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2023

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Citations
89084
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1118
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Patrick L. McGeer was affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spanned multiple fields including Medicine, Neuroscience, and Dentistry. Within these broad disciplines, they notably contributed to subfields such as Physiology, Periodontics, Biological Psychiatry, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work focused on various topics related to brain and oral health research. Key themes included tryptophan and brain disorders, salivary gland disorders and functions, oral health pathology and treatment, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, medicinal plant extracts effects, phytochemistry and biological activities, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Patrick L. McGeer coauthored several publications with frequent collaborators including Edith G. McGeer, Moon-Hee Lee, Krista Kennedy, Junkai Wu, and Jian-Ping Guo.

Recent papers authored by Patrick L. McGeer illustrate their involvement in clinical and neurological research. These publications include:

  • Saliva Diagnosis as a Disease Predictor, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Innate Inflammatory Reaction of the Brain in Alzheimer Disease, 2020, McGill Journal of Medicine
  • Anti-inflammatory and Neuroprotective Effects of Kissoone B and Extracts of Valeriana amurensis, 2020, Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Their research was published in venues such as the Journal of Clinical Medicine, Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia, and McGill Journal of Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Inflammation and Alzheimer's disease.

    H Akiyama;S Barger;S Barnum;B Bradt

  • Reactive microglia are positive for HLA‐DR in the substantia nigra of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease brains

    P. L. McGeer;S. Itagaki;B. E. Boyes;E. G. McGeer

  • Arthritis and anti-inflammatory agents as possible protective factors for Alzheimer's disease: A review of 17 epidemiologic studies

    Patrick L. McGeer;Michael Schulzer;Edith G. McGeer

  • The inflammatory response system of brain: implications for therapy of Alzheimer and other neurodegenerative diseases.

    Patrick L. McGeer;Edith G. McGeer

  • Clinical trial of indomethacin in Alzheimer's disease

    J. Rogers;L. C. Kirby;S. R. Hempelman;D. L. Berry

  • Relationship of microglia and astrocytes to amyloid deposits of Alzheimer disease.

    S. Itagaki;P.L. McGeer;H. Akiyama;S. Zhu

  • Complement activation by beta-amyloid in Alzheimer disease

    J Rogers;N R Cooper;S Webster;J Schultz

  • Reactive microglia in patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type are positive for the histocompatibility glycoprotein HLA-DR.

    Patrick L. McGeer;Shigeru Itagaki;Hisao Tago;Edith G. McGeer

  • Generation of C-reactive protein and complement components in atherosclerotic plaques.

    Koji Yasojima;Claudia Schwab;Edith G. McGeer;Patrick L. McGeer

  • Duplication of biochemical changes of Huntington's chorea by intrastriatal injections of glutamic and kainic acids

    E. G. Mcgeer;P. L. Mcgeer

  • The central cholinergic system studied by choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry in the cat

    H. Kimura;P. L. McGeer;J. H. Peng;E. G. McGeer

  • Glial reactions in Parkinson's disease

    Patrick L. McGeer;Edith G. McGeer

  • Aging and Extrapyramidal Function

    Patrick L. McGeer;Edith G. McGeer;Joane S. Suzuki

  • Kainic acid as a tool in neurobiology

    Edith G. McGeer;John W. Olney;Patrick L. McGeer

  • Inflammation and neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease.

    Patrick L. McGeer;Edith G. McGeer

  • Microglia in degenerative neurological disease

    Patrick L. McGeer;Toshio Kawamata;Douglas G. Walker;Haruhiko Akiyama

  • Molecular Neurobiology of the Mammalian Brain

    Patrick L. McGeer;Eccles, John C. , Sir;Edith G. McGeer

  • Inflammation and the Degenerative Diseases of Aging

    Patrick L. McGEER;Edith G. McGEER

  • Rate of cell death in parkinsonism indicates active neuropathological process.

    Patrick L. McGeer;Shigeru Itagaki;Haruhiko Akiyama;Edith G. McGeer

  • A glutamatergic corticostriatal path

    P.L. McGeer;E.G. McGeer;U. Scherer;K. Singh

Frequent Co-Authors

Edith G. McGeer
Edith G. McGeer University of British Columbia
Andis Klegeris
Andis Klegeris University of British Columbia
Douglas G. Walker
Douglas G. Walker Arizona State University
Ikuo Tooyama
Ikuo Tooyama Shiga University of Medical Science
John C. Eccles
John C. Eccles Australian National University
James G. McLarnon
James G. McLarnon University of British Columbia
Michael Schulzer
Michael Schulzer University of British Columbia
Joseph Rogers
Joseph Rogers SRI International
Jun Kimura
Jun Kimura University of Iowa

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