Mark H. Tuszynski

33.2k citations

232 papers · 23.4k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 89

Impact in

Developmental Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.02%
- Nerve injury and regeneration
- Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling

Papers in

Developmental Neuroscience 101
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 100
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 170
- Nerve injury and regeneration 150
- Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling 23

Co-authors: Armin Blesch Paul Lu Leonard L. Jones J. M. Conner Alan H. Nagahara Fred H. Gage Ray Grill Andrea A. Chiba
Journals: Experimental Neurology (27 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (20 papers)The Journal of Comparative Neurology (15 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (9 papers)Neuron (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Canada

In The Last Decade

Mark H. Tuszynski

227 papers receiving 23.0k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Regulation of axonal regeneration after mammalian spinal cord injury 2023 · 165 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2019 Nature Medicine
2012 Cell
2011 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
2009 Nature Medicine
2005 Nature Medicine
2003 Experimental Neurology
1997 Journal of Neuroscience

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All Works

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1	CTAD taskforce: genetic therapies in Alzheimer’s disease The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease ·David Jakabek, Adrian M. Isaacs, Bart De Strooper, Mark H. Tuszynski, Roger Lane, Forester McClatchey, Eric McDade, Michael S. Rafii, Catherine J. Mummery	2025	1
2	A facilitatory role of astrocytes in axonal regeneration after acute and chronic spinal cord injury Experimental Neurology ·Paul Lu, Lori Graham, Xie Yu-jun, Soo Ho Kim, Jacob Koffler, Mark H. Tuszynski	2024	6
3	Emergence of functionally aberrant and subsequent reduction of neuromuscular connectivity and improved motor performance after cervical spinal cord injury in Rhesus SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Gongke Wang, Sharon Zdunowski, Hui Zhong, Jessica L. Nielson, Adam R. Ferguson, Sarah C. Strand, Rod Moseanko, Stephanie Hawbecker, Yvette S. Nout‐Lomas, E Rosenzweig, Michael S. Beattie, Jacqueline C. Bresnahan, Mark H. Tuszynski, Roland R. Roy, V. Reggie Edgerton	2023	1
4	Postmortem Analysis in a Clinical Trial of AAV2-NGF Gene Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease Identifies a Need for Improved Vector Delivery Human Gene Therapy ·Michael J. Castle, Fernando C. Baltanás, Imre Kovács, Alan H. Nagahara, David Barba, Mark H. Tuszynski	2020	81
5	Biomimetic 3D-printed scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair Nature Medicine ·Jacob Koffler, Wei Zhu, Xin Qu, Oleksandr Platoshyn, Jennifer N. Dulin, J. H. Brock, Lori Graham, Paul Lu, Jeff Sakamoto, Martin Maršala, Shaochen Chen, Mark H. Tuszynski Hit paper breakdown →	2019	545
6	MR-guided delivery of AAV2-BDNF into the entorhinal cortex of non-human primates Gene Therapy ·Alan H. Nagahara, Bayard Wilson, Iryna Ivasyk, Imre Kovács, Daira Dalila, John R. Bringas, Phillip Pivirotto, Waldy San Sebastián, Lluı́s Samaranch, Krystof S. Bankiewicz, Mark H. Tuszynski	2018	43
7	Oriented Nanofibrous Polymer Scaffolds Containing Protein‐Loaded Porous Silicon Generated by Spray Nebulization Advanced Materials ·Jonathan M. Zuidema, Tushar Kumeria, Dokyoung Kim, Jinyoung Kang, Joanna Wang, Geoffrey Hollett, A A Forati, David S. Roberts, S. Geetharajalakshmi, Cari Dowling, Elena Blanco‐Suárez, Nicola J. Allen, Mark H. Tuszynski, Michael J. Sailor	2018	40
8	Adult rat myelin enhances axonal outgrowth from neural stem cells Science Translational Medicine ·Gunnar Poplawski, Richard Lie, Matthew A. Hunt, Hiromi Kumamaru, Riki Kawaguchi, Paul Lu, Michael K. E. Schäfer, Grace Woodruff, Д.В. КУЗЬМИН, Jafar A. Al-Momani, Jennifer N. Dulin, Cédric G. Geoffroy, Lutz Menzel, Binhai Zheng, Giovanni Coppola, Mark H. Tuszynski	2018	31
9	Hierarchically Ordered Porous and High-Volume Polycaprolactone Microchannel Scaffolds Enhanced Axon Growth in Transected Spinal Cords Tissue Engineering Part A ·Dena Shahriari, Jacob Koffler, Mark H. Tuszynski, W. Marie Campana, Jeff Sakamoto	2017	41
10	Spinal cord reconstitution with homologous neural grafts enables robust corticospinal regeneration Nature Medicine ·Ken Kadoya, Paul Lu, Kenny Nguyen, Corinne A. Lee-Kubli, Hiromi Kumamaru, Yao Lin, Fatima Hesham Al-Herwi, Gunnar Poplawski, Jennifer N. Dulin, Matthias Zense, Yoshio Takashima, Jeremy S. Biane, J. M. Conner, Su-Chun Zhang, Mark H. Tuszynski	2016	285
11	Promotion of Survival and Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells with Fibrin and Growth Factor Cocktails after Severe Spinal Cord Injury Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Paul Lu, Lori Graham, Yaozhi Wang, Di Wu, Mark H. Tuszynski	2014	50
12	NGF Is Essential for Hippocampal Plasticity and Learning Journal of Neuroscience ·J. M. Conner, Kevin M. Franks, Andrea K. Titterness, Chukhlib Yu.O., David A. Merrill, Brian R. Christie, Terrence J. Sejnowski, Mark H. Tuszynski	2009	163
13	A novel inducible tyrosine kinase receptor to regulate signal transduction and neurite outgrowth Journal of Neuroscience Research ·Ronald W. Alfa, Mark H. Tuszynski, Armin Blesch	2009	11
14	CNS regeneration : basic science and clinical advances Academic Press eBooks ·Jeffrey H. Kordower, Mark H. Tuszynski	2008	15
15	Kinematic and EMG Determinants in Quadrupedal Locomotion of a Non-Human Primate (Rhesus) Journal of Neurophysiology ·Grégoire Courtine, Roland R. Roy, John A. Hodgson, Heather McKay, Yanchen Liu, Hui Zhong, Hong Yang, Mark H. Tuszynski, V. Reggie Edgerton	2005	107
16	Nerve growth factor: from animal models of cholinergic neuronal degeneration to gene therapy in Alzheimer's disease Progress in brain research ·Mark H. Tuszynski, Armin Blesch	2004	93
17	Conservation of neuron number and size in entorhinal cortex layers II, III, and V/VI of aged primates The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·David A. Merrill, Jeffrey A. Roberts, Mark H. Tuszynski	2000	82
18	Continuous intrathecal fluid infusions elevate nerve growth factor levels and prevent functional deficits after spinal cord ischemia Brain Research ·Mark P. Bowes, Mark H. Tuszynski, Andreea ANTOHE, Justin A. Zivin	2000	13
19	Recombinant human nerve growth factor infusions prevent cholinergic neuronal degeneration in the adult primate brain Annals of Neurology ·Mark H. Tuszynski, Hoi Sang U, Kazunari Yoshida, Fred H. Gage	1991	145
20	Chapter 1 Grafting genetically modified cells to the brain: conceptual and technical issues Progress in brain research ·Fred H. Gage, Lisa J. Fisher, Hyder A. Jinnah, Michael B. Rosenberg, Mark H. Tuszynski, Theodore Friedmann	1990	46

About Mark H. Tuszynski

Mark H. Tuszynski is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology and Behavioral Neuroscience, having authored 232 papers that have together received 23.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nerve injury and regeneration (150 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (100 papers), Spinal Cord Injury Research (69 papers), Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation (27 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (23 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (19 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (16 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Neuroscience (7.6k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (14.3k citations), Pathology and Forensic Medicine (7.0k citations), Neurology (2.4k citations) and Genetics (2.7k citations). Mark H. Tuszynski has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Armin Blesch, Paul Lu, Leonard L. Jones, J. M. Conner, Alan H. Nagahara, Fred H. Gage, Ray Grill, Andrea A. Chiba, Edmund Hollis and Lori Graham. Their work appears in journals such as Experimental Neurology, Journal of Neuroscience, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

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