Peter J. Brophy

Peter J. Brophy 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 Peter J. Brophy sits on this spectrum.

Peter J. Brophy 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 Peter J. Brophy sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Best Publications

• Mechanisms of axon ensheathment and myelin growth.

  Diane L. Sherman;Peter J. Brophy

  901
  Citations

• Neurofascins are required to establish axonal domains for saltatory conduction.

  Diane L. Sherman;Steven Tait;Shona Melrose;Richard Johnson

  392
  Citations

• An Oligodendrocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule at the Site of Assembly of the Paranodal Axo-Glial Junction

  Steven Tait;Frank Gunn-Moore;J. Martin Collinson;Jeffery Huang

  361
  Citations

• Neurofascin Is a Glial Receptor for the Paranodin/Caspr-Contactin Axonal Complex at the Axoglial Junction

  Perrine Charles;Steven Tait;Catherine Faivre-Sarrailh;Gilles Barbin

  351
  Citations

• Protein zero of peripheral nerve myelin: Biosynthesis, membrane insertion, and evidence for homotypic interaction

  Unknown

  296
  Citations

• Unique Role of Dystroglycan in Peripheral Nerve Myelination, Nodal Structure, and Sodium Channel Stabilization

  Fumiaki Saito;Steven A Moore;Rita Barresi;Michael D Henry

  290
  Citations

• Peripheral Demyelination and Neuropathic Pain Behavior in Periaxin-Deficient Mice

  C.Stewart Gillespie;Diane L. Sherman;Susan M. Fleetwood-Walker;David F. Cottrell

  288
  Citations

• Molecular domains of myelinated axons in the peripheral nervous system

  James L. Salzer;Peter J. Brophy;Elior Peles

  257
  Citations

• Specific Disruption of a Schwann Cell Dystrophin-Related Protein Complex in a Demyelinating Neuropathy

  Diane L Sherman;Cinzia Fabrizi;C.Stewart Gillespie;Peter J Brophy

  256
  Citations

• Glial and neuronal isoforms of Neurofascin have distinct roles in the assembly of nodes of Ranvier in the central nervous system.

  Barbara Zonta;Steven Tait;Shona Melrose;Heather Anderson

  254
  Citations

• Activated Microglia Mediate Axoglial Disruption That Contributes to Axonal Injury in Multiple Sclerosis

  Owain W. Howell;Jon L. Rundle;Anurag Garg;Masayuki Komada

  254
  Citations

• A mutation in periaxin is responsible for CMT4F, an autosomal recessive form of Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease

  Angèle Guilbot;Anna Williams;Nicole Ravisé;Christophe Verny

  252
  Citations

• Uncoupling of hypomyelination and glial cell death by a mutation in the proteolipid protein gene

  Armin Schneider;Paul Montague;Paul Montague;Ian Griffiths;Monica Fanarraga

  239
  Citations

• Novel E-cadherin-mediated adhesion in peripheral nerve: Schwann cell architecture is stabilized by autotypic adherens junctions [published erratum appears in J Cell Biol 1995 Jun;129(6):1721]

  Unknown

  227
  Citations

• Disruption of neurofascin localization reveals early changes preceding demyelination and remyelination in multiple sclerosis.

  O W Howell;A Palser;A Polito;S Melrose

  225
  Citations

• Periaxin, a novel protein of myelinating schwann cells with a possible role in axonal ensheathment

  Unknown

  218
  Citations

• A glial signal consisting of Gliomedin and NrCAM clusters axonal Na+ channels during the formation of nodes of Ranvier

  Konstantin Feinberg;Yael Eshed-Eisenbach;Shahar Frechter;Veronique Amor

  216
  Citations

• Restricted growth of Schwann cells lacking Cajal bands slows conduction in myelinated nerves

  Felipe A. Court;Diane L. Sherman;Thomas Pratt;Emer M. Garry

  203
  Citations

• Focal Lysolecithin-Induced Demyelination of Peripheral Afferents Results in Neuropathic Pain Behavior That Is Attenuated by Cannabinoids

  Victoria C. J. Wallace;David F. Cottrell;Peter J. Brophy;Susan M. Fleetwood-Walker

  183
  Citations

• Periaxin expression in myelinating Schwann cells : Modulation by axon-glial interactions and polarized localization during development

  Steven S. Scherer;Yi-tian Xu;Peter G. C. Bannerman;Diane L. Sherman

  178
  Citations

• Role for the oligodendrocyte cytoskeleton in myelination

  Unknown

  172
  Citations

• A Critical Role for Neurofascin in Regulating Action Potential Initiation through Maintenance of the Axon Initial Segment

  Barbara Zonta;Anne Desmazieres;Arianna Rinaldi;Steven Tait

  156
  Citations

• Arrest of Myelination and Reduced Axon Growth When Schwann Cells Lack mTOR

  Diane L Sherman;Michiel Krols;Lai-Man N Wu;Matthew Grove

  153
  Citations

• FAK is required for axonal sorting by Schwann cells

  Matthew Grove;Noboru H. Komiyama;Klaus-Armin Nave;Seth G. Grant

  143
  Citations

• Rapid Disruption of Axon–Glial Integrity in Response to Mild Cerebral Hypoperfusion

  Michell Mario Reimer;Jamie McQueen;Luke Searcy;Gillian Scullion

  143
  Citations

• Overlapping functions of the cell adhesion molecules Nr-CAM and L1 in cerebellar granule cell development

  Takeshi Sakurai;Marc Lustig;Joanne Babiarz;Andrew J.W. Furley

  133
  Citations

• Periaxin mutations cause a broad spectrum of demyelinating neuropathies

  Hiroshi Takashima;Cornelius F. Boerkoel;Peter De Jonghe;Chantal Ceuterick

  119
  Citations