Harald Sontheimer

25.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
220 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

About

Harald Sontheimer is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Harald Sontheimer has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 144 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Harald Sontheimer's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (138 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (111 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (32 papers). Harald Sontheimer is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (138 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (111 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (32 papers). Harald Sontheimer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Harald Sontheimer's co-authors include Zu‐Cheng Ye, Stefanie Robel, Helmut Kettenmann, Angélique Bordey, Vishnu Anand Cuddapah, Stacey Watkins, Michelle L. Olsen, Peter R. Schofield, Christopher B. Ransom and Peter H. Seeburg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Harald Sontheimer

215 papers receiving 18.6k citations

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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.

Importance of a novel GABAA receptor subunit for benzodiazepine pharmacology

1989 1.1k citations Dolan B. Pritchett, Harald Sontheimer et al. profile →
A neurocentric perspective on glioma invasion

2014 596 citations Vishnu Anand Cuddapah, Stefanie Robel et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
Disruption of astrocyte–vascular coupling and the blood–brain barrier by invading glioma cells

2014 416 citations Stefanie Robel, Ian F. Kimbrough et al. Nature Communications profile →
Neuron–glia interactions in the pathophysiology of epilepsy

2019 304 citations Dipan C. Patel, Bhanu P. Tewari et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harald Sontheimer United States	83	11.1k	9.7k	2.5k	2.2k	1.6k	220	19.0k
Ryōsuke Takahashi Japan	68	10.9k 1.0×	4.9k 0.5×	3.7k 1.4×	1.3k 0.6×	730 0.4×	622	23.5k
Elena Cattaneo Italy	66	12.7k 1.1×	9.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	970 0.4×	2.7k 1.7×	218	19.2k
Kunlin Jin United States	70	7.5k 0.7×	5.2k 0.5×	4.6k 1.8×	1.8k 0.8×	5.6k 3.4×	226	19.1k
Clive N. Svendsen United States	74	10.5k 0.9×	7.3k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	5.5k 3.4×	243	19.1k
Mike Dragunow New Zealand	72	7.4k 0.7×	9.2k 0.9×	3.1k 1.2×	473 0.2×	2.2k 1.3×	231	18.2k
Ole Isacson United States	89	13.3k 1.2×	13.4k 1.4×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	5.3k 3.3×	295	25.2k
Yasuto Itoyama Japan	76	6.5k 0.6×	4.1k 0.4×	3.6k 1.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	480	20.6k
Patrick Aebischer Switzerland	91	9.6k 0.9×	10.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 0.9×	3.3k 2.0×	291	23.5k
Zaal Kokaia Sweden	71	7.1k 0.6×	10.0k 1.0×	6.0k 2.4×	2.4k 1.1×	10.9k 6.7×	165	20.8k
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba Japan	99	23.5k 2.1×	13.6k 1.4×	2.7k 1.1×	622 0.3×	4.6k 2.8×	553	37.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harald Sontheimer

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Chaunsali, Lata, Jiangtao Li, Shan Jiang, et al.. (2025). Degradation of perineuronal nets in hippocampal CA2 explains the loss of social cognition memory in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(10). e70813–e70813.

Smyth, James W., Sujuan Guo, Lata Chaunsali, et al.. (2025). Cytoplasmic connexin43-microtubule interactions promote glioblastoma stem-like cell maintenance and tumorigenicity. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 388–388. 2 indexed citations

Mandal, Arabinda, Bhanu P. Tewari, Allan M. Goldstein, et al.. (2024). A novel method for culturing enteric neurons generates neurospheres containing functional myenteric neuronal subtypes. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 407. 110144–110144.

Kim, Jongwoon, Shan Jiang, Ian F. Kimbrough, et al.. (2024). Multifunctional Tetrode-like Drug delivery, Optical stimulation, and Electrophysiology (Tetro-DOpE) probes. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 265. 116696–116696. 1 indexed citations

Sharlow, Elizabeth R., Danielle C. Llaneza, Bhanu P. Tewari, et al.. (2023). Pharmacological profiling identifies divergent chemosensitivities of differentiating and maturingiPSC‐derived human cortical neuron populations. FEBS Journal. 290(20). 4950–4965. 1 indexed citations

Patel, Dipan C., Xiaoran Wei, Stefanie Robel, et al.. (2023). Atypical Neurogenesis, Astrogliosis, and Excessive Hilar Interneuron Loss Are Associated with the Development of Post-Traumatic Epilepsy. Cells. 12(9). 1248–1248. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Yujing, Jongwoon Kim, You Li, et al.. (2023). Submillimeter Multifunctional Ferromagnetic Fiber Robots for Navigation, Sensing, and Modulation. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 12(28). 21 indexed citations

Mills, William A., Shan Jiang, Ian F. Kimbrough, et al.. (2022). Astrocyte plasticity in mice ensures continued endfoot coverage of cerebral blood vessels following injury and declines with age. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1794–1794. 60 indexed citations

Jiang, Shan, Junyeob Song, Yujing Zhang, et al.. (2021). Nano-optoelectrodes Integrated with Flexible Multifunctional Fiber Probes by High-Throughput Scalable Fabrication. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(7). 9156–9165. 14 indexed citations

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Patel, Dipan C., Bhanu P. Tewari, Lata Chaunsali, & Harald Sontheimer. (2019). Neuron–glia interactions in the pathophysiology of epilepsy. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 20(5). 282–297. 304 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tewari, Bhanu P., et al.. (2018). Perineuronal nets decrease membrane capacitance of peritumoral fast spiking interneurons in a model of epilepsy. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4724–4724. 139 indexed citations

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Haas, Brian R. & Harald Sontheimer. (2010). Inhibition of the Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Cotransporter Isoform-1 Reduces Glioma Invasion. Cancer Research. 70(13). 5597–5606. 112 indexed citations

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Cuddapah, Vishnu Anand & Harald Sontheimer. (2010). Molecular Interaction and Functional Regulation of ClC-3 by Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII) in Human Malignant Glioma. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(15). 11188–11196. 107 indexed citations

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Habela, Christa W. & Harald Sontheimer. (2007). Cytoplasmic Volume Condensation Is an Integral Part of Mitosis. Cell Cycle. 6(13). 1613–1620. 77 indexed citations

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Olsen, Michelle L., Haruki Higashimori, Susan L. Campbell, John J. Hablitz, & Harald Sontheimer. (2005). Functional expression of K_ir4.1 channels in spinal cord astrocytes. Glia. 53(5). 516–528. 96 indexed citations

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Carroll, Steven L., et al.. (2003). Neuregulin-1 Enhances Motility and Migration of Human Astrocytic Glioma Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(23). 20971–20978. 43 indexed citations

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MacFarlane, Stacey Nee & Harald Sontheimer. (2000). Changes in ion channel expression accompany cell cycle progression of spinal cord astrocytes. Glia. 30(1). 39–48. 136 indexed citations

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Bordey, Angélique & Harald Sontheimer. (1998). Properties of human glial cells associated with epileptic seizure foci. Epilepsy Research. 32(1-2). 286–303. 200 indexed citations

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Black, J.A., Harald Sontheimer, & S. G. Waxman. (1993). Spinal cord astrocytes in vitro: Phenotypic diversity and sodium channel immunoreactivity. Glia. 7(4). 272–285. 40 indexed citations

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Blankenfeld, G. von, S. Ymer, Dolan B. Pritchett, et al.. (1990). Differential benzodiazepine pharmacology of mammalian recombinant GABAA receptors. Neuroscience Letters. 115(2-3). 269–273. 71 indexed citations

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