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Doychin N. Angelov

Doychin N. Angelov

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Neuroscience

D-Index
42
Citations
5344
World Ranking
7726
National Ranking
653

Overview

Doychin N. Angelov is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany and focuses research on Medicine and Neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on nerve injury and regeneration. Their work addresses clinical and molecular aspects related to nerve repair, rehabilitation, and neuroplasticity mechanisms.

The primary fields of study in Angelov's research include Medicine with 20 publications and Neuroscience with 9 publications. Subfields encompass Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, and Molecular Biology.

The main research topics covered by Angelov's publications are:

  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research
  • Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

Angelov has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers, including:

  • Neutralizing BDNF and FGF2 injection into denervated skeletal muscle improve recovery after nerve repair (2020, Muscle & Nerve)
  • Facial Nerve Repair by Muscle-Vein Conduit in Rats: Functional Recovery and Muscle Reinnervation (2020, Tissue Engineering Part A)
  • Appropriate dosage, timing, and site of intramuscular injections of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) promote motor recovery after facial nerve injury in rats (2024, Muscle & Nerve)
  • Trigeminal Sensory Supply Is Essential for Motor Recovery after Facial Nerve Injury (2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Effects of Whole-Body Vibration and Manually Assisted Locomotor Therapy on Neurotrophin-3 Expression and Microglia/Macrophage Mobilization Following Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury in Rats (2023, Current Issues in Molecular Biology)

Frequent coauthors in Angelov's research network include:

  • Svenja Rink
  • Maria Eleni Μanthou
  • Levent Sarıkçıoğlu
  • Habib Bendella
  • Jannika Reuscher

Angelov's research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Muscle & Nerve
  • Tissue Engineering Part A
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Current Issues in Molecular Biology
  • Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology

This profile reflects Angelov's involvement in investigations across several experimental models focusing on nerve regeneration and repair strategies, with attention to both muscular and neural functional recovery. The collaboration with coauthors indicates a multidisciplinary approach involving neuromuscular and molecular methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Therapeutic vaccine for acute and chronic motor neuron diseases: Implications for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    D. N. Angelov;S. Waibel;O. Guntinas-Lichius;M. Lenzen

  • Olfactory ensheathing glia and Schwann cells: two of a kind?

    Konstantin Wewetzer;Enrique Verdú;Doychin N Angelov;Xavier Navarro

  • Factors limiting motor recovery after facial nerve transection in the rat: combined structural and functional analyses

    Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Andrey Irintchev;Michael Streppel;Mithra Lenzen

  • Focal application of neutralizing antibodies to soluble neurotrophic factors reduces collateral axonal branching after peripheral nerve lesion.

    M. Streppel;N. Azzolin;S. Dohm;O. Guntinas-Lichius

  • Nimodipine accelerates axonal sprouting after surgical repair of rat facial nerve

    DN Angelov;WF Neiss;M Streppel;J Andermahr

  • Mechanical stimulation of paralyzed vibrissal muscles following facial nerve injury in adult rat promotes full recovery of whisking

    Doychin N. Angelov;Marcin Ceynowa;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Michael Streppel

  • Transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells stimulates the collateral sprouting from axotomized adult rat facial motoneurons.

    Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Doychin N. Angelov;Toma L. Tomov;Joe Dramiga

  • Transplantation of Olfactory Mucosa Minimizes Axonal Branching and Promotes the Recovery of Vibrissae Motor Performance after Facial Nerve Repair in Rats

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  • An example of neural plasticity evoked by putative behavioral demand and early use of vibrissal hairs after facial nerve transection.

    Toma L. Tomov;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Maria Grosheva;Michael Streppel

  • Recovery of original nerve supply after hypoglossal-facial anastomosis causes permanent motor hyperinnervation of the whisker-pad muscles in the rat.

    Doychin N. Angelov M.D.;Andreas Gunkel;Eberhard Stennert;Wolfram F. Neiss

  • Galectin-3 is upregulated in microglial cells in response to ischemic brain lesions, but not to facial nerve axotomy

    Michael Walther;Stephan Kuklinski;Penka Pesheva;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius

  • Tenascin-R Is Antiadhesive for Activated Microglia that Induce Downregulation of the Protein after Peripheral Nerve Injury: a New Role in Neuronal Protection

    Doychin N. Angelov;Michael Walther;Michael Streppel;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius

  • The hypoglossal-facial anastomosis as model of neuronal plasticity in the rat.

    Wolfram F. Neiss;Orlando Guntinas Lichius;Doychin N. Angelov;Andreas Gunkel

  • Contralateral trigeminal nerve lesion reduces polyneuronal muscle innervation after facial nerve repair in rats.

    Doychin N. Angelov;Emmanouil Skouras;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Michael Streppel

  • Ablation of adhesion molecule L1 in mice favours Schwann cell proliferation and functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury

    Daria Guseva;Doychin N. Angelov;Andrey Irintchev;Andrey Irintchev;Melitta Schachner;Melitta Schachner;Melitta Schachner

  • Reversal of neuromotor and cognitive dysfunction in an enriched environment combined with multimodal early onset stimulation after traumatic brain injury in rats.

    Marc Maegele;Marcela Lippert-Gruener;Thorsten Ester-Bode;Stefan Sauerland

  • The axotomy-induced neuropeptides galanin and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide promote axonal sprouting of primary afferent and cranial motor neurones.

    Victor Suarez;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Michael Streppel;Shota Ingorokva

  • Slow Axonal Regrowth But Extreme Hyperinnervation of Target Muscle After Suture of the Facial Nerve in Aged Rats

    M Streppel;D.N Angelov;O Guntinas-Lichius;R.-D Hilgers

  • Increased expression of ICAM-1, VCAM-1, MCP-1, and MIP-1α by spinal perivascular macrophages during experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in rats

    Nils Hofmann;Nina Lachnit;Michael Streppel;Brigitte Witter

  • The pros and cons of growth factors and cytokines in peripheral axon regeneration.

    Lars Klimaschewski;Barbara Hausott;Doychin N Angelov

  • Opposite impacts of tenascin-C and tenascin-R deficiency in mice on the functional outcome of facial nerve repair.

    Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Doychin N. Angelov;Fabio Morellini;Mithra Lenzen

  • Hypoglossal and reticular interneurons involved in oro-facial coordination in the rat.

    Anastas S. Popratiloff;Michael Streppel;Agnés Gruart;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfram F. Neiss
Wolfram F. Neiss University of Cologne
Sarah A. Dunlop
Sarah A. Dunlop University of Western Australia
Agnès Gruart
Agnès Gruart Pablo de Olavide University
Tessa Gordon
Tessa Gordon University of Alberta
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
José M. Delgado-García
José M. Delgado-García Pablo de Olavide University
Wolfgang H. R. Miltner
Wolfgang H. R. Miltner Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Robert Nitsch
Robert Nitsch University of Münster
Otto W. Witte
Otto W. Witte Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Mary P. Galea
Mary P. Galea University of Melbourne

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