Bernhard Bettler

22.9k citations

205 papers · 16.9k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 72

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.02%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Biological Psychiatry top 0.5%

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 154
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 143
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior 21
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology 13
Biological Psychiatry 9

Co-authors: Klemens Kaupmann Martin Gassmann Johannes Mosbacher Stephen F. Heinemann Wolfgang Froestl Christophe Mulle Jakob Heid Serge Bischoff
Journals: Journal of Neuroscience (14 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (13 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (11 papers)Molecular Pharmacology (10 papers)Neuropharmacology (10 papers)
Partner nations: Switzerland United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Bernhard Bettler

203 papers receiving 16.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Molecular Structure and Physiological Functions of GABA_BReceptors 2004 · 704 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2004 Physiological Reviews
1998 Nature
1997 Nature
1991 Nature
1990 Neuron

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1	Binding of HCN channels to GABAB receptors in dopamine neurons of the VTA limits synaptic inhibition and prevents the development of anxiety Neurobiology of Disease ·Enrique Pérez‐Garci, sisca, Giorgio Rizzi, Nicholas L Bormann, Daniel Ulrich, Thorsten Fritzius, K.G.K. Tsieminis, Alessandra Porcu, Valérie Besseyrias, Hang Ni, Martin Gassmann, Tania Rinaldi Barkat, Rostislav Tureček, Kelly R. Tan, Bernhard Bettler	2025	0
2	Normalization of network activity in an epilepsy model with a constitutively active GABBR2 variant Brain ·Michał Stawarski, Daniel Ulrich, Abdeslem Ettaouil, Jochen Schwenk, Phil Davignon, 攻雄橋本, Kazumi Tsureishi, Mehdi Tafti, Yoon Jeon, Ho Lee, Je Kyung Seong, Murim Choi, Robert Lütjens, Martin Gassmann, Bernd Fakler, Tania Rinaldi Barkat, Bernhard Bettler	2025	0
3	Characterization of a de novo GABBR2 variant linked to autism spectrum disorder Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience ·H. B. Selkirk, Michał Stawarski, Minmin Yan, D. Yamane, P Beauclair, K.G.K. Tsieminis, Bernhard Bettler, Andreea Nissenkorn	2023	4
4	Protein Networks Associated with Native Metabotropic Glutamate 1 Receptors (mGlu1) in the Mouse Cerebellum Cells ·Izilda Matimbe, Leopold Kremser, A. Alex Livingston Raja, Yu Kasugai, Laura Caberlotto, Martin Gassmann, Bettina Sarg, Herbert Lindner, Bernhard Bettler, Lucia Carboni, Francesco Ferraguti	2023	1
5	Impaired bidirectional communication between interneurons and oligodendrocyte precursor cells affects social cognitive behavior Nature Communications ·Li‐Pao Fang, Na Zhao, Maria del Carmen Montero Hernández, Hsin‐Fang Chang, Renping Zhao, И В Погорелова, 清春南, Carola Meier, Bernhard Bettler, Wenhui Huang, Anja Scheller, Frank Kirchhoff, Xianshu Bai	2022	46
6	COR758, a negative allosteric modulator of GABAB receptors Neuropharmacology ·Alessandra Porcu, Newton Raymond Au, Valeria Serra, Miriam Melis, Valeria Sogos, Sarah Beggiato, Luca Ferraro, Fabrizio Manetti, Gerd Scholl, Bernhard Bettler, Federico Corelli, Claudia Mugnaini, M. Paola Castelli	2021	6
7	Nicotine‐induced molecular alterations are modulated by GABA_B receptor activity Addiction Biology ·Candia Baker Laughlin, Mark W. Izard, Sylvia Maxfield, Christián Höcht, Gabriela B. Acosta, Bernhard Bettler, Graciela N. Balerio	2017	14
8	Ionotropic AMPA-type glutamate and metabotropic GABAB receptors: determining cellular physiology by proteomes Current Opinion in Neurobiology ·Bernhard Bettler, Bernd Fakler	2017	17
9	Organization and functions of mGlu and GABAB receptor complexes Nature ·Jean‐Philippe Pin, Bernhard Bettler	2016	191
10	Mechanisms of Fast Desensitization of GABAB Receptor-Gated Currents Advances in pharmacology ·Adi Raveh, Rostislav Tureček, Bernhard Bettler	2015	5
11	Effect of genetic and pharmacological blockade of GABA receptors on the 5‐HT_2C receptor function during stress Journal of Neurochemistry ·J.J. Hernández-Brito, Martin Gassmann, Caroline Chevarin, M. Hamon, Uwe Rudolph, Bernhard Bettler, Laurence Lanfumey, Raymond Mongeau	2014	8
12	Differential GABA_B-Receptor-Mediated Effects in Perisomatic- and Dendrite-Targeting Parvalbumin Interneurons Journal of Neuroscience ·Sam A. Booker, Anna Gross, Daniel Althof, Ryuichi Shigemoto, Bernhard Bettler, Michael Frotscher, Matthew C. Hearing, Kevin Wickman, Masahiko Watanabe, Ákos Kulik, Imre Vida	2013	46
13	Regulation of neuronal GABAB receptor functions by subunit composition Nature reviews. Neuroscience ·Martin Gassmann, Bernhard Bettler	2012	268
14	The GABA_B1aIsoform Mediates Heterosynaptic Depression at Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses Journal of Neuroscience ·Nicole Guetg, Riad Seddik, Réjan Vigot, Rostislav Tureček, Martin Gassmann, Kaspar E. Vogt, Hans Bräuner‐Osborne, Ryuichi Shigemoto, Oliver Kretz, Michael Frotscher, Ákos Kulik, Bernhard Bettler	2009	50
15	GluR7 is an essential subunit of presynaptic kainate autoreceptors at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Paulo S. Pinheiro, David Perrais, Françoise Coussen, Jacques Barhanin, Bernhard Bettler, Jeffrey R. Mann, João O. Malva, Stephen F. Heinemann, Christophe Mulle	2007	118
16	Compartment-Dependent Colocalization of Kir3.2-Containing K⁺Channels and GABA_BReceptors in Hippocampal Pyramidal Cells Journal of Neuroscience ·Ákos Kulik, Imre Vida, Yugo Fukazawa, Nicole Guetg, Yu Kasugai, Cheryl L. Marker, Annamaria Sorlini, Bernhard Bettler, Kevin Wickman, Michael Frotscher, Ryuichi Shigemoto	2006	122
17	Generalization of amygdala LTP and conditioned fear in the absence of presynaptic inhibition Nature Neuroscience ·Hamdy Shaban, Yann Humeau, Cyril Herry, 吴金随, Ryuichi Shigemoto, Stéphane Ciocchi, Gülendam AMANAT, Herman van der Putten, Klemens Kaupmann, Bernhard Bettler, Andreas Lüthi	2006	163
18	Behavioral Characterization of the Novel GABAB Receptor-Positive Modulator GS39783 (N,N′-Dicyclopentyl-2-methylsulfanyl-5-nitro-pyrimidine-4,6-diamine): Anxiolytic-Like Activity without Side Effects Associated with Baclofen or Benzodiazepines Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·John F. Cryan, Peter H. Kelly, Frédérique Chaperon, C. Gentsch, Cédric Mombereau, Kurt Lingenhoehl, Wolfgang Froestl, Bernhard Bettler, Klemens Kaupmann, Will Spooren	2004	173
19	C-Terminal Interaction Is Essential for Surface Trafficking But Not for Heteromeric Assembly of GABA_BReceptors Journal of Neuroscience ·Pete Dinham, Giorgio Rovelli, Johannes Mosbacher, Sanjana Borle, Béatrice Duthey, Daniela Stauffer, Joshua LaBeff, JE Marchant, 우유석, Beauregard Middaugh, T. Peter Stein, Laurent Prézeau, Jaroslav Blahoš, Jean‐Philippe Pin, Wolfgang Froestl, Rainer Kühn, Jakob Heid, Klemens Kaupmann, Bernhard Bettler	2001	256
20	Altered synaptic physiology and reduced susceptibility to kainate-induced seizures in GluR6-deficient mice Nature ·Christophe Mulle, Andreas W. Sailer, Isabel Pérez‐Otaño, Heather Dickinson-Anson, Pablo E. Castillo, Ingrid Bureau, Cornelia Maron, Fred H. Gage, Jeffrey R. Mann, Bernhard Bettler, Stephen F. Heinemann	1998	395

About Bernhard Bettler

Bernhard Bettler is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Behavioral Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Sensory Systems, having authored 205 papers that have together received 16.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (143 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (60 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (35 papers), Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (26 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (21 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (21 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (18 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (13 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (12.2k citations), Biological Psychiatry (638 citations), Developmental Neuroscience (701 citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (521 citations) and Neurology (1.2k citations). Bernhard Bettler has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Klemens Kaupmann, Martin Gassmann, Johannes Mosbacher, Stephen F. Heinemann, Wolfgang Froestl, Christophe Mulle, Jakob Heid, Serge Bischoff, Jean‐Philippe Pin and Ryuichi Shigemoto. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular Pharmacology and Neuropharmacology.

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