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Bruce D. Carter

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Neuroscience

D-Index
49
Citations
10103
World Ranking
5935
National Ranking
2602

Bruce D. Carter 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 Bruce D. Carter sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 90 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Bruce D. Carter 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 Bruce D. Carter sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bruce D. Carter is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with focused contributions in related subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work is characterized by investigations into several key topics, including:

  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Immune cells in cancer

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bruce D. Carter include:

  • "Reovirus uses macropinocytosis-mediated entry and fast axonal transport to infect neurons," 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Direct relationship between increased expression and mistrafficking of the Charcot-Marie-Tooth-associated protein PMP22," 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Metabolic Control of Sensory Neuron Survival by the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor in Schwann Cells," 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Long-distance regressive signaling in neural development and disease," 2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Developmental Biology
  • "How T118M peripheral myelin protein 22 predisposes humans to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease," 2022, Journal of Biological Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Carter include:

  • Vivianne E. Morrison
  • Justin T. Marinko
  • Charles R. Sanders
  • Alexandra J. Trevisan
  • Asa A. Brockman

Their work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (3 publications)
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • The Journal of Pathology
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Developmental Biology

In 2011, Bruce D. Carter was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Death of oligodendrocytes mediated by the interaction of nerve growth factor with its receptor p75

    Patrizia Casaccia-Bonnefil;Bruce D. Carter;Rick T. Dobrowsky;Moses V. Chao

  • Selective Activation of NF-κB by Nerve Growth Factor Through the Neurotrophin Receptor p75

    Bruce D. Carter;Christian Kaltschmidt;Barbara Kaltschmidt;Nina Offenhäuser

  • Neuronal apoptosis linked to EglN3 prolyl hydroxylase and familial pheochromocytoma genes: developmental culling and cancer.

    Sungwoo Lee;Eijiro Nakamura;Haifeng Yang;Wenyi Wei

  • Competitive Signaling Between TrkA and p75 Nerve Growth Factor Receptors Determines Cell Survival

    Sung Ok Yoon;Patrizia Casaccia-Bonnefil;Bruce Carter;Moses V. Chao

  • Selective binding and internalisation by truncated receptors restrict the availability of BDNF during development

    Stefano Biffo;Nina Offenhäuser;Bruce D. Carter;Yves-Alain Barde

  • Neurotrophins Live or Let Die: Does p75NTR Decide?

    Bruce D. Carter;Gary R. Lewin

  • Glial precursors clear sensory neuron corpses during development via Jedi-1, an engulfment receptor

    Hsiao-Huei Wu;Hsiao-Huei Wu;Elena Bellmunt;Jami L Scheib;Victor Venegas

  • THE ZINC FINGER PROTEIN NRIF INTERACTS WITH THE NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75NTR AND PARTICIPATES IN PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH

    Elisabeth Casademunt;Bruce D. Carter;Isabel Benzel;José M. Frade

  • Ligand-dependent cleavage of the P75 neurotrophin receptor is necessary for NRIF nuclear translocation and apoptosis in sympathetic neurons.

    Rajappa S. Kenchappa;Niccolò Zampieri;Moses V. Chao;Philip A. Barker

  • Neurotrophin receptors: mediators of life and death.

    Moses Chao;Patrizia Casaccia-Bonnefil;Bruce Carter;Alexandra Chittka

  • Activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB in Schwann cells is required for peripheral myelin formation.

    Joshua C. Nickols;William Valentine;Sujata Kanwal;Bruce D. Carter

  • Activation of the p75 neurotrophin receptor through conformational rearrangement of disulphide-linked receptor dimers

    Marçal Vilar;Ioannis Charalampopoulos;Rajappa S. Kenchappa;Anastasia Simi

  • Induction of proneurotrophins and activation of p75NTR-mediated apoptosis via neurotrophin receptor-interacting factor in hippocampal neurons after seizures.

    Marta Volosin;Christy Trotter;Andrea Cragnolini;Rajappa S. Kenchappa

  • The p75 neurotrophin receptor: multiple interactors and numerous functions.

    Jennifer J. Gentry;Philip A. Barker;Bruce D. Carter

  • A splice variant of the neurotrophin receptor trkB with increased specificity for brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

    C. Strohmaier;B. D. Carter;R. Urfer;Y. A. Barde

  • Characterization of TrkB receptor-mediated signaling pathways in rat cerebellar granule neurons: involvement of protein kinase C in neuronal survival.

    Ute Zirrgiebel;Yoko Ohga;Bruce Carter;Benedikt Berninger

  • Nerve Growth Factor Activation of Nuclear Factor κB through Its p75 Receptor Is an Anti-apoptotic Signal in RN22 Schwannoma Cells

    Jennifer J. Gentry;Patrizia Casaccia-Bonnefil;Bruce D. Carter

  • Go mediates the coupling of the mu opioid receptor to adenylyl cyclase in cloned neural cells and brain.

    Bruce D. Carter;Fedor Medzihradsky

  • p75 Neurotrophin Receptor-mediated Apoptosis in Sympathetic Neurons Involves a Biphasic Activation of JNK and Up-regulation of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-converting Enzyme/ADAM17

    Rajappa S. Kenchappa;Chhavy Tep;Zeljka Korade;Soledad Urra

  • c-jun is essential for sympathetic neuronal death induced by NGF withdrawal but not by p75 activation

    M. Palmada;S. Kanwal;N.J. Rutkoski;C. Gustafson-Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves-Alain Barde
Yves-Alain Barde Cardiff University
Charles R. Sanders
Charles R. Sanders Vanderbilt University
William G. Kaelin
William G. Kaelin Harvard University
Moses V. Chao
Moses V. Chao New York University
Philip A. Barker
Philip A. Barker University of British Columbia
Ambra Pozzi
Ambra Pozzi Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Barbara L. Hempstead
Barbara L. Hempstead Cornell University
Christian Kaltschmidt
Christian Kaltschmidt Bielefeld University
Terence S. Dermody
Terence S. Dermody University of Pittsburgh
Gary R. Lewin
Gary R. Lewin Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

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