Peter Saggau

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Peter Saggau is a scholar working on Biophysics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Saggau has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Biophysics, 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Peter Saggau's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (34 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (22 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers). Peter Saggau is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (34 papers), Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (22 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers). Peter Saggau collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Spain. Peter Saggau's co-authors include Ling‐Gang Wu, Jing Qian, Gaddum Duemani Reddy, Keith J. Kelleher, William F. Colmers, Michael A. Barry, Antonios G. Mikos, Kenneth K. Wu, W.T. Godbey and Guido C. Faas and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Peter Saggau

70 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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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.

Presynaptic inhibition of elicited neurotransmitter release

1997 544 citations Ling‐Gang Wu, Peter Saggau Trends in Neurosciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Saggau United States	26	2.4k	1.7k	894	622	469	71	3.7k
Tomomi Nemoto Japan	29	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	491 0.5×	782 1.3×	513 1.1×	107	4.0k
David L. Wokosin United States	29	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	458 0.5×	500 0.8×	347 0.7×	62	4.1k
Sabine L. Renninger Portugal	9	3.3k 1.4×	1.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.9×	816 1.3×	371 0.8×	12	5.4k
U. Valentin Nägerl France	35	2.7k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	392 0.8×	67	4.9k
Samuel Andrew Hires United States	17	2.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.1×	1.6k 1.8×	781 1.3×	252 0.5×	25	4.7k
Zhuan Zhou China	38	2.6k 1.1×	3.1k 1.8×	566 0.6×	229 0.4×	312 0.7×	124	5.2k
Jiulin Du China	34	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 1.0×	494 0.6×	319 0.5×	841 1.8×	96	4.5k
Tsai‐Wen Chen United States	18	4.3k 1.8×	2.3k 1.3×	2.6k 2.9×	1.1k 1.8×	567 1.2×	23	7.1k
William J. Betz United States	43	4.3k 1.8×	4.8k 2.8×	500 0.6×	263 0.4×	395 0.8×	78	6.9k
Jasper Akerboom Netherlands	18	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	495 0.6×	553 0.9×	227 0.5×	26	3.1k

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Saggau, Peter, et al.. (2024). Scan‐less microscopy based on acousto‐optic encoded illumination. Nanophotonics. 13(1). 63–73. 1 indexed citations

Saggau, Peter, et al.. (2021). Multiplane Encoded Light-Sheet Microscopy for Enhanced 3D Imaging. ACS Photonics. 8(11). 3385–3393. 10 indexed citations

Bianchini, Paolo, Peter Saggau, & Alberto Diaspro. (2020). An inertia-free beam scanning device for single-wavelength 2PE-STED nanoscopy. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(32). 324001–324001. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Rui, Leonard Kuan, Daniel Millman, et al.. (2019). Aberration-free multi-plane imaging of neural activity from the mammalian brain using a fast-switching liquid crystal spatial light modulator. Biomedical Optics Express. 10(10). 5059–5059. 13 indexed citations

Duocastella, Martí, Giuseppe Sancataldo, Peter Saggau, et al.. (2017). Fast Inertia-Free Volumetric Light-Sheet Microscope. ACS Photonics. 4(7). 1797–1804. 58 indexed citations

Reddy, Gaddum Duemani, R. Cotton, Andreas S. Tolias, & Peter Saggau. (2015). Random-Access Multiphoton Microscopy for Fast Three-Dimensional Imaging. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 859. 455–472. 5 indexed citations

Froudarakis, Emmanouil, Philipp Berens, Alexander S. Ecker, et al.. (2014). Population code in mouse V1 facilitates readout of natural scenes through increased sparseness. Nature Neuroscience. 17(6). 851–857. 113 indexed citations

Cotton, R., et al.. (2013). Three-dimensional mapping of microcircuit correlation structure. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 7. 151–151. 43 indexed citations

Iyer, V., et al.. (2010). Acousto-optic laser scanning for multi-site photo-stimulation of single neuronsin vitro. Journal of Neural Engineering. 7(4). 45002–45002. 12 indexed citations

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Saggau, Peter, et al.. (2010). Blockade of presynaptic K ATP channels reduces the zinc-mediated posttetanic depression at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses. Brain Research. 1320. 22–27. 11 indexed citations

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Mancuso, James J., Adam M. Larson, Theodore G. Wensel, & Peter Saggau. (2009). Multiphoton adaptation of a commercial low-cost confocal microscope for live tissue imaging. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 14(3). 34048–34048. 12 indexed citations

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Gliko, Olga, William E. Brownell, & Peter Saggau. (2009). Fast two-dimensional standing-wave total-internal-reflection fluorescence microscopy using acousto-optic deflectors. Optics Letters. 34(6). 836–836. 14 indexed citations

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Reddy, Gaddum Duemani, et al.. (2008). Three-dimensional random access multiphoton microscopy for functional imaging of neuronal activity. Nature Neuroscience. 11(6). 713–720. 245 indexed citations

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Santamaría-Pang, Alberto, Costa M. Colbert, Peter Saggau, & Ioannis A. Kakadiaris. (2007). Automatic Centerline Extraction of Irregular Tubular Structures Using Probability Volumes from Multiphoton Imaging. Lecture notes in computer science. 10(Pt 2). 486–494. 33 indexed citations

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Nakagawa, Takashi, John S. Oghalai, Peter Saggau, Richard D. Rabbitt, & William E. Brownell. (2006). Photometric recording of transmembrane potential in outer hair cells. Journal of Neural Engineering. 3(2). 79–86. 10 indexed citations

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Qian, Jing & Peter Saggau. (1999). Activity‐dependent modulation of K⁺ currents at presynaptic terminals of mammalian central synapses. The Journal of Physiology. 519(2). 427–437. 20 indexed citations

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Bullen, Andrew & Peter Saggau. (1999). High-Speed, Random-Access Fluorescence Microscopy: II. Fast Quantitative Measurements With Voltage-Sensitive Dyes. Biophysical Journal. 76(4). 2272–2287. 94 indexed citations

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Wu, Ling‐Gang & Peter Saggau. (1997). Presynaptic inhibition of elicited neurotransmitter release. Trends in Neurosciences. 20(5). 204–212. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saggau, Peter, et al.. (1995). GABAB receptor‐mediated presynaptic inhibition in guinea‐pig hippocampus is caused by reduction of presynaptic Ca2+ influx.. The Journal of Physiology. 485(3). 649–657. 133 indexed citations

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Saggau, Peter, et al.. (1994). Presynaptic calcium is increased during normal synaptic transmission and paired-pulse facilitation, but not in long-term potentiation in area CA1 of hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience. 14(2). 645–654. 267 indexed citations

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