Rainer Spessert

1.1k total citations
37 papers, 825 citations indexed

About

Rainer Spessert is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Spessert has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 825 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Rainer Spessert's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (31 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (16 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (10 papers). Rainer Spessert is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (31 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (16 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (10 papers). Rainer Spessert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Rainer Spessert's co-authors include Lutz Vollrath, Gianluca Tosini, Tanja Wolloscheck, Thomas Frese, U Schneyer, Dorothee Peschke, Elmar Peschke, Eckhard Mühlbauer, Kenkichi Baba and Braj Bansh Prasad Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Brain Research and Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Spessert

37 papers receiving 812 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rainer Spessert Germany 17 546 345 322 208 103 37 825
Manami Kasamatsu Japan 13 707 1.3× 290 0.8× 236 0.7× 308 1.5× 135 1.3× 13 836
Antje Jilg Germany 9 709 1.3× 236 0.7× 152 0.5× 200 1.0× 252 2.4× 9 917
Hing-Sing Yu Hong Kong 12 583 1.1× 247 0.7× 193 0.6× 143 0.7× 110 1.1× 23 851
P. L. Tang Hong Kong 18 540 1.0× 172 0.5× 128 0.4× 186 0.9× 94 0.9× 26 720
T. Sebestény Hungary 7 246 0.5× 127 0.4× 151 0.5× 90 0.4× 62 0.6× 9 529
Patrick N. Stoney United Kingdom 16 162 0.3× 125 0.4× 335 1.0× 126 0.6× 59 0.6× 24 703
M. Bernard France 8 513 0.9× 304 0.9× 204 0.6× 75 0.4× 104 1.0× 14 649
Wilfred Lawson United Kingdom 15 763 1.4× 286 0.8× 218 0.7× 188 0.9× 85 0.8× 16 920
Patrick W. Sheehan United States 14 385 0.7× 219 0.6× 135 0.4× 256 1.2× 102 1.0× 20 877
James E. Madl United States 18 125 0.2× 421 1.2× 405 1.3× 172 0.8× 90 0.9× 29 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Rainer Spessert

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Spessert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Spessert

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rainer Spessert. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rainer Spessert based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Rainer Spessert. Rainer Spessert is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Spohn, Simon K. B., et al.. (2021). Evidence for a dysfunction and disease-promoting role of the circadian clock in the diabetic retina. Experimental Eye Research. 211. 108751–108751. 8 indexed citations
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Baba, Kenkichi, et al.. (2017). Gnaz couples the circadian and dopaminergic system to G protein-mediated signaling in mouse photoreceptors. PLoS ONE. 12(10). e0187411–e0187411. 12 indexed citations
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Wolloscheck, Tanja, et al.. (2016). Circadian and Dopaminergic Regulation of Fatty Acid Oxidation Pathway Genes in Retina and Photoreceptor Cells. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0164665–e0164665. 23 indexed citations
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Wolloscheck, Tanja, et al.. (2015). Transcriptional regulation of nucleoredoxin-like genes takes place on a daily basis in the retina and pineal gland of rats. Visual Neuroscience. 32. E002–E002. 8 indexed citations
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Baba, Kenkichi, et al.. (2014). Melatonin Signaling Modulates Clock Genes Expression in the Mouse Retina. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e106819–e106819. 58 indexed citations
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Spiwoks‐Becker, Isabella, Tanja Wolloscheck, Debra K. Kelleher, et al.. (2011). Phosphodiesterase 10A in the Rat Pineal Gland: Localization, Daily and Seasonal Regulation of Expression and Influence on Signal Transduction. Neuroendocrinology. 94(2). 113–123. 11 indexed citations
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Wolloscheck, Tanja, et al.. (2010). Phosphodiesterase10A: Abundance and circadian regulation in the retina and photoreceptor of the rat. Brain Research. 1376. 42–50. 8 indexed citations
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Schneider, Katja, et al.. (2010). Unique clockwork in photoreceptor of rat. Journal of Neurochemistry. 115(3). 585–594. 27 indexed citations
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Rohleder, Nils H., et al.. (2005). The photoperiod entrains the molecular clock of the rat pineal. European Journal of Neuroscience. 21(8). 2297–2304. 16 indexed citations
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Mathes, Alexander, et al.. (2004). Rat pineal arylalkylamine-N-acetyltransferase: cyclic AMP inducibility of its gene depends on prior entrained photoperiod. Molecular Brain Research. 123(1-2). 45–55. 8 indexed citations
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Spessert, Rainer, et al.. (2004). Circadian gene expression patterns of melanopsin and pinopsin in the chick pineal gland. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 326(1). 160–165. 31 indexed citations
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Vollrath, Lutz, et al.. (2004). Arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase gene expression in retina and pineal gland of rats under various photoperiods. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 318(4). 983–986. 18 indexed citations
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Gupta, Braj Bansh Prasad, et al.. (2001). Sulfhydryl G Proteins and Phospholipase A2-Associated G Proteins Are Involved in Adrenergic Signal Transduction in the Rat Pineal Gland. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 122(3). 320–328. 1 indexed citations
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Spessert, Rainer, et al.. (2000). A differential role of CREB phosphorylation in cAMP-inducible gene expression in the rat pineal. Brain Research. 864(2). 270–280. 13 indexed citations
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Spessert, Rainer, et al.. (1998). Nitric Oxide Is Formed in a Subpopulation of Rat Pineal Cells and Acts as an Intercellular Messenger. Neuroendocrinology. 68(1). 57–63. 7 indexed citations
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Spessert, Rainer, et al.. (1993). Adrenergic Stimulation of Cyclic GMP Formation Requires NO‐Dependent Activation of Cytosolic Guanylate Cyclase in Rat Pinealocytes. Journal of Neurochemistry. 61(1). 138–143. 36 indexed citations
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Jaenicke, Lothar, et al.. (1987). Cell‐wall lytic enzymes (autolysins) of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are (hydroxy)proline‐specific proteases. European Journal of Biochemistry. 170(1-2). 485–491. 43 indexed citations

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