Hans‐Peter Nothacker

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Hans‐Peter Nothacker is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans‐Peter Nothacker has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Hans‐Peter Nothacker's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (25 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (17 papers) and Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research (13 papers). Hans‐Peter Nothacker is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (25 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (17 papers) and Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research (13 papers). Hans‐Peter Nothacker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Hans‐Peter Nothacker's co-authors include Olivier Civelli, Rainer K. Reinscheid, Frederick J. Monsma, Ali Ardati, Robert Henningsen, Anne Bourson, James R. Bunzow, David K. Grandy, Hanno Langen and Yumiko Saito and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hans‐Peter Nothacker

45 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Orphanin FQ: A Neuropeptide That Activates an Opioidlike ... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Orphanin FQ: A Neuropeptide That Activates an Opioidlike G Protein-Coupled Receptor
    1995 1.6k citations Rainer K. Reinscheid, Hans‐Peter Nothacker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hans‐Peter Nothacker United States 28 3.6k 2.9k 1.4k 946 739 45 5.4k
Shinobu Inagaki Japan 46 4.5k 1.2× 2.9k 1.0× 818 0.6× 961 1.0× 316 0.4× 181 6.2k
D.J.S. Sirinathsinghji United Kingdom 38 3.3k 0.9× 2.5k 0.9× 2.3k 1.6× 1.4k 1.4× 222 0.3× 106 7.2k
Marie‐Christine Tonon France 42 2.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.5× 508 0.4× 1.0k 1.1× 642 0.9× 151 4.5k
James E. Zadina United States 39 4.5k 1.2× 2.9k 1.0× 2.1k 1.5× 466 0.5× 339 0.5× 126 6.0k
T. H�kfelt Sweden 39 3.7k 1.0× 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 461 0.6× 48 5.5k
Ikuko Nagatsu Japan 51 4.6k 1.3× 2.7k 0.9× 980 0.7× 684 0.7× 370 0.5× 275 8.0k
Kelli E. Smith United States 22 3.8k 1.0× 2.7k 0.9× 579 0.4× 721 0.8× 456 0.6× 34 4.7k
M. Brownstein United States 35 2.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 682 0.5× 780 0.8× 393 0.5× 47 4.6k
Claude Kordon France 48 2.6k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 606 0.4× 1.4k 1.4× 804 1.1× 242 7.2k
William F. Colmers Canada 40 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 274 0.4× 80 5.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans‐Peter Nothacker

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Karachi, Carine, David Grabli, Frédéric Bernard, et al.. (2010). Cholinergic mesencephalic neurons are involved in gait and postural disorders in Parkinson disease. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 120(8). 2745–2754. 330 indexed citations
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Zhang, Li, Hans‐Peter Nothacker, Zhiwei Wang, Laura Bohn, & Olivier Civelli. (2009). Pharmacological characterization of a selective agonist for bombesin receptor subtype-3. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 387(2). 283–288. 15 indexed citations
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Clark, Stewart D., et al.. (2007). Fusion of diphtheria toxin and urotensin II produces a neurotoxin selective for cholinergic neurons in the rat mesopontine tegmentum. Journal of Neurochemistry. 102(1). 112–120. 30 indexed citations
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Lin, Steven H., et al.. (2006). A study of the rat neuropeptide B/neuropeptide W system using in situ techniques. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 497(3). 367–383. 45 indexed citations
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Arai, Amy, Yanfang Xia, Érika Suzuki, et al.. (2005). Cancer Metastasis–Suppressing Peptide Metastin Upregulates Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in Hippocampal Dentate Granule Cells. Journal of Neurophysiology. 94(5). 3648–3652. 36 indexed citations
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Nothacker, Hans‐Peter, et al.. (2005). Proadrenomedullin N-terminal peptide and cortistatin activation of MrgX2 receptor is based on a common structural motif. European Journal of Pharmacology. 519(1-2). 191–193. 25 indexed citations
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Nothacker, Hans‐Peter & Stewart D. Clark. (2005). From heart to mind. FEBS Journal. 272(22). 5694–5702. 17 indexed citations
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Civelli, Olivier, Yumiko Saito, Zhiwei Wang, Hans‐Peter Nothacker, & Rainer K. Reinscheid. (2005). Orphan GPCRs and their ligands. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 110(3). 525–532. 66 indexed citations
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Clark, Stewart D., Hans‐Peter Nothacker, Zhixuan Wang, et al.. (2001). The urotensin II receptor is expressed in the cholinergic mesopontine tegmentum of the rat. Brain Research. 923(1-2). 120–127. 53 indexed citations
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Opgaard, Ole Saetrum, Hans‐Peter Nothacker, Frederick J. Ehlert, & Diana N. Krause. (2000). Human urotensin II mediates vasoconstriction via an increase in inositol phosphates. European Journal of Pharmacology. 406(2). 265–271. 93 indexed citations
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Reinscheid, Rainer K., Hans‐Peter Nothacker, & Olivier Civelli. (2000). The orphanin FQ/nociceptin gene: structure, tissue distribution of expression and functional implications obtained from knockout mice. Peptides. 21(7). 901–906. 56 indexed citations
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Nothacker, Hans‐Peter, Zhiwei Wang, Anne Marie McNeill, et al.. (1999). Identification of the natural ligand of an orphan G-protein-coupled receptor involved in the regulation of vasoconstriction. Nature Cell Biology. 1(6). 383–385. 211 indexed citations
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Reinscheid, Rainer K., Hans‐Peter Nothacker, & Olivier Civelli. (1999). Orphan Receptors and the Concept of Reverse Physiology: Discovery of the Novel Neuropeptide Orphanin FQ/Nociceptin. Results and problems in cell differentiation. 26. 193–214. 3 indexed citations
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Saito, Yumiko, et al.. (1999). Molecular characterization of the melanin-concentrating-hormone receptor. Nature. 400(6741). 265–269. 448 indexed citations
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MCFARLANE, I. D., et al.. (1993). The expansion behaviour of sea anemones may be coordinated by two inhibitory neuropeptides, Antho-KAamide and Antho-RIamide. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 253(1337). 183–188. 13 indexed citations
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Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis J.P., Dorothea Darmer, Cornelia Schmutzler, et al.. (1992). Chapter 11 The peptidergic nervous system of coelenterates. Progress in brain research. 92. 137–148. 9 indexed citations
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Nothacker, Hans‐Peter, Kenneth L. Rinehart, & Cornelis J.P. Grimmelikhuijzen. (1991). Isolation of L-3-phenyllactyl-Phe-Lys-Ala-NH2 (Antho-KAamide), a novel neuropeptide from sea anemones. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 179(3). 1205–1211. 13 indexed citations
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Nothacker, Hans‐Peter, Kenneth L. Rinehart, I. D. MCFARLANE, & Cornelis J.P. Grimmelikhuijzen. (1991). Isolation of two novel neuropeptides from sea anemones: The unusual, biologically active L-3-phenyllactyl-Tyr-Arg-Ile-NH2 and its des-phenyllactyl fragment Tyr-Arg-Ile-NH2. Peptides. 12(6). 1165–1173. 12 indexed citations

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