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Christopher S. von Bartheld

Christopher S. von Bartheld

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Neuroscience

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54
Citations
9136
World Ranking
4969
National Ranking
2228

Overview

Christopher S. von Bartheld is affiliated with the University of Nevada Reno in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant work in subfields such as Neurology, Sensory Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Infectious Diseases, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main topics covered in von Bartheld's publications include Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Connective Tissue Disorders Research, and Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research.

Von Bartheld has contributed to various scientific venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), ACS Chemical Neuroscience, Acta Neuropathologica, Ophthalmic Epidemiology, and The Neuroscientist.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Rafał Butowt, Lingchen Wang, Zainab Zehra, Maleeha Azam, and Katarzyna Bilińska.

Significant recent publications include:

  • Prevalence of Chemosensory Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Reveals Significant Ethnic Differences, 2020, ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 Entry Proteins, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, in Cells of the Olfactory Epithelium: Identification of Cell Types and Trends with Age, 2020, ACS Chemical Neuroscience
  • Anosmia in COVID-19: Underlying Mechanisms and Assessment of an Olfactory Route to Brain Infection, 2020, The Neuroscientist
  • Prognosis and persistence of smell and taste dysfunction in patients with covid-19: meta-analysis with parametric cure modelling of recovery curves, 2022, BMJ
  • The olfactory nerve is not a likely route to brain infection in COVID-19: a critical review of data from humans and animal models, 2021, Acta Neuropathologica

Best Publications

  • The search for true numbers of neurons and glial cells in the human brain: A review of 150 years of cell counting.

    Christopher S. von Bartheld;Jami Bahney;Suzana Herculano-Houzel

  • Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 Entry Proteins, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, in Cells of the Olfactory Epithelium: Identification of Cell Types and Trends with Age.

    Katarzyna Bilinska;Patrycja Jakubowska;Christopher S. Von Bartheld;Rafal Butowt

  • Anosmia in COVID-19: Underlying Mechanisms and Assessment of an Olfactory Route to Brain Infection.

    Rafal Butowt;Christopher S. von Bartheld

  • Anterograde transport of neurotrophins and axodendritic transfer in the developing visual system.

    Christopher S. von Bartheld;Margaret R. Byers;Reg Williams;Mark Bothwell

  • Prevalence of Chemosensory Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Reveals Significant Ethnic Differences.

    Christopher S von Bartheld;Molly M Hagen;Rafal Butowt

  • Alternating phases of FGF receptor and NGF receptor expression in the developing chicken nervous system.

    Josef G. Heuer;Christopher S. von Bartheld;Yoshito Kinoshita;Peter C. Evers

  • Multivesicular bodies in neurons: distribution, protein content, and trafficking functions.

    Christopher S. Von Bartheld;Amy L. Altick

  • Prognosis and persistence of smell and taste dysfunction in patients with covid-19: meta-analysis with parametric cure modelling of recovery curves

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  • Anterograde axonal transport, transcytosis, and recycling of neurotrophic factors: the concept of trophic currencies in neural networks.

    Christopher S. von Bartheld;XiaoXia Wang;Rafal Butowt

  • Retrograde Transport of Neurotrophins from the Eye to the Brain in Chick Embryos: Roles of the p75NTR and trkB Receptors

    Christopher S. von Bartheld;Reg Williams;Frances Lefcort;Douglas O. Clary

  • Neuronal tracing with DiI: decalcification, cryosectioning, and photoconversion for light and electron microscopic analysis.

    C S von Bartheld;D E Cunningham;E W Rubel

  • Analysis of cell death in the trochlear nucleus of the chick embryo: calibration of the optical disector counting method reveals systematic bias.

    William J. Hatton;Christopher S. Von Bartheld

  • Expression of BDNF and NT-3 mRNA in hair cells of the organ of Corti: Quantitative analysis in developing rats

    Esther F. Wheeler;Mark Bothwell;Leslayann C. Schecterson;Christopher S. von Bartheld

  • Differential tissue shrinkage and compression in the z-axis: implications for optical disector counting in vibratome-, plastic- and cryosections.

    Dean Gardella;William J Hatton;Howard B Rind;Glenn D Rosen

  • Positive and negative effects of neurotrophins on the isthmo-optic nucleus in chick embryos

    Christopher S. von Bartheld;Yoshito Kinoshita;David Prevette;Qin Wei Yin

  • Contributions of the optic tectum and the retina as sources of brain-derived neurotrophic factor for retinal ganglion cells in the chick embryo.

    Karl-Heinz Herzog;Christopher S. von Bartheld

  • Synaptic Targeting of Retrogradely Transported Trophic Factors in Motoneurons: Comparison of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, and Cardiotrophin-1 with Tetanus Toxin

    Howard B. Rind;Rafal Butowt;Christopher S. von Bartheld

  • Progressive Postnatal Motoneuron Loss in Mice Lacking GDF-15

    Jens Strelau;Adam Strzelczyk;Patricia Rusu;Gerald Bendner

  • GDNF applied to the MPTP-lesioned nigrostriatal system requires TGF-β for its neuroprotective action

    Andreas Schober;Heike Peterziel;Christopher S. von Bartheld;Horst Simon

  • Axonal transport and neuronal transcytosis of trophic factors, tracers, and pathogens

    Christopher S. von Bartheld

  • Sorting of internalized neurotrophins into an endocytic transcytosis pathway via the Golgi system: Ultrastructural analysis in retinal ganglion cells.

    Rafal Butowt;Christopher S. von Bartheld

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Bothwell
Mark Bothwell University of Washington
Ronald W. Oppenheim
Ronald W. Oppenheim Wake Forest University
Glenn D. Rosen
Glenn D. Rosen Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Edwin W. Rubel
Edwin W. Rubel University of Washington
Lamberto Maffei
Lamberto Maffei National Research Council (CNR)
Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Suzana Herculano-Houzel Vanderbilt University
Matteo Caleo
Matteo Caleo University of Padua
Michael R. Vasko
Michael R. Vasko Indiana University
Elizabeth M. C. Fisher
Elizabeth M. C. Fisher University College London
Robert W. Williams
Robert W. Williams University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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