Garth A. Nicholson

25.7k citations

236 papers · 11.7k · 3 hit papers · h-index 52

Impact in

Neurology top 0.05%
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
- Neurological diseases and metabolism
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.2%
- Hereditary Neurological Disorders
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 128
- Hereditary Neurological Disorders 102
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases 54
Molecular Biology 82
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 19
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders 17

Co-authors: Ian P. Blair (42 shared papers)Marina Kennerson (61 shared papers)Steve Vucic (17 shared papers)Matthew C. Kiernan (15 shared papers)Kelly L. Williams (21 shared papers)Glenda M. Halliday (4 shared papers)Paul J. Spira (3 shared papers)David M. Sharpe (3 shared papers)
Journals: Neurology (19 papers)Journal of the Neurological Sciences (12 papers)Brain (8 papers)Neurogenetics (8 papers)Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (7 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Garth A. Nicholson

234 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Garth A. Nicholson's Hit Papers

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TDP-43 Mutations in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 2008 · 2.1k citations

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2008 Science
2004 The American Journal of Human Genetics
2001 Annals of Neurology

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1	TDP-43 Mutations in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Science ·Jemeen Sreedharan, Ian P. Blair, Vineeta B. Tripathi, Xun Hu, Caroline Vance, Boris Rogelj, Steven Ackerley, Jennifer C. Durnall, Kelly L. Williams, Emanuele Buratti, Francisco E. Baralle, Jacqueline de Belleroche, John D. Mitchell, P. Nigel Leigh, Ammar Al‐Chalabi, Christopher C.J. Miller, Garth A. Nicholson, Christopher E. Shaw Hit paper breakdown →	2008	2052
2	DNA/RNA Helicase Gene Mutations in a Form of Juvenile Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS4) The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Ying-Zhang Chen, Craig L. Bennett, Huy M. Huynh, Ian P. Blair, Imke Puls, Joy Irobi, Ines Dierick, Annette Abel, Marina Kennerson, Bruce A. Rabin, Garth A. Nicholson, Michaela Auer‐Grumbach, Klaus Wagner, Peter De Jonghe, John W. Griffin, Kenneth H. Fischbeck, Vincent Timmerman, David R. Cornblath, Phillip F. Chance Hit paper breakdown →	2004	609
3	Clinical and pathological features of a parkinsonian syndrome in a family with an Ala53Thr α‐synuclein mutation Annals of Neurology ·Paul J. Spira, David M. Sharpe, Glenda M. Halliday, Julie Cavanagh, Garth A. Nicholson Hit paper breakdown →	2001	539
4	Controversies and priorities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis The Lancet Neurology ·Martin R. Turner, Orla Hardiman, Michael Benatar, Benjamin Rix Brooks, Adriano Chiò, Mamede de Carvalho, Paul G. Ince, Cindy Lin, Robert G. Miller, Hiroshi Mitsumoto, Garth A. Nicholson, John Ravits, Pamela J. Shaw, Michael Swash, Kevin Talbot, Bryan J. Traynor, Leonard H. van den Berg, Jan H. Veldink, Steve Vucic, Matthew C. Kiernan	2013	387
5	Cortical hyperexcitability may precede the onset of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Brain ·Steve Vucic, Garth A. Nicholson, Matthew C. Kiernan	2008	375
6	Mutations in SPTLC1, encoding serine palmitoyltransferase, long chain base subunit-1, cause hereditary sensory neuropathy type I Nature Genetics ·Jennifer L. Dawkins, D J Hulme, Sonal Brahmbhatt, Michaela Auer‐Grumbach, Garth A. Nicholson	2001	306
7	Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy Type 1 Is Caused by the Accumulation of Two Neurotoxic Sphingolipids Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Anke Penno, Mary M. Reilly, Henry Houlden, Matilde Laurá, Katharina Rentsch, Vera Niederkofler, Esther T. Stoeckli, Garth A. Nicholson, Florian Eichler, Robert H. Brown, Arnold von Eckardstein, Thorsten Hornemann	2010	283
8	Clinical and pathological features of a Parkinsonian syndrome in a family with an Ala53Thr alpha-synuclein mutation. PubMed ·Paul J. Spira, David M. Sharpe, Glenda M. Halliday, Julie Cavanagh, Garth A. Nicholson	2001	280
9	The peripheral myelin gene PMP–22/GAS–3 is duplicated in Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 1A Nature Genetics ·Linda J. Valentijn, Pieter A. Bolhuis, Ina Zorn, Jessica E. Hoogendijk, N. van den Bosch, Gerard W. Hensels, Vincent P. Stanton, David E. Housman, Kenneth H. Fischbeck, David A. Ross, Garth A. Nicholson, Eric J. Meershoek, Hans G. Dauwerse, G.J.B. van Ommen, Frank Baas	1992	268
10	Mutations in the pleckstrin homology domain of dynamin 2 cause dominant intermediate Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Nature Genetics ·Stephan Züchner, Maher Noureddine, Marina Kennerson, Kristien Verhoeven, Kristl G. Claeys, Peter De Jonghe, John Merory, Sofia A. Oliveira, Marcy C. Speer, Judith E. Stenger, Gina Walizada, Danqing Zhu, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Garth A. Nicholson, Vincent Timmerman, Jeffery M. Vance	2005	263
11	FUS mutations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: clinical, pathological, neurophysiological and genetic analysis Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry ·Ian P. Blair, Kelly L. Williams, Sadaf T. Warraich, Jennifer C. Durnall, Annora Thoeng, Jim Manavis, Peter Blumbergs, Steve Vucic, Matthew C. Kiernan, Garth A. Nicholson	2009	195
12	A frame shift mutation in the PMP22 gene in hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies Nature Genetics ·Garth A. Nicholson, Linda J. Valentijn, Annia K. Cherryson, Marina Kennerson, T. Bragg, Robert M. DeKroon, David A. Ross, John D. Pollard, James G. McLeod, Pieter A. Bolhuis, Frank Baas	1994	174
13	De novo mutation of the myelin Po gene in Dejerine–Sottas disease (hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type III) Nature Genetics ·Kiyoshi Hayasaka, Masato Himoro, Yukio Sawaishi, Kenji Nanao, Tsutomu Takahashi, Goro Takada, Garth A. Nicholson, Robert Ouvrier, Nobutada Tachi	1993	157
14	Use of Whole-Exome Sequencing for Diagnosis of Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy JAMA Neurology ·Roula Ghaoui, Sandra T. Cooper, Monkol Lek, Kristi Jones, Alastair Corbett, Stephen Reddel, Merrilee Needham, Christina Liang, Leigh B. Waddell, Garth A. Nicholson, Gina O’Grady, Simranpreet Kaur, Royston Ong, Mark R. Davis, Carolyn M. Sue, Nigel G. Laing, Kathryn N. North, Daniel G. MacArthur, Nigel F. Clarke	2015	144
15	Tau haplotypes regulate transcription and are associated with Parkinson's disease Annals of Neurology ·John B. Kwok, Erdahl Teber, Clement T. Loy, Marianne Hallupp, Garth A. Nicholson, George D. Mellick, Daniel D. Buchanan, Peter A. Silburn, Peter R. Schofield	2004	129
16	Two novel (M233T and ρ278T) presenilin-1 mutations in early-onset Alzheimerʼs disease pedigrees and preliminary evidence for association of presenilin-1 mutations with a novel phenotype Neuroreport ·John B. Kwok, Kevin Taddei, Marianne Hallupp, Christopher Fisher, William S. Brooks, G. Anthony Broe, John Hardy, Michael Fulham, Garth A. Nicholson, Rick Stell, Peter St George‐Hyslop, Paul E. Fraser, Byron A. Kakulas, Roger Clarnette, Norman Relkin, Sam Gandy, Peter R. Schofield, Ralph N. Martins	1997	129
17	UBQLN2/ubiquilin 2 mutation and pathology in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Neurobiology of Aging ·Kelly L. Williams, Sadaf T. Warraich, Shu Yang, Jennifer A. Solski, Ruvini Fernando, Guy A. Rouleau, Garth A. Nicholson, Ian P. Blair	2012	129
18	Intermediate nerve conduction velocities define X‐linked Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth neuropathy families Neurology ·Garth A. Nicholson, Janet Nash	1993	125
19	Clinical and genetic study of Friedreich ataxia in an Australian population American Journal of Medical Genetics ·Martin B. Delatycki, Damien B.B.P. Paris, R. J McKinlay Gardner, Garth A. Nicholson, Najah T. Nassif, Elsdon Storey, John MacMillan, Veronica Collins, Robert Williamson, Susan M. Forrest	1999	108
20	Phenotypic spectrum of disorders associated with glycyl-tRNA synthetase mutations Brain ·Kumaraswamy Sivakumar, Theodoros Kyriakides, Imke Puls, Garth A. Nicholson, Benoît Funalot, Anthony Antonellis, Nyamkhishig Sambuughin, Kyproula Christodoulou, John L. Beggs, Eleni Zamba‐Papanicolaou, Victor Ionâşescu, Marinos C. Dalakas, Eric D. Green, Kenneth H. Fischbeck, Lev G. Goldfarb	2005	103

About Garth A. Nicholson

Garth A. Nicholson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Neurology, Neurology and Cell Biology, having authored 236 papers that have together received 11.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hereditary Neurological Disorders (102 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (54 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (51 papers), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (46 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (39 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (20 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (19 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (5.6k citations), Neurology (2.2k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (4.5k citations), Genetics (2.3k citations) and Cell Biology (1.4k citations). Garth A. Nicholson has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ian P. Blair, Marina Kennerson, Steve Vucic, Matthew C. Kiernan, Kelly L. Williams, Glenda M. Halliday, Paul J. Spira, David M. Sharpe, Julie Cavanagh and Jennifer C. Durnall. Their work appears in journals such as Neurology, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Brain, Neurogenetics and Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

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