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Philip J. Horner

Philip J. Horner

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Neuroscience

D-Index
57
Citations
13041
World Ranking
4321
National Ranking
1959

Overview

Philip J. Horner is affiliated with Houston Methodist in the United States. Their research contributions primarily fall within the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, and Molecular Biology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Spinal Cord Injury Research
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Nerve Injury and Regeneration
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity Mechanisms
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research

Philip J. Horner's scientific output includes recent publications on diverse aspects of neuroscience and neural engineering. Selected recent papers are:

  • "Changes in daily mental health service use and mortality at the commencement and lifting of COVID-19 'lockdown' policy in 10 UK sites: a regression discontinuity in time design," 2021, BMJ Open
  • "Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation improves postural stability in individuals with multiple sclerosis," 2021, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • "Assessing Gq-GPCR-induced human astrocyte reactivity using bioengineered neural organoids," 2022, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • "A micro-LED implant and technique for optogenetic stimulation of the rat spinal cord," 2020, Experimental Neurology
  • "Glial progenitor heterogeneity and key regulators revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing provide insight to regeneration in spinal cord injury," 2023, Cell Reports

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Experimental Neurology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Neural Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • BMJ Open

Collaborations are an important part of their work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Dimitry G. Sayenko
  • Matthew Hogan
  • Cinzia Stigliano
  • Alexander G. Steele
  • Amir H. Faraji

Best Publications

  • Regenerating the damaged central nervous system

    Philip J. Horner;Fred H. Gage

  • Proliferation and differentiation of progenitor cells throughout the intact adult rat spinal cord

    Philip J. Horner;Ann E. Power;Gerd Kempermann;Gerd Kempermann;H. Georg Kuhn

  • Adult Spinal Cord Stem Cells Generate Neurons after Transplantation in the Adult Dentate Gyrus

    Lamya S. Shihabuddin;Philip J. Horner;Jasodhara Ray;Fred H. Gage

  • Neurotrophin-3 and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Induce Oligodendrocyte Proliferation and Myelination of Regenerating Axons in the Contused Adult Rat Spinal Cord

    Dana M. McTigue;Philip J. Horner;Bradford T. Stokes;Fred H. Gage

  • Progressive Ganglion Cell Degeneration Precedes Neuronal Loss in a Mouse Model of Glaucoma

    Brian P. Buckingham;Denise M. Inman;Wendi Lambert;Ericka Oglesby

  • Distal axonopathy with structural persistence in glaucomatous neurodegeneration

    Samuel D. Crish;Rebecca M. Sappington;Denise M. Inman;Philip J. Horner

  • Reduced retina microglial activation and improved optic nerve integrity with minocycline treatment in the DBA/2J mouse model of glaucoma.

    Alejandra Bosco;Denise M. Inman;Michael R. Steele;Guangming Wu

  • TWIST1 promotes invasion through mesenchymal change in human glioblastoma

    Svetlana A. Mikheeva;Andrei M. Mikheev;Audrey Petit;Richard Beyer

  • A Quantitative Spatial Analysis of the Blood–Spinal Cord Barrier: I. Permeability Changes after Experimental Spinal Contusion Injury

    Phillip G. Popovich;Philip J. Horner;Bradford B. Mullin;Bradford T. Stokes

  • Retinal Ganglion Cells Downregulate Gene Expression and Lose Their Axons within the Optic Nerve Head in a Mouse Glaucoma Model

    Ileana Soto;Ileana Soto;Ericka Oglesby;Brian P. Buckingham;Janice L. Son

  • Fate of endogenous stem/progenitor cells following spinal cord injury.

    Laura Lynn Horky;Francesco Galimi;Fred H. Gage;Philip J. Horner

  • Differential progression of structural and functional alterations in distinct retinal ganglion cell types in a mouse model of glaucoma.

    Luca Della Santina;Denise M. Inman;Caroline B. Lupien;Philip J. Horner

  • Reactive nonproliferative gliosis predominates in a chronic mouse model of glaucoma.

    Denise M. Inman;P. J. Horner

  • Microarray analysis of retinal gene expression in the DBA/2J model of glaucoma.

    Michael R. Steele;Denise M. Inman;David J. Calkins;Philip J. Horner

  • A Conditional Deletion of the NR1 Subunit of the NMDA Receptor in Adult Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn Reduces NMDA Currents and Injury-Induced Pain

    Samantha M. South;Tatsuro Kohno;Brian K. Kaspar;Deborah Hegarty

  • No evidence for chronic demyelination in spared axons after spinal cord injury in a mouse.

    Jurate Lasiene;Larry Shupe;Steve Perlmutter;Philip Horner

  • New roles for astrocytes: The nightlife of an ‘astrocyte’. La vida loca!

    Philip J Horner;Theo D Palmer

  • Defining the NG2-expressing cell of the adult CNS.

    Philip J. Horner;Michaela Thallmair;Fred H. Gage

  • Nonviral approaches for neuronal delivery of nucleic acids.

    Jamie M. Bergen;In Kyu Park;Philip J. Horner;Suzie H. Pun

  • Metabolic vulnerability disposes retinal ganglion cell axons to dysfunction in a model of glaucomatous degeneration

    Selva Baltan;Denise M. Inman;Camelia A. Danilov;Richard S. Morrison

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Calkins
David J. Calkins Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Monica L. Vetter
Monica L. Vetter University of Utah
Bradford T. Stokes
Bradford T. Stokes The Ohio State University
Lorne M. Mendell
Lorne M. Mendell Stony Brook University
Theo D. Palmer
Theo D. Palmer Stanford University
Gerd Kempermann
Gerd Kempermann German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Phillip G. Popovich
Phillip G. Popovich The Ohio State University
Howard J. Federoff
Howard J. Federoff University of California, Irvine
Lisa Schnell
Lisa Schnell University of Zurich

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