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Wolfram F. Neiss

Wolfram F. Neiss

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
5351
World Ranking
8167
National Ranking
688

Overview

Wolfram F. Neiss is a researcher affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany. Their work primarily spans the field of Medicine, with specific focus on several subfields including Neurology, Urology, Surgery, Epidemiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research covers diverse topics related to nerve injury and regeneration, urinary bladder and prostate research, urological disorders and treatments, kidney stones and urolithiasis treatments, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation, as well as foot and ankle surgery and bone fractures and treatments.

Among their recent scholarly contributions are the following papers:

  • Caldesmon ablation in mice causes umbilical herniation and alters contractility of fetal urinary bladder smooth muscle, 2021, The Journal of General Physiology
  • Biomechanical comparison of different fixation methods in tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis: a cadaver study, 2023, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
  • Ultrastructural characterization of mitochondrial damage in experimental autoimmune neuritis, 2020, Journal of Neuroimmunology
  • Treatment With Nimodipine or FK506 After Facial Nerve Repair Neither Improves Accuracy of Reinnervation Nor Recovery of Mimetic Function in Rats, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Angiotensin II type 1 receptor localizes at the blood-bile barrier in humans and pigs, 2022, Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Journal of General Physiology
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Journal of Neuroimmunology
  • Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Regular collaborations feature several co-authors who have contributed repeatedly alongside Neiss. These include:

  • Mohammed Barham
  • Johannes Vogt
  • Galyna Pryymachuk
  • Mechthild M. Schroeter
  • Gabriele Pfitzer

Best Publications

  • Therapeutic vaccine for acute and chronic motor neuron diseases: Implications for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    D. N. Angelov;S. Waibel;O. Guntinas-Lichius;M. Lenzen

  • Factors limiting motor recovery after facial nerve transection in the rat: combined structural and functional analyses

    Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Andrey Irintchev;Michael Streppel;Mithra Lenzen

  • Focal application of neutralizing antibodies to soluble neurotrophic factors reduces collateral axonal branching after peripheral nerve lesion.

    M. Streppel;N. Azzolin;S. Dohm;O. Guntinas-Lichius

  • Nimodipine accelerates axonal sprouting after surgical repair of rat facial nerve

    DN Angelov;WF Neiss;M Streppel;J Andermahr

  • Superior muscle reinnervation after autologous nerve graft or poly-L-lactide-epsilon-caprolactone (PLC) tube implantation in comparison to silicone tube repair.

    Antoni Valero‐Cabré;Konstantin Tsironis;Emmanouil Skouras;Gabriele Perego

  • Peripheral and spinal motor reorganization after nerve injury and repair.

    Antoni Valero-Cabré;Konstantin Tsironis;Emmanouil Skouras;Xavier Navarro

  • Mechanical stimulation of paralyzed vibrissal muscles following facial nerve injury in adult rat promotes full recovery of whisking

    Doychin N. Angelov;Marcin Ceynowa;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Michael Streppel

  • Ultrastructural three-dimensional reconstruction of group III and group IV sensory nerve endings ("free nerve endings") in the knee joint capsule of the cat: evidence for multiple receptive sites.

    B. Heppelmann;K. Messlinger;W. F. Neiss;R. F. Schmidt

  • Transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells stimulates the collateral sprouting from axotomized adult rat facial motoneurons.

    Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Doychin N. Angelov;Toma L. Tomov;Joe Dramiga

  • An example of neural plasticity evoked by putative behavioral demand and early use of vibrissal hairs after facial nerve transection.

    Toma L. Tomov;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Maria Grosheva;Michael Streppel

  • DNA-fragmentation and expression of apoptosis-related proteins in experimentally denervated and reinnervated rat facial muscle

    D. S. Tews;H. H. Goebel;I. Schneider;A. Gunkel

  • Recovery of original nerve supply after hypoglossal-facial anastomosis causes permanent motor hyperinnervation of the whisker-pad muscles in the rat.

    Doychin N. Angelov M.D.;Andreas Gunkel;Eberhard Stennert;Wolfram F. Neiss

  • Galectin-3 is upregulated in microglial cells in response to ischemic brain lesions, but not to facial nerve axotomy

    Michael Walther;Stephan Kuklinski;Penka Pesheva;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius

  • Tenascin-R Is Antiadhesive for Activated Microglia that Induce Downregulation of the Protein after Peripheral Nerve Injury: a New Role in Neuronal Protection

    Doychin N. Angelov;Michael Walther;Michael Streppel;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius

  • The hypoglossal-facial anastomosis as model of neuronal plasticity in the rat.

    Wolfram F. Neiss;Orlando Guntinas Lichius;Doychin N. Angelov;Andreas Gunkel

  • Local application of extracellular matrix proteins fails to reduce the number of axonal branches after varying reconstructive surgery on rat facial nerve

    Stephan Dohm;Michael Streppel;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Penka Pesheva

  • Contralateral trigeminal nerve lesion reduces polyneuronal muscle innervation after facial nerve repair in rats.

    Doychin N. Angelov;Emmanouil Skouras;Orlando Guntinas-Lichius;Michael Streppel

  • Differences in glial, synaptic and motoneuron responses in the facial nucleus of the rat brainstem following facial nerve resection and nerve suture reanastomosis.

    O Guntinas-Lichius;W F Neiss;A Gunkel;E Stennert

  • The postnatal development of the rat kidney, with special reference to the chemodifferentiation of the proximal tubule

    W F Neiss;K L Klehn

  • Reversal of neuromotor and cognitive dysfunction in an enriched environment combined with multimodal early onset stimulation after traumatic brain injury in rats.

    Marc Maegele;Marcela Lippert-Gruener;Thorsten Ester-Bode;Stefan Sauerland

Frequent Co-Authors

Doychin N. Angelov
Doychin N. Angelov University of Cologne
Agnès Gruart
Agnès Gruart Pablo de Olavide University
Robert F. Schmidt
Robert F. Schmidt University of Würzburg
José M. Delgado-García
José M. Delgado-García Pablo de Olavide University
Michal Schwartz
Michal Schwartz Weizmann Institute of Science
Antoni Valero-Cabré
Antoni Valero-Cabré Sorbonne University
Peter Gass
Peter Gass Heidelberg University
Christoph Redies
Christoph Redies Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Ahmet Hoke
Ahmet Hoke Johns Hopkins University

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