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Michael A. Moskowitz

Michael A. Moskowitz

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Neuroscience
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
163
Citations
99735
World Ranking
686
National Ranking
396

Neuroscience

D-Index
162
Citations
98881
World Ranking
106
National Ranking
68

Michael A. Moskowitz 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 Michael A. Moskowitz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 560 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael A. Moskowitz 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 Michael A. Moskowitz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 162 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
  • 1976 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michael A. Moskowitz is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has made contributions in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their research primarily intersects several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Physiology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Neurology.

The main topics of their scholarly work include:

  • Migraine and Headache Studies
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
  • Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments
  • Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders

Moskowitz's recent published papers feature studies on migraine-related mechanisms and neurological phenomena. Some notable publications are:

  • "Extra-Axial Inflammatory Signal in Parameninges in Migraine with Visual Aura" (2020), published in Annals of Neurology
  • "Meningeal Mechanisms and the Migraine Connection" (2023), published in Annual Review of Neuroscience
  • "Acute Sleep Deprivation Enhances Susceptibility to the Migraine Substrate Cortical Spreading Depolarization" (2020), published in The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • "Estrogen Modulation of Cortical Spreading Depression" (2023), published in The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • "Imaging the Inflammatory Phenotype in Migraine" (2022), published in The Journal of Headache and Pain

The frequent co-authors in Moskowitz's research include:

  • Nouchine Hadjikhani
  • Marco L. Loggia
  • Christian Waeber
  • Cenk Ayata
  • Messoud Ashina

The scholar has contributed regularly to several publication venues, including:

  • The Journal of Headache and Pain
  • Nature Reviews Neurology
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Annual Review of Neuroscience
  • Brain

In 1976, Michael A. Moskowitz was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Pathobiology of ischaemic stroke: an integrated view

    Ulrich Dirnagl;Costantino Iadecola;Michael A. Moskowitz

  • Chemical inhibitor of nonapoptotic cell death with therapeutic potential for ischemic brain injury

    Alexei Degterev;Zhihong Huang;Michael Boyce;Yaqiao Li

  • Hypertension in mice lacking the gene for endothelial nitric oxide synthase

    Paul L. Huang;Zhihong Huang;Hiroshi Mashimo;Kenneth D. Bloch

  • Mechanisms, challenges and opportunities in stroke

    Eng H. Lo;Turgay Dalkara;Michael A. Moskowitz

  • The Science of Stroke: Mechanisms in Search of Treatments

    Michael A. Moskowitz;Eng H. Lo;Costantino Iadecola

  • Effects of cerebral ischemia in mice deficient in neuronal nitric oxide synthase

    Zhihong Huang;Paul L. Huang;Nariman Panahian;Turgay Dalkara

  • Mechanisms of migraine aura revealed by functional MRI in human visual cortex

    Nouchine Hadjikhani;Margarita Sanchez del Rio;Ona Wu;Denis Schwartz

  • Intrinsic brain activity triggers trigeminal meningeal afferents in a migraine model

    Hayrunnisa Bolay;Uwe Reuter;Andrew K Dunn;Zhihong Huang

  • Effects of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Gene Knock-Out on the Proteolysis of Blood–Brain Barrier and White Matter Components after Cerebral Ischemia

    Minoru Asahi;Xiaoying Wang;Tatsuro Mori;Toshihisa Sumii

  • Stroke protection by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA reductase inhibitors mediated by endothelial nitric oxide synthase

    Matthias Endres;Ulrich Laufs;Zhihong Huang;Tadashi Nakamura

  • The neurobiology of vascular head pain.

    Michael A. Moskowitz

  • Myocardial infarction accelerates atherosclerosis

    Partha Dutta;Gabriel Courties;Ying Wei;Florian Leuschner;Florian Leuschner

  • Activation and Cleavage of Caspase-3 in Apoptosis Induced by Experimental Cerebral Ischemia

    Shobu Namura;Jinmin Zhu;Klaus Fink;Matthias Endres

  • Inhibition of interleukin 1beta converting enzyme family proteases reduces ischemic and excitotoxic neuronal damage.

    Hideaki Hara;Robert M. Friedlander;Valeria Gagliardini;Cenk Ayata

  • Dynamic Imaging of Cerebral Blood Flow Using Laser Speckle

    Andrew K. Dunn;Hayrunnisa Bolay;Michael A. Moskowitz;David A. Boas

  • Reduced fertility and postischaemic brain injury in mice deficient in cytosolic phospholipase A2.

    J V Bonventre;Z Huang;M R Taheri;E O'Leary

  • Cyclophilin D is a component of mitochondrial permeability transition and mediates neuronal cell death after focal cerebral ischemia.

    Anna C. Schinzel;Osamu Takeuchi;Zhihong Huang;Jill K. Fisher

  • Enlarged Infarcts in Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Knockout Mice Are Attenuated by Nitro-l-Arginine

    Zhihong Huang;Paul L. Huang;Jianya Ma;Wei Meng

  • Defects in regulation of apoptosis in caspase-2-deficient mice

    Louise Bergeron;Gloria I. Perez;Glen Macdonald;Lianfa Shi

  • Ischemic brain injury is mediated by the activation of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase

    Matthias Endres;Zhao-Qi Wang;Shobu Namura;Christian Waeber

  • Stroke protection by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG)-CoA reductase inhibitors mediated by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (cerebral blood f lowycerebral ischemia)

    Matthias Endres;U Lrich Laufs;Z Hihong Huang;Tadashi Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Cenk Ayata
Cenk Ayata Harvard University
Turgay Dalkara
Turgay Dalkara Bilkent University
Paul L. Huang
Paul L. Huang Harvard University
Christian Waeber
Christian Waeber University College Cork
James K. Liao
James K. Liao University of Chicago
Bruce R. Rosen
Bruce R. Rosen Harvard University
Eng H. Lo
Eng H. Lo Harvard University
David A. Boas
David A. Boas Boston University
Mark C. Fishman
Mark C. Fishman Harvard University
Junying Yuan
Junying Yuan Harvard University

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