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2023

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2001 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Neurosciences
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Martin E. Schwab is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research spans several interconnected fields, focusing mainly on Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, Schwab's work emphasizes subfields such as Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Urology.

The scientist's work predominantly addresses topics including nerve injury and regeneration, spinal cord injury research, urinary bladder and prostate research, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, urological disorders and treatments, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and transcranial magnetic stimulation studies.

Martin E. Schwab has contributed to multiple publication venues with frequent outputs appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Neurotherapeutics
  • European Urology Focus
  • International Journal of Oral Science

Recent published papers include:

  • A Practical Guide to the Automated Analysis of Vascular Growth, Maturation and Injury in the Brain, 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Characterization of the Blood Brain Barrier Disruption in the Photothrombotic Stroke Model, 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • The Gigantocellular Reticular Nucleus Plays a Significant Role in Locomotor Recovery after Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Intranasal delivery of full-length anti-Nogo-A antibody: A potential alternative route for therapeutic antibodies to central nervous system targets, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Stimulation of the cuneiform nucleus enables training and boosts recovery after spinal cord injury, 2022, Brain

Schwab has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Michael Maurer, Ruslan Rust, Anna-Sophie Hofer, Myriam I. Scheuber, and Andrea M. Sartori. These partnerships have contributed to a wide range of research publications and projects.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Martin E. Schwab was awarded membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2001, specifically noted for work in Neurosciences. Additionally, Schwab is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Nogo-A is a myelin-associated neurite outgrowth inhibitor and an antigen for monoclonal antibody IN-1

    M S Chen;A B Huber;M E van der Haar;M Frank

  • Axonal regeneration in the rat spinal cord produced by an antibody against myelin-associated neurite growth inhibitors.

    Lisa Schnell;Martin E. Schwab

  • Degeneration and regeneration of axons in the lesioned spinal cord

    Martin E. Schwab;Deborah Bartholdi

  • The injured spinal cord spontaneously forms a new intraspinal circuit in adult rats.

    Florence M Bareyre;Florence M Bareyre;Martin Kerschensteiner;Martin Kerschensteiner;Olivier Raineteau;Thomas C Mettenleiter

  • Two membrane protein fractions from rat central myelin with inhibitory properties for neurite growth and fibroblast spreading.

    P Caroni;M E Schwab

  • Antibody against myelin-associated inhibitor of neurite growth neutralizes nonpermissive substrate properties of CNS white matter

    Pico Caroni;Martin E. Schwab

  • Neurotrophin-3 enhances sprouting of corticospinal tract during development and after adult spinal cord lesion.

    Lisa Schnell;Regula Schneider;Roland Kolbeck;Yves-Alain Barde

  • Plasticity of motor systems after incomplete spinal cord injury

    Olivier Raineteau;Martin E. Schwab

  • Recovery from spinal cord injury mediated by antibodies to neurite growth inhibitors

    Barbara S. Bregman;Ellen Kunkel-Bagden;Lisa Schnell;Hai Ning Dai

  • Oligodendrocytes and CNS myelin are nonpermissive substrates for neurite growth and fibroblast spreading in vitro

    Martin E. Schwab;Pica Caroni

  • On the cellular source and function of interleukin 6 produced in the central nervous system in viral diseases.

    Karl Frei;Ursula V. Malipiero;Thomas P. Leist;Rolf M. Zinkernagel

  • Nogo and axon regeneration

    Martin E Schwab

  • In vivo imaging of axonal degeneration and regeneration in the injured spinal cord.

    Martin Kerschensteiner;Martin E Schwab;Jeff W Lichtman;Thomas Misgeld

  • Inhibitors of neurite growth.

    M. E. Schwab;J. P. Kapfhammer;C. E. Bandtlow

  • Secondary Cell Death and the Inflammatory Reaction After Dorsal Hemisection of the Rat Spinal Cord

    I. Dusart;M. E. Schwab

  • Patterns of Nogo mRNA and Protein Expression in the Developing and Adult Rat and After CNS Lesions

    Andrea B. Huber;Oliver Weinmann;Christian Brösamle;Thomas Oertle

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor supports the survival of cultured rat retinal ganglion cells

    JE Johnson;YA Barde;M Schwab;H Thoenen

  • Repairing the Injured Spinal Cord

    Martin E. Schwab

  • Combining Schwann Cell Bridges and Olfactory-Ensheathing Glia Grafts with Chondroitinase Promotes Locomotor Recovery after Complete Transection of the Spinal Cord

    Karim Fouad;Lisa Schnell;Lisa Schnell;Mary B. Bunge;Martin E. Schwab;Martin E. Schwab

  • Specific retrograde transport of nerve growth factor (NGF) from neocortex to nucleus basalis in the rat

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  • Nogo-A Inhibits Neurite Outgrowth and Cell Spreading with Three Discrete Regions

    Thomas Oertle;Marjan E. van der Haar;Christine E. Bandtlow;Anna Robeva

Frequent Co-Authors

Lisa Schnell
Lisa Schnell University of Zurich
Hans Thoenen
Hans Thoenen Max Planck Society
Karim Fouad
Karim Fouad University of Alberta
Eric M. Rouiller
Eric M. Rouiller University of Fribourg
Volker Dietz
Volker Dietz University of Zurich
Olivier Raineteau
Olivier Raineteau Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Paolo Paganetti
Paolo Paganetti Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Doron Merkler
Doron Merkler University of Geneva
Gerlinde A. S. Metz
Gerlinde A. S. Metz University of Lethbridge
Jocelyne Bloch
Jocelyne Bloch University of Lausanne

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