MRC Prion Unit

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with MRC Prion Unit have published 819 papers, which have received a total of 43.6k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 485 papers in Molecular Biology, 238 papers in Neurology and 206 papers in Neurology on the topics of Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (335 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (209 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (124 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Molecular Biology (25.4k citations), Neurology (11.4k citations) and Neurology (9.3k citations). Authors at MRC Prion Unit collaborate with scholars in United Kingdom, United States and Germany and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine. Some of MRC Prion Unit's most productive authors include John Collinge, Simon Mead, Sebastian Brandner, Parmjit Jat, Anthony R. Clarke, Jonathan D. F. Wadsworth, Elizabeth Fisher, Ruchi Kumari, Charles Weissmann and Emmanuel A. Asante.

In The Last Decade

MRC Prion Unit

783 papers receiving 43.4k citations

Countries citing scholars working at MRC Prion Unit

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Fields of papers published by authors at MRC Prion Unit

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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