Tajrena Alexi

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Tajrena Alexi is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Tajrena Alexi has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Tajrena Alexi's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (5 papers). Tajrena Alexi is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (5 papers). Tajrena Alexi collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Russia. Tajrena Alexi's co-authors include Franz Hefti, Paul E. Hughes, Klaus D. Beck, Barbara Moffat, Kris Poulsen, Richard Vandlen, Arnon Rosenthal, Ross Clark, Beat Knüsel and Richard L. M. Faull and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Brain Research and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Tajrena Alexi

15 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons protected by GDNF from axotomy-induced degeneration in the adult brain
    1995 562 citations Klaus D. Beck, Tajrena Alexi et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tajrena Alexi United States 15 1.2k 762 509 304 147 15 1.7k
Beth‐Anne Sieber United States 14 1.1k 0.9× 529 0.7× 554 1.1× 432 1.4× 96 0.7× 16 1.6k
P. Elyse Schauwecker United States 20 1.0k 0.9× 729 1.0× 337 0.7× 130 0.4× 117 0.8× 32 1.6k
Tinmarla F. Oo United States 21 900 0.8× 666 0.9× 219 0.4× 789 2.6× 97 0.7× 27 1.8k
Kevin C. Kanning United States 12 1.0k 0.9× 1.0k 1.4× 447 0.9× 355 1.2× 33 0.2× 13 1.9k
David S. Zuzga United States 13 745 0.6× 713 0.9× 336 0.7× 196 0.6× 92 0.6× 15 2.0k
O. S. Jørgensen Denmark 22 857 0.7× 894 1.2× 293 0.6× 163 0.5× 61 0.4× 40 1.7k
Vuk Koprivica United States 16 1.4k 1.2× 726 1.0× 734 1.4× 134 0.4× 74 0.5× 21 2.3k
Klaus M. Giehl Germany 20 1.6k 1.4× 715 0.9× 936 1.8× 121 0.4× 72 0.5× 24 2.3k
Carine Cléren France 14 747 0.6× 1.0k 1.3× 262 0.5× 362 1.2× 122 0.8× 21 1.6k
Lars Olson Sweden 14 1.2k 1.0× 573 0.8× 545 1.1× 195 0.6× 143 1.0× 16 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tajrena Alexi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tajrena Alexi

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Alexi, Tajrena. (2000). Neuroprotective strategies for basal ganglia degeneration: Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases. Progress in Neurobiology. 60(5). 409–470. 233 indexed citations
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Alexi, Tajrena, Paul E. Hughes, Willeke van Roon‐Mom, et al.. (1999). The IGF-I Amino-Terminal Tripeptide Glycine-Proline-Glutamate (GPE) Is Neuroprotective to Striatum in the Quinolinic Acid Lesion Animal Model of Huntington's Disease. Experimental Neurology. 159(1). 84–97. 43 indexed citations
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Hughes, Paul E., Tajrena Alexi, M. Walton, et al.. (1999). Activity and injury-dependent expression of inducible transcription factors, growth factors and apoptosis-related genes within the central nervous system. Progress in Neurobiology. 57(4). 421–450. 221 indexed citations
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Hughes, Paul E., Tajrena Alexi, Christopher E. Williams, Ross Clark, & Peter D. Gluckman. (1999). Administration of recombinant human activin-A has powerful neurotrophic effects on select striatal phenotypes in the quinolinic acid lesion model of Huntington's disease. Neuroscience. 92(1). 197–209. 71 indexed citations
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Alexi, Tajrena, Paul E. Hughes, Richard L. M. Faull, & Chris E. Williams. (1998). 3-Nitropropionic acidʼs lethal triplet. Neuroreport. 9(11). R57–R64. 129 indexed citations
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Alexi, Tajrena, Paul E. Hughes, Beat Knüsel, & Allan J. Tobin. (1998). Metabolic Compromise with Systemic 3-Nitropropionic Acid Produces Striatal Apoptosis in Sprague–Dawley Rats but Not in BALB/c ByJ Mice. Experimental Neurology. 153(1). 74–93. 54 indexed citations
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Hughes, Paul E., Tajrena Alexi, Franz Hefti, & Beat Knüsel. (1997). Axotomized septal cholinergic neurons rescued by nerve growth factor or neurotrophin-4/5 fail to express the inducible transcription factor c-Jun. Neuroscience. 78(4). 1037–1049. 17 indexed citations
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Hughes, Paul E., Tajrena Alexi, & Michael Dragunow. (1997). Cycloheximide phase-shifts, but does not prevent, de novo Krox-24 protein expression. Neuroreport. 8(15). 3263–3266. 66 indexed citations
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Alexi, Tajrena & Franz Hefti. (1996). Neurotrophin-4/5 selectively protects nigral calbindin-containing neurons in rats with medial forebrain bundle transections. Neuroscience. 72(4). 911–921. 24 indexed citations
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Hughes, Paul E., Tajrena Alexi, Toru Yoshida, Sidney S. Schreiber, & Beat Knüsel. (1996). Excitotoxic lesion of rat brain with quinolinic acid induces expression of p53 messenger RNA and protein and p53-inducible genes Bax and Gadd-45 in brain areas showing DNA fragmentation. Neuroscience. 74(4). 1143–1160. 105 indexed citations
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Beck, Klaus D., Tajrena Alexi, Kris Poulsen, et al.. (1995). Mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons protected by GDNF from axotomy-induced degeneration in the adult brain. Nature. 373(6512). 339–341. 562 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alexi, Tajrena & Franz Hefti. (1993). Trophic actions of transforming growth factor α on mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons developing in culture. Neuroscience. 55(4). 903–918. 113 indexed citations
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Widmer, H.R., et al.. (1993). TGFα stimulation of phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis in mesencephalic cultures requires neuron-glia interactions. Neuroreport. 4(4). 407–410. 19 indexed citations
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Alexi, Tajrena & Efrain C. Azmitia. (1991). Ethanol stimulates [3H]5-HT high-affinity uptake by rat forebrain synaptosomes: role of 5-HT receptors and voltage channel blockers. Brain Research. 544(2). 243–247. 21 indexed citations

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