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Richard L.M. Faull

Richard L.M. Faull

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Medicine
New Zealand
2026
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Neuroscience
New Zealand
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
116
Citations
45390
World Ranking
440
National Ranking
1

Medicine

D-Index
116
Citations
45388
World Ranking
4387
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Overview

Richard L.M. Faull is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist has made significant contributions in fields such as neurology, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, physiology, and genetics.

Their work covers various topics related to neurodegenerative diseases and neurological research. Key areas of focus include:

  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Richard L.M. Faull has coauthored numerous publications with researchers such as Maurice A. Curtis, Clinton Turner, Helen C. Murray, Mike Dragunow, and Henry J. Waldvogel.

The scientist has published in several prominent venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Neurobiology of Disease
  • Scientific Reports
  • Molecules

Some recent publications by or associated with Richard L.M. Faull's research include:

  • Applying the Bradford Hill Criteria for Causation to Repetitive Head Impacts and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, 2022, Frontiers in Neurology
  • Microglia and complement mediate early corticostriatal synapse loss and cognitive dysfunction in Huntington's disease, 2023, Nature Medicine
  • Neutrophil-vascular interactions drive myeloperoxidase accumulation in the brain in Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • Current and Possible Future Therapeutic Options for Huntington's Disease, 2022, Journal of Central Nervous System Disease
  • Cerebral deficiency of vitamin B5 (d-pantothenic acid; pantothenate) as a potentially-reversible cause of neurodegeneration and dementia in sporadic Alzheimer's disease, 2020, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Richard L.M. Faull was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1998.

Best Publications

  • The organization of the projection from the cerebral cortex to the striatum in the rat

    A.J. McGeorge;R.L.M. Faull

  • Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer’s disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors

    Stephen S. Dominy;Casey Lynch;Florian Ermini;Malgorzata Benedyk

  • The use of c-fos as a metabolic marker in neuronal pathway tracing.

    M Dragunow;R Faull

  • Cannabinoid receptors in the human brain: a detailed anatomical and quantitative autoradiographic study in the fetal, neonatal and adult human brain.

    M. Glass;M. Dragunow;R. L. M. Faull

  • AXOR12, a Novel Human G Protein-coupled Receptor, Activated by the Peptide KiSS-1

    Alison I. Muir;Larissa Chamberlain;Nabil A. Elshourbagy;David Michalovich

  • Human neuroblasts migrate to the olfactory bulb via a lateral ventricular extension.

    Maurice A. Curtis;Monica Kam;Ulf Nannmark;Michelle F. Anderson

  • Efferent Connections and Nigral Afferents of the Nucleus Accumbens Septi in the Rat

    W. J. H. Nauta;G. P. Smith;R. L. M. Faull;Valerie B. Domesick

  • Regional and cellular gene expression changes in human Huntington's disease brain.

    Angela Kaye Hodges;Andrew D. Strand;Aaron K. Aragaki;Alexandre Kuhn

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is reduced in Alzheimer's disease.

    B Connor;D Young;Q Yan;R.L.M Faull

  • Increased cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult human Huntington's disease brain

    Maurice A. Curtis;Ellen B. Penney;Andree G. Pearson;Willeke M. C. van Roon-Mom

  • Localization of LRRK2 to membranous and vesicular structures in mammalian brain.

    Saskia Biskup;Darren J. Moore;Fulvio Celsi;Shinji Higashi;Shinji Higashi

  • Aberrant splicing of HTT generates the pathogenic exon 1 protein in Huntington disease

    Kirupa Sathasivam;Andreas Neueder;Theresa A. Gipson;Christian Landles

  • In situ evidence for DNA fragmentation in Huntington's disease striatum and Alzheimer's disease temporal lobes.

    M. Dragunow;R. L. M. Faull;P. Lawlor;E. J. Beilharz

  • Neuroprotective strategies for basal ganglia degeneration: Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.

    Tajrena Alexi;Cesario V. Borlongan;Richard L.M. Faull;Chris E. Williams

  • D2 dopamine receptor antagonists induce fos and related proteins in rat striatal neurons.

    M. Dragunow;G.S. Robertson;R.L.M. Faull;H.A. Robertson

  • The Neuropathology of Huntington's Disease.

    Henry J Waldvogel;Eric H Kim;Lynette J Tippett;Jean-Paul G Vonsattel

  • Global changes in DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in Alzheimer's disease human brain

    Natacha Coppieters;Birger V. Dieriks;Claire Lill;Richard L.M. Faull

  • Mutant huntingtin's effects on striatal gene expression in mice recapitulate changes observed in human Huntington's disease brain and do not differ with mutant huntingtin length or wild-type huntingtin dosage

    Alexandre Kuhn;Darlene R. Goldstein;Angela Hodges;Angela Hodges;Andrew D. Strand

  • DNA instability in postmitotic neurons

    Roman Gonitel;Hilary Moffitt;Kirupa Sathasivam;Ben Woodman

  • The cells of origin of nigrotectal, nigrothalamic and nigrostriatal projections in the rat

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  • The cerebellofugal projections in the brachium conjunctivum of the rat. II. The ipsilateral and contralateral descending pathways.

    R. L. M. Faull

  • Assessment of the relationship between pre-chip and post-chip quality measures for Affymetrix GeneChip expression data

    Lesley Jones;Darlene R. Goldstein;Gareth P. Hughes;Andrew Strand

Frequent Co-Authors

Mike Dragunow
Mike Dragunow University of Auckland
Henry J. Waldvogel
Henry J. Waldvogel University of Auckland
Maurice A. Curtis
Maurice A. Curtis University of Auckland
Piers C. Emson
Piers C. Emson Babraham Institute
Russell G. Snell
Russell G. Snell University of Auckland
Garth J. S. Cooper
Garth J. S. Cooper University of Auckland
Mark I. Rees
Mark I. Rees Swansea University
Bronwen Connor
Bronwen Connor University of Auckland
Lynette J. Tippett
Lynette J. Tippett University of Auckland
Sarah J. Augood
Sarah J. Augood Harvard University

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