Michael Honer

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Honer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Honer has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Honer's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (14 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (14 papers). Michael Honer is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (14 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (14 papers). Michael Honer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Michael Honer's co-authors include Simon M. Ametamey, P. August Schubiger, Dietmar Benke, Hanns Möhler, Jürgen Grünberg, Roger Schibli, Kurt Zimmermann, Oliver Weinmann, Virginia Meskenaïte and Jean‐Marc Fritschy and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michael Honer

70 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Molecular Imaging with PET

2008 1.0k citations Simon M. Ametamey, Michael Honer et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Honer Switzerland	33	1.5k	1.4k	1.0k	681	546	72	4.2k
Frédéric Dollé France	43	2.2k 1.5×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	752 1.1×	562 1.0×	141	5.7k
Ming‐Rong Zhang Japan	41	2.1k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	520 1.0×	400	7.0k
Simon M. Ametamey Switzerland	42	2.0k 1.4×	2.3k 1.6×	1.9k 1.8×	771 1.1×	1.0k 1.9×	219	6.5k
Mark M. Goodman United States	50	1.8k 1.2×	2.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	859 1.3×	494 0.9×	234	7.6k
Ralf Schirrmacher Germany	38	1.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.4×	320 0.3×	977 1.4×	780 1.4×	184	4.1k
C. Crouzel France	42	1.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.5×	1.6k 1.5×	234 0.3×	465 0.9×	165	5.5k
Frederick T. Chin United States	36	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	425 0.4×	677 1.0×	363 0.7×	125	3.6k
Ren Iwata Japan	38	987 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	482 0.5×	243 0.4×	191 0.3×	236	4.5k
Bertrand Tavitian France	42	2.5k 1.7×	1.3k 0.9×	645 0.6×	667 1.0×	302 0.6×	153	5.4k
Ludger M. Dinkelborg Germany	33	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.3×	256 0.3×	673 1.0×	285 0.5×	85	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Honer

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Nakagawa, Ryoko, et al.. (2026). RO4938581, a GABAA-α5 negative allosteric modulator rescued behavioral and EEG phenotypes of a mouse model of Dup15q syndrome. Molecular Psychiatry. 31(3). 1351–1360.

Gustavsson, Tobias, Thomas Kustermann, Vladimir Shalgunov, et al.. (2025). Pretargeted Immuno-PET Enables Monoclonal Antibody Imaging Beyond the Blood–Brain Barrier. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 22(12). 7600–7610.

Stéen, E. Johanna L., Lee Kingston, Nikolett Lénárt, et al.. (2025). Characterization of [3H]AZ12464237 as a high affinity, non-nucleotide antagonist radioligand for the P2Y12 receptor. Biochemical Pharmacology. 237. 116900–116900. 4 indexed citations

Wuestefeld, Anika, Alexa Pichet Binette, David Berron, et al.. (2023). Age-related and amyloid-beta-independent tau deposition and its downstream effects. Brain. 146(8). 3192–3205. 25 indexed citations

Krämer, Stefanie D., Uwe Grether, Matthias Wittwer, et al.. (2023). Identification of (R)-[¹⁸F]YH134 for Monoacylglycerol Lipase Neuroimaging and Exploration of Its Use for Central Nervous System and Peripheral Drug Development. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 65(2). 300–305. 1 indexed citations

Honer, Michael, Luca Gobbi, Henner Knust, et al.. (2017). Preclinical Evaluation of ¹⁸F-RO6958948, ¹¹C-RO6931643, and ¹¹C-RO6924963 as Novel PET Radiotracers for Imaging Tau Aggregates in Alzheimer Disease. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 59(4). 675–681. 68 indexed citations

Smith, Ruben, Andreas Puschmann, Michael Schöll, et al.. (2016). ¹⁸ F-AV-1451 tau PET imaging correlates strongly with tau neuropathology in MAPT mutation carriers. Brain. 139(9). 2372–2379. 130 indexed citations

Ametamey, Simon M., et al.. (2012). Impact of inherent variability and experimental parameters on the reliability of small animal PET data. EJNMMI Research. 2(1). 26–26. 16 indexed citations

Honer, Michael, et al.. (2012). Radiofluorinated histamine H3 receptor antagonist as a potential probe for in vivo PET imaging: Radiosynthesis and pharmacological evaluation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 20(9). 2889–2896. 9 indexed citations

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Mochizuki, Takatoshi, Elda Arrigoni, Jacob Marcus, et al.. (2011). Orexin receptor 2 expression in the posterior hypothalamus rescues sleepiness in narcoleptic mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(11). 4471–4476. 105 indexed citations

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Honer, Michael, Linjing Mu, Timo Stellfeld, et al.. (2011). ¹⁸F-Labeled Bombesin Analog for Specific and Effective Targeting of Prostate Tumors Expressing Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptors. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 52(2). 270–278. 55 indexed citations

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Lindemann, Lothar, Georg Jaeschke, Aubin Michalon, et al.. (2011). CTEP: A Novel, Potent, Long-Acting, and Orally Bioavailable Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Inhibitor. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 339(2). 474–486. 91 indexed citations

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Mumprecht, Viviane, Michael Honer, Benjamin Vigl, et al.. (2010). In vivo Imaging of Inflammation- and Tumor-Induced Lymph Node Lymphangiogenesis by Immuno–Positron Emission Tomography. Cancer Research. 70(21). 8842–8851. 70 indexed citations

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Mu, Linjing, et al.. (2010). Syntheses and pharmacological characterization of novel thiazole derivatives as potential mGluR5 PET ligands. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(16). 6044–6054. 17 indexed citations

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Ametamey, Simon M., Michael Honer, & P. August Schubiger. (2008). Molecular Imaging with PET. Chemical Reviews. 108(5). 1501–1516. 1016 indexed citations breakdown →

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Novak‐Hofer, Ilse, Michael Honer, Simon M. Ametamey, et al.. (2003). Imaging of renal carcinoma xenografts with 64 Cu-labelled anti-L1-CAM antibody chCE7. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 30(7). 1066–1066. 3 indexed citations

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Honer, Michael, et al.. (2002). SYNTHESIS AND IN VITRO AND IN VIVO EVALUATION OF [¹¹C]METHYL-BIII277CL FOR IMAGING THE PCP-BINDING SITE OF THE NMDA RECEPTOR BY PET. Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction. 22(1-4). 123–139. 11 indexed citations

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Benke, Dietmar, et al.. (1999). γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type B Receptor Splice Variant Proteins GBR1a and GBR1b Are Both Associated with GBR2 in Situ and Display Differential Regional and Subcellular Distribution. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(38). 27323–27330. 131 indexed citations

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Fritschy, Jean‐Marc, Virginia Meskenaïte, Oliver Weinmann, et al.. (1999). GABA_B‐receptor splice variants GB1a and GB1b in rat brain: developmental regulation, cellular distribution and extrasynaptic localization. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11(3). 761–768. 273 indexed citations

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Honer, Michael, Dietmar Benke, Bodo Laube, et al.. (1998). Differentiation of Glycine Antagonist Sites ofN-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptor Subtypes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(18). 11158–11163. 33 indexed citations

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