Robert Lai

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Robert Lai is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Lai has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Physiology, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Robert Lai's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (23 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (11 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (8 papers). Robert Lai is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (23 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (11 papers) and Computational Drug Discovery Methods (8 papers). Robert Lai collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Robert Lai's co-authors include Charles R. Harrington, Claude M. Wischik, Martin Roth, Patricia C. Edwards, June Kaplow, Chad J. Swanson, Lars Lannfelt, Boris A. Chizh, Neil Upton and Shobha Dhadda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert Lai

58 papers receiving 2.6k 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 randomized, double-blind, phase 2b proof-of-concept clinical trial in early Alzheimer’s disease with lecanemab, an anti-Aβ protofibril antibody

2021 580 citations Chad J. Swanson, Shobha Dhadda et al. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Lai United Kingdom	25	1.6k	675	614	447	364	61	2.7k
Katsuya Urakami Japan	30	1.4k 0.8×	702 1.0×	270 0.4×	1.1k 2.4×	277 0.8×	116	3.0k
Enrica Cavedo France	16	1.1k 0.7×	622 0.9×	592 1.0×	658 1.5×	307 0.8×	24	2.7k
Yong Shen China	35	2.7k 1.7×	1.4k 2.1×	617 1.0×	521 1.2×	774 2.1×	102	5.0k
Paulina V. Arriagada United States	6	2.3k 1.5×	822 1.2×	448 0.7×	794 1.8×	706 1.9×	10	2.9k
Thomas G. Ohm Germany	35	2.2k 1.4×	1.4k 2.0×	413 0.7×	583 1.3×	1.1k 3.1×	86	3.9k
Nobuya Matsuoka Japan	32	722 0.4×	1.1k 1.7×	449 0.7×	374 0.8×	826 2.3×	96	2.9k
Aaron Ritter United States	15	1.2k 0.8×	556 0.8×	630 1.0×	544 1.2×	252 0.7×	44	2.4k
C. Hock Switzerland	24	1.5k 1.0×	614 0.9×	517 0.8×	434 1.0×	515 1.4×	39	3.6k
Anete Rozkalne United States	16	1.5k 0.9×	957 1.4×	340 0.6×	134 0.3×	601 1.7×	17	2.6k

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Wu, Qi-Zhen, et al.. (2025). Independent and joint association of accelerometer-measured sedentary behaviour and physical activity with mild cognitive impairment and intrinsic capacity decline among Chinese older adults: study protocol for a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 15(8). e097806–e097806.

Swanson, Chad J., Yong Zhang, Shobha Dhadda, et al.. (2020). A preliminary assessment of longitudinal amyloid status in the ongoing open‐label extension phase in subjects with early Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 16(S9). 1 indexed citations

Swanson, Chad J., Yong Zhang, Shobha Dhadda, et al.. (2020). Persistence Of BAN2401-Mediated Amyloid Reductions Post-treatment: A Preliminary Comparison of Amyloid Status Between the Core Phase of BAN2401-G000-201 and Baseline of the Open-Label Extension Phase in Subjects with Early Alzheimer’s Disease (1330). Neurology. 94(15_supplement). 9 indexed citations

Logovinsky, Veronika, Andrew Satlin, Robert Lai, et al.. (2016). Safety and tolerability of BAN2401 - a clinical study in Alzheimer’s disease with a protofibril selective Aβ antibody. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 8(1). 14–14. 212 indexed citations

Ostenfeld, Thor, Alok Krishen, Robert Lai, et al.. (2014). A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial of the Analgesic Efficacy and Safety of the p38 MAP Kinase Inhibitor, Losmapimod, in Patients With Neuropathic Pain From Lumbosacral Radiculopathy. Clinical Journal of Pain. 31(4). 283–293. 34 indexed citations

Nathan, Pradeep J., Nicola Scott, Aliénor Berges, et al.. (2013). The Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Cognitive Effects of GSK239512, a Selective Histamine H<sub>3</sub> Receptor Antagonist in Patients with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease: A Preliminary Investigation. Current Alzheimer Research. 10(3). 240–251. 54 indexed citations

Balsters, Joshua H., Redmond G O’Connell, Alessandra Galli, et al.. (2013). Changes in resting connectivity with age: a simultaneous electroencephalogram and functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation. Neurobiology of Aging. 34(9). 2194–2207. 41 indexed citations

Hogan, Michael, Liam Kilmartin, Michael Keane, et al.. (2012). Electrophysiological entropy in younger adults, older controls and older cognitively declined adults. Brain Research. 1445. 1–10. 29 indexed citations

O’Connell, Redmond G, Joshua H. Balsters, W. Keith Campbell, et al.. (2012). A simultaneous ERP/fMRI investigation of the P300 aging effect. Neurobiology of Aging. 33(10). 2448–2461. 98 indexed citations

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Balsters, Joshua H., Redmond G O’Connell, Alessandra Galli, et al.. (2011). Donepezil Impairs Memory in Healthy Older Subjects: Behavioural, EEG and Simultaneous EEG/fMRI Biomarkers. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24126–e24126. 40 indexed citations

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Hogan, Michael, Peter Collins, Michael Keane, et al.. (2011). Electroencephalographic coherence, aging, and memory: distinct responses to background context and stimulus repetition in younger, older, and older declined groups. Experimental Brain Research. 212(2). 241–255. 8 indexed citations

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Hogan, Michael, Joanne Kenney, Richard Roche, et al.. (2011). Behavioural and electrophysiological effects of visual paired associate context manipulations during encoding and recognition in younger adults, older adults and older cognitively declined adults. Experimental Brain Research. 216(4). 621–633. 4 indexed citations

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Anand, Praveen, Ravikiran Shenoy, Joanne Palmer, et al.. (2011). Clinical trial of the p38 MAP kinase inhibitor dilmapimod in neuropathic pain following nerve injury. European Journal of Pain. 15(10). 1040–1048. 133 indexed citations

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Comley, Robert A., Simon Červenka, Sven Pålhagen, et al.. (2010). A Comparison of Gray Matter Density in Restless Legs Syndrome Patients and Matched Controls Using Voxel‐Based Morphometry. Journal of Neuroimaging. 22(1). 28–32. 33 indexed citations

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Ashworth, Sharon, Eugenii A. Rabiner, Roger N. Gunn, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of¹¹C-GSK189254 as a Novel Radioligand for the H₃Receptor in Humans Using PET. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 51(7). 1021–1029. 55 indexed citations

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Mikhno, Arthur, Davangere P. Devanand, Gregory H. Pelton, et al.. (2008). Voxel-Based Analysis of ¹¹C-PIB Scans for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 49(8). 1262–1269. 36 indexed citations

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Chizh, Boris A., Antonella Napolitano, Jie Wang, et al.. (2007). The effects of the TRPV1 antagonist SB-705498 on TRPV1 receptor-mediated activity and inflammatory hyperalgesia in humans. Pain. 132(1). 132–141. 199 indexed citations

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Lu, Bing, David Ennis, Robert Lai, et al.. (2001). Enhanced Sensitivity of Insulin-resistant Adipocytes to Vanadate Is Associated with Oxidative Stress and Decreased Reduction of Vanadate (+5) to Vanadyl (+4). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(38). 35589–35598. 83 indexed citations

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Fantus, I. George, et al.. (1995). Modulation of insulin action by vanadate: evidence of a role for phosphotyrosine phosphatase activity to alter cellular signaling. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 153(1-2). 103–112. 50 indexed citations

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Lai, Robert, Damon Wischik, John H. Xuereb, et al.. (1995). Examination of phosphorylated tau protein as a PHF-precursor at early stage alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 16(3). 433–445. 27 indexed citations

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