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According to Wikipedia, Rita Levi-Montalcini was an Italian Nobel laureate, honored for her work in neurobiology. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor .

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The nerve growth factor 35 years later. (1987) (3034)
The nerve-growth factor. (1979) (1296)
Proliferation, differentiation and degeneration in the spinal ganglia of the chick embryo under normal and experimental conditions. (1949) (971)
Selective growth stimulating effects of mouse sarcoma on the sensory and sympathetic nervous system of the chick embryo. (1951) (903)
Mast cells synthesize, store, and release nerve growth factor. (1994) (665)
Nerve growth factor: from neurotrophin to neurokine (1996) (646)
Destruction of the sympathetic ganglia in mammals by an antiserum to a nerve-growth protein* (1960) (603)
The nerve growth factor: thirty‐five years later. (1987) (469)
A NERVE GROWTH-STIMULATING FACTOR ISOLATED FROM SARCOM AS 37 AND 180. (1954) (467)
In vitro experiments on the effects of mouse sarcomas 180 and 37 on the spinal and sympathetic ganglia of the chick embryo. (1954) (447)
The nerve growth factor: its mode of action on sensory and sympathetic nerve cells. (1966) (414)
Essential role of the nerve growth factor in the survival and maintenance of dissociated sensory and sympathetic embryonic nerve cells in vitro. (1963) (405)
The development of the acoustico‐vestibular centres in the chick embryo in the absence of the afferent root fibers and of descending fiber tracts (1949) (387)
Mast cells increase in tissues of neonatal rats injected with the nerve growth factor (1977) (362)
A diffusible agent of mouse sarcoma, producing hyperplasia of sympathetic ganglia and hyperneurotization of viscera in the chick embryo (1953) (358)
EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF THE SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA EVOKED BY A PROTEIN ISOLATED FROM MOUSE SALIVARY GLANDS. (1960) (324)
A NERVE GROWTH-STIMULATING FACTOR ISOLATED FROM SNAKE VENOM. (1956) (299)
Developmental neurobiology and the natural history of nerve growth factor. (1982) (282)
Nerve growth factor in the synovial fluid of patients with chronic arthritis. (1992) (275)
Selective induction by nerve growth factor of tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine- -hydroxylase in the rat superior cervical ganglia. (1971) (275)
EFFECTS OF MOUSE TUMOR TRANSPLANTATION ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM (1952) (247)
Aggressive behavior induces release of nerve growth factor from mouse salivary gland into the bloodstream. (1986) (238)
Growth and differentiation. (1962) (224)
Multiple sclerosis patients express increased levels of β-nerve growth factor in cerebrospinal fluid (1992) (223)
The nerve growth factor: Thirty-five years later (1987) (223)
THE NERVE GROWTH FACTOR (1964) (220)
Nerve growth factor control of neuronal expression of angiogenetic and vasoactive factors (2001) (210)
The origin and development of the visceral in the spinal cord of the chick embryo (1950) (209)
Experimental and clinical evidence of neuroprotection by nerve growth factor eye drops: Implications for glaucoma (2009) (195)
Nerve growth factor-induced transformation of immature chromaffin cells in vivo into sympathetic neurons: effect of antiserum to nerve growth factor. (1979) (191)
Sympathetic nerve cell destruction in newborn mammals by 6-hydroxydopamine. (1970) (187)
Sympathetic nerve fibers ingrowth in the central nervous system of neonatal rodent upon intracerebral NGF injections. (1978) (178)
The nerve growth factor: its role in growth, differentiation and function of the sympathetic adrenergic neuron. (1976) (174)
Second symposium on catecholamines. Modification of sympathetic function. Immunosympathectomy. (1966) (167)
GROWTH CONTROL OF NERVE CELLS BY A PROTEIN FACTOR AND ITS ANTISERUM: DISCOVERY OF THIS FACTOR MAY PROVIDE NEW LEADS TO UNDERSTANDING OF SOME NEUROGENETIC PROCESSES. (1964) (167)
A proposed autacoid mechanism controlling mastocyte behaviour (2005) (158)
Update of the NGF saga (1995) (152)
IN VITRO AND IN VIVO EFFECTS OF A NERVE GROWTH-STIMULATING AGENT ISOLATED FROM SNAKE VENOM. (1956) (149)
Nerve growth factor. (1968) (145)
Nerve growth factor and autoimmune diseases. (1994) (144)
Nerve growth factor mRNA and protein increase in hypothalamus in a mouse model of aggression. (1989) (137)
Analysis of the effects of the antiserum to the nerve growth factor in adult mice. (1971) (135)
Thyroid hormone administration enhances remyelination in chronic demyelinating inflammatory disease. (2004) (127)
Nerve growth factor is an autocrine factor essential for the survival of macrophages infected with HIV. (1999) (125)
Somatic and behavioural postnatal effects of fetal injections of nerve growth factor antibodies in the rat (1981) (118)
Events in the Developing Nervous System (1964) (113)
Increased levels of NGF in sera of systemic lupus erythematosus patients. (1993) (105)
The nerve growth factor thirty-five years later (1987) (104)
A Role for Nerve Growth Factor in Nervous, Endocrine and Immune Systems (1997) (101)
Comparative studies on testosterone and L-thyroxine effects on the synthesis of nerve growth factor in mouse submaxillary salivary glands. (1980) (98)
Growth Control of the Sympathetic System by a Specific Protein Factor (1961) (96)
Experimental analysis of the mouse submaxillary salivary gland in relationship to its nerve-growth factor content. (1962) (90)
In vitro effects of the nerve growth factor on the fine structure of the sensory nerve cells. (1968) (90)
Nerve growth factor as a paradigm for other polypeptide growth factors (1986) (88)
Nerve growth factor induces volume increase and enhances tyrosine hydroxylase synthesis in chemically axotomized sympathetic ganglia of newborn rats. (1975) (87)
METABOLIC ASPECTS OF THE EFFECT OF NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ON SYMPATHETIC AND SENSORY GANGLIA: PROTEIN AND RIBONUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS. (1965) (81)
Differentiating effects of murine nerve growth factor in the peripheral and central nervous systems of Xenopus laevis tadpoles. (1985) (73)
The saga of the nerve growth factor. (1998) (71)
Purification and properties of a nerve growth-promoting factor isolated from mouse sarcoma 180. (1957) (71)
Studies on carrageenan-induced arthritis in adult rats: presence of nerve growth factor and role of sympathetic innervation (2004) (70)
Alterations in the fine structure of nucleoli in sympathetic neurons following NGF-antiserum treatment. (1969) (65)
NGF is released into plasma during human pregnancy: an oxytocin-mediated response? (1993) (61)
The synovium of transgenic arthritic mice expressing human tumor necrosis factor contains a high level of nerve growth factor. (1993) (61)
Axonal Outgrowth and Cell Migration in vitro from Nervous System of Cockroach Embryos (1969) (60)
Ultrastructural changes in sympathetic neurons of newborn and adult mice treated with nerve growth factor. (1971) (58)
Selective accumulation of ( 125 I) labelled nerve growth factor in sympathetic ganglia. (1972) (57)
MONOAMINES IN IMMUNOSYMPATHECTOMIZED RATS. (1965) (57)
Noradrenaline and monoaminoxidase content in immunosympathectomized animals (1962) (53)
HORMONAL CONTROL OF THE NGF CONTENT IN THE SUBMAXILLARY GLANDS OF MICE. (1964) (51)
Structural and ultrastructural changes in developing sympathetic ganglia induced by guanethidine. (1972) (51)
Frontiers of Life (2001) (49)
EFFECT OF A NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ON GLUCOSE METABOLISM BY SYMPATHETIC AND SENSORY NERVE CELLS. (1964) (46)
Comparative studies on the effect of the nerve growth factor on sympathetic ganglia and adrenal medulla in newborn rats. (1972) (45)
Cyclocytidine-induced release of nerve growth factor from mouse submandibular glands enhances regeneration of sympathetic fibers in adult mice (1985) (45)
Cytolytic effect of 6-hydroxydopamine on neuroblastoma cells. (1970) (45)
Light and electron microscopic studies on the excessive growth of sympathetic ganglia in rats injected daily from birth with 6-OHDA and NGF. (1975) (45)
Patterns of differentiation of the nerve centers and fiber tracts in the avian cerebral hemispheres (1958) (44)
The nerve growth factor and the neuroscience chess board. (2003) (41)
Effects of oral administration of nerve growth factor and of its antiserum on sympathetic ganglia of neonatal mice. (1982) (40)
Increased activity of choline acetyltransferase in sympathetic ganglia after prolonged administration of nerve growth factor. (1972) (39)
Long term cultures of dissociated nerve cells from the embryonic nervous system of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. (1970) (39)
Axonal growth from insect neurons in glia-free cultures. (1970) (38)
Growth inhibition of sympathetic cells by some adrenergic blocking agents (6-hydroxydopamine-mice and rats-immunosympathectomy-chemical sympathectomy-superior cervical ganglion). (1972) (37)
Immunochemical properties of the nerve growth factor. (1968) (35)
Nerve growth factor regulates axial rotation during early stages of chick embryo development (2012) (34)
Submaxillary Gland of Mouse: Effects of a Fraction on Tissues of Mesodermal Origin in vitro (1965) (32)
The nerve growth factor: Established findings and controversial aspects (1984) (32)
The saga of the nerve growth factor : preliminary studies, discovery, further development (1997) (31)
Chromaffin cells: the peripheral brain (2012) (31)
Nerve growth factor prevents vinblastine destructive effects on sympathetic ganglia in newborn mice. (1977) (29)
CHARACTERISTICS OF LABELLED RNA FROM SPINAL GANGLIA OF CHICK EMBRYO AND THE ACTION OF A SPECIFIC GROWTH FACTOR (NGF) (1966) (26)
Tropic, trophic, and transforming effects of nerve growth factor. (1980) (25)
In praise of imperfection: my life and work (1988) (25)
Comparative studies on the effects elicited by pre- and postnatal injections of anti-NGF, guanethidine, and 6-hydroxydopamine in chromaffin and ganglion cells of the adrenal medulla and carotid body in infant rats. (1980) (23)
Level of nerve growth factor and distribution of mast cells in the synovium of tumour necrosis factor transgenic arthritic mice. (1993) (23)
IN VITRO STUDIES OF THE INSECT EMBRYONIC NERVOUS SYSTEM (1969) (23)
Microtubule proteins in the nerve growth factor mediated response. Interaction between the nerve growth factor and its target cells. (1974) (22)
Nerve growth factor and distribution of mast cells in the synovium of adult rats. (1992) (22)
The nerve growth factor (NGF): chemical properties and metabolic effects. (1968) (22)
Multiple molecular forms of the nerve growth factor. (1967) (22)
The submaxillary salivary glands of the African rodent Praomys (mastomys) natalensis as the richest available source of the nerve growth factor. (1981) (21)
Recombinant human nerve growth factor with a marked activity in vitro and in vivo. (2005) (21)
The nerve growth factor-target cells interaction: a model system for the study of directed axonal growth and regeneration. (1983) (21)
METABOLIC EFFECTS OF A SPECIFIC NERVE GROWTH FACTOR (NGF) ON SENSORY AND SYMPATHETIC GANGLIA: ENHANCEMENT OF LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS * (1965) (20)
Specific cytotoxic effect of 6-hydroxydopamine on sympathetic neuroblasts. (1970) (20)
Mitochondrial lesions of developing sympathetic neurons induced by bretylium tosylate. (1972) (19)
The scientific challenge of the 21st century: from a reductionist to a holistic approach via systems biology (2006) (19)
Morphological and metabolic effects of the nerve growth factor. (1965) (18)
In Praise Of Imperfection (1988) (18)
Selective outgrowth of nerve fibers in vitro from embryonic ganglia of periplaneta americana. (1971) (18)
THE NERVE GROWTH FACTOR. (1975) (18)
Nerve growth factor induced overgrowth of axotomized superior cervical ganglia in neonatal rats. Similarities and differences with NGF effects in chemically axotomized sympathetic ganglia. (1979) (17)
STIMULATION OF LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS IN SYMPATHETIC AND SENSORY GANGLIA BY A SPECIFIC NERVE GROWTH FACTOR. (1964) (17)
Mechanism(s) of action of nerve growth factor in intact and lethally injured sympathetic nerve cell in neonatal rodents (1981) (16)
NGF: An Uncharted Route (1992) (16)
Structural and electrophysiological properties of nymphal and adult insect medial neurosecretory cells: AnIn vitro analysis (1974) (16)
In vitro analysis of corpora cardiaca and corpora allata from nymphal and adult specimens of Periplaneta americana. (1971) (15)
The nerve growth factor. Established findings and controversial aspects. (1997) (15)
Neuronal Properties of Nymphal and Adult Insect Neurosecretory Cells in vitro (1973) (14)
Growth regulation of the sympathetic nervous system: immunosympathectomy and chemical sympathectomy. (1971) (14)
Interrelation and dynamic activity of visceral muscle and nerve cells from insect embryos in long-term cultures. (1972) (13)
Growth regulation of sympathetic nerve cells. (1965) (13)
In vitro analysis of the frontal and ingluvial ganglia from nymphal specimens of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. (1972) (13)
From Turin to Stockholm via St. Louis and Rio de Janeiro (2000) (11)
The Nerve Growth Factor: 35 Years Later (Nobel Lecture) (1987) (11)
Enhanced differentiation of sexually dimorphic organs in L-thyroxine treated Tfm mice (2004) (10)
The nerve growth factor: its widening role and place in neurobiology. (1976) (9)
CONTROL MECHANISMS OF THE ADRENERGIC NEURON (1974) (9)
Biological Aspects of Specific Growth Promoting Factors (1997) (8)
A new role for the glial cell? (1975) (8)
Some trends in research on cellular differentiation and morphogenesis. (1957) (8)
Is NGF an enzyme? (1979) (7)
Recent studies on the NGF-target cells interaction. (1979) (7)
Long-Term Cultures of Embryonic and Mature Insect Nervous and Neuroendocrine Systems (1973) (7)
Two control mechanisms of growth and differentiation of the sympathetic nervous system. (1971) (6)
MILESTONES, UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND CURRENT STUDIES ON NERVE GROWTH FACTOR (1976) (6)
[Early effects of anti-nerve growth factor serum on the nerve cell]. (1966) (5)
Ten years in cell death: a double celebration (2004) (5)
Nerve-growth factor in familial dysautonomia. (1976) (5)
The story of azelaic acid. A tribute to Marcella Nazzaro-Porro (1995) (5)
From a home-made laboratory to the Nobel Prize: an interview with Rita Levi Montalcini. (2000) (5)
Polydipsia after intracranial injections—a property of NGF or a contaminant? (1980) (5)
Structural and eletrophysiological properties of nymphal and adult insect medial neurosecretory cells: an in vitro analysis. (1974) (4)
Studies on the Interaction of the Nerve Growth Factor with Tubulin and Actin (1976) (4)
Glycogen content in the heart of immunosympathectomized animals. (1962) (4)
1 – The Nerve Growth Factor (1972) (4)
[Effects of insulin on RNA and lipid synthesis in embryonal sensitive ganglia]. (1966) (4)
Tissue and Nerve Growth Promoting Factors (1965) (4)
Trophic, tropic and transforming effects of the nerve growth factor on its target cells. (1979) (3)
In Vitro Analysis of the Insect Nervous System (1971) (3)
Giuseppe Moruzzi: A tribute to a “formidable” scientist and a “formidable” man (2011) (3)
Nerve growth factor--target cells. A model of choice in the study of neuron differentiation. (1982) (3)
The Action of Nerve Growth Factor on Sensory and Sympathetic Cells (1997) (2)
The nerve growth factor and the neuroscience chess board. (2003) (2)
Control Mechanisms in the Sympathetic Nervous System (1971) (2)
Interaction between nerve growth factor (NGF) and adrenergic blocking agents in sympathetic neurons (1973) (2)
11 – THE NERVE GROWTH FACTOR (1973) (2)
European brain research (1994) (1)
"Polypeptide growth factors" with special emphasis on wound healing. Introduction. (1995) (1)
Washington University in St. Louis [1] (2019) (1)
Women and the Right to Education: The Key to Development (2006) (1)
Molecular Aspects of Neurobiology (1986) (1)
The Educated Brain: Foreword: Towards a new pedagogical and didactic approach (2008) (1)
Personal foreword to the special issue (1995) (1)
Preface to structural and functional studies on nerve growth factor (1999) (1)
Experimental research on the origin of the ciliary ganglion in the chicken embryo. (1947) (1)
L'as a la màniga (1999) (1)
Nerve growth factor activation of differentiation programs in neuronal and non-neuronal cell lines from amphibians to mammals (1985) (1)
FERDINANDO MORIN (1912-1964). (1965) (0)
Hanging Drop Tissue Culture (2020) (0)
Letter from Rita Levi-Montalcini to Joshua Lederberg (1964) (0)
Discussion of paper by Y. J. Topper et al. (1972) (0)
Nerve cells, transmitters and behaviour : proceedings of a study week at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, October 9-14, 1978 (1980) (0)
Table of Contents (1987) (0)
Editoriale NGF : from chick embryo to human ’ s psyche Centenarian homage to (2016) (0)
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012) (2018) (0)
ANALYSIS OF THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF THE NERVE GROWTH FACTOR. (1968) (0)
Proceedings: Studies on the interaction of nerve growth factor with tubulin and actin. (1975) (0)
Discussion of paper by B. A. Flaxman (1972) (0)
Reflections on a Scientific Adventure (1982) (0)
Nerve growth factor prevents vinblastine destructive effects on sympathetic ganglia in newborn mice ( microtubules / microfilaments ) (0)
55 Immunosympathectomy as a new approach to the study of the sympthetic system (1961) (0)
Seven days: 3 January 2013 (2013) (0)
NGF: from chick embryo to human’s psyche (2018) (0)
Isolated from Mouse Sarcoma 180 Purification and Properties of a Nerve Growth-promoting Factor Updated (2006) (0)
NEUROSCIENCE FOREFRONT REVIEW AUDITORY CORTEX INVOLVEMENT IN EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND MEMORY (2015) (0)
Presence of NGF in inflamed joint synovium of rat and human arthritis (1991) (0)
Glucose oxidation in the heart and diaphragm of immunosympathectomized animals. (1966) (0)
806 – STRUCTURAL, ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON NGF-TARGET CELLS INTERACTION (1977) (0)
Neuronal nets and nerve cell interactions in vitro in insect systems (1972) (0)
ACTIVE TRANSPORT OF MAGNESIUM IN ESCHERICHIA COLI* BY SIMON SILVER (2004) (0)
Discussion of paper by F. E. stockdale and M. C. O’neill (1972) (0)
Letter from Rita Levi-Montalcini to Marshall W. Nirenberg (1995) (0)
GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATIONl (1961) (0)
Presence of nerve growth factor and NGF-receptors in human Schwannoma cells (1993) (0)
Changes of catecholamines levels and metabolism following immunological and chemical sympathectomy (1973) (0)
[Not Available]. (1947) (0)

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