrostriatal tract lesion. Brain Research. 862(1-2). 280–283. 12 indexed citations

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