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Ronald W. Oppenheim is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of medicine, with a specific focus on neurology and genetics.

The scientist's work engages with key topics such as:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Oppenheim's recent publications include:

  • Neurovascular unit pathology is observed very early in disease progression in the mutant SOD1G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, 2022, Experimental Neurology
  • Behavioral development in the absence of neural activity: effects of chronic immobilization on amphibian embryos, 2021, UNC Libraries
  • Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Developing Mammalian Motoneurons: Regulation of Programmed Cell Death Among Motoneuron Subtypes, 2021, UNC Libraries

The venues in which these works have appeared are:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Experimental Neurology

Frequent collaborators in Oppenheim's research include:

  • Masaaki Yoshikawa
  • Shin Aizawa
  • Carol Milligan
  • Lanny J. Haverkamp
  • Lucien J. Houenou

Best Publications

  • Cell Death During Development of the Nervous System

    R W Oppenheim

  • Developing motor neurons rescued from programmed and axotomy-induced cell death by GDNF

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;Lucien J. Houenou;James E. Johnson;Leu-Fen H. Lin

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor rescues developing avian motoneurons from cell death

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;Yin Qin-Wei;David Prevette;Qiao Yan

  • Control of embryonic motoneuron survival in vivo by ciliary neurotrophic factor.

    RW Oppenheim;D Prevette;QW Yin;F Collins

  • The neurotrophic theory and naturally occurring motoneuron death.

    Ronald W. Oppenheim

  • Adaptive roles of programmed cell death during nervous system development.

    Robert R. Buss;Woong Sun;Ronald W. Oppenheim

  • Complete dissociation of motor neuron death from motor dysfunction by Bax deletion in a mouse model of ALS.

    Thomas W. Gould;Robert R. Buss;Sharon Vinsant;David Prevette

  • Naturally occurring and induced neuronal death in the chick embryo in vivo requires protein and RNA synthesis: evidence for the role of cell death genes.

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;David Prevette;Michael Tytell;Shunsaku Homma

  • Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. I. A light and electron microscopic study of naturally occurring and induced cell loss during development.

    I-Wu Chu-Wang;Ronald W. Oppenheim

  • Rescue of adult mouse motoneurons from injury-induced cell death by glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor.

    Linxi Li;Wutian Wu;Leu-Fen H. Lin;Ming Lei

  • Peptide inhibitors of the ice protease family arrest programmed cell death of motoneurons in vivo and in vitro

    C.E. Milligan;D. Prevette;H. Yaginuma;S. Homma

  • Neurotrophic Survival Molecules for Motoneurons: An Embarrassment of Riches

    Ronald W Oppenheim

  • Naturally occurring cell death during neural development

    Ronald W. Oppenheim

  • Programmed Cell Death in the Developing Nervous System

    Michael J. Burek;Ronald W. Oppenheim

  • Neurotrophic agents prevent motoneuron death following sciatic nerve section in the neonatal mouse.

    Linxi Li;R. W. Oppenheim;Ming Lei;L. J. Houenou

  • Insulin-like growth factors: putative muscle-derived trophic agents that promote motoneuron survival.

    Nicola T. Neff;David Prevette;Lucien J. Houenou;Michael E. Lewis

  • Reduction of naturally occurring motoneuron death in vivo by a target-derived neurotrophic factor

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;Lanny J. Haverkamp;David Prevette;James L. McManaman

  • Programmed Cell Death of Developing Mammalian Neurons after Genetic Deletion of Caspases

    Ronald W. Oppenheim;Richard A. Flavell;Sharon Vinsant;David Prevette

  • Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. IV. Evidence that a functional neuromuscular interaction is involved in the regulation of naturally occurring cell death and the stabilization of synapses

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  • Cell death of motoneurons in the chick embryo spinal cord. VIII. Motoneurons prevented from dying in the embryo persist after hatching.

    Ronald W. Oppenheim

  • Neuron death in vertebrate development: in vitro methods.

    Peter G.H. Clarke;Ronald W. Oppenheim

Frequent Co-Authors

David Prevette
David Prevette Wake Forest University
Woong Sun
Woong Sun Korea University
Wutian Wu
Wutian Wu University of Hong Kong
Hyun Kim
Hyun Kim Korea University
Kwok-Fai So
Kwok-Fai So University of Hong Kong
Christopher S. von Bartheld
Christopher S. von Bartheld University of Nevada Reno
Nobuo Okado
Nobuo Okado University of Tsukuba
Hermann Rohrer
Hermann Rohrer Goethe University Frankfurt
Michael Sendtner
Michael Sendtner University of Würzburg
Martín Cammarota
Martín Cammarota Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

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