Michael Rutlin

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Michael Rutlin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Rutlin has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Rutlin's work include Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (4 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers). Michael Rutlin is often cited by papers focused on Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (4 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (4 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (3 papers). Michael Rutlin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Sweden. Michael Rutlin's co-authors include Gord Fishell, David D. Ginty, Susana Vaz Nery, Jackie D. Corbin, C. Jeffery Woodbury, Victoria E. Abraira, Nicholas Gaiano, Lishi Li, Nathaniel Heintz and Laura Kus and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael Rutlin

16 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Sonic Hedgehog Is Required for Progenitor Cell Maintenance in Telencephalic Stem Cell Niches

2003 565 citations Robert Machold, Shigemi Hayashi et al. Neuron profile →
The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons

2011 535 citations Lishi Li, Michael Rutlin et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Rutlin United States	13	966	688	520	399	254	17	2.0k
Cécile Viollet France	29	969 1.0×	1.0k 1.5×	285 0.5×	265 0.7×	262 1.0×	52	2.4k
Liching Lo United States	11	1.2k 1.2×	851 1.2×	375 0.7×	441 1.1×	254 1.0×	11	2.3k
Hendrik Wildner Switzerland	23	1.1k 1.2×	864 1.3×	315 0.6×	794 2.0×	190 0.7×	37	2.4k
Hagen Wende Germany	22	1.2k 1.3×	670 1.0×	309 0.6×	542 1.4×	260 1.0×	27	2.6k
François Lallemend Sweden	25	1.1k 1.2×	602 0.9×	258 0.5×	250 0.6×	524 2.1×	41	2.4k
Christian Andressen Germany	20	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	410 0.8×	249 0.6×	129 0.5×	44	2.2k
David R. Riddle United States	26	552 0.6×	687 1.0×	514 1.0×	348 0.9×	143 0.6×	51	2.1k
Olivier Britz United States	14	1.3k 1.3×	905 1.3×	987 1.9×	607 1.5×	141 0.6×	14	2.5k
Hannah Hochgerner Sweden	11	1.4k 1.4×	681 1.0×	374 0.7×	495 1.2×	116 0.5×	16	2.6k
Michael P. Jankowski United States	25	706 0.7×	926 1.3×	175 0.3×	810 2.0×	328 1.3×	61	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Rutlin

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Barilla, Rocky, Lin-Yu Sun, Sarah Zaghouani, et al.. (2025). Type 2 cytokines act on enteric sensory neurons to regulate neuropeptide-driven host defense. Science. 389(6757). 260–267. 5 indexed citations

Aktar, Rubina, et al.. (2023). Su1744 INCREASED NEURONAL ACTIVITY IN HUMAN COLONIC IBD TISSUE MAY BE MEDIATED BY ONCOSTATIN M. Gastroenterology. 164(6). S–662. 1 indexed citations

Clark, Erin, Michael Rutlin, Praveen Taneja, et al.. (2020). Cortical RORβ is required for layer 4 transcriptional identity and barrel integrity. eLife. 9. 20 indexed citations

Rutlin, Michael, et al.. (2018). Cas Adaptor Proteins Coordinate Sensory Axon Fasciculation. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5996–5996. 2 indexed citations

Moreno‐Juan, Verónica, Anton Filipchuk, Noelia Antón-Bolaños, et al.. (2017). Prenatal thalamic waves regulate cortical area size prior to sensory processing. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14172–14172. 103 indexed citations

Tatavarty, Vedakumar, Ken Sugino, Yasuyuki Shima, et al.. (2016). Upregulation of μ3A Drives Homeostatic Plasticity by Rerouting AMPAR into the Recycling Endosomal Pathway. Cell Reports. 16(10). 2711–2722. 18 indexed citations

Yarmolinsky, David A., Yueqing Peng, Leah Pogorzala, et al.. (2016). Coding and Plasticity in the Mammalian Thermosensory System. Neuron. 92(5). 1079–1092. 127 indexed citations

Liao, Guey‐Ying, Anna Kamitakahara, Niaz Sahibzada, et al.. (2015). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is required for axonal growth of selective groups of neurons in the arcuate nucleus. Molecular Metabolism. 4(6). 471–482. 35 indexed citations

Rao, Meenakshi, Brad Nelms, Lauren Dong, et al.. (2015). Enteric glia express proteolipid protein 1 and are a transcriptionally unique population of glia in the mammalian nervous system. Glia. 63(11). 2040–2057. 145 indexed citations

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Rutlin, Michael, Cheng-Ying Ho, Victoria E. Abraira, et al.. (2014). The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Direction Selectivity of Aδ-LTMRs. Cell. 159(7). 1640–1651. 121 indexed citations

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Rutlin, Michael, Siyi Huang, Colleen Barrick, et al.. (2012). Sexually Dimorphic BDNF Signaling Directs Sensory Innervation of the Mammary Gland. Science. 338(6112). 1357–1360. 63 indexed citations

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Li, Lishi, Michael Rutlin, Victoria E. Abraira, et al.. (2011). The Functional Organization of Cutaneous Low-Threshold Mechanosensory Neurons. Cell. 147(7). 1615–1627. 535 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fuccillo, Marc V., Michael Rutlin, & Gord Fishell. (2006). Removal of Pax6 Partially Rescues the Loss of Ventral Structures in Shh Null Mice. Cerebral Cortex. 16(suppl_1). i96–i102. 19 indexed citations

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Yoon, Keejung, Susana Vaz Nery, Michael Rutlin, et al.. (2004). Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Promotes Radial Glial Identity and Interacts with Notch1 Signaling in Telencephalic Progenitors. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(43). 9497–9506. 147 indexed citations

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Machold, Robert, Shigemi Hayashi, Michael Rutlin, et al.. (2003). Sonic Hedgehog Is Required for Progenitor Cell Maintenance in Telencephalic Stem Cell Niches. Neuron. 40(1). 189–190. 8 indexed citations

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Corbin, Jackie D., Michael Rutlin, Nicholas Gaiano, & Gord Fishell. (2003). Combinatorial function of the homeodomain proteins Nkx2.1 and Gsh2 in ventral telencephalic patterning. Development. 130(20). 4895–4906. 95 indexed citations

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Machold, Robert, Shigemi Hayashi, Michael Rutlin, et al.. (2003). Sonic Hedgehog Is Required for Progenitor Cell Maintenance in Telencephalic Stem Cell Niches. Neuron. 39(6). 937–950. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

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