Hans Thoenen

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

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  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