Andreas Neef

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Andreas Neef is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Neef has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Andreas Neef's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (13 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (13 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (12 papers). Andreas Neef is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (13 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (13 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (12 papers). Andreas Neef collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Andreas Neef's co-authors include Tobias Moser, Darina Khimich, Demian Battaglia, Nicola Strenzke, Markus Helmer, Manuel Schottdorf, Thomas Frank, Eckart D. Gundelfinger, M. Charles Liberman and Leon Lagnado and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Neef

42 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andreas Neef Germany	21	647	623	621	582	341	45	1.9k
Glenn Turner United States	22	608 0.9×	406 0.7×	2.4k 3.8×	666 1.1×	149 0.4×	38	3.5k
William E. Allen United States	23	296 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	1.2k 1.9×	1.6k 2.8×	151 0.4×	51	3.8k
Andrew Doan United States	17	66 0.1×	307 0.5×	1.3k 2.0×	1.2k 2.1×	309 0.9×	46	2.7k
Michelle Cheng United States	26	46 0.1×	516 0.8×	749 1.2×	621 1.1×	44 0.1×	62	2.8k
Ann Jervie Sefton Australia	29	121 0.2×	930 1.5×	1.8k 2.8×	1.6k 2.7×	198 0.6×	65	2.9k
Sara M. Lindsay United States	21	96 0.1×	760 1.2×	910 1.5×	878 1.5×	199 0.6×	34	2.5k
Brian J. McCabe United Kingdom	31	122 0.2×	1.0k 1.7×	896 1.4×	407 0.7×	91 0.3×	72	2.8k
Anina N. Rich Australia	32	733 1.1×	1.4k 2.2×	124 0.2×	548 0.9×	98 0.3×	93	3.5k
Michał Żochowski United States	24	228 0.4×	1.1k 1.8×	1.0k 1.6×	311 0.5×	59 0.2×	100	2.1k
John A. McNulty United States	26	87 0.1×	213 0.3×	356 0.6×	317 0.5×	108 0.3×	119	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andreas Neef

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Harris, Sam, J. Hartmann, Rikesh M. Rajani, et al.. (2025). Alzheimer’s disease patient-derived high-molecular-weight tau impairs bursting in hippocampal neurons. Cell. 188(14). 3775–3788.e21. 7 indexed citations

Tomczak, Adam P., et al.. (2023). Revealing a hidden conducting state by manipulating the intracellular domains in KV10.1 exposes the coupling between two gating mechanisms. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chenfei, D. J. Hofmann, Andreas Neef, & Fred Wolf. (2022). Ultrafast population coding and axo-somatic compartmentalization. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(1). e1009775–e1009775. 6 indexed citations

Stühmer, Walter, et al.. (2021). Theta activity paradoxically boosts gamma and ripple frequency sensitivity in prefrontal interneurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(51). 3 indexed citations

Revah, Omer, et al.. (2019). Dynamic Gain Analysis Reveals Encoding Deficiencies in Cortical Neurons That Recover from Hypoxia-Induced Spreading Depolarizations. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(39). 7790–7800. 11 indexed citations

Shirota, Yuichiro, et al.. (2019). Neuronal tuning: Selective targeting of neuronal populations via manipulation of pulse width and directionality. Brain stimulation. 12(5). 1244–1252. 17 indexed citations

Sommer, Martin, Matteo Ciocca, Raffaella Chieffo, et al.. (2018). TMS of primary motor cortex with a biphasic pulse activates two independent sets of excitable neurones. Brain stimulation. 11(3). 558–565. 50 indexed citations

Kunz, Patrik, et al.. (2017). 5 kHz Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation: Lack of Cortical Excitability Changes When Grouped in a Theta Burst Pattern. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10. 683–683. 15 indexed citations

Yang, Yang, et al.. (2016). Low Somatic Sodium Conductance Enhances Action Potential Precision in Time-Coding Auditory Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(47). 11999–12009. 20 indexed citations

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Stern, Shani, Andres Agudelo-Toro, Assaf Rotem, Elisha Moses, & Andreas Neef. (2015). Chronaxie Measurements in Patterned Neuronal Cultures from Rat Hippocampus. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0132577–e0132577. 17 indexed citations

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Neef, Nicole E., et al.. (2015). Speech dynamics are coded in the left motor cortex in fluent speakers but not in adults who stutter. Brain. 138(3). 712–725. 51 indexed citations

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Rotem, Assaf, Andreas Neef, Nicole E. Neef, et al.. (2014). Solving the Orientation Specific Constraints in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation by Rotating Fields. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e86794–e86794. 17 indexed citations

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Agudelo-Toro, Andres & Andreas Neef. (2013). Computationally efficient simulation of electrical activity at cell membranes interacting with self-generated and externally imposed electric fields. Journal of Neural Engineering. 10(2). 26019–26019. 52 indexed citations

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Neef, Nicole E., Walter Paulus, Andreas Neef, Alexander Wolff von Gudenberg, & Martin Sommer. (2011). Reduced intracortical inhibition and facilitation in the primary motor tongue representation of adults who stutter. Clinical Neurophysiology. 122(9). 1802–1811. 35 indexed citations

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Frank, Thomas, Mark A. Rutherford, Nicola Strenzke, et al.. (2010). Bassoon and the Synaptic Ribbon Organize Ca2+ Channels and Vesicles to Add Release Sites and Promote Refilling. Neuron. 68(4). 724–738. 209 indexed citations

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Buran, Brad N., Nicola Strenzke, Andreas Neef, et al.. (2010). Onset Coding Is Degraded in Auditory Nerve Fibers from Mutant Mice Lacking Synaptic Ribbons. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(22). 7587–7597. 165 indexed citations

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Frank, Thomas, Darina Khimich, Andreas Neef, & Tobias Moser. (2009). Mechanisms contributing to synaptic Ca ²⁺ signals and their heterogeneity in hair cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(11). 4483–4488. 142 indexed citations

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Neef, Andreas, Darina Khimich, Primož Pirih, et al.. (2007). Probing the Mechanism of Exocytosis at the Hair Cell Ribbon Synapse. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(47). 12933–12944. 57 indexed citations

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Neef, Andreas, Christian Heinemann, & Tobias Moser. (2007). Measurements of membrane patch capacitance using a software-based lock-in system. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 454(2). 335–344. 12 indexed citations

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Holt, Matthew G., Anne Cooke, Andreas Neef, & Leon Lagnado. (2004). High Mobility of Vesicles Supports Continuous Exocytosis at a Ribbon Synapse. Current Biology. 14(3). 173–183. 112 indexed citations

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