Franz Hefti

Franz Hefti 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 Franz Hefti sits on this spectrum.

Franz Hefti 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 Franz Hefti sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Nerve growth factor promotes survival of septal cholinergic neurons after fimbrial transections

  Unknown

  1455
  Citations

• Distinct Mechanism for Antidepressant Activity by Blockade of Central Substance P Receptors

  Mark S. Kramer;Neal Cutler;John Feighner;Ram Shrivastava

  1372
  Citations

• Characterization of a multicomponent receptor for GDNF

  James J. S. Treanor;Laurie Goodman;Frederic de Sauvage;Donna M. Stone

  1344
  Citations

• Early role of vascular dysregulation on late-onset Alzheimer’s disease based on multifactorial data-driven analysis

  Y. Iturria-Medina;R. C. Sotero;P. J. Toussaint;J. M. Mateos-Pérez

  1176
  Citations

• Mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons protected by GDNF from axotomy-induced degeneration in the adult brain

  Klaus D. Beck;Janet Valverde;Tajrena Alexi;Kris Poulsen

  1001
  Citations

• Igf1 gene disruption results in reduced brain size, CNS hypomyelination, and loss of hippocampal granule and striatal parvalbumin-containing neurons

  K D Beck;L Powell-Braxton;H R Widmer;J Valverde

  947
  Citations

• Precursor control of neurotransmitter synthesis.

  R J Wurtman;F Hefti;E Melamed

  904
  Citations

• Promotion of central cholinergic and dopaminergic neuron differentiation by brain-derived neurotrophic factor but not neurotrophin 3.

  Beat Knusel;John W. Winslow;Arnon Rosenthal;Louis E. Burton

  900
  Citations

• NGF-Mediated increase of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) in the neonatal rat forebrain: Evidence for a physiological role of NGF in the brain?

  H. Gnahn;F. Hefti;R. Heumann;M.E. Schwab

  835
  Citations

• Selective and nonselective stimulation of central cholinergic and dopaminergic development in vitro by nerve growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, epidermal growth factor, insulin and the insulin-like growth factors I and II

  B Knusel;PP Michel;JS Schwaber;F Hefti

  797
  Citations

• Function of neurotrophic factors in the adult and aging brain and their possible use in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

  F. Hefti;J. Hartikka;B. Knusel

  687
  Citations

• Partial lesions of the dopaminergic nigrostriatal system in rat brain: biochemical characterization

  Franz Hefti;Eldad Melamed;Richard J. Wurtman

  646
  Citations

• Uncovering the heterogeneity and temporal complexity of neurodegenerative diseases with Subtype and Stage Inference

  Alexandra L Young;Razvan V Marinescu;Neil P Oxtoby;Martina Bocchetta

  568
  Citations

• Novel class of pain drugs based on antagonism of NGF

  Franz F. Hefti;Arnon Rosenthal;Patricia A. Walicke;Sean Wyatt

  564
  Citations

• Nerve growth factor and Alzheimer's disease.

  Franz Hefti;William J. Weiner

  541
  Citations

• Nerve growth factor increases choline acetyl-transferase but not survival or fiber outgrowth of cultured fetal septal cholinergic neurons

  F. Hefti;J. Hartikka;F. Eckenstein;H. Gnahn

  532
  Citations

• Toxicity of 6-hydroxydopamine and dopamine for dopaminergic neurons in culture

  P. P. Michel;F. Hefti

  499
  Citations

• Development of septal cholinergic neurons in culture: plating density and glial cells modulate effects of NGF on survival, fiber growth, and expression of transmitter-specific enzymes

  J Hartikka;F Hefti

  471
  Citations

• Chronic intraventricular injections of nerve growth factor elevate hippocampal choline acetyltransferase activity in adult rats with partial septo-hippocampal lesions

  Unknown

  447
  Citations

• Regulated release and polarized localization of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in hippocampal neurons.

  Laurie J. Goodman;Janet Valverde;Filip Lim;Michael D. Geschwind

  416
  Citations