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114
Citations
74791
World Ranking
4625
National Ranking
250

Overview

Helmut Drexler was affiliated with Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Germany. Their research contributions spanned multiple areas within the life sciences, with a focus on neurobiology, insect physiology, ecology, evolution, behavior, and genetics.

The scientist was involved in research topics that included:

  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Their publications addressed interdisciplinary themes within these areas, reflecting a combination of cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as broader ecological and evolutionary considerations.

Two notable papers published by Drexler include:

  • "A Flying Platform to Investigate Neuronal Correlates of Navigation in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)" (2021), published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • "CIB1 is a regulator of pathological cardiac hypertrophy" (2020), published in UNC Libraries

Throughout their career, Drexler collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • Benjamin H. Paffhausen
  • Julian Petrasch
  • Benjamin Wild
  • Thierry Meurers
  • Tobias Schülke

Their research outputs appeared predominantly in these venues:

  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • UNC Libraries

The scientist's subfields of study encompassed:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the ultrasound assessment of endothelial-dependent flow-mediated vasodilation of the brachial artery: A report of the International Brachial Artery Reactivity Task Force

    Mary C Corretti;Todd J Anderson;Emelia J Benjamin;David Celermajer

  • From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

    Morteza Naghavi;Peter Libby;Erling Falk;S. Ward Casscells;S. Ward Casscells

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure: executive summary (update 2005): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Karl Swedberg;John Cleland;Henry Dargie;Helmut Drexler

  • Intracoronary autologous bone-marrow cell transfer after myocardial infarction: the BOOST randomised controlled clinical trial

    Kai C Wollert;Gerd P Meyer;Joachim Lotz;Stefanie Ringes Lichtenberg

  • Ferric Carboxymaltose in Patients with Heart Failure and Iron Deficiency.

    Stefan D. Anker;Josep Comin Colet;Gerasimos Filippatos;Ronnie Willenheimer

  • Role of oxidative stress in atherosclerosis

    David Harrison;Kathy K Griendling;Ulf Landmesser;Burkhard Hornig

  • EuroHeart Failure Survey II (EHFS II): a survey on hospitalized acute heart failure patients: description of population.

    Markku S. Nieminen;Dirk Brutsaert;Kenneth Dickstein;Helmut Drexler

  • Intracoronary bone marrow cell transfer after myocardial infarction: eighteen months' follow-up data from the randomized, controlled BOOST (BOne marrOw transfer to enhance ST-elevation infarct regeneration) trial.

    Gerd P. Meyer;Kai C. Wollert;Joachim Lotz;Jan Steffens

  • Targeted Anticytokine Therapy in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Results of the Randomized Etanercept Worldwide Evaluation (RENEWAL)

    Douglas L. Mann;John J.V. McMurray;Milton Packer;Karl Swedberg

  • Guidelines for cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy: The Task Force for Cardiac Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association.

    Panos E. Vardas;Angelo Auricchio;Jean-Jacques Blanc;Jean-Claude Daubert

  • Endothelial Function A Critical Determinant in Atherosclerosis

    Ulf Landmesser;Burkhard Hornig;Helmut Drexler

  • Monitoring of Bone Marrow Cell Homing Into the Infarcted Human Myocardium

    Michael Hofmann;Kai C. Wollert;Gerd P. Meyer;Alix Menke

  • A Cathepsin D-Cleaved 16 kDa Form of Prolactin Mediates Postpartum Cardiomyopathy

    Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner;Karol Kaminski;Edith Podewski;Tomasz Bonda

  • Endothelium-mediated coronary blood flow modulation in humans. Effects of age, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension.

    A M Zeiher;H Drexler;B Saurbier;H Just

  • Alterations of skeletal muscle in chronic heart failure.

    H Drexler;U Riede;T Münzel;H König

  • Expression of angiotensin II and interleukin 6 in human coronary atherosclerotic plaques: potential implications for inflammation and plaque instability.

    Bernhard Schieffer;Elisabeth Schieffer;Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner;Andres Hilfiker

  • The Transforming Growth Factor-β Superfamily Member Growth-Differentiation Factor-15 Protects the Heart From Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

    Tibor Kempf;Matthias Eden;Jens Strelau;Marian Naguib

  • Guidelines for cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy

    Panos E Vardas;Angelo Auricchio;Jean-Jacques Blanc;Jean-Claude Daubert

  • Effects of high-dose versus low-dose losartan on clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HEAAL study): a randomised, double-blind trial.

    Marvin A Konstam;James D Neaton;Kenneth Dickstein;Kenneth Dickstein;Helmut Drexler

  • Executive summary of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acute heart failure

    Nieminen Ms;Böhm M;Drexler H

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai C. Wollert
Kai C. Wollert Hannover Medical School
Ulf Landmesser
Ulf Landmesser Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner
Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner Hannover Medical School
Kenneth Dickstein
Kenneth Dickstein University of Bergen
Karl Swedberg
Karl Swedberg University of Gothenburg
Markku S. Nieminen
Markku S. Nieminen University of Helsinki
Cecilia Linde
Cecilia Linde Karolinska University Hospital
Gerasimos Filippatos
Gerasimos Filippatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
John G.F. Cleland
John G.F. Cleland University of Glasgow
Jose Lopez-Sendon
Jose Lopez-Sendon Hospital Universitario La Paz

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