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Robert F. Schmidt

Robert F. Schmidt

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Neuroscience

D-Index
77
Citations
17996
World Ranking
1868
National Ranking
169

Overview

Robert F. Schmidt was affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research spanned several interconnected fields with a particular focus on Medicine, specifically within Organic Chemistry, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's contributions were documented in a range of academic journals and publication venues, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary engagement. Frequent venues for their work included:

  • Erfahrungsheilkunde
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Biomacromolecules
  • Macromolecules
  • Nano Letters

Key areas of research encompassed topics such as Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies, Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, Proteoglycans and Glycosaminoglycans Research, and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization.

Throughout their career, Robert F. Schmidt collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Michael Gradzielski, Sylvain Prévost, Beate Koksch, Albert Prause, and Robert M. Dalgliesh, indicating a consistent engagement in collaborative research projects.

Their recent scientific publications covered diverse aspects of material science and biophysical chemistry. Selected papers included:

  • Nanoscopic Interfacial Hydrogel Viscoelasticity Revealed from Comparison of Macroscopic and Microscopic Rheology, 2024, Nano Letters
  • Comprehensive Characterization of the Viscoelastic Properties of Bovine Submaxillary Mucin (BSM) Hydrogels and the Effect of Additives, 2024, Biomacromolecules
  • Generalized vs. fractional: a comparative analysis of Maxwell models applied to entangled polymer solutions, 2024, Soft Matter
  • Structure of microemulsions in the continuous phase channel, 2023, The European Physical Journal E
  • Rational design of amphiphilic fluorinated peptides: evaluation of self-assembly properties and hydrogel formation, 2022, Nanoscale

This body of work indicated a specialization in the viscoelastic properties of hydrogels and polymer solutions, as well as the self-assembly behavior of peptides and microemulsion structure. Their research intersected with both theoretical modeling and experimental characterization methods.

Best Publications

  • Presynaptic inhibition in the vertebrate spinal cord revisited.

    Pablo Rudomin;Robert F. Schmidt

  • Pharmacological studies on presynaptic inhibition

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  • Presynaptic inhibition in the vertebrate central nervous system.

    Robert F. Schmidt

  • Effects of an experimental arthritis on the sensory properties of fine articular afferent units.

    H. G. Schaible;R. F. Schmidt

  • Time course of mechanosensitivity changes in articular afferents during a developing experimental arthritis.

    H. G. Schaible;R. F. Schmidt

  • Responses of group IV afferent units from skeletal muscle to stretch, contraction and chemical stimulation

    K. D. Kniffki;S. Mense;R. F. Schmidt

  • Progress in Sensory Physiology

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  • Excitation and sensitization of fine articular afferents from cat's knee joint by prostaglandin E2.

    H G Schaible;R F Schmidt

  • Cardiovascular Reflex Control by Afferent Fibers from Skeletal Muscle Receptors

    Jere H. Mitchell;Robert F. Schmidt

  • The impact of somatosensory input on autonomic functions

    A Sato;Y Sato;R F Schmidt

  • Presynaptic inhibition of the spinal monosynaptic reflex pathway

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  • IDENTIFICATION OF RELAY CELLS AND INTERNEURONS IN THE CUNEATE NUCLEUS.

    P. Andersen;J. C. Eccles;R. F. Schmidt;T. Yokota

  • Mechanical sensitivity of group III and IV afferents from posterior articular nerve in normal and inflamed cat knee.

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  • Enhancement of the responses of ascending tract cells in the cat spinal cord by acute inflammation of the knee joint.

    H. G. Schaible;R. F. Schmidt;W. D. Willis

  • MECHANISMS OF SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION IN THE CUNEATE NUCLEUS.

    P. Andersen;J. C. Eccles;T. Oshima;R. F. Schmidt

  • Changes in tonic descending inhibition of spinal neurons with articular input during the development of acute arthritis in the cat

    H. G. Schaible;V. Neugebauer;F. Cervero;R. F. Schmidt

  • Activation of groups III and IV sensory units in medial articular nerve by local mechanical stimulation of knee joint.

    H G Schaible;R F Schmidt

  • An electrophysiological investigation of mammalian motor nerve terminals

    Unknown

  • Opiates inhibit the discharges of fine afferent units from inflamed knee joint of the cat.

    N.J.W. Russell;H.-G. Schaible;R.F. Schmidt

  • Discharge characteristics of fine medial articular afferents at rest and during passive movements of inflamed knee joints

    Richard E. Coggeshall;Kyung Ah Park Hong;Lauren A. Langford;Hans Georg Schaible

  • SLOW POTENTIAL WAVES PRODUCED IN THE CUNEATE NUCLEUS BY CUTANEOUS VOLLEYS AND BY CORTICAL STIMULATION

    P. Andersen;J. C. Eccles;R. F. Schmidt;T. Yokota

  • DEPOLARIZATION OF THE CENTRAL TERMINALS OF CUTANEOUS AFFERENT FIBERS

    J. C. Eccles;R. F. Schmidt;W. D. Willis

  • DEPOLARIZATION OF PRESYNAPTIC FIBERS IN THE CUNEATE NUCLEUS.

    P. Andersen;J. C. Eccles;R. F. Schmidt;T. Yokota

  • Sensitization of insensitive branches of C nociceptors in human skin.

    M Schmelz;R Schmidt;M Ringkamp;H O Handwerker

  • PHARMACOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION OF THE TOAD SPINAL CORD.

    Robert F. Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Niels Birbaumer
Niels Birbaumer University of Tübingen
Hans-Georg Schaible
Hans-Georg Schaible Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Hermann-Otto Handwerker
Hermann-Otto Handwerker University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Carlos Belmonte
Carlos Belmonte Miguel Hernandez University
Wilfrid Jänig
Wilfrid Jänig Kiel University
Wolfram F. Neiss
Wolfram F. Neiss University of Cologne
Gerald F. Gebhart
Gerald F. Gebhart University of Pittsburgh
Kazue Mizumura
Kazue Mizumura Nihon University
George L. Wilcox
George L. Wilcox University of Minnesota
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University

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