Robert Nitsch

18.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
176 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Nitsch is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Nitsch has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 67 papers in Neurology and 59 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert Nitsch's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (63 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (58 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (47 papers). Robert Nitsch is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (63 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (58 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (47 papers). Robert Nitsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Robert Nitsch's co-authors include Ingo Bechmann, Frauke Zipp, Michael Frotscher, F. Gregory Wulczyn, Lena Smirnova, Nils P. Hailer, Orhan Aktaş, Oliver Ullrich, Johannes Vogt and Nicolai Savaskan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Robert Nitsch

175 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

A feedback loop comprising lin-28 and let-7 controls pre-let-7 maturation during neural stem-cell commitment

2008 649 citations Agnieszka Rybak‐Wolf, Heiko Fuchs et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
OSVZ progenitors of human and ferret neocortex are epithelial-like and expand by integrin signaling

2010 589 citations Johannes Vogt, Robert Nitsch et al. profile →
Regulation of miRNA expression during neural cell specification

2005 565 citations Lena Smirnova, Stefan Schumacher et al. profile →
Transcriptomes of germinal zones of human and mouse fetal neocortex suggest a role of extracellular matrix in progenitor self-renewal

2012 241 citations Johannes Vogt, Robert Nitsch et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert Nitsch	5.4k	3.8k	3.5k	2.4k	2.3k	176	13.1k
Mathias Bähr	9.2k 1.7×	5.9k 1.5×	2.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	356	17.3k
Jari Koıstınaho	6.1k 1.1×	4.1k 1.1×	5.0k 1.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	288	15.3k
Rona G. Giffard	5.4k 1.0×	2.6k 0.7×	3.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	152	11.3k
Ludwig Aigner	4.5k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	5.0k 2.1×	737 0.3×	196	12.3k
Carlos Matute	4.1k 0.8×	5.4k 1.4×	4.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	921 0.4×	245	13.1k
Richard Daneman	6.3k 1.2×	2.8k 0.7×	6.6k 1.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	58	15.4k
Vittorio Gallo	6.5k 1.2×	6.5k 1.7×	3.5k 1.0×	6.0k 2.5×	669 0.3×	189	14.7k
Claudia Verderio	5.8k 1.1×	3.4k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	898 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	131	11.1k
Stephen D. Skaper	5.5k 1.0×	6.2k 1.6×	2.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	277	15.4k
Josef Priller	4.9k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	9.1k 2.6×	2.0k 0.8×	5.3k 2.3×	212	18.0k

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Knierim, Ellen, Johannes Vogt, Michael Kintscher, et al.. (2023). Mutations in plasticity-related-gene-1 (PRG-1) protein contribute to hippocampal seizure susceptibility and modify epileptic phenotype. Cerebral Cortex. 33(12). 7454–7467. 2 indexed citations

Daube, Christoph, et al.. (2023). Speech onsets and sustained speech contribute differentially to delta and theta speech tracking in auditory cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 33(10). 6273–6281. 11 indexed citations

Sahu, Sanjeeb Kumar, Angela Garding, Neha Tiwari, et al.. (2015). JNK ‐dependent gene regulatory circuitry governs mesenchymal fate. The EMBO Journal. 34(16). 2162–2181. 34 indexed citations

Nitsch, Robert, et al.. (2015). NT-3 protein levels are enhanced in the hippocampus of PRG1-deficient mice but remain unchanged in PRG1/LPA2 double mutants. Neuroscience Letters. 612. 145–148. 4 indexed citations

Aktaş, Orhan, Alina Smorodchenko, Stefan Brocke, et al.. (2012). Neuronal Damage in Autoimmune Neuroinflammation Mediated by the Death Ligand TRAIL. Neuron. 75(3). 541–541.

Geist, Beate, et al.. (2011). PRG-1 transcriptional regulation independent from Nex1/Math2-mediated activation. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 69(4). 651–661. 2 indexed citations

Broggini, Thomas, Robert Nitsch, & Nicolai Savaskan. (2009). Plasticity-related Gene 5 (PRG5) Induces Filopodia and Neurite Growth and Impedes Lysophosphatidic Acid– and Nogo-A–mediated Axonal Retraction. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 21(4). 521–537. 40 indexed citations

Smorodchenko, Alina, Anne Rupprecht, Olaf Ninnemann, et al.. (2009). Comparative analysis of uncoupling protein 4 distribution in various tissues under physiological conditions and during development. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1788(10). 2309–2319. 54 indexed citations

Rybak‐Wolf, Agnieszka, Heiko Fuchs, Kamyar Hadian, et al.. (2009). The let-7 target gene mouse lin-41 is a stem cell specific E3 ubiquitin ligase for the miRNA pathway protein Ago2. Nature Cell Biology. 11(12). 1411–1420. 189 indexed citations

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Lehnardt, Seija, et al.. (2008). A Vicious Cycle Involving Release of Heat Shock Protein 60 from Injured Cells and Activation of Toll-Like Receptor 4 Mediates Neurodegeneration in the CNS. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(10). 2320–2331. 220 indexed citations

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Lehnardt, Seija, Dorette Freyer, Christian Liedtke, et al.. (2007). TLR2 and Caspase-8 Are Essential for Group B Streptococcus -Induced Apoptosis in Microglia. The Journal of Immunology. 179(9). 6134–6143. 41 indexed citations

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Lehnardt, Seija, Philipp Henneke, Egil Lien, et al.. (2006). A Mechanism for Neurodegeneration Induced by Group B Streptococci through Activation of the TLR2/MyD88 Pathway in Microglia. The Journal of Immunology. 177(1). 583–592. 141 indexed citations

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Hendrix, Sven, et al.. (2005). The majority of brain mast cells in B10.PL mice is present in the hippocampal formation. Neuroscience Letters. 392(3). 174–177. 30 indexed citations

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Aktaş, Orhan, Sonia Waiczies, Alina Smorodchenko, et al.. (2003). Treatment of Relapsing Paralysis in Experimental Encephalomyelitis by Targeting Th1 Cells through Atorvastatin. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 197(6). 725–733. 242 indexed citations

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Nitsch, Robert, et al.. (2002). Transneuronally altered dendritic processing of tangle-free neurons in Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathologica. 103(5). 437–443. 7 indexed citations

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Stahnisch, Frank W. & Robert Nitsch. (2002). Santiago Ramón y Cajal's concept of neuronal plasticity: the ambiguity lives on. Trends in Neurosciences. 25(11). 589–591. 48 indexed citations

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Bechmann, Ingo & Robert Nitsch. (2000). Involvement of Non‐Neuronal Cells in Entorhinal‐Hippocampal Reorganization Following Lesions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 911(1). 192–206. 48 indexed citations

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Skutella, Thomas, Nicolai Savaskan, Olaf Ninnemann, & Robert Nitsch. (1999). Target- and Maturation-Specific Membrane-Associated Molecules Determine the Ingrowth of Entorhinal Fibers into the Hippocampus. Developmental Biology. 211(2). 277–292. 11 indexed citations

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Deller, Thomas, Robert Nitsch, & Michael Frotscher. (1995). Phaseolus vulgaris –leucoagglutinin tracing of commissural fibers to the rat dentate gyrus: Evidence for a previously unknown commissural projection to the outer molecular layer. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 352(1). 55–68. 71 indexed citations

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Soriano, Eduardo, Robert Nitsch, & Michael Frotscher. (1990). Axo‐axonic chandelier cells in the rat fascia dentata: Golgi‐electron microscopy and immunocytochemical studies. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 293(1). 1–25. 144 indexed citations

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