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Anne B. Young 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 Anne B. Young sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 356 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Anne B. Young 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 Anne B. Young sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 119 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Anne B. Young is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their recent research contributions include a publication titled Lessons from the Tim Greenamyre model, published in 2025 in the journal Neurobiology of Disease.

The publication venues frequently associated with Anne B. Young's work highlight a focus on journals such as:

  • Neurobiology of Disease

Collaborations have been a part of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Mary B. Kennedy
  • L. E. Davis
  • Eric M. Schwartz
  • Marge Livingstone
  • Kristen M. Harris

Anne B. Young has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1995)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (1994)

Best Publications

  • The functional anatomy of basal ganglia disorders.

    Roger L. Albin;Anne B. Young;John B. Penney

  • A polymorphic DNA marker genetically linked to Huntington's disease

    James F. Gusella;Nancy S. Wexler;P. Michael Conneally;Susan L. Naylor

  • Sirtuin 2 Inhibitors Rescue α-Synuclein-Mediated Toxicity in Models of Parkinson's Disease

    Tiago Fleming Outeiro;Eirene Kontopoulos;Stephen M. Altmann;Irina Kufareva

  • Differential loss of striatal projection neurons in Huntington disease.

    Anton Reiner;Roger L. Albin;Keith D. Anderson;Constance J. D'Amato

  • Venezuelan kindreds reveal that genetic and environmental factors modulate Huntington's disease age of onset

    Nancy S. Wexler;Judith Lorimer;Julie Porter;Fidela Gomez

  • Regional and cellular gene expression changes in human Huntington's disease brain.

    Angela Kaye Hodges;Andrew D. Strand;Aaron K. Aragaki;Alexandre Kuhn

  • Inhibition of caspase-1 slows disease progression in a mouse model of Huntington's disease

    Victor O. Ona;Mingwei Li;Jean Paul G. Vonsattel;L. John Andrews

  • PGC-1α, A Potential Therapeutic Target for Early Intervention in Parkinson’s Disease

    Bin Zheng;Zhixiang Liao;Joseph J. Locascio;Kristen A. Lesniak

  • Decreased expression of striatal signaling genes in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease

    Ruth Luthi-Carter;Andrew Strand;Nikki L. Peters;Steven M. Solano

  • Sp1 and TAFII130 Transcriptional Activity Disrupted in Early Huntington's Disease

    Anthone W. Dunah;Hyunkyung Jeong;April Griffin;Yong Man Kim

  • Gamma-aminobutyric acid binding to receptor sites in the rat central nervous system.

    Stephen R. zukin;Anne B. Young;Solomon H. Snyder

  • Altered brain neurotransmitter receptors in transgenic mice expressing a portion of an abnormal human Huntington disease gene

    Jang-Ho J. Cha;Christoph M. Kosinski;Julie A. Kerner;Stephen A. Alsdorf

  • Excitatory amino acids and Alzheimer's disease.

    J.Timothy Greenamyre;Anne B. Young

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptor mRNA expression in the basal ganglia of the rat

    CM Testa;DG Standaert;AB Young;JB Penney

  • Speculations on the Functional Anatomy of Basal Ganglia Disorders

    J B Penney;A B Young

  • Excitatory amino acid receptors in the brain: membrane binding and receptor autoradiographic approaches.

    Anne B. Young;Graham E. Fagg

  • Anatomical and affinity state comparisons between dopamine D1 and D2 receptors in the rat central nervous system.

    Eric K. Richfield;John B. Penney;Anne B. Young

  • Strychnine binding associated with glycine receptors of the central nervous system.

    Anne B. Young;Solomon H. Snyder

  • NMDA receptor losses in putamen from patients with Huntington's disease

    AB Young;JT Greenamyre;Z Hollingsworth;R Albin

  • Glutamic acid: Selective depletion by viral induced granule cell loss in hamster cerebellum

    Anne B. Young;Mary Lou Oster-Granite;Robert M. Herndon;Solomon H. Snyder

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Penney
John B. Penney University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David G. Standaert
David G. Standaert University of Alabama at Birmingham
Roger L. Albin
Roger L. Albin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Linda Davies
Linda Davies University of Manchester
Ira Shoulson
Ira Shoulson Georgetown University
James M. Olson
James M. Olson Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
John Keady
John Keady University of Manchester
J. Timothy Greenamyre
J. Timothy Greenamyre University of Pittsburgh
Solomon H. Snyder
Solomon H. Snyder Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
James F. Gusella
James F. Gusella Harvard University

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