Eric Schnell

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Eric Schnell is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Schnell has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Eric Schnell's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (6 papers). Eric Schnell is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (6 papers). Eric Schnell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Eric Schnell's co-authors include Roger A. Nicoll, David S. Bredt, Michael E. Hasselmo, Alaa El-Husseini, Dane M. Chetkovich, Edi Barkai, Siavash Karimzadegan, Lu Chen, Gary L. Westbrook and Srikanth Dakoji and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Eric Schnell

33 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

PSD-95 Involvement in Maturation of Excitatory Synapses

2000 1.1k citations Eric Schnell, Roger A. Nicoll et al. profile →
Direct interactions between PSD-95 and stargazin control synaptic AMPA receptor number

2002 597 citations Eric Schnell, David S. Bredt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Schnell United States	21	2.9k	2.0k	1.1k	744	618	34	4.2k
Kurt Gottmann Germany	30	3.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	807 0.8×	569 0.8×	922 1.5×	70	4.5k
Matthew B. Dalva United States	26	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	590 0.6×	653 0.9×	638 1.0×	45	4.2k
Øivind Hvalby Norway	31	3.5k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	443 0.6×	414 0.7×	42	4.7k
Sabina Berretta United States	37	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	982 0.9×	694 0.9×	332 0.5×	74	4.1k
Irina Nikonenko Switzerland	29	2.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	991 0.9×	398 0.5×	978 1.6×	41	4.3k
Viktor Kharazia United States	36	3.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	895 0.9×	497 0.7×	409 0.7×	61	4.4k
Michael A. Sutton United States	31	3.0k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	651 0.9×	313 0.5×	50	4.6k
Marco Sassoé‐Pognetto Italy	37	2.9k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	565 0.5×	694 0.9×	375 0.6×	85	4.3k
Noam Ziv Israel	34	3.4k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	867 0.8×	1.5k 2.1×	596 1.0×	59	4.7k
Ákos Kulik Germany	32	3.9k 1.4×	2.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	498 0.7×	269 0.4×	66	5.0k

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Schnell, Eric, et al.. (2025). Distinct functional domains of Dystroglycan regulate inhibitory synapse formation and maintenance in cerebellar Purkinje cells. Communications Biology. 8(1). 878–878.

Miller, Daniel S., et al.. (2024). Inhibitory CCK+ basket synapse defects in mouse models of dystroglycanopathy. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Miller, Daniel S., et al.. (2023). Inhibitory CCK+ basket synapse defects in mouse models of dystroglycanopathy. eLife. 12. 4 indexed citations

Westbrook, Gary L., et al.. (2022). Adaptive Mossy Cell Circuit Plasticity after Status Epilepticus. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(14). 3025–3036. 10 indexed citations

Peters, Austin, Eric Schnell, Julie A. Saugstad, & Miriam M. Treggiari. (2021). Longitudinal Course of Traumatic Brain Injury Biomarkers for the Prediction of Clinical Outcomes: A Review. Journal of Neurotrauma. 38(18). 2490–2501. 11 indexed citations

Schnell, Eric, et al.. (2021). Construction and validation of an ultraviolet germicidal irradiation system using locally available components. PLoS ONE. 16(7). e0255123–e0255123. 3 indexed citations

Vlisides, Phillip E., Keith M. Vogt, Dinesh Pal, et al.. (2021). Roadmap for Conducting Neuroscience Research in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond: Recommendations From the SNACC Research Committee. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology. 33(2). 100–106. 3 indexed citations

Westbrook, Gary L., et al.. (2020). α2δ-2 Protein Controls Structure and Function at the Cerebellar Climbing Fiber Synapse. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(12). 2403–2415. 22 indexed citations

Chatzi, Christina, William D. Hendricks, Yang Chen, et al.. (2019). Exercise-induced enhancement of synaptic function triggered by the inverse BAR protein, Mtss1L. eLife. 8. 36 indexed citations

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Hendricks, William D., Gary L. Westbrook, & Eric Schnell. (2019). Early detonation by sprouted mossy fibers enables aberrant dentate network activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(22). 10994–10999. 20 indexed citations

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Gupta, Kunal & Eric Schnell. (2019). Neuronal network remodeling and Wnt pathway dysregulation in the intra-hippocampal kainate mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0215789–e0215789. 16 indexed citations

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Hendricks, William D., et al.. (2017). Short-Term Depression of Sprouted Mossy Fiber Synapses from Adult-Born Granule Cells. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(23). 5722–5735. 20 indexed citations

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Villasana, Laura, Kristine Kim, Gary L. Westbrook, & Eric Schnell. (2015). Functional Integration of Adult-Born Hippocampal Neurons after Traumatic Brain Injury. eNeuro. 2(5). ENEURO.0056–15.2015. 60 indexed citations

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Villasana, Laura, Gary L. Westbrook, & Eric Schnell. (2014). Neurologic impairment following closed head injury predicts post-traumatic neurogenesis. Experimental Neurology. 261. 156–162. 17 indexed citations

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Schnell, Eric, et al.. (2014). Neuroligin-1 knockdown reduces survival of adult-generated newborn hippocampal neurons. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 8. 71–71. 20 indexed citations

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Perederiy, Julia V., Bryan W. Luikart, Eric K. Washburn, Eric Schnell, & Gary L. Westbrook. (2013). Neural Injury Alters Proliferation and Integration of Adult-Generated Neurons in the Dentate Gyrus. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(11). 4754–4767. 30 indexed citations

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Schnell, Eric, et al.. (2012). Neuroligin-1 Overexpression in Newborn Granule Cells In Vivo. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48045–e48045. 17 indexed citations

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Klöcker, Nikolaj, R. Clay Bunn, Eric Schnell, et al.. (2002). Synaptic glutamate receptor clustering in mice lacking the SH3 and GK domains of SAP97. European Journal of Neuroscience. 16(8). 1517–1522. 26 indexed citations

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Schnell, Eric, Srikanth Dakoji, Neal Sweeney, et al.. (2002). Synaptic Strength Regulated by Palmitate Cycling on PSD-95. Cell. 108(6). 849–863. 471 indexed citations

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Hasselmo, Michael E., Eric Schnell, Joshua D. Berke, & Edi Barkai. (1994). A model of the hippocampus combining self-organization and associative memory function. Neural Information Processing Systems. 7. 77–84. 8 indexed citations

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