Taren Thron

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Taren Thron is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Taren Thron has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Physiology, 3 papers in Neurology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Taren Thron's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (2 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (2 papers). Taren Thron is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (2 papers) and Gut microbiota and health (2 papers). Taren Thron collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and India. Taren Thron's co-authors include Viviana Gradinaru, Rob Knight, Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Pernilla Wittung‐Stafshede, Collin Challis, Gauri G. Shastri, Stefan Janssen, Justine W. Debelius, Timothy R. Sampson and Ali Keshavarzian and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Gastroenterology and Cell Reports.

In The Last Decade

Taren Thron

6 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease

2016 2.6k citations Timothy R. Sampson, Justine W. Debelius et al. Cell profile →
A gut bacterial amyloid promotes α-synuclein aggregation and motor impairment in mice

2020 309 citations Timothy R. Sampson, Collin Challis et al. eLife profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Taren Thron United States	4	1.7k	933	867	557	534	6	3.0k
Catherine E. Schretter United States	7	1.7k 1.0×	794 0.9×	791 0.9×	582 1.0×	487 0.9×	10	3.1k
Collin Challis United States	11	2.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	680 1.2×	786 1.5×	16	4.4k
Yan‐Qin Shen China	23	1.2k 0.7×	608 0.7×	454 0.5×	335 0.6×	451 0.8×	65	2.3k
Robin M. Voigt United States	30	2.4k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	1.7k 2.0×	658 1.2×	578 1.1×	85	5.3k
Madelyn C. Houser United States	15	885 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	555 0.6×	264 0.5×	587 1.1×	36	2.4k
Hemraj B. Dodiya United States	25	1.7k 1.0×	2.5k 2.7×	1.1k 1.2×	540 1.0×	911 1.7×	30	4.4k
Johanna Eerola‐Rautio Finland	7	864 0.5×	661 0.7×	390 0.4×	298 0.5×	197 0.4×	12	1.5k
Marie-Françoise Chesselet United States	13	2.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.9×	974 1.1×	499 0.9×	635 1.2×	13	4.5k
Daniel Erny Germany	19	2.6k 1.5×	345 0.4×	1.4k 1.7×	1.4k 2.4×	1.7k 3.2×	51	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Taren Thron

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Fields of papers citing papers by Taren Thron

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Taren Thron

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Taren Thron. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Taren Thron based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Taren Thron. Taren Thron is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Bostick, John W., Taren Thron, Brittany D. Needham, et al.. (2025). Genotype and microbiome shape immunity in a sex-specific manner in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 129. 1014–1027. 1 indexed citations

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Griffiths, Jessica, Bryan B. Yoo, Peter Thuy-Boun, et al.. (2024). Peripheral neuronal activation shapes the microbiome and alters gut physiology. Cell Reports. 43(4). 113953–113953. 10 indexed citations

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Abdel-Haq, Reem, Johannes C. M. Schlachetzki, Joseph C. Boktor, et al.. (2022). A prebiotic diet modulates microglial states and motor deficits in α-synuclein overexpressing mice. eLife. 11. 57 indexed citations

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Sampson, Timothy R., Collin Challis, Neha Jain, et al.. (2020). A gut bacterial amyloid promotes α-synuclein aggregation and motor impairment in mice. eLife. 9. 309 indexed citations breakdown →

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Butcher, Lindsay D., Gerco den Hartog, Amber Ablack, et al.. (2018). 149 - Gastrointestinal Microbes Enhance the Accumulation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Dna Damage that are Regulated by Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease 1 (APE1). Gastroenterology. 154(6). S–41. 1 indexed citations

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Sampson, Timothy R., Justine W. Debelius, Taren Thron, et al.. (2016). Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Cell. 167(6). 1469–1480.e12. 2573 indexed citations breakdown →

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