Dirk Feldmeyer

10.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Dirk Feldmeyer is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Feldmeyer has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 47 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 26 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Feldmeyer's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (64 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (44 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (26 papers). Dirk Feldmeyer is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (64 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (44 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (26 papers). Dirk Feldmeyer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Dirk Feldmeyer's co-authors include Bert Sakmann, Joachim Lübke, Veronica Egger, Stuart Cull-Candy, R. Angus Silver, Peter H. Seeburg, Andrei Rozov, Nail Burnashev, Gabriele Radnikow and Moritz Helmstaedter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Feldmeyer

75 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Point mutation in an AMPA receptor gene rescues lethality in mice deficient in the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR2

2000 785 citations Dirk Feldmeyer et al. profile →
Synaptic connections between layer 4 spiny neurone‐ layer 2/3 pyramidal cell pairs in juvenile rat barrel cortex: physiology and anatomy of interlaminar signalling within a cortical column

2002 526 citations Dirk Feldmeyer, Joachim Lübke et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Feldmeyer Germany	42	4.8k	3.4k	2.9k	526	498	79	6.9k
Dominique Debanne France	40	4.6k 1.0×	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	536 1.0×	328 0.7×	89	5.9k
Andrei Rozov Germany	30	4.6k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	637 1.2×	359 0.7×	61	6.4k
Shaul Hestrin United States	38	6.4k 1.3×	4.4k 1.3×	2.8k 1.0×	651 1.2×	369 0.7×	50	7.5k
Beat H. Gähwiler Switzerland	35	3.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	469 0.9×	539 1.1×	62	4.8k
Yousheng Shu China	31	3.4k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	278 0.5×	242 0.5×	83	5.6k
Kevin Fox United Kingdom	49	5.3k 1.1×	4.2k 1.2×	1.8k 0.6×	590 1.1×	444 0.9×	93	6.9k
Laurence O. Trussell United States	47	5.6k 1.2×	3.3k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	585 1.1×	165 0.3×	102	7.6k
Imre Vida Germany	34	4.5k 0.9×	3.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	652 1.2×	411 0.8×	88	5.9k
John M. Bekkers Australia	31	4.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	364 0.7×	226 0.5×	56	5.1k
Gilad Silberberg Sweden	38	4.7k 1.0×	4.3k 1.3×	1.8k 0.6×	512 1.0×	450 0.9×	83	7.2k

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Yang, Danqing, Guanxiao Qi, Daniel Delev, Uwe Maskos, & Dirk Feldmeyer. (2025). Linking altered neuronal and synaptic properties to nicotinic receptor Alpha5 subunit gene dysfunction: a translational investigation in rat mPFC and human cortical layer 6. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 12–12.

Qi, Guanxiao, et al.. (2025). Endosomal 2Cl−/H+ exchangers regulate neuronal excitability by tuning Kv7/KCNQ channel density. Brain. 148(12). 4299–4314.

Qi, Guanxiao, et al.. (2024). A layered microcircuit model of somatosensory cortex with three interneuron types and cell-type-specific short-term plasticity. Cerebral Cortex. 34(9). 2 indexed citations

Kock, Christiaan P. J. de & Dirk Feldmeyer. (2023). Shared and divergent principles of synaptic transmission between cortical excitatory neurons in rodent and human brain. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. 15. 1274383–1274383. 6 indexed citations

Reischauer, Sven, et al.. (2021). Functional and Structural Properties of Highly Responsive Somatosensory Neurons in Mouse Barrel Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 31(10). 4533–4553. 4 indexed citations

Feldmeyer, Dirk, et al.. (2020). Layer-Specific Inhibitory Microcircuits of Layer 6 Interneurons in Rat Prefrontal Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 31(1). 32–47. 13 indexed citations

Qi, Guanxiao, et al.. (2015). Neocortical Layer 6B as a Remnant of the Subplate - A Morphological Comparison. Cerebral Cortex. 27(2). bhv279–bhv279. 47 indexed citations

Aerde, Karlijn I. van, Guanxiao Qi, & Dirk Feldmeyer. (2013). Cell Type-Specific Effects of Adenosine on Cortical Neurons. Cerebral Cortex. 25(3). 772–787. 41 indexed citations

Helmstaedter, Moritz, et al.. (2013). A Barrel-Related Interneuron in Layer 4 of Rat Somatosensory Cortex with a High Intrabarrel Connectivity. Cerebral Cortex. 25(3). 713–725. 50 indexed citations

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Radnikow, Gabriele, Joachim Lübke, & Dirk Feldmeyer. (2010). Developmental changes in synaptic transmission between layer 4 spiny neurons of rat barrel cortex. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 1 indexed citations

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Feldmeyer, Dirk & Gabriele Radnikow. (2009). Developmental alterations in the functional properties of excitatory neocortical synapses. The Journal of Physiology. 587(9). 1889–1896. 45 indexed citations

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Helmstaedter, Moritz, Bert Sakmann, & Dirk Feldmeyer. (2008). The Relation between Dendritic Geometry, Electrical Excitability, and Axonal Projections of L2/3 Interneurons in Rat Barrel Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 19(4). 938–950. 45 indexed citations

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Helmstaedter, Moritz, Christiaan P. J. de Kock, Dirk Feldmeyer, Randy M. Bruno, & Bert Sakmann. (2007). Reconstruction of an average cortical column in silico. Brain Research Reviews. 55(2). 193–203. 58 indexed citations

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Feldmeyer, Dirk, et al.. (2000). Physiology of synaptic connections between spiny layer 4 neurones and layer 2/3 pyramidal cells in rat barrel cortex. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Schwab, Markus H., Bernd Heimrich, Dirk Feldmeyer, et al.. (2000). Neuronal Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins (NEX and BETA2/Neuro D) Regulate Terminal Granule Cell Differentiation in the Hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience. 20(10). 3714–3724. 206 indexed citations

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Feldmeyer, Dirk & Stuart Cull-Candy. (1996). Functional consequences of changes in NMDA receptor subunit expression during development. Journal of Neurocytology. 25(1). 857–867. 61 indexed citations

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Feldmeyer, Dirk, et al.. (1995). MACROSCOPIC KINETIC-PROPERTIES OF NMDA RECEPTORS IN PATCHES FROM GRANULE CELLS OF THE RAT CEREBELLUM. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Feldmeyer, Dirk & Stuart Cull-Candy. (1994). ELUSIVE GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Feldmeyer, Dirk & Stuart Cull-Candy. (1994). Neurotransmitters: Elusive glutamate receptors. Current Biology. 4(1). 82–84. 12 indexed citations

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Farrant, Mark, et al.. (1993). NMDA RECEPTOR CHANNELS OF DEVELOPING GRANULE CELLS IN RAT THIN CEREBELLAR SLICES. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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