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Alexander Gerhard

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Neuroscience

D-Index
56
Citations
18304
World Ranking
4442
National Ranking
385

Alexander Gerhard publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Gerhard sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 230 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Alexander Gerhard D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Gerhard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexander Gerhard is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with a significant concentration in neurology, physiology, psychiatry and mental health, molecular biology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Alexander Gerhard has contributed to various papers published in reputable venues. Some of their recent publications include:

  • Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein is raised in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia, 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Temporal order of clinical and biomarker changes in familial frontotemporal dementia, 2022, Nature Medicine
  • Genetic determinants of survival in progressive supranuclear palsy: a genome-wide association study, 2020, The Lancet Neurology
  • Neuronal pentraxin 2: a synapse-derived CSF biomarker in genetic frontotemporal dementia, 2020, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Plasma Neurofilament Light for Prediction of Disease Progression in Familial Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, 2021, Neurology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • James B. Rowe
  • Elizabeth Finger
  • Raquel Sánchez-Valle
  • Maria Carmela Tartaglia
  • Caroline Graff

Alexander Gerhard has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms used are:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Brain
  • Neurology

Best Publications

  • A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

    Alan E. Renton;Elisa Majounie;Adrian James Waite;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

  • In vivo imaging of microglial activation with [11C](R)-PK11195 PET in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

    Alexander Gerhard;Nicola Pavese;Gary Hotton;Federico Turkheimer

  • Microglia, amyloid, and cognition in Alzheimer's disease: An [11C](R)PK11195-PET and [11C]PIB-PET study.

    Paul Edison;Hilary A. Archer;Alexander Gerhard;Alexander Gerhard;Rainer Hinz;Rainer Hinz

  • Distinct clinical and pathological characteristics of frontotemporal dementia associated with C9ORF72 mutations

    Julie S. Snowden;Sara Rollinson;Jennifer C. Thompson;Jennifer C. Thompson;Jennifer M. Harris;Jennifer M. Harris

  • Microglial activation correlates with severity in Huntington disease A clinical and PET study

    N. Pavese;A. Gerhard;Y. F. Tai;A. K. Ho

  • Microglial activation in presymptomatic Huntington's disease gene carriers

    Yen F. Tai;Nicola Pavese;Alexander Gerhard;Sarah J. Tabrizi

  • Frontotemporal dementia and its subtypes: a genome-wide association study

    Raffaele Ferrari;Raffaele Ferrari;Dena G Hernandez;Dena G Hernandez;Michael A Nalls;Jonathan D Rohrer

  • Evolution of microglial activation in patients after ischemic stroke: a [11C](R)-PK11195 PET study.

    Alexander Gerhard;Johannes Schwarz;Ralph Myers;Richard Wise

  • Elevated Translocator Protein in Anterior Cingulate in Major Depression and a Role for Inflammation in Suicidal Thinking: A Positron Emission Tomography Study

    Sophie E. Holmes;Rainer Hinz;Silke Conen;Catherine J. Gregory

  • Reference and target region modeling of [11C]-(R)-PK11195 brain studies

    Federico E. Turkheimer;Paul Edison;Nicola Pavese;Federico Roncaroli

  • Age at symptom onset and death and disease duration in genetic frontotemporal dementia: an international retrospective cohort study.

    Katrina M. Moore;Jennifer Nicholas;Murray Grossman;Corey T. McMillan

  • The clinical diagnosis of early-onset dementias: diagnostic accuracy and clinicopathological relationships

    Julie S. Snowden;Jennifer C. Thompson;Cheryl L. Stopford;Anna M. T. Richardson

  • [11C](R)-PK11195 PET imaging of microglial activation in multiple system atrophy.

    A. Gerhard;R. B. Banati;G. B. Goerres;A. Cagnin

  • Brain inflammation is induced by co-morbidities and risk factors for stroke

    Caroline Drake;Hervé Boutin;Matthew S. Jones;Adam Denes

  • In vivo imaging of microglial activation with [11C](R)-PK11195 PET in progressive supranuclear palsy.

    Alexander Gerhard;Iris Trender-Gerhard;Federico Turkheimer;Niall P. Quinn

  • Minocycline 1-year therapy in multiple-system-atrophy: Effect on clinical symptoms and [11C] (R)-PK11195 PET (MEMSA-trial)

    Richard Dodel;Richard Dodel;Annika Spottke;Alexander Gerhard;Alexander Gerhard;Alexander Reuss

  • Autosomal-dominant GTPCH1-deficient DRD: clinical characteristics and long-term outcome of 34 patients

    Iris Trender-Gerhard;Mary G Sweeney;Petra Schwingenschuh;Pablo Mir

  • Imaging microglial activation in Huntington's disease

    Yen F. Tai;Nicola Pavese;Alexander Gerhard;Sarah J. Tabrizi

  • In vivo imaging of activated microglia using [11C]PK11195 and positron emission tomography in patients after ischemic stroke.

    Alexander Gerhard;Bernd Neumaier;Ercan Elitok;Gerhard Glatting

  • Plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein is raised in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia.

    Carolin Heller;Martha S Foiani;Katrina Moore;Rhian Convery

  • In vivo imaging of microglial activation with [11C](R)-PK11195 PET in corticobasal degeneration.

    Alexander Gerhard;Justin Watts;Justin Watts;Iris Trender-Gerhard;Federico Turkheimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline Graff
Caroline Graff Karolinska University Hospital
James B. Rowe
James B. Rowe University of Cambridge
Rik Vandenberghe
Rik Vandenberghe KU Leuven
Daniela Galimberti
Daniela Galimberti University of Milan
Christopher Collett Butler
Christopher Collett Butler University of Oxford
Jonathan D. Rohrer
Jonathan D. Rohrer University College London
Mario Masellis
Mario Masellis Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Barbara Borroni
Barbara Borroni University of Brescia
John C. van Swieten
John C. van Swieten Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fabrizio Tagliavini
Fabrizio Tagliavini Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta

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