Christian Büchel

56.2k total citations · 13 hit papers
315 papers, 32.5k citations indexed

About

Christian Büchel is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Büchel has authored 315 papers receiving a total of 32.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 238 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 54 papers in Physiology and 41 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Christian Büchel's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (64 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (56 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (51 papers). Christian Büchel is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (64 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (56 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (51 papers). Christian Büchel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Christian Büchel's co-authors include Karl Friston, Jan Peters, Cornelius Weiller, Arne May, Ulrike Bingel, R. S. J. Frackowiak, Jan Gläscher, Falk Eippert, Matthias Gamer and Raymond J. Dolan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christian Büchel

310 papers receiving 31.6k citations

Hit Papers

Multisubject fMRI Studies and Conjunction Analyses 1997 2026 2006 2016 1999 2015 2007 1998 1998 250 500 750
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.

  1. Multisubject fMRI Studies and Conjunction Analyses
    1999 971 citations Christian Büchel et al. NeuroImage profile →
  2. The neural bases of emotion regulation
    2015 826 citations Amit Etkin, Christian Büchel et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
  3. Odor Cues During Slow-Wave Sleep Prompt Declarative Memory Consolidation
    2007 820 citations Christian Büchel et al. Science profile →
  4. Hypothalamic activation in cluster headache attacks
    1998 812 citations Christian Büchel et al. profile →
  5. Brain Systems Mediating Aversive Conditioning: an Event-Related fMRI Study
    1998 752 citations Christian Büchel, Raymond J. Dolan et al. profile →
  6. Episodic Future Thinking Reduces Reward Delay Discounting through an Enhancement of Prefrontal-Mediotemporal Interactions
    2010 655 citations Jan Peters, Christian Büchel profile →
  7. Oxytocin Attenuates Amygdala Responses to Emotional Faces Regardless of Valence
    2007 625 citations Christian Büchel et al. profile →
  8. Activation of the Opioidergic Descending Pain Control System Underlies Placebo Analgesia
    2009 593 citations Falk Eippert, Ulrike Bingel et al. profile →
  9. Modulation of connectivity in visual pathways by attention: cortical interactions evaluated with structural equation modelling and fMRI
    1997 569 citations Christian Büchel profile →
  10. Amygdala-prefrontal coupling depends on a genetic variation of the serotonin transporter
    2004 542 citations Andreas Heinz, Michael N. Smolka et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  11. Pathological gambling is linked to reduced activation of the mesolimbic reward system
    2005 507 citations Michael Rose, Christian Büchel et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  12. Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Brain Structure Changes during Extensive Learning
    2006 500 citations Christian Büchel et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  13. Placebo Analgesia: A Predictive Coding Perspective
    2014 336 citations Christian Büchel, Stephan Geuter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Büchel Germany 93 21.5k 6.8k 5.0k 4.7k 4.1k 315 32.5k
Jordan Grafman United States 97 21.6k 1.0× 5.5k 0.8× 6.5k 1.3× 2.2k 0.5× 5.9k 1.4× 506 38.3k
Susan Y. Bookheimer United States 82 16.4k 0.8× 3.4k 0.5× 6.2k 1.3× 2.5k 0.5× 2.6k 0.6× 335 26.2k
Paul C. Fletcher United Kingdom 89 20.7k 1.0× 4.2k 0.6× 6.4k 1.3× 1.3k 0.3× 3.3k 0.8× 266 30.3k
Adrian M. Owen United Kingdom 90 25.2k 1.2× 5.1k 0.7× 7.3k 1.5× 1.2k 0.3× 2.5k 0.6× 352 38.9k
Donald T. Stuss Canada 82 15.8k 0.7× 4.4k 0.7× 8.8k 1.8× 2.8k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 242 28.8k
Herta Flor Germany 96 13.2k 0.6× 3.2k 0.5× 5.8k 1.2× 6.4k 1.4× 3.0k 0.7× 498 34.1k
Angela R. Laird United States 83 30.6k 1.4× 8.1k 1.2× 6.9k 1.4× 1.6k 0.3× 4.1k 1.0× 219 39.5k
James V. Haxby United States 89 28.5k 1.3× 6.5k 0.9× 3.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.4× 5.3k 1.3× 205 35.3k
Bernard Mazoyer France 77 20.7k 1.0× 4.2k 0.6× 5.3k 1.1× 1.9k 0.4× 2.2k 0.5× 280 32.0k
Steven Laureys Belgium 108 23.9k 1.1× 3.4k 0.5× 7.8k 1.6× 1.9k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 639 43.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Braaß, Hanna, Jan Feldheim, Alexandra Tinnermann, et al.. (2025). Altered Functional Connectivity Between Cortical Premotor Areas and the Spinal Cord in Chronic Stroke. Stroke. 56(5). 1159–1168. 1 indexed citations
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Schenk, Lieven A., Tahmine Fadai, & Christian Büchel. (2024). How side effects can improve treatment efficacy: a randomized trial. Brain. 147(8). 2643–2651. 1 indexed citations
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Meyhöfer, Sebastian M., et al.. (2022). Insulin sensitivity in mesolimbic pathways predicts and improves with weight loss in older dieters. eLife. 11. 12 indexed citations
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Atlas, Lauren Y., Christian Büchel, Jason T. Buhle, et al.. (2022). Individual variability in brain representations of pain. Nature Neuroscience. 25(6). 749–759. 35 indexed citations
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Büchel, Christian, et al.. (2018). Pain-Related Expectation and Prediction Error Signals in the Anterior Insula Are Not Related to Aversiveness. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(29). 6461–6474. 74 indexed citations
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Nemmi, Federico, Charlotte Nymberg, Fahimeh Darki, et al.. (2018). Interaction between striatal volume and DAT1 polymorphism predicts working memory development during adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 30. 191–199. 6 indexed citations
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Tinnermann, Alexandra, Stephan Geuter, Christian Sprenger, Jürgen Finsterbusch, & Christian Büchel. (2017). Interactions between brain and spinal cord mediate value effects in nocebo hyperalgesia. Science. 358(6359). 105–108. 136 indexed citations
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Büchel, Christian, et al.. (2017). Neural substrates of male parochial altruism are modulated by testosterone and behavioral strategy. NeuroImage. 156. 265–276. 12 indexed citations
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Etkin, Amit, Christian Büchel, & James J. Gross. (2016). Emotion regulation involves both model-based and model-free processes. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 17(8). 532–532. 12 indexed citations
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Hölig, Cordula, et al.. (2014). Brain systems mediating voice identity processing in blind humans. Human Brain Mapping. 35(9). 4607–4619. 35 indexed citations
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Brassen, Stefanie, Matthias Gamer, Jan Peters, Sebastian Gluth, & Christian Büchel. (2012). Don’t Look Back in Anger! Responsiveness to Missed Chances in Successful and Nonsuccessful Aging. Science. 336(6081). 612–614. 110 indexed citations
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Leupoldt, Andreas von, Stefanie Brassen, Hans Jörg Baumann, Hans Klose, & Christian Büchel. (2011). Structural Brain Changes Related to Disease Duration in Patients with Asthma. European Respiratory Journal. 38(8). e23739–e23739. 1 indexed citations
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Friedel, Eva, Florian Schlagenhauf, Philipp Sterzer, et al.. (2009). 5-HTT genotype effect on prefrontal–amygdala coupling differs between major depression and controls. Psychopharmacology. 205(2). 261–271. 60 indexed citations
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Leupoldt, Andreas von, Tobias Sommer, Sarah Kegat, et al.. (2009). Down-Regulation of Insular Cortex Responses to Dyspnea and Pain in Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 180(3). 232–238. 90 indexed citations
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Leupoldt, Andreas von, Tobias Sommer, Sarah Kegat, et al.. (2009). Dyspnea and pain share emotion-related brain network. NeuroImage. 48(1). 200–206. 196 indexed citations
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Leupoldt, Andreas von, Tobias Sommer, Sarah Kegat, et al.. (2008). The Unpleasantness of Perceived Dyspnea Is Processed in the Anterior Insula and Amygdala. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 177(9). 1026–1032. 224 indexed citations
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Rosenkranz, Michael, et al.. (2008). Reduced Perception of Dyspnea and Pain after Right Insular Cortex Lesions. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(11). 1173–1179. 64 indexed citations
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Helmchen, Christoph, et al.. (2007). Common neural systems for contact heat and laser pain stimulation reveal higher‐level pain processing. Human Brain Mapping. 29(9). 1080–1091. 11 indexed citations
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Büchel, Christian, et al.. (2001). Parallel neural responses in amygdala subregions and sensory cortex during implicit fear conditioning (vol 13, pg 1044, 2001). UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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