Silvia Arber

17.1k citations

86 papers · 12.8k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 54

Impact in

Developmental Neuroscience top 0.1%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.1%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
- Nerve injury and regeneration
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Papers in

Developmental Neuroscience 20
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 20
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 47
- Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling 24
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research 16
- Nerve injury and regeneration 11
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 9

Co-authors: Thomas M. Jessell Pico Caroni Markus W. Sigrist David R. Ladle Eline Pecho‐Vrieseling Corinna Schneider Simon Hippenmeyer Maria Soledad Esposito
Journals: Neuron (23 papers)Cell (11 papers)Nature (9 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (5 papers)Cell Reports (5 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland United States France

In The Last Decade

Silvia Arber

85 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Midbrain circuits for defensive behaviour 2016 · 502 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Nature
2005 PLoS Biology
1998 Nature
1997 Cell
1995 Cell

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Silvia Arber, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Dynamic basal ganglia output signals license and suppress forelimb movements Nature ·Hyeon Seo Kim, Маргарита Володимирівна Надутенко, Silvia Arber	2025	1
2	Structural and functional map for forelimb movement phases between cortex and medulla Cell ·Baba Jumpei, Маргарита Володимирівна Надутенко, Silvia Arber	2023	21
3	A functional map for diverse forelimb actions within brainstem circuitry Nature ·Bożena Pawłowska, J. A. Coffeen, Маргарита Володимирівна Надутенко, J. Fast, Chiara Pivetta, Silvia Arber	2021	59
4	Thomas M. Jessell (1951-2019) Development ·Silvia Arber, James Briscoe	2019	1
5	Locomotor speed control circuits in the caudal brainstem Nature ·Paolo Capelli, Chiara Pivetta, Maria Soledad Esposito, Silvia Arber	2017	193
6	A RET-ER81-NRG1 Signaling Pathway Drives the Development of Pacinian Corpuscles Journal of Neuroscience ·Michael S. Fleming, Jian J. Li, A. Ishikawa, Tong Li, David A. Talmage, Shin‐ichi Abé, Silvia Arber, Wenqin Luo	2016	24
7	Long-Distance Descending Spinal Neurons Ensure Quadrupedal Locomotor Stability Neuron ·Bożena Pawłowska, Aya Takeoka, Silvia Arber	2016	85
8	Degradation of mouse locomotor pattern in the absence of proprioceptive sensory feedback Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Turgay Akay, Warren G. Tourtellotte, Silvia Arber, Thomas M. Jessell	2014	189
9	Distinct Limb and Trunk Premotor Circuits Establish Laterality in the Spinal Cord Neuron ·Anna Drózd, Chiara Pivetta, Silvia Arber	2014	48
10	Transneuronal propagation of mutant huntingtin contributes to non–cell autonomous pathology in neurons Nature Neuroscience ·Eline Pecho‐Vrieseling, Claus Rieker, 许君波, Dorothée Bleckmann, Maria Soledad Esposito, Paolo Botta, A. Lionnet, Mario Bernhard, Ivan Galimberti, Mathias Müller, Andreas Lüthi, Silvia Arber, Tewis Bouwmeester, Herman van der Putten, Francesco Paolo Di Giorgio	2014	133
11	Motor-Circuit Communication Matrix from Spinal Cord to Brainstem Neurons Revealed by Developmental Origin Cell ·Chiara Pivetta, Maria Soledad Esposito, Markus W. Sigrist, Silvia Arber	2014	80
12	Wnt7A Identifies Embryonic -Motor Neurons and Reveals Early Postnatal Dependence of -Motor Neurons on a Muscle Spindle-Derived Signal Journal of Neuroscience ·Samad Ashrafi, Mélanie Lalancette–Hébert, Anika Friese, Manfred Sigrist, Silvia Arber, Neil A. Shneider, Julia A. Kaltschmidt	2012	28
13	Motor Circuits in Action: Specification, Connectivity, and Function Neuron ·Silvia Arber	2012	231
14	Monosynaptic Rabies Virus Reveals Premotor Network Organization and Synaptic Specificity of Cholinergic Partition Cells Neuron ·Anna E. Stepien, Marco Tripodi, Silvia Arber	2010	183
15	ETS Transcription Factor Erm Controls Subsynaptic Gene Expression in Skeletal Muscles Neuron ·Simon Hippenmeyer, Roland M. Huber, David R. Ladle, Kenneth M. Murphy, Silvia Arber	2007	52
16	Conditional labeling of newborn granule cells to visualize their integration into established circuits in hippocampal slice cultures Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience ·Olivier Raineteau, Sylvain Hugel, Sagynbay S. Murgabayev, Lotty Rietschin, Markus W. Sigrist, Silvia Arber, Beat H. Gähwiler	2006	15
17	Patterning MoleculesMultitasking in the Nervous System Neuron ·Rishard Salie, Vera Niederkofler, Silvia Arber	2005	22
18	A Role for Neuregulin1 Signaling in Muscle Spindle Differentiation Neuron ·Simon Hippenmeyer, Neil A. Shneider, Carmen Birchmeier, Steven J. Burden, Thomas M. Jessell, Silvia Arber	2002	125
19	An Intrinsic Distinction in Neuromuscular Junction Assembly and Maintenance in Different Skeletal Muscles Neuron ·San Pun, Markus W. Sigrist, Alexandre F. Santos, Markus A. Rüegg, Joshua R. Sanes, Thomas M. Jessell, Silvia Arber, Pico Caroni	2002	104
20	ETS Gene Er81 Controls the Formation of Functional Connections between Group Ia Sensory Afferents and Motor Neurons Cell ·Silvia Arber, David R. Ladle, Jonathan H. Lin, Eric Frank, Thomas M. Jessell	2000	399

About Silvia Arber

Silvia Arber is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, having authored 86 papers that have together received 12.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (29 papers), Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (24 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (20 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (11 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Neuroscience (2.2k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (5.3k citations), Cell Biology (3.0k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (1.9k citations) and Neurology (779 citations). Silvia Arber has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Thomas M. Jessell, Pico Caroni, Markus W. Sigrist, David R. Ladle, Eline Pecho‐Vrieseling, Corinna Schneider, Simon Hippenmeyer, Maria Soledad Esposito, Clement A. Stanyon and Ora Bernard. Their work appears in journals such as Neuron, Cell, Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and Cell Reports.

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