Birgit Liss

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
73 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Birgit Liss is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Liss has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 17 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Birgit Liss's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (29 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (19 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (15 papers). Birgit Liss is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (29 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (19 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (15 papers). Birgit Liss collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Birgit Liss's co-authors include Jochen Roeper, Axel Neu, Andrea Hetzel, Stephan Lammel, Falk Schlaudraff, Jan Gründemann, Susumu Seino, Frances M. Ashcroft, Takashi Miki and Johanna Duda and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Liss

73 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Hereditary parkinsonism with dementia is caused by mutations in ATP13A2, encoding a lysosomal type 5 P-type ATPase

2006 881 citations Alfredo Ramı́rez, André Heimbach et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Unique Properties of Mesoprefrontal Neurons within a Dual Mesocorticolimbic Dopamine System

2008 705 citations Birgit Liss, Jochen Roeper et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgit Liss Germany	39	3.2k	2.8k	1.7k	1.0k	925	73	6.2k
Jochen Roeper Germany	40	4.4k 1.4×	3.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	810 0.9×	84	7.3k
Jeffrey H. Kordower United States	46	4.6k 1.4×	2.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	811 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	109	7.5k
José L. Lanciego Spain	49	3.5k 1.1×	1.9k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	573 0.6×	143	7.1k
Matthias Klugmann Australia	43	3.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.3×	465 0.3×	747 0.7×	878 0.9×	99	7.4k
Farrukh A. Chaudhry Norway	38	4.9k 1.5×	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	948 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	73	7.4k
William A. Staines Canada	46	4.3k 1.4×	3.5k 1.3×	696 0.4×	865 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	118	7.8k
Christian Kubisch Germany	37	2.2k 0.7×	4.6k 1.6×	1.1k 0.6×	336 0.3×	739 0.8×	144	7.3k
Henry J. Waldvogel New Zealand	54	4.1k 1.3×	3.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	634 0.6×	1.8k 1.9×	157	8.0k
Luis B. Tovar‐y‐Romo Sweden	42	5.3k 1.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	781 0.8×	823 0.9×	111	8.0k

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Nie, Yu, Patrick F. Chinnery, Heike Endepols, et al.. (2024). Preserved striatal innervation maintains motor function despite severe loss of nigral dopaminergic neurons. Brain. 147(9). 3189–3203. 7 indexed citations

Ramírez‐Franco, Jorge, Michael Fauler, Johanna Duda, et al.. (2023). Deep learning-based image analysis identifies a DAT-negative subpopulation of dopaminergic neurons in the lateral Substantia nigra. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1146–1146. 5 indexed citations

Veen, Bastiaan van der, Thomas Akam, Birgit Liss, et al.. (2023). Control of sustained attention and impulsivity by Gq-protein signalling in parvalbumin interneurons of the anterior cingulate cortex. Translational Psychiatry. 13(1). 243–243. 8 indexed citations

Heß, Simon, Johanna Duda, Toni Schneider, et al.. (2022). β2-subunit alternative splicing stabilizes Cav2.3 Ca2+ channel activity during continuous midbrain dopamine neuron-like activity. eLife. 11. 11 indexed citations

Duda, Johanna, Michael Fauler, Jan Gründemann, & Birgit Liss. (2018). Cell-Specific RNA Quantification in Human SN DA Neurons from Heterogeneous Post-mortem Midbrain Samples by UV-Laser Microdissection and RT-qPCR. Methods in molecular biology. 1723. 335–360. 9 indexed citations

Ortner, Nadine J., Antonios Dougalis, Maria Kharitonova, et al.. (2017). Lower Affinity of Isradipine for L-Type Ca ²⁺ Channels during Substantia Nigra Dopamine Neuron-Like Activity: Implications for Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(28). 6761–6777. 62 indexed citations

Dougalis, Antonios, Gillian A. Matthews, Birgit Liss, & Mark A. Ungless. (2017). Ionic currents influencing spontaneous firing and pacemaker frequency in dopamine neurons of the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray and dorsal raphe nucleus (vlPAG/DRN): A voltage-clamp and computational modelling study. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 42(3). 275–305. 12 indexed citations

Liss, Birgit. (2016). Calcium modulation of somatodendritic dopamine D2 autoreceptor responses. 4(Suppl. 2). A6.2–A6.2. 1 indexed citations

Krabbe, Sabine, Johanna Duda, Julia Schiemann, et al.. (2015). Increased dopamine D2 receptor activity in the striatum alters the firing pattern of dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(12). E1498–506. 50 indexed citations

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Schlaudraff, Falk, et al.. (2014). Orchestrated increase of dopamine and PARK mRNAs but not miR-133b in dopamine neurons in Parkinson's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 35(10). 2302–2315. 38 indexed citations

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Parlato, Rosanna, et al.. (2014). Regulation of proliferation and histone acetylation in embryonic neural precursors by CREB/CREM signaling. PubMed. 1(1). e970883–e970883. 3 indexed citations

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Duda, Johanna, et al.. (2014). Elevated mRNA-levels of distinct mitochondrial and plasma membrane Ca2+ transporters in individual hypoglossal motor neurons of endstage SOD1 transgenic mice. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 8. 353–353. 18 indexed citations

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Elstner, Matthias, Sarina Müller, Falk Schlaudraff, et al.. (2011). Neuromelanin, neurotransmitter status and brainstem location determine the differential vulnerability of catecholaminergic neurons to mitochondrial DNA deletions. Molecular Brain. 4(1). 43–43. 38 indexed citations

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Rolyan, Harshvardhan, Annika Scheffold, Annette Heinrich, et al.. (2011). Telomere shortening reduces Alzheimer’s disease amyloid pathology in mice. Brain. 134(7). 2044–2056. 79 indexed citations

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Aguado, Carolina, José Colón, Francisco Ciruela, et al.. (2007). Cell type‐specific subunit composition of G protein‐gated potassium channels in the cerebellum. Journal of Neurochemistry. 105(2). 497–511. 65 indexed citations

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Tricarico, Domenico, Antonietta Mele, Birgit Liss, et al.. (2007). Reduced expression of Kir6.2/SUR2A subunits explains KATP deficiency in K+-depleted rats. Neuromuscular Disorders. 18(1). 74–80. 18 indexed citations

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Ramı́rez, Alfredo, André Heimbach, Jan Gründemann, et al.. (2006). Hereditary parkinsonism with dementia is caused by mutations in ATP13A2, encoding a lysosomal type 5 P-type ATPase. Nature Genetics. 38(10). 1184–1191. 881 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liss, Birgit & Jochen Roeper. (2001). A role for neuronal KATP channels in metabolic control of the seizure gate. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 22(12). 599–601. 18 indexed citations

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Liss, Birgit, Axel Neu, & Jochen Roeper. (1999). The weaver mouse gain-of-function phenotype of dopaminergic midbrain neurons is determined by coactivation of wvGirk2 and K-ATP channels.. PubMed. 19(20). 8839–48. 48 indexed citations

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Liss, Birgit, et al.. (1999). Alternative sulfonylurea receptor expression defines metabolic sensitivity of K-ATP channels in dopaminergic midbrain neurons. The EMBO Journal. 18(4). 833–846. 198 indexed citations

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