Walter Beech

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Walter Beech is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Beech has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Physiology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Walter Beech's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (6 papers) and Curcumin's Biomedical Applications (4 papers). Walter Beech is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (6 papers) and Curcumin's Biomedical Applications (4 papers). Walter Beech collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Walter Beech's co-authors include Sally A. Frautschy, Greg M. Cole, Giselle P. Lim, Fusheng Yang, Teresa Chu, Oliver J. Ubeda, Bruce Teter, Tinyi Chu, Thuy Tran and Pisin Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

Walter Beech

15 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

The Curry Spice Curcumin Reduces Oxidative Damage and Amyloid Pathology in an Alzheimer Transgenic Mouse

2001 1.2k citations Giselle P. Lim, Teresa Chu et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Ibuprofen Suppresses Plaque Pathology and Inflammation in a Mouse Model for Alzheimer's Disease

2000 741 citations Giselle P. Lim, Fu Yang et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Beech United States	12	1.9k	1.0k	705	679	561	15	3.1k
Aynun N. Begum United States	12	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	377 0.5×	733 1.1×	1.2k 2.2×	19	3.5k
Surendra S. Ambegaokar United States	14	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	330 0.5×	631 0.9×	767 1.4×	18	3.0k
Stéphane Bastianetto Canada	25	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	684 1.0×	629 0.9×	112 0.2×	31	3.7k
Oliver J. Ubeda United States	17	3.6k 1.9×	1.9k 1.8×	937 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	886 1.6×	22	5.9k
Huayan Hou United States	22	1.4k 0.7×	790 0.8×	504 0.7×	723 1.1×	85 0.2×	40	2.8k
Oliviero Danni Italy	34	1.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	529 0.8×	588 0.9×	59 0.1×	62	4.3k
Lap Ho United States	28	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	681 1.0×	472 0.7×	55 0.1×	46	3.4k
Elena Tamagno Italy	34	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	427 0.6×	642 0.9×	54 0.1×	64	3.7k
Yuji Yoshiike Japan	20	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	303 0.4×	589 0.9×	71 0.1×	24	2.8k
Teresa Chu United States	11	766 0.4×	607 0.6×	256 0.4×	320 0.5×	492 0.9×	13	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Beech

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Beech

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Beech

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

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15 of 15 papers shown

Ma, Qianxia, Fen Yang, Emily R. Rosario, et al.. (2009). -Amyloid Oligomers Induce Phosphorylation of Tau and Inactivation of Insulin Receptor Substrate via c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase Signaling: Suppression by Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Curcumin. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(28). 9078–9089. 437 indexed citations

Ma, Qiu‐Lan, Fusheng Yang, Frédéric Calon, et al.. (2008). p21-activated Kinase-aberrant Activation and Translocation in Alzheimer Disease Pathogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(20). 14132–14143. 102 indexed citations

Hu, Shuxin, Aynun N. Begum, Mychica Jones, et al.. (2008). GSK3 inhibitors show benefits in an Alzheimer's disease (AD) model of neurodegeneration but adverse effects in control animals. Neurobiology of Disease. 33(2). 193–206. 139 indexed citations

Begum, Aynun N., Fusheng Yang, Edmond Teng, et al.. (2008). Use of Copper and Insulin-Resistance to Accelerate Cognitive Deficits and Synaptic Protein Loss in a Rat Aβ-Infusion Alzheimer's Disease Model. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 15(4). 625–640. 11 indexed citations

Ma, Qiu‐Lan, Marni E. Harris‐White, Oliver J. Ubeda, et al.. (2007). Evidence of Aβ‐ and transgene‐dependent defects in ERK‐CREB signaling in Alzheimer’s models. Journal of Neurochemistry. 103(4). 1594–1607. 96 indexed citations

Yang, Fusheng, Giselle P. Lim, Bruce Teter, et al.. (2004). P4-337 Regulation of microglial activation and effects of abeta production by ibuprofen and curcumin, an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative compound that suppresses amyloid in TG2576 (APPSW mice). Neurobiology of Aging. 25. S571–S571. 1 indexed citations

Begum, Aynun N., Fusheng Yang, Shuxin Hu, et al.. (2004). P4-417 The phenolic antioxidant compound curcumin (CURC), and one of its metabolite tetrahydrocurcumin (THC) prevent Aβ oligomer formation, de-aggregate previously formed oligomers and are neuroprotective against oligomer toxicity. Neurobiology of Aging. 25. S592–S593. 2 indexed citations

Morihara, Takashi, Tinyi Chu, Oliver J. Ubeda, Walter Beech, & G. M. Cole. (2002). Selective inhibition of Aβ42 production by NSAID R‐enantiomers. Journal of Neurochemistry. 83(4). 1009–1012. 122 indexed citations

Lim, Giselle P., Teresa Chu, Fusheng Yang, et al.. (2001). The Curry Spice Curcumin Reduces Oxidative Damage and Amyloid Pathology in an Alzheimer Transgenic Mouse. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(21). 8370–8377. 1194 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lim, Giselle P., Fu Yang, Tinyi Chu, et al.. (2000). Ibuprofen Suppresses Plaque Pathology and Inflammation in a Mouse Model for Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 20(15). 5709–5714. 741 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lim, Giselle P., Fusheng Yang, Teresa Chu, et al.. (2000). Ibuprofen reduces inflammation and plaque pathology in a mouse model for Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 21. 17–17. 7 indexed citations

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Cole, Greg M., et al.. (1999). Lipoprotein effects on aβ accumulation and degradation by microglia in vitro. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 57(4). 504–520. 41 indexed citations

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Yang, Fusheng, Xiaoyan Sun, Walter Beech, et al.. (1998). Antibody to caspase-cleaved actin detects apoptosis in differentiated neuroblastoma and plaque-associated neurons and microglia in Alzheimer's disease.. PubMed. 152(2). 379–89. 207 indexed citations

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Chu, Teresa, Thuy Tran, Fusheng Yang, et al.. (1998). Effect of chloroquine and leupeptin on intracellular accumulation of amyloid‐beta (Aβ) 1–42 peptide in a murine N9 microglial cell line. FEBS Letters. 436(3). 439–444. 27 indexed citations

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Hwang, David, Arye Lev-Ran, Thomas Papoian, & Walter Beech. (1987). Insulin-like activity of chromium-binding fractions from brewer's yeast. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 30(3). 219–225. 19 indexed citations

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