Rolf Sprengel

29.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
232 papers, 23.0k citations indexed

About

Rolf Sprengel is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rolf Sprengel has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 23.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 96 papers in Molecular Biology and 67 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rolf Sprengel's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (141 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (56 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (27 papers). Rolf Sprengel is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (141 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (56 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (27 papers). Rolf Sprengel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Rolf Sprengel's co-authors include Peter H. Seeburg, Hannah Monyer, Miyoko Higuchi, Bert Sakmann, Anne Herb, Nail Burnashev, P. H. Seeburg, David M. Bannerman, Martin Köhler and Hilda Lomelı́ and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rolf Sprengel

229 papers receiving 22.5k 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.

Heteromeric NMDA Receptors: Molecular and Functional Distinction of Subtypes

1992 2.1k citations Hannah Monyer, Rolf Sprengel et al. Science profile →
Lutropin-Choriogonadotropin Receptor: An Unusual Member of the G Protein-Coupled Receptor Family

1989 823 citations Rolf Sprengel, Peter H. Seeburg et al. Science profile →
Encoding of conditioned fear in central amygdala inhibitory circuits

2010 712 citations Rolf Sprengel et al. profile →
Importance of AMPA Receptors for Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity But Not for Spatial Learning

1999 647 citations Rolf Sprengel, Øivind Hvalby et al. Science profile →
Hippocampal synaptic plasticity, spatial memory and anxiety

2014 538 citations David M. Bannerman, Rolf Sprengel et al. profile →
RNA editing of AMPA receptor subunit GluR-B: A base-paired intron-exon structure determines position and efficiency

1993 531 citations Miyoko Higuchi, Frank N. Single et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rolf Sprengel Germany	82	12.6k	11.0k	4.7k	2.5k	2.2k	232	23.0k
Teresa A. Milner United States	75	9.2k 0.7×	6.3k 0.6×	2.4k 0.5×	2.9k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	270	19.6k
Joël Bockaert France	89	19.6k 1.5×	17.9k 1.6×	2.4k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	410	30.5k
George Paxinos Australia	50	14.3k 1.1×	7.9k 0.7×	7.6k 1.6×	1.2k 0.5×	3.3k 1.5×	158	29.2k
Harry W.M. Steinbusch Netherlands	76	9.9k 0.8×	7.3k 0.7×	3.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	2.3k 1.1×	388	22.8k
Piers C. Emson United Kingdom	65	12.5k 1.0×	8.0k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	671 0.3×	1.8k 0.8×	208	19.9k
Jean Rossier France	70	9.7k 0.8×	9.4k 0.9×	2.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	230	16.9k
Daniel R. Storm United States	86	11.4k 0.9×	12.2k 1.1×	3.0k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	260	22.9k
Masaya Tohyama Japan	80	10.6k 0.8×	11.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	516	24.2k
Menahem Segal Israel	81	13.0k 1.0×	7.5k 0.7×	5.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	2.4k 1.1×	286	19.9k
Cynthia Shannon Weickert Australia	80	5.9k 0.5×	5.7k 0.5×	3.5k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	309	18.1k

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Treviño, Mario, María Ángeles Gómez‐Climent, Godwin Dogbevia, et al.. (2024). Dentate gyrus is needed for memory retrieval. Molecular Psychiatry. 29(10). 2939–2950. 7 indexed citations

Sprengel, Rolf, et al.. (2023). Knockout of NMDARs in CA1 and dentate gyrus fails to impair temporal control of conditioned behavior in mice. Hippocampus. 34(3). 126–140.

Vindedal, Gry Fluge, et al.. (2023). Increased membrane Ca²⁺ permeability drives astrocytic Ca²⁺ dynamics during neuronal stimulation at excitatory synapses. Glia. 71(12). 2770–2781. 8 indexed citations

Sprengel, Rolf, et al.. (2021). Dissociating Representations of Time and Number in Reinforcement-Rate Learning by Deletion of the GluA1 AMPA Receptor Subunit in Mice. Psychological Science. 32(2). 204–217. 4 indexed citations

Eltokhi, Ahmed, Miguel A. Gonzalez‐Lozano, Lars‐Lennart Oettl, et al.. (2021). Imbalanced post- and extrasynaptic SHANK2A functions during development affect social behavior in SHANK2-mediated neuropsychiatric disorders. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(11). 6482–6504. 22 indexed citations

Brown, Laurence A., Shu K. E. Tam, Kay E. Davies, et al.. (2021). Deletion of AMPA receptor GluA1 subunit gene (Gria1) causes circadian rhythm disruption and aberrant responses to environmental cues. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 588–588. 20 indexed citations

Bojarskaite, Laura, Daniel M. Bjørnstad, Klas H. Pettersen, et al.. (2020). Astrocytic Ca2+ signaling is reduced during sleep and is involved in the regulation of slow wave sleep. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3240–3240. 143 indexed citations

Kollewe, Astrid, Jörg Pohle, Ilka Mathar, et al.. (2017). Heteromeric channels formed by TRPC 1, TRPC 4 and TRPC 5 define hippocampal synaptic transmission and working memory. The EMBO Journal. 36(18). 2770–2789. 92 indexed citations

Mallien, Anne Stephanie, Alessia Luoni, Marco Andrea Riva, et al.. (2017). Molecular and cellular dissection of NMDA receptor subtypes as antidepressant targets. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 84. 352–358. 25 indexed citations

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Engin, Elif, Konstantin I. Bakhurin, Kiersten S. Smith, et al.. (2014). Neural Basis of Benzodiazepine Reward: Requirement for α2 Containing GABAA Receptors in the Nucleus Accumbens. Neuropsychopharmacology. 39(8). 1805–1815. 31 indexed citations

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Saab, Aiman S., Hannah M. Jahn, Alexander Cupido, et al.. (2012). Bergmann Glial AMPA Receptors Are Required for Fine Motor Coordination. Science. 337(6095). 749–753. 159 indexed citations

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Engelhardt, Jakob von, Volker Mack, Rolf Sprengel, et al.. (2010). CKAMP44: A Brain-Specific Protein Attenuating Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity in the Dentate Gyrus. Science. 327(5972). 1518–1522. 202 indexed citations

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Sanderson, David J., Mark Good, Kelly Skelton, et al.. (2009). Enhanced long-term and impaired short-term spatial memory in GluA1 AMPA receptor subunit knockout mice: Evidence for a dual-process memory model (vol 16, 379, 2009). Learning & Memory. 16. 508–508. 1 indexed citations

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Single, Frank N., Øivind Hvalby, Vidar R. Jensen, et al.. (2007). Impaired spatial working memory but spared spatial reference memory following functional loss of NMDA receptors in the dentate gyrus. European Journal of Neuroscience. 25(3). 837–846. 178 indexed citations

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Sprengel, Rolf. (2006). Role of AMPA receptors in synaptic plasticity. Cell and Tissue Research. 326(2). 447–455. 72 indexed citations

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Shimshek, Derya R., Thorsten Bus, Valery Grinevich, et al.. (2005). Impaired Reproductive Behavior by Lack of GluR-B Containing AMPA Receptors But Not of NMDA Receptors in Hypothalamic and Septal Neurons. Molecular Endocrinology. 20(1). 219–231. 43 indexed citations

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Hoffman, Dax A., Rolf Sprengel, & Bert Sakmann. (2002). Molecular dissection of hippocampal theta-burst pairing potentiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(11). 7740–7745. 148 indexed citations

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Sprengel, Rolf, Miyoko Higuchi, Hannah Monyer, & P. H. Seeburg. (1999). Glutamate receptor channels: a possible link between RNA editing in the brain and epilepsy.. PubMed. 79. 525–34. 11 indexed citations

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Seeburg, P. H., Nail Burnashev, Georg Köhr, et al.. (1995). The NMDA Receptor Channel: Molecular Design of a Coincidence Detector. Elsevier eBooks. 50. 19–34. 75 indexed citations

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Sprengel, Rolf. (1991). Signal transduction mechanism of g protein coupled receptors. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 14. 4–5. 1 indexed citations

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