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Jonathan A. Raper is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience with significant contributions to cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as sensory systems.

They have authored several recent papers that explore neural development and sensory axon dynamics. Notable publications include:

  • Netrins and Netrin Receptors are Essential for Normal Targeting of Sensory Axons in the Zebrafish Olfactory Bulb, 2022, Neuroscience
  • Loss of Neuropilin2a/b or Sema3fa alters olfactory sensory axon dynamics and protoglomerular targeting, 2022, Neural Development
  • Correction to: Loss of Neuropilin2a/b or Sema3fa alters olfactory sensory axon dynamics and protoglomerular targeting, 2022, Neural Development

The scientist's work covers several main fields of study:

  • Neuroscience
  • Nursing

Additionally, their research spans the following subfields:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Sensory Systems
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Key topics addressed in their studies include:

  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling

Jonathan A. Raper frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors across various studies, including:

  • Puneet Dang
  • Ryan P. Cheng
  • Yoon Ji Moon
  • Alemji A. Taku
  • Vi Pham

Their research has been published predominantly in the venues of Neural Development and Neuroscience, with multiple contributions to each.

Best Publications

  • Collapsin: A protein in brain that induces the collapse and paralysis of neuronal growth cones

    Yuling Luo;David Raible;Jonathan A. Raper

  • Neuropilin-1 mediates collapsin-1/semaphorin III inhibition of endothelial cell motility: functional competition of collapsin-1 and vascular endothelial growth factor-165.

    Hua-Quan Miao;Shay Soker;Leonard Feiner;José Luis Alonso

  • Semaphorins and their receptors in vertebrates and invertebrates.

    Jonathan A Raper

  • Unified nomenclature for the semaphorins/collapsins [1]

    J. A. Bamberg;S. Baumgartner;H. Betz;J. Bolz

  • Collapse of growth cone structure on contact with specific neurites in culture.

    Josef P. Kapfhammer;Jonathan A. Raper

  • The enrichment of a neuronal growth cone collapsing activity from embryonic chick brain.

    Jonathan A. Raper;Josef R. Kapfhammer

  • Targeted disruption of semaphorin 3C leads to persistent truncus arteriosus and aortic arch interruption.

    Leonard Feiner;Andrea L. Webber;Christopher B. Brown;Min Min Lu

  • Extension of neurites on axons is impaired by antibodies against specific neural cell surface glycoproteins.

    S Chang;F G Rathjen;J A Raper

  • Localized collapsing cues can steer growth cones without inducing their full collapse

    Jinhong Fan;Jonathan A Raper

  • The organization of F-actin and microtubules in growth cones exposed to a brain-derived collapsing factor.

    Jinhong Fan;S. G. Mansfield;T. Redmond;P. R. Gordon-Weeks

  • PlexinA2 and semaphorin signaling during cardiac neural crest development.

    Christopher B. Brown;Leonard Feiner;Min-Min Lu;Jun Li

  • Pathfinding by neuronal growth cones in grasshopper embryos. I. Divergent choices made by the growth cones of sibling neurons

    JA Raper;M Bastiani;CS Goodman

  • Pathfinding by neuronal growth cones in grasshopper embryos. II. Selective fasciculation onto specific axonal pathways

    JA Raper;M Bastiani;CS Goodman

  • A Chemokine, SDF-1, Reduces the Effectiveness of Multiple Axonal Repellents and Is Required for Normal Axon Pathfinding

    Sreekanth H. Chalasani;Kimberly A. Sabelko;Mary J. Sunshine;Dan R. Littman

  • A family of molecules related to collapsin in the embryonic chick nervous system

    Yuling Luo;Iain Shepherd;Jie Li;Michael J Renzi

  • Secreted Chick Semaphorins Bind Recombinant Neuropilin with Similar Affinities but Bind Different Subsets of Neurons In Situ

    Leonard Feiner;Adam M Koppel;Hiroaki Kobayashi;Jonathan A Raper

  • DM-GRASP, a novel immunoglobulin superfamily axonal surface protein that supports neurite extension.

    Frank R. Burns;Stephanie von Kannen;Leslie Guy;Jonathan A. Raper

  • Myelin and collapsin-1 induce motor neuron growth cone collapse through different pathways: inhibition of collapse by opposing mutants of rac1.

    Thomas B. Kuhn;Michael D. Brown;Christine L. Wilcox;Jonathan A. Raper

  • Cellular Strategies of Axonal Pathfinding

    Jonathan Raper;Carol Mason

  • Pathfinding by neuronal growth cones in grasshopper embryos. IV. The effects of ablating the A and P axons upon the behavior of the G growth cone

    JA Raper;MJ Bastiani;CS Goodman

Frequent Co-Authors

Maja Bucan
Maja Bucan University of Pennsylvania
Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Virginia M.-Y. Lee University of Pennsylvania
Robert W. Doms
Robert W. Doms Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Louis F. Reichardt
Louis F. Reichardt University of California, San Francisco
Peter Mombaerts
Peter Mombaerts Rockefeller University
Eric Frank
Eric Frank Tufts University

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