Robert Vassar
Impact in
- Physiology top 0.02%
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Biological Psychiatry top 0.2%
Papers in
- Physiology 95
- Alzheimer's disease research and treatments 91
- Co-authors
- Sarah L. Cole (10 shared papers)Martin Citron (14 shared papers)Richard Axel (3 shared papers)Riqiang Yan (4 shared papers)John F. Disterhoft (5 shared papers)Elaine Fuchs (7 shared papers)Masuo Ohno (4 shared papers)Holly D. Oakley (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- Molecular Neurodegeneration (15 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (14 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (8 papers)Neurobiology of Aging (5 papers)PLoS ONE (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomBelgium
In The Last Decade
Robert Vassar
133 papers receiving 18.9k citations
Robert Vassar's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 146
- Physiology 10.4k
- Biological Psychiatry 911
- Sensory Systems 1.8k
- Neurology 2.5k
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4.3k
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intraneuronal β-Amyloid Aggregates, Neurodegeneration, and Neuron Loss in Transgenic Mice with Five Familial Alzheimer's Disease Mutations: Potential Factors in Amyloid Plaque Formation Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 2616 |
| 2 | Topographic organization of sensory projections to the olfactory bulb Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 1013 |
| 3 | Mice deficient in BACE1, the Alzheimer's β-secretase, have normal phenotype and abolished β-amyloid generation Hit paper breakdown → | 2001 | 795 |
| 4 | Spatial segregation of odorant receptor expression in the mammalian olfactory epithelium Hit paper breakdown → | 1993 | 694 |
| 5 | The secretases: enzymes with therapeutic potential in Alzheimer disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 603 |
| 6 | APP mouse models for Alzheimer's disease preclinical studies Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 522 |
| 7 | Targeting the β secretase BACE1 for Alzheimer's disease therapy Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 512 |
| 8 | 2009 | 456 | |
| 9 | 2004 | 431 | |
| 10 | 2007 | 425 | |
| 11 | 2003 | 411 | |
| 12 | 1991 | 368 | |
| 13 | 1991 | 350 | |
| 14 | 2008 | 349 | |
| 15 | 2013 | 333 | |
| 16 | 1989 | 325 | |
| 17 | BACE1 inhibitor drugs in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 323 |
| 18 | 2007 | 319 | |
| 19 | 2011 | 307 | |
| 20 | 2004 | 304 |
About Robert Vassar
Robert Vassar is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Computational Theory and Mathematics, having authored 135 papers that have together received 19.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (91 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (32 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (24 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (13 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (12 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (10 papers), Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (10 papers) and Nuclear Receptors and Signaling (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (10.4k citations), Biological Psychiatry (911 citations), Sensory Systems (1.8k citations), Neurology (2.5k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (4.3k citations). Robert Vassar has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include Sarah L. Cole, Martin Citron, Richard Axel, Riqiang Yan, John F. Disterhoft, Elaine Fuchs, Masuo Ohno, Holly D. Oakley, William A. Eimer and Bart De Strooper. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Neurodegeneration, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience, Neurobiology of Aging and PLoS ONE.
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