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Allan I. Levey 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 Allan I. Levey sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 680 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Allan I. Levey 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 Allan I. Levey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 168 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in United States Leader Award

Overview

Allan I. Levey is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in subfields such as Physiology, Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, and Biological Psychiatry.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Levey's research outputs include papers with a focus on Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative conditions, often addressing proteomics, brain metabolism, and biomarker identification. Some recent papers include:

  • "Large-scale proteomic analysis of Alzheimer's disease brain and cerebrospinal fluid reveals early changes in energy metabolism associated with microglia and astrocyte activation," 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "Large-scale deep multi-layer analysis of Alzheimer's disease brain reveals strong proteomic disease-related changes not observed at the RNA level," 2022, Nature Neuroscience
  • "Integrated proteomics reveals brain-based cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in asymptomatic and symptomatic Alzheimer's disease," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Integrating human brain proteomes with genome-wide association data implicates new proteins in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Microengineered human blood-brain barrier platform for understanding nanoparticle transport mechanisms," 2020, Nature Communications

The scholar frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Alzheimer s Research & Therapy
  • Biological Psychiatry

Levey collaborates extensively with other researchers. Their frequent co-authors include Nicholas T. Seyfried, James J. Lah, Eric B. Dammer, Thomas S. Wingo, and Duc M. Duong. These collaborations reflect a broad network of experts working in neurodegenerative diseases and molecular neurobiology.

Best Publications

  • Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing

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  • Cholinergic innervation of cortex by the basal forebrain : cytochemistry and cortical connections of the septal area, diagonal band nuclei, nucleus basalis (substantia innominata), and hypothalamus in the rhesus monkey

    M.-Marsel Mesulam;Elliott J. Mufson;Allan I. Levey;Bruce H. Wainer

  • Variant of TREM2 associated with the risk of Alzheimer's disease

    Thorlakur Jonsson;Hreinn Stefansson;Stacy Steinberg;Ingileif Jonsdottir

  • Central cholinergic pathways in the rat: an overview based on an alternative nomenclature (Ch1-Ch6).

    M M Mesulam;E J Mufson;B H Wainer;A I Levey

  • Vitamin E and Donepezil for the Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment

    Ronald C. Petersen;Ronald G. Thomas;Michael Grundman;David Bennett

  • Common variants at MS4A4/MS4A6E, CD2AP, CD33 and EPHA1 are associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

    Adam C. Naj;Gyungah Jun;Gary W. Beecham;Li-San Wang

  • Familial Alzheimer's Disease–Linked Presenilin 1 Variants Elevate Aβ1–42/1–40 Ratio In Vitro and In Vivo

    David R. Borchelt;Gopal Thinakaran;Christopher B. Eckman;Christopher B. Eckman;Michael K. Lee

  • Localization of neuronal and glial glutamate transporters

    Jeffrey D. Rothstein;Lee Martin;Allan I. Levey;Margaret Dykes-Hoberg

  • Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain

    Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Brendan Bulik-Sullivan;Hilary K. Finucane;Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters

  • A common variant on chromosome 9p21 affects the risk of myocardial infarction

    Anna Helgadottir;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Andrei Manolescu;Solveig Gretarsdottir

  • Selective loss of glial glutamate transporter GLT-1 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Jeffrey D. Rothstein;Marleen Van Kammen;Allan I. Levey;Lee J. Martin

  • Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE): consensus working group report.

    Peter T. Nelson;Dennis W. Dickson;John Q. Trojanowski;Clifford R. Jack

  • ENDOPROTEOLYSIS OF PRESENILIN 1 AND ACCUMULATION OF PROCESSED DERIVATIVES IN VIVO

    Gopal Thinakaran;David R Borchelt;Michael K Lee;Hilda H Slunt

  • Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

    Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  • Identification and localization of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor proteins in brain with subtype-specific antibodies

    A I Levey;C A Kitt;W F Simonds;D L Price

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Distribution of cholinergic neurons in rat brain: Demonstrated by the immunocytochemical localization of choline acetyltransferase

    David M. Armstrong;Clifford B. Saper;Allan I. Levey;Bruce H. Wainer

  • Large-scale proteomic analysis of Alzheimer’s disease brain and cerebrospinal fluid reveals early changes in energy metabolism associated with microglia and astrocyte activation

    Erik C.B. Johnson;Eric B. Dammer;Duc M. Duong;Lingyan Ping

  • Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction.

    Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Unnur S Bjornsdottir;Unnur S Bjornsdottir;Eva Halapi;Anna Helgadottir

  • 5-hmC–mediated epigenetic dynamics during postnatal neurodevelopment and aging

    Keith E. Szulwach;Xuekun Li;Yujing Li;Chun Xiao Song

  • Striatal dopamine nerve terminal markers in human, chronic methamphetamine users

    Julie M. Wilson;Kathryn S. Kalasinsky;Allan I. Levey;Catherine Bergeron

  • Dopamine axon varicosities in the prelimbic division of the rat prefrontal cortex exhibit sparse immunoreactivity for the dopamine transporter

    Susan R. Sesack;Valerie A. Hawrylak;Claudia Matus;Margaret A. Guido

Frequent Co-Authors

James J. Lah
James J. Lah Emory University
Nicholas T. Seyfried
Nicholas T. Seyfried Emory University
Eric B. Dammer
Eric B. Dammer Emory University
Duc M. Duong
Duc M. Duong Emory University
Marla Gearing
Marla Gearing Emory University
Felicia C. Goldstein
Felicia C. Goldstein Emory University
David A. Bennett
David A. Bennett Rush University Medical Center
M.-Marsel Mesulam
M.-Marsel Mesulam Northwestern University
Philip L. De Jager
Philip L. De Jager Columbia University
Juan C. Troncoso
Juan C. Troncoso Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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