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Neuroscience

D-Index
37
Citations
7593
World Ranking
8710
National Ranking
3695

Giselle M. Petzinger publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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This scientist: 98 publications — 16th percentile

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Giselle M. Petzinger D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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Overview

Giselle M. Petzinger is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the study of Parkinson's disease and related neurological conditions. The main fields of their work include Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions to subfields such as Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their research topics cover a range of areas including Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Giselle M. Petzinger has coauthored multiple papers with frequent collaborators, including Michael W. Jakowec, Andrew J. Petkus, Daniel P. Holschneider, Dawn M. Schiehser, and Erin K. Donahue. Their work has been published in a variety of scientific venues, with repeated publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuroreport, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, Movement Disorders, and Brain Imaging and Behavior.

Recent publications include:

  • Global and Regional Changes in Perivascular Space in Idiopathic and Familial Parkinson's Disease, 2021, Movement Disorders
  • Mild cognitive impairment, psychiatric symptoms, and executive functioning in patients with Parkinson's disease, 2020, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Exogenous l-lactate promotes astrocyte plasticity but is not sufficient for enhancing striatal synaptogenesis or motor behavior in mice, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience Research
  • Physical activity intensity is associated with cognition and functional connectivity in Parkinson's disease, 2022, Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
  • Increased perivascular space volume in white matter and basal ganglia is associated with cognition in Parkinson's Disease, 2023, Brain Imaging and Behavior

Best Publications

  • Exercise-enhanced neuroplasticity targeting motor and cognitive circuitry in Parkinson's disease.

    Giselle M Petzinger;Beth E Fisher;Sarah McEwen;Jeff A Beeler

  • The parkinsonian toxin 1‐methyl‐4‐phenyl‐1,2,3,6‐tetrahydropyridine (MPTP): a technical review of its utility and safety

    Serge Przedborski;Vernice Jackson-Lewis;Ali B. Naini;Michael Jakowec

  • The Effect of Exercise Training in Improving Motor Performance and Corticomotor Excitability in People With Early Parkinson's Disease

    Beth E Fisher;Allan D Wu;George J Salem;Jooeun Song

  • Effects of Treadmill Exercise on Dopaminergic Transmission in the 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine-Lesioned Mouse Model of Basal Ganglia Injury

    Giselle M. Petzinger;John P. Walsh;Garnik Akopian;Elizabeth Hogg

  • Exercise-induced behavioral recovery and neuroplasticity in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned mouse basal ganglia.

    Beth E. Fisher;Giselle M. Petzinger;Kerry Nixon;Elizabeth Hogg

  • How might physical activity benefit patients with Parkinson disease

    Arlène D. Speelman;Bart P. van de Warrenburg;Marlies van Nimwegen;Giselle M. Petzinger

  • Enhancing neuroplasticity in the basal ganglia: The role of exercise in Parkinson's disease

    Giselle M. Petzinger;Beth E. Fisher;Jon-Eric Van Leeuwen;Marta Vukovic

  • Treadmill exercise elevates striatal dopamine D2 receptor binding potential in patients with early Parkinson's disease

    Beth E. Fisher;Quanzheng Li;Angelo Nacca;George J. Salem

  • Relationship among nigrostriatal denervation, parkinsonism, and dyskinesias in the MPTP primate model.

    Donato A. Di Monte;Alison McCormack;Giselle Petzinger;Ann Marie Janson

  • Exercise Elevates Dopamine D2 Receptor in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease: In Vivo Imaging with [18F]Fallypride

    Marta G. Vučković;Quanzheng Li;Beth Fisher;Angelo Nacca

  • Treadmill exercise reverses dendritic spine loss in direct and indirect striatal medium spiny neurons in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) mouse model of Parkinson's disease

    William A. Toy;Giselle M. Petzinger;Brian J. Leyshon;Garnik K. Akopian

  • The Effects of Exercise on Dopamine Neurotransmission in Parkinson's Disease: Targeting Neuroplasticity to Modulate Basal Ganglia Circuitry.

    G.M. Petzinger;D.P. Holschneider;B.E. Fisher;S. McEwen

  • Use of intrathecal baclofen in the treatment of patients with dystonia

    Blair Ford;Paul Greene;Elan D. Louis;Giselle Petzinger

  • Experimental models of Parkinson's disease: insights from many models.

    Tolwani Rj;Jakowec Mw;Petzinger Gm;Green S

  • Exercise effects on motor and affective behavior and catecholamine neurochemistry in the MPTP-lesioned mouse

    Lori M. Gorton;Marta G. Vuckovic;Nina Vertelkina;Giselle M. Petzinger

  • Combined assessment of tau and neuronal thread protein in Alzheimer's disease CSF.

    P.J. Kahle;M. Jakowec;S.J. Teipel;H. Hampel

  • Investigating levodopa-induced dyskinesias in the Parkinsonian Primate

    Langston Jw;Quik M;Petzinger G;Jakowec M

  • 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned model of parkinson's disease, with emphasis on mice and nonhuman primates.

    Michael W. Jakowec;Giselle M. Petzinger

  • Tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine transporter expression following 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced neurodegeneration of the mouse nigrostriatal pathway.

    Michael W. Jakowec;Kerry Nixon;Elizabeth Hogg;Tom McNeill

  • Memory, Mood, Dopamine, and Serotonin in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-Lesioned Mouse Model of Basal Ganglia Injury

    Marta G. Vučković;Ruth I. Wood;Daniel P. Holschneider;Avery Abernathy

  • Altered AMPA receptor expression with treadmill exercise in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned mouse model of basal ganglia injury.

    Jon-Eric VanLeeuwen;Giselle M. Petzinger;John P. Walsh;Garnik K. Akopian

  • Exercise-Induced Behavioral Recovery and Neuroplasticity in the 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-

    Beth E. Fisher;Giselle M. Petzinger;Kerry Nixon;Elizabeth Hogg

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles K. Meshul
Charles K. Meshul Oregon Health & Science University
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
J. Vincent Filoteo
J. Vincent Filoteo University of California, San Diego
Håkan Widner
Håkan Widner Lund University
Enrique Cadenas
Enrique Cadenas University of Southern California
Quanzheng Li
Quanzheng Li Harvard University
Roshan Cools
Roshan Cools Radboud University
Monica M Luciana
Monica M Luciana University of Minnesota
Serge Przedborski
Serge Przedborski Columbia University

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