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62
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3490
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Armin Blesch publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Armin Blesch sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 132 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Armin Blesch D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Armin Blesch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Armin Blesch is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and has conducted research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience, Surgery, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research focuses on key topics related to spinal cord and nerve injury, including Spinal Cord Injury Research, Nerve Injury and Regeneration, Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Research, and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Blesch has published multiple papers in various scientific venues. Recent publications include:

  • Neural Stem Cells: Promoting Axonal Regeneration and Spinal Cord Connectivity, 2021, Cells
  • Anisotropic Alginate Hydrogels Promote Axonal Growth across Chronic Spinal Cord Transections after Scar Removal, 2020, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • Alginate hydrogel cross-linked by Ca2+ to promote spinal cord neural stem/progenitor cell differentiation and functional recovery after a spinal cord injury, 2022, Regenerative Biomaterials
  • An improved method for generating human spinal cord neural stem cells, 2024, Experimental Neurology
  • Lessons Learned and Recommendations from a SCOPE Spinal Cord Injury Neurorestorative Clinical Trials Update, 2025, Neurotrauma Reports

Frequent collaborators include Paul Lu, Mark H. Tuszynski, Xueyan Wan, Huaqiu Zhang, and Ting Lei.

The scientist's work has appeared most frequently in journals such as Experimental Neurology, Cells, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Regenerative Biomaterials, and Neurotrauma Reports.

Best Publications

  • Neuroprotective effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rodent and primate models of Alzheimer's disease

    Alan H Nagahara;David A Merrill;Giovanni Coppola;Shingo Tsukada

  • A phase 1 clinical trial of nerve growth factor gene therapy for Alzheimer disease

    Mark H Tuszynski;Mark H Tuszynski;Leon Thal;Leon Thal;Mary Pay;David P Salmon

  • A Neurovascular Niche for Neurogenesis after Stroke

    J. J. Ohab;S. Fleming;A. Blesch;S. T. Carmichael

  • Long-Distance Growth and Connectivity of Neural Stem Cells after Severe Spinal Cord Injury

    Paul Lu;Yaozhi Wang;Lori Graham;Karla McHale

  • Cellular Delivery of Neurotrophin-3 Promotes Corticospinal Axonal Growth and Partial Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury

    R. Grill;K. Murai;A. Blesch;F. H. Gage

  • INDUCTION OF BONE MARROW STROMAL CELLS TO NEURONS: DIFFERENTIATION, TRANSDIFFERENTIATION, OR ARTIFACT?

    Paul Lu;Armin Blesch;Mark H. Tuszynski;Mark H. Tuszynski

  • Systemic administration of epothilone B promotes axon regeneration after spinal cord injury

    Jörg Ruschel;Farida Hellal;Kevin C. Flynn;Sebastian Dupraz

  • A Systems-Level Analysis of the Peripheral Nerve Intrinsic Axonal Growth Program.

    Vijayendran Chandran;Giovanni Coppola;Giovanni Coppola;Homaira Nawabi;Takao Omura

  • Axonal transcription factors signal retrogradely in lesioned peripheral nerve

    Keren Ben-Yaakov;Shachar Y Dagan;Yael Segal-Ruder;Ophir Shalem

  • Inhibition of soluble TNF signaling in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease prevents pre-plaque amyloid-associated neuropathology

    Fiona E. McAlpine;Jae Kyung Lee;Ashley S. Harms;Kelly A. Ruhn

  • Spinal cord injury: plasticity, regeneration and the challenge of translational drug development

    Armin Blesch;Mark H. Tuszynski;Mark H. Tuszynski

  • Robust growth of chronically injured spinal cord axons induced by grafts of genetically modified NGF-secreting cells.

    R.J. Grill;A. Blesch;M.H. Tuszynski

  • Chemotropic guidance facilitates axonal regeneration and synapse formation after spinal cord injury

    Laura Taylor Alto;Leif A Havton;James M Conner;Edmund R Hollis

  • Neurotrophic factors, gene therapy, and neural stem cells for spinal cord repair

    Armin Blesch;Paul Lu;Mark H Tuszynski;Mark H Tuszynski

  • Combined Intrinsic and Extrinsic Neuronal Mechanisms Facilitate Bridging Axonal Regeneration One Year after Spinal Cord Injury

    Ken Kadoya;Shingo Tsukada;Paul Lu;Paul Lu;Giovanni Coppola

  • Cloning of a Novel Malignant Melanoma-derived Growth-Regulatory Protein, MIA

    A. Blesch;Anja-Katrin Bosserhoff;R. Apfel;C. Behl

  • Cellular GDNF delivery promotes growth of motor and dorsal column sensory axons after partial and complete spinal cord transections and induces remyelination

    Armin Blesch;Mark H. Tuszynski;Mark H. Tuszynski

  • Nerve growth factor-hypersecreting Schwann cell grafts augment and guide spinal cord axonal growth and remyelinate central nervous system axons in a phenotypically appropriate manner that correlates with expression of L1.

    N. Weidner;A. Blesch;R.J. Grill;M.H. Tuszynski;M.H. Tuszynski

  • Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Augments Neurotrophin Expression and Corticospinal Axon Growth after Adult CNS Injury

    A. Blesch;H. S. Uy;R. J. Grill;J.-G. Cheng

  • Neurotrophism without neurotropism: BDNF promotes survival but not growth of lesioned corticospinal neurons

    Paul Lu;Armin Blesch;Mark H. Tuszynski;Mark H. Tuszynski

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Tuszynski
Mark H. Tuszynski University of California, San Diego
James M. Conner
James M. Conner University of California, San Diego
Ulrich Bogdahn
Ulrich Bogdahn University of Regensburg
Leif A. Havton
Leif A. Havton Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Karim Fouad
Karim Fouad University of Alberta
Giovanni Coppola
Giovanni Coppola University of California, Los Angeles
Wolfram Tetzlaff
Wolfram Tetzlaff University of British Columbia
Jeffery L. Twiss
Jeffery L. Twiss University of South Carolina
Malú G. Tansey
Malú G. Tansey University of Florida
Daniel H. Geschwind
Daniel H. Geschwind University of California, Los Angeles

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