Alan Tessler

Overview

Best Publications

• Transplants of Fibroblasts Genetically Modified to Express BDNF Promote Regeneration of Adult Rat Rubrospinal Axons and Recovery of Forelimb Function

  Yi Liu;Duckhyun Kim;B. Timothy Himes;B. Timothy Himes;Stella Y. Chow

  640
  Citations

• Spinal shock revisited: a four-phase model

  J F Ditunno;J W Little;A Tessler;A S Burns

  557
  Citations

• Death of some dorsal root ganglion neurons and plasticity of others following sciatic nerve section in adult and neonatal rats.

  B.T. Himes;A. Tessler

  428
  Citations

• Delayed grafting of BDNF and NT-3 producing fibroblasts into the injured spinal cord stimulates sprouting, partially rescues axotomized red nucleus neurons from loss and atrophy, and provides limited regeneration

  C.A Tobias;J.S Shumsky;M Shibata;M.H Tuszynski

  302
  Citations

• Transplants of Fibroblasts Genetically Modified to Express BDNF Promote Axonal Regeneration from Supraspinal Neurons Following Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

  Ying Jin;Itzhak Fischer;Alan Tessler;John D. Houle

  245
  Citations

• Neural stem cells may be uniquely suited for combined gene therapy and cell replacement: Evidence from engraftment of Neurotrophin-3-expressing stem cells in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury.

  Kook In Park;B. Timothy Himes;B. Timothy Himes;Philip E. Stieg;Alan Tessler;Alan Tessler

  244
  Citations

• Intraspinal delivery of neurotrophin-3 using neural stem cells genetically modified by recombinant retrovirus.

  Y. Liu;B. T. Himes;B. T. Himes;J. Solowska;J. Moul

  226
  Citations

• Repair of chronic spinal cord injury

  John D Houle;Alan Tessler

  212
  Citations

• Characterization and intraspinal grafting of EGF/bFGF-dependent neurospheres derived from embryonic rat spinal cord

  S. Y. Chow;J. Moul;C. A. Tobias;B. T. Himes

  202
  Citations

• Patient selection for clinical trials: the reliability of the early spinal cord injury examination.

  Anthony S. Burns;Bum Suk Lee;John F. Ditunno;Alan Tessler

  181
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• Recovery of substance P in the cat spinal cord after unilateral lumbosacral deafferentation

  Alan Tessler;Ellyn Glazer;Roman Artymyshyn;Marion Murray

  170
  Citations

• Concussive brain trauma in the mouse results in acute cognitive deficits and sustained impairment of axonal function.

  Jennifer Alexandra Creed;Ann Mae Dileonardi;Douglas Paul Fox;Alan R. Tessler

  167
  Citations

• Grafts of BDNF-Producing Fibroblasts Rescue Axotomized Rubrospinal Neurons and Prevent Their Atrophy

  Yi Liu;B.Timothy Himes;B.Timothy Himes;Marion Murray;Alan Tessler;Alan Tessler

  163
  Citations

• Sciatic nerve transection produces death of dorsal root ganglion cells and reversible loss of substance P in spinal cord.

  A. Tessler;B.T. Himes;N.R. Krieger;M. Murray

  157
  Citations

• Alginate encapsulated BDNF-producing fibroblast grafts permit recovery of function after spinal cord injury in the absence of immune suppression.

  Christopher A. Tobias;Steve S.W. Han;Jed S. Shumsky;Duckhyun Kim

  155
  Citations

• Fetal Spinal Cord Transplants Rescue Some Axotomized Rubrospinal Neurons from Retrograde Cell Death in Adult Rats

  Mori F;Himes Bt;Himes Bt;Kowada M;Murray M

  153
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• Transplants of cells genetically modified to express neurotrophin‐3 rescue axotomized Clarke's nucleus neurons after spinal cord hemisection in adult rats

  B. Timothy Himes;B. Timothy Himes;Yi Liu;Joanna M. Solowska;Evan Y. Snyder

  148
  Citations

• Fetal Transplants Alter the Development of Function after Spinal Cord Transection in Newborn Rats

  Dorene Miya;Simon Giszter;Futoshi Mori;Vijayalakshmi Adipudi

  141
  Citations

• Regeneration of adult dorsal root axons into transplants of embryonic spinal cord.

  A. Tessler;B. T. Himes;J. Houle;P. J. Reier

  133
  Citations

• Spinal neurons mediate return of substance P following deafferentation of cat spinal cord

  A. Tessler;B.T. Himes;R. Artymyshyn;M. Murray

  130
  Citations