Ramasamy Thangavel

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Ramasamy Thangavel is a scholar working on Neurology, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ramasamy Thangavel has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Neurology, 22 papers in Physiology and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ramasamy Thangavel's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (26 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (22 papers) and Mast cells and histamine (10 papers). Ramasamy Thangavel is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (26 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (22 papers) and Mast cells and histamine (10 papers). Ramasamy Thangavel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Ramasamy Thangavel's co-authors include Asgar Zaheer, Duraisamy Kempuraj, Smita Zaheer, Shankar S. Iyer, Mohammad Ejaz Ahmed, Govindhasamy Pushpavathi Selvakumar, Sudhanshu P. Raikwar, Daniyal Saeed, Prashant Natteru and Sidra Zaheer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Ramasamy Thangavel

62 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Neuroinflammation Induces Neurodegeneration.

2016 569 citations Duraisamy Kempuraj, Ramasamy Thangavel et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ramasamy Thangavel United States	32	1.3k	1.1k	1.1k	616	592	63	3.8k
Na Zhao China	31	1.8k 1.4×	943 0.9×	1.8k 1.7×	494 0.8×	612 1.0×	139	4.9k
Claudia Schwab Canada	30	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	805 1.3×	928 1.6×	52	4.2k
Asgar Zaheer United States	36	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	950 0.9×	730 1.2×	748 1.3×	114	4.5k
Cinzia Dello Russo Italy	32	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	877 0.8×	219 0.4×	555 0.9×	77	3.5k
Yang Shi United States	29	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	235 0.4×	808 1.4×	82	3.9k
M. Zameel Cader United Kingdom	29	2.0k 1.6×	778 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	495 0.8×	880 1.5×	80	4.7k
Tarja Malm Finland	42	2.6k 2.0×	1.7k 1.6×	1.8k 1.7×	416 0.7×	826 1.4×	135	5.8k
Gundars Goldsteins Finland	34	1.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	914 1.5×	1.1k 1.9×	50	4.6k
Seong‐Ho Koh South Korea	36	2.1k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	983 1.6×	793 1.3×	166	5.5k
Shao‐Hua Yang United States	41	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	881 0.8×	401 0.7×	752 1.3×	89	4.5k

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Thangavel, Ramasamy, Harleen Kaur, Iuliia Dubova, et al.. (2024). Parkinson’s Disease Dementia Patients: Expression of Glia Maturation Factor in the Brain. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(2). 1182–1182. 3 indexed citations

Thangavel, Ramasamy, et al.. (2024). Mice Expressing A53T/A30P Mutant Alpha-Synuclein in Dopamine Neurons Do Not Display Behavioral Deficits. eNeuro. 11(2). ENEURO.0170–23.2023.

Thangavel, Ramasamy, Serena B. Gumusoglu, Hisham Abdelmotilib, et al.. (2023). Alpha-Synuclein Pre-Formed Fibrils Injected into Prefrontal Cortex Primarily Spread to Cortical and Subcortical Structures. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 14(1). 81–94. 10 indexed citations

Kempuraj, Duraisamy, Ramasamy Thangavel, Mohammad Ejaz Ahmed, et al.. (2020). Neuroprotective effects of flavone luteolin in neuroinflammation and neurotrauma. BioFactors. 47(2). 190–197. 168 indexed citations

Selvakumar, Govindhasamy Pushpavathi, Mohammad Ejaz Ahmed, Shankar S. Iyer, et al.. (2020). Absence of Glia Maturation Factor Protects from Axonal Injury and Motor Behavioral Impairments after Traumatic Brain Injury. Experimental Neurobiology. 29(3). 230–248. 14 indexed citations

Ahmed, Mohammad Ejaz, Govindhasamy Pushpavathi Selvakumar, Ramasamy Thangavel, et al.. (2020). Immune Suppression of Glia Maturation Factor Reverses Behavioral Impairment, Attenuates Amyloid Plaque Pathology and Neuroinflammation in an Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Model. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 16(2). 363–375. 7 indexed citations

Selvakumar, Govindhasamy Pushpavathi, Mohammad Ejaz Ahmed, Ramasamy Thangavel, et al.. (2020). A role for glia maturation factor dependent activation of mast cells and microglia in MPTP induced dopamine loss and behavioural deficits in mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 87. 429–443. 30 indexed citations

Kempuraj, Duraisamy, Mohammad Ejaz Ahmed, Govindhasamy Pushpavathi Selvakumar, et al.. (2020). Mast Cell Activation, Neuroinflammation, and Tight Junction Protein Derangement in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury. Mediators of Inflammation. 2020. 1–12. 36 indexed citations

Ahmed, Mohammad Ejaz, Govindhasamy Pushpavathi Selvakumar, Duraisamy Kempuraj, et al.. (2020). Glia Maturation Factor (GMF) Regulates Microglial Expression Phenotypes and the Associated Neurological Deficits in a Mouse Model of Traumatic Brain Injury. Molecular Neurobiology. 57(11). 4438–4450. 12 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, Govindhasamy Pushpavathi, Shankar S. Iyer, Duraisamy Kempuraj, et al.. (2018). Molecular Association of Glia Maturation Factor with the Autophagic Machinery in Rat Dopaminergic Neurons: a Role for Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and MAPK Activation. Molecular Neurobiology. 56(6). 3865–3881. 13 indexed citations

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Raikwar, Sudhanshu P., Ramasamy Thangavel, Iuliia Dubova, et al.. (2018). Targeted Gene Editing of Glia Maturation Factor in Microglia: a Novel Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutic Target. Molecular Neurobiology. 56(1). 378–393. 53 indexed citations

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Raikwar, Sudhanshu P., Ramasamy Thangavel, Iuliia Dubova, et al.. (2018). Are Tanycytes the Missing Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease?. Molecular Neurobiology. 56(2). 833–843. 14 indexed citations

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Thangavel, Ramasamy, Duraisamy Kempuraj, Smita Zaheer, et al.. (2017). Glia Maturation Factor and Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins 2 and 4 Expression in the Temporal Cortex of Alzheimer’s Disease Brain. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 9. 150–150. 38 indexed citations

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Kempuraj, Duraisamy, Govindhasamy Pushpavathi Selvakumar, Smita Zaheer, et al.. (2017). Cross-Talk between Glia, Neurons and Mast Cells in Neuroinflammation Associated with Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 13(1). 100–112. 61 indexed citations

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Zaheer, Smita, Ramasamy Thangavel, Yanghong Wu, et al.. (2012). Enhanced Expression of Glia Maturation Factor Correlates with Glial Activation in the Brain of Triple Transgenic Alzheimer’s Disease Mice. Neurochemical Research. 38(1). 218–225. 47 indexed citations

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Thangavel, Ramasamy, Shailendra K. Sahu, Gary W. Van Hoesen, & Asgar Zaheer. (2009). Loss of nonphosphorylated neurofilament immunoreactivity in temporal cortical areas in Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience. 160(2). 427–433. 42 indexed citations

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Thangavel, Ramasamy, Gary W. Van Hoesen, & Asgar Zaheer. (2008). Posterior parahippocampal gyrus pathology in Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience. 154(2). 667–676. 37 indexed citations

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Zaheer, Asgar, Smita Zaheer, Ramasamy Thangavel, et al.. (2008). Glia maturation factor modulates β-amyloid-induced glial activation, inflammatory cytokine/chemokine production and neuronal damage. Brain Research. 1208. 192–203. 58 indexed citations

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Hoesen, Gary W. Van, et al.. (2000). The Parahippocampal Gyrus in Alzheimer's Disease: Clinical and Preclinical Neuroanatomical Correlates. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 911(1). 254–274. 163 indexed citations

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Sakuragawa, Norio, Shin Enosawa, Ramasamy Thangavel, et al.. (2000). Human amniotic epithelial cells are promising transgene carriers for allogeneic cell transplantation into liver. Journal of Human Genetics. 45(3). 171–176. 71 indexed citations

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