Johan Widenfalk

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Johan Widenfalk is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Johan Widenfalk has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 12 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Johan Widenfalk's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (20 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (12 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (5 papers). Johan Widenfalk is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (20 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (12 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (5 papers). Johan Widenfalk collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Switzerland. Johan Widenfalk's co-authors include Christoph P. Hofstetter, Luis B. Tovar‐y‐Romo, Abdeljabbar El Manira, Emily Schwarz, Darwin J. Prockop, David A. Hess, Ted Ebendal, Lars Olson, Christopher A. Nosrat and Barry J. Hoffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Johan Widenfalk

26 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Marrow stromal cells form guiding strands in the injured spinal cord and promote recovery

2002 795 citations Christoph P. Hofstetter, Emily Schwarz et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johan Widenfalk Sweden	22	1.9k	1.1k	925	850	678	26	3.2k
Masanori Sasaki Japan	28	1.2k 0.6×	885 0.8×	806 0.9×	898 1.1×	636 0.9×	102	3.1k
H. David Shine United States	30	1.2k 0.6×	792 0.7×	1.5k 1.7×	516 0.6×	376 0.6×	50	3.7k
B. Timothy Himes United States	25	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	588 0.6×	654 0.8×	1.0k 1.5×	36	2.8k
Karen L. Lankford United States	29	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	847 0.9×	495 0.6×	731 1.1×	44	2.8k
Pantelis Tsoulfas United States	38	2.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.5×	2.1k 2.2×	512 0.6×	790 1.2×	62	4.7k
Akio Iwanami Japan	37	1.5k 0.8×	966 0.9×	1.7k 1.9×	762 0.9×	1.4k 2.1×	95	4.6k
Y. Toyama Japan	28	777 0.4×	823 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	577 0.7×	700 1.0×	62	3.7k
Hongyun Huang China	25	880 0.5×	571 0.5×	550 0.6×	598 0.7×	547 0.8×	91	2.1k
Masaaki Kitada Japan	35	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	2.0k 2.1×	2.0k 2.3×	451 0.7×	89	4.6k
Andrey Irintchev Germany	41	2.2k 1.2×	750 0.7×	1.7k 1.8×	430 0.5×	545 0.8×	96	4.2k

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Molin, C, et al.. (2018). The impact of physical exercise on neuromuscular function in Myasthenia gravis patients. Medicine. 97(31). e11510–e11510. 22 indexed citations

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Molin, C, Johan Widenfalk, & Anna Rostedt Punga. (2017). High-resistance strength training does not affect nerve cross sectional area – An ultrasound study. Clinical Neurophysiology Practice. 2. 163–169. 4 indexed citations

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Widenfalk, Johan, et al.. (2009). Treatment of transected peripheral nerves with artemin improved motor neuron regeneration, but did not reduce nerve injury-induced pain behaviour. Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery. 43(5). 245–250. 16 indexed citations

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Abrams, Matthew J. & Johan Widenfalk. (2005). Emerging strategies to promote improved functional outcome after peripheral nerve injury. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 23(5-6). 367–382. 32 indexed citations

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Josephson, Anna, Camilla Schéele, Johan Widenfalk, et al.. (2003). Activity-induced and developmental downregulation of the Nogo receptor. Cell and Tissue Research. 311(3). 333–342. 67 indexed citations

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Widenfalk, Johan, Adam C. Lipson, Christoph P. Hofstetter, et al.. (2003). Vascular endothelial growth factor improves functional outcome and decreases secondary degeneration in experimental spinal cord contusion injury. Neuroscience. 120(4). 951–960. 202 indexed citations

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Widenfalk, Johan, et al.. (2003). Repair of peripheral nerve transections with fibrin sealant containing neurotrophic factors. Experimental Neurology. 181(2). 204–212. 96 indexed citations

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Lipson, Adam C., et al.. (2003). Neurotrophic properties of olfactory ensheathing glia. Experimental Neurology. 180(2). 167–171. 181 indexed citations

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Josephson, Anna, et al.. (2002). Nogo‐receptor gene activity: Cellular localization and developmental regulation of mRNA in mice and humans. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 453(3). 292–304. 94 indexed citations

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Hofstetter, Christoph P., Emily Schwarz, David A. Hess, et al.. (2002). Marrow stromal cells form guiding strands in the injured spinal cord and promote recovery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(4). 2199–2204. 795 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nosrat, Irina V., et al.. (2001). Dental Pulp Cells Produce Neurotrophic Factors, Interact with Trigeminal Neurons in Vitro, and Rescue Motoneurons after Spinal Cord Injury. Developmental Biology. 238(1). 120–132. 193 indexed citations

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Josephson, Anna, et al.. (2001). GDNF and NGF family members and receptors in human fetal and adult spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 440(2). 204–217. 71 indexed citations

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Nosrat, Irina V., et al.. (2001). Dental Pulp Cells Produce Neurotrophic Factors, Interact with Trigeminal Neurons in Vitro, and Rescue Motoneurons after Spinal Cord Injury. Developmental Biology. 239(1). 176–176. 12 indexed citations

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Josephson, Anna, et al.. (2001). NOGO mRNA Expression in Adult and Fetal Human and Rat Nervous Tissue and in Weight Drop Injury. Experimental Neurology. 169(2). 319–328. 132 indexed citations

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Widenfalk, Johan, et al.. (2000). Neurturin, RET, GFRα-1 and GFRα-2, but not GFRα-3, mRNA are expressed in mice gonads. Cell and Tissue Research. 299(3). 409–415. 28 indexed citations

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Widenfalk, Johan, Hans R. Widmer, & Christian Spenger. (1999). GDNF, RET and GFRα-1-3 mRNA expression in the developing human spinal cord and ganglia. Neuroreport. 10(7). 1433–1439. 23 indexed citations

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Widenfalk, Johan, et al.. (1999). Deprived of habitual running, rats downregulate BDNF and TrkB messages in the brain. Neuroscience Research. 34(3). 125–132. 130 indexed citations

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Widenfalk, Johan, et al.. (1998). GFRα‐3, a protein related to GFRα‐1, is expressed in developing peripheral neurons and ensheathing cells. European Journal of Neuroscience. 10(4). 1508–1517. 47 indexed citations

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Widenfalk, Johan, Christopher A. Nosrat, Andreas C. Tomac, et al.. (1997). Neurturin and Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptor-β (GDNFR-β), Novel Proteins Related to GDNF and GDNFR-α with Specific Cellular Patterns of Expression Suggesting Roles in the Developing and Adult Nervous System and in Peripheral Organs. Journal of Neuroscience. 17(21). 8506–8519. 223 indexed citations

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Widenfalk, Johan, Lifang Lin, Takahiro Kohno, et al.. (1995). Retrograde axonal transport of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in the adult nigrostriatal system suggests a trophic role in the adult.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(18). 8274–8278. 218 indexed citations

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