Michelle L. Block

Michelle L. Block 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 Michelle L. Block sits on this spectrum.

Michelle L. Block 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 Michelle L. Block sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Microglia-mediated neurotoxicity: uncovering the molecular mechanisms

  Michelle L. Block;Luigi Zecca;Jau Shyong Hong

  4779
  Citations

• Systemic LPS Causes Chronic Neuroinflammation and Progressive Neurodegeneration

  Liya Qin;Xuefei Wu;Michelle L. Block;Yuxin Liu;Yuxin Liu

  2499
  Citations

• Microglia and inflammation-mediated neurodegeneration: Multiple triggers with a common mechanism

  Michelle L. Block;Jau Shyong Hong

  1892
  Citations

• Aggregated α-synuclein activates microglia: a process leading to disease progression in Parkinson’s disease

  Wei Zhang;Tongguang Wang;Zhong Pei;David S. Miller

  1527
  Citations

• Microglial activation and chronic neurodegeneration

  Melinda E. Lull;Michelle L. Block

  1206
  Citations

• NADPH Oxidase Mediates Lipopolysaccharide-induced Neurotoxicity and Proinflammatory Gene Expression in Activated Microglia

  Liya Qin;Yuxin Liu;Tongguang Wang;Sung Jen Wei

  688
  Citations

• Nanometer size diesel exhaust particles are selectively toxic to dopaminergic neurons: the role of microglia, phagocytosis, and NADPH oxidase

  M. L. Block;X. Wu;X. Wu;Z. Pei;G. Li

  437
  Citations

• Chronic microglial activation and progressive dopaminergic neurotoxicity

  M.L. Block;M.L. Block;J.-S. Hong

  420
  Citations

• Histone deacetylase inhibitors up-regulate astrocyte GDNF and BDNF gene transcription and protect dopaminergic neurons

  Xuefei Wu;Po See Chen;Po See Chen;Shannon Dallas;Belinda Wilson

  363
  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

• Retinoic Acid Attenuates β-Amyloid Deposition and Rescues Memory Deficits in an Alzheimer's Disease Transgenic Mouse Model

  Yun Ding;Aimin Qiao;Ziqing Wang;J. Shawn Goodwin

  302
  Citations

• Interactive role of the toll-like receptor 4 and reactive oxygen species in LPS-induced microglia activation.

  Liya Qin;Guorong Li;Xun Qian;Yuxin Liu

  248
  Citations

• A pivotal role of matrix metalloproteinase-3 activity in dopaminergic neuronal degeneration via microglial activation

  Yoon Seong Kim;Dong Hee Choi;Michelle L. Block;Stefan Lorenzl

  239
  Citations

• NADPH oxidase as a therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease

  Michelle L Block

  227
  Citations

• Outdoor Ambient Air Pollution and Neurodegenerative Diseases: the Neuroinflammation Hypothesis

  Richard L. Jayaraj;Eric A. Rodriguez;Yi Wang;Michelle L. Block

  207
  Citations

• The role of microglia in paraquat-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity.

  Xue Fei Wu;Michelle L. Block;Wei Zhang;Liya Qin;Liya Qin

  200
  Citations

• Microglial priming through the lung–brain axis: the role of air pollution–induced circulating factors

  Christen L. Mumaw;Shannon Levesque;Constance McGraw;Sarah Robertson

  185
  Citations

• Targeting microglia-mediated neurotoxicity: the potential of NOX2 inhibitors.

  Michael J. Surace;Michelle L. Block

  165
  Citations

• Reactive microgliosis: extracellular μ-calpain and microglia-mediated dopaminergic neurotoxicity

  Shannon Levesque;Belinda Wilson;Vincent Gregoria;Laura B. Thorpe

  149
  Citations

• Femtomolar concentrations of dextromethorphan protect mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons from inflammatory damage

  Guorong Li;Gang Cui;Nian Ssheng Tzeng;Sung Jen Wei

  144
  Citations