Flobert Tanga

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Flobert Tanga is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Flobert Tanga has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Physiology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Flobert Tanga's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (7 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (6 papers). Flobert Tanga is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (10 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (7 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (6 papers). Flobert Tanga collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Flobert Tanga's co-authors include Joyce A. DeLeo, Raghavendra Vasudeva, Nancy Nutile‐McMenemy, Vivianne L. Tawfik, V. Raghavendra, Maria D. Rutkowski, Nilüfer Esen, Ling Cao, Tammy Kielian and Kevin F. Spratt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Pain and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Flobert Tanga

13 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

  1. Inhibition of Microglial Activation Attenuates the Development but Not Existing Hypersensitivity in a Rat Model of Neuropathy
    2003 687 citations Raghavendra Vasudeva, Flobert Tanga et al. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics profile →
  2. The CNS role of Toll-like receptor 4 in innate neuroimmunity and painful neuropathy
    2005 526 citations Flobert Tanga, Nancy Nutile‐McMenemy et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Flobert Tanga United States 12 2.3k 1.4k 699 517 476 13 3.1k
Anna K. Clark United Kingdom 26 2.5k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 807 1.2× 726 1.4× 519 1.1× 29 3.9k
Yasuhiko Kawasaki United States 16 2.7k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 495 0.7× 720 1.4× 433 0.9× 22 3.7k
Fabien Marchand France 26 2.6k 1.2× 1.7k 1.2× 506 0.7× 758 1.5× 476 1.0× 52 4.3k
Annemarie Ledeboer United States 17 1.4k 0.6× 787 0.6× 540 0.8× 389 0.8× 300 0.6× 20 2.2k
Wioletta Makuch Poland 37 2.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 366 0.5× 666 1.3× 509 1.1× 71 3.2k
Ewelina Rojewska Poland 34 2.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 374 0.5× 481 0.9× 516 1.1× 57 2.8k
Shiroh Kishioka Japan 32 1.8k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 316 0.5× 909 1.8× 301 0.6× 123 3.3k
Maria Schäfers Germany 31 2.9k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 359 0.5× 602 1.2× 442 0.9× 44 4.0k
Marc R. Suter Switzerland 19 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 382 0.5× 506 1.0× 344 0.7× 49 2.6k
Norikazu Kiguchi Japan 31 1.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 305 0.4× 880 1.7× 263 0.6× 78 2.7k

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Mills, Charles D., Timothy Nguyen, Flobert Tanga, et al.. (2012). Characterization of nerve growth factor‐induced mechanical and thermal hypersensitivity in rats. European Journal of Pain. 17(4). 469–479. 55 indexed citations
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Cao, Ling, Flobert Tanga, & Joyce A. DeLeo. (2008). The contributing role of CD14 in toll-like receptor 4 dependent neuropathic pain. Neuroscience. 158(2). 896–903. 93 indexed citations
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Tanga, Flobert, V. Raghavendra, Nancy Nutile‐McMenemy, Alexander Marks, & Joyce A. DeLeo. (2006). Role of astrocytic S100β in behavioral hypersensitivity in rodent models of neuropathic pain. Neuroscience. 140(3). 1003–1010. 54 indexed citations
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LaCroix‐Fralish, Michael L., Vivianne L. Tawfik, Flobert Tanga, Kevin F. Spratt, & Joyce A. DeLeo. (2006). Differential Spinal Cord Gene Expression in Rodent Models of Radicular and Neuropathic Pain. Anesthesiology. 104(6). 1283–1292. 61 indexed citations
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Tanga, Flobert, Nancy Nutile‐McMenemy, & Joyce A. DeLeo. (2005). The CNS role of Toll-like receptor 4 in innate neuroimmunity and painful neuropathy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(16). 5856–5861. 526 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vasudeva, Raghavendra, Flobert Tanga, & Joyce A. DeLeo. (2004). Complete Freunds adjuvant‐induced peripheral inflammation evokes glial activation and proinflammatory cytokine expression in the CNS. European Journal of Neuroscience. 20(2). 467–473. 494 indexed citations
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Tanga, Flobert. (2004). Quantitative real-time RT-PCR assessment of spinal microglial and astrocytic activation markers in a rat model of neuropathic pain. Neurochemistry International. 45(2-3). 397–407. 7 indexed citations
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Tanga, Flobert, V. Raghavendra, & Joyce A. DeLeo. (2004). Quantitative real-time RT-PCR assessment of spinal microglial and astrocytic activation markers in a rat model of neuropathic pain. Neurochemistry International. 45(2-3). 397–407. 310 indexed citations
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DeLeo, Joyce A., Flobert Tanga, & Vivianne L. Tawfik. (2004). Neuroimmune Activation and Neuroinflammation in Chronic Pain and Opioid Tolerance/Hyperalgesia. The Neuroscientist. 10(1). 40–52. 317 indexed citations
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Esen, Nilüfer, Flobert Tanga, Joyce A. DeLeo, & Tammy Kielian. (2003). Toll‐like receptor 2 (TLR2) mediates astrocyte activation in response to the Gram‐positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Neurochemistry. 88(3). 746–758. 125 indexed citations
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Vasudeva, Raghavendra, Flobert Tanga, & Joyce A. DeLeo. (2003). Attenuation of Morphine Tolerance, Withdrawal-Induced Hyperalgesia, and Associated Spinal Inflammatory Immune Responses by Propentofylline in Rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 29(2). 327–334. 227 indexed citations
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Vasudeva, Raghavendra, Flobert Tanga, Maria D. Rutkowski, & Joyce A. DeLeo. (2003). Anti-hyperalgesic and morphine-sparing actions of propentofylline following peripheral nerve injury in rats: mechanistic implications of spinal glia and proinflammatory cytokines. Pain. 104(3). 655–664. 180 indexed citations
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Vasudeva, Raghavendra, Flobert Tanga, & Joyce A. DeLeo. (2003). Inhibition of Microglial Activation Attenuates the Development but Not Existing Hypersensitivity in a Rat Model of Neuropathy. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 306(2). 624–630. 687 indexed citations breakdown →

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