Michael Pusch

13.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
167 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Pusch is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Pusch has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Molecular Biology, 73 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 62 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Michael Pusch's work include Ion channel regulation and function (139 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (59 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (53 papers). Michael Pusch is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (139 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (59 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (53 papers). Michael Pusch collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Italy and Germany. Michael Pusch's co-authors include Thomas J. Jentsch, Erwin Neher, Stefan Gründer, Giovanni Zifarelli, Alessandra Picollo, Uwe Ludewig, Franco Conti, Klaus Steinmeyer, Alessio Accardi and Elena Babini and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Michael Pusch

165 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Rates of diffusional exchange between small cells and a measuring patch pipette

1988 622 citations Michael Pusch et al. profile →
Mutation in the neuronal voltage-gated sodium channel SCN1A in familial hemiplegic migraine

2005 614 citations Martin Dichgans, Tobias Freilinger et al. profile →
CLC Chloride Channels and Transporters: Structure, Function, Physiology, and Disease

2018 313 citations Thomas J. Jentsch, Michael Pusch profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Pusch Spain	52	8.8k	4.5k	3.0k	856	817	167	10.6k
Maurizio Taglialatela Italy	55	6.1k 0.7×	3.9k 0.9×	3.1k 1.0×	794 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	201	8.7k
Edward Perez‐Reyes United States	61	11.6k 1.3×	8.2k 1.8×	4.2k 1.4×	581 0.7×	1.8k 2.3×	163	14.7k
Florian Lesage France	58	10.0k 1.1×	5.2k 1.1×	4.4k 1.5×	162 0.2×	1.4k 1.7×	129	12.2k
Lori L. Isom United States	60	8.1k 0.9×	5.9k 1.3×	3.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.8×	1.1k 1.3×	138	10.6k
Yoshihisa Kurachi Japan	58	9.2k 1.0×	4.6k 1.0×	3.6k 1.2×	174 0.2×	887 1.1×	210	12.3k
Barbara E. Ehrlich United States	54	7.6k 0.9×	2.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	277 0.3×	864 1.1×	177	11.2k
Eric Delpire United States	64	8.7k 1.0×	5.8k 1.3×	584 0.2×	696 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	233	13.7k
Fabrice Duprat France	39	5.5k 0.6×	3.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	153 0.2×	1.4k 1.7×	58	7.2k
Gary Yellen United States	57	11.3k 1.3×	6.7k 1.5×	4.9k 1.6×	190 0.2×	1.3k 1.5×	100	13.6k
Ruth E. Westenbroek United States	54	7.0k 0.8×	6.1k 1.3×	2.1k 0.7×	1.8k 2.0×	892 1.1×	84	10.6k

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Festa, Margherita, Elena Angeli, Elena Gatta, et al.. (2024). TMEM9B Regulates Endosomal ClC-3 and ClC-4 Transporters. Life. 14(8). 1034–1034. 2 indexed citations

Barbieri, Raffaella, Mario Nizzari, Ilaria Zanardi, Michael Pusch, & Paola Gavazzo. (2023). Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Dysfunctions in Neurological Disorders. Life. 13(5). 1191–1191. 32 indexed citations

Remigante, Alessia, Sara Spinelli, Paola Gavazzo, et al.. (2023). Melatonin protects Kir2.1 function in an oxidative stress‐related model of aging neuroglia. BioFactors. 50(3). 523–541. 2 indexed citations

Kamnesky, Guy, Jared M. Sampson, Michael Pusch, et al.. (2023). Basic Residues at Position 11 of α-Conotoxin LvIA Influence Subtype Selectivity between α3β2 and α3β4 Nicotinic Receptors via an Electrostatic Mechanism. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 14(24). 4311–4322. 3 indexed citations

Remigante, Alessia, Sara Spinelli, Angela Marino, et al.. (2023). Oxidative Stress and Immune Response in Melanoma: Ion Channels as Targets of Therapy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(1). 887–887. 23 indexed citations

Remigante, Alessia, Raffaella Barbieri, Loretta Ferrera, et al.. (2021). NS-11021 Modulates Cancer-Associated Processes Independently of BK Channels in Melanoma and Pancreatic Duct Adenocarcinoma Cell Lines. Cancers. 13(23). 6144–6144. 14 indexed citations

Ferrera, Loretta, Raffaella Barbieri, Cristiana Picco, et al.. (2021). TRPM2 Oxidation Activates Two Distinct Potassium Channels in Melanoma Cells through Intracellular Calcium Increase. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(16). 8359–8359. 32 indexed citations

Auffenberg, Eva, Ulrike B. S. Hedrich, Raffaella Barbieri, et al.. (2021). Hyperexcitable interneurons trigger cortical spreading depression in an Scn1a migraine model. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(21). 39 indexed citations

Søe, Kent, Lukas Cyganek, Giovanni Zifarelli, et al.. (2020). Efficient generation of osteoclasts from human induced pluripotent stem cells and functional investigations of lethal CLCN7-related osteopetrosis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 36(8). 1621–1635. 21 indexed citations

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Barbieri, Raffaella, Sara Bertelli, Michael Pusch, & Paola Gavazzo. (2019). Late sodium current blocker GS967 inhibits persistent currents induced by familial hemiplegic migraine type 3 mutations of the SCN1A gene. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 20(1). 107–107. 22 indexed citations

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Gaitán‐Peñas, Héctor, Michael Pusch, & Raúl Estévez. (2018). Expression of LRRC8/VRAC Currents in Xenopus Oocytes: Advantages and Caveats. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(3). 719–719. 10 indexed citations

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Fiore, Michele, Paola Gavazzo, Federica Viti, et al.. (2015). The biophysics of piezo1 and piezo2 mechanosensitive channels. Biophysical Chemistry. 208. 26–33. 25 indexed citations

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Zifarelli, Giovanni, Silvia De Stefano, Ilaria Zanardi, & Michael Pusch. (2012). On the Mechanism of Gating Charge Movement of ClC-5, a Human Cl−/H+ Antiporter. Biophysical Journal. 102(9). 2060–2069. 24 indexed citations

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Gradogna, Antonella & Michael Pusch. (2010). Molecular Pharmacology of Kidney and Inner Ear CLC-K Chloride Channels. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 1. 130–130. 19 indexed citations

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Zifarelli, Giovanni & Michael Pusch. (2009). The role of protons in fast and slow gating of the Torpedo chloride channel ClC-0. European Biophysics Journal. 39(6). 869–875. 16 indexed citations

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Kahlig, Kristopher M., Thomas H. Rhodes, Michael Pusch, et al.. (2008). Divergent sodium channel defects in familial hemiplegic migraine. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(28). 9799–9804. 87 indexed citations

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Steinmeyer, Klaus, C Lorenz, Michael Pusch, Manuela C. Koch, & Thomas J. Jentsch. (1994). Multimeric structure of ClC-1 chloride channel revealed by mutations in dominant myotonia congenita (Thomsen).. The EMBO Journal. 13(4). 737–743. 185 indexed citations

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Terlau, Heinrich, Stefan H. Heinemann, Walter Stuehmer, et al.. (1992). Determinants of sensitivity to tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin of sodium channel-II.. The FASEB Journal. 6(1). 1 indexed citations

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Pusch, Michael. (1990). Divalent cations as probes for structure-function relationships of cloned voltage-dependent sodium channels. European Biophysics Journal. 18(6). 327–33. 16 indexed citations

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Pusch, Michael. (1990). Block of different cloned NA+ channels by internal MG-2+ and external CA2+.. Biophysical Journal. 57(2). 1 indexed citations

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