Heinz Steffens

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Heinz Steffens is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heinz Steffens has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Physiology, 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 17 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Heinz Steffens's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (29 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (8 papers). Heinz Steffens is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (29 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (8 papers). Heinz Steffens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and France. Heinz Steffens's co-authors include E.D. Schomburg, Eike D. Schomburg, Payam Dibaj, Katrin I. Willig, K.-D. Kniffki, Stefan W. Hell, Frank Kirchhoff, Fabien Nadrigny, Waja Wegner and Clemens Neusch and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Heinz Steffens

77 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Nanoscopy in a Living Mouse Brain 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Nanoscopy in a Living Mouse Brain
    2012 280 citations Katrin I. Willig, Heinz Steffens et al. profile →

Peers

Heinz Steffens
Tonghui Xu China
Vincenzo De Paola United Kingdom
Zhuhao Wu United States
Mia Wallace United States
Cynthia R. Keller-Peck United States
Ricardo Mostany United States
Woo‐Ping Ge United States
Juan Carlos Tapia Chile
Tara Keck United Kingdom
J. Tiago Gonçalves United States
Tonghui Xu China
Heinz Steffens
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heinz Steffens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heinz Steffens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heinz Steffens based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Heinz Steffens. Heinz Steffens is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dullin, Christian, et al.. (2025). Autonomous bioluminescence emission from transgenic mice. Science Advances. 11(28). eads0463–eads0463.
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Westphal, Volker, Jasmin K. Pape, Marcel Leutenegger, et al.. (2024). MINFLUX fluorescence nanoscopy in biological tissue. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(52). e2422020121–e2422020121. 7 indexed citations
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Steffens, Heinz, Alexander Charles Mott, Siyuan Li, et al.. (2021). Stable but not rigid: Chronic in vivo STED nanoscopy reveals extensive remodeling of spines, indicating multiple drivers of plasticity. Science Advances. 7(24). 24 indexed citations
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Willig, Katrin I., et al.. (2021). Multi-label in vivo STED microscopy by parallelized switching of reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins. Cell Reports. 35(9). 109192–109192. 15 indexed citations
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Brzózka, Magdalena M., Nirmal Kannaiyan, Carolina Thomas, et al.. (2020). Modulation of cognition and neuronal plasticity in gain- and loss-of-function mouse models of the schizophrenia risk gene Tcf4. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 343–343. 16 indexed citations
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Steffens, Heinz, Waja Wegner, & Katrin I. Willig. (2019). In vivo STED microscopy: A roadmap to nanoscale imaging in the living mouse. Methods. 174. 42–48. 24 indexed citations
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Wegner, Waja, Alexander Charles Mott, Seth G. N. Grant, Heinz Steffens, & Katrin I. Willig. (2018). In vivo STED microscopy visualizes PSD95 sub-structures and morphological changes over several hours in the mouse visual cortex. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 219–219. 61 indexed citations
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Willig, Katrin I., et al.. (2014). Nanoscopy of Filamentous Actin in Cortical Dendrites of a Living Mouse. Biophysical Journal. 106(1). L01–L03. 68 indexed citations
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Steffens, Heinz, Payam Dibaj, & E.D. Schomburg. (2012). In Vivo Measurement of Conduction Velocities in Afferent and Efferent Nerve Fibre Groups in Mice. Physiological Research. 61(2). 203–214. 19 indexed citations
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Herzog, Étienne, Fabien Nadrigny, Kätlin Silm, et al.. (2011). In Vivo Imaging of Intersynaptic Vesicle Exchange Using VGLUT1 Venus Knock-In Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(43). 15544–15559. 78 indexed citations
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Schomburg, Eike D., Heinz Steffens, Jana Zschüntzsch, Payam Dibaj, & Bernhard U. Keller. (2011). Fatigability of spinal reflex transmission in a mouse model (SOD1G93A) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Muscle & Nerve. 43(2). 230–236. 7 indexed citations
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Ertürk, Ali, Christoph P. Mauch, Farida Hellal, et al.. (2011). Three-dimensional imaging of the unsectioned adult spinal cord to assess axon regeneration and glial responses after injury. Nature Medicine. 18(1). 166–171. 260 indexed citations
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Schomburg, Eike D., Heinz Steffens, Payam Dibaj, & T. A. Sears. (2011). Major contribution of Aδ-fibres to increased reflex transmission in the feline spinal cord during acute muscle inflammation. Neuroscience Research. 72(2). 155–162. 9 indexed citations
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Dibaj, Payam, Heinz Steffens, Fabien Nadrigny, et al.. (2010). Long‐lasting post‐mortem activity of spinal microglia in situ in mice. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 88(11). 2431–2440. 31 indexed citations
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Steffens, Heinz, et al.. (2003). Tetrodotoxin block of A-fibre afferents from skin and muscle – a tool to study pure C-fibre effects in the spinal cord. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 445(5). 607–613. 15 indexed citations
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Kolenda, Herbert, Heinz Steffens, Johann Hagenah, & Eike D. Schomburg. (2003). Different susceptibility of facilitatory and inhibitory spinal pathways to ischemia in the cat. Neuroscience Research. 47(3). 357–366. 3 indexed citations
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Schomburg, Eike D., Heinz Steffens, & K.-D. Kniffki. (1999). Contribution of group III and IV muscle afferents to multisensorial spinal motor control in cats. Neuroscience Research. 33(3). 195–206. 53 indexed citations
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Schomburg, Eike D. & Heinz Steffens. (1998). Comparative analysis of l-DOPA actions on nociceptive and non-nociceptive spinal reflex pathways in the cat. Neuroscience Research. 31(4). 307–316. 25 indexed citations
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Ellrich, Jens, Heinz Steffens, Rolf‐Detlef Treede, & Eike D. Schomburg. (1998). The Hoffmann reflex of human plantar foot muscles. Muscle & Nerve. 21(6). 732–738. 14 indexed citations
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Schomburg, Eike D. & Heinz Steffens. (1996). Bistable characteristics of motoneurone activity during DOPA induced fictive locomotion in spinal cats. Neuroscience Research. 26(1). 47–56. 10 indexed citations

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