| Distribution of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) protein and mRNA in the normal adult rat CNS: evidence for anterograde axonal transport JM Conner, JC Lauterborn, Q Yan, CM Gall, S Varon Journal of neuroscience 17 (7), 2295-2313, 1997 | 1364 | 1997 |
| A phase 1 clinical trial of nerve growth factor gene therapy for Alzheimer disease MH Tuszynski, L Thal, M Pay, DP Salmon, HS U, R Bakay, P Patel, ... Nature medicine 11 (5), 551-555, 2005 | 1176 | 2005 |
| Neuroprotective effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rodent and primate models of Alzheimer's disease AH Nagahara, DA Merrill, G Coppola, S Tsukada, BE Schroeder, ... Nature medicine 15 (3), 331-337, 2009 | 1165 | 2009 |
| Anterograde transport of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its role in the brain CA Altar, N Cai, T Bliven, M Juhasz, JM Conner, AL Acheson, RM Lindsay, ... Nature 389 (6653), 856-860, 1997 | 1092 | 1997 |
| Long-distance growth and connectivity of neural stem cells after severe spinal cord injury P Lu, Y Wang, L Graham, K McHale, M Gao, D Wu, J Brock, A Blesch, ... Cell 150 (6), 1264-1273, 2012 | 1004 | 2012 |
| Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is stored in human platelets and released by agonist stimulation H Fujimura, CA Altar, R Chen, T Nakamura, T Nakahashi, J Kambayashi, ... Thrombosis and haemostasis 87 (04), 728-734, 2002 | 970 | 2002 |
| Lesions of the basal forebrain cholinergic system impair task acquisition and abolish cortical plasticity associated with motor skill learning JM Conner, A Culberson, C Packowski, AA Chiba, MH Tuszynski Neuron 38 (5), 819-829, 2003 | 431 | 2003 |
| Spinal cord reconstitution with homologous neural grafts enables robust corticospinal regeneration K Kadoya, P Lu, K Nguyen, C Lee-Kubli, H Kumamaru, L Yao, J Knackert, ... Nature medicine 22 (5), 479-487, 2016 | 397 | 2016 |
| Nerve growth factor gene therapy: activation of neuronal responses in Alzheimer disease MH Tuszynski, JH Yang, D Barba, U Hoi-Sang, RAE Bakay, MM Pay, ... JAMA neurology 72 (10), 1139-1147, 2015 | 311 | 2015 |
| The basal forebrain cholinergic system is essential for cortical plasticity and functional recovery following brain injury JM Conner, AA Chiba, MH Tuszynski Neuron 46 (2), 173-179, 2005 | 279 | 2005 |
| Chemotropic guidance facilitates axonal regeneration and synapse formation after spinal cord injury LT Alto, LA Havton, JM Conner, ER Hollis II, A Blesch, MH Tuszynski Nature neuroscience 12 (9), 1106-1113, 2009 | 276 | 2009 |
| Nerve growth factor in Alzheimer's disease: defective retrograde transport to nucleus basalis EJ Mufson, JM Conner, JH Kordower Neuroreport 6 (7), 1063-1066, 1995 | 266 | 1995 |
| A form of motor cortical plasticity that correlates with recovery of function after brain injury D Ramanathan, JM Conner, M H. Tuszynski Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (30), 11370-11375, 2006 | 249 | 2006 |
| Nerve growth factor (NGF) reverses axotomy-induced decreases in choline acetyltransferase, NGF receptor and size of medial septum cholinergic neurons T Hagg, B Fass-Holmes, HL Vahlsing, M Manthorpe, JM Conner, S Varon Brain research 505 (1), 29-38, 1989 | 244 | 1989 |
| NGF is essential for hippocampal plasticity and learning JM Conner, KM Franks, AK Titterness, K Russell, DA Merrill, BR Christie, ... Journal of Neuroscience 29 (35), 10883-10889, 2009 | 242 | 2009 |
| Grafts of genetically modified Schwann cells to the spinal cord: survival, axon growth, and myelination MH Tuszynski, N Weidner, M McCormack, I Miller, H Powell, J Conner Cell transplantation 7 (2), 187-196, 1998 | 212 | 1998 |
| Templated agarose scaffolds for the support of motor axon regeneration into sites of complete spinal cord transection M Gao, P Lu, B Bednark, D Lynam, JM Conner, J Sakamoto, ... Biomaterials 34 (5), 1529-1536, 2013 | 175 | 2013 |
| Nontropic actions of neurotrophins: subcortical nerve growth factor gene delivery reverses age-related degeneration of primate cortical cholinergic innervation JM Conner, MA Darracq, J Roberts, MH Tuszynski Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (4), 1941-1946, 2001 | 153 | 2001 |
| Structural plasticity within highly specific neuronal populations identifies a unique parcellation of motor learning in the adult brain L Wang, JM Conner, J Rickert, MH Tuszynski Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (6), 2545-2550, 2011 | 135 | 2011 |
| The localization of nerve growth factor‐like immunoreactivity in the adult rat basal forebrain and hippocampal formation JM Conner, D Muir, S Varon, T Hagg, M Manthorpe Journal of Comparative Neurology 319 (3), 454-462, 1992 | 132 | 1992 |
