Rüdiger Klein

43.2k citations

218 papers · 35.0k indexed · 15 hit papers · h-index 97

Impact in

Developmental Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling
- Nerve injury and regeneration
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Papers in

Developmental Neuroscience 48
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms 48
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 140
- Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling 84
- Nerve injury and regeneration 37
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 29

Co-authors: Mariano Barbacid Klas Kullander Fabienne Lamballe Liliana Minichiello Paul C. Orban Luis F. Parada Venkata Nanduri Donata Orioli
Journals: Neuron (20 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (18 papers)Cell (13 papers)The EMBO Journal (9 papers)Development (9 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Rüdiger Klein

217 papers receiving 34.3k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Mechanisms of ephrin–Eph signalling in development, physiology and disease 2016 · 451 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2002 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2000 Science
1999 Neuron
1999 Genes & Development
1999 Nature Genetics
1995 Nature
1994 Nature
1994 Nature
1993 Cell
1991 Cell
1991 Cell
1991 Cell
1990 Cell
1989 The EMBO Journal

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1	Food and water intake are regulated by distinct central amygdala circuits revealed using intersectional genetics Nature Communications ·M Bodner Paige, Simon Chang, Hilmi Rabbani, Christian Peters, Louise Gaitanos, Jipeng He, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Rüdiger Klein	2025	1
2	Genetically- and spatially-defined basolateral amygdala neurons control food consumption and social interaction Nature Communications ·高修红, Yue Zhang, Christian Peters, Tobias Straub, Mina Memar, Rüdiger Klein	2024	8
3	Neuroprotective effects of hepatoma-derived growth factor in models of Huntington’s disease Life Science Alliance ·Qingwen Zhang, 泰子遠藤, Rafael R. Díaz Torres, Seda Koyuncu, Ayumi Tanimoto, Han Hui-ling, Thomas Arzberger, David Vı́lchez, Rüdiger Klein, Irina Dudanova	2023	2
4	Tripartite extended amygdala–basal ganglia CRH circuit drives locomotor activation and avoidance behavior Science Advances ·Simon Chang, M Bodner Paige, Chu Lan Lao, Maria Paula Macêdo Brito, Mira Jakovcevski, Rossella Di Giaimo, Miriam Gagliardi, Danusa Menegaz, Alexandru A. Hennrich, Michael J. Ziller, Matthias Eder, Rüdiger Klein, Na Cai, Jan M. Deussing	2022	7
5	Fluc‐EGFP reporter mice reveal differential alterations of neuronal proteostasis in aging and disease The EMBO Journal ·Sonja Blumenstock, 蟹江小五郎, Qingwen Zhang, Matthew Ashley. Whyte, Yong Deok Kim, 知也松本, Mark S. Hipp, F. Ulrich Hartl, Rüdiger Klein, Irina Dudanova	2021	16
6	Placental labyrinth formation in mice requires endothelial FLRT2–UNC5B signaling Development ·Ikue Tai-Nagara, Steven Ristan, Robert Gideon Wodnicki, CHUNG-MING KAUN, Keisuke Okabe, Yuki Sugiura, Masaki Ieda, Nobuyuki Takakura, Osamu Nakagawa, Bin Zhou, Koji Okabayashi, Makoto Suematsu, Yuko Kitagawa, Martin Bastmeyer, Kohji Sato, Rüdiger Klein, Sutip Navankasattusas, Dean Y. Li, Satoru Yamagishi, Yoshiaki Kubota	2017	22
7	Tiam–Rac signaling mediates trans-endocytosis of ephrin receptor EphB2 and is important for cell repulsion The Journal of Cell Biology ·Thomas N. Gaitanos, Teppei Takagi, Rüdiger Klein	2016	30
8	The composition of EphB2 clusters determines the strength in the cellular repulsion response The Journal of Cell Biology ·Andreas Schaupp, Ola Sabet, Irina Dudanova, Marion Ponserre, Philippe I. H. Bastiaens, Rüdiger Klein	2014	67
9	Genetic Evidence for the Adhesion Protein IgSF9/Dasm1 to Regulate Inhibitory Synapse Development Independent of its Intracellular Domain Journal of Neuroscience ·Archana Mishra, Beatriz Tatiana, Lore Becker, Thomas Klopstock, Valentin Stein, Rüdiger Klein	2014	25
10	EphrinB3/EphA4-Mediated Guidance of Ascending and Descending Spinal Tracts Neuron ·Sónia Paixão, F Ishikawa, Najet Serradj, Jingwen Niu, Wenqin Luo, John H. Martin, Rüdiger Klein	2013	50
11	Ephrin-B1 Controls the Columnar Distribution of Cortical Pyramidal Neurons by Restricting Their Tangential Migration Neuron ·Jordane Dimidschstein, Lara Passante, Henry Day-Hall, Jelle van den Ameele, Luca Tiberi, R.G. Elmore, Ralf H. Adams, Rüdiger Klein, D. Chichung Lie, Yves Jossin, Pierre Vanderhaeghen	2013	52
12	Genetic Evidence for a Contribution of EphA:EphrinA Reverse Signaling to Motor Axon Guidance Journal of Neuroscience ·Irina Dudanova, Tzu‐Jen Kao, Julia Herrmann, Binhai Zheng, Artur Kania, Rüdiger Klein	2012	32
13	The in vivo contribution of motor neuron TrkB receptors to mutant SOD1 motor neuron disease Human Molecular Genetics ·Jinbin Zhai, Wan Zhou, Jiyao Li, Christopher R. Hayworth, Lixin Zhang, Hidemi Misawa, Rüdiger Klein, Steven S. Scherer, Rita J. Balice‐Gordon, Robert G. Kalb	2011	22
14	Absence of Functional Peroxisomes from Mouse CNS Causes Dysmyelination and Axon Degeneration Journal of Neuroscience ·K. Viktorov, Olga Krysko, Astrid Bottelbergs, Steven Huyghe, Rüdiger Klein, Paul P. Van Veldhoven, Peter Paul De Deyn, Rudi D’Hooge, Dieter Hartmann, Myriam Baes	2008	95
15	Role for EphrinB2 in Postnatal Lung Alveolar Development and Elastic Matrix Integrity (vol 237, pg 2220, 2008) Developmental Dynamics ·George A. Wilkinson, Johannes C. Schittny, Dieter P. Reinhardt, Rüdiger Klein	2008	1
16	Absence of Ret Signaling in Mice Causes Progressive and Late Degeneration of the Nigrostriatal System PLoS Biology ·Edgar R. Kramer, Liviu Aron, Geert M. J. Ramakers, Edvinas Stanevičius, Xiaoxi Zhuang, Klaus Beyer, Marten P. Smidt, Rüdiger Klein	2007	160
17	Cortical and retinal defects caused by dosage-dependent reductions in VEGF-A paracrine signaling Developmental Biology ·Jody J. Haigh, Y-H. Kang, Holger Gerhardt, Katharina Haigh, Belavić Božidar, Annette Damert, Lucile Miquerol, Sri Riyani, Rüdiger Klein, Napoleone Ferrara, Erwin F. Wagner, Christer Betsholtz, András Nagy	2003	223
18	Receptor-Specific Regulation of Phosphatidylinositol 3′-Kinase Activation by the Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Shp2 Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Eduardo Jorge Sant, William G. Tsiaras, Toshiyuki Araki, Gengyun Wen, Liliana Minichiello, Rüdiger Klein, Benjamin G. Neel	2002	215
19	ELF-2, a New Member of the Eph Ligand Family, Is Segmentally Expressed in Mouse Embryos in the Region of the Hindbrain and Newly Forming Somites Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Andrew D. Bergemann, Hwai-Jong Cheng, Riccardo Brambilla, Rüdiger Klein, John G. Flanagan	1995	130
20	Sex-linked retinitis pigmentosa: ultrastructure of photoreceptors and pigment epithelium. PubMed ·R. Bruce Szamier, Eliot L. Berson, Rüdiger Klein, Samuel P. Meyers	1979	121

About Rüdiger Klein

Rüdiger Klein is a scholar working on Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Neurology, having authored 218 papers that have together received 35.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling (84 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (48 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (37 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (29 papers), Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (23 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (18 papers), Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (16 papers) and Signaling Pathways in Disease (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental Neuroscience (7.6k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (19.9k citations), Cell Biology (5.8k citations), Molecular Biology (17.0k citations) and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (1.4k citations). Rüdiger Klein has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Mariano Barbacid, Klas Kullander, Fabienne Lamballe, Liliana Minichiello, Paul C. Orban, Luis F. Parada, Venkata Nanduri, Donata Orioli, Ralf H. Adams and Edward C. O’Rourke. Their work appears in journals such as Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience, Cell, The EMBO Journal and Development.

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