Susan Leight

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Susan Leight is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Leight has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Physiology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Susan Leight's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (16 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (5 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers). Susan Leight is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (16 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (5 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers). Susan Leight collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Susan Leight's co-authors include John Q. Trojanowski, Virginia M.‐Y. Lee, Kunihiro Uryu, Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Takeshi Iwatsubo, Benoit I. Giasson, Mark S. Forman, Michel Goedert, V. M.-Y. Lee and Hui‐Ming Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Medicine and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Susan Leight

21 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Increased Lipid Peroxidation Precedes Amyloid Plaque Formation in an Animal Model of Alzheimer Amyloidosis

2001 643 citations Kunihiro Uryu, Susan Leight et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Glial cytoplasmic inclusions in white matter oligodendrocytes of multiple system atrophy brains contain insoluble α‐synuclein

1998 558 citations Pang‐Hsien Tu, James E. Galvin et al. Annals of Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan Leight United States	19	2.2k	1.5k	1.2k	953	795	21	3.9k
N. J. Cairns United Kingdom	33	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	655 0.7×	653 0.8×	81	4.0k
Randall L. Woltjer United States	42	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	89	4.9k
Catherine Bergeron Canada	31	2.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.7×	1.8k 1.9×	1.1k 1.4×	58	5.6k
C. Bancher Austria	32	3.6k 1.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	63	5.2k
Isaac Veinbergs United States	21	1.6k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	696 0.9×	25	3.7k
Annika Öhrfelt Sweden	28	2.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	665 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	40	4.7k
Sadao Katayama Japan	14	1.7k 0.8×	920 0.6×	2.1k 1.8×	1.8k 1.9×	615 0.8×	37	4.8k
B. T. Hyman United States	18	2.7k 1.2×	920 0.6×	1.9k 1.6×	1.4k 1.5×	922 1.2×	33	5.2k
Etsuro Matsubara Japan	33	2.9k 1.3×	635 0.4×	1.7k 1.5×	735 0.8×	694 0.9×	128	4.4k
Jordi Pérez‐Tur Spain	37	3.5k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.9×	1.3k 1.4×	994 1.3×	91	5.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Li‐San, Yuk Yee Leung, Susan Leight, et al.. (2012). Comparison of xMAP and ELISA Assays for Detecting Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 31(2). 439–445. 45 indexed citations

Hu, William T., Corey T. McMillan, David J. Libon, et al.. (2010). Multimodal predictors for Alzheimer disease in nonfluent primary progressive aphasia. Neurology. 75(7). 595–602. 79 indexed citations

Gao, Hui‐Ming, Paul T. Kotzbauer, Kunihiro Uryu, et al.. (2008). Neuroinflammation and Oxidation/Nitration of α-Synuclein Linked to Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(30). 7687–7698. 345 indexed citations

Morais, Vanessa A., Susan Leight, Donald S. Pijak, Virginia M.‐Y. Lee, & Júlia Costa. (2008). Cellular localization of Nicastrin affects amyloid β species production. FEBS Letters. 582(3). 427–433. 7 indexed citations

Swieten, John C. van, Susan Leight, Lauren Massimo, et al.. (2008). CSF biomarkers in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with known pathology. Neurology. 70(19_part_2). 1827–1835. 168 indexed citations

Norris, Erin H., Kunihiro Uryu, Susan Leight, et al.. (2007). Pesticide Exposure Exacerbates α-Synucleinopathy in an A53T Transgenic Mouse Model. American Journal Of Pathology. 170(2). 658–666. 98 indexed citations

Clark, Christopher M., Christos Davatzikos, Arijitt Borthakur, et al.. (2007). Biomarkers for Early Detection of Alzheimer Pathology. Neurosignals. 16(1). 11–18. 71 indexed citations

Grossman, Murray, Jennifer Farmer, Susan Leight, et al.. (2005). Cerebrospinal fluid profile in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Annals of Neurology. 57(5). 721–729. 176 indexed citations

Zhang, Bin, Sigrid C. Veasey, Marcelo A. Wood, et al.. (2005). Impaired Rapid Eye Movement Sleep in the Tg2576 APP Murine Model of Alzheimer's Disease with Injury to Pedunculopontine Cholinergic Neurons. American Journal Of Pathology. 167(5). 1361–1369. 72 indexed citations

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Clark, Christopher M., Sharon X. Xie, Jesse Chittams, et al.. (2003). Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau and β-Amyloid. Archives of Neurology. 60(12). 1696–1696. 294 indexed citations

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Uryu, Kunihiro, Helmut Laurer, Tracy K. McIntosh, et al.. (2002). Repetitive Mild Brain Trauma Accelerates Aβ Deposition, Lipid Peroxidation, and Cognitive Impairment in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer Amyloidosis. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(2). 446–454. 292 indexed citations

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Uryu, Kunihiro, et al.. (2001). Increased Lipid Peroxidation Precedes Amyloid Plaque Formation in an Animal Model of Alzheimer Amyloidosis. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(12). 4183–4187. 643 indexed citations breakdown →

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Giasson, Benoit I., Ross Jakes, Michel Goedert, et al.. (2000). A panel of epitope-specific antibodies detects protein domains distributed throughout human ?-synuclein in lewy bodies of Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 59(4). 528–533. 193 indexed citations

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Tu, Pang‐Hsien, James E. Galvin, Minami Baba, et al.. (1998). Glial cytoplasmic inclusions in white matter oligodendrocytes of multiple system atrophy brains contain insoluble α‐synuclein. Annals of Neurology. 44(3). 415–422. 558 indexed citations breakdown →

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Forman, Mark S., et al.. (1998). DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF THE SWEDISH MUTANT AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN ON β-AMYLOID ACCUMULATION AND SECRETION IN NEURONS AND NON-NEURONAL CELLS. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 57(5). 513–513. 2 indexed citations

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Forman, Mark S., David G. Cook, Susan Leight, Robert W. Doms, & Virginia M.‐Y. Lee. (1997). Differential Effects of the Swedish Mutant Amyloid Precursor Protein on β-Amyloid Accumulation and Secretion in Neurons and Nonneuronal Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(51). 32247–32253. 47 indexed citations

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Cook, David G., Mark S. Forman, Susan Leight, et al.. (1997). Alzheimer's Aβ(1–42) is generated in the endoplasmic reticulum/intermediate compartment of NT2N cells. Nature Medicine. 3(9). 1021–1023. 379 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Ralf, Virginia M.‐Y. Lee, Susan Leight, István Varga, & László Ötvös. (1997). Unique Alzheimer's Disease Paired Helical Filament Specific Epitopes Involve Double Phosphorylation at Specific Sites. Biochemistry. 36(26). 8114–8124. 133 indexed citations

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Muragaki, Yoshihiro, Susan Leight, Barbara L. Hempstead, et al.. (1995). Expression of trk receptors in the developing and adult human central and peripheral nervous system. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 356(3). 387–397. 84 indexed citations

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Leight, Susan, et al.. (1995). Glycogen synthase kinase-3β phosphorylates tau protein at multiple sites in intact cells. Neuroscience Letters. 197(2). 149–153. 171 indexed citations

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