Erwin Neher

72.4k total citations · 30 hit papers
256 papers, 57.0k citations indexed

About

Erwin Neher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Erwin Neher has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 57.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 199 papers in Molecular Biology, 157 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 79 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Erwin Neher's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (103 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (98 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (98 papers). Erwin Neher is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (103 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (98 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (98 papers). Erwin Neher collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Macao. Erwin Neher's co-authors include Alain Marty, B. Sakmann, Fred J. Sigworth, Owen P. Hamill, Bert Sakmann, Takeshi Sakaba, Ralf Schneggenburger, Reinhold Penner, Joe Henry Steinbach and Robert H. Chow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Erwin Neher

253 papers receiving 54.9k citations

Hit Papers

Improved patch-clamp techniques for high-resolution curre... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1981 1995 1976 1992 1998 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k
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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.

  1. Improved patch-clamp techniques for high-resolution current recording from cells and cell-free membrane patches
    1981 16.3k citations Erwin Neher et al. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology profile →
  2. Single-Channel Recording
    1995 1.7k citations Bert Sakmann, Erwin Neher profile →
  3. Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres
    1976 1.6k citations Erwin Neher, Bert Sakmann profile →
  4. [6] Correction for liquid junction potentials in patch clamp experiments
    1992 1.0k citations Erwin Neher profile →
  5. Vesicle Pools and Ca2+ Microdomains: New Tools for Understanding Their Roles in Neurotransmitter Release
    1998 846 citations Erwin Neher profile →
  6. Sodium and calcium channels in bovine chromaffin cells
    1982 846 citations Erwin Neher et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
  7. Discrete changes of cell membrane capacitance observed under conditions of enhanced secretion in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells.
    1982 796 citations Erwin Neher et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. A patch‐clamp study of bovine chromaffin cells and of their sensitivity to acetylcholine.
    1982 727 citations Erwin Neher et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
  9. Local anaesthetics transiently block currents through single acetylcholine‐receptor channels.
    1978 714 citations Erwin Neher et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
  10. Multiple Roles of Calcium Ions in the Regulation of Neurotransmitter Release
    2008 682 citations Erwin Neher, Takeshi Sakaba profile →
  11. Delay in vesicle fusion revealed by electrochemical monitoring of single secretory events in adrenal chromaffin cells
    1992 674 citations Robert H. Chow, Erwin Neher et al. profile →
  12. Calcium gradients and buffers in bovine chromaffin cells.
    1992 634 citations Erwin Neher et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
  13. Rates of diffusional exchange between small cells and a measuring patch pipette
    1988 622 citations Erwin Neher et al. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology profile →
  14. Calcium dependence of the rate of exocytosis in a synaptic terminal
    1994 614 citations Christian Heinemann, Erwin Neher et al. profile →
  15. Intracellular calcium dependence of transmitter release rates at a fast central synapse
    2000 581 citations Erwin Neher et al. profile →
  16. Inward current channels activated by intracellular Ca in cultured cardiac cells
    1981 575 citations Erwin Neher et al. profile →
  17. Patch-clamp techniques for time-resolved capacitance measurements in single cells
    1988 517 citations Manfred Lindau, Erwin Neher Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology profile →
  18. Single acetylcholine-activated channels show burst-kinetics in presence of desensitizing concentrations of agonist
    1980 501 citations Bert Sakmann, Erwin Neher et al. profile →
  19. Patch Clamp Techniques for Studying Ionic Channels in Excitable Membranes
    1984 491 citations Bert Sakmann, Erwin Neher profile →
  20. Regulation of calcium influx by second messengers in rat mast cells
    1988 445 citations Erwin Neher et al. profile →
  21. Capacitance measurements reveal stepwise fusion events in degranulating mast cells
    1984 416 citations Erwin Neher et al. profile →
  22. CONDUCTANCE FLUCTUATIONS AND IONIC PORES IN MEMBRANES
    1977 405 citations Erwin Neher et al. profile →
  23. Two Fast Transient Current Components during Voltage Clamp on Snail Neurons
    1971 381 citations Erwin Neher The Journal of General Physiology profile →
  24. The extracellular patch clamp: A method for resolving currents through individual open channels in biological membranes
    1978 341 citations Erwin Neher, Bert Sakmann et al. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology profile →
  25. Voltage dependence of K + channels in guard-cell protoplasts
    1987 337 citations Erwin Neher et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  26. Single Na+ channel currents observed in cultured rat muscle cells
    1980 317 citations Erwin Neher et al. profile →
  27. The Ca signal from fura‐2 loaded mast cells depends strongly on the method of dye‐loading
    1985 311 citations Erwin Neher et al. profile →
  28. Cytoplasmic calcium regulates voltage-dependent ion channels in plant vacuoles
    1987 294 citations Rainer Hedrich, Erwin Neher profile →
  29. Potassium channels in cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells.
    1985 275 citations Erwin Neher et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
  30. The equilibration time course of [K+]0 in cat cortex
    1973 265 citations Erwin Neher et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erwin Neher Germany 110 42.8k 33.9k 11.3k 7.7k 5.3k 256 57.0k
Lily Yeh Jan United States 154 47.5k 1.1× 30.5k 0.9× 11.5k 1.0× 8.0k 1.0× 2.0k 0.4× 443 64.7k
William A. Catterall United States 141 54.4k 1.3× 37.3k 1.1× 4.3k 0.4× 15.3k 2.0× 3.2k 0.6× 484 70.1k
Roger Y. Tsien United States 151 70.9k 1.7× 28.4k 0.8× 11.9k 1.1× 4.3k 0.6× 2.8k 0.5× 321 111.4k
Richard W. Tsien United States 119 36.8k 0.9× 32.2k 1.0× 4.5k 0.4× 11.2k 1.5× 5.0k 0.9× 243 49.1k
Yuh Nung Jan United States 152 46.7k 1.1× 29.1k 0.9× 12.3k 1.1× 6.8k 0.9× 1.6k 0.3× 432 63.4k
Michael J. Berridge United Kingdom 96 42.2k 1.0× 19.2k 0.6× 9.8k 0.9× 4.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.2× 210 65.7k
Paul Greengard United States 182 69.9k 1.6× 52.0k 1.5× 22.4k 2.0× 2.8k 0.4× 6.9k 1.3× 961 112.1k
Tullio Pozzan Italy 111 31.4k 0.7× 14.4k 0.4× 7.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.3× 1.4k 0.3× 329 45.3k
David E. Clapham United States 117 33.0k 0.8× 17.0k 0.5× 4.0k 0.4× 6.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.2× 326 57.4k
Marc G. Caron United States 158 54.9k 1.3× 45.8k 1.4× 5.2k 0.5× 3.4k 0.4× 4.7k 0.9× 596 80.1k

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Neher, Erwin, et al.. (2024). Different states of synaptic vesicle priming explain target cell type–dependent differences in neurotransmitter release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(18). e2322550121–e2322550121. 6 indexed citations
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Lin, Kun‐Han, Noa Lipstein, Erwin Neher, et al.. (2024). Complexin has a dual synaptic function as checkpoint protein in vesicle priming and as a promoter of vesicle fusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(15). e2320505121–e2320505121. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Huaiyu, Jing Yao, Xinjiang Kang, et al.. (2024). Targeting the I Ks Channel PKA Phosphorylation Axis to Restore Its Function in High-Risk LQT1 Variants. Circulation Research. 135(7). 722–738. 1 indexed citations
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Taschenberger, Holger, Grit Bornschein, Andreas Ritzau‐Jost, et al.. (2023). Fully-primed slowly-recovering vesicles mediate presynaptic LTP at neocortical neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(43). e2305460120–e2305460120. 11 indexed citations
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Lin, Kun‐Han, Holger Taschenberger, & Erwin Neher. (2022). A sequential two-step priming scheme reproduces diversity in synaptic strength and short-term plasticity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(34). e2207987119–e2207987119. 37 indexed citations
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Lai, Huanling, Xing‐Xing Fan, Runze Li, et al.. (2020). Roles of Ion Fluxes, Metabolism, and Redox Balance in Cancer Therapy. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 34(14). 1108–1127. 6 indexed citations
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Taschenberger, Holger, Andrew Woehler, & Erwin Neher. (2016). Superpriming of synaptic vesicles as a common basis for intersynapse variability and modulation of synaptic strength. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(31). E4548–57. 86 indexed citations
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Escalante‐Pérez, María, Elżbieta Król, Annette Stange, et al.. (2011). A special pair of phytohormones controls excitability, slow closure, and external stomach formation in the Venus flytrap. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(37). 15492–15497. 94 indexed citations
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Mohrmann, Ralf, Heidi de Wit, Matthijs Verhage, Erwin Neher, & Jakob B. Sørensen. (2010). Fast Vesicle Fusion in Living Cells Requires at Least Three SNARE Complexes. Science. 330(6003). 502–505. 243 indexed citations
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Neher, Richard A., Mišo Mitkovski, Frank Kirchhoff, et al.. (2009). Blind Source Separation Techniques For The Decomposition Of Multiply Labeled Fluorescence Images. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 32a–32a. 2 indexed citations
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Sakaba, Takeshi, Alexander Stein, Reinhard Jahn, & Erwin Neher. (2005). Distinct Kinetic Changes in Neurotransmitter Release After SNARE Protein Cleavage. Science. 309(5733). 491–494. 104 indexed citations
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Dinkelacker, Vera, Thomas Voets, Erwin Neher, & Tobias Moser. (2000). The readily releasable pool of vesicles in chromaffin cells is replenished in a temperature-dependent manner and transiently overfills at 37 degrees C.. PubMed Central. 20(22). 8377–83. 49 indexed citations
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Naraghi, Mohammad H. & Erwin Neher. (1997). In vitro calcium binding kinetics of calcium chelators as revealed by temperature-jump relaxation. Biophysical Journal. 72(2). 1 indexed citations
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Moser, Tobias & Erwin Neher. (1996). Rapid exocytosis in single chromaffin cells recorded from adrenal slices. Biophysical Journal. 70(2). 3 indexed citations
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Burnashev, Nail, Zhuan Zhou, Erwin Neher, & Bert Sakmann. (1995). Fractional calcium currents through recombinant GluR channels of the NMDA, AMPA and kainate receptor subtypes.. The Journal of Physiology. 485(2). 403–418. 359 indexed citations
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Heinemann, Christian, Robert H. Chow, Erwin Neher, & Robert S. Zucker. (1994). Kinetics of the secretory response in bovine chromaffin cells following flash photolysis of caged Ca2+. Biophysical Journal. 67(6). 2546–2557. 294 indexed citations
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Neher, Erwin & Bert Sakmann. (1992). Die Erforschung von Zellsignalen mit der Patch-Clamp-Technik. Max Planck Digital Library. 48–56. 1 indexed citations
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Augustine, George J & Erwin Neher. (1992). Calcium requirements for secretion in bovine chromaffin cells.. The Journal of Physiology. 450(1). 247–271. 367 indexed citations
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Lindau, Manfred & Erwin Neher. (1988). Patch-clamp techniques for time-resolved capacitance measurements in single cells. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 411(2). 137–146. 517 indexed citations breakdown →
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Neher, Erwin. (1971). Two Fast Transient Current Components during Voltage Clamp on Snail Neurons. The Journal of General Physiology. 58(1). 36–53. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

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