Paula Desplats

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Paula Desplats is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Paula Desplats has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Neurology and 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Paula Desplats's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (17 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (9 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers). Paula Desplats is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (17 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (9 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (8 papers). Paula Desplats collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Korea. Paula Desplats's co-authors include Eliezer Masliah, Edward Rockenstein, Seung‐Jae Lee, Brian Spencer, Christina Patrick, Leslie Crews, Eun-Jin Bae, He-Jin Lee, Beate Winner and Elizabeth A. Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Paula Desplats

50 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

In vivo demonstration that α-synuclein oligomers are toxic

2011 1.2k citations Beate Winner, Paula Desplats et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Inclusion formation and neuronal cell death through neuron-to-neuron transmission of α-synuclein

2009 1.2k citations Paula Desplats, He-Jin Lee et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Henry J. Waldvogel New Zealand

Ilaria Mengoni Italy

Jeffrey N. Savas United States

Luc Maroteaux France

Jordi Alberch Spain

Marc Flajolet United States

Maurice A. Curtis New Zealand

Johannes Hirrlinger Germany

Karen L. O’Malley United States

Henry J. Waldvogel New Zealand

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Countries citing papers authored by Paula Desplats

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paula Desplats

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paula Desplats

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paula Desplats. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paula Desplats based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Paula Desplats. Paula Desplats is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Romero, Haylie, et al.. (2023). Spatial transcriptomics identifies disrupted circadian gene expression in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S13). 1 indexed citations

Nasamran, Chanond A., Yuliya I. Kuras, Clemens R. Scherzer, et al.. (2021). Differential blood DNA methylation across Lewy body dementias. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring. 13(1). e12156–e12156. 9 indexed citations

Gutierrez, Ashley, Jody Corey‐Bloom, Elizabeth A. Thomas, & Paula Desplats. (2020). Evaluation of Biochemical and Epigenetic Measures of Peripheral Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) as a Biomarker in Huntington’s Disease Patients. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 12. 335–335. 42 indexed citations

Desplats, Paula, Ashley Gutierrez, Marta C. Antonelli, & Martin G. Frasch. (2019). Microglial memory of early life stress, epigenetic mechanisms and susceptibility to neurodegeneration in adulthood. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

Desplats, Paula, Ashley Gutierrez, Marta C. Antonelli, & Martin G. Frasch. (2019). Microglial memory of early life stress and inflammation: Susceptibility to neurodegeneration in adulthood. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 117. 232–242. 39 indexed citations

Valera, Elvira, et al.. (2019). Alterations in Striatal microRNA-mRNA Networks Contribute to Neuroinflammation in Multiple System Atrophy. Molecular Neurobiology. 56(10). 7003–7021. 26 indexed citations

Spencer, Brian, et al.. (2018). Identification of Insulin Receptor Splice Variant B in Neurons by in situ Detection in Human Brain Samples. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4070–4070. 12 indexed citations

Kim, Changyoun, Emmanuel A. Ojo-Amaize, Brian Spencer, et al.. (2015). Hypoestoxide reduces neuroinflammation and α-synuclein accumulation in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 12(1). 236–236. 31 indexed citations

Desplats, Paula, Wilmar Dumaop, Davey M. Smith, et al.. (2013). Molecular and pathologic insights from latent HIV-1 infection in the human brain. Neurology. 80(15). 1415–1423. 146 indexed citations

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Masliah, Eliezer, Wilmar Dumaop, Douglas Galasko, & Paula Desplats. (2013). Distinctive patterns of DNA methylation associated with Parkinson disease. Epigenetics. 8(10). 1030–1038. 246 indexed citations

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Tsigelny, Igor F., Yuriy Sharikov, Wolfgang Wrasidlo, et al.. (2012). Role of α‐synuclein penetration into the membrane in the mechanisms of oligomer pore formation. FEBS Journal. 279(6). 1000–1013. 139 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung‐Jae, Paula Desplats, He-Jin Lee, Brian Spencer, & Eliezer Masliah. (2012). Cell-to-Cell Transmission of α-Synuclein Aggregates. Methods in molecular biology. 849. 347–359. 45 indexed citations

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Tang, Bin, Kristina Bečanović, Paula Desplats, et al.. (2012). Forkhead box protein p1 is a transcriptional repressor of immune signaling in the CNS: implications for transcriptional dysregulation in Huntington disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 21(14). 3097–3111. 43 indexed citations

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Desplats, Paula, Brian Spencer, Leslie Crews, et al.. (2012). α-Synuclein Induces Alterations in Adult Neurogenesis in Parkinson Disease Models via p53-mediated Repression of Notch1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(38). 31691–31702. 60 indexed citations

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Denny, Christine A., Paula Desplats, Elizabeth A. Thomas, & Thomas N. Seyfried. (2010). Cerebellar lipid differences between R6/1 transgenic mice and humans with Huntington’s disease. Journal of Neurochemistry. 115(3). 748–758. 38 indexed citations

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Desplats, Paula, He-Jin Lee, Eun-Jin Bae, et al.. (2009). Inclusion formation and neuronal cell death through neuron-to-neuron transmission of α-synuclein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(31). 13010–13015. 1156 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, Elizabeth A., Giovanni Coppola, Paula Desplats, et al.. (2008). The HDAC inhibitor 4b ameliorates the disease phenotype and transcriptional abnormalities in Huntington's disease transgenic mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(40). 15564–15569. 233 indexed citations

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Desplats, Paula, James R. Lambert, & Elizabeth A. Thomas. (2008). Functional roles for the striatal-enriched transcription factor, Bcl11b, in the control of striatal gene expression and transcriptional dysregulation in Huntington's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 31(3). 298–308. 50 indexed citations

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Desplats, Paula, Tim Gilmartin, Gregg D. Stanwood, et al.. (2006). Selective deficits in the expression of striatal‐enriched mRNAs in Huntington's disease. Journal of Neurochemistry. 96(3). 743–757. 105 indexed citations

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Desplats, Paula, Eduardo J. Folco, & Graciela L. Salerno. (2005). Sucrose may play an additional role to that of an osmolyte in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 salt-shocked cells. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 43(2). 133–138. 58 indexed citations

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