Klaus Unsicker

20.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
337 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

Klaus Unsicker is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Klaus Unsicker has authored 337 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 191 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 151 papers in Molecular Biology and 77 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Klaus Unsicker's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (120 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (72 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (40 papers). Klaus Unsicker is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (120 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (72 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (40 papers). Klaus Unsicker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Israel. Klaus Unsicker's co-authors include Kerstin Krieglstein, Clemens Suter‐Crazzolara, Oliver von Bohlen und Halbach, Jens Strelau, Martina Böttner, Srinivasa Subramaniam, Andreas Schober, Dörte Otto, Dagmar Galter and Bernhard Reuß and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Klaus Unsicker

336 papers receiving 16.8k 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.

Targeted disruption of the glucocorticoid receptor gene blocks adrenergic chromaffin cell development and severely retards lung maturation.

1995 748 citations Kerstin Krieglstein, Klaus Unsicker et al. profile →
Essential Role for TrkB Receptors in Hippocampus-Mediated Learning

1999 661 citations Klaus Unsicker et al. profile →
Distinct sites of intracellular production for Alzheimer's disease Aβ40/42 amyloid peptides

1997 592 citations Klaus Unsicker et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Klaus Unsicker	7.7k	7.6k	3.3k	2.7k	1.5k	337	17.1k
Claus W. Heizmann	6.8k 0.9×	13.2k 1.7×	1.3k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	385 0.2×	345	21.4k
Eugene M. Johnson	10.6k 1.4×	12.0k 1.6×	4.0k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	236 0.2×	185	21.6k
Mahendra S. Rao	4.7k 0.6×	18.1k 2.4×	5.5k 1.7×	3.3k 1.2×	429 0.3×	399	27.1k
Rita Levi‐Montalcini	9.8k 1.3×	5.1k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	299 0.2×	138	15.4k
Mathias Bähr	5.9k 0.8×	9.2k 1.2×	2.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	289 0.2×	356	17.3k
Richard Reynolds	2.9k 0.4×	5.7k 0.7×	4.5k 1.4×	1.2k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	227	17.2k
David R. Kaplan	11.0k 1.4×	16.4k 2.2×	5.3k 1.6×	2.0k 0.8×	279 0.2×	202	27.9k
Freda D. Miller	7.9k 1.0×	10.3k 1.4×	5.1k 1.5×	1.5k 0.5×	224 0.1×	186	19.5k
Michael Sendtner	8.2k 1.1×	10.0k 1.3×	4.8k 1.5×	1.3k 0.5×	212 0.1×	225	20.1k
Mark F. Mehler	2.5k 0.3×	8.4k 1.1×	2.7k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	474 0.3×	143	16.6k

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Stubbusch, Jutta, et al.. (2015). Lineage and stage specific requirement for Dicer1 in sympathetic ganglia and adrenal medulla formation and maintenance. Developmental Biology. 400(2). 210–223. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaolong, et al.. (2015). Growth/differentiation factor-15 and its role in peripheral nervous system lesion and regeneration. Cell and Tissue Research. 362(2). 317–330. 29 indexed citations

Unsicker, Klaus, Katrin Huber, Andreas Schober, & Chaya Kalcheim. (2012). Resolved and open issues in chromaffin cell development. Mechanisms of Development. 130(6-8). 324–329. 29 indexed citations

Schober, Andreas, Rosanna Parlato, Katrin Huber, et al.. (2012). Cell Loss and Autophagy in the Extra‐Adrenal Chromaffin Organ of Zuckerkandl are Regulated by Glucocorticoid Signalling. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 25(1). 34–47. 31 indexed citations

Legutko, Beata, et al.. (2011). Roles of exogenous and endogenous FGF-2 in animal models of depression. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 29(3). 153–165. 37 indexed citations

Halbach, Oliver von Bohlen und, et al.. (2009). Spontaneous Bursting Activity in the Developing Entorhinal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(39). 12131–12144. 38 indexed citations

Unsicker, Klaus, et al.. (2007). Growth Factor Function in the Development and Maintenance of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons: Concepts, Facts and Prospects for TGF‐β. Novartis Foundation symposium. 196. 70–84. 7 indexed citations

Unsicker, Klaus & Kerstin Krieglstein. (2006). Cell signaling and growth factors in development : from molecules to organogenesis. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 20 indexed citations

Huber, Katrin, et al.. (2005). The role of Phox2B in chromaffin cell development. Developmental Biology. 279(2). 501–508. 61 indexed citations

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Saarma, Märt, et al.. (2003). Development of adrenal chromaffin cells is largely normal in mice lacking the receptor tyrosine kinase c-Ret. Mechanisms of Development. 120(3). 299–304. 16 indexed citations

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Huber, Katrin, et al.. (2002). Development of chromaffin cells depends on MASH1 function. Development. 129(20). 4729–4738. 105 indexed citations

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Combs, Stephanie E., Uwe Ernsberger, Kerstin Krieglstein, & Klaus Unsicker. (2001). Reduction of endogenous TGF-β does not affect phenotypic development of sympathoadrenal progenitors into adrenal chromaffin cells. Mechanisms of Development. 109(2). 295–302. 8 indexed citations

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Reuß, Bernhard & Klaus Unsicker. (2001). Atypical Neuroleptic Drugs Downregulate Dopamine Sensitivity in Rat Cortical and Striatal Astrocytes. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 18(2). 197–209. 30 indexed citations

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Unsicker, Klaus, et al.. (1996). Expression, localization, and function of transforming growth factor-?s in embryonic chick spinal cord, hindbrain, and dorsal root ganglia. Journal of Neurobiology. 29(2). 262–276. 48 indexed citations

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Unsicker, Klaus. (1996). Autonomic-endocrine interactions. 18 indexed citations

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Westermann, Reiner, et al.. (1989). Laminin and other basal lamina proteins with neurite promoting activity in medium conditioned by C6 glioma cells. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience. 7(2). 219–230. 9 indexed citations

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Berthold, Frank, et al.. (1983). Red cell membrane abnormalities in two cases with a special type of a hereditary megaloblastoid hemolytic anemia. Annals of Hematology. 46(1). 23–37. 1 indexed citations

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Walles, B., U. Gröschel‐Stewart, Ch. Owman, N.‐O. Sjöberg, & Klaus Unsicker. (1978). Fluorescence histochemical demonstration of a relationship between adrenergic nerves and cells containing actin and myosin in the rat ovary, with special reference to the follicle wall. Reproduction. 52(1). 175–178. 14 indexed citations

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Unsicker, Klaus, Brigitte Krisch, U. Otten, & H. Thoenen. (1978). [Nerve growth factor-induced axon growth and its antagonism with dexamethasone: in vitro studies on adrenal medulla cells].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 371–2. 2 indexed citations

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Unsicker, Klaus & U. Gröschel‐Stewart. (1978). Distribution of contractile proteins and adrenergic nerves in the adrenal gland of guinea-pig, rat and ox as revealed by immunofluorescence and the glyoxylic acid technique. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 34(1). 102–105. 7 indexed citations

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