Claudio Acuna

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Claudio Acuna is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudio Acuna has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Claudio Acuna's work include Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (5 papers). Claudio Acuna is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (5 papers). Claudio Acuna collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Claudio Acuna's co-authors include Thomas C. Südhof, Christopher Patzke, Marius Wernig, Jason P. Covy, Tamás Dankó, Lu Chen, Henrik Ahlenius, Zhenjie Zhang, Wei Xu and Yingsha Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Claudio Acuna

18 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Rapid Single-Step Induction of Functional Neurons from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

2013 1.0k citations Yingsha Zhang, Henrik Ahlenius et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claudio Acuna Germany	12	1.1k	592	257	184	166	19	1.6k
Christopher Patzke United States	10	1.1k 1.0×	582 1.0×	163 0.6×	170 0.9×	338 2.0×	12	1.6k
Christopher D. Deppmann United States	19	648 0.6×	539 0.9×	241 0.9×	209 1.1×	64 0.4×	45	1.4k
Gabriele Lignani Italy	22	829 0.8×	679 1.1×	146 0.6×	78 0.4×	330 2.0×	38	1.5k
Annette Gärtner Belgium	21	681 0.6×	638 1.1×	286 1.1×	179 1.0×	145 0.9×	29	1.4k
Jeanne Lainé France	30	1.5k 1.4×	683 1.2×	516 2.0×	284 1.5×	105 0.6×	52	2.3k
Anthony A. Oliva United States	17	695 0.7×	730 1.2×	220 0.9×	159 0.9×	95 0.6×	29	1.7k
Jindong Ding United States	22	1.2k 1.1×	569 1.0×	214 0.8×	219 1.2×	246 1.5×	33	2.3k

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Liu, Yang, Shujing Zhang, Xingqiao Xie, et al.. (2025). The liprin-α/RIM complex regulates the dynamic assembly of presynaptic active zones via liquid–liquid phase separation. PLoS Biology. 23(6). e3002817–e3002817. 1 indexed citations

Metzendorf, Nicole G., et al.. (2025). Paralemmin-1 controls the nanoarchitecture of the neuronal submembrane cytoskeleton. Science Advances. 11(10). eadt3724–eadt3724.

Wilhelm, Jonas, Martin Schneider, Dirk C. Hoffmann, et al.. (2024). Recording physiological history of cells with chemical labeling. Science. 383(6685). 890–897. 28 indexed citations

Nencini, Sara, Jörg Pohle, Sofia Lundh, et al.. (2024). Thermally induced neuronal plasticity in the hypothalamus mediates heat tolerance. Nature Neuroscience. 28(2). 346–360. 6 indexed citations

Xie, Xingqiao, et al.. (2024). Liprin-α proteins are master regulators of human presynapse assembly. Nature Neuroscience. 27(4). 629–642. 8 indexed citations

Koch, Jana, Qilin Xin, Martin Obr, et al.. (2023). The phenuivirus Toscana virus makes an atypical use of vacuolar acidity to enter host cells. PLoS Pathogens. 19(8). e1011562–e1011562. 7 indexed citations

González, Antonio J., Jesús Martín-Cortecero, Sanjeev Kumar Kaushalya, et al.. (2023). Primary somatosensory cortex bidirectionally modulates sensory gain and nociceptive behavior in a layer-specific manner. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2999–2999. 36 indexed citations

Kamm, Gretel B., Juan Carlos Boffi, Sara Nencini, et al.. (2021). A synaptic temperature sensor for body cooling. Neuron. 109(20). 3283–3297.e11. 39 indexed citations

Płóciennikowska, Agnieszka, Jamie Frankish, Dolores Del Prete, et al.. (2021). TLR3 Activation by Zika Virus Stimulates Inflammatory Cytokine Production Which Dampens the Antiviral Response Induced by RIG-I-Like Receptors. Journal of Virology. 95(10). 35 indexed citations

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Patzke, Christopher, Marisa M. Brockmann, Jinye Dai, et al.. (2019). Neuromodulator Signaling Bidirectionally Controls Vesicle Numbers in Human Synapses. Cell. 179(2). 498–513.e22. 55 indexed citations

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Pol, Anthony N. van den, Claudio Acuna, John N. Davis, Hao Huang, & Xiaobing Zhang. (2019). Defining the caudal hypothalamic arcuate nucleus with a focus on anorexic excitatory neurons. The Journal of Physiology. 597(6). 1605–1625. 11 indexed citations

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Sclip, Alessandra, Claudio Acuna, Fujun Luo, & Thomas C. Südhof. (2018). RIM ‐binding proteins recruit BK‐channels to presynaptic release sites adjacent to voltage‐gated Ca ²⁺ ‐channels. The EMBO Journal. 37(16). 13 indexed citations

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Luo, Fujun, Xinran Liu, Thomas C. Südhof, & Claudio Acuna. (2017). Efficient stimulus-secretion coupling at ribbon synapses requires RIM-binding protein tethering of L-type Ca ²⁺ channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(38). E8081–E8090. 18 indexed citations

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Acuna, Claudio, Xinran Liu, & Thomas C. Südhof. (2016). How to Make an Active Zone: Unexpected Universal Functional Redundancy between RIMs and RIM-BPs. Neuron. 91(4). 792–807. 110 indexed citations

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Patzke, Christopher, Claudio Acuna, Louise R. Giam, Marius Wernig, & Thomas C. Südhof. (2016). Conditional deletion of L1CAM in human neurons impairs both axonal and dendritic arborization and action potential generation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 213(4). 499–515. 53 indexed citations

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Patzke, Christopher, Claudio Acuna, Louise R. Giam, Marius Wernig, & Thomas C. Südhof. (2016). Conditional deletion of L1CAM in human neurons impairs both axonal and dendritic arborization and action potential generation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 212(7). 2127OIA58–2127OIA58. 2 indexed citations

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Acuna, Claudio, et al.. (2015). RIM-BPs Mediate Tight Coupling of Action Potentials to Ca 2+ -Triggered Neurotransmitter Release. Neuron. 87(6). 1234–1247. 75 indexed citations

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Acuna, Claudio, et al.. (2014). Microsecond Dissection of Neurotransmitter Release: SNARE-Complex Assembly Dictates Speed and Ca2+ Sensitivity. Neuron. 82(5). 1088–1100. 51 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yingsha, Henrik Ahlenius, Zhenjie Zhang, et al.. (2013). Rapid Single-Step Induction of Functional Neurons from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Neuron. 78(5). 785–798. 1015 indexed citations breakdown →

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