Ryan S. O’Dell

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 675 citations indexed

About

Ryan S. O’Dell is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan S. O’Dell has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 675 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 15 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ryan S. O’Dell's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (15 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (14 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (7 papers). Ryan S. O’Dell is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (15 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (14 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (7 papers). Ryan S. O’Dell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. Ryan S. O’Dell's co-authors include Adam P. Mecca, Christopher H. van Dyck, Richard E. Carson, Takuya Toyonaga, Mika Naganawa, Yiyun Huang, Nabeel Nabulsi, Hugh H. Bartlett, Wenzhen Zhao and Amy F.T. Arnsten and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Ryan S. O’Dell

33 papers receiving 673 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.

Synaptic density and cognitive performance in Alzheimer's disease: A PET imaging study with [¹¹C]UCB‐J

2022 117 citations Adam P. Mecca, Ryan S. O’Dell et al. Alzheimer s & Dementia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan S. O’Dell United States	12	271	228	181	153	128	35	675
Guillaume Becker Belgium	17	152 0.6×	301 1.3×	79 0.4×	239 1.6×	132 1.0×	39	704
Severin Filser Germany	17	466 1.7×	228 1.0×	58 0.3×	275 1.8×	71 0.6×	22	855
Mia Mikkonen Finland	7	227 0.8×	278 1.2×	212 1.2×	141 0.9×	195 1.5×	9	632
Heinz von der Kammer Germany	13	339 1.3×	264 1.2×	91 0.5×	364 2.4×	46 0.4×	17	756
Caroline Prunier France	11	133 0.5×	399 1.8×	129 0.7×	149 1.0×	110 0.9×	16	956
Nicole Lewandowski United States	8	64 0.2×	340 1.5×	195 1.1×	345 2.3×	119 0.9×	10	744
Olivier Bousiges France	16	355 1.3×	180 0.8×	108 0.6×	382 2.5×	252 2.0×	37	909
Isabelle Miederer Germany	11	256 0.9×	159 0.7×	107 0.6×	151 1.0×	186 1.5×	26	783
Elena Dossi France	14	162 0.6×	435 1.9×	150 0.8×	337 2.2×	76 0.6×	27	932
Hilla Fogel Israel	7	462 1.7×	331 1.5×	115 0.6×	182 1.2×	51 0.4×	11	659

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O’Dell, Ryan S., Nabeel Nabulsi, Yiyun Huang, et al.. (2025). Assessment of the relationship between synaptic density and metabotropic glutamate receptors in early Alzheimer’s disease: a multi-tracer PET study. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 17(1). 98–98. 1 indexed citations

Worhunsky, Patrick D., Xueqi Guo, Xiongchao Chen, et al.. (2025). Generating synthetic brain PET images of synaptic density based on MR T1 images using deep learning. EJNMMI Physics. 12(1). 30–30.

Nilsson, Johanna, Adam P. Mecca, Nicholas J. Ashton, et al.. (2025). Associations between fluid biomarkers and PET imaging ([11C]UCB‐J) of synaptic pathology in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(7). e70403–e70403.

Young, Juan, Ryan S. O’Dell, Mika Naganawa, et al.. (2024). Validation of a Simplified Tissue-to-Reference Ratio Measurement Using SUVR to Assess Synaptic Density Alterations in Alzheimer Disease with [¹¹C]UCB-J PET. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 65(11). 1782–1785. 2 indexed citations

Sharp, Emily, et al.. (2024). Self‐reported hearing loss is associated with faster cognitive and functional decline but not diagnostic conversion in the ADNI cohort. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 20(11). 7847–7858. 3 indexed citations

Fang, Xiaotian T., Nakul Ravi Raval, Ryan S. O’Dell, et al.. (2024). Synaptic density patterns in early Alzheimer’s disease assessed by independent component analysis. Brain Communications. 6(2). fcae107–fcae107. 5 indexed citations

Dyck, Christopher H. van, Adam P. Mecca, Ryan S. O’Dell, et al.. (2024). A pilot study to evaluate the effect of CT1812 treatment on synaptic density and other biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 16(1). 20–20. 15 indexed citations

Carrión, Carmen I., et al.. (2024). Assessment of disparities in timely diagnosis and comprehensive workup of cognitive impairment between English and Spanish speakers. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 32(7). 773–786. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Xiaoyu, Patrick D. Worhunsky, Qian Liu, et al.. (2024). Generation of Synthetic brain PET images of synaptic density from MRI and FDG-PET using a Multi-stage U-Net. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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O’Dell, Ryan S., Ming-Kai Chen, Pradeep Varma, et al.. (2023). Assessment of Gray Matter Microstructure and Synaptic Density in Alzheimer's Disease: A Multimodal Imaging Study With DTI and SV2A PET. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 32(1). 17–28. 12 indexed citations

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Dyck, Christopher H. van, Ryan S. O’Dell, & Adam P. Mecca. (2023). Disease severity and minimal clinically important differences in clinical outcome assessments for Alzheimer's disease clinical trials. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 9(2). e12388–e12388. 11 indexed citations

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O’Dell, Ryan S., Albert Higgins‐Chen, Mingkai Chen, et al.. (2023). Principal component analysis of synaptic density measured with [11C]UCB-J PET in early Alzheimer’s disease. NeuroImage Clinical. 39. 103457–103457. 5 indexed citations

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Mecca, Adam P., Ryan S. O’Dell, Emily Sharp, et al.. (2022). Synaptic density and cognitive performance in Alzheimer's disease: A PET imaging study with [¹¹C]UCB‐J. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 18(12). 2527–2536. 117 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Dell, Ryan S., Adam P. Mecca, Ming-Kai Chen, et al.. (2021). Association of Aβ deposition and regional synaptic density in early Alzheimer’s disease: a PET imaging study with [11C]UCB-J. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 13(1). 11–11. 72 indexed citations

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Wang, Rui, Hui Liu, Takuya Toyonaga, et al.. (2021). Generation of synthetic PET images of synaptic density and amyloid from ¹⁸F‐FDG images using deep learning. Medical Physics. 48(9). 5115–5129. 14 indexed citations

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O’Dell, Ryan S., Adam P. Mecca, Emily Sharp, et al.. (2021). Synaptic Loss is Associated With Cognitive Impairment in Early Alzheimer’s Disease: A PET Imaging Study With [11C]UCB-J. Biological Psychiatry. 89(9). S107–S108. 1 indexed citations

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Blanden, Adam R., Xin Yu, Aaron J. Wolfe, et al.. (2015). Synthetic Metallochaperone ZMC1 Rescues Mutant p53 Conformation by Transporting Zinc into Cells as an Ionophore. Molecular Pharmacology. 87(5). 825–831. 69 indexed citations

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O’Dell, Ryan S., David Cameron, Warren R. Zipfel, & Eric C. Olson. (2015). Reelin Prevents Apical Neurite Retraction during Terminal Translocation and Dendrite Initiation. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(30). 10659–10674. 33 indexed citations

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Nichols, Anna, Ryan S. O’Dell, Teresa A. Powrozek, & Eric C. Olson. (2013). <em>Ex utero</em> Electroporation and Whole Hemisphere Explants: A Simple Experimental Method for Studies of Early Cortical Development. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 12 indexed citations

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Davidson, Adam, et al.. (2007). Comparing effects in spike-triggered averages of rectified EMG across different behaviors. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 163(2). 283–294. 21 indexed citations

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