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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1972 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Richard E. Zigmond is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with notable work in the subfields of neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, immunology, developmental neuroscience, and molecular biology.

Their scientific contributions center on topics including:

  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neutrophil, myeloperoxidase, and oxidative mechanisms
  • S100 proteins and annexins
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Wound healing and treatments

Recent publications by Richard E. Zigmond include:

  • "The primary macrophage chemokine, CCL2, is not necessary after a peripheral nerve injury for macrophage recruitment and activation or for conditioning lesion enhanced peripheral regeneration" (2022, Journal of Neuroinflammation)
  • "Neutrophil biology in injuries and diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems" (2023, Progress in Neurobiology)
  • "Detection of Neutrophils in the Sciatic Nerve Following Peripheral Nerve Injury" (2020, Methods in molecular biology)
  • "Neither injury induced macrophages within the nerve, nor the environment created by Wallerian degeneration is necessary for enhanced in vivo axon regeneration after peripheral nerve injury" (2024, Journal of Neuroinflammation)
  • "CXCR2 mediated trafficking of neutrophils and neutrophil extracellular traps are required for myelin clearance after a peripheral nerve injury" (2024, Experimental Neurology)

Their frequent co-authors include Jon P. Niemi, Brian Balog, Aaron D. Talsma, Anisha Sonti, and Joel S. Pachter.

Publication venues where Richard E. Zigmond has contributed multiple articles include:

  • Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • Experimental Neurology
  • Progress in Neurobiology
  • Methods in molecular biology

Richard E. Zigmond has been recognized with awards such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005 and Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1972.

Best Publications

  • Acute regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase by nerve activity and by neurotransmitters via phosphorylation.

    Richard E. Zigmond;M. A. Schwarzschild;A. R. Rittenhouse

  • Modulation of NMDA receptor-dependent calcium influx and gene expression through EphB receptors.

    Mari A. Takasu;Matthew B. Dalva;Richard E. Zigmond;Michael E. Greenberg

  • Macrophage biology in the peripheral nervous system after injury

    Richard E. Zigmond;Franklin D. Echevarria

  • Leukemia inhibitory factor mediates an injury response but not a target-directed developmental transmitter switch in sympathetic neurons

    M.S. Rao;M.S. Rao;Y. Sun;J.L. Escary;J. Perreau

  • Selective retention of oestradiol by cell nuclei in specific brain regions of the ovariectomized rat.

    R. E. Zigmond;B. S. McEwen

  • Increased tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the locus coeruleus of rat brain stem after reserpine treatment and cold stress

    R.E. Zigmond;F. Schon;L.L. Iversen

  • Localization of neurons in the rat spinal cord which project to the superior cervical ganglion.

    T. A. Rando;C. W. Bowers;R. E. Zigmond

  • Nerve growth factor antiserum induces axotomy-like changes in neuropeptide expression in intact sympathetic and sensory neurons.

    Annette M. Shadiack;Yi Sun;Richard E. Zigmond

  • A critical role for macrophages near axotomized neuronal cell bodies in stimulating nerve regeneration.

    Jon P. Niemi;Alicia DeFrancesco-Lisowitz;Lilinete Roldán-Hernández;Jane A. Lindborg

  • Localization of neurons in the rat superior cervical ganglion that project into different postganglionic trunks.

    C. W. Bowers;R. E. Zigmond

  • Neonatal androgen effects on sexual and non-sexual behavior of adult rats tested under various hormone regimes

    D.W. Pfaff;R.E. Zigmond

  • The neuroimmunology of degeneration and regeneration in the peripheral nervous system

    A. DeFrancesco-Lisowitz;J.A. Lindborg;J.P. Niemi;R.E. Zigmond

  • Involvement of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor in the Increases in Galanin and Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide mRNA and the Decreases in Neuropeptide Y and Tyrosine Hydroxylase mRNA in Sympathetic Neurons After Axotomy

    Y. Sun;R. E. Zigmond

  • Neutrophils Are Critical for Myelin Removal in a Peripheral Nerve Injury Model of Wallerian Degeneration.

    Jane A. Lindborg;Matthias Mack;Richard E. Zigmond

  • Regional distribution of choline acetyltransferase and acetylcholinesterase within the amygdaloid complex and stria terminalis system

    Y. Ben-Ari;R.E. Zigmond;C.C.D. Shute;P.R. Lewis

  • Regulation of vasoactive intestinal peptide expression in sympathetic neurons in culture and after axotomy: the role of cholinergic differentiation factor/leukemia inhibitory factor.

    Yi Sun;Mahendra S. Rao;Richard E. Zigmond;Story C. Landis

  • Phenotypic plasticity in adult sympathetic ganglia in vivo: effects of deafferentation and axotomy on the expression of vasoactive intestinal peptide

    H Hyatt-Sachs;RC Schreiber;TA Bennett;RE Zigmond

  • Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor Induced in the Sciatic Nerve after Axotomy is Involved in the Induction of Galanin in Sensory Neurons

    Y. Sun;R. E. Zigmond

  • Novel changes in gene expression following axotomy of a sympathetic ganglion: A microarray analysis

    Kristen L. Boeshore;Rebecca C. Schreiber;Stacey A. Vaccariello;Hilary Hyatt Sachs

  • Changes in neuropeptide phenotype after axotomy of adult peripheral neurons and the role of leukemia inhibitory factor.

    Zigmond Re;Hyatt-Sachs H;Mohney Rp;Schreiber Rc

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy Y. Ip
Nancy Y. Ip Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yehezkel Ben-Ari
Yehezkel Ben-Ari Neurochlore (France)
Hermann Rohrer
Hermann Rohrer Goethe University Frankfurt
Elias Aizenman
Elias Aizenman University of Pittsburgh
Tong H. Joh
Tong H. Joh Cornell University
Evan S. Deneris
Evan S. Deneris Case Western Reserve University
Michael E. Greenberg
Michael E. Greenberg Harvard University
Rajiv R. Ratan
Rajiv R. Ratan Cornell University
Richard M. Ransohoff
Richard M. Ransohoff Harvard University
Junghee Lee
Junghee Lee University of California, Los Angeles

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