Alexander Gow

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Alexander Gow is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Gow has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Neurology and 21 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Alexander Gow's work include Barrier Structure and Function Studies (13 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (12 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (11 papers). Alexander Gow is often cited by papers focused on Barrier Structure and Function Studies (13 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (12 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (11 papers). Alexander Gow collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Australia. Alexander Gow's co-authors include Robert A. Lazzarini, Cherie M. Southwood, Victor L. Friedrich, Bechara Kachar, James Garbern, Milena Pariali, John Danias, Gavin P. Riordan, Scott E. Brodie and Jeff M. Bronstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Neuron and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Gow

70 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

CNS Myelin and Sertoli Cell Tight Junction Strands Are Absent in Osp/Claudin-11 Null Mice

1999 583 citations Alexander Gow, Cherie M. Southwood et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Gow United States	28	2.1k	955	867	866	816	72	3.9k
Teresa L. Wood United States	44	2.5k 1.2×	459 0.5×	657 0.8×	959 1.1×	367 0.4×	113	5.1k
Elena I. Rugarli Germany	39	4.4k 2.1×	486 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	168 0.2×	791 1.0×	80	5.8k
Cherie M. Southwood United States	15	1.2k 0.6×	525 0.5×	365 0.4×	264 0.3×	424 0.5×	20	2.0k
Bettina Holtmann Germany	31	1.9k 0.9×	458 0.5×	2.0k 2.3×	1.2k 1.4×	251 0.3×	44	4.5k
Osamu Hatano Japan	22	1.5k 0.7×	357 0.4×	653 0.8×	949 1.1×	145 0.2×	39	3.0k
Mitsuyo Maeda Japan	26	3.5k 1.7×	548 0.6×	433 0.5×	408 0.5×	219 0.3×	59	4.9k
Takuya Shimazaki Japan	32	2.7k 1.3×	706 0.7×	1.4k 1.7×	2.0k 2.3×	284 0.3×	61	5.1k
Yo-ichi Nabeshima Japan	34	4.0k 1.9×	307 0.3×	861 1.0×	797 0.9×	917 1.1×	47	8.6k
G. Labourdette France	36	2.5k 1.2×	468 0.5×	1.5k 1.7×	1.3k 1.5×	532 0.7×	79	3.9k
Richard S. Cameron United States	25	1.7k 0.8×	174 0.2×	924 1.1×	343 0.4×	935 1.1×	41	2.9k

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Gow, Alexander. (2025). Understanding the Myelin g Ratio from First Principles, Its Derivation, Uses and Artifacts. ASN NEURO. 17(1). 2445624–2445624. 2 indexed citations

Schakman, Olivier, Jean‐Luc Boulland, Nicolas Dauguet, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Onecut-dependent Nkx6.2 transcription factor expression is required for proper formation and activity of spinal locomotor circuits. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 13531–13531. 1 indexed citations

Schakman, Olivier, Jean‐Luc Boulland, Nicolas Dauguet, et al.. (2020). Onecut-dependent Nkx6.2 transcription factor expression is required for proper formation and activity of spinal locomotor circuits. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 996–996. 10 indexed citations

Xing, Weirong, et al.. (2019). Novel Role for Claudin-11 in the Regulation of Osteoblasts via Modulation of ADAM10-Mediated Notch Signaling. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 34(10). 1910–1922. 13 indexed citations

Johnson, Elizabeth L., et al.. (2018). Corticohippocampal Dysfunction In The OBiden Mouse Model Of Primary Oligodendrogliopathy. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 16116–16116. 3 indexed citations

Southwood, Cherie M., Bozena Fyk‐Kolodziej, Danielle M. Garshott, et al.. (2016). Overexpression of CHOP in Myelinating Cells Does Not Confer a Significant Phenotype under Normal or Metabolic Stress Conditions. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(25). 6803–6819. 24 indexed citations

Gow, Alexander, et al.. (2013). Increased anesthesia time using 2,2,2-tribromoethanol–chloral hydrate with low impact on mouse psychoacoustics. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 219(1). 61–69. 11 indexed citations

Stanley, Jeffrey A., James Garbern, Angela Trepanier, et al.. (2013). Neuroradiologic correlates of clinical disability and progression in the X-Linked leukodystrophy Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 335(1-2). 75–81. 23 indexed citations

Southwood, Cherie M., Leonard Lipovich, & Alexander Gow. (2012). Tissue-Restricted Transcription from a Conserved Intragenic CpG Island in the Klf1 Gene in Mice1. Biology of Reproduction. 87(5). 108–108. 9 indexed citations

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Gow, Alexander. (2011). Using Temporal Genetic Switches to Synchronize the Unfolded Protein Response in Cell Populations In Vivo. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 491. 143–161. 4 indexed citations

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Garbern, James, et al.. (2006). Quantifying the carrier female phenotype in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease. Genetics in Medicine. 8(6). 371–378. 32 indexed citations

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Southwood, Cherie M., et al.. (2006). Novel alternatively spliced endoplasmic reticulum retention signal in the cytoplasmic loop of Proteolipid Protein‐1. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 85(3). 471–478. 6 indexed citations

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Southwood, Cherie M., et al.. (2004). CNS Myelin Paranodes Require Nkx6-2 Homeoprotein Transcriptional Activity for Normal Structure. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(50). 11215–11225. 71 indexed citations

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Gow, Alexander, Caroline Davies, Cherie M. Southwood, et al.. (2004). Deafness inClaudin 11-Null Mice Reveals the Critical Contribution of Basal Cell Tight Junctions to Stria Vascularis Function. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(32). 7051–7062. 183 indexed citations

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Shy, Michael E., Grace M. Hobson, Odile Boespflug‐Tanguy, et al.. (2003). Schwann cell expression of PLP1 but not DM20 is necessary to prevent neuropathy. Annals of Neurology. 53(3). 354–365. 50 indexed citations

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Gow, Alexander, Cherie M. Southwood, Milena Pariali, et al.. (1999). CNS Myelin and Sertoli Cell Tight Junction Strands Are Absent in Osp/Claudin-11 Null Mice. Cell. 99(6). 649–659. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gow, Alexander. (1997). Redefining the lipophilin family of proteolipid proteins. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 50(5). 659–664. 19 indexed citations

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Gow, Alexander & Robert A. Lazzarini. (1996). A cellular mechanism governing the severity of Pelizaeus–Merzbacher disease. Nature Genetics. 13(4). 422–428. 188 indexed citations

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Friedrich, Victor L., et al.. (1993). Intracellular distribution of transgenic bacterial β‐galactosidase in central nervous system neurons and neuroglia. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 36(1). 88–98. 29 indexed citations

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Gow, Alexander, et al.. (1990). Interactions between bovine myelin basic protein and zwitterionic lysophospholipids. Biochemistry. 29(5). 1142–1147. 14 indexed citations

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