Alison E. Willing

9.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Alison E. Willing is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Genetics and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison E. Willing has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 46 papers in Genetics and 43 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Alison E. Willing's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (48 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (40 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (38 papers). Alison E. Willing is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (48 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (40 papers) and Mesenchymal stem cell research (38 papers). Alison E. Willing collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. Alison E. Willing's co-authors include Paul R. Sanberg, Keith R. Pennypacker, Samuel Saporta, Juan Sanchez‐Ramos, Cyndy D. Sanberg, Shijie Song, Svitlana Garbuzova‐Davis, Lisa Collier, Tanja Zigova and Thomas B. Freeman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alison E. Willing

130 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Adult Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Differentiate into Neural Cells in Vitro

2000 1.3k citations Juan Sanchez‐Ramos, Shijie Song et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Alison E. Willing	3.3k	2.6k	2.1k	1.6k	1.5k	130	7.1k
Dunyue Lu	3.4k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	58	7.6k
Osamu Honmou	3.7k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	892 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	119	6.5k
Samuel Saporta	2.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	530 0.3×	1.7k 1.1×	95	5.2k
Dana M. McTigue	804 0.2×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.6×	80	6.6k
Scott R. Whittemore	921 0.3×	2.7k 1.0×	3.1k 1.5×	917 0.6×	4.2k 2.8×	162	8.1k
Armin Blesch	1.3k 0.4×	2.9k 1.1×	3.4k 1.6×	1.1k 0.7×	5.8k 3.8×	110	9.8k
Yunjuan Sun	932 0.3×	3.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	1.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.5×	55	7.4k
Robert H. Baloh	2.1k 0.6×	5.0k 1.9×	962 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	3.0k 1.9×	88	9.7k
Akiko Nishiyama	1.6k 0.5×	4.4k 1.7×	5.8k 2.8×	3.0k 1.9×	3.5k 2.3×	114	11.4k
Ruilan Zhang	804 0.2×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	38	5.4k

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Mayilsamy, Karthick, Eleni Markoutsa, Mahasweta Das, et al.. (2020). Treatment with shCCL20-CCR6 nanodendriplexes and human mesenchymal stem cell therapy improves pathology in mice with repeated traumatic brain injury. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 29. 102247–102247. 22 indexed citations

Shahaduzzaman, Md, et al.. (2012). A single administration of human umbilical cord blood T cells produces long-lasting effects in the aging hippocampus. AGE. 35(6). 2071–2087. 24 indexed citations

Jiang, Lixian, Samuel Saporta, Ning Chen, et al.. (2009). Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Decrease Microglial Survival In Vitro. Stem Cells and Development. 19(2). 221–228. 24 indexed citations

Sanberg, Paul R., et al.. (2009). Monocyte transplantation for neural and cardiovascular ischemia repair. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 14(3). 553–563. 47 indexed citations

Garbuzova‐Davis, Svitlana, Alison E. Willing, Samuel Saporta, et al.. (2006). Novel cell therapy approaches for brain repair. Progress in brain research. 157. 207–222. 41 indexed citations

El‐Badri, Nagwa S., Samuel Saporta, Xiaomei Liang, et al.. (2006). Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Potential Use in Neurological Disorders. Stem Cells and Development. 15(4). 497–506. 39 indexed citations

Saporta, Samuel, et al.. (2006). Influence of retinoic acid and lithium on proliferation and dopaminergic potential of human NT2 cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 83(4). 668–679. 22 indexed citations

Newman, Mary B., et al.. (2005). Stroke-induced Migration of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells: Time Course and Cytokines. Stem Cells and Development. 14(5). 576–586. 63 indexed citations

Vendrame, Martina, Carmelina Gemma, Lisa Collier, et al.. (2005). Anti-inflammatory Effects of Human Cord Blood Cells in a Rat Model of Stroke. Stem Cells and Development. 14(5). 595–604. 184 indexed citations

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Newman, Mary B., Alison E. Willing, Tanja Zigova, et al.. (2005). Tumorigenicity Issues of Embryonic Carcinoma-derived Stem Cells: Relevance to Surgical Trials Using NT2 and hNT Neural Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 14(1). 29–43. 57 indexed citations

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Garbuzova‐Davis, Svitlana, et al.. (2005). Transplantation of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Benefits an Animal Model of Sanfilippo Syndrome Type B. Stem Cells and Development. 14(4). 384–394. 27 indexed citations

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Newcomb, Jennifer D., et al.. (2005). Behavioral alterations in lewis rats following two-day continuous 3-nitropropionic acid administration. Neurotoxicity Research. 8(3-4). 259–265. 5 indexed citations

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Henning, Robert J., Hamdi Abu-Ali, Michael L. Morgan, et al.. (2004). 1078-92 Human umbilical cord mononuclear cells limit acute myocardial infarction size. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 43(5). A269–A270. 1 indexed citations

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Garbuzova‐Davis, Svitlana, Alison E. Willing, Tanja Zigova, et al.. (2003). Intravenous Administration of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells in a Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Distribution, Migration, and Differentiation. Journal of Hematotherapy & Stem Cell Research. 12(3). 255–270. 234 indexed citations

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Saporta, Samuel, et al.. (2003). Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells Infusion in Spinal Cord Injury: Engraftment and Beneficial Influence on Behavior. Journal of Hematotherapy & Stem Cell Research. 12(3). 271–278. 154 indexed citations

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Willing, Alison E., Lixian Jiang, Melissa Milliken, et al.. (2003). Intravenous versus intrastriatal cord blood administration in a rodent model of stroke. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 73(3). 296–307. 223 indexed citations

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Anderson, Lynn, et al.. (2003). The transcription factor Nurr1 in human NT2 cells and hNT neurons. Developmental Brain Research. 145(1). 107–115. 16 indexed citations

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Garbuzova‐Davis, Svitlana, Alison E. Willing, Melissa Milliken, et al.. (2001). Intraspinal implantation of hNT neurons into SOD1 mice with apparent motor deficit. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders. 2(4). 175–180. 25 indexed citations

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Freeman, Thomas B., Alison E. Willing, T. Žigová, Paul R. Sanberg, & Robert A. Hauser. (2000). Neural Transplantation in Parkinson's Disease. Progress in neurological surgery. 86. 331–338. 16 indexed citations

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Willing, Alison E., Elwood K. Walls, & Henry S. Koopmans. (1990). Insulin infusion stimulates daily food intake and body weight gain in diabetic rats. Physiology & Behavior. 48(6). 893–898. 9 indexed citations

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