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80
Citations
19979
World Ranking
4152
National Ranking
2035

Overview

Richard P. Bunge was affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States during their career in scientific research. They contributed to the academic community primarily through their work in fields related to their expertise, although specific details regarding their main fields of study, subfields, or main topics of work are not available.

No specific recent papers, frequent co-authors, or publication venues are documented for Richard P. Bunge in the provided data, limiting insight into their direct research output or collaborations. Similarly, no information regarding book publications or awards won was available.

The absence of detailed research topics or publication records means the scope of their academic contributions is not well documented here. However, their association with Washington University in St. Louis places them within an institution known for diverse scientific inquiry.

Richard P. Bunge is deceased. The summary of their career thus reflects a retrospective perspective, focusing on the affiliations and the general framework of their academic involvement without specifics about published works or research themes.

Best Publications

  • Evidence that sensory axons are mitogenic for Schwann cells

    Patrick M. Wood;Richard P. Bunge

  • Differentiation of axon-related Schwann cells in vitro. I. Ascorbic acid regulates basal lamina assembly and myelin formation

    C F Eldridge;M B Bunge;R P Bunge;P M Wood

  • Studies of Schwann cell proliferation. I. An analysis in tissue culture of proliferation during development, Wallerian degeneration, and direct injury.

    J L Salzer;R P Bunge

  • In vivo and in vitro observations on laminin production by Schwann cells

    C J Cornbrooks;D J Carey;J A McDonald;R Timpl

  • Schwann cells genetically modified to secrete human BDNF promote enhanced axonal regrowth across transected adult rat spinal cord

    Philippe Menei;Claudia Montero‐Menei;Scott R. Whittemore;Richard P. Bunge

  • Linkage between axonal ensheathment and basal lamina production by Schwann cells.

    R P Bunge;M B Bunge;C F Eldridge

  • Morphological changes in the neuritic growth cone and target neuron during synaptic junction development in culture.

    Rosemary P. Rees;Mary Bartlett Bunge;Richard P. Bunge

  • Effects of calcium ion concentration on the degeneration of amputated axons in tissue culture.

    W. W. Schlaepfer;R. P. Bunge

  • Studies of Schwann cell proliferation. III. Evidence for the surface localization of the neurite mitogen.

    J L Salzer;R P Bunge;L Glaser

  • Electron microscopic demonstration of connections between glia and myelin sheaths in the developing mammalian central nervous system.

    Mary Bartlett Bunge;Richard P. Bunge;George D. Pappas

  • Studies of Schwann cell proliferation. II. Characterization of the stimulation and specificity of the response to a neurite membrane fraction.

    J L Salzer;A K Williams;L Glaser;R P Bunge

  • The onset of synapse formation in spinal cord cultures as studied by electron microscopy

    Mary Bartlett Bunge;Richard P. Bunge;Edith R. Peterson

  • Differentiation of axon-related Schwann cells in vitro: II. Control of myelin formation by basal lamina

    CF Eldridge;MB Bunge;RP Bunge

  • AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY OF CULTURED RAT SPINAL CORD.

    Richard P. Bunge;Mary Bartlett Bunge;Edith R. Peterson

  • Schwann cells stimulated to proliferate in the absence of neurons retain full functional capability

    S Porter;MB Clark;L Glaser;RP Bunge

  • Identification of Gas6 as a growth factor for human Schwann cells

    Rong Hao Li;Jian Chen;Glenn Hammonds;Heidi Phillips

  • Evidence that contact with connective tissue matrix is required for normal interaction between Schwann cells and nerve fibers.

    Richard P. Bunge;Mary Bartlett Bunge

  • A LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY OF LONG-TERM ORGANIZED CULTURES OF RAT DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA

    Mary Bartlett Bunge;Richard P. Bunge;Edith R. Peterson;Margaret R. Murray

  • Transplantation of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells into the spinal cord of the myelin-deficient rat.

    I. D. Duncan;J. P. Hammang;K. F. Jackson;P. M. Wood

  • INHIBITION OF SCHWANN CELL MYELINATION IN VITRO BY ANTIBODY TO THE L1 ADHESION MOLECULE

    Patrick M. Wood;Melitta Schachner;Richard P. Bunge

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Bartlett Bunge
Mary Bartlett Bunge University of Miami
Patrick M. Wood
Patrick M. Wood University of Miami
Luis Glaser
Luis Glaser Washington University in St. Louis
Harold Burton
Harold Burton Washington University in St. Louis
James L. Salzer
James L. Salzer New York University
Nancy Ratner
Nancy Ratner Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Lorraine Iacovitti
Lorraine Iacovitti Thomas Jefferson University
Rupert Timpl
Rupert Timpl Max Planck Society
Tong H. Joh
Tong H. Joh Cornell University
David J. Carey
David J. Carey Geisinger Health System

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