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122
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World Ranking
362
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218

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1985 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1979 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Louis F. Reichardt is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with subfields including Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, notably:

  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Elasticity and Material Modeling
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

Louis F. Reichardt has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers including:

  • Conditional Deletion of Focal Adhesion Kinase Leads to Defects in Ventricular Septation and Outflow Tract Alignment, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Myocyte-Restricted Focal Adhesion Kinase Deletion Attenuates Pressure Overload-Induced Hypertrophy, 2020, UNC Libraries

The scientist has collaborated with a range of co-authors, among the most frequent are:

  • Laura A. DiMichele
  • Z. S. Hakim
  • J. T. Doherty
  • Jonathon W. Homeister
  • H. E. Beggs

Louis F. Reichardt's publications have appeared predominantly in UNC Libraries, which is noted as a frequent venue for their work.

They have received multiple recognitions, including fellowships from several prestigious organizations:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1992
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1985
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1979

Best Publications

  • Neurotrophins: roles in neuronal development and function.

    Eric J Huang;Louis F Reichardt

  • Trk receptors: roles in neuronal signal transduction.

    Eric J. Huang;Louis F. Reichardt

  • Neurotrophin-regulated signalling pathways

    Louis F Reichardt

  • Trk receptors: mediators of neurotrophin action

    Ardem Patapoutian;Louis F Reichardt

  • Renal and neuronal abnormalities in mice lacking GDNF.

    Mark W. Moore;Robert D. Klein;Isabel Fariñas;Hansjorg Sauer

  • The trkB tyrosine protein kinase is a receptor for brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3

    Rüdiger Klein;Venkata Nanduri;Shuqian Jing;Fabienne Lamballe

  • Targeted disruption of the BDNF gene perturbs brain and sensory neuron development but not motor neuron development

    Kevin R. Jones;Isabel Fariñas;Carey Backus;Louis F. Reichardt

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor regulates energy balance downstream of melanocortin-4 receptor

    Baoji Xu;Evan H Goulding;Keling Zang;David Cepoi

  • Extracellular Matrix Molecules and their Receptors: Functions in Neural Development

    Louis F. Reichardt;Kevin J. Tomaselli

  • Severe sensory and sympathetic deficits in mice lacking neurotrophin-3

    Isabel Fariñas;Kevin R. Jones;Carey Backus;Xiao-Yun Wang

  • Identification of a synaptic vesicle-specific membrane protein with a wide distribution in neuronal and neurosecretory tissue.

    W D Matthew;L Tsavaler;L F Reichardt

  • Studies on the expression of the beta nerve growth factor (NGF) gene in the central nervous system: level and regional distribution of NGF mRNA suggest that NGF functions as a trophic factor for several distinct populations of neurons

    David L. Shelton;Louis F. Reichardt

  • Expression of the beta-nerve growth factor gene correlates with the density of sympathetic innervation in effector organs.

    David L. Shelton;Louis F. Reichardt

  • Depolarization and cAMP Elevation Rapidly Recruit TrkB to the Plasma Membrane of CNS Neurons

    Anke Meyer-Franke;George A Wilkinson;Alex Kruttgen;Minjie Hu

  • Naturally Occurring Truncated trkB Receptors Have Dominant Inhibitory Effects on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Signaling

    Fernette F. Eide;Ella R. Vining;Brock L. Eide;Keling Zang

  • GFRα1 Is an Essential Receptor Component for GDNF in the Developing Nervous System and Kidney

    Grace Cacalano;Isabel Fariñas;Li-Chong Wang;Kelly Hagler

  • Culturing pyramidal neurons from the early postnatal mouse hippocampus and cortex

    Gerard M J Beaudoin;Gerard M J Beaudoin;Seung Hye Lee;Seung Hye Lee;Dipika Singh;Yang Yuan

  • The trk tyrosine protein kinase mediates the mitogenic properties of nerve growth factor and neurotrophin-3.

    Carlos Cordon-Cardo;Peter Tapley;Shuqian Jing;Venkata Nanduri

  • Loss of integrin αvβ8 on dendritic cells causes autoimmunity and colitis in mice

    Mark A. Travis;Boris Reizis;Andrew C. Melton;Emma Masteller

  • Molecular cloning of a human gene that is a member of the nerve growth factor family.

    Kevin R. Jones;Louis F. Reichardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabel Fariñas
Isabel Fariñas University of Valencia
Kevin R. Jones
Kevin R. Jones University of Colorado Boulder
Baoji Xu
Baoji Xu Scripps Research Institute
Ulrich Müller
Ulrich Müller Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Bernd Fritzsch
Bernd Fritzsch University of Nebraska Medical Center
David W. Sretavan
David W. Sretavan University of California, San Francisco
John L. Bixby
John L. Bixby University of Miami
Erik M. Ullian
Erik M. Ullian University of California, San Francisco
Salvatore Carbonetto
Salvatore Carbonetto McGill University
William C. Mobley
William C. Mobley University of California, San Diego

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