Usha MacGarvey

4.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
16 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Usha MacGarvey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Usha MacGarvey has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Usha MacGarvey's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (4 papers). Usha MacGarvey is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (4 papers). Usha MacGarvey collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Usha MacGarvey's co-authors include M. Flint Beal, Patrizia Mecocci, M. Flint Beal, Allen C. Bowling, Susan Browne, Leslie A. Shinobu, Deborah Koontz, John M. Shoffner, A. Kaufman and Douglas C. Wallace and has published in prestigious journals such as Cancer Research, Analytical Biochemistry and Annals of Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Usha MacGarvey

16 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA is increased in Alzheimer's disease

1994 863 citations Patrizia Mecocci, Usha MacGarvey et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Oxidative damage and metabolic dysfunction in Huntington's disease: Selective vulnerability of the basal ganglia

1997 691 citations Susan Browne, Allen C. Bowling et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Evidence of Increased Oxidative Damage in Both Sporadic and Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

1997 635 citations Robert J. Ferrante, Susan Browne et al. Journal of Neurochemistry profile →
Oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA shows marked age‐dependent increases in human brain

1993 615 citations Patrizia Mecocci, Usha MacGarvey et al. Annals of Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Usha MacGarvey United States	15	2.2k	1.1k	1.1k	852	362	16	3.9k
Allen C. Bowling United States	17	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	883 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	472 1.3×	26	3.7k
Joanna B. Strosznajder Poland	36	2.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	494 0.6×	721 2.0×	165	4.8k
Peizhong Mao United States	24	2.4k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	396 0.5×	389 1.1×	35	4.0k
Sandra Moreno Italy	35	1.9k 0.9×	845 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	398 0.5×	436 1.2×	80	3.6k
Shigenobu Nakamura Japan	35	2.6k 1.2×	2.5k 2.2×	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 2.0×	421 1.2×	102	5.0k
H. Fai Poon United States	28	2.2k 1.0×	642 0.6×	2.0k 1.7×	416 0.5×	562 1.6×	43	4.1k
Robert J. Mark United States	24	1.6k 0.7×	857 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	304 0.4×	506 1.4×	33	3.6k
Irina G. Stavrovskaya United States	26	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	780 0.7×	832 1.0×	621 1.7×	35	3.4k
Ikuko Miyazaki Japan	39	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	548 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	808 2.2×	131	4.7k
Eugenia Trushina United States	26	2.3k 1.0×	662 0.6×	1.9k 1.7×	407 0.5×	546 1.5×	52	4.3k

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16 of 16 papers shown

Varghese, Susan, Samuel D. Rabkin, G. Petur Nielsen, et al.. (2007). Systemic Therapy of Spontaneous Prostate Cancer in Transgenic Mice with Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Viruses. Cancer Research. 67(19). 9371–9379. 42 indexed citations

Mecocci, Patrizia, Giorgio Fanò, Stefania Fulle, et al.. (1999). Age-dependent increases in oxidative damage to DNA, lipids, and proteins in human skeletal muscle. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 26(3-4). 303–308. 391 indexed citations

Klivènyi, Péter, Russell T. Matthews, Marieke J.H. Wermer, et al.. (1998). Azulenyl Nitrone Spin Traps Protect against MPTP Neurotoxicity. Experimental Neurology. 152(1). 163–166. 19 indexed citations

Ferrante, Robert J., Susan Browne, Leslie A. Shinobu, et al.. (1997). Evidence of Increased Oxidative Damage in Both Sporadic and Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Neurochemistry. 69(5). 2064–2074. 635 indexed citations breakdown →

Browne, Susan, et al.. (1997). Oxidative damage and metabolic dysfunction in Huntington's disease: Selective vulnerability of the basal ganglia. Annals of Neurology. 41(5). 646–653. 691 indexed citations breakdown →

Schulz, Jörg B., et al.. (1996). INVOLVEMENT OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN 3-NITROPROPIONIC ACID NEUROTOXICITY. Neurochemistry International. 29(2). 167–171. 126 indexed citations

Mecocci, Patrizia, Usha MacGarvey, & M. Flint Beal. (1994). Oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA is increased in Alzheimer's disease. Annals of Neurology. 36(5). 747–751. 863 indexed citations breakdown →

Mecocci, Patrizia, Usha MacGarvey, A. Kaufman, et al.. (1993). Oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA shows marked age‐dependent increases in human brain. Annals of Neurology. 34(4). 609–616. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

Vécsei, László, Joanne M. Miller, Usha MacGarvey, & M. Flint Beal. (1992). Kynurenine and probenecid inhibit pentylenetetrazol- and NMDLA-induced seizures and increase kynurenic acid concentrations in the brain. Brain Research Bulletin. 28(2). 233–238. 100 indexed citations

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Miller, Joanne M., Usha MacGarvey, & M. Flint Beal. (1992). The effect of peripheral loading with kynurenine and probenecid on extracellular striatal kynurenic acid concentrations. Neuroscience Letters. 146(1). 115–118. 44 indexed citations

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Swartz, Kenton J., Wayne R. Matson, Usha MacGarvey, Elizabeth A. Ryan, & M. Flint Beal. (1990). Measurement of kynurenic acid in mammalian brain extracts and cerebrospinal fluid by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorometric and coulometric electrode array detection. Analytical Biochemistry. 185(2). 363–376. 115 indexed citations

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Beal, M. Flint, Usha MacGarvey, & Kenton J. Swartz. (1990). Galanin immunoreactivity is increased in the nucleus basalis of meynert in Alzheimer's disease. Annals of Neurology. 28(2). 157–161. 98 indexed citations

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Gabriel, Steven M., et al.. (1988). Distribution of galanin-like immunoreactivity in baboon brain. Peptides. 9(4). 847–851. 34 indexed citations

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Gabriel, Steven M., Usha MacGarvey, James I. Koenig, et al.. (1988). Characterization of galanin-like immunoreactivity in the rat brain: Effects of neonatal glutamate treatment. Neuroscience Letters. 87(1-2). 114–120. 33 indexed citations

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Beal, M. Flint, Ross A. Clevens, Geetinder K. Chattha, et al.. (1988). Galanin‐Like Immunoreactivity Is Unchanged in Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease Dementia Cerebral Cortex. Journal of Neurochemistry. 51(6). 1935–1941. 39 indexed citations

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Ehrlich, H. Paul, et al.. (1987). Ibuprofen as an antagonist of inhibitors of fibrinolysis in wound fluid. Thrombosis Research. 45(1). 17–28. 7 indexed citations

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