Patrick Doherty

16.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
172 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

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Patrick Doherty is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Doherty has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 95 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 33 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Patrick Doherty's work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (45 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (43 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (33 papers). Patrick Doherty is often cited by papers focused on Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (45 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (43 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (33 papers). Patrick Doherty collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Patrick Doherty's co-authors include Frank S. Walsh, Emma Williams, Gareth Williams, Frank S. Walsh, Emma‐Jane Williams, Marie T. Filbin, F S Walsh, Stephen E. Moore, Jane L. Saffell and Gitali Mukhopadhyay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Doherty

171 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

A novel role for myelin-associated glycoprotein as an inhibitor of axonal regeneration

1994 883 citations Gitali Mukhopadhyay, Patrick Doherty et al. Neuron profile →
Cloning of the first sn1-DAG lipases points to the spatial and temporal regulation of endocannabinoid signaling in the brain

2003 841 citations Fiona V. Howell, Gareth Williams et al. profile →
Activation of the FGF receptor underlies neurite outgrowth stimulated by L1, N-CAM, and N-cadherin

1994 505 citations Emma Williams, Frank S. Walsh et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Doherty United Kingdom	62	7.0k	6.7k	2.8k	2.5k	2.0k	172	13.3k
Frank S. Walsh United Kingdom	62	5.6k 0.8×	8.2k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	835 0.4×	169	13.1k
Stanley J. Wiegand United States	71	7.3k 1.0×	13.8k 2.1×	3.7k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	856 0.4×	150	29.2k
William D. Snider United States	67	9.4k 1.3×	7.6k 1.1×	4.3k 1.5×	1.9k 0.8×	529 0.3×	132	18.0k
Silvio Varon United States	71	11.9k 1.7×	6.1k 0.9×	5.7k 2.0×	1.4k 0.5×	881 0.5×	237	16.9k
Takeshi Yagi Japan	58	6.9k 1.0×	9.2k 1.4×	1.9k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	283 0.1×	190	14.9k
Elisabeth Bock Denmark	64	4.7k 0.7×	7.8k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	233 0.1×	335	13.9k
Heidi Phillips United States	60	8.0k 1.1×	11.1k 1.7×	3.8k 1.3×	1.3k 0.5×	540 0.3×	140	23.3k
David R. Kaplan Canada	81	11.0k 1.6×	16.4k 2.5×	5.3k 1.9×	2.8k 1.1×	687 0.4×	202	27.9k
Mark Bothwell United States	54	6.9k 1.0×	4.7k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	927 0.4×	539 0.3×	114	10.6k
Alain Prochiantz France	68	7.9k 1.1×	12.6k 1.9×	2.1k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	345 0.2×	204	19.1k

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Alexander, S P H, Patrick Doherty, Christopher J. Fowler, Jürg Gertsch, & Mario van der Stelt. (2025). Endocannabinoid turnover in GtoPdb v.2025.3. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2025(3).

Alexander, S P H, Patrick Doherty, David P. Fairlie, et al.. (2024). Hydrolases & Lipases in GtoPdb v.2024.4. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2024(4). 1 indexed citations

Alexander, S P H, Patrick Doherty, David P. Fairlie, et al.. (2019). Hydrolases (version 2019.5) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2019(5). 1 indexed citations

Williams, Gareth, et al.. (2019). Targeted repositioning identifies drugs that increase fibroblast growth factor 20 production and protect against 6-hydroxydopamine-induced nigral cell loss in rats. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 8336–8336. 18 indexed citations

Williams, Gareth, Ariana Gatt, Earl E. Clarke, et al.. (2019). Drug repurposing for Alzheimer’s disease based on transcriptional profiling of human iPSC-derived cortical neurons. Translational Psychiatry. 9(1). 220–220. 35 indexed citations

Howell, Fiona V., et al.. (2016). Regulated endosomal trafficking of Diacylglycerol lipase alpha (DAGLα) generates distinct cellular pools; implications for endocannabinoid signaling. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 76. 76–86. 10 indexed citations

Doherty, Patrick, et al.. (2013). Nucleofection of Rodent Neuroblasts to Study Neuroblast Migration <em>In vitro</em>. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e50989–e50989. 6 indexed citations

Gao, Ying, Kangwen Deng, Zixuan Cao, et al.. (2010). Amphotericin B, identified from a natural product screen, antagonizes CNS inhibitors to promote axon growth via activation of an Akt pathway in neurons. Journal of Neurochemistry. 113(5). 1331–1342. 12 indexed citations

Williams, Emma, Gareth Williams, Barbara J. Gour, Orest W. Blaschuk, & Patrick Doherty. (2000). A Novel Family of Cyclic Peptide Antagonists Suggests That N-cadherin Specificity Is Determined by Amino Acids That Flank the HAV Motif. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(6). 4007–4012. 135 indexed citations

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Blaschuk, Orest W., et al.. (2000). N-Cadherin Influences Migration of Oligodendrocytes on Astrocyte Monolayers. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 15(3). 288–302. 57 indexed citations

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Archer, Fabienne, et al.. (1999). CAMs and FGF cause a local submembrane calcium signal promoting axon outgrowth without a rise in bulk calcium concentration. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11(10). 3565–3573. 67 indexed citations

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Tang, Song, Ying Shen, María Elena de Bellard, et al.. (1997). Soluble Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein (MAG) Foundin VivoInhibits Axonal Regeneration. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 9(5-6). 333–346. 87 indexed citations

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Hall, Heike, Emma Williams, Stephen E. Moore, et al.. (1996). Inhibition of FGF-stimulated phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis and neurite outgrowth by a cell-membrane permeable phosphopeptide. Current Biology. 6(5). 580–587. 104 indexed citations

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Green, Paula J., Frank S. Walsh, & Patrick Doherty. (1996). Promiscuity of fibroblast growth factor receptors. BioEssays. 18(8). 639–646. 115 indexed citations

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Mukhopadhyay, Gitali, Patrick Doherty, Frank S. Walsh, Paul R. Crocker, & Marie T. Filbin. (1994). A novel role for myelin-associated glycoprotein as an inhibitor of axonal regeneration. Neuron. 13(3). 757–767. 883 indexed citations breakdown →

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Doherty, Patrick & Frank S. Walsh. (1992). Cell adhesion molecules, second messengers and axonal growth. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2(5). 595–601. 101 indexed citations

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Doherty, Patrick, et al.. (1992). Alternative Splicing of the Cytoplasmic Domain of Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Alters Its Ability to Act as a Substrate for Neurite Outgrowth. Journal of Neurochemistry. 58(6). 2338–2341. 48 indexed citations

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Walsh, Frank C. & Patrick Doherty. (1991). Glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchored recognition molecules that function in axonal fasciculation, growth and guidance in the nervous system. Cell Biology International Reports. 15(11). 1151–1166. 27 indexed citations

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Doherty, Patrick, Sandra Ashton, Stephen E. Moore, & Frank S. Walsh. (1991). Morphoregulatory activities of NCAM and N-cadherin can be accounted for by G protein-dependent activation of L- and N-type neuronal Ca2+ channels. Cell. 67(1). 21–33. 349 indexed citations

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Doherty, Patrick, James Cohen, & Frank S. Walsh. (1990). Neurite outgrowth in response to transfected N-CAM changes during development and is modulated by polysialic acid. Neuron. 5(2). 209–219. 273 indexed citations

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