Wilfrid Jänig

15.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
197 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Wilfrid Jänig is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wilfrid Jänig has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Physiology, 52 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 48 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wilfrid Jänig's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (104 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (48 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (41 papers). Wilfrid Jänig is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (104 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (48 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (41 papers). Wilfrid Jänig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Wilfrid Jänig's co-authors include Elspeth M. McLachlan, Heinz‐Joachim Häbler, Martin Michaelis, Ralf Baron, Martin Koltzenburg, Marshall Devor, H. Blumberg, Michael Stanton‐Hicks, Jon D. Levine and J. Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Wilfrid Jänig

197 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: changing concepts and taxonomy

1995 748 citations Wilfrid Jänig et al. Pain profile →
Peripheral nerve injury triggers noradrenergic sprouting within dorsal root ganglia

1993 576 citations Elspeth M. McLachlan, Wilfrid Jänig et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Neurobiologie viszeraler Schmerzen 2014 ·Der Schmerz ·Wilfrid Jänig	14
2	The science and clinical application of manual therapy 2011 ·Elsevier eBooks ·Hollis H. King, Michael M. Patterson, Wilfrid Jänig, Martin R. Woodward	12
3	Physiologie und Pathophysiologie viszeraler Schmerzen 2002 ·Der Schmerz ·Wilfrid Jänig, (unknown)	24
4	The role of vagal visceral afferents in the control of nociception 2000 ·Progress in brain research ·Wilfrid Jänig, Sachia G. Khasar, Frederick Jia‐Pei Miao, J.D. Levine	48
5	Reflex patterns in preganglionic sympathetic neurons projecting to the superior cervical ganglion in the rat 2000 ·Autonomic Neuroscience ·Thorsten Bartsch, Wilfrid Jänig, Heinz‐Joachim Häbler	6
6	Modulation of bradykinin‐induced mechanical hyperalgesia in the rat by activity in abdominal vagal afferents 1998 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Sachia G. Khasar, Frederick Jia‐Pei Miao, Wilfrid Jänig, Jon D. Levine	54
7	Schmerzsyndrome mit kausaler Beteiligung des Sympathikus 1998 ·Der Anaesthesist ·Ralf Baron, Wilfrid Jänig	41
8	Neomycin and gadolinium applied to an L5 spinal nerve lesion prevent mechanical allodynia-like behaviour in rats 1997 ·Pain ·Karl-Heinz Blenk, Heinz‐Joachim Häbler, Wilfrid Jänig	29
9	Responses of distinct types of sympathetic neuron to stimulation of the superior laryngeal nerve in the cat 1997 ·Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System ·(unknown), A. Boczek‐Funcke, M. Michaelis, Wilfrid Jänig	5
10	Chapter 10. Interactions of sympathetic and primary afferent neurons following nerve injury and tissue trauma 1996 ·Progress in brain research ·Wilfrid Jänig, Jon D. Levine, Martin Michaelis	209
11	Functional properties of postganglionic sympathetic neurones supplying the submandibular gland in the anaesthetized rat 1996 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Thorsten Bartsch, Heinz‐Joachim Häbler, Wilfrid Jänig	19
12	Coordination of Sympathetic and Respiratory Systems: Neurophysiological Experiments 1995 ·Clinical and Experimental Hypertension ·Heinz‐Joachim Häbler, Wilfrid Jänig	11
13	Effects of hypothalamic thermal stimuli on sympathetic neurones innervating skin and skeletal muscle of the cat hindlimb. 1995 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Wilhelm Georg Grewe, Wilfrid Jänig, (unknown)	23
14	Respiratory modulation in the activity of sympathetic neurones 1994 ·Progress in Neurobiology ·Heinz‐Joachim Häbler, Wilfrid Jänig, Martin Michaelis	113
15	Monosynaptic excitation of preganglionic vasomotor neurons by subretrofacial neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla 1994 ·Brain Research ·Robin M. McAllen, Heinz‐Joachim Häbler, M. Michaelis, Ove A. Peters, Wilfrid Jänig	29
16	Characteristics of function-specific pathways in the sympathetic nervous system 1992 ·Trends in Neurosciences ·Wilfrid Jänig, Elspeth M. McLachlan	199
17	SYMPATHETIC REFLEX ACTIVITY AND NEUROEFFECTOR TRANSMISSION CHANGE AFTER CHRONIC NERVE LESIONS 1991 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Wilfrid Jänig, Martin Koltzenburg	12
18	Afferent and sympathetic neurons projecting into lumbar visceral nerves of the male rat 1991 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Ralf Baron, Wilfrid Jänig	47
19	Differentiation of sympathetic neurones projecting in the hypogastric nerves in terms of their discharge patterns in cats. 1991 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Wilfrid Jänig, (unknown), Alfons Schnitzler, Ursula Wesselmann	26
20	Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Cancer Pain 1984 ·Recent results in cancer research ·Wilfrid Jänig	8

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