Çağla Eroğlu

10.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
73 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Çağla Eroğlu is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Çağla Eroğlu has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 28 papers in Neurology and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Çağla Eroğlu's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (24 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (19 papers). Çağla Eroğlu is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (25 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (24 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (19 papers). Çağla Eroğlu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Germany. Çağla Eroğlu's co-authors include Nicola J. Allen, Ben A. Barres, Won‐Suk Chung, W. Christopher Risher, Katherine T. Baldwin, Dominic Ippolito, Jeffrey A. Stogsdill, Chandrani Chakraborty, Jonnathan Singh Alvarado and M. Ilcim Ozlu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Çağla Eroğlu

70 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Gabapentin Receptor α2δ-1 Is a Neuronal Thrombospondin Receptor Responsible for Excitatory CNS Synaptogenesis

2009 704 citations Çağla Eroğlu, Z. David Luo et al. profile →
Cell Biology of Astrocyte-Synapse Interactions

2017 690 citations Çağla Eroğlu et al. Neuron profile →
Regulation of synaptic connectivity by glia

2010 598 citations Çağla Eroğlu, Ben A. Barres Nature profile →
Astrocytes Control Synapse Formation, Function, and Elimination

2015 581 citations Çağla Eroğlu et al. profile →
Control of excitatory CNS synaptogenesis by astrocyte-secreted proteins Hevin and SPARC

2011 464 citations M. Ilcim Ozlu, Ben A. Barres et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Çağla Eroğlu United States	38	3.4k	2.7k	2.6k	1.6k	1.2k	73	7.1k
Erik M. Ullian United States	36	2.8k 0.8×	3.2k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	658 0.6×	49	6.7k
Jean Mariani France	53	4.0k 1.2×	4.0k 1.5×	2.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	235	9.1k
Junichi Nabekura Japan	49	4.2k 1.3×	3.0k 1.1×	3.9k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	172	9.9k
Matthias Klugmann Australia	43	3.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.3×	1.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	878 0.8×	99	7.4k
David Stellwagen Canada	27	3.8k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	855 0.5×	766 0.7×	46	6.7k
Nicola J. Allen United States	31	4.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.2×	4.9k 1.9×	2.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	47	10.1k
Maurice A. Curtis New Zealand	44	2.0k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	2.2k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	143	7.0k
Barbara Steiner Germany	44	2.5k 0.7×	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	3.5k 2.3×	1.5k 1.3×	103	8.5k
Karen S. Christopherson United States	13	3.8k 1.1×	4.0k 1.5×	3.6k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	14	9.4k
Laura Clarke United States	33	2.3k 0.7×	3.8k 1.4×	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	52	8.6k

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Xu, Jing, Yize Li, Aidan McGinnis, et al.. (2026). Mitochondrial transfer from glia to neurons protects against peripheral neuropathy. Nature. 650(8103). 951–960.

Block, Carina L., A. Cortez, Kristina Sakers, et al.. (2025). The mouse neonatal small intestine is regionally specialized for protein absorption and transepithelial transport. Development. 152(23).

Eroğlu, Çağla. (2025). Astrocytes, hidden puppet masters of the brain. Science. 388(6748). 705–706. 1 indexed citations

Eroğlu, Çağla, et al.. (2024). Astrocyte-neuron crosstalk in neurodevelopmental disorders. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 89. 102925–102925. 6 indexed citations

Ramirez, J.J., et al.. (2024). SynBot is an open-source image analysis software for automated quantification of synapses. Cell Reports Methods. 4(9). 100861–100861. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Shiyi, et al.. (2024). Astrocyte-secreted neurocan controls inhibitory synapse formation and function. Neuron. 112(10). 1657–1675.e10. 30 indexed citations

Sakers, Kristina, et al.. (2023). δ-Catenin controls astrocyte morphogenesis via layer-specific astrocyte–neuron cadherin interactions. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(11). 15 indexed citations

Chen, Gang, Jing Xu, Hao Luo, et al.. (2022). Hevin/Sparcl1 drives pathological pain through spinal cord astrocyte and NMDA receptor signaling. JCI Insight. 7(23). 14 indexed citations

Eroğlu, Çağla, et al.. (2021). Cell adhesion molecules regulating astrocyte–neuron interactions. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 69. 170–177. 42 indexed citations

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Takano, Tetsuya, Katherine T. Baldwin, Alicia Purkey, et al.. (2020). Chemico-genetic discovery of astrocytic control of inhibition in vivo. Nature. 588(7837). 296–302. 139 indexed citations

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McKinstry, Spencer U., Namsoo Kim, M. Ilcim Ozlu, et al.. (2020). Striatal Projection Neurons Require Huntingtin for Synaptic Connectivity and Survival. Cell Reports. 30(3). 642–657.e6. 38 indexed citations

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Risher, W. Christopher, Namsoo Kim, Sehwon Koh, et al.. (2018). Thrombospondin receptor α2δ-1 promotes synaptogenesis and spinogenesis via postsynaptic Rac1. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(10). 3747–3765. 108 indexed citations

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Park, John, Chunyi Zhou, Kang-Wu Li, et al.. (2016). Central Mechanisms Mediating Thrombospondin-4-induced Pain States. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(25). 13335–13348. 56 indexed citations

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Risher, W. Christopher, et al.. (2014). Rapid Golgi Analysis Method for Efficient and Unbiased Classification of Dendritic Spines. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107591–e107591. 220 indexed citations

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Wan, Yehong, Kristen K. Ade, Zachary F. Caffall, et al.. (2013). Circuit-Selective Striatal Synaptic Dysfunction in the Sapap3 Knockout Mouse Model of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Eroğlu, Çağla & Ben A. Barres. (2010). Regulation of synaptic connectivity by glia. Nature. 468(7321). 223–231. 598 indexed citations breakdown →

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Eroğlu, Çağla, et al.. (2009). Look who is weaving the neural web: glial control of synapse formation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 19(5). 491–497. 37 indexed citations

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Avkan-Oğuz, Vildan, et al.. (2004). rpoB Gene Mutations in Rifampin-ResistantMycobacterium tuberculosisStrains Isolated in the Aegean Region of Turkey. Journal of Chemotherapy. 16(5). 442–445. 7 indexed citations

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Leblebicioğlu, Hakan, Sercan Ulusoy, M. Sünbül, et al.. (2003). Informal consultations in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology practice. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 9(7). 724–726. 20 indexed citations

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Eroğlu, Çağla & Ergün Pınarbaşı. (2000). Hepatitis C virus: genome organization, viral proteins and implications in disease pathogenesis.. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY. 24(2). 253–270. 2 indexed citations

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