Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer

21.3k citations

222 papers · 12.7k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 56

Impact in

Neurology top 0.05%
- Neurological diseases and metabolism
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
Nutrition and Dietetics top 0.2%
- Trace Elements in Health

Papers in

Neurology 57
- Neurological diseases and metabolism 51
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments 24
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency 15
Molecular Biology 142
- Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding 99
- Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies 15

Co-authors: Hans A. Kretzschmar Inga Zerr Armin Giese M. Kramer S. Poser David R. Brown Brit Mollenhauer H. A. Kretzschmar
Journals: Annals of Neurology (13 papers)PLoS ONE (6 papers)Journal of Alzheimer s Disease (5 papers)Neurology (5 papers)Forensic Science International (4 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer

218 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

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α-Synuclein and tau concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid of patients presenting with parkinsonism: a cohort study 2011 · 489 citations

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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.

2011 The Lancet Neurology
1999 Annals of Neurology
1997 Nature
1997 Nature

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1	Severe coxsackie virus B5 encephalitis mimics autoimmune limbic encephalitis in a young woman under long-term B-cell depletion with ocrelizumab: A case report Multiple Sclerosis Journal ·Mariya Moochhala, Huang Chun-wan, Fabian K. Berger, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Klaus Faßbender, Rein Overland, Sigrun Smola, Janina Eisenbeis, Moritz Bewarder, Florian Rosar, Michael Kettner, MR Rauzi, Sabine Diedrich, Mathias Fousse	2025	0
2	Neuropathology in COVID-19 autopsies is defined by microglial activation and lesions of the white matter with emphasis in cerebellar and brain stem areas Frontiers in Neurology ·Liliia DADIVERINA, Julian Türck, Sigrun Smola, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer	2023	10
3	Application of real-time quaking-induced conversion in Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease surveillance Journal of Neurology ·Péter Hermann, Matthias Schmitz, Maria Cramm, Stefan Goebel, Evandro Oliveira, Yuqing Xing, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Christine Stadelmann, Jakob Matschke, Markus Glatzel, Inga Zerr	2023	5
4	Development of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for the Quantification of ARID1A in Tissue Lysates Cancers ·Miriam Yuste, Subbarayudu Ketineni, Wiebke M. Wemheuer, Joachim Oertel, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer	2023	1
5	COVID-19: Auswirkungen auf das zentrale und periphere Nervensystem Der Pathologe ·(unknown), Yoneya Kazuyuki, (unknown), Helena Radbruch, Christiane Herden, Ionel Sanduleac, Carsten Dittmayer, Jonas Franz, Carolina Thomas, Michael R. Charter, Axel Pagenstecher, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Christine Stadelmann, Markus Glatzel, Frank L. Heppner, Joachim Weis, Keywan Sohrabi, Anne Schänzer, Attila Németh, Till Acker	2021	8
6	Zerebrale Amyloidangiopathie assoziiert mit Inflammation Der Nervenarzt ·Jens Schaumberg, Alessandro Muraca, Bernd Eckert, D. Petersen, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Joachim Röther, W. Heide	2017	8
7	Depletion of Cutaneous Macrophages and Dendritic Cells Promotes Growth of Basal Cell Carcinoma in Mice PLoS ONE ·Prashanth Suresh, Frauke Nitzki, Anja Uhmann, Kai Dittmann, Srestha Dutta, Markus K. A. Herrmann, Holger M. Reichardt, Reto A. Schwendener, Tobias Pukrop, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Heidi Hahn	2014	26
8	Impact of the Cellular Prion Protein on Amyloid-β and 3PO-Tau Processing Journal of Alzheimer s Disease ·Matthias Schmitz, Luis Barrantes, 常娟, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Pawel Kermer, Mathias Bähr, Fred S. Wouters, Saima Zafar, Inga Zerr	2013	22
9	Tumor Stroma–Derived Wnt5a Induces Differentiation of Basal Cell Carcinoma of Ptch -Mutant Mice via CaMKII Cancer Research ·Frauke Nitzki, Arne Zibat, Prashanth Suresh, Mark Wijgerde, Albert Rosenberger, Felix H. Brembeck, H.F.E. Smit, E.L. Tan, Anja Uhmann, Stefan Klingler, J. Reifenberger, Tobias Pukrop, Fritz Aberger, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Heidi Hahn	2010	33
10	Agent strain variation in human prion disease: insights from a molecular and pathological review of the National Institutes of Health series of experimentally transmitted disease Brain ·Piero Parchi, Maura Cescatti, Silvio Notari, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Sabina Capellari, Armin Giese, Wen‐Quan Zou, H. A. Kretzschmar, Bernardino Ghetti, Patrick O. Brown	2010	66
11	Antitumor Effects of a Combined 5-Aza-2′Deoxycytidine and Valproic Acid Treatment on Rhabdomyosarcoma and Medulloblastoma in Ptch Mutant Mice Cancer Research ·Abdulrahman Bappi, 覃睿, Albert Rosenberger, Svantje Tauber, Sven Mönkemeyer, Joshua A. Robinson, Christian Dullin, Sarah Kimmina, Judith Pirngruber, Steven A. Johnsen, Anja Uhmann, Frauke Nitzki, Leszek Wojnowski, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Olaf Witt, Heidi Hahn	2009	85
12	Time-point and dosage of gene inactivation determine the tumor spectrum in conditional Ptch knockouts Carcinogenesis ·Arne Zibat, Anja Uhmann, Frauke Nitzki, Mark Wijgerde, E.L. Tan, Tanja Heller, Victor W. Armstrong, Leszek Wojnowski, Leticia Quintanilla-Martı́nez, J. Reifenberger, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Heidi Hahn	2009	35
13	Movement disturbances in the differential diagnosis of Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease Movement Disorders ·Fitriyani Syahriyah, Brit Mollenhauer, Uta Heinemann, Daniela Varges, Carola Werner, Inga Zerr, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer	2008	16
14	Progressive loss of a glial potassium channel (KCNJ10) in the spinal cord of the SOD1 (G93A) transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Journal of Neurochemistry ·Haekal Nafis Ahimsa, 恭輔杢田, Swen Hülsmann, Bettina Holtmann, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Frank Kirchhoff, Mathias Bähr, Clemens Neusch	2006	85
15	Clinical Features and Diagnosis of the MM2 Cortical Subtype of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Archives of Neurology ·Anna Krasnianski, Bettina Meißner, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Kai Kallenberg, Claudio Luis Manassero, Uta Heinemann, Daniela Varges, Hans A. Kretzschmar, Inga Zerr	2006	61
16	Clinical course in young patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease Annals of Neurology ·Rafaela Amaral Valcarenghi, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Bettina Meißner, Kai Kallenberg, Claudio Luis Manassero, Uta Heinemann, Anna Krasnianski, Katharina Stoeck, Daniela Varges, Otto Windl, Hans A. Kretzschmar, Inga Zerr	2005	39
17	Preclinical deposition of pathological prion protein PrPSc in muscles of hamsters orally exposed to scrapie Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Achim Thomzig, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Nur Muslimah Utami, MASATOSHI KUDO, Michael Beekes	2004	47
18	Fatal Pseudallescheria boydii panencephalitis in a child after near-drowning The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal ·Ekkehard Wilichowski, H.‐J. Christen, Holger Schiffmann, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, W. Behrens‐Baumann	1996	26
19	INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL ON DRUG RELATED DEATHS Klaus Pueschel, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer	1993	2
20	Typology of drug abuse deaths in Hamburg Forensic Science International ·Klaus Püschel, Fábio Mazieiro Alves Pinto, Faiz Haq, Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer, Steven E. Sykes	1993	1

About Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer

Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Nutrition and Dietetics, having authored 222 papers that have together received 12.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (99 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (51 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (26 papers), Trace Elements in Health (24 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (24 papers), Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment (17 papers), Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies (15 papers) and Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (4.3k citations), Neurology (3.5k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (2.3k citations), Molecular Biology (8.2k citations) and Physiology (2.6k citations). Walter Schulz‐Schaeffer has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Hans A. Kretzschmar, Inga Zerr, Armin Giese, M. Kramer, S. Poser, David R. Brown, Brit Mollenhauer, H. A. Kretzschmar, Otto Windl and Michael G. Schlossmacher. Their work appears in journals such as Annals of Neurology, PLoS ONE, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease, Neurology and Forensic Science International.

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