Dan Ehninger

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Dan Ehninger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Ehninger has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 30 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Dan Ehninger's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (23 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (12 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (10 papers). Dan Ehninger is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (23 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (12 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (10 papers). Dan Ehninger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Dan Ehninger's co-authors include Alcino J. Silva, Gerd Kempermann, Weidong Li, Yu Zhou, Carrie Shilyansky, Golo Kronenberg, David J. Kwiatkowski, Vijaya Ramesh, Sangyeul Han and Kan Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Dan Ehninger

85 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Reversal of learning deficits in a Tsc2+/− mouse model of tuberous sclerosis

2008 651 citations Dan Ehninger, Sangyeul Han et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dan Ehninger Germany	34	1.8k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	993	87	4.7k
Jinsoo Seo South Korea	29	3.0k 1.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	516 0.5×	888 0.9×	71	5.3k
Farahnaz Sananbenesi Germany	26	3.1k 1.8×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	539 0.5×	653 0.7×	37	5.4k
Ahmad Salehi United States	38	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	1.7k 1.5×	444 0.4×	670 0.7×	95	5.0k
Irène Knuesel Switzerland	34	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	872 0.8×	492 0.5×	60	5.7k
Francesco Impagnatiello United States	31	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.5×	479 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	554 0.6×	51	4.4k
Hyeon Son South Korea	34	2.0k 1.1×	2.8k 2.3×	814 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	844 0.8×	82	5.8k
Angelika Schmitt Germany	43	1.7k 1.0×	2.2k 1.8×	695 0.6×	682 0.6×	769 0.8×	95	5.0k
Maribel Rios United States	29	1.2k 0.7×	2.7k 2.2×	1.0k 0.9×	999 0.9×	935 0.9×	46	5.9k
Oliver von Bohlen und Halbach Germany	41	1.8k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	738 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	609 0.6×	115	5.1k
Thomas A. Comery United States	20	2.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	302 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	40	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dan Ehninger

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Mondal, Mrityunjoy, Carmelina Petrungaro, Dan Ehninger, et al.. (2025). Interaction with AK2A links AIFM1 to cellular energy metabolism. Molecular Cell. 85(13). 2550–2566.e6. 2 indexed citations

Hoffmann, Christian, Han Wang, Lena Wischhof, et al.. (2024). Actin-nucleation promoting factor N-WASP influences alpha-synuclein condensates and pathology. Cell Death and Disease. 15(4). 304–304. 4 indexed citations

Li, Tao, Kan Xie, Bernd Taschler, et al.. (2024). Analysis of the senescence‐associated cell surfaceome reveals potential senotherapeutic targets. Aging Cell. 23(12). e14312–e14312. 1 indexed citations

Xie, Kan & Dan Ehninger. (2023). Ageing-associated phenotypes in mice. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 214. 111852–111852. 6 indexed citations

Bano, Daniele, Dan Ehninger, & Giacinto Bagetta. (2023). Decoding metabolic signatures in Alzheimer’s disease: a mitochondrial perspective. Cell Death Discovery. 9(1). 432–432. 20 indexed citations

Piazzesi, Antonia, Lena Wischhof, Viktoria V. Zeisler‐Diehl, et al.. (2022). CEST‐2.2 overexpression alters lipid metabolism and extends longevity of mitochondrial mutants. EMBO Reports. 23(5). e52606–e52606. 7 indexed citations

Wischhof, Lena, Michael Peitz, Oliver Brüstle, et al.. (2022). BCL7A ‐containing SWI/SNF/BAF complexes modulate mitochondrial bioenergetics during neural progenitor differentiation. The EMBO Journal. 41(23). e110595–e110595. 15 indexed citations

Bano, Daniele, Paolo Salomoni, Dan Ehninger, & Pierluigi Nicotera. (2021). The histone code in dementia: Transcriptional and chromatin plasticity fades away. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 60. 117–122. 7 indexed citations

Bellantuono, Ilaria, Rafael de Cabo, Dan Ehninger, et al.. (2020). A toolbox for the longitudinal assessment of healthspan in aging mice. Nature Protocols. 15(2). 540–574. 88 indexed citations

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Poll, Stefanie, Manuel Mittag, Julia Steffen, et al.. (2020). Memory trace interference impairs recall in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Neuroscience. 23(8). 952–958. 47 indexed citations

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Xie, Kan, Μαριάννα Καπετάνου, Kyriaki Sidiropoulou, et al.. (2020). Signaling pathways of dietary energy restriction and metabolism on brain physiology and in age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 192. 111364–111364. 6 indexed citations

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Henzel, Kristin S., Devon Ryan, Susanne Schröder, Marco Weiergräber, & Dan Ehninger. (2017). High-dose maternal folic acid supplementation before conception impairs reversal learning in offspring mice. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3098–3098. 17 indexed citations

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Pearson, Brandon L. & Dan Ehninger. (2017). Environmental Chemicals and Aging. Current Environmental Health Reports. 4(1). 38–43. 9 indexed citations

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Wagner, Jens A., Sybille Krauß, Song Shi, et al.. (2015). Reducing tau aggregates with anle138b delays disease progression in a mouse model of tauopathies. Acta Neuropathologica. 130(5). 619–631. 58 indexed citations

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Zhou, Miou, Weidong Li, Shan Huang, et al.. (2013). mTOR Inhibition Ameliorates Cognitive and Affective Deficits Caused by Disc1 Knockdown in Adult-Born Dentate Granule Neurons. Neuron. 77(4). 647–654. 85 indexed citations

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Ehninger, Dan, Liping Wang, Friederike Klempin, et al.. (2011). Enriched environment and physical activity reduce microglia and influence the fate of NG2 cells in the amygdala of adult mice. Cell and Tissue Research. 345(1). 69–86. 89 indexed citations

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Kempermann, Gerd, Klaus Fabel, Dan Ehninger, et al.. (2010). Why and How Physical Activity Promotes Experience-Induced Brain Plasticity. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 4. 189–189. 241 indexed citations

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Ehninger, Dan & Alcino J. Silva. (2009). Genetics and neuropsychiatric disorders: Treatment during adulthood. Nature Medicine. 15(8). 849–850. 17 indexed citations

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Ehninger, Dan, Sangyeul Han, Carrie Shilyansky, et al.. (2008). Reversal of learning deficits in a Tsc2+/− mouse model of tuberous sclerosis. Nature Medicine. 14(8). 843–848. 651 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Yu, Eiki Takahashi, Weidong Li, et al.. (2007). Interactions between the NR2B Receptor and CaMKII Modulate Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Learning. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(50). 13843–13853. 144 indexed citations

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