Thomas Misgeld

12.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
96 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

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Thomas Misgeld is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Misgeld has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas Misgeld's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (31 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (24 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (16 papers). Thomas Misgeld is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (31 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (24 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (16 papers). Thomas Misgeld collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Thomas Misgeld's co-authors include Martin Kerschensteiner, Jeff W. Lichtman, Joshua R. Sanes, Florence M. Bareyre, Thomas L. Schwarz, Hartmut Wekerle, Terrance T. Kummer, Derron L. Bishop, Reinhard Hohlfeld and Wolfgang Brück and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Misgeld

94 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Activated Human T Cells, B Cells, and Monocytes Produce Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor In Vitro and in Inflammatory Brain Lesions: A Neuroprotective Role of Inflammation?

1999 847 citations Martin Kerschensteiner, Thomas Misgeld et al. profile →
A reversible form of axon damage in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis

2011 546 citations Ivana Nikić, Doron Merkler et al. profile →
Mitostasis in Neurons: Maintaining Mitochondria in an Extended Cellular Architecture

2017 368 citations Thomas Misgeld et al. profile →
Rapid adaptive optical recovery of optimal resolution over large volumes

2014 198 citations Peter Engerer, Thomas Misgeld et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Misgeld Germany	44	3.3k	3.1k	2.1k	1.7k	1.3k	96	8.2k
Martin Kerschensteiner Germany	42	3.0k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	2.9k 1.4×	2.1k 1.2×	3.0k 2.2×	88	8.9k
Wendy B. Macklin United States	57	2.8k 0.8×	4.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.0×	3.9k 2.3×	1.3k 1.0×	163	10.5k
Wiebke Möbius Germany	55	2.3k 0.7×	6.9k 2.2×	2.2k 1.1×	2.4k 1.4×	649 0.5×	136	11.9k
Grahame J. Kidd United States	45	2.2k 0.7×	3.1k 1.0×	3.1k 1.5×	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	93	8.9k
Jonah R. Chan United States	49	3.2k 1.0×	2.9k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	4.0k 2.4×	1.1k 0.8×	86	8.2k
Matthew N. Rasband United States	63	5.7k 1.7×	4.7k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.4×	611 0.5×	141	10.4k
Mathias Bähr Germany	76	5.9k 1.8×	9.2k 3.0×	2.8k 1.3×	2.6k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	356	17.3k
Catherine Lubetzki France	52	2.4k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.7×	4.1k 3.1×	201	9.8k
Dwight E. Bergles United States	65	8.3k 2.5×	5.3k 1.7×	4.9k 2.3×	5.2k 3.1×	662 0.5×	120	15.9k
Axel Nimmerjahn United States	29	4.0k 1.2×	2.6k 0.8×	5.8k 2.8×	1.2k 0.7×	301 0.2×	39	11.3k

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Khalin, Igor, Nagappanpillai Adarsh, Martina Schifferer, et al.. (2025). Nanocarrier Drug Release and Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration at Post-Stroke Microthrombi Monitored by Real-Time Förster Resonance Energy Transfer. ACS Nano. 19(15). 14780–14794. 1 indexed citations

Silva, Tiago Ferreira da, Gabriel G. Martins, Pedro Brites, et al.. (2024). Axon-specific microtubule regulation drives asymmetric regeneration of sensory neuron axons. eLife. 13.

Fabig, Gunar, Andrey S. Klymchenko, Nikolaus Plesnila, et al.. (2024). Combining array tomography with electron tomography provides insights into leakiness of the blood-brain barrier in mouse cortex. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations

Heise, Constanze, Andrew J. Davidson, Simone Wanderoy, et al.. (2024). Fluorogenic Chemical Probes for Wash-free Imaging of Cell Membrane Damage in Ferroptosis, Necrosis, and Axon Injury. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 7 indexed citations

Snaidero, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). Neurons on tape: Automated Tape Collecting Ultramicrotomy-mediated volume EM for targeting neuropathology. Methods in cell biology. 177. 125–170. 4 indexed citations

Kleele, Tatjana, Yan Xiao, Gabriela Plucińska, et al.. (2021). Completion of neuronal remodeling prompts myelination along developing motor axon branches. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(4). 5 indexed citations

Žiak, Jakub, Tomáš Petrásek, Mengzhe Wang, et al.. (2020). CRMP 2 mediates Sema3F‐dependent axon pruning and dendritic spine remodeling. EMBO Reports. 21(3). e48512–e48512. 38 indexed citations

Masuda, Takahiro, Lukas Amann, Roman Sankowski, et al.. (2020). Novel Hexb-based tools for studying microglia in the CNS. Nature Immunology. 21(7). 802–815. 210 indexed citations

Plucińska, Gabriela, et al.. (2020). Trajectory data of antero- and retrograde movement of mitochondria in living zebrafish larvae. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 29. 105280–105280. 4 indexed citations

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Fecher, Caroline, Laura Trovò, Stephan A. Müller, et al.. (2019). Cell-type-specific profiling of brain mitochondria reveals functional and molecular diversity. Nature Neuroscience. 22(10). 1731–1742. 205 indexed citations

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Lombino, Franco L., Mary Muhia, Jeffrey Lopez‐Rojas, et al.. (2019). The Microtubule Severing Protein Katanin Regulates Proliferation of Neuronal Progenitors in Embryonic and Adult Neurogenesis. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15940–15940. 10 indexed citations

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Colombo, Alessio, Hung‐En Hsia, Mengzhe Wang, et al.. (2018). Non‐cell‐autonomous function of DR6 in Schwann cell proliferation. The EMBO Journal. 37(7). 14 indexed citations

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Engerer, Peter, Sachihiro C. Suzuki, Takeshi Yoshimatsu, et al.. (2017). Uncoupling of neurogenesis and differentiation during retinal development. The EMBO Journal. 36(9). 1134–1146. 12 indexed citations

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Mazaheri, Fargol, Nicolas Snaidero, Gernot Kleinberger, et al.. (2017). TREM 2 deficiency impairs chemotaxis and microglial responses to neuronal injury. EMBO Reports. 18(7). 1186–1198. 237 indexed citations

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Bert, Bettina, Sven Bergmann, Maximilian A. Busch, et al.. (2016). Considerations for a European animal welfare standard to evaluate adverse phenotypes in teleost fish. The EMBO Journal. 35(11). 1151–1154. 15 indexed citations

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Bishop, Derron L., Ivana Nikić, Martin Kerschensteiner, & Thomas Misgeld. (2014). The Use of a Laser for Correlating Light and Electron Microscopic Images in Thick Tissue Specimens. Methods in cell biology. 124. 323–337. 5 indexed citations

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Brill, Monika S., Petar Marinković, & Thomas Misgeld. (2013). Sequential Photo-bleaching to Delineate Single Schwann Cells at the Neuromuscular Junction. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e4460–e4460. 5 indexed citations

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Plucińska, Gabriela, Dominik Paquet, Alexander Hruscha, et al.. (2012). In VivoImaging of Disease-Related Mitochondrial Dynamics in a Vertebrate Model System. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(46). 16203–16212. 76 indexed citations

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Kummer, Terrance T., Thomas Misgeld, Jeff W. Lichtman, & Joshua R. Sanes. (2004). Nerve-independent formation of a topologically complex postsynaptic apparatus. The Journal of Cell Biology. 164(7). 1077–1087. 129 indexed citations

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Stadelmann, Christine, Martin Kerschensteiner, Thomas Misgeld, et al.. (2002). BDNF and gp145trkB in multiple sclerosis brain lesions: neuroprotective interactions between immune and neuronal cells?. Brain. 125(1). 75–85. 343 indexed citations

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