Virginia Gao

1.8k total citations
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Virginia Gao is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia Gao has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Neurology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Virginia Gao's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (4 papers). Virginia Gao is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (4 papers). Virginia Gao collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Virginia Gao's co-authors include Cristina M. Alberini, Michael Q. Steinman, Giannina Descalzi, Akinobu Suzuki, Emmanuel Cruz, Benjamin Bessières, Gabriella Pollonini, Dana Leifer, Pierre J. Magistretti and Sylvain Lengacher and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Virginia Gao

17 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Virginia Gao United States 12 378 370 260 246 203 18 1.1k
Michael Rodriguez Australia 15 244 0.6× 161 0.4× 298 1.1× 275 1.1× 121 0.6× 32 1.1k
Stephanie Shiers United States 21 447 1.2× 231 0.6× 114 0.4× 385 1.6× 750 3.7× 41 1.5k
Claire A. Sheldon Canada 20 300 0.8× 342 0.9× 88 0.3× 316 1.3× 69 0.3× 45 1.0k
Ricardo Taipa Portugal 24 273 0.7× 366 1.0× 339 1.3× 668 2.7× 394 1.9× 77 1.7k
Zhuoran Yin United States 14 200 0.5× 140 0.4× 1.1k 4.4× 481 2.0× 683 3.4× 17 1.8k
Hiroshi Ishino Japan 18 273 0.7× 340 0.9× 178 0.7× 383 1.6× 233 1.1× 89 1.0k
Tsubasa Takizawa Japan 18 127 0.3× 178 0.5× 233 0.9× 109 0.4× 131 0.6× 69 946
Lidia Yshii Brazil 18 174 0.5× 206 0.6× 231 0.9× 273 1.1× 214 1.1× 33 1.1k
Celia A. McKee United States 11 377 1.0× 330 0.9× 253 1.0× 384 1.6× 188 0.9× 13 1.2k
Lyna Kamintsky Israel 14 335 0.9× 138 0.4× 313 1.2× 197 0.8× 99 0.5× 27 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Virginia Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Virginia Gao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Virginia Gao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Virginia Gao 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 Virginia Gao. Virginia Gao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Gao, Virginia, Kerry Gaskin, Serge Przedborski, et al.. (2025). Synaptic vesicle-omics in mice captures signatures of aging and synucleinopathy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4079–4079. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Eric E., Geert Jan Biessels, Virginia Gao, et al.. (2024). Systemic determinants of brain health in ageing. Nature Reviews Neurology. 20(11). 647–659. 10 indexed citations
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Mathur, Soania, et al.. (2024). Perspectives of People At-Risk on Parkinson’s Prevention Research. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 14(3). 399–414. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Virginia, Carl V. Crawford, & Jacqueline Burré. (2024). The Gut–Brain Axis in Parkinson's Disease. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 15(1). a041618–a041618. 4 indexed citations
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Gao, Virginia, et al.. (2022). Functional and Pathological Effects of α-Synuclein on Synaptic SNARE Complexes. Journal of Molecular Biology. 435(1). 167714–167714. 49 indexed citations
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Carnazza, Kathryn E., Virginia Gao, Trudy F. Ramlall, et al.. (2022). Synaptic vesicle binding of α-synuclein is modulated by β- and γ-synucleins. Cell Reports. 39(2). 110675–110675. 35 indexed citations
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Gewirtz, Alexandra N., et al.. (2021). Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 25(3). 19–19. 59 indexed citations
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Gao, Virginia, Alexandra N. Gewirtz, Neal S. Parikh, et al.. (2020). Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in patients with COVID-19. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 416. 117019–117019. 65 indexed citations
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Dinkin, Marc, Virginia Gao, Joshua Kahan, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 presenting with ophthalmoparesis from cranial nerve palsy. Neurology. 95(5). 221–223. 233 indexed citations
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Mariottini, Chiara, Leonardo Munari, Nikos Tzavaras, et al.. (2019). Wilm’s tumor 1 promotes memory flexibility. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3756–3756. 18 indexed citations
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Descalzi, Giannina, Virginia Gao, Michael Q. Steinman, Akinobu Suzuki, & Cristina M. Alberini. (2019). Lactate from astrocytes fuels learning-induced mRNA translation in excitatory and inhibitory neurons. Communications Biology. 2(1). 247–247. 130 indexed citations
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Alberini, Cristina M., Emmanuel Cruz, Giannina Descalzi, Benjamin Bessières, & Virginia Gao. (2017). Astrocyte glycogen and lactate: New insights into learning and memory mechanisms. Glia. 66(6). 1244–1262. 195 indexed citations
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Steinman, Michael Q., Virginia Gao, & Cristina M. Alberini. (2016). The Role of Lactate-Mediated Metabolic Coupling between Astrocytes and Neurons in Long-Term Memory Formation. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 10. 10–10. 92 indexed citations
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Gao, Virginia, Akinobu Suzuki, Pierre J. Magistretti, et al.. (2016). Astrocytic β 2 -adrenergic receptors mediate hippocampal long-term memory consolidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(30). 8526–8531. 153 indexed citations
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Dias, Caroline, David Dietz, Michelle S. Mazei‐Robison, et al.. (2015). Dishevelled-2 regulates cocaine-induced structural plasticity and Rac1 activity in the nucleus accumbens. Neuroscience Letters. 598. 23–28. 14 indexed citations
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Pollonini, Gabriella, et al.. (2008). Abnormal expression of synaptic proteins and neurotrophin-3 in the down syndrome mouse model Ts65Dn. Neuroscience. 156(1). 99–106. 35 indexed citations

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