Alexandra L. Joyner

36.8k citations

194 papers · 27.2k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 87

Molecular Biology top 0.05%
Genetics top 0.05%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.1%
Developmental Neuroscience top 0.02%
Cell Biology top 0.2%

Co-authors: Anna B. Auerbach François Guillemot Sohyun Ahn Wolfgang Wurst Chen Bai Janet Rossant Daniel Stephen Chi‐chung Hui
Topics: Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (77 papers)Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (51 papers)Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (44 papers)
Cited by: Developmental Neuroscience Molecular Biology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Journals: Nature Science Cell
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Alexandra L. Joyner

191 papers receiving 26.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

A gene expression atlas of the central nervous system based on bacterial artificial chromosomes

2003 1.6k citations Alexandra L. Joyner et al. Nature profile →
Mammalian achaete-scute homolog 1 is required for the early development of olfactory and autonomic neurons

1993 872 citations François Guillemot, Anna B. Auerbach et al. profile →
Glucose intolerance but normal satiety in mice with a null mutation in the glucagon–like peptide 1 receptor gene

1996 638 citations Anna B. Auerbach, Alexandra L. Joyner et al. profile →
A mouse model of Greig cephalo–polysyndactyly syndrome: the extra–toesJ mutation contains an intragenic deletion of the Gli3 gene

1993 591 citations Alexandra L. Joyner et al. profile →
Gli2, but notGli1, is required for initial Shh signaling and ectopic activation of the Shh pathway

2002 585 citations Chen Bai, Wojtek Auerbach et al. Development profile →
Mouse Gli1 mutants are viable but have defects in SHH signaling in combination with a Gli2 mutation

2000 572 citations Chen Bai, Misako Nakashima et al. Development profile →
Targeted disruption of the trkB neurotrophin receptor gene results in nervous system lesions and neonatal death

1993 570 citations Alexandra L. Joyner et al. profile →
In vivo analysis of quiescent adult neural stem cells responding to Sonic hedgehog

2005 564 citations Alexandra L. Joyner et al. Nature profile →
Inactivation of the Mouse Huntington's Disease Gene Homolog Hdh

1995 534 citations Anna B. Auerbach, Alexandra L. Joyner et al. Science profile →
Essential role of Mash-2 in extraembryonic development

1994 517 citations François Guillemot, András Nagy et al. Nature profile →
Gene targeting: a practical approach.

1993 510 citations Alexandra L. Joyner Oxford University Press eBooks profile →
Specific and redundant functions of Gli2 and Gli3 zinc finger genes in skeletal patterning and development

1997 502 citations Jacques L. Michaud, Alexandra L. Joyner et al. Development profile →
The midbrain-hindbrain phenotype of Wnt-1−Wnt-1− mice results from stepwise deletion of engrailed-expressing cells by 9.5 days postcoitum

1992 502 citations Alexandra L. Joyner et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Transcription factors SP5 and SP8 drive primary cilia formation in mammalian embryos 2025 ·Science ·Yinwen Liang,Richard P. Koche,Ravindra B. Chalamalasetty,(unknown),(unknown),Zhimin Lao,(unknown),Ying-Yi Kuo,Moonsup Lee,Francisco Pereira Lobo,Xiaofeng Huang,Anna‐Katerina Hadjantonakis,Terry P. Yamaguchi,Kathryn V. Anderson,Alexandra L. Joyner	0
2	Engrailed transcription factors direct excitatory cerebellar neuron diversity and survival 2024 ·Development ·(unknown),(unknown),N. Sumru Bayın,(unknown),(unknown),Zhimin Lao,Alexandra L. Joyner	6
3	Cell specificity of Manganese-enhanced MRI signal in the cerebellum 2023 ·NeuroImage ·Harikrishna Rallapalli,N. Sumru Bayın,(unknown),Dragan Maric,Brian J. Nieman,Alan P. Koretsky,Alexandra L. Joyner,Daniel H. Turnbull	4
4	Injury-induced ASCL1 expression orchestrates a transitory cell state required for repair of the neonatal cerebellum 2021 ·Science Advances ·N. Sumru Bayın,Doğukan Mizrak,(unknown),Zhimin Lao,Peter A. Sims,Alexandra L. Joyner	9
5	Cerebellar nuclei excitatory neurons regulate developmental scaling of presynaptic Purkinje cell number and organ growth 2019 ·eLife ·(unknown),N. Sumru Bayın,(unknown),(unknown),Alexandre Wojcinski,Zhimin Lao,Daniel Stephen,Alberto Roselló‐Díez,(unknown),Grant D. Orvis,Zhuhao Wu,Marc Tessier‐Lavigne,Alexandra L. Joyner	32
6	Lateral cerebellum is preferentially sensitive to high sonic hedgehog signaling and medulloblastoma formation 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·I‐Li Tan,Alexandre Wojcinski,Harikrishna Rallapalli,Zhimin Lao,(unknown),Daniel Stephen,(unknown),Andrey Korshunov,Marc Remke,Michael D. Taylor,Daniel H. Turnbull,Alexandra L. Joyner	23
7	Age-dependent dormant resident progenitors are stimulated by injury to regenerate Purkinje neurons 2018 ·eLife ·N. Sumru Bayın,Alexandre Wojcinski,(unknown),Hiromitsu Saito,Noboru Suzuki,Alexandra L. Joyner	10
8	Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in the Lung. From Development to Disease 2014 ·American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Matthias C. Kugler,Alexandra L. Joyner,Cynthia A. Loomis,John S. Munger	122
9	Ascl1 Genetics Reveals Insights into Cerebellum Local Circuit Assembly 2011 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Anamaria Sudarov,(unknown),E. J. Kim,(unknown),François Guillemot,Alexandra L. Joyner	105
10	Sonic Hedgehog Regulates Discrete Populations of Astrocytes in the Adult Mouse Forebrain 2010 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·A. Denise R. Garcia,Ralitsa Petrova,(unknown),Alexandra L. Joyner	138
11	The level of sonic hedgehog signaling regulates the complexity of cerebellar foliation 2006 ·Development ·(unknown),Sandra Blaess,(unknown),Alexandra L. Joyner	215
12	Morphogenetic and Cellular Movements that Shape the Mouse CerebellumInsights from Genetic Fate Mapping 2005 ·Neuron ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Alexandra L. Joyner	82
13	FGF17b and FGF18 have different midbrain regulatory properties from FGF8b or activated FGF receptors 2003 ·Development ·Aimin Liu,James Y. H. Li,(unknown),Zhimin Lao,Lee Niswander,Alexandra L. Joyner	99
14	A novel gene, GliH1, with homology to the Gli zinc finger domain not required for mouse development 2002 ·Mechanisms of Development ·Misako Nakashima,Naoko Tanese,Masataka Ito,Wojtek Auerbach,Chen Bai,Toru Furukawa,Takashi Toyono,A. Akamine,Alexandra L. Joyner	29
15	Members of the bHLH-PAS family regulateShhtranscription in forebrain regions of the mouse CNS 2000 ·Development ·Douglas J. Epstein,(unknown),Jacques L. Michaud,(unknown),Chen‐Ming Fan,Alexandra L. Joyner	32
16	Impaired motor learning performance in cerebellar En-2 mutant mice. 1996 ·Behavioral Neuroscience ·Robert Gerlai,Kathleen J. Millen,Karl Herrup,(unknown),Alexandra L. Joyner,John Roder	63
17	MASH-1: a marker and a mutation for mammalian neural crest development. 1994 ·PubMed ·Lisa Lo,François Guillemot,Alexandra L. Joyner,David J. Anderson	47
18	Essential role of Mash-2 in extraembryonic developmentbreakdown → 1994 ·Nature ·François Guillemot,András Nagy,Anna B. Auerbach,Janet Rossant,Alexandra L. Joyner	517
19	Gene targeting: a practical approach.breakdown → 1993 ·Oxford University Press eBooks ·Alexandra L. Joyner	510
20	Retrovirus Transduction: Segregation of the Viral Transforming Function and the Herpes Simplex Virus tk Gene in Infectious Friend Spleen Focus-Forming Virus Thymidine Kinase Vectors 1983 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Alexandra L. Joyner,Alan Bernstein	16

About Alexandra L. Joyner

Alexandra L. Joyner is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Biology, having authored 194 papers that have together received 27.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (77 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (51 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (44 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Neuroscience (4.1k citations), Molecular Biology (21.0k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (5.4k citations). Alexandra L. Joyner has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Anna B. Auerbach, François Guillemot, Sohyun Ahn, Wolfgang Wurst, Chen Bai, Janet Rossant, Daniel Stephen, Chi‐chung Hui, Michael P. Matise and Aimin Liu. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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