Thorsten Gorba

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Thorsten Gorba is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorsten Gorba has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Developmental Neuroscience, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thorsten Gorba's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Thorsten Gorba is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (10 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Thorsten Gorba collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Thorsten Gorba's co-authors include Petra Wahle, Yirui Sun, Luciano Conti, Steven M. Pollard, Austin Smith, Mauro Toselli, Erika Reitano, S. Sanzone, Qi‐Long Ying and Gerardo Biella and has published in prestigious journals such as Development, FEBS Letters and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Thorsten Gorba

17 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Niche-Independent Symmetrical Self-Renewal of a Mammalian... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Niche-Independent Symmetrical Self-Renewal of a Mammalian Tissue Stem Cell
    2005 701 citations Luciano Conti, Steven M. Pollard et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thorsten Gorba Germany 15 843 495 421 203 125 17 1.5k
Satoshi Kaneko Japan 12 1.3k 1.6× 374 0.8× 868 2.1× 155 0.8× 84 0.7× 19 2.0k
Apuã C.M. Paquola United States 18 1.6k 1.9× 263 0.5× 375 0.9× 240 1.2× 298 2.4× 27 2.0k
Randall R. Stewart United States 22 611 0.7× 358 0.7× 833 2.0× 52 0.3× 46 0.4× 42 1.3k
Ann C. Kato Switzerland 18 829 1.0× 390 0.8× 875 2.1× 33 0.2× 140 1.1× 28 1.9k
Julia Ladewig Germany 20 1.9k 2.3× 668 1.3× 772 1.8× 35 0.2× 194 1.6× 32 2.4k
Keiko Okamoto Japan 19 653 0.8× 229 0.5× 529 1.3× 23 0.1× 58 0.5× 41 1.5k
Anselme L. Perrier France 24 2.7k 3.2× 743 1.5× 1.4k 3.4× 68 0.3× 242 1.9× 48 3.4k
Jean‐Claude Platel United States 21 676 0.8× 671 1.4× 596 1.4× 19 0.1× 168 1.3× 34 1.4k
Harumi Saito Japan 12 720 0.9× 369 0.7× 1.2k 3.0× 15 0.1× 120 1.0× 17 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Thorsten Gorba

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thorsten Gorba

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thorsten Gorba

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thorsten Gorba. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thorsten Gorba based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thorsten Gorba. Thorsten Gorba is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Gorba, Thorsten & Luciano Conti. (2013). Neural stem cells as tools for drug discovery: novel platforms and approaches. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery. 8(9). 1083–1094. 16 indexed citations
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Tsukamoto, Ann, Nobuko Uchida, Alexandra Capela, Thorsten Gorba, & Stephen L. Huhn. (2013). Clinical translation of human neural stem cells. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 4(4). 102–102. 42 indexed citations
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Pathipati, Praneeti, Thorsten Gorba, Arjan Scheepens, et al.. (2011). Growth hormone and prolactin regulate human neural stem cell regenerative activity. Neuroscience. 190. 409–427. 73 indexed citations
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Hook, Lilian, Joaquim Vives, Martin D. Bootman, et al.. (2011). Non-immortalized human neural stem (NS) cells as a scalable platform for cellular assays. Neurochemistry International. 59(3). 432–444. 17 indexed citations
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Gorba, Thorsten, Malin Gustavsson, Chris Williams, et al.. (2009). Growth hormone receptor immunoreactivity is increased in the subventricular zone of juvenile rat brain after focal ischemia: A potential role for growth hormone in injury-induced neurogenesis. Growth Hormone & IGF Research. 19(6). 497–506. 43 indexed citations
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Gorba, Thorsten, Praneeti Pathipati, Ilona C. Kokay, et al.. (2007). Prolactin is involved in glial responses following a focal injury to the juvenile rat brain. Neuroscience. 145(3). 963–973. 53 indexed citations
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Gorba, Thorsten, Ana Antonic‐Baker, Keith W. Marvin, et al.. (2006). Neural regeneration protein is a novel chemoattractive and neuronal survival-promoting factor. Experimental Cell Research. 312(16). 3060–3074. 10 indexed citations
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Conti, Luciano, Steven M. Pollard, Thorsten Gorba, et al.. (2005). Niche-Independent Symmetrical Self-Renewal of a Mammalian Tissue Stem Cell. PLoS Biology. 3(9). e283–e283. 701 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gorba, Thorsten. (2003). Pharmacological potential of embryonic stem cells. Pharmacological Research. 47(4). 269–278. 42 indexed citations
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Patz, Silke, et al.. (2003). Neuronal activity and neurotrophic factors regulate GAD‐65/67 mRNA and protein expression in organotypic cultures of rat visual cortex. European Journal of Neuroscience. 18(1). 1–12. 75 indexed citations
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Wahle, Petra, et al.. (2000). Specification of neuropeptide Y phenotype in visual cortical neurons by leukemia inhibitory factor. Development. 127(9). 1943–1951. 24 indexed citations
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Gorba, Thorsten & Petra Wahle. (1999). Expression of TrkB and TrkC but not BDNF mRNA in neurochemically identified interneurons in rat visual cortex in vivo and in organotypic cultures. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11(4). 1179–1190. 98 indexed citations
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Gorba, Thorsten, et al.. (1998). Epigenetic factors regulate the NPY expression in rat cortical neurons. Regulatory Peptides. 75-76. 283–292. 9 indexed citations
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Sieg, Frank, et al.. (1998). Postnatal expression pattern of calcium-binding proteins in organotypic thalamic cultures and in the dorsal thalamus in vivo. Developmental Brain Research. 110(1). 83–95. 16 indexed citations
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Weiler, Elmar W., et al.. (1994). The Pseudomonas phytotoxin coronatine mimics octadecanoid signalling molecules of higher plants. FEBS Letters. 345(1). 9–13. 226 indexed citations

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