Selina Wray

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Selina Wray is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Selina Wray has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Physiology, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Selina Wray's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (39 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (15 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (12 papers). Selina Wray is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (39 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (15 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (12 papers). Selina Wray collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Selina Wray's co-authors include John Hardy, Diane P. Hanger, Charles Arber, Rohan de Silva, Brian H. Anderton, Henry Houlden, Luc Buée, Ivana Delalle, Claude M. Wischik and Danira Bažadona and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Selina Wray

71 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Neuronal activity enhances tau propagation and tau pathology in vivo

2016 574 citations Jessica Wu, S. Abid Hussaini et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Tau Protein Hyperphosphorylation and Aggregation in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Tauopathies, and Possible Neuroprotective Strategies

2016 517 citations Goran Šimić, Mirjana Babić Leko et al. Biomolecules profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Selina Wray United Kingdom	33	2.4k	2.1k	1.2k	1.0k	1.0k	75	4.7k
Nicholas M. Kanaan United States	37	2.5k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.5×	930 0.9×	87	5.1k
Annakaisa Haapasalo Finland	36	2.0k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	690 0.7×	862 0.9×	109	5.3k
Florence Clavaguera Switzerland	17	2.9k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	912 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	21	3.8k
Mei Yue United States	21	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	874 0.8×	969 1.0×	52	4.3k
Sarah L. DeVos United States	22	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	714 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	24	3.9k
Yazi D. Ke Australia	28	2.6k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	781 0.8×	850 0.8×	57	4.2k
Celeste M. Karch United States	31	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	767 0.7×	846 0.8×	1.6k 1.6×	75	5.0k
Catherine Bergeron Canada	31	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	58	5.6k
Rose Pitstick United States	30	3.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	600 0.6×	1.8k 1.7×	40	5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Selina Wray

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wray, Selina, et al.. (2025). Mechanobiology of the blood-brain barrier during development, disease and ageing. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7233–7233. 5 indexed citations

Parfitt, Gustavo Morrone, et al.. (2025). GPNMB is a biomarker for lysosomal dysfunction and is secreted via LRRK2-modulated lysosomal exocytosis. Science Advances. 11(51). eadv1434–eadv1434. 1 indexed citations

Ziff, Oliver J., Gustavo Morrone Parfitt, Sarah Jolly, et al.. (2025). Mutations in PSEN1 predispose inflammation in an astrocyte model of familial Alzheimer’s disease through disrupted regulated intramembrane proteolysis. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 20(1). 73–73.

Arber, Charles, Jackie M. Casey, Sarah Wiethoff, et al.. (2024). Microglia contribute to the production of the amyloidogenic ABri peptide in familial British dementia. Acta Neuropathologica. 148(1). 65–65. 3 indexed citations

Gabriele, Rebecca, Emily K. Abel, Nick C. Fox, Selina Wray, & Charles Arber. (2022). Knockdown of Amyloid Precursor Protein: Biological Consequences and Clinical Opportunities. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16. 835645–835645. 15 indexed citations

Setó‐Salvia, Núria, Noemí Esteras, Rohan de Silva, et al.. (2021). Elevated 4R‐tau in astrocytes from asymptomatic carriers of the MAPT 10+16 intronic mutation. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 26(4). 1327–1331. 7 indexed citations

Arber, Charles, Jamie Toombs, Christopher Lovejoy, et al.. (2019). Familial Alzheimer’s disease patient-derived neurons reveal distinct mutation-specific effects on amyloid beta. Molecular Psychiatry. 25(11). 2919–2931. 98 indexed citations

Tate, Rothwelle J., Luke Chamberlain, Graham Robertson, et al.. (2018). Toll-like receptor 3 activation impairs excitability and synaptic activity via TRIF signalling in immature rat and human neurons. Neuropharmacology. 135. 1–10. 18 indexed citations

Soutar, Marc P. M., Shuichi Miyakawa, Jasmine Harley, et al.. (2018). AKT signalling selectively regulates PINK1 mitophagy in SHSY5Y cells and human iPSC-derived neurons. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8855–8855. 47 indexed citations

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Camic, Paul M., Sebastian J. Crutch, Nicholas C. Firth, et al.. (2018). Conceptualising and Understanding Artistic Creativity in the Dementias: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research and Practise. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 1842–1842. 21 indexed citations

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Haenseler, Walther, Heyne Lee, Jane Vowles, et al.. (2017). Excess α-synuclein compromises phagocytosis in iPSC-derived macrophages. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9003–9003. 93 indexed citations

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Espuny-Camacho, Ira, Amaia M. Arranz, Mark Fiers, et al.. (2017). Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Stem-Cell-Derived Human Neurons Transplanted into Mouse Brain. Neuron. 93(5). 1066–1081.e8. 168 indexed citations

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Šimić, Goran, Mirjana Babić Leko, Selina Wray, et al.. (2016). Tau Protein Hyperphosphorylation and Aggregation in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Tauopathies, and Possible Neuroprotective Strategies. Biomolecules. 6(1). 6–6. 517 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Jessica, S. Abid Hussaini, G Rodriguez, et al.. (2016). Neuronal activity enhances tau propagation and tau pathology in vivo. Nature Neuroscience. 19(8). 1085–1092. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

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Šimić, Goran, Mirjana Babić Leko, Selina Wray, et al.. (2016). Monoaminergic neuropathology in Alzheimer’s disease. Progress in Neurobiology. 151. 101–138. 227 indexed citations

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Rohrer, Jonathan D., Adrian M. Isaacs, Sarah Mizielinska, et al.. (2015). C9orf72 expansions in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The Lancet Neurology. 14(3). 291–301. 169 indexed citations

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Preza, Elisavet, Colin Mahoney, Núria Setó‐Salvia, et al.. (2015). Developmental regulation of tau splicing is disrupted in stem cell-derived neurons from frontotemporal dementia patients with the 10 + 16 splice-site mutation in MAPT. Human Molecular Genetics. 24(18). 5260–5269. 101 indexed citations

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Wiethoff, Sarah, Charles Arber, Abi Li, et al.. (2015). Using human induced pluripotent stem cells to model cerebellar disease: Hope and hype. Journal of Neurogenetics. 29(2-3). 95–102. 8 indexed citations

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Bartolomé, Fernando Benito, Hsiu-Chuan Wu, Victoria Burchell, et al.. (2013). Pathogenic VCP Mutations Induce Mitochondrial Uncoupling and Reduced ATP Levels. Neuron. 78(1). 57–64. 121 indexed citations

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Burchell, Victoria, David E. Nelson, Álvaro Sánchez-Martínez, et al.. (2013). The Parkinson's disease–linked proteins Fbxo7 and Parkin interact to mediate mitophagy. Nature Neuroscience. 16(9). 1257–1265. 243 indexed citations

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