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D-Index
40
Citations
7297
World Ranking
8046
National Ranking
675

Karen Gertz 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 Karen Gertz sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 106 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Karen Gertz 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 Karen Gertz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Atorvastatin Upregulates Type III Nitric Oxide Synthase in Thrombocytes, Decreases Platelet Activation, and Protects From Cerebral Ischemia in Normocholesterolemic Mice

    Ulrich Laufs;Karen Gertz;Paul Huang;Georg Nickenig

  • Mechanisms of stroke protection by physical activity

    Matthias Endres;Karen Gertz;Ute Lindauer;Juri Katchanov

  • Rosuvastatin, a new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, upregulates endothelial nitric oxide synthase and protects from ischemic stroke in mice.

    Ulrich Laufs;Karen Gertz;Ulrich Dirnagl;Michael Böhm

  • Suppression of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Production After Withdrawal of Statin Treatment Is Mediated by Negative Feedback Regulation of Rho GTPase Gene Transcription

    Ulrich Laufs;Matthias Endres;Florian Custodis;Karen Gertz

  • CNS Myelin Wrapping Is Driven by Actin Disassembly

    J. Bradley Zuchero;Meng-meng Fu;Steven A. Sloan;Adiljan Ibrahim

  • Protective effects of PJ34, a novel, potent inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in in vitro and in vivo models of stroke.

    Galaleldin E. Abdelkarim;Karen Gertz;Christoph Harms;Juri Katchanov

  • Physical Activity Improves Long-Term Stroke Outcome via Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase–Dependent Augmentation of Neovascularization and Cerebral Blood Flow

    Karen Gertz;Josef Priller;Golo Kronenberg;Klaus B. Fink

  • Mild cerebral ischemia induces loss of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and activation of cell cycle machinery before delayed neuronal cell death.

    Juri Katchanov;Christoph Harms;Karen Gertz;Ludger Hauck

  • Vascular Effects of Diet Supplementation With Plant Sterols

    Oliver Weingärtner;Dieter Lütjohann;Shengbo Ji;Nicole Weisshoff

  • Essential role of interleukin-6 in post-stroke angiogenesis.

    Karen Gertz;Golo Kronenberg;Roland E. Kälin;Tina Baldinger

  • Withdrawal of statin treatment abrogates stroke protection in mice

    Karen Gertz;Ulrich Laufs;Ute Lindauer;Georg Nickenig

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder and beyond: an overview of rodent stress models.

    Johanna Schöner;Andreas Heinz;Matthias Endres;Karen Gertz

  • Exofocal Dopaminergic Degeneration as Antidepressant Target in Mouse Model of Poststroke Depression

    Golo Kronenberg;Mustafa Balkaya;Vincent Prinz;Karen Gertz

  • Intravenous Rosuvastatin for Acute Stroke Treatment An Animal Study

    Vincent Prinz;Ulrich Laufs;Karen Gertz;Golo Kronenberg

  • Protein kinase CK2 links extracellular growth factor signaling with the control of p27 Kip1 stability in the heart

    Ludger Hauck;Christoph Harms;Junfeng An;Jens Rohne

  • Inhibition of histone deacetylation protects wildtype but not gelsolin-deficient mice from ischemic brain injury.

    Ferah Yildirim;Karen Gertz;Golo Kronenberg;Christoph Harms

  • Hyperbaric oxygenation induced tolerance against focal cerebral ischemia in mice is strain dependent.

    Konstantin Prass;Frank Wiegand;Pascale Schumann;Melanie Ahrens

  • Folate Deficiency Induces Neurodegeneration and Brain Dysfunction in Mice Lacking Uracil DNA Glycosylase

    Golo Kronenberg;Christoph Harms;Robert W. Sobol;Fernando Cardozo-Pelaez

  • Characterization of long-term functional outcome in a murine model of mild brain ischemia.

    Mustafa Balkaya;Jan Kröber;Karen Gertz;Sarah Peruzzaro

  • The ectonucleotidase cd39/ENTPDase1 modulates purinergic-mediated microglial migration.

    Katrin Färber;Sören Markworth;Ulrike Pannasch;Christiane Nolte

  • Selective neuronal vulnerability following mild focal brain ischemia in the mouse.

    Juri Katchanov;Christian Waeber;Karen Gertz;Andrea Gietz

Frequent Co-Authors

Golo Kronenberg
Golo Kronenberg University of Leicester
Matthias Endres
Matthias Endres Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ulrich Dirnagl
Ulrich Dirnagl Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ulrich Laufs
Ulrich Laufs Saarland University
Helmut Kettenmann
Helmut Kettenmann Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Josef Priller
Josef Priller Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Georg Nickenig
Georg Nickenig University of Bonn
Michael Böhm
Michael Böhm Saarland University
Isabella Heuser
Isabella Heuser Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Gerd Kempermann
Gerd Kempermann German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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