Topic · Spinal Cord Injury Research
Most cited papers in Spinal Cord Injury Research
What are the most cited papers in Spinal Cord Injury Research?
The most cited paper in Spinal Cord Injury Research is "A Sensitive and Reliable Locomotor Rating Scale for Open Field Testing in Rats" (D. Michele Basso, Michael S. Beattie, Jacqueline C. Bresnahan, 1995), with 4,587 citations. Next come "Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019" (2,945) and "Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation" (2,945).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 738 citations is listed.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Sensitive and Reliable Locomotor Rating Scale for Open Field Testing in Rats D. Michele Basso, Michael S. Beattie, Jacqueline C. Bresnahan · Journal of Neurotrauma | Feb 1995 | 4,587 |
| 2 | Global estimates of the need for rehabilitation based on the Global Burden of Disease study 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 Alarcos Cieza, Kate Causey, Kaloyan Kamenov et al. · The Lancet | Dec 2020 | 2,945 |
| 3 | Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation Richard J. Davidson, Jon Kabat‐Zinn, Jessica R. Malmstadt Schumacher et al. · Psychosomatic Medicine | Jul 2003 | 2,945 |
| 4 | A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Methylprednisolone or Naloxone in the Treatment of Acute Spinal-Cord Injury Michael B. Bracken, Mary Jo Shepard, William F. Collins et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 17 May 1990 | 2,761 |
| 5 | Traumatic spinal cord injury Christopher S. Ahuja, Jefferson R. Wilson, Satoshi Nori et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers | 26 Apr 2017 | 2,463 |
| 6 | Chondroitinase ABC promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury Elizabeth J. Bradbury, Lawrence David Falcon Moon, Reena J. Popat et al. · Nature | Apr 2002 | 2,379 |
| 7 | International standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury (Revised 2011) Steven Kirshblum, Stephen P. Burns, Fin Biering‐Sørensen et al. · Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine | Nov 2011 | 2,350 |
| 8 | Identification of Two Distinct Macrophage Subsets with Divergent Effects Causing either Neurotoxicity or Regeneration in the Injured Mouse Spinal Cord Kristina A. Kigerl, John C. Gensel, Daniel P. Ankeny et al. · Journal of Neuroscience | 28 Oct 2009 | 2,179 |
| 9 | Targeting Recovery: Priorities of the Spinal Cord-Injured Population Kim D. Anderson · Journal of Neurotrauma | Oct 2004 | 2,141 |
| 10 | International Standards for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury Frederick Maynard, Michael B. Bracken, Graham H. Creasey et al. · Spinal Cord | May 1997 | 2,059 |
| 11 | Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 Spencer Lewis James et al. · The Lancet Neurology | 26 Nov 2018 | 2,052 |
| 12 | Spinal-cord injury John W. McDonald, Cristina Lavinia Sadowsky · The Lancet | Feb 2002 | 1,822 |
| 13 | Basso Mouse Scale for Locomotion Detects Differences in Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury in Five Common Mouse Strains D. Michele Basso, Lesley C. Fisher, Aileen J. Anderson et al. · Journal of Neurotrauma | May 2006 | 1,796 |
| 14 | Cumulative Effects Associated With Recurrent Concussion in Collegiate Football Players Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Michael McCrea, Stephen W. Marshall et al. · JAMA | 18 Nov 2003 | 1,700 |
| 15 | Descending Pathways in Motor Control ROGER N. LEMON · Annual Review of Neuroscience | 17 Jun 2008 | 1,657 |
| 16 | Reactive Astrocytes Protect Tissue and Preserve Function after Spinal Cord Injury Jill R. Faulkner, Julia E. Herrmann, Michael J. Woo et al. · Journal of Neuroscience | 3 Mar 2004 | 1,655 |
| 17 | The International Standards Booklet for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury John F. Ditunno, W Young, William H. Donovan et al. · Spinal Cord | Feb 1994 | 1,652 |
| 18 | Review of the secondary injury theory of acute spinal cord trauma with emphasis on vascular mechanisms Charles H. Tator, Michael George Fehlings · Journal of neurosurgery | Jul 1991 | 1,616 |
| 19 | Graded Histological and Locomotor Outcomes after Spinal Cord Contusion Using the NYU Weight-Drop Device versus Transection D. Michele Basso, Michael S. Beattie, Jacqueline C. Bresnahan · Experimental Neurology | Jun 1996 | 1,484 |
| 20 | Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Overview of Pathophysiology, Models and Acute Injury Mechanisms Arsalan Alizadeh, Scott M. Dyck, Soheila Karimi‐Abdolrezaee · Frontiers in Neurology | 22 Mar 2019 | 1,460 |
| 21 | Repertoire of microglial and macrophage responses after spinal cord injury Samuel David, Antje Kroner · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 15 Jun 2011 | 1,456 |
| 22 | Epidemiology, Demographics, and Pathophysiology of Acute Spinal Cord Injury Lali H.S. Sekhon, Michael George Fehlings · Spine | Dec 2001 | 1,455 |
| 23 | The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: An Outcome Measure for Occupational Therapy Mary Law, Sue Baptiste, MaryAnn McColl et al. · Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy | Apr 1990 | 1,443 |
| 24 | Validity of a Set of Clinical Criteria to Rule Out Injury to the Cervical Spine in Patients with Blunt Trauma Jerome R. Hoffman, William R. Mower, Allan B. Wolfson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 13 Jul 2000 | 1,331 |
| 25 | Spinal Cord Injury: Pathophysiology, Multimolecular Interactions, and Underlying Recovery Mechanisms Anam Anjum, Muhammad Dain Yazid, Muhammad Daud et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 13 Oct 2020 | 1,305 |
| 26 | Design and Evaluation of the LOPES Exoskeleton Robot for Interactive Gait Rehabilitation Jan F. Veneman, R. Kruidhof, Edsko E.G. Hekman et al. · IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering | Sep 2007 | 1,281 |
| 27 | Moving differently in pain: A new theory to explain the adaptation to pain Paul W. Hodges, Kylie J. Tucker · Pain | 20 Nov 2010 | 1,269 |
| 28 | Epidemiology of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a population based study M. von Brevern, Andrea Radtke, Franziska Lezius et al. · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry | 29 Nov 2006 | 1,255 |
| 29 | Transplanted embryonic stem cells survive, differentiate and promote recovery in injured rat spinal cord John W. McDonald, Xiao-Zhong Liu, Yun Qu et al. · Nature Medicine | Dec 1999 | 1,254 |
| 30 | Effect of epidural stimulation of the lumbosacral spinal cord on voluntary movement, standing, and assisted stepping after motor complete paraplegia: a case study Susan J. Harkema, Yury Gerasimenko, Jonathan E. Hodes et al. · The Lancet | 23 May 2011 | 1,244 |
| 31 | Early versus Delayed Decompression for Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS) Michael George Fehlings, Alexander Richard Vaccaro, Jefferson R. Wilson et al. · PLoS ONE | 23 Feb 2012 | 1,241 |
| 32 | Astrocytes expressing ALS-linked mutated SOD1 release factors selectively toxic to motor neurons Makiko Nagai, Diane Bérangère Ré, Tetsuya Nagata et al. · Nature Neuroscience | 15 Apr 2007 | 1,232 |
| 33 | Multipotent CNS Stem Cells Are Present in the Adult Mammalian Spinal Cord and Ventricular Neuroaxis Samuel A. Weiss, Christine E. Dunne, Jennifer Hewson et al. · Journal of Neuroscience | Dec 1996 | 1,229 |
| 34 | The far-reaching scope of neuroinflammation after traumatic brain injury Dennis W. Simon, Mandy J. McGeachy, Hülya Bayır et al. · Nature Reviews Neurology | 10 Feb 2017 | 1,222 |
| 35 | Review of control strategies for robotic movement training after neurologic injury Laura Marchal–Crespo, David J. Reinkensmeyer · Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation | 16 Jun 2009 | 1,186 |
| 36 | Apoptosis and delayed degeneration after spinal cord injury in rats and monkeys Maria J. Crowe, Jacqueline C. Bresnahan, Sheri L. Shuman et al. · Nature Medicine | 1997 | 1,163 |
| 37 | International Standards For Neurological Classification Of Spinal Cord Injury Ralph J. Marino, Tarcísio Eloy Pessoa de Barros Filho, Fin Biering‐Sørensen et al. · Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine | 2003 | 1,146 |
| 38 | Degeneration and regeneration of axons in the lesioned spinal cord Martin E. Schwab, Deborah Bartholdi · Physiological Reviews | Apr 1996 | 1,131 |
| 39 | Incidence, prevalence and epidemiology of spinal cord injury: what learns a worldwide literature survey? Michel Wyndaele, J-J Wyndaele · Spinal Cord | 3 Jan 2006 | 1,126 |
| 40 | Targeted neurotechnology restores walking in humans with spinal cord injury Fabien B. Wagner et al. · Nature | 25 Oct 2018 | 1,120 |
| 41 | Treadmill training of paraplegic patients using a robotic orthosis. Giorgio Colombo, M Joerg, Reinhard Schreier et al. · PubMed | 9 Aug 2001 | 1,116 |
| 42 | Clinicopathological Evaluation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Players of American Football Jesse Mez et al. · JAMA | 25 Jul 2017 | 1,107 |
| 43 | Autologous mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in stroke patients Oh Young Bang, Jin Soo Lee, Phil Hyu Lee et al. · Annals of Neurology | 31 May 2005 | 1,104 |
| 44 | The injured spinal cord spontaneously forms a new intraspinal circuit in adult rats Florence M. Bareyre, Martin Kerschensteiner, Olivier Raineteau et al. · Nature Neuroscience | 15 Feb 2004 | 1,098 |
| 45 | Engrafted parenchymal brain macrophages differ from microglia in transcriptome, chromatin landscape and response to challenge Anat Shemer, Jonathan Grozovski, Tuan Leng Tay et al. · Nature Communications | 30 Nov 2018 | 1,087 |
| 46 | CNS injury, glial scars, and inflammation: Inhibitory extracellular matrices and regeneration failure Michael T. Fitch, Jerry Silver · Experimental Neurology | Jun 2007 | 1,036 |
| 47 | Therapeutic interventions after spinal cord injury Sandrine Thuret, Lawrence David Falcon Moon, Fred H. Gage · Nature reviews. Neuroscience | 20 Jul 2006 | 1,031 |
| 48 | Inflammation and its role in neuroprotection, axonal regeneration and functional recovery after spinal cord injury Dustin J. Donnelly, Phillip G. Popovich · Experimental Neurology | 2 Jul 2007 | 1,026 |
| 49 | PTEN deletion enhances the regenerative ability of adult corticospinal neurons Kai Liu, Yi Lu, Jae K. Lee et al. · Nature Neuroscience | 8 Aug 2010 | 1,017 |
| 50 | Cell transplantation therapy for spinal cord injury Peggy Assinck, Greg J. Duncan, Brett J. Hilton et al. · Nature Neuroscience | 25 Apr 2017 | 1,011 |
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