Rit Levi-Montalcini

Specialty: Neurobiology

Location: Unknown, Unknown, Global

Tier: UNRANKED

H-Index: 26

Years Active: 0

Hospital Affiliations

• Sapienza University of Rome - Member

Key Publications

1. "The nerve growth factor 35 years later." - Science (New York, N.Y.) (1987) [2452 citations]
2. "Nerve growth factor: from neurotrophin to neurokine." - Trends in neurosciences (1997) [507 citations]
3. "Mast cells synthesize, store, and release nerve growth factor." - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1994) [483 citations]
4. "The nerve growth factor: thirty-five years later." - The EMBO journal (1987) [458 citations]
5. "Experimental and clinical evidence of neuroprotection by nerve growth factor eye drops: Implications for glaucoma." - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2015) [196 citations]
6. "Nerve growth factor control of neuronal expression of angiogenetic and vasoactive factors." - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2001) [184 citations]
7. "Multiple sclerosis patients express increased levels of beta-nerve growth factor in cerebrospinal fluid." - Neuroscience letters (1993) [177 citations]
8. "Aggressive behavior induces release of nerve growth factor from mouse salivary gland into the bloodstream." - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1986) [166 citations]
9. "A proposed autacoid mechanism controlling mastocyte behaviour." - Agents and actions (1994) [166 citations]
10. "Thyroid hormone administration enhances remyelination in chronic demyelinating inflammatory disease." - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2004) [127 citations]
11. "Update of the NGF saga." - Journal of the neurological sciences (1996) [114 citations]
12. "Nerve growth factor and autoimmune diseases." - Autoimmunity (1995) [111 citations]
13. "Nerve growth factor is an autocrine factor essential for the survival of macrophages infected with HIV." - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2000) [103 citations]
14. "Somatic and behavioral postnatal effects of fetal injections of nerve growth factor antibodies in the rat." - Nature (1981) [99 citations]
15. "Nerve growth factor mRNA and protein increase in hypothalamus in a mouse model of aggression." - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1989) [92 citations]

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Rit Levi-Montalcini is a Neurobiology specialist affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome. Authored 50 scholarly articles.