Puneet Opal

2.9k total citations
51 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Puneet Opal is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Puneet Opal has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 31 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Puneet Opal's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (27 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers) and Skin and Cellular Biology Research (13 papers). Puneet Opal is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (27 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (17 papers) and Skin and Cellular Biology Research (13 papers). Puneet Opal collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Puneet Opal's co-authors include Alessandro Didonna, Henry L. Paulson, Robert D. Goldman, Marija Cvetanović, Ya-Hui Chou, Satya Khuon, Ran D. Goldman, Peter M. Steinert, John Eriksson and Harry T. Orr and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Puneet Opal

50 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Puneet Opal United States 25 1.3k 852 568 426 221 51 2.1k
E Chabrol France 18 727 0.6× 673 0.8× 207 0.4× 308 0.7× 154 0.7× 28 1.6k
Yanmin Yang United States 20 1.2k 0.9× 478 0.6× 1.0k 1.8× 145 0.3× 156 0.7× 31 2.1k
Ivelisse Sánchez Spain 20 1.2k 0.9× 979 1.1× 268 0.5× 369 0.9× 98 0.4× 31 1.9k
Teresia Osborn United States 15 1.3k 1.0× 671 0.8× 372 0.7× 311 0.7× 102 0.5× 18 1.9k
David R. Gies United States 14 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 334 0.6× 204 0.5× 151 0.7× 16 2.4k
John R. Bermingham United States 25 1.4k 1.1× 671 0.8× 279 0.5× 151 0.4× 262 1.2× 40 2.3k
Lee A. Ligon United States 18 1.1k 0.8× 348 0.4× 946 1.7× 215 0.5× 69 0.3× 24 1.8k
Györgyi Szebenyi United States 19 1.6k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 976 1.7× 171 0.4× 253 1.1× 23 2.5k
Conrad L. Leung United States 21 1.2k 0.9× 476 0.6× 1.3k 2.4× 286 0.7× 139 0.6× 31 2.4k
Go Shioi Japan 29 2.1k 1.6× 369 0.4× 584 1.0× 162 0.4× 294 1.3× 52 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Puneet Opal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Puneet Opal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Puneet Opal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Puneet Opal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Puneet Opal 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 Puneet Opal. Puneet Opal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kerestes, Rebecca, et al.. (2025). The cerebellum in epilepsy. Epilepsia. 66(6). 1773–1792. 2 indexed citations
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Lin, Chi‐Ying, Sheng‐Han Kuo, & Puneet Opal. (2024). Cognitive, Emotional, and Other Non-motor Symptoms of Spinocerebellar Ataxias. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. 24(3). 47–54. 3 indexed citations
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Tan, Eng-King, Alberto Albanese, К. Ray Chaudhuri, et al.. (2020). Neurological research & training after the easing of lockdown in countries impacted by COVID-19. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 418. 117105–117105. 1 indexed citations
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Didonna, Alessandro & Puneet Opal. (2019). The role of neurofilament aggregation in neurodegeneration: lessons from rare inherited neurological disorders. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 14(1). 19–19. 86 indexed citations
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Murmann, Andrea E., Jindan Yu, Puneet Opal, & Marcus E. Peter. (2018). Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion Diseases, RNAi, and Cancer. Trends in cancer. 4(10). 684–700. 17 indexed citations
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Didonna, Alessandro, et al.. (2018). Mutant ataxin1 disrupts cerebellar development in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(6). 2252–2265. 41 indexed citations
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Huang, Yu‐Shan, et al.. (2016). The role of gigaxonin in the degradation of the glial-specific intermediate filament protein GFAP. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(25). 3980–3990. 23 indexed citations
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Venkatraman, Anand & Puneet Opal. (2016). Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration with anti‐Yo antibodies – a review. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 3(8). 655–663. 68 indexed citations
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Israeli, Eitan, Dilyan I. Dryanovski, Paul T. Schumacker, et al.. (2016). Intermediate filament aggregates cause mitochondrial dysmotility and increase energy demands in giant axonal neuropathy. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(11). 2143–2157. 41 indexed citations
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Lowery, Jason, Nikhil Jain, Edward R. Kuczmarski, et al.. (2015). Abnormal intermediate filament organization alters mitochondrial motility in giant axonal neuropathy fibroblasts. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(4). 608–616. 25 indexed citations
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Nemeth, Alexander J., Matthew T. Walker, Prasoon P. Mohan, et al.. (2014). An investigation of diffusion imaging techniques in the evaluation of spinocerebellar ataxia and multisystem atrophy. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 22(1). 166–172. 4 indexed citations
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Venkatraman, Anand, et al.. (2014). The histone deacetylase HDAC3 is essential for Purkinje cell function, potentially complicating the use of HDAC inhibitors in SCA1. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(14). 3733–3745. 35 indexed citations
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Opal, Puneet & Robert D. Goldman. (2013). Explaining intermediate filament accumulation in giant axonal neuropathy. PubMed. 1(1). e25378–e25378. 8 indexed citations
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Cvetanović, Marija, Jay Patel, Hugo H. Marti, Ameet R. Kini, & Puneet Opal. (2011). Vascular endothelial growth factor ameliorates the ataxic phenotype in a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. Nature Medicine. 17(11). 1445–1447. 76 indexed citations
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Opal, Puneet, Jesús Javier Martínez García, Friedrich Propst, et al.. (2003). Mapmodulin/Leucine-rich Acidic Nuclear Protein Binds the Light Chain of Microtubule-associated Protein 1B and Modulates Neuritogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(36). 34691–34699. 60 indexed citations
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Opal, Puneet & Huda Y. Zoghbi. (2002). The role of chaperones in polyglutamine disease. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 8(5). 232–236. 23 indexed citations
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Opal, Puneet & Henry L. Paulson. (1998). Genetic Instabilities and Hereditary Neurological Diseases. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 63(6). 1921–1921. 191 indexed citations
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Eriksson, John, Puneet Opal, & Robert D. Goldman. (1992). Intermediate filament dynamics. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 4(1). 99–104. 130 indexed citations
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Goldman, Robert D., Ya-Hui Chou, G. Dessev, et al.. (1991). Dynamic Aspects of Cytoskeletal and Karyoskeletal Intermediate Filament Systems during the Cell Cycle. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 56(0). 629–642. 11 indexed citations

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