Henry deF. Webster

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Henry deF. Webster is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Henry deF. Webster has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Henry deF. Webster's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (14 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers) and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (5 papers). Henry deF. Webster is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (14 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (7 papers) and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (5 papers). Henry deF. Webster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Henry deF. Webster's co-authors include Alan Peters, Sanford L. Palay, John R. Martin, Yasuto Itoyama, Edward P. Richardson, Adelbert Ames, Kaoru Tanaka, Richard H. Quarles, Raymond D. Adams and Bruce D. Trapp and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Cell Biology and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Henry deF. Webster

64 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

The Fine Structure of the Nervous System: Neurons and Their Supporting Cells

1991 1.3k citations Henry deF. Webster et al. profile →
fine structure of the nervous system

1976 520 citations Henry deF. Webster et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Henry deF. Webster United States	32	2.5k	2.0k	1.1k	860	697	64	5.3k
Jack Rosenbluth United States	41	3.1k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	898 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	118	6.1k
Nancy H. Sternberger United States	34	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	839 0.8×	820 1.0×	1.4k 2.0×	61	5.0k
Bernice Grafstein United States	38	3.4k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	350 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	86	5.5k
Reinhard L. Friede United States	40	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	697 0.6×	715 0.8×	558 0.8×	139	5.3k
Victor L. Friedrich United States	46	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	940 1.1×	966 1.4×	109	6.6k
Ann Acheson United States	29	3.0k 1.2×	3.3k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	290 0.3×	610 0.9×	39	6.7k
Anthony Frankfurter United States	38	1.9k 0.8×	3.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	747 0.9×	1.7k 2.5×	65	6.2k
Dennis M.D. Landis United States	39	2.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	358 0.3×	766 0.9×	954 1.4×	88	5.2k
Richard J. Mullen United States	20	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	894 1.0×	467 0.7×	32	4.4k
Christopher S. von Bartheld United States	42	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	993 0.9×	884 1.0×	423 0.6×	126	6.0k

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Liu, Jie, et al.. (2002). Local administration of vasoactive intestinal peptide after nerve transection accelerates early myelination and growth of regenerating axons. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System. 7(2). 118–127. 14 indexed citations

Liu, Xia, George A. Mashour, Henry deF. Webster, & Armin Kurtz. (1998). Basic FGF and FGF receptor 1 are expressed in microglia during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: Temporally distinct expression of midkine and pleiotrophen. Glia. 24(4). 390–397. 82 indexed citations

Yao, Da‐Lin, Xia Liu, Lynn D. Hudson, & Henry deF. Webster. (1996). Insulin-like growth factor-I given subcutaneously reduces clinical deficits, decreases lesion severity and upregulates synthesis of myelin proteins in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Life Sciences. 58(16). 1301–1306. 54 indexed citations

Gehrmann, Jochen, Da‐Lin Yao, Bruno Bonetti, et al.. (1995). Astrocytes Upregulate Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP), but not Insulin‐like Growth Factor‐I (IGF‐I) during Experimental Autoimmune Neuritis (EAN). Brain Pathology. 5(1). 1–10. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Xia, Da‐Lin Yao, Carolyn A. Bondy, et al.. (1994). Astrocytes Express Insulin-like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) and Its Binding Protein, IGFBP-2, during Demyelination Induced by Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 5(5). 418–430. 90 indexed citations

Yao, Da‐Lin, et al.. (1994). Myelinated Axons Demonstrated in the CNS and PNS by Anti‐Neurofilament Immunoreactivity and Luxol Fast Blue Counterstaining. Brain Pathology. 4(1). 97–100. 10 indexed citations

Gehrmann, Jochen, Da‐Lin Yao, Bruno Bonetti, et al.. (1994). Expression of Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and Related Peptides during Motoneuron Regeneration. Experimental Neurology. 128(2). 202–210. 58 indexed citations

Gosztonyi, Georg, et al.. (1994). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Distribution in HIV Encephalitis: Study of 19 Cases with Combined Use ofIn SituHybridization and Immunocytochemistry. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 53(5). 521–534. 56 indexed citations

Yao, Da‐Lin, et al.. (1994). Concentric sclerosis (Baló): Morphometric and in situ hybridization study of lesions in six patients. Annals of Neurology. 35(1). 18–30. 68 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Kaoru & Henry deF. Webster. (1993). Effects of Psychosine (Galactosylsphingosine) on the Survival and the Fine Structure of Cultured Schwann Cells. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 52(5). 490–498. 41 indexed citations

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Prakash, Om, et al.. (1993). Expression of viral T-antigen in pathological tissues from transgenic mice carrying JC-SV40 chimeric DNAs. Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology. 20(1). 59–79. 9 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Kaoru, et al.. (1992). Myelinated fiber regeneration after sciatic nerve crush: Morphometric observations in young adult and aging mice and the effects of macrophage suppression and conditioning lesions. Experimental Neurology. 118(1). 53–61. 69 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Kaoru & Henry deF. Webster. (1991). Myelinated fiber regeneration after crush injury is retarded in sciatic nerves of aging mice. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 308(2). 180–187. 59 indexed citations

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Lamperth, Lajos, Laura Manuelidis, & Henry deF. Webster. (1989). Non myelin-forming perineuronal Schwann cells in rat trigeminal ganglia express P0 myelin glycoprotein mRNA during postnatal development. Molecular Brain Research. 5(2). 177–181. 12 indexed citations

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Cullen, Michael J., Richard G. Peterson, & Henry deF. Webster. (1983). Electron microscopic study of intramembranous changes in protein‐extracted peripheral nervous system myelin. The Anatomical Record. 207(4). 563–571. 10 indexed citations

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Brodsky, Frances M., Shirley H. Wray, Takeshi Tabira, & Henry deF. Webster. (1977). Preparation of whole mounts of rabbit retina for examination with the differential-interference microscope: a technique for morphological studies of CNS demyelination. Brain Research. 124(1). 140–146. 2 indexed citations

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Kennedy, William R., et al.. (1974). Human muscle spindles: Microfilaments in the group IA sensory nerve endings. The Anatomical Record. 180(3). 521–532. 6 indexed citations

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Matthieu, Jean‐Marie, Richard H. Quarles, Roscoe O. Brady, & Henry deF. Webster. (1973). Variation of proteins, enzyme markers and gangliosides in myelin subfractions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 329(2). 305–317. 108 indexed citations

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Webster, Henry deF. & Adelbert Ames. (1969). Glutaraldehyde fixation of central nervous tissue: An electron microscopic evaluation in the isolated rabbit retina. Tissue and Cell. 1(1). 53–62. 13 indexed citations

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Webster, Henry deF.. (1965). Book ReviewThe Motor Endplate.. New England Journal of Medicine. 272(6). 323–323. 1 indexed citations

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