Thomas Kuner

13.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
124 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Kuner is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Kuner has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 66 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Kuner's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (64 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (17 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (17 papers). Thomas Kuner is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (64 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (17 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (17 papers). Thomas Kuner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Kuner's co-authors include George J Augustine, Peter H. Seeburg, Bert Sakmann, Rohini Kuner, Lonnie P. Wollmuth, Ralf Schoepfer, Verena C. Wimmer, Heinz Horstmann, Guoping Feng and Andreas T. Schaefer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Kuner

123 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

Control of Kinetic Properties of AMPA Receptor Channels by Nuclear RNA Editing

1994 619 citations Thomas Kuner, Hannah Monyer et al. Science profile →
Cancer neuroscience: State of the field, emerging directions

2023 243 citations Frank Winkler, Thomas Kuner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Kuner Germany	53	4.8k	3.9k	1.4k	892	804	124	7.9k
Junichi Nakai Japan	49	5.3k 1.1×	7.0k 1.8×	1.3k 0.9×	738 0.8×	585 0.7×	119	10.8k
Jens Hjerling‐Leffler Sweden	31	4.0k 0.8×	5.4k 1.4×	1.9k 1.3×	687 0.8×	1.5k 1.9×	53	11.0k
Keiji Imoto Japan	48	6.3k 1.3×	8.9k 2.3×	699 0.5×	1.6k 1.8×	862 1.1×	107	12.2k
Graham C. R. Ellis‐Davies United States	47	7.8k 1.6×	4.3k 1.1×	2.3k 1.6×	396 0.4×	697 0.9×	123	11.7k
Kunihiko Obata Japan	55	6.4k 1.3×	3.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	1.0k 1.1×	987 1.2×	167	10.6k
Thomas Knöpfel Japan	62	8.6k 1.8×	5.1k 1.3×	2.9k 2.1×	957 1.1×	663 0.8×	213	11.3k
Serge Charpak France	43	4.0k 0.8×	2.0k 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	719 0.8×	749 0.9×	74	8.5k
Yulong Li China	51	3.5k 0.7×	4.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	194 0.2×	586 0.7×	302	9.3k
Kenji F. Tanaka Japan	46	3.8k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	2.1k 1.5×	246 0.3×	745 0.9×	201	9.2k
Yuchio Yanagawa Japan	64	8.3k 1.7×	5.0k 1.3×	4.3k 3.1×	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	321	14.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Kuner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Kuner

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Martín-Cortecero, Jesús, et al.. (2025). A tactile discrimination task to study neuronal dynamics in freely-moving mice. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6421–6421. 1 indexed citations

Venkataramani, Varun, Yvonne Yang, Sebastian Ille, et al.. (2025). Cancer Neuroscience of Brain Tumors: From Multicellular Networks to Neuroscience-Instructed Cancer Therapies. Cancer Discovery. 15(1). 39–51. 4 indexed citations

Klevanski, Maja, et al.. (2024). Super‐Resolved Protein Imaging Using Bifunctional Light‐Up Aptamers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(51). e202412810–e202412810. 2 indexed citations

Venkataramani, Varun, Matthias Schneider, Frank A. Giordano, et al.. (2022). Disconnecting multicellular networks in brain tumours. Nature reviews. Cancer. 22(8). 481–491. 63 indexed citations

Knabbe, Johannes, et al.. (2022). In Vivo Imaging of Axonal Organelle Transport in the Mouse Brain. Methods in molecular biology. 95–109. 6 indexed citations

Gan, Zheng, Vijayan Gangadharan, Sheng Liu, et al.. (2022). Layer-specific pain relief pathways originating from primary motor cortex. Science. 378(6626). 1336–1343. 57 indexed citations

Gangadharan, Vijayan, Hongwei Zheng, Francisco J. Taberner, et al.. (2022). Neuropathic pain caused by miswiring and abnormal end organ targeting. Nature. 606(7912). 137–145. 68 indexed citations

Falfán-Melgoza, Claudia, Carlo A. Beretta, Markus Sack, et al.. (2021). Cellular correlates of gray matter volume changes in magnetic resonance morphometry identified by two-photon microscopy. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 4234–4234. 50 indexed citations

Grimm, Laura, Stephan Sinn, Marjan Krstić, et al.. (2021). Fluorescent Nanozeolite Receptors for the Highly Selective and Sensitive Detection of Neurotransmitters in Water and Biofluids. Advanced Materials. 33(49). e2104614–e2104614. 18 indexed citations

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Wagner, Willi L., Yifan Zheng, Maximilian Ackermann, et al.. (2020). Mesopolysaccharides: The extracellular surface layer of visceral organs. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0238798–e0238798. 14 indexed citations

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Venkataramani, Varun, et al.. (2020). Synaptic input to brain tumors: clinical implications. Neuro-Oncology. 23(1). 23–33. 53 indexed citations

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Knabbe, Johannes, et al.. (2018). Secretory vesicle trafficking in awake and anaesthetized mice: differential speeds in axons versus synapses. The Journal of Physiology. 596(16). 3759–3773. 17 indexed citations

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Pfarr, Simone, Elisabeth Paul, Frank Herrmannsdörfer, et al.. (2018). Choice for Drug or Natural Reward Engages Largely Overlapping Neuronal Ensembles in the Infralimbic Prefrontal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(14). 3507–3519. 45 indexed citations

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Vlijm, Rifka, Xue Li, Diana Rüthnick, et al.. (2018). STED Nanoscopy of the Centrosome Linker Reveals a CEP68-Organized, Periodic Rootletin Network Anchored to a C-Nap1 Ring at Centrioles. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 535a–535a. 1 indexed citations

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Kuner, Thomas, et al.. (2017). The presynaptic scaffolding protein Piccolo organizes the readily releasable pool at the calyx of Held. The Journal of Physiology. 596(8). 1485–1499. 21 indexed citations

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Nanguneri, Siddharth, et al.. (2012). Three-Dimensional, Tomographic Super-Resolution Fluorescence Imaging of Serially Sectioned Thick Samples. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e38098–e38098. 59 indexed citations

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Lipstein, Noa, et al.. (2011). Inhibition of exocytosis or endocytosis blocks activity‐dependent redistribution of synapsin. Journal of Neurochemistry. 120(2). 248–258. 13 indexed citations

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Wimmer, Verena C., Randy M. Bruno, Christiaan P. J. de Kock, Thomas Kuner, & Bert Sakmann. (2010). Dimensions of a Projection Column and Architecture of VPM and POm Axons in Rat Vibrissal Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 20(10). 2265–2276. 173 indexed citations

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Kuner, Thomas, Yulong Li, Katrina Gee, Lynda F. Bonewald, & George J Augustine. (2008). Photolysis of a caged peptide reveals rapid action of N -ethylmaleimide sensitive factor before neurotransmitter release. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(1). 347–352. 34 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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