C. J. Woolf

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

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C. J. Woolf is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. J. Woolf has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Physiology, 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in C. J. Woolf's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers). C. J. Woolf is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers). C. J. Woolf collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. C. J. Woolf's co-authors include Richard E. Coggeshall, Peter Shortland, Patrick D. Wall, Lucia G. Sivilotti, M. L. Reynolds, Steve Thompson, Qing‐Ping Ma, Carl Molander, Melinda Fitzgerald and Claire O’Brien and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

C. J. Woolf

28 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Peripheral nerve injury triggers central sprouting of myelinated afferents

1992 847 citations C. J. Woolf, Peter Shortland et al. Nature profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
C. J. Woolf	2.1k	1.5k	775	522	474	29	3.0k
Keith C. Kajander	2.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	691 0.9×	457 0.9×	538 1.1×	38	3.1k
Atsushi Tokunaga	2.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	775 1.0×	427 0.8×	441 0.9×	45	3.5k
M.A. Ruda	3.7k 1.8×	2.9k 1.9×	1.1k 1.5×	602 1.2×	386 0.8×	63	5.1k
Hidemasa Furue	2.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	398 0.8×	244 0.5×	112	3.7k
James W. Hu	2.6k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	389 0.5×	483 0.9×	566 1.2×	67	3.6k
Janice L.K. Hylden	3.7k 1.8×	2.7k 1.8×	1.4k 1.8×	509 1.0×	370 0.8×	23	4.4k
Antonio Coimbra	2.1k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	905 1.2×	340 0.7×	288 0.6×	80	3.3k
Luc Jasmin	2.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	858 1.1×	334 0.6×	419 0.9×	64	4.1k
Herbert K. Proudfit	3.0k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	797 1.0×	458 0.9×	466 1.0×	47	3.8k
Michel Pohl	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	900 1.2×	219 0.4×	241 0.5×	62	3.3k

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Mannion, Richard & C. J. Woolf. (2001). Pain mechanisms and management: a central perspective. (Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA) Clin J Pain 2000;16:S144–S156.. Pain Practice. 1(2). 210–210. 13 indexed citations

Moore, Kimberly A., Hiroshi Baba, & C. J. Woolf. (2000). Synaptic transmission and plasticity in the superficial dorsal horn. Progress in brain research. 129. 63–80. 55 indexed citations

Lewis, Susan E., Richard Mannion, Fletcher A. White, et al.. (1999). A Role for HSP27 in Sensory Neuron Survival. Journal of Neuroscience. 19(20). 8945–8953. 143 indexed citations

Ma, Qing‐Ping & C. J. Woolf. (1996). Basal and touch-evoked fos-like immunoreactivity during experimental inflammation in the rat. Pain. 67(2). 307–316. 105 indexed citations

Bush, Max, David Tonge, C. J. Woolf, & Phillip R. Gordon‐Weeks. (1996). Expression of a developmentally regulated, phosphorylated isoform of microtubule-associated protein 1B in regenerating axons of the sciatic nerve. Neuroscience. 73(2). 553–563. 32 indexed citations

Miller, Barbara A. & C. J. Woolf. (1996). Glutamate-mediated slow synaptic currents in neonatal rat deep dorsal horn neurons in vitro. Journal of Neurophysiology. 76(3). 1465–1476. 24 indexed citations

Nagy, I., C. J. Woolf, Andy Dray, & László Urbán. (1994). Cobalt accumulation in neurons expressing ionotropic excitatory amino acid receptors in young rat spinal cord: Morphology and distribution. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 344(3). 321–335. 38 indexed citations

Richmond, Catherine, Lesley Bromley, & C. J. Woolf. (1994). Preoperative morphine pre‐empts postoperative pain. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 45(1). 78–78. 14 indexed citations

Sivilotti, Lucia G. & C. J. Woolf. (1994). The contribution of GABAA and glycine receptors to central sensitization: disinhibition and touch-evoked allodynia in the spinal cord. Journal of Neurophysiology. 72(1). 169–179. 375 indexed citations

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Woolf, C. J.. (1993). The Pathophysiology of Peripheral Neuropathic Pain—Abnormal Peripheral Input and Abnormal Central Processing. PubMed. 58. 125–130. 53 indexed citations

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Sivilotti, Lucia G., Steve Thompson, & C. J. Woolf. (1993). Rate of rise of the cumulative depolarization evoked by repetitive stimulation of small-caliber afferents is a predictor of action potential windup in rat spinal neurons in vitro. Journal of Neurophysiology. 69(5). 1621–1631. 118 indexed citations

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Reynolds, M. L., et al.. (1993). Partial denervation of the medial gastrocnemius muscle results in growth-associated protein-43 immunoreactivity in sprouting axons and schwann cells. Neuroscience. 57(2). 433–442. 33 indexed citations

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Reynolds, M. L. & C. J. Woolf. (1992). Terminal Schwann cells elaborate extensive processes following denervation of the motor endplate. Journal of Neurocytology. 21(1). 50–66. 181 indexed citations

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Woolf, C. J., Peter Shortland, & Richard E. Coggeshall. (1992). Peripheral nerve injury triggers central sprouting of myelinated afferents. Nature. 355(6355). 75–78. 847 indexed citations breakdown →

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O’Brien, Claire, C. J. Woolf, Melinda Fitzgerald, R.M. Lindsay, & Carl Molander. (1989). Differences in the chemical expression of rat primary afferent neurons which innervate skin, muscle or joint. Neuroscience. 32(2). 493–502. 146 indexed citations

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Woolf, C. J., et al.. (1988). Sensory innervation of the hairs of the rat hindlimb: A light microscopic analysis. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 277(2). 183–194. 36 indexed citations

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King, A.E., Steve Thompson, László Urbán, & C. J. Woolf. (1988). An intracellular analysis of amino acid induced excitations of deep dorsal horn neurones in the rat spinal cord slice. Neuroscience Letters. 89(3). 286–292. 61 indexed citations

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Woolf, C. J.. (1987). Physiological, Inflammatory and Neuropathic Pain. Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery. 15. 39–62. 17 indexed citations

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McMahon, Stephen B., Eva Syková, P. D. Wall, C. J. Woolf, & S. J. Gibson. (1984). Neurogenic extravasation and substance P levels are low in muscle as compared to skin in the rat hindlimb. Neuroscience Letters. 52(3). 235–240. 63 indexed citations

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Dawson, N. J., Anthony H. Dickenson, R. F. Hellon, & C. J. Woolf. (1981). Inhibitory controls on thermal neurones in the spinal trigeminal nucleus of cats and rats. Brain Research. 209(2). 440–445. 26 indexed citations

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