Burkhard Pleger

7.2k total citations
111 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Burkhard Pleger is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Burkhard Pleger has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 35 papers in Neurology and 18 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Burkhard Pleger's work include Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (32 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (29 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (23 papers). Burkhard Pleger is often cited by papers focused on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies (32 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (29 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (23 papers). Burkhard Pleger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Burkhard Pleger's co-authors include Martin Tegenthoff, Peter Schwenkreis, Hubert R. Dinse, Patrick Ragert, Arno Villringer, Christoph Maier, Raymond J. Dolan, V. Nicolas, Annette Horstmann and Ann‐Freya Förster and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Burkhard Pleger

110 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Burkhard Pleger 2.9k 1.5k 1.2k 915 882 111 5.4k
Patrick Ragert 3.3k 1.1× 2.4k 1.6× 523 0.5× 637 0.7× 632 0.7× 114 5.4k
Hubert R. Dinse 4.6k 1.6× 1.8k 1.2× 670 0.6× 643 0.7× 691 0.8× 155 7.1k
B. Bromm 2.6k 0.9× 821 0.6× 3.0k 2.6× 764 0.8× 897 1.0× 108 5.7k
Pedro Montoya 2.6k 0.9× 605 0.4× 894 0.8× 599 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 148 5.4k
André Mouraux 5.6k 1.9× 819 0.6× 3.2k 2.8× 458 0.5× 1.2k 1.3× 210 8.7k
Ron Kupers 2.8k 1.0× 388 0.3× 1.4k 1.2× 455 0.5× 563 0.6× 133 5.0k
Markus Ploner 4.2k 1.4× 709 0.5× 3.0k 2.6× 389 0.4× 1.1k 1.3× 93 6.5k
F. Lávenne 1.4k 0.5× 646 0.4× 826 0.7× 370 0.4× 314 0.4× 77 4.3k
Carlo Adolfo Porro 3.3k 1.1× 429 0.3× 1.5k 1.3× 182 0.2× 586 0.7× 98 5.4k
Jonathan Downar 5.4k 1.8× 4.1k 2.8× 426 0.4× 713 0.8× 997 1.1× 189 8.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Burkhard Pleger

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All Works

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Wang, Bin, Norman H. Lam, Shumei Li, et al.. (2025). Thalamic regulation of reinforcement learning strategies across prefrontal-striatal networks. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9095–9095. 1 indexed citations
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Pleger, Burkhard, et al.. (2025). Smell the Label: Odors Influence Label Perception and Their Neural Processing. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(14). e1159242024–e1159242024. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Anna, Ralf Wimmer, Norman H. Lam, et al.. (2025). 40. A Prefrontal Thalamocortical Readout for Conflict-Related Executive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry. 97(9). S91–S91. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, Shumei Li, Michael M. Halassa, & Burkhard Pleger. (2025). The unique role of the associative thalamus in cognitive processing. Brain Research Bulletin. 229. 111432–111432.
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Wang, Bin, Jonas Rose, Kathrin Ohla, et al.. (2024). Differences in Discounting Behavior and Brain Responses for Food and Money Reward. eNeuro. 11(4). ENEURO.0153–23.2024. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, et al.. (2023). Human orbitofrontal cortex signals decision outcomes to sensory cortex during behavioral adaptations. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3552–3552. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, et al.. (2022). Thalamic regulation of frontal interactions in human cognitive flexibility. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(9). e1010500–e1010500. 24 indexed citations
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Barakat, Y., Jacob George, Kathrin Ohla, et al.. (2022). Nutrition claims influence expectations about food attributes, attenuate activity in reward‐associated brain regions during tasting, but do not impact pleasantness. Brain and Behavior. 13(1). e2828–e2828. 9 indexed citations
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Rullmann, Michael, Sven Preusser, Stefanie Heba, et al.. (2019). Adiposity Related Brain Plasticity Induced by Bariatric Surgery. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 13. 290–290. 8 indexed citations
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Kuehn, Esther & Burkhard Pleger. (2018). How Visual Body Perception Influences Somatosensory Plasticity. Neural Plasticity. 2018. 1–12. 3 indexed citations
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Grundeis, Felicitas, et al.. (2016). Differences in Insula and Pre-/Frontal Responses during Reappraisal of Food in Lean and Obese Humans. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10. 233–233. 15 indexed citations
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Gundlach, Christopher, et al.. (2015). Connections between Intraparietal Sulcus and a Sensorimotor Network Underpin Sustained Tactile Attention. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(20). 7938–7949. 20 indexed citations
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Ritter, Petra, Jan Born, Michael Brecht, et al.. (2015). State-dependencies of learning across brain scales. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 9. 1–1. 105 indexed citations
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Mueller, Karsten, Harald E. Möller, Annette Horstmann, et al.. (2015). Physical exercise in overweight to obese individuals induces metabolic- and neurotrophic-related structural brain plasticity. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 9. 372–372. 63 indexed citations
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Pleger, Burkhard, et al.. (2013). Sustained Spatial Attention to Vibrotactile Stimulation in the Flutter Range: Relevant Brain Regions and Their Interaction. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e84196–e84196. 14 indexed citations
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Horstmann, Annette, Franziska P. Busse, David Mathar, et al.. (2011). Obesity-Related Differences between Women and Men in Brain Structure and Goal-Directed Behavior. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 5. 58–58. 124 indexed citations
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Pleger, Burkhard, Felix Blankenburg, Christian C. Ruff, Jon Driver, & Raymond J. Dolan. (2008). Reward Facilitates Tactile Judgments and Modulates Hemodynamic Responses in Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(33). 8161–8168. 86 indexed citations
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Schwenkreis, Peter, et al.. (2007). Assessment of sensorimotor cortical representation asymmetries and motor skills in violin players. European Journal of Neuroscience. 26(11). 3291–3302. 57 indexed citations
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Wiech, Katja, Raffaël Kalisch, Nikolaus Weiskopf, et al.. (2006). Anterolateral Prefrontal Cortex Mediates the Analgesic Effect of Expected and Perceived Control over Pain. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(44). 11501–11509. 245 indexed citations
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Pleger, Burkhard, Martin Tegenthoff, Patrick Ragert, et al.. (2005). Sensorimotor returning in complex regional pain syndrome parallels pain reduction. Annals of Neurology. 57(3). 425–429. 288 indexed citations

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