K. Ulrich Bayer

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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K. Ulrich Bayer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Ulrich Bayer has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 57 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in K. Ulrich Bayer's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (57 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (28 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (10 papers). K. Ulrich Bayer is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (57 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (28 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (10 papers). K. Ulrich Bayer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Chile. K. Ulrich Bayer's co-authors include Steven J. Coultrap, Howard Schulman, Johannes Hell, Heather O’Leary, Paul De Koninck, A. Soren Leonard, Rebekah S. Vest, Mark L. Dell’Acqua, Ronald K. Freund and Jürgen Löhler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

K. Ulrich Bayer

69 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Interaction with the NMDA receptor locks CaMKII in an active conformation

2001 556 citations K. Ulrich Bayer, Paul De Koninck et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Ulrich Bayer United States	36	2.8k	2.8k	648	479	359	70	4.2k
Paul De Koninck Canada	27	2.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	595 0.9×	828 1.7×	315 0.9×	58	4.6k
Herman Moreno United States	26	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	520 0.8×	653 1.4×	326 0.9×	44	3.5k
Kimihiko Kameyama Japan	33	3.3k 1.2×	3.5k 1.3×	798 1.2×	454 0.9×	405 1.1×	57	4.9k
Frances A. Edwards United Kingdom	28	1.9k 0.7×	2.4k 0.9×	706 1.1×	514 1.1×	769 2.1×	58	4.3k
Jens Eilers Germany	37	2.4k 0.9×	3.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.6×	422 0.9×	676 1.9×	74	5.0k
Antonio Malgaroli Italy	27	2.2k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	463 0.7×	430 0.9×	193 0.5×	74	3.8k
Alasdair J. Gibb United Kingdom	35	2.5k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	462 0.7×	370 0.8×	290 0.8×	76	4.3k
Christian Alzheimer Germany	40	2.4k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	730 1.1×	996 2.1×	325 0.9×	125	4.7k
Mark L. Dell’Acqua United States	42	4.1k 1.4×	3.0k 1.1×	476 0.7×	620 1.3×	328 0.9×	89	5.8k
Georg Köhr Germany	34	2.7k 1.0×	3.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.8×	375 0.8×	502 1.4×	71	4.9k

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Brown, Carolyn Nicole, et al.. (2025). Aβ impairs the LTP-related movement of endogenous CaMKII but not of exogenous GFP-CaMKII. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 36(5). ar60–ar60.

Rumian, Nicole L., Ronald K. Freund, Amir Taslimi, et al.. (2024). LTP expression mediated by autonomous activity of GluN2B-bound CaMKII. Cell Reports. 43(10). 114866–114866. 5 indexed citations

Bayer, K. Ulrich & Karl-Peter Giese. (2024). A revised view of the role of CaMKII in learning and memory. Nature Neuroscience. 28(1). 24–34. 8 indexed citations

Bayer, K. Ulrich, et al.. (2024). Induction of LTP mechanisms in dually innervated dendritic spines. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 15855–15855. 1 indexed citations

Buonarati, Olivia R., et al.. (2023). Stimulating β-adrenergic receptors promotes synaptic potentiation by switching CaMKII movement from LTD to LTP mode. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(6). 104706–104706. 5 indexed citations

Rumian, Nicole L., Carolyn Nicole Brown, Tara B. Hendry‐Hofer, et al.. (2023). Short-term CaMKII inhibition with tatCN19o does not erase pre-formed memory in mice and is neuroprotective in pigs. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(5). 104693–104693. 3 indexed citations

Bayer, K. Ulrich, et al.. (2022). Hippocampal-Prefrontal θ Coupling Develops as Mice Become Proficient in Associative Odorant Discrimination Learning. eNeuro. 9(5). ENEURO.0259–22.2022. 1 indexed citations

Buonarati, Olivia R., Steven J. Coultrap, Ashley M. Bourke, et al.. (2021). GluN2B S1303 phosphorylation by CaMKII or DAPK1: No indication for involvement in ischemia or LTP. iScience. 24(10). 103214–103214. 10 indexed citations

Chalmers, Nicholas, et al.. (2019). Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase (CaMKII) Inhibition Protects Against Purkinje Cell Damage Following CA/CPR in Mice. Molecular Neurobiology. 57(1). 150–158. 11 indexed citations

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Opazo, Patricio, Silvia Viana da Silva, Mario Carta, et al.. (2018). CaMKII Metaplasticity Drives Aβ Oligomer-Mediated Synaptotoxicity. Cell Reports. 23(11). 3137–3145. 57 indexed citations

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Woolfrey, Kevin M., Heather O’Leary, Dayton J. Goodell, et al.. (2017). CaMKII regulates the depalmitoylation and synaptic removal of the scaffold protein AKAP79/150 to mediate structural long-term depression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 293(5). 1551–1567. 44 indexed citations

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Deng, Guiying, James E. Orfila, Robert M. Dietz, et al.. (2017). Autonomous CaMKII Activity as a Drug Target for Histological and Functional Neuroprotection after Resuscitation from Cardiac Arrest. Cell Reports. 18(5). 1109–1117. 43 indexed citations

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Myers, Janette B., et al.. (2017). The CaMKII holoenzyme structure in activation-competent conformations. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15742–15742. 83 indexed citations

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Coultrap, Steven J. & K. Ulrich Bayer. (2014). Nitric Oxide Induces Ca2+-independent Activity of the Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(28). 19458–19465. 65 indexed citations

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Bayer, K. Ulrich, et al.. (2014). IKK regulates the deubiquitinase CYLD at the postsynaptic density. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 450(1). 550–554. 23 indexed citations

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Coultrap, Steven J. & K. Ulrich Bayer. (2011). Improving a Natural CaMKII Inhibitor by Random and Rational Design. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e25245–e25245. 31 indexed citations

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Cipolletta, Ersilia, Sara Monaco, Angela Serena Maione, et al.. (2010). Calmodulin-Dependent Kinase II Mediates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Is Potentiated by Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase. Endocrinology. 151(6). 2747–2759. 64 indexed citations

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Bayer, K. Ulrich, et al.. (2006). Transition from Reversible to Persistent Binding of CaMKII to Postsynaptic Sites and NR2B. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(4). 1164–1174. 198 indexed citations

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Bayer, K. Ulrich. (2002). Alternative splicing modulates the frequency-dependent response of CaMKII to Ca2+ oscillations. The EMBO Journal. 21(14). 3590–3597. 89 indexed citations

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Bayer, K. Ulrich, Paul De Koninck, A. Soren Leonard, Johannes Hell, & Howard Schulman. (2001). Interaction with the NMDA receptor locks CaMKII in an active conformation. Nature. 411(6839). 801–805. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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