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78
Citations
37627
World Ranking
1724
National Ranking
92

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  • Generation of neurons and astrocytes from isolated cells of the adult mammalian central nervous system

    Brent A. Reynolds;Samuel Weiss

  • A multipotent EGF-responsive striatal embryonic progenitor cell produces neurons and astrocytes.

    Brent A. Reynolds;Wolfram Tetzlaff;Samuel Weiss

  • Clonal and Population Analyses Demonstrate That an EGF-Responsive Mammalian Embryonic CNS Precursor Is a Stem Cell

    Brent A. Reynolds;Samuel Weiss

  • Neural stem cells in the adult mammalian forebrain: a relatively quiescent subpopulation of subependymal cells

    Cindi M. Morshead;Brent A. Reynolds;Constance G. Craig;Michael W. McBurney

  • Multipotent CNS Stem Cells Are Present in the Adult Mammalian Spinal Cord and Ventricular Neuroaxis

    Samuel Weiss;Christine E Dunne;Jennifer Hewson;Cheryl B. Wohl

  • Brain tumour cells interconnect to a functional and resistant network

    Matthias Osswald;Matthias Osswald;Erik Jung;Erik Jung;Felix Sahm;Felix Sahm;Gergely Solecki;Gergely Solecki

  • Erythropoietin Regulates the In Vitro and In Vivo Production of Neuronal Progenitors by Mammalian Forebrain Neural Stem Cells

    Tetsuro Shingo;S. Todd Sorokan;Takuya Shimazaki;Samuel Weiss

  • In vivo growth factor expansion of endogenous subependymal neural precursor cell populations in the adult mouse brain

    CG Craig;V Tropepe;CM Morshead;BA Reynolds

  • Glutamate stimulates inositol phosphate formation in striatal neurones

    Fritz Sladeczek;Jean-Philippe Pin;Max Récasens;Joël Bockaert

  • Pregnancy-stimulated neurogenesis in the adult female forebrain mediated by prolactin.

    Tetsuro Shingo;Christopher Gregg;Emeka Enwere;Hirokazu Fujikawa

  • Transformation by the R Enantiomer of 2-Hydroxyglutarate Linked to EglN Activation

    Peppi Koivunen;Sungwoo Lee;Christopher G. Duncan;Giselle Lopez

  • bFGF regulates the proliferative fate of unipotent (neuronal) and bipotent (neuronal/astroglial) EGF-generated CNS progenitor cells

    Angelo L. Vescovi;Brent A. Reynolds;Douglas D. Fraser;Samuel Weiss

  • Is there a neural stem cell in the mammalian forebrain

    Samuel Weiss;Brent A. Reynolds;Angelo L. Vescovi;Cindi Morshead

  • Aging results in reduced epidermal growth factor receptor signaling, diminished olfactory neurogenesis, and deficits in fine olfactory discrimination

    Eineka Enwere;Tetsuro Shingo;Tetsuro Shingo;Christopher Gregg;Hirokazu Fujikawa

  • BDNF enhances the differentiation but not the survival of CNS stem cell- derived neuronal precursors

    Shireen Ahmed;B. A. Reynolds;S. Weiss

  • In vitro growth and proliferation of genetically modified multipotent neural stem cells and their progeny

    Samuel Weiss;Brent Reynolds;Joseph P. Hammang;E. Edward Baetge

  • The Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor/Leukemia Inhibitory Factor/gp130 Receptor Complex Operates in the Maintenance of Mammalian Forebrain Neural Stem Cells

    Takuya Shimazaki;Tetsuro Shingo;Samuel Weiss

  • The bHLH Gene Hes1 as a Repressor of the Neuronal Commitment of CNS Stem Cells

    Yuki Nakamura;Shin Ichi Sakakibara;Takaki Miyata;Masaharu Ogawa

  • In vitro growth and proliferation of multipotent neural stem cells and their progeny

    Samuel Weiss;Brent Reynolds;Joseph P. Hammang;E. Edward Baetge

  • Male pheromone-stimulated neurogenesis in the adult female brain: possible role in mating behavior

    Gloria K Mak;Emeka K Enwere;Emeka K Enwere;Christopher Gregg;Christopher Gregg;Tomi Pakarainen

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Is a Differentiation Factor for Postmitotic CNS Stem Cell-Derived Neuronal Precursors: Distinct Actions from Those of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor

    Yvan Arsenijevic;Samuel Weiss

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Is Necessary for Neural Stem Cell Proliferation and Demonstrates Distinct Actions of Epidermal Growth Factor and Fibroblast Growth Factor-2

    Yvan Arsenijevic;Samuel Weiss;Bernard Schneider;Patrick Aebischer

  • White Matter Plasticity and Enhanced Remyelination in the Maternal CNS

    Christopher Gregg;Viktor Shikar;Peter Larsen;Gloria Mak

  • Growth factor-stimulated generation of new cortical tissue and functional recovery after stroke damage to the motor cortex of rats

    Bryan Kolb;Cindi Morshead;Claudia Gonzalez;Mina Kim

  • Synaptogenesis of cultured striatal neurons in serum-free medium: a morphological and biochemical study.

    Samuel Weiss;Jean-Philippe Pin;Michele Sebben;Dorothy E. Kemp

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Steven J.M. Jones University of British Columbia
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Brian A. MacVicar
Brian A. MacVicar University of British Columbia
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Azad Bonni Washington University in St. Louis
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Ken Lukowiak University of Calgary
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Richard A. Moore BC Cancer Agency
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Gary D. Bader University of Toronto

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