Peter Fromherz

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
158 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Peter Fromherz is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Fromherz has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 48 papers in Molecular Biology and 44 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Peter Fromherz's work include Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (81 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (33 papers). Peter Fromherz is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (81 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (33 papers). Peter Fromherz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Canada. Peter Fromherz's co-authors include Armin Lambacher, Marta Fernández, Günther Zeck, Dieter Braun, Thomas Vetter, Andreas Offenhäusser, J. Weis, M. Jenkner, Ingmar Schoen and R. Thewes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Fromherz

156 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Lipoid pH indicators as probes of electrical potential an... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Lipoid pH indicators as probes of electrical potential and polarity in micelles
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Fromherz Germany 50 3.7k 2.2k 1.9k 1.8k 1.5k 158 7.5k
Robert R. Birge United States 50 3.4k 0.9× 3.3k 1.5× 847 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 334 0.2× 192 8.1k
Joachim Heberle Germany 51 3.7k 1.0× 4.8k 2.2× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 327 0.2× 180 8.7k
Norbert Hampp Germany 32 1.4k 0.4× 918 0.4× 751 0.4× 993 0.6× 204 0.1× 202 4.1k
Andrew G. Ewing United States 74 3.7k 1.0× 5.8k 2.7× 4.4k 2.3× 6.2k 3.5× 275 0.2× 398 17.6k
R. Dean Astumian United States 58 1.6k 0.4× 2.8k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 417 0.3× 131 10.9k
Mordechai Sheves Israel 50 5.0k 1.3× 4.3k 2.0× 1.9k 1.0× 767 0.4× 396 0.3× 301 8.0k
Werner G. Kuhr United States 47 1.1k 0.3× 1.2k 0.5× 2.5k 1.3× 1.9k 1.1× 295 0.2× 94 5.7k
Laurent Cognet France 50 1.7k 0.5× 2.5k 1.2× 742 0.4× 2.9k 1.6× 329 0.2× 115 8.3k
Fabio Biscarini Italy 59 1.0k 0.3× 937 0.4× 6.2k 3.2× 3.0k 1.7× 127 0.1× 287 11.3k
Owe Orwar Sweden 43 1.1k 0.3× 2.8k 1.3× 507 0.3× 2.6k 1.4× 213 0.1× 146 6.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Fromherz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Fromherz

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fromherz, Peter. (2012). Threshold voltage of the EOSFET: Reference electrode and oxide–electrolyte interface. physica status solidi (a). 209(6). 1157–1162. 4 indexed citations
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Lambacher, Armin, Veronika Vitzthum, Günther Zeck, & Peter Fromherz. (2009). Identifying Electrically Active Cells in Neuronal Culture and Tissue using CMOS based Multi-Transistor Arrays (MTAs). Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 478a–478a. 1 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter, et al.. (2008). Neuronal field potential in acute hippocampus slice recorded with transistor and micropipette electrode. European Journal of Neuroscience. 27(4). 958–964. 14 indexed citations
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Schoen, Ingmar & Peter Fromherz. (2008). Extracellular Stimulation of Mammalian Neurons Through Repetitive Activation of Na+ Channels by Weak Capacitive Currents on a Silicon Chip. Journal of Neurophysiology. 100(1). 346–357. 92 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter, et al.. (2007). Recombinant Serotonin Receptor on a Transistor as a Prototype for Cell‐Based Biosensors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(30). 5787–5790. 11 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter, et al.. (2006). The Extracellular Electrical Resistivity in Cell Adhesion. Biophysical Journal. 90(7). 2600–2611. 46 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter. (2006). Three Levels of Neuroelectronic Interfacing. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1093(1). 143–160. 59 indexed citations
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Hutzler, Michael, Armin Lambacher, B. Eversmann, et al.. (2006). High-Resolution Multitransistor Array Recording of Electrical Field Potentials in Cultured Brain Slices. Journal of Neurophysiology. 96(3). 1638–1645. 107 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter, et al.. (2005). Functional Na+ Channels in Cell Adhesion probed by Transistor Recording. Biophysical Journal. 90(1). 183–189. 22 indexed citations
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Kühn, Bernd, Peter Fromherz, & Winfried Denk. (2004). High Sensitivity of Stark-Shift Voltage-Sensing Dyes by One- or Two-Photon Excitation Near the Red Spectral Edge. Biophysical Journal. 87(1). 631–639. 93 indexed citations
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Syed, Naweed I., et al.. (2004). Neuron-Semiconductor Chip with Chemical Synapse between Identified Neurons. Physical Review Letters. 92(3). 38102–38102. 54 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter, et al.. (2004). Signal Transmission from Individual Mammalian Nerve Cell to Field‐Effect Transistor. Small. 1(2). 206–210. 100 indexed citations
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Hutzler, Michael & Peter Fromherz. (2004). Silicon chip with capacitors and transistors for interfacing organotypic brain slice of rat hippocampus. European Journal of Neuroscience. 19(8). 2231–2238. 39 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter, et al.. (2002). Transistor array with an organotypic brain slice: field potential records and synaptic currents. European Journal of Neuroscience. 15(6). 999–1005. 31 indexed citations
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Prinz, Astrid A., et al.. (2001). Recombinant Kv1.3 potassium channels stabilize tonic firing of cultured rat hippocampal neurons. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 443(4). 541–547. 19 indexed citations
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Braun, Dieter, et al.. (2001). No correlation of focal contacts and close adhesion by comparing GFP-vinculin and fluorescence interference of DiI. European Biophysics Journal. 30(1). 17–26. 55 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter & Volker Gaede. (1993). Exclusive-OR function of single arborized neuron. Biological Cybernetics. 69(4). 337–344. 17 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter & Armin Lambacher. (1991). Spectra of voltage-sensitive fluorescence of styryl-dye in neuron membrane. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1068(2). 149–156. 37 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter. (1989). [18] Lipid coumarin dye as a probe of interfacial electrical potential in biomembranes. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 171. 376–387. 42 indexed citations
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Fromherz, Peter. (1970). Energy transfer to cytochrome c in an artificial lamellar system. FEBS Letters. 11(3). 205–208. 20 indexed citations

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