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David Prevette is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their research includes a focus on neurobiology, with specific attention given to factors influencing motoneurons during development.

One of the recent papers authored by David Prevette is titled "Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Developing Mammalian Motoneurons: Regulation of Programmed Cell Death Among Motoneuron Subtypes", published in 2021 through UNC Libraries.

David Prevette has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Ronald W. Oppenheim
  • Lucien J. Houenou
  • Alexender S. Parsadanian
  • William D. Snider
  • Liya Shen

Their publications have appeared in the following venue:

  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Developing motor neurons rescued from programmed and axotomy-induced cell death by GDNF

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;Lucien J. Houenou;James E. Johnson;Leu-Fen H. Lin

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor rescues developing avian motoneurons from cell death

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;Yin Qin-Wei;David Prevette;Qiao Yan

  • Control of embryonic motoneuron survival in vivo by ciliary neurotrophic factor.

    RW Oppenheim;D Prevette;QW Yin;F Collins

  • Complete dissociation of motor neuron death from motor dysfunction by Bax deletion in a mouse model of ALS.

    Thomas W. Gould;Robert R. Buss;Sharon Vinsant;David Prevette

  • Naturally occurring and induced neuronal death in the chick embryo in vivo requires protein and RNA synthesis: evidence for the role of cell death genes.

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;David Prevette;Michael Tytell;Shunsaku Homma

  • Peptide inhibitors of the ice protease family arrest programmed cell death of motoneurons in vivo and in vitro

    C.E. Milligan;D. Prevette;H. Yaginuma;S. Homma

  • Insulin-like growth factors: putative muscle-derived trophic agents that promote motoneuron survival.

    Nicola T. Neff;David Prevette;Lucien J. Houenou;Michael E. Lewis

  • Reduction of naturally occurring motoneuron death in vivo by a target-derived neurotrophic factor

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;Lanny J. Haverkamp;David Prevette;James L. McManaman

  • Programmed Cell Death of Developing Mammalian Neurons after Genetic Deletion of Caspases

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;Richard A. Flavell;Sharon Vinsant;David Prevette

  • Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and developing mammalian motoneurons: regulation of programmed cell death among motoneuron subtypes.

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;Lucien J. Houenou;Alexender S. Parsadanian;David Prevette

  • Characterization of early pathogenesis in the SOD1G93A mouse model of ALS: part II, results and discussion

    Sharon Vinsant;Carol Mansfield;Ramon Jimenez-Moreno;Victoria Del Gaizo Moore

  • Naturally-occurring neuron death in the ciliary ganglion of the chick embryo following removal of preganglionic input: evidence for the role of afferents in ganglion cell survival

    S Furber;RW Oppenheim;D Prevette

  • Exogenous Delivery of Heat Shock Protein 70 Increases Lifespan in a Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    David J. Gifondorwa;Mac B. Robinson;Crystal D. Hayes;Anna R. Taylor

  • S100 is present in developing chicken neurons and Schwann cells and promotes motor neuron survival in vivo.

    Anita Bhattacharyya;Ronald W. Oppenheim;David Prevette;Blake W. Moore

  • Cardiotrophin-1, a Muscle-Derived Cytokine, Is Required for the Survival of Subpopulations of Developing Motoneurons

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;Stefan Wiese;David Prevette;Mark Armanini

  • Peripheral target regulation of the development and survival of spinal sensory and motor neurons in the chick embryo.

    Jordi Calderó;David Prevette;Xun Mei;Robert A. Oakley

  • Overexpression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in the CNS rescues motoneurons from programmed cell death and promotes their long-term survival following axotomy.

    Zhongqiu Zhao;Sana Alam;Ronald W. Oppenheim;David M. Prevette

  • Biological studies of a putative avian muscle-derived neurotrophic factor that prevents naturally occurring motoneuron death in vivo.

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;David Prevette;Lanny J. Haverkamp;Lucien Houenou

  • Cell death of spinal motoneurons in the chick embryo following deafferentation: rescue effects of tissue extracts, soluble proteins, and neurotrophic agents.

    QW Yin;J Johnson;D Prevette;RW Oppenheim

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald W. Oppenheim
Ronald W. Oppenheim Wake Forest University
Wutian Wu
Wutian Wu University of Hong Kong
Woong Sun
Woong Sun Korea University
Kwok-Fai So
Kwok-Fai So University of Hong Kong
Eric Frank
Eric Frank Tufts University
Stanley H. Appel
Stanley H. Appel Houston Methodist
Michael Sendtner
Michael Sendtner University of Würzburg
Louis F. Reichardt
Louis F. Reichardt University of California, San Francisco
Mark Bothwell
Mark Bothwell University of Washington
Changlian Zhu
Changlian Zhu University of Gothenburg

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