Rolf Heumann

Rolf Heumann 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 Rolf Heumann sits on this spectrum.

Rolf Heumann 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 Rolf Heumann sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Erythropoietin prevents neuronal apoptosis after cerebral ischemia and metabolic stress

  Anna Leena Sirén;Maddalena Fratelli;Michael Brines;Christoph Goemans

  1437
  Citations

• Changes of nerve growth factor synthesis in nonneuronal cells in response to sciatic nerve transection.

  Rolf Heumann;Sigrun Korsching;Christine Bandtlow;Hans Thoenen

  1262
  Citations

• Interleukin-1 regulates synthesis of nerve growth factor in non-neuronal cells of rat sciatic nerve.

  Dan Lindholm;Rolf Heumann;Michael Meyer;Hans Thoenen

  1253
  Citations

• Levels of nerve growth factor and its mRNA in the central nervous system of the rat correlate with cholinergic innervation.

  Sigrun I. Korsching;G Auburger;Rolf Heumann;Jacqueline Scott

  1057
  Citations

• Differential regulation of mRNA encoding nerve growth factor and its receptor in rat sciatic nerve during development, degeneration, and regeneration: role of macrophages.

  Rolf Heumann;Dan Lindholm;Christine Bandtlow;Michael Meyer

  873
  Citations

• NGF-Mediated increase of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) in the neonatal rat forebrain: Evidence for a physiological role of NGF in the brain?

  H. Gnahn;F. Hefti;R. Heumann;M.E. Schwab

  835
  Citations

• The physiological function of nerve growth factor in the central nervous system: comparison with the periphery.

  Hans Thoenen;Christine Bandtlow;Rolf Heumann

  697
  Citations

• Timing and site of nerve growth factor synthesis in developing skin in relation to innervation and expression of the receptor

  Alun M. Davies;Christine Bandtlow;Rolf Heumann;Sigrun Korsching

  681
  Citations

• Regulation of Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) Synthesis in the Rat Central Nervous System: Comparison between the Effects of Interleukin-1 and Various Growth Factors in Astrocyte Cultures and in vivo.

  Matthias Spranger;Dan Lindholm;Christine Bandtlow;Rolf Heumann

  541
  Citations

• Nerve growth factor increases choline acetyl-transferase but not survival or fiber outgrowth of cultured fetal septal cholinergic neurons

  F. Hefti;J. Hartikka;F. Eckenstein;H. Gnahn

  532
  Citations

• BDNF and NT-4/5 enhance glutamatergic synaptic transmission in cultured hippocampal neurones.

  Lessmann;Gottmann K;Heumann R

  483
  Citations

• EphrinB phosphorylation and reverse signaling: regulation by Src kinases and PTP-BL phosphatase.

  Amparo Palmer;Manuel Zimmer;Kai S Erdmann;Volker Eulenburg

  434
  Citations

• Relationship between levels of nerve growth factor (NGF) and its messenger RNA in sympathetic ganglia and peripheral target tissues.

  R Heumann;S Korsching;J Scott;H Thoenen

  429
  Citations

• Cellular localization of nerve growth factor synthesis by in situ hybridization.

  C.E. Bandtlow;R. Heumann;M.E. Schwab;H. Thoenen

  422
  Citations

• Lesion-induced increase in nerve growth factor mRNA is mediated by c-fos.

  Bastian Hengerer;Dan Lindholm;Rolf Heumann;Ulrich Ruther

  386
  Citations

• Macrophage dependence of peripheral sensory nerve regeneration: Possible involvement of nerve growth factor

  Michael C. Brown;V. Hugh Perry;E. Ruth Lunn;Siamon Gordon

  375
  Citations

• Regional and cellular codistribution of interleukin 1 beta and nerve growth factor mRNA in the adult rat brain: possible relationship to the regulation of nerve growth factor synthesis.

  C E Bandtlow;M Meyer;D Lindholm;M Spranger

  314
  Citations

• Interleukin 1 increases stability and transcription of mRNA encoding nerve growth factor in cultured rat fibroblasts.

  D Lindholm;R Heumann;B Hengerer;H Thoenen

  300
  Citations

• Oxygen causes cell death in the developing brain.

  Ursula Felderhoff-Mueser;Petra Bittigau;Marco Sifringer;Bozena Jarosz

  299
  Citations

• Sensory Impairments and Delayed Regeneration of Sensory Axons in Interleukin-6-Deficient Mice

  Jian Zhong;Irmgard D. Dietzel;Petra Wahle;Manfred Kopf

  263
  Citations