William A. Mills

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

William A. Mills is a scholar working on Neurology, Radiation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Mills has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Neurology, 7 papers in Radiation and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in William A. Mills's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (8 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (7 papers) and Barrier Structure and Function Studies (5 papers). William A. Mills is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (8 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (7 papers) and Barrier Structure and Function Studies (5 papers). William A. Mills collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. William A. Mills's co-authors include Jack Taunton, G. S. Hurst, Stephen F. Cleary, Ukpong B. Eyo, Harald Sontheimer, Frank P. Conte, A. C. Upton, Shan Jiang, Ian F. Kimbrough and Jessica Katznelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

William A. Mills

43 papers receiving 951 citations

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Capillary-associated microglia regulate vascular structure and function through PANX1-P2RY12 coupling in mice

2021 193 citations Kanchan Bisht, Kaushik Sharma et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
William A. Mills	249	168	132	104	97	48	1.1k
J Emmrich	351 1.4×	112 0.7×	87 0.7×	42 0.4×	41 0.4×	64	844
Makoto Inoue	84 0.3×	471 2.8×	169 1.3×	63 0.6×	71 0.7×	196	2.6k
H. Kollegger	84 0.3×	141 0.8×	132 1.0×	77 0.7×	44 0.5×	35	1.3k
A. Romani	206 0.8×	156 0.9×	118 0.9×	83 0.8×	29 0.3×	91	1.8k
Takashi Sakamoto	327 1.3×	251 1.5×	184 1.4×	169 1.6×	164 1.7×	165	2.4k
Cathrine Jonsson	78 0.3×	354 2.1×	242 1.8×	430 4.1×	102 1.1×	72	1.8k
Donald W. Mulder	434 1.7×	476 2.8×	530 4.0×	297 2.9×	63 0.6×	65	3.1k
Paweł Krajewski	52 0.2×	197 1.2×	68 0.5×	65 0.6×	79 0.8×	65	1.0k
Richard A. Brown	97 0.4×	421 2.5×	70 0.5×	65 0.6×	22 0.2×	58	1.4k
Stefan Wolf	40 0.2×	130 0.8×	241 1.8×	57 0.5×	63 0.6×	97	1.5k

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Mills, William A., Andrew Glidle, Liang Peng, et al.. (2025). On-demand droplet formation at a T-junction: modelling and validation. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 11(1). 94–94. 1 indexed citations

Mills, William A., Dennis H. Lentferink, Fernando Gonzàlez Ibáñez, et al.. (2025). Microglial cyclooxygenase-1 modulates cerebral capillary basal tone in vivo in mice. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5704–5704.

Mills, William A., et al.. (2025). The Cells of the Vasculature: Advances in the Regulation of Vascular Tone in the Brain and Periphery. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology. 136(5). e70023–e70023. 3 indexed citations

Mills, William A., Shan Jiang, Ian F. Kimbrough, et al.. (2022). Astrocyte plasticity in mice ensures continued endfoot coverage of cerebral blood vessels following injury and declines with age. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1794–1794. 60 indexed citations

Mills, William A., Morgan Coburn, & Ukpong B. Eyo. (2022). The emergence of the calvarial hematopoietic niche in health and disease. Immunological Reviews. 311(1). 26–38. 10 indexed citations

Mills, William A. & Ukpong B. Eyo. (2022). TREMble Before TREM2: The Mighty Microglial Receptor Conferring Neuroprotective Properties in TDP-43 Mediated Neurodegeneration. Neuroscience Bulletin. 39(1). 163–166. 3 indexed citations

Bisht, Kanchan, Kaushik Sharma, Dennis H. Lentferink, et al.. (2021). Capillary-associated microglia regulate vascular structure and function through PANX1-P2RY12 coupling in mice. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5289–5289. 193 indexed citations breakdown →

Jiang, Shan, Junyeob Song, Yujing Zhang, et al.. (2021). Nano-optoelectrodes Integrated with Flexible Multifunctional Fiber Probes by High-Throughput Scalable Fabrication. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(7). 9156–9165. 14 indexed citations

Umans, Robyn A., et al.. (2021). Using Zebrafish to Elucidate Glial-Vascular Interactions During CNS Development. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 654338–654338. 8 indexed citations

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Jiang, Shan, Dipan C. Patel, Jongwoon Kim, et al.. (2020). Spatially expandable fiber-based probes as a multifunctional deep brain interface. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6115–6115. 71 indexed citations

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Campbell, Susan C., Carmen Muñoz‐Ballester, Lata Chaunsali, et al.. (2019). Potassium and glutamate transport is impaired in scar-forming tumor-associated astrocytes. Neurochemistry International. 133. 104628–104628. 36 indexed citations

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Mills, William A., Xia Wang, Michael Chen, et al.. (2019). EphA4/Tie2 crosstalk regulates leptomeningeal collateral remodeling following ischemic stroke. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(2). 1024–1035. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Xia, et al.. (2019). Lactobacillus rescues postnatal neurobehavioral and microglial dysfunction in a model of maternal microbiome dysbiosis. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 81. 617–629. 40 indexed citations

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Dallaghan, Gary L. Beck, et al.. (2017). Recruiting and Retaining Community-Based Preceptors: A Multicenter Qualitative Action Study of Pediatric Preceptors. Academic Medicine. 92(8). 1168–1174. 24 indexed citations

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Katznelson, Jessica, et al.. (2014). Project CAPE. Pediatric Emergency Care. 30(6). 397–402. 21 indexed citations

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McPherson, Robert M., et al.. (2003). Influence of Herbicide Tolerant Soybean Production Systems on Insect Pest Populations and Pest-Induced Crop Damage. Journal of Economic Entomology. 96(3). 690–698. 13 indexed citations

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Innis, Nancy K. & William A. Mills. (1985). The role of contextual cues in operant responding in rats. Behavioural Processes. 10(3). 211–218. 1 indexed citations

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Evans, Robley D., et al.. (1981). Estimate of risk from environmental exposure to radon-222 and its decay products. Nature. 290(5802). 98–100. 63 indexed citations

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Rossi, H. H., et al.. (1955). INTERCOMPARISON OF FAST-NEUTRON DOSIMETERS. Nucleonics (U.S.) Ceased publication. 3 indexed citations

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Mills, William A. & G. S. Hurst. (1954). FAST-NEUTRON DOSIMETRY IN A SMALL TISSUE-EQUIVALENT PHANTOM. Nucleonics (U.S.) Ceased publication. 1 indexed citations

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