Manfred Heckmann

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Manfred Heckmann is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Heckmann has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 36 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Manfred Heckmann's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (21 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (18 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers). Manfred Heckmann is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (21 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (18 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers). Manfred Heckmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Manfred Heckmann's co-authors include Robert J. Kittel, Stefan Hallermann, Stephan J. Sigrist, Christian Pawlu, Aaron DiAntonio, J. Dudél, Andreas Schmid, Tobias M. Rasse, Wernher Fouquet and Corey S. Goodman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Heckmann

61 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Bruchpilot Promotes Active Zone Assembly, Ca ²⁺ Channel Clustering, and Vesicle Release

2006 602 citations Robert J. Kittel, Carolin Wichmann et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manfred Heckmann Germany	26	1.9k	1.5k	915	288	285	65	2.9k
Tobias M. Rasse Germany	21	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	904 1.0×	172 0.6×	328 1.2×	27	2.7k
Wernher Fouquet Germany	13	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	756 0.8×	185 0.6×	151 0.5×	13	2.0k
Robert J. Kittel Germany	24	2.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	335 1.2×	65 0.2×	42	3.3k
Stefan Hallermann Germany	26	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	795 0.9×	202 0.7×	312 1.1×	58	2.8k
Naomi Kamasawa United States	38	1.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.7×	435 0.5×	89 0.3×	149 0.5×	94	3.6k
Noboru H. Komiyama United Kingdom	31	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	891 1.0×	159 0.6×	111 0.4×	55	3.4k
Bénédicte Dargent France	27	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	621 0.7×	120 0.4×	93 0.3×	42	2.2k
Tomoko Ohyama United States	23	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	510 0.6×	112 0.4×	87 0.3×	40	2.5k
Marianne Renner France	26	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	351 0.4×	198 0.7×	233 0.8×	40	2.3k
JoAnn Buchanan United States	17	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	656 0.7×	101 0.4×	46 0.2×	24	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manfred Heckmann

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Michalski, Kevin, Lars Schmidl, Ricardo Gómez, et al.. (2024). Structural and functional mechanisms of anti-NMDAR autoimmune encephalitis. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 31(12). 1975–1986. 11 indexed citations

Ceangă, Mihai, Holger Haselmann, Lars Schmidl, et al.. (2023). Human NMDAR autoantibodies disrupt excitatory-inhibitory balance, leading to hippocampal network hypersynchrony. Cell Reports. 42(10). 113166–113166. 19 indexed citations

Sirén, Anna‐Leena, et al.. (2023). Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy of Presynaptic Active Zones in Drosophila melanogaster after Rapid Cryofixation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2128–2128.

Pauli, Martin, et al.. (2023). Nanoscaled RIM clustering at presynaptic active zones revealed by endogenous tagging. Life Science Alliance. 6(12). e202302021–e202302021. 4 indexed citations

Paul, Mila M., Georgios N. Hatzopoulos, Martin Pauli, et al.. (2022). The human cognition-enhancing CORD7 mutation increases active zone number and synaptic release. Brain. 145(11). 3787–3802. 8 indexed citations

Krohn, Knut, Diana Le Duc, Mathias A. Böhme, et al.. (2022). Improving one-step scarless genome editing in Drosophila melanogaster by combining ovoD co-CRISPR selection with sgRNA target site masking. Biology Methods and Protocols. 7(1). bpac003–bpac003.

Pauli, Martin, et al.. (2022). Endogenous tagging of Unc-13 reveals nanoscale reorganization at active zones during presynaptic homeostatic potentiation. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 1074304–1074304. 19 indexed citations

Heckmann, Manfred & Martin Pauli. (2022). Visualizing Presynaptic Active Zones and Synaptic Vesicles. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. 14. 901341–901341. 1 indexed citations

Pauli, Martin, Mila M. Paul, Sven Proppert, et al.. (2021). Targeted volumetric single-molecule localization microscopy of defined presynaptic structures in brain sections. Communications Biology. 4(1). 407–407. 9 indexed citations

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Pauli, Martin, Philip Kollmannsberger, Felix Repp, et al.. (2021). Active zone compaction correlates with presynaptic homeostatic potentiation. Cell Reports. 37(1). 109770–109770. 31 indexed citations

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Kittel, Robert J. & Manfred Heckmann. (2016). Synaptic Vesicle Proteins and Active Zone Plasticity. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. 8. 8–8. 31 indexed citations

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Paul, Mila M., Martin Pauli, Nadine Ehmann, et al.. (2015). Bruchpilot and Synaptotagmin collaborate to drive rapid glutamate release and active zone differentiation. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 9. 29–29. 28 indexed citations

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Ehmann, Nadine, Sebastian van de Linde, Dmitrij Ljaschenko, et al.. (2014). Quantitative super-resolution imaging of Bruchpilot distinguishes active zone states. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4650–4650. 165 indexed citations

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Stetter, Christian, M.E. Hirschberg, Bernhard Nieswandt, et al.. (2013). An experimental protocol for in vivo imaging of neuronal structural plasticity with 2-photon microscopy in mice. PubMed. 5(1). 9–9. 7 indexed citations

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Hallermann, Stefan, Robert J. Kittel, Carolin Wichmann, et al.. (2010). Naked Dense Bodies Provoke Depression. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(43). 14340–14345. 69 indexed citations

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Meuth, Sven G., Alexander M. Herrmann, Ole J. Simon, et al.. (2009). Cytotoxic CD8⁺T Cell–Neuron Interactions: Perforin-Dependent Electrical Silencing Precedes But Is Not Causally Linked to Neuronal Cell Death. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(49). 15397–15409. 69 indexed citations

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Schmid, Andreas, Gang Qin, Carolin Wichmann, et al.. (2006). Non-NMDA-Type Glutamate Receptors Are Essential for Maturation But Not for Initial Assembly of Synapses atDrosophilaNeuromuscular Junctions. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(44). 11267–11277. 33 indexed citations

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Heckmann, Manfred & J. Dudél. (1998). Evoked quantal currents at neuromuscular junctions of wild type Drosophila larvae. Neuroscience Letters. 256(2). 77–80. 12 indexed citations

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Adelsberger, Helmuth, Manfred Heckmann, & J. Dudél. (1997). The amplitude of quantal currents is reduced during short-term depression at neuromuscular synapses in Drosophila. Neuroscience Letters. 225(1). 5–8. 11 indexed citations

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Heckmann, Manfred & Heinz‐Gerd Zimmer. (1992). Effects of triiodothyronine in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Studies on cardiac metabolism, function, and heart weight. Basic Research in Cardiology. 87(4). 333–343. 7 indexed citations

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