Ronald W. Oppenheim

19.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
196 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

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Ronald W. Oppenheim is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald W. Oppenheim has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 84 papers in Molecular Biology and 82 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ronald W. Oppenheim's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (80 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (78 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (34 papers). Ronald W. Oppenheim is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (80 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (78 papers) and Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (34 papers). Ronald W. Oppenheim collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Spain. Ronald W. Oppenheim's co-authors include David Prevette, I‐Wu Chu‐Wang, Lucien J. Houenou, Woong Sun, Qin-Wei Yin, Jerome L. Maderdrut, Viktor Hamburger, Hiroyuki Yaginuma, Robert R. Buss and Sharon Vinsant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ronald W. Oppenheim

195 papers receiving 15.4k 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.

Cell Death During Development of the Nervous System

1991 2.6k citations Ronald W. Oppenheim profile →
Developing motor neurons rescued from programmed and axotomy-induced cell death by GDNF

1995 587 citations Ronald W. Oppenheim, David Prevette et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronald W. Oppenheim United States	65	8.3k	7.5k	4.7k	2.0k	1.6k	196	15.8k
William D. Snider United States	67	9.4k 1.1×	7.6k 1.0×	4.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	132	18.0k
Freda D. Miller Canada	78	7.9k 1.0×	10.3k 1.4×	5.1k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	927 0.6×	186	19.5k
Stanley J. Wiegand United States	71	7.3k 0.9×	13.8k 1.8×	3.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	969 0.6×	150	29.2k
Joost Verhaagen Netherlands	71	8.8k 1.1×	5.4k 0.7×	3.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	934 0.6×	260	14.0k
Derek van der Kooy Canada	86	11.9k 1.4×	12.5k 1.7×	7.4k 1.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	316	25.7k
Ueli Suter Switzerland	85	10.1k 1.2×	9.2k 1.2×	4.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.7×	2.6k 1.6×	220	20.0k
Silvio Varon United States	71	11.9k 1.4×	6.1k 0.8×	5.7k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	237	16.9k
Alun M. Davies United Kingdom	69	9.7k 1.2×	6.5k 0.9×	4.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	190	15.5k
David R. Kaplan Canada	81	11.0k 1.3×	16.4k 2.2×	5.3k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.1×	202	27.9k
Martin Berry United Kingdom	62	6.5k 0.8×	4.8k 0.6×	4.7k 1.0×	971 0.5×	719 0.4×	214	12.3k

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Messi, Marı́a Laura, Martı́n C. Abba, Andrea S. Pereyra, et al.. (2018). The sympathetic nervous system regulates skeletal muscle motor innervation and acetylcholine receptor stability. Acta Physiologica. 225(3). e13195–e13195. 75 indexed citations

Vinsant, Sharon, Carol Mansfield, Ramón Jiménez-Moreno, et al.. (2013). Characterization of early pathogenesis in the SOD1^G93A mouse model of ALS: part I, background and methods. Brain and Behavior. 3(4). 335–350. 79 indexed citations

An, Mahru C., Weichun Lin, Jiefei Yang, et al.. (2010). Acetylcholine negatively regulates development of the neuromuscular junction through distinct cellular mechanisms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(23). 10702–10707. 37 indexed citations

Suzuki, Hiromichi, Kouji Senzaki, Michelle Vincler, et al.. (2010). Characterization of sensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglia of Bax-deficient mice. Brain Research. 1362. 23–31. 17 indexed citations

Liu, Yun, Ronald W. Oppenheim, Yoshie Sugiura, & Weichun Lin. (2009). Abnormal development of the neuromuscular junction in Nedd4-deficient mice. Developmental Biology. 330(1). 153–166. 57 indexed citations

Gould, Thomas W., Shigenobu Yonemura, Ronald W. Oppenheim, Shiho Ohmori, & Hideki Enomoto. (2008). The Neurotrophic Effects of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor on Spinal Motoneurons Are Restricted to Fusimotor Subtypes. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(9). 2131–2146. 63 indexed citations

Gould, Thomas W. & Ronald W. Oppenheim. (2004). The Function of Neurotrophic Factor Receptors Expressed by the Developing Adductor Motor Pool In Vivo. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(19). 4668–4682. 28 indexed citations

Sun, Woong & Ronald W. Oppenheim. (2003). Response of motoneurons to neonatal sciatic nerve axotomy in Bax-knockout mice. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 24(4). 875–886. 54 indexed citations

Sato, Noboru, et al.. (2002). Bcl‐2 rescues motoneurons from early cell death in the cervical spinal cord of the chicken embryo. Journal of Neurobiology. 53(3). 381–390. 17 indexed citations

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Lauder, Jean M. & Ronald W. Oppenheim. (2001). Viktor Hamburger (1900–2001). Nature. 412(6846). 496–496. 1 indexed citations

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Homma, Shunsaku, Ronald W. Oppenheim, Hiroyuki Yaginuma, & Sadao Kimura. (2000). Expression Pattern of GDNF, c-ret, and GFRαs Suggests Novel Roles for GDNF Ligands during Early Organogenesis in the Chick Embryo. Developmental Biology. 217(1). 121–137. 46 indexed citations

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Chai, Hua, Wei Wu, Kwok‐Fai So, David Prevette, & Ronald W. Oppenheim. (1999). Long-term effects of a single dose of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on motoneuron survival following spinal root avulsion in the adult rat. Neuroscience Letters. 274(3). 147–150. 48 indexed citations

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Oppenheim, Ronald W., et al.. (1990). Development and survival of thoracic motoneurons and hindlimb musculature following transplantation of the thoracic neural tube to the lumbar region in the chick embryo: Anatomical aspects. Journal of Neurobiology. 21(2). 313–340. 53 indexed citations

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Shiga, Takashi, Ronald W. Oppenheim, Martin Grumet, & Gerald M. Edelman. (1990). Neuronglia cell adhesion molecule (Ng-CAM) expression in the chick embryo spinal cord: observations on the earliest developing intersegmental interneurons. Developmental Brain Research. 55(2). 209–217. 36 indexed citations

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Landmesser, Lynn T., et al.. (1990). Development and survival of thoracic motoneurons and hindlimb musculature following transplantation of the thoracic neural tube to the lumbar region in the chick embryo: Functional aspects. Journal of Neurobiology. 21(2). 341–355. 30 indexed citations

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Oppenheim, Ronald W., Toby B. Cole, & David Prevette. (1989). Early regional variations in motoneuron numbers arise by differential proliferation in the chick embryo spinal cord. Developmental Biology. 133(2). 468–474. 76 indexed citations

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Maderdrut, Jerome L., et al.. (1986). Further behavioral analysis of GABA-mediated inhibition in the early chick embryo. Developmental Brain Research. 25(1). 157–160. 6 indexed citations

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Oppenheim, Ronald W.. (1982). Chapter 8 The Neuroembryological Study of Behavior: Progress, Problems, Perspectives. Current topics in developmental biology. 17(Pt 3). 257–309. 40 indexed citations

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Oppenheim, Ronald W.. (1975). Progress and Challenges in Neuroembryology. BioScience. 25(1). 28–36. 6 indexed citations

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Hamburger, Viktor, Eleanor Wenger, & Ronald W. Oppenheim. (1966). Motility in the chick embryo in the absence of sensory input. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 162(2). 133–159. 140 indexed citations

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