Eckart D. Gundelfinger

28.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
256 papers, 18.0k citations indexed

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Eckart D. Gundelfinger is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eckart D. Gundelfinger has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 18.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 164 papers in Molecular Biology and 107 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Eckart D. Gundelfinger's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (131 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (84 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (44 papers). Eckart D. Gundelfinger is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (131 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (84 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (44 papers). Eckart D. Gundelfinger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Chile. Eckart D. Gundelfinger's co-authors include Craig C. Garner, Michael R. Kreutz, Constanze I. Seidenbecher, Tobias M. Boeckers, Karl‐Heinz Smalla, Anna Fejtová, Renato Frischknecht, Karl‐Heinz Braunewell, Noam Ziv and Michael M. Kessels and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Eckart D. Gundelfinger

256 papers receiving 17.8k citations

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The strychnine-binding subunit of the glycine receptor shows homology with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eckart D. Gundelfinger Germany	76	10.8k	9.9k	6.0k	2.0k	1.7k	256	18.0k
Craig C. Garner United States	76	10.2k 0.9×	8.8k 0.9×	5.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	174	16.7k
Fabio Benfenati Italy	77	10.7k 1.0×	11.6k 1.2×	5.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	437	22.0k
Nils Brose Germany	86	15.9k 1.5×	12.1k 1.2×	10.9k 1.8×	2.9k 1.5×	2.4k 1.4×	251	24.3k
Michael Ehlers United States	67	10.1k 0.9×	11.8k 1.2×	3.8k 0.6×	3.0k 1.6×	2.0k 1.2×	111	17.7k
Jeremy Nathans United States	90	21.9k 2.0×	8.9k 0.9×	4.1k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	2.7k 1.6×	202	27.3k
Ronald S. Petralia United States	63	9.2k 0.8×	11.5k 1.2×	2.0k 0.3×	3.1k 1.6×	1.4k 0.9×	176	16.1k
Antoine Triller France	75	10.1k 0.9×	9.6k 1.0×	3.0k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	643 0.4×	220	18.2k
Richard J. Weinberg United States	66	7.5k 0.7×	8.6k 0.9×	3.1k 0.5×	2.9k 1.5×	2.0k 1.2×	173	15.2k
David D. Ginty United States	79	12.6k 1.2×	12.9k 1.3×	3.4k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	145	24.5k
Heinrich Betz Germany	98	20.5k 1.9×	19.2k 1.9×	5.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	351	28.1k

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Karpova, Anna, P. Robin Hiesinger, Marijn Kuijpers, et al.. (2025). Neuronal autophagy in the control of synapse function. Neuron. 113(7). 974–990. 5 indexed citations

Andres‐Alonso, Maria, et al.. (2023). Protein transport from pre- and postsynapse to the nucleus: Mechanisms and functional implications. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 125. 103854–103854. 2 indexed citations

Richter, Anni, Karl‐Heinz Smalla, Anna Maria Birkl-Toeglhofer, et al.. (2023). Extracellular Matrix Changes in Subcellular Brain Fractions and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(6). 5532–5532. 12 indexed citations

Montenegro‐Venegas, Carolina, et al.. (2022). Bassoon controls synaptic vesicle release via regulation of presynaptic phosphorylation and cAMP. EMBO Reports. 23(8). e53659–e53659. 14 indexed citations

Kawabe, Hiroshi, Mišo Mitkovski, Pascal S. Kaeser, et al.. (2017). ELKS1 localizes the synaptic vesicle priming protein bMunc13-2 to a specific subset of active zones. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(4). 1143–1161. 36 indexed citations

Ivanova, Daniela, Carolina Montenegro‐Venegas, Cornelia Schöne, et al.. (2015). Synaptic activity controls localization and function of Ct BP 1 via binding to B assoon and P iccolo. The EMBO Journal. 34(8). 1056–1077. 46 indexed citations

Herrera‐Molina, Rodrigo, Isabella Sarto‐Jackson, Carolina Montenegro‐Venegas, et al.. (2014). Structure of Excitatory Synapses and GABAA Receptor Localization at Inhibitory Synapses Are Regulated by Neuroplastin-65. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(13). 8973–8988. 42 indexed citations

Karpova, Anna, Marina Mikhaylova, Sujoy Bera, et al.. (2013). Encoding and Transducing the Synaptic or Extrasynaptic Origin of NMDA Receptor Signals to the Nucleus. Cell. 152(5). 1119–1133. 153 indexed citations

Maas, Christoph, Viviana I. Torres, Wilko D. Altrock, et al.. (2012). Formation of Golgi-Derived Active Zone Precursor Vesicles. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(32). 11095–11108. 69 indexed citations

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Kähne, Thilo, Angela Kolodziej, Karl‐Heinz Smalla, et al.. (2012). Synaptic proteome changes in mouse brain regions upon auditory discrimination learning. PROTEOMICS. 12(15-16). 2433–2444. 14 indexed citations

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Mikhaylova, Marina, Pasham Parameshwar Reddy, Thomas Munsch, et al.. (2009). Calneurons provide a calcium threshold for trans -Golgi network to plasma membrane trafficking. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(22). 9093–9098. 61 indexed citations

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Frischknecht, Renato, Martin Heine, David Perrais, et al.. (2009). Brain extracellular matrix affects AMPA receptor lateral mobility and short-term synaptic plasticity. Nature Neuroscience. 12(7). 897–904. 437 indexed citations

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Dieterich, Daniela C., Anna Karpova, Marina Mikhaylova, et al.. (2008). Caldendrin–Jacob: A Protein Liaison That Couples NMDA Receptor Signalling to the Nucleus. PLoS Biology. 6(2). e34–e34. 145 indexed citations

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Boeckers, Tobias M., Bianca Vaida, Salem Faham, et al.. (2006). An Architectural Framework That May Lie at the Core of the Postsynaptic Density. Science. 311(5760). 531–535. 233 indexed citations

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Błażejczyk, Magdalena, Urszula Wojda, Adam Sobczak, et al.. (2005). Ca2+-independent binding and cellular expression profiles question a significant role of calmyrin in transduction of Ca2+-signals to Alzheimer's disease-related presenilin 2 in forebrain. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1762(1). 66–72. 18 indexed citations

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Rosário, Marta, et al.. (2004). The neuronal scaffold protein Shank3 mediates signaling and biological function of the receptor tyrosine kinase Ret in epithelial cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 167(5). 945–952. 59 indexed citations

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Dresbach, Thomas, Britta Qualmann, Michael M. Kessels, Craig C. Garner, & Eckart D. Gundelfinger. (2001). The presynaptic cytomatrix of brain synapses. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 58(1). 94–116. 152 indexed citations

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Wyneken, Úrsula, Karl‐Heinz Smalla, Dagoberto Soto, et al.. (2001). Kainate-induced seizures alter protein composition and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor function of rat forebrain postsynaptic densities. Neuroscience. 102(1). 65–74. 72 indexed citations

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Richter, Karin, Kristina Langnaese, Michael R. Kreutz, et al.. (1999). Presynaptic cytomatrix protein Bassoon is localized at both excitatory and inhibitory synapses of rat brain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 408(3). 437–448. 93 indexed citations

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Comte, Michelle, et al.. (1995). Distribution pattern of three neural calcium-binding proteins (NCS-1, VILIP and recoverin) in chicken, bovine and rat retina. The Histochemical Journal. 27(7). 524–535. 32 indexed citations

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