Rafer Willenberg

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

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Rafer Willenberg is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafer Willenberg has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rafer Willenberg's work include Spinal Cord Injury Research (6 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (5 papers). Rafer Willenberg is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Cord Injury Research (6 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (5 papers). Rafer Willenberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Japan. Rafer Willenberg's co-authors include Oswald Steward, Ilse Sears‐Kraxberger, Zhigang He, Kai Liu, Bin Cai, Andrea Tedeschi, Yi Lu, Jae K. Lee, Kevin K. Park and Binhai Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Nature Neuroscience and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Rafer Willenberg

12 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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PTEN deletion enhances the regenerative ability of adult corticospinal neurons

2010 746 citations Kai Liu, Yi Lu et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafer Willenberg United States	8	577	548	340	339	311	15	1.2k
Takeshi Ikegami Japan	11	546 0.9×	671 1.2×	485 1.4×	303 0.9×	228 0.7×	21	1.3k
Radhika Puttagunta Germany	18	609 1.1×	231 0.4×	121 0.4×	313 0.9×	535 1.7×	24	1.1k
Moa Stenudd Sweden	5	376 0.7×	349 0.6×	112 0.3×	365 1.1×	225 0.7×	6	751
Cédric G. Geoffroy United States	16	841 1.5×	346 0.6×	123 0.4×	523 1.5×	431 1.4×	30	1.3k
Takeyuki Saito Japan	11	282 0.5×	373 0.7×	151 0.4×	145 0.4×	182 0.6×	18	755
Joseph S. Sparling Canada	9	693 1.2×	656 1.2×	182 0.5×	500 1.5×	266 0.9×	10	1.2k
Lingxiao Deng United States	19	357 0.6×	325 0.6×	148 0.4×	148 0.4×	312 1.0×	42	939
Ken Kijima Japan	10	303 0.5×	355 0.6×	115 0.3×	165 0.5×	195 0.6×	15	772
Hanna Sabelström Sweden	9	634 1.1×	513 0.9×	143 0.4×	686 2.0×	412 1.3×	10	1.3k
Ilse Sears‐Kraxberger United States	8	602 1.0×	297 0.5×	64 0.2×	381 1.1×	381 1.2×	8	1.0k

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Rech, Megan A., et al.. (2024). Emergency department utilization in Veterans with spinal cord injuries & disorders. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 84. 50–55.

Willenberg, Rafer, Charlesnika T. Evans, Zhiping Huo, et al.. (2024). Evolution of the Veterans Health Administration Spinal Cord Injuries and Disorders (SCI/D) Registry (VHA SCIDR): Characterization from 1994 to 2022. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. 49(2). 281–291. 1 indexed citations

Willenberg, Rafer, Bridget Smith, Kevin T. Stroupe, et al.. (2024). Spinal Cord Injuries & Disorders Are a Risk Factor for Ischemic Stroke in US Veterans (S16.002). Neurology. 102(7_supplement_1).

Willenberg, Rafer, et al.. (2021). Failure of Daratumumab Therapy for Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal Protein, Skin Changes Syndrome. Journal of Clinical Neuromuscular Disease. 23(1). 56–58.

Steward, Oswald, Kelly Matsudaira Yee, Mariajose Metcalfe, et al.. (2020). Rostro-Caudal Specificity of Corticospinal Tract Projections in Mice. Cerebral Cortex. 31(5). 2322–2344. 22 indexed citations

Willenberg, Rafer, et al.. (2020). Munchausen Syndrome by Tissue Plasminogen Activator. Neurology Clinical Practice. 11(1). 64–68. 2 indexed citations

Steward, Oswald & Rafer Willenberg. (2016). Rodent spinal cord injury models for studies of axon regeneration. Experimental Neurology. 287(Pt 3). 374–383. 32 indexed citations

Willenberg, Rafer, Katherine Zukor, Kai Liu, Zhigang He, & Oswald Steward. (2016). Variable laterality of corticospinal tract axons that regenerate after spinal cord injury as a result of PTEN deletion or knock‐down. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 524(13). 2654–2676. 14 indexed citations

Willenberg, Rafer & Oswald Steward. (2015). Nonspecific labeling limits the utility of Cre‐Lox bred CST‐YFP mice for studies of corticospinal tract regeneration. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 523(18). 2665–2682. 7 indexed citations

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Nielson, Jessica L., et al.. (2010). Unexpected Survival of Neurons of Origin of the Pyramidal Tract after Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(34). 11516–11528. 52 indexed citations

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Liu, Kai, Yi Lu, Jae K. Lee, et al.. (2010). PTEN deletion enhances the regenerative ability of adult corticospinal neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 13(9). 1075–1081. 746 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chang, Ung‐Kyu, Daniel H. Kim, Max C. Lee, et al.. (2007). Changes in adjacent-level disc pressure and facet joint force after cervical arthroplasty compared with cervical discectomy and fusion. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 7(1). 33–39. 165 indexed citations

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Chang, Ung‐Kyu, Daniel H. Kim, Max C. Lee, et al.. (2007). Range of motion change after cervical arthroplasty with ProDisc-C and Prestige artificial discs compared with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 7(1). 40–46. 80 indexed citations

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Ryu, Stephen I., Jesse Lim, Sung‐Min Kim, et al.. (2006). Comparison of the biomechanical stability of dense cancellous allograft with tricortical iliac autograft and fibular allograft for cervical interbody fusion. European Spine Journal. 15(9). 1346–1346. 2 indexed citations

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Micha, John P., et al.. (1998). “Medically Necessary” Panniculectomy to Facilitate Gynecologic Cancer Surgery in Morbidly Obese Patients. Gynecologic Oncology. 69(3). 237–242. 31 indexed citations

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