Simon Akerman

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Simon Akerman is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Akerman has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 52 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 33 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Simon Akerman's work include Migraine and Headache Studies (83 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (50 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (21 papers). Simon Akerman is often cited by papers focused on Migraine and Headache Studies (83 papers), Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments (50 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (21 papers). Simon Akerman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Simon Akerman's co-authors include Peter J. Goadsby, Philip R. Holland, Jan Hoffmann, Margarida Martins-Oliveira, Christoph J. Schankin, Marcela Romero‐Reyes, H Kaube, Annabelle R. Charbit, Robin James Storer and Anna P. Andreou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and Physiological Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Simon Akerman

106 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Pathophysiology of Migraine: A Disorder of Sensory Processing

2017 1.3k citations Peter J. Goadsby, Philip R. Holland et al. Physiological Reviews profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simon Akerman	5.1k	2.6k	2.2k	1.3k	1.1k	107	6.6k
Philip R. Holland	3.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	85	5.1k
János Tajti	2.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	543 0.4×	393 0.4×	95	3.5k
Paul L. Durham	2.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.8×	574 0.4×	463 0.4×	97	4.3k
Thorsten Bartsch	2.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	344 0.3×	418 0.4×	88	4.7k
Robert Lenz	2.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	172 0.1×	352 0.3×	77	4.4k
Karin Warfvinge	1.9k 0.4×	980 0.4×	740 0.3×	474 0.4×	422 0.4×	100	3.6k
K. C. Brennan	1.4k 0.3×	520 0.2×	546 0.2×	518 0.4×	451 0.4×	73	2.8k
Cherubino Di Lorenzo	2.1k 0.4×	821 0.3×	814 0.4×	214 0.2×	682 0.6×	118	3.3k
Inger Jansen‐Olesen	2.1k 0.4×	1000 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	630 0.5×	319 0.3×	100	3.2k
Vincenzo Parisi	1.5k 0.3×	835 0.3×	635 0.3×	177 0.1×	1.4k 1.3×	195	6.5k

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Romero‐Reyes, Marcela, Simon Akerman, & Alan M. Rapoport. (2025). Optimising combined treatment for migraine and temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). Cephalalgia. 45(9). 2235413938–2235413938. 1 indexed citations

Galen, Karen P., et al.. (2024). Adenosine A3 Receptor Agonism Attenuates Chronic Migraine-Induced Trigeminal Hypersensitivity in Mice. Journal of Pain. 25(4). 8–8. 1 indexed citations

Romero‐Reyes, Marcela, et al.. (2023). Pharmacological Management of Orofacial Pain. Drugs. 83(14). 1269–1292. 14 indexed citations

Martins-Oliveira, Margarida, Simon Akerman, Philip R. Holland, Isaura Tavares, & Peter J. Goadsby. (2022). Pharmacological modulation of ventral tegmental area neurons elicits changes in trigeminovascular sensory processing and is accompanied by glycemic changes: Implications for migraine. Cephalalgia. 42(13). 1359–1374. 11 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Jan, Silke Miller, Margarida Martins-Oliveira, et al.. (2020). PAC1 receptor blockade reduces central nociceptive activity: new approach for primary headache?. Pain. 161(7). 1670–1681. 51 indexed citations

Summ, Oliver, Anna P. Andreou, Simon Akerman, et al.. (2020). Differential actions of indomethacin: clinical relevance in headache. Pain. 162(2). 591–599. 18 indexed citations

Ji, Yadong, Pamela J. Voulalas, Simon Akerman, et al.. (2019). Sex differences in the expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor components in the spinal trigeminal nucleus. PubMed. 6. 100031–100031. 19 indexed citations

Goadsby, Peter J., Philip R. Holland, Margarida Martins-Oliveira, et al.. (2017). Pathophysiology of Migraine: A Disorder of Sensory Processing. Physiological Reviews. 97(2). 553–622. 1255 indexed citations breakdown →

Waung, Maggie W., et al.. (2016). Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5: a target for migraine therapy. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 3(8). 560–571. 35 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Jan, Margarida Martins-Oliveira, Simon Akerman, et al.. (2014). The CK1δ T44A Mutation Affects Nociceptive Activation of the Trigeminocervical Complex in an In Vivo Model of Migraine (P1.258). Neurology. 82(10_supplement). 1 indexed citations

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Romero‐Reyes, Marcela & Simon Akerman. (2014). Update on Animal Models of Migraine. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 18(11). 462–462. 20 indexed citations

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Moon, Heui‐Soo, Simon Akerman, Philip R. Holland, et al.. (2013). Differential trigeminovascular nociceptive responses in the thalamus in the familial hemiplegic migraine 1 knock-in mouse: A Fos protein study. Neurobiology of Disease. 64. 1–7. 18 indexed citations

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Holland, Philip R., Simon Akerman, Jan Hoffmann, et al.. (2011). Acetaminophen in the Treatment of Headache: A Cannabinoid Agonist within the Trigeminovascular System. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 51. 1–1. 5 indexed citations

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Al‐Jamal, Khuloud T., Wafa’ T. Al-Jamal, Simon Akerman, et al.. (2011). Systemic antiangiogenic activity of cationic poly-L-lysine dendrimer delays tumor growth. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 70 indexed citations

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Akerman, Simon, et al.. (2010). Blunted Trigeminovascular Nociceptive Responses in Mice with the CACNA1A Mutation. Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain. 50. 3 indexed citations

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Charbit, Annabelle R., Simon Akerman, Philip R. Holland, & Peter J. Goadsby. (2009). Neurons of the Dopaminergic/Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide A11 Cell Group Modulate Neuronal Firing in the Trigeminocervical Complex: An Electrophysiological and Immunohistochemical Study. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(40). 12532–12541. 103 indexed citations

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Goadsby, Peter J., Annabelle R. Charbit, Anna P. Andreou, Simon Akerman, & Philip R. Holland. (2009). Neurobiology of migraine. Neuroscience. 161(2). 327–341. 285 indexed citations

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Tozer, Gillian M., Simon Akerman, Neil A. Cross, et al.. (2008). Blood Vessel Maturation and Response to Vascular-Disrupting Therapy in Single Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A Isoform–Producing Tumors. Cancer Research. 68(7). 2301–2311. 83 indexed citations

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Reyes‐Aldasoro, Constantino Carlos, Simon Akerman, & Gillian M. Tozer. (2007). Measuring the velocity of fluorescently labelled red blood cells with a keyhole tracking algorithm. Journal of Microscopy. 229(1). 162–173. 29 indexed citations

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Doaré, Kirsty Le, Simon Akerman, Philip R. Holland, et al.. (2006). Occipital afferent activation of second order neurons in the trigeminocervical complex in rat. Neuroscience Letters. 403(1-2). 73–77. 60 indexed citations

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