Ronald W. Oppenheim

Ronald W. Oppenheim publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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Ronald W. Oppenheim D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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Overview

Best Publications

• Cell Death During Development of the Nervous System

  R W Oppenheim

  4755
  Citations

• 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

  881
  Citations

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

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

  666
  Citations

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

  RW Oppenheim;D Prevette;QW Yin;F Collins

  557
  Citations

• The neurotrophic theory and naturally occurring motoneuron death.

  Ronald W. Oppenheim

  551
  Citations

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

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

  476
  Citations

• 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

  474
  Citations

• 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

  472
  Citations

• 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

  439
  Citations

• 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

  439
  Citations

• 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

  429
  Citations

• Neurotrophic Survival Molecules for Motoneurons: An Embarrassment of Riches

  Ronald W Oppenheim

  392
  Citations

• Naturally occurring cell death during neural development

  Ronald W. Oppenheim

  390
  Citations

• Programmed Cell Death in the Developing Nervous System

  Michael J. Burek;Ronald W. Oppenheim

  387
  Citations

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

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

  344
  Citations

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

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

  331
  Citations

• 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

  312
  Citations

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

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

  311
  Citations

• 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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  311
  Citations

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

  Ronald W. Oppenheim

  305
  Citations

• Neuron death in vertebrate development: in vitro methods.

  Peter G.H. Clarke;Ronald W. Oppenheim

  285
  Citations