Hans Thoenen

Hans Thoenen 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 Hans Thoenen sits on this spectrum.

Hans Thoenen 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 Hans Thoenen sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Neurotrophins and neuronal plasticity.

  Hans Thoenen

  2998
  Citations

• Purification of a new neurotrophic factor from mammalian brain.

  Y.A. Barde;D. Edgar;H. Thoenen

  2633
  Citations

• Physiology of nerve growth factor.

  H Thoenen;Y A Barde

  1955
  Citations

• Molecular cloning and expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

  Joachim Leibrock;Friedrich Lottspeich;Andreas Hohn;Magdalena Hofer

  1935
  Citations

• Hippocampal long-term potentiation is impaired in mice lacking brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

  M Korte;P Carroll;E Wolf;G Brem

  1744
  Citations

• Changes of nerve growth factor synthesis in nonneuronal cells in response to sciatic nerve transection.

  Rolf Heumann;Sigrun Korsching;Christine Bandtlow;Hans Thoenen

  1262
  Citations

• Ciliary neurotrophic factor prevents the degeneration of motor neurons after axotomy

  Michael Sendtner;Georg W. Kreutzberg;Hans Thoenen

  1260
  Citations

• Interleukin-1 regulates synthesis of nerve growth factor in non-neuronal cells of rat sciatic nerve.

  Dan Lindholm;Rolf Heumann;Michael Meyer;Hans Thoenen

  1253
  Citations

• The changing scene of neurotrophic factors

  Hans Thoenen

  1206
  Citations

• Activity dependent regulation of BDNF and NGF mRNAs in the rat hippocampus is mediated by non-NMDA glutamate receptors.

  F Zafra;B Hengerer;J Leibrock;H Thoenen

  1076
  Citations

• Levels of nerve growth factor and its mRNA in the central nervous system of the rat correlate with cholinergic innervation.

  Sigrun I. Korsching;G Auburger;Rolf Heumann;Jacqueline Scott

  1057
  Citations

• Enhanced synthesis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the lesioned peripheral nerve: different mechanisms are responsible for the regulation of BDNF and NGF mRNA.

  Michael Meyer;Ichiro Matsuoka;Cynthia Wetmore;Lars Olson

  1023
  Citations

• Ciliary neurotrophic factor

  Piotr Masiakowski;Vivien Wong;Nikos Panayotatos;Hans Friedrich Erwin Thoenen

  1004
  Citations

• The heparin-binding domain of laminin is responsible for its effects on neurite outgrowth and neuronal survival.

  D Edgar;R Timpl;H Thoenen

  908
  Citations

• Brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevents the death of motoneurons in newborn rats after nerve section.

  M Sendtner;B Holtmann;R Kolbeck;H Thoenen

  903
  Citations

• Differential regulation of mRNA encoding nerve growth factor and its receptor in rat sciatic nerve during development, degeneration, and regeneration: role of macrophages.

  Rolf Heumann;Dan Lindholm;Christine Bandtlow;Michael Meyer

  873
  Citations

• Chemical sympathectomy by selective destruction of adrenergic nerve endings with 6-hydroxydopamine

  Unknown

  862
  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

• Interplay between glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid transmitter systems in the physiological regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor synthesis in hippocampal neurons.

  Francisco Zafra;Eero Castren;Hans Thoenen;Dan Lindholm

  799
  Citations

• Survival effect of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on chick embryonic motoneurons in culture: comparison with other neurotrophic factors and cytokines.

  Yoshihiro Arakawa;Michael Sendtner;Hans Thoenen

  761
  Citations

• Disruption of the CNTF gene results in motor neuron degeneration.

  Yasuo Masu;Eckhard Wolf;Bettina Holtmann;Michael Sendtner

  726
  Citations

• Molecular cloning, expression and regional distribution of rat ciliary neurotrophic factor

  K. A. Stöckli;F. Lottspeich;M. Sendtner;P. Masiakowski

  710
  Citations

• Nerve growth factor in sympathetic ganglia and corresponding target organs of the rat: correlation with density of sympathetic innervation

  S Korsching;H Thoenen

  706
  Citations