2026 Alan I. Faden: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	124	3248	3029	1791	1649	501	46682

Overview

Alan I. Faden is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these broader areas, their work concentrates on key subfields including neurology, molecular biology, immunology, pathology and forensic medicine, and epidemiology.

The scientist's main research topics cover diverse aspects of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, spinal cord injury research, immune response and inflammation, neonatal and fetal brain pathology, S100 proteins and annexins, and extracellular vesicles in disease.

Frequent publication venues for Alan I. Faden include:

Brain Behavior and Immunity
Journal of Neuroinflammation
Cells
Journal of Neuroscience
International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Notable recent papers include:

Microglial Depletion with CSF1R Inhibitor During Chronic Phase of Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury Reduces Neurodegeneration and Neurological Deficits, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
Delayed microglial depletion after spinal cord injury reduces chronic inflammation and neurodegeneration in the brain and improves neurological recovery in male mice, 2020, Theranostics
Interferon-β Plays a Detrimental Role in Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury by Enhancing Neuroinflammation That Drives Chronic Neurodegeneration, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
Spinal cord injury alters microRNA and CD81+ exosome levels in plasma extracellular nanoparticles with neuroinflammatory potential, 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
Proton extrusion during oxidative burst in microglia exacerbates pathological acidosis following traumatic brain injury, 2020, Glia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Alan I. Faden include:

Rodney M. Ritzel
Bogdan A. Stoica
Junfang Wu
Rebecca J. Henry
Yun Li

Best Publications

The role of excitatory amino acids and NMDA receptors in traumatic brain injury.

Alan I. Faden;Paul Demediuk;S. Scott Panter;Robert Vink

1936
Citations
Activation of CPP32-Like Caspases Contributes to Neuronal Apoptosis and Neurological Dysfunction after Traumatic Brain Injury

Alexander G. Yakovlev;Susan M. Knoblach;Lei Fan;Gerard B. Fox

763
Citations
MASCIS Evaluation of Open Field Locomotor Scores: Effects of Experience and Teamwork on Reliability

D. M. Basso;M. S. Beattie;J. C. Bresnahan;D. K. Anderson

692
Citations
Naloxone reversal of endotoxin hypotension suggests role of endorphins in shock

J W Holaday;A I Faden

646
Citations
Neuroprotection for traumatic brain injury: translational challenges and emerging therapeutic strategies.

David J. Loane;Alan I. Faden

619
Citations
Endogenous repair after spinal cord contusion injuries in the rat.

M. S. Beattie;J. C. Bresnahan;J. Komon;C. A. Tovar

506
Citations
Progressive Neurodegeneration after Experimental Brain Trauma: Association with Chronic Microglial Activation

David J. Loane;Alok Kumar;Bogdan A. Stoica;Rainier Cabatbat

497
Citations
Opiate Antagonists: A Role in the Treatment of Hypovolemic Shock

A. I. Faden;J. W. Holaday

484
Citations
Caspase pathways, neuronal apoptosis, and CNS injury.

Basil A. Eldadah;Alan I. Faden

481
Citations
A potential role for excitotoxins in the pathophysiology of spinal cord injury.

Alan I. Faden;Roger P. Simon

473
Citations
Cell cycle inhibition provides neuroprotection and reduces glial proliferation and scar formation after traumatic brain injury

Simone Di Giovanni;Vilen Movsesyan;Farid Ahmed;Ibolja Cernak

452
Citations
Opiate antagonist improves neurologic recovery after spinal injury

Alan I. Faden;Thomas P. Jacobs;John W. Holaday

396
Citations
Sustained Sensory/Motor and Cognitive Deficits With Neuronal Apoptosis Following Controlled Cortical Impact Brain Injury in the Mouse

Gerard B. Fox;Lei Fan;Ryan A. Levasseur;Alan I. Faden

373
Citations
Interleukin-10 improves outcome and alters proinflammatory cytokine expression after experimental traumatic brain injury

Susan M. Knoblach;Alan I. Faden

363
Citations
Alteration in extracellular amino acids after traumatic spinal cord injury.

S. Scott Panter;Sabrina W. Yum;Alan I. Faden;Alan I. Faden

362
Citations
Decline in intracellular free Mg2+ is associated with irreversible tissue injury after brain trauma.

R Vink;T K McIntosh;P Demediuk;M W Weiner

352
Citations
Early neuronal expression of tumor necrosis factor-α after experimental brain injury contributes to neurological impairment

Susan M. Knoblach;Lei Fan;Alan I. Faden

336
Citations
Medical Harm: Historical, Conceptual and Ethical Dimensions of Iatrogenic Illness

Virginia Ashby Sharpe;Alan I. Faden

328
Citations
Differential expression of apoptotic protease-activating factor-1 and caspase-3 genes and susceptibility to apoptosis during brain development and after traumatic brain injury.

Alexander G. Yakovlev;Katsuya Ota;Geping Wang;Vilen Movsesyan

326
Citations
Cell death mechanisms and modulation in traumatic brain injury

Bogdan A. Stoica;Alan I. Faden

325
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Vink University of South Australia

John W. Holaday Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Linda Noble University of California, San Francisco

Eric P. Hoffman Binghamton University

Tracy K. McIntosh Media NeuroConsultants

Philip Weinstein University of Adelaide

Rohit Bakshi Brigham and Women's Hospital

G. William Rebeck Georgetown University Medical Center

Gerard B. Fox Georgetown University Medical Center

Alan P. Kozikowski StarWise Therapeutics LLC

External Links

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