Alun M. Davies

Research.com Recognitions

• 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
• 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
• 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Best Publications

• GDNF: a potent survival factor for motoneurons present in peripheral nerve and muscle

  Christopher E. Henderson;Heidi S. Phillips;Richard A. Pollock;Alun M. Davies

  1636
  Citations

• Characterization of a multicomponent receptor for GDNF

  James J. S. Treanor;Laurie Goodman;Frederic de Sauvage;Donna M. Stone

  1344
  Citations

• The proto-oncogene bcl-2 can selectively rescue neurotrophic factor-dependent neurons from apoptosis

  Timothy E. Allsopp;Sean Wyatt;Hugh F. Paterson;Alun M. Davies

  820
  Citations

• The role of neurotrophins in the developing nervous system

  Alun M. Davies

  692
  Citations

• Timing and site of nerve growth factor synthesis in developing skin in relation to innervation and expression of the receptor

  Alun M. Davies;Christine Bandtlow;Rolf Heumann;Sigrun Korsching

  681
  Citations

• GFRα1 Is an Essential Receptor Component for GDNF in the Developing Nervous System and Kidney

  Grace Cacalano;Isabel Fariñas;Li-Chong Wang;Kelly Hagler

  675
  Citations

• Different neurotrophins are expressed and act in a developmental sequence to promote the survival of embryonic sensory neurons

  Vladimir L. Buchman;Alun M. Davies

  489
  Citations

• Earliest sensory nerve fibres are guided to peripheral targets by attractants other than nerve growth factor

  A. G. S. Lumsden;A. M. Davies;A. M. Davies

  485
  Citations

• Neurturin responsiveness requires a GPI-linked receptor and the Ret receptor tyrosine kinase.

  Anna Buj-Bello;Jimi Adu;Luzia G. P. Piñón;Antony Horton

  448
  Citations

• The response of chick sensory neurons to brain-derived neurotrophic factor

  AM Davies;H Thoenen;YA Barde

  323
  Citations

• Chemotropic effect of specific target epithelium in the developing mammalian nervous system

  A. G. S. Lumsden;A. G. S. Lumsden;Alun M. Davies;Alun M. Davies

  319
  Citations

• Relation of target encounter and neuronal death to nerve growth factor responsiveness in the developing mouse trigeminal ganglion

  Alun Davies;Andrew Lumsden

  307
  Citations

• Met receptor signaling is required for sensory nerve development and HGF promotes axonal growth and survival of sensory neurons

  Flavio Maina;Mark C. Hilton;Carola Ponzetto;Alun M. Davies

  285
  Citations

• p75-Mediated NF-κB Activation Enhances the Survival Response of Developing Sensory Neurons to Nerve Growth Factor

  Makoto Hamanoue;Gayle Middleton;Sean Wyatt;Ellis Jaffray

  280
  Citations

• Abnormal sympathoadrenal development and systemic hypotension in PHD3-/- mice.

  T Bishop;D Gallagher;A Pascual;CA Lygate

  249
  Citations

• Regulation of neural process growth, elaboration and structural plasticity by NF-κB

  Humberto Gutierrez;Alun M. Davies

  249
  Citations

• Point Mutation in trkB Causes Loss of NT4-Dependent Neurons without Major Effects on Diverse BDNF Responses

  Liliana Minichiello;Franca Casagranda;Rosa Soler Tatche;Cheryl L Stucky

  238
  Citations

• Persyn, a Member of the Synuclein Family, Has a Distinct Pattern of Expression in the Developing Nervous System

  Vladimir L. Buchman;Hamish J. A. Hunter;Luzia G. P. Pinõn;Jane Thompson

  231
  Citations

• Developmental changes in NT3 signalling via TrkA and TrkB in embryonic neurons.

  A. M. Davies;L. Minichiello;R. Klein

  229
  Citations

• Intrinsic programmes of growth and survival in developing vertebrate neurons

  Alun M. Davies

  207
  Citations