2026 Michael P. Kavanaugh: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	64	9526	8792	4207	3778	124	17654

Overview

Michael P. Kavanaugh is affiliated with the University of Montana in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work prominently covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Oncology.

Their main research topics include:

Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Air Quality and Health Impacts
Trace Elements in Health
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances

Michael P. Kavanaugh has contributed to a variety of peer-reviewed publications. Notable papers include:

"Prion protein lowering is a disease-modifying therapy across prion disease stages, strains and endpoints," 2020, published in Nucleic Acids Research
"Leucine Carboxyl Methyltransferase 1 Overexpression Protects Against Cognitive and Electrophysiological Impairments in Tg2576 APP Transgenic Mice," 2021, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
"Virtual Site Investigation to Evaluate Conceptual Site Model Development at DNAPL -Impacted Sites," 2022, Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation
"Reduced Expression of the PP2A Methylesterase, PME-1, or the PP2A Methyltransferase, LCMT-1, Alters Sensitivity to Beta-Amyloid-Induced Cognitive and Electrophysiological Impairments in Mice," 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
"Generation and characterization of a knock-in mouse model for spastic tetraplegia, thin corpus callosum, and progressive microcephaly (SPATCCM)," 2023, Mammalian Genome

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael P. Kavanaugh include:

Derek Silvius
Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas
Ricardo Torres-Jardón
Rose Pitstick
Hongtu Zhu

Regarding publication venues, Michael P. Kavanaugh has repeatedly published in:

UNC Libraries
Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation
Nucleic Acids Research
Mammalian Genome
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Best Publications

An excitatory amino-acid transporter with properties of a ligand-gated chloride channel.

Fairman Wa;Vandenberg Rj;Vandenberg Rj;Arriza Jl;Kavanaugh Mp

1377
Citations
Functional comparisons of three glutamate transporter subtypes cloned from human motor cortex

Jeffrey L. Arriza;Wendy A. Fairman;Jacques I. Wadiche;Geoffrey H. Murdoch

1205
Citations
Excitatory amino acid transporter 5, a retinal glutamate transporter coupled to a chloride conductance

Jeffrey L. Arriza;Scott Eliasof;Michael P. Kavanaugh;Susan G. Amara

1169
Citations
Flux coupling in a neuronal glutamate transporter

Noa Zerangue;Michael P. Kavanaugh

1005
Citations
Cell-surface receptors for gibbon ape leukemia virus and amphotropic murine retrovirus are inducible sodium-dependent phosphate symporters.

Michael P. Kavanaugh;Daniel G. Miller;Daniel G. Miller;Weibin Zhang;Wendy Law;Wendy Law

750
Citations
Calcium-activated potassium channels expressed from cloned complementary DNAs

John P. Adelman;Ke Zhong Shen;Michael P. Kavanaugh;Robin A. Warren

666
Citations
Ion fluxes associated with excitatory amino acid transport.

Jacques I. Wadiche;Susan G. Amara;Michael P. Kavanaugh

626
Citations
Cell-surface receptor for ecotropic murine retroviruses is a basic amino-acid transporter

Hao Wang;M. P. Kavanaugh;R. A. North;D. Kabat

574
Citations
Multiple Ionic Conductances of the Human Dopamine Transporter: The Actions of Dopamine and Psychostimulants

Mark S. Sonders;Si-Jia Zhu;Nancy R. Zahniser;Michael P. Kavanaugh

535
Citations
Kinetics of a human glutamate transporter

Jacques I Wadiche;Jeffrey L Arriza;Susan G Amara;Michael P Kavanaugh

471
Citations
Cloning and expression of a human neutral amino acid transporter with structural similarity to the glutamate transporter gene family

J. L. Arriza;M. P. Kavanaugh;W. A. Fairman;Yan-Na Wu

457
Citations
Macroscopic and microscopic properties of a cloned glutamate transporter/chloride channel.

Jacques I. Wadiche;Michael P. Kavanaugh

330
Citations
Neuroinflammation, Hyperphosphorylated Tau, Diffuse Amyloid Plaques, and Down-Regulation of the Cellular Prion Protein in Air Pollution Exposed Children and Young Adults

Lilian Calderón-Garcidueas;Michael Kavanaugh;Michelle Block;Amedeo D'Angiulli

305
Citations
ASCT-1 Is a Neutral Amino Acid Exchanger with Chloride Channel Activity *

Noa Zerangue;Michael P. Kavanaugh

253
Citations
Interaction of L‐cysteine with a human excitatory amino acid transporter.

N Zerangue;M P Kavanaugh

243
Citations
Mutation of an Amino Acid Residue Influencing Potassium Coupling in the Glutamate Transporter GLT-1 Induces Obligate Exchange

Michael P. Kavanaugh;Annie Bendahan;Noa Zerangue;Yumin Zhang

241
Citations
Glutamine Uptake by Neurons: Interaction of Protons with System A Transporters

Farrukh A. Chaudhry;Dietmar Schmitz;Richard J. Reimer;Peter Larsson

238
Citations
Excitatory Amino Acid Transporters of the Salamander Retina: Identification, Localization, and Function

Scott Eliasof;Jeffrey L. Arriza;Barbara H. Leighton;Michael P. Kavanaugh

221
Citations
Arginine 447 Plays a Pivotal Role in Substrate Interactions in a Neuronal Glutamate Transporter

Annie Bendahan;Ayelet Armon;Navid Madani;Michael P. Kavanaugh

220
Citations
Postsynaptic Glutamate Transport at the Climbing Fiber-Purkinje Cell Synapse

Thomas S. Otis;Michael P. Kavanaugh;Craig E. Jahr

215
Citations