Gunnar Wasner

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Gunnar Wasner is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunnar Wasner has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Physiology, 25 papers in Neurology and 22 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Gunnar Wasner's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (48 papers), Pain Management and Treatment (21 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (15 papers). Gunnar Wasner is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (48 papers), Pain Management and Treatment (21 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (15 papers). Gunnar Wasner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United States. Gunnar Wasner's co-authors include Ralf Baron, Andreas Binder, Jörn Schattschneider, Günther Deuschl, Christoph Maier, Elspeth M. McLachlan, Klaus Heckmann, Patricia Saddier, Robert W. Johnson and James A. Brock and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Gunnar Wasner

80 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Neuropathic pain: diagnosis, pathophysiological mechanisms, and treatment

2010 1.3k citations Ralf Baron, Andreas Binder et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gunnar Wasner Germany	33	3.0k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	531	83	4.6k
Andreas Binder Germany	36	3.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	936 0.8×	503 0.9×	102	4.9k
F. Boureau France	23	2.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	887 0.8×	216 0.4×	87	4.7k
Gérard Mick France	24	1.8k 0.6×	944 0.8×	861 0.7×	637 0.5×	262 0.5×	64	3.4k
Karen Lund Canada	12	2.4k 0.8×	846 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	613 0.5×	785 1.5×	21	3.8k
Rainer Freynhagen Germany	38	4.1k 1.4×	3.0k 2.4×	1.7k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	359 0.7×	93	6.7k
Cory Toth Canada	36	1.7k 0.6×	966 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	694 0.6×	632 1.2×	99	4.1k
Guy Hans Belgium	30	1.5k 0.5×	664 0.5×	416 0.4×	874 0.7×	369 0.7×	84	3.0k
Robert J. Schwartzman United States	39	2.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	2.2k 1.9×	828 1.6×	143	5.2k
Ellen Jørum Norway	23	2.0k 0.6×	658 0.5×	619 0.5×	440 0.4×	560 1.1×	56	2.7k
David C. Yeomans United States	40	2.7k 0.9×	641 0.5×	393 0.3×	398 0.3×	1.5k 2.7×	123	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Gunnar Wasner

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Raethjen, Jan, et al.. (2020). Dynamic posturography and posturographic training for Parkinson’s disease in a routine clinical setting. Gait & Posture. 82. 281–286. 3 indexed citations

Forstenpointner, Julia, Andreas Binder, R. Maag, et al.. (2019). Neuroimaging Of Cold Allodynia Reveals A Central Disinhibition Mechanism Of Pain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

Forstenpointner, Julia, Andreas Binder, R. Maag, et al.. (2019). <p>Neuroimaging Of Cold Allodynia Reveals A Central Disinhibition Mechanism Of Pain</p>. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 12. 3055–3066. 5 indexed citations

Forstenpointner, Julia, Matti Förster, Denisa May, et al.. (2017). Short Report: TRPV1-polymorphism 1911 A>G alters capsaicin-induced sensory changes in healthy subjects. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0183322–e0183322. 18 indexed citations

Terkelsen, Astrid Juhl, Janne Gierthmühlen, Lars J. Petersen, et al.. (2013). Cutaneous noradrenaline measured by microdialysis in complex regional pain syndrome during whole-body cooling and heating. Experimental Neurology. 247. 456–465. 9 indexed citations

Wasner, Gunnar & Günther Deuschl. (2012). Pains in Parkinson disease—many syndromes under one umbrella. Nature Reviews Neurology. 8(5). 284–294. 177 indexed citations

Baron, Ralf, Gunnar Wasner, & Andreas Binder. (2011). Chronic pain: genes, plasticity, and phenotypes. The Lancet Neurology. 11(1). 19–21. 31 indexed citations

Binder, Andreas, et al.. (2011). Topical High-Concentration (40%) Menthol—Somatosensory Profile of a Human Surrogate Pain Model. Journal of Pain. 12(7). 764–773. 47 indexed citations

Wasner, Gunnar. (2010). Vasomotor Disturbances in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome—A Review. Pain Medicine. 11(8). 1267–1273. 34 indexed citations

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Wasner, Gunnar. (2010). Central Pain Syndromes. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 14(6). 489–496. 32 indexed citations

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Ludwig, J., Andreas Binder, Joerg Steinmann, Gunnar Wasner, & Ralf Baron. (2008). Cytokine expression in serum and cerebrospinal fluid in non-inflammatory polyneuropathies. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 79(11). 1268–1274. 42 indexed citations

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Wasner, Gunnar, Bonsan B. Lee, Stella Engel, & Elspeth M. McLachlan. (2008). Residual spinothalamic tract pathways predict development of central pain after spinal cord injury. Brain. 131(9). 2387–2400. 146 indexed citations

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Binder, Andreas, Sebastian Binder, Jan Herzog, et al.. (2006). Effects of subthalamic nucleus stimulation and levodopa on the autonomic nervous system in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 78(7). 742–745. 61 indexed citations

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Wasner, Gunnar. (2004). Topical menthol--a human model for cold pain by activation and sensitization of C nociceptors. Brain. 127(5). 1159–1171. 234 indexed citations

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Bode, Arndt, et al.. (2004). Idiopathic restless legs syndrome:. Journal of Neurology. 251(8). 977–82. 66 indexed citations

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Wasner, Gunnar, et al.. (2003). Das komplexe regionale Schmerzsyndrom. Der Anaesthesist. 52(10). 883–895. 12 indexed citations

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Schattschneider, Jörn, et al.. (2003). Das Symptom sympathisch unterhaltener Schmerz. Der Schmerz. 17(5). 317–324. 5 indexed citations

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Baron, Ralf, et al.. (2002). Relation between sympathetic vasoconstrictor activity and pain and hyperalgesia in complex regional pain syndromes: a case-control study. The Lancet. 359(9318). 1655–1660. 177 indexed citations

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Wasner, Gunnar, et al.. (1999). Dynamic mechanical allodynia in humans is not mediated by a central presynaptic interaction of A β -mechanoreceptive and nociceptive C-afferents. Pain. 79(2). 113–119. 38 indexed citations

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Wasner, Gunnar, Misha-Miroslav Bačkonja, & Ralf Baron. (1998). TRAUMATIC NEURALGIAS. Neurologic Clinics. 16(4). 851–868. 74 indexed citations

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