Christian Spenger

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Christian Spenger is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Spenger has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 31 papers in Molecular Biology and 29 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Christian Spenger's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (24 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (24 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (24 papers). Christian Spenger is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (24 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (24 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (24 papers). Christian Spenger collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Finland. Christian Spenger's co-authors include Lars‐Olof Wahlund, Eric Westman, Simon Lovestone, Andrew Simmons, Magda Tsolaki, Bruno Vellas, Patrizia Mecocci, Hilkka Soininen, Iwona Kłoszewska and Kaj Blennow and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Christian Spenger

95 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

tau protein in cerebrospinal fluid

1995 636 citations Christian Spenger et al. profile →
Allodynia limits the usefulness of intraspinal neural stem cell grafts; directed differentiation improves outcome

2005 511 citations Christoph P. Hofstetter, Johan Lilja et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Spenger

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Classification and prediction of clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease based on MRI and plasma measures of α‐/γ‐tocotrienols and γ‐tocopherol 2013 ·Journal of Internal Medicine ·Francesca Mangialasche, Eric Westman, Miia Kivipelto, J‐Sebastian Muehlboeck, Roberta Cecchetti, Mauro Baglioni, R. Tarducci, G. Gobbi, Piero Floridi, Hilkka Soininen, Iwona Kłoszewska, Magda Tsolaki, Bruno Vellas, Christian Spenger, Simon Lovestone, Lars‐Olof Wahlund, A. Simmons, Patrizia Mecocci	55
2	An MRI‐based index to measure the severity of Alzheimer's disease‐like structural pattern in subjects with mild cognitive impairment 2013 ·Journal of Internal Medicine ·Gabriela Spulber, Andrew Simmons, J‐Sebastian Muehlboeck, Patrizia Mecocci, Bruno Vellas, Magda Tsolaki, Iwona Kłoszewska, H. Soininen, Christian Spenger, Simon Lovestone, Lars‐Olof Wahlund, Eric Westman	53
3	Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Detection of Early Alzheimer's Disease 2011 ·Journal of Alzheimer s Disease ·Eric Westman, Lars‐Olof Wahlund, Catherine Foy, Michaela Poppe, (unknown), Declan Murphy, Christian Spenger, Simon Lovestone, Andrew Simmons	23
4	Combinatorial Markers of Mild Cognitive Impairment Conversion to Alzheimer's Disease - Cytokines and MRI Measures Together Predict Disease Progression 2011 ·Journal of Alzheimer s Disease ·Simon J. Furney, Deborah Kronenberg‐Versteeg, Andrew Simmons, Andreas Güntert, Richard Dobson, Petroula Proitsi, Lars‐Olof Wahlund, Iwona Kłoszewska, Patrizia Mecocci, Hilkka Soininen, Magda Tsolaki, Bruno Vellas, Christian Spenger, Simon Lovestone	42
5	1H-MRS in spinal cord injury: acute and chronic metabolite alterations in rat brain and lumbar spinal cord 2011 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Matthias Erschbamer, Johanna Öberg, Eric Westman, Rouslan Sitnikov, (unknown), Christian Spenger	18
6	Automated hippocampal shape analysis predicts the onset of dementia in mild cognitive impairment 2011 ·NeuroImage ·Sergi G. Costafreda, Ivo D. Dinov, Zhuowen Tu, Yonggang Shi, Cheng‐Yi Liu, Iwona Kłoszewska, Patrizia Mecocci, Hilkka Soininen, Magda Tsolaki, Bruno Vellas, Lars‐Olof Wahlund, Christian Spenger, Arthur W. Toga, Simon Lovestone, Andrew Simmons	168
7	Multivariate analysis of MRI data for Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment and healthy controls 2010 ·NeuroImage ·Eric Westman, Andrew Simmons, Yi Zhang, J‐Sebastian Muehlboeck, Catherine Tunnard, Yawu Liu, D. Louis Collins, Alan C. Evans, Patrizia Mecocci, Bruno Vellas, Magda Tsolaki, Iwona Kłoszewska, Hilkka Soininen, Simon Lovestone, Christian Spenger, Lars‐Olof Wahlund	104
8	Host strain-dependent difference in susceptibility in a rat model of herpes simplex type 1 encephalitis 2008 ·Journal of NeuroVirology ·(unknown), Olle Lidman, Farideh Sabri, I. Bednar, Fredrik Granath, Tomas Bergström, Christian Spenger, Alf Grandien, Tomas Olsson, Fredrik Piehl, Margarita Diez, Birgit Sköldenberg	10
9	Implanted embryonic sensory neurons project axons toward adult auditory brainstem neurons in roller drum and Stoppini co-cultures 2007 ·Brain Research ·(unknown), Saga Johansson, Christian Spenger, Mats Ulfendahl, Petri Olivius	16
10	Carbamazepine treatment recovered low N-acetylaspartate+N-acetylaspartylglutamate (tNAA) levels in the megencephaly mouse BALB/cByJ-Kv1.1 2006 ·Neurobiology of Disease ·Eric Westman, Christian Spenger, Lars‐Olof Wahlund, Catharina Lavebratt	17
11	Allodynia limits the usefulness of intraspinal neural stem cell grafts; directed differentiation improves outcome breakdown → 2005 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Christoph P. Hofstetter, (unknown), Johan Lilja, Petra Schweinhardt, (unknown), Christian Spenger, Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld‐Hallin, Shekar N. Kurpad, Jonas Frisén, (unknown)	511
12	Neuronal activity-induced regulation of Lingo-1 2004 ·Neuroreport ·(unknown), Anna Josephson, (unknown), Stefan Brené, Christian Spenger, (unknown)	32
13	Activity-induced and developmental downregulation of the Nogo receptor 2003 ·Cell and Tissue Research ·Anna Josephson, (unknown), Camilla Schéele, Johan Widenfalk, Claes Wahlestedt, Stefan Brené, (unknown), Christian Spenger	67
14	MRI and in situ hybridization reveal early disturbances in brain size and gene expression in the megencephalic (mceph/mceph) mouse 2003 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Margarita Diez, Petra Schweinhardt, Susanna Petersson, Fuhua Wang, Catharina Lavebratt, Martin Schalling, Tomas Hökfelt, Christian Spenger	29
15	A template for spatial normalisation of MR images of the rat brain 2003 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Petra Schweinhardt, Peter Fransson, Lars Olson, Christian Spenger, Jesper Andersson	177
16	GDNF, RET and GFRα-1-3 mRNA expression in the developing human spinal cord and ganglia 1999 ·Neuroreport ·Johan Widenfalk, Hans R. Widmer, Christian Spenger	23
17	Effects of combined BDNF and GDNF treatment on cultured dopaminergic midbrain neurons 1998 ·Neuroreport ·Jürgen Sautter, Morten Meyer, Christian Spenger, Rolf W. Seiler, Hans R. Widmer	35
18	Noninvasive dopamine determination by reversed phase HPLC in the medium of free-floating roller tube cultures of rat fetal ventral mesencephalon: A tool to assess dopaminergic tissue prior to grafting 1996 ·Brain Research Bulletin ·Lorenz Studer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Klaus L. Leenders, Rolf W. Seiler, Christian Spenger	38
19	Long-term survival of dopaminergic neurones in free-floating roller tube cultures of human fetal ventral mesencephalon 1994 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·Christian Spenger, Lorenz Studer, (unknown), Marcel Egli, J‐M. Burgunder, Regula Markwalder, Rolf W. Seiler	38
20	An Organotypic Spinal Cord‐Dorsal Root Ganglion‐Skeletal Muscle Coculture of Embryonic Rat. II. Functional Evidence for the Formation of Spinal Reflex Arcs In Vitro 1991 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Jürg Streit, Christian Spenger, Hans‐Rudolf Lüscher	55

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