Russell L. McLaughlin

11.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Russell L. McLaughlin is a scholar working on Neurology, Genetics and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Russell L. McLaughlin has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Neurology, 23 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Russell L. McLaughlin's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (59 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (31 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (23 papers). Russell L. McLaughlin is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (59 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (31 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (23 papers). Russell L. McLaughlin collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Russell L. McLaughlin's co-authors include Orla Hardiman, Peter Bede, Marwa Elamin, Kevin P. Kenna, Susan Byrne, Alice Vajda, Niall Pender, Daniel G. Bradley, Mark Heverin and Mark A. Doherty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Russell L. McLaughlin

73 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Genome flux and stasis in a five millennium transect of European prehistory

2014 389 citations Cristina Gamba, Eppie R. Jones et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Nyamkhishig Sambuughin United States

Sean Ennis Ireland

Sandra Donkervoort United States

Jillian S. Parboosingh Canada

Ratan D. Bhardwaj United States

Salmo Raskin Brazil

Dan Spiegelman Canada

Daniel du Plessis United Kingdom

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O’Brien, David, Kriti Gupta, Thomas Julian, et al.. (2025). Extreme exercise in males is linked to mTOR signalling and onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Brain. 148(10). 3652–3664. 2 indexed citations

Greicius, Michael D., et al.. (2025). Sex-aware causal inference assessment of the immune system in complex neurodegenerative diseases. Brain.

Merrigan, Michaël, Seamus O’Reilly, Anne M. Molloy, et al.. (2025). A genetic perspective on the recent demographic history of Ireland and Britain. European Journal of Human Genetics. 33(4). 538–545.

Tahedl, Marlene, Jennifer C. Hengeveld, Mark A. Doherty, et al.. (2024). Progressive Cerebrocerebellar Uncoupling in Sporadic and Genetic Forms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Neurology. 103(2). e209623–e209623. 14 indexed citations

Ryan, Marie, Mark A. Doherty, Ahmad Al Khleifat, et al.. (2023). C9orf72 Repeat Expansion Discordance in 6 Multigenerational Kindreds. Neurology Genetics. 10(1). e200112–e200112. 3 indexed citations

Tahedl, Marlene, Jasmin Lope, Jennifer C. Hengeveld, et al.. (2023). Language deficits in primary lateral sclerosis: cortical atrophy, white matter degeneration and functional disconnection between cerebral regions. Journal of Neurology. 271(1). 431–445. 4 indexed citations

Bede, Peter, Rangariroyashe H. Chipika, Foteini Christidi, et al.. (2021). Genotype-associated cerebellar profiles in ALS: focal cerebellar pathology and cerebro-cerebellar connectivity alterations. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 92(11). 1197–1205. 59 indexed citations

Hop, Paul J., Ramona A. J. Zwamborn, Eilís Hannon, et al.. (2020). Cross-reactive probes on Illumina DNA methylation arrays: a large study on ALS shows that a cautionary approach is warranted in interpreting epigenome-wide association studies. NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. 2(4). lqaa105–lqaa105. 15 indexed citations

Ryan, Marie, Emmet Costello, Mark A. Doherty, et al.. (2020). Cognitive dysfunction in pre-symptomatic C9orf72 carriers (1774). Neurology. 94(15_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Finegan, Eoin, Rangariroyashe H. Chipika, Stacey Li Hi Shing, et al.. (2019). The clinical and radiological profile of primary lateral sclerosis: a population-based study. Journal of Neurology. 266(11). 2718–2733. 63 indexed citations

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Dekker, Annelot M., Frank P. Diekstra, Sara L. Pulit, et al.. (2019). Exome array analysis of rare and low frequency variants in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5931–5931. 11 indexed citations

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Finegan, Eoin, Stacey Li Hi Shing, Rangariroyashe H. Chipika, et al.. (2019). Widespread subcortical grey matter degeneration in primary lateral sclerosis: a multimodal imaging study with genetic profiling. NeuroImage Clinical. 24. 102089–102089. 70 indexed citations

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Byrne, Ross P., Rui Martiniano, Lara M. Cassidy, et al.. (2018). Insular Celtic population structure and genomic footprints of migration. PLoS Genetics. 14(1). e1007152–e1007152. 21 indexed citations

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McLaughlin, Russell L., Kevin P. Kenna, Alice Vajda, et al.. (2015). Homozygosity mapping in an Irish ALS case–control cohort describes local demographic phenomena and points towards potential recessive risk loci. Genomics. 105(4). 237–241. 12 indexed citations

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Gamba, Cristina, Eppie R. Jones, Matthew D. Teasdale, et al.. (2014). Genome flux and stasis in a five millennium transect of European prehistory. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5257–5257. 389 indexed citations breakdown →

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McLaughlin, Russell L., Kevin P. Kenna, Alice Vajda, et al.. (2014). A second-generation Irish genome-wide association study for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurobiology of Aging. 36(2). 1221.e7–1221.e13. 12 indexed citations

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Fahey, Ciara, Susan Byrne, Russell L. McLaughlin, et al.. (2013). Analysis of the hexanucleotide repeat expansion and founder haplotype at C9ORF72 in an Irish psychosis case-control sample. Neurobiology of Aging. 35(6). 1510.e1–1510.e5. 27 indexed citations

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Bede, Peter, Arun L.W. Bokde, Marwa Elamin, et al.. (2012). Grey matter correlates of clinical variables in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): a neuroimaging study of ALS motor phenotype heterogeneity and cortical focality. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 84(7). 766–773. 117 indexed citations

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Byrne, Susan, Marwa Elamin, Peter Bede, et al.. (2012). Cognitive and clinical characteristics of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying a C9orf72 repeat expansion: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet Neurology. 11(3). 232–240. 353 indexed citations

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Byrne, Susan, Peter Bede, Marwa Elamin, et al.. (2011). Proposed criteria for familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 12(3). 157–159. 100 indexed citations

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