Thomas Schikorski

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

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Thomas Schikorski is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Schikorski has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Thomas Schikorski's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (13 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (11 papers). Thomas Schikorski is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (13 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (11 papers). Thomas Schikorski collaborates with scholars based in Puerto Rico, United States and Germany. Thomas Schikorski's co-authors include Charles F. Stevens, Venkatesh N. Murthy, Yongling Zhu, Dmitri B. Chklovskii, Gerd Kempermann, Henry M. Sucov, Ming-Yi Chiang, Ronald M. Evans, Vincent Giguère and Fred H. Gage and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Schikorski

29 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Quantitative Ultrastructural Analysis of Hippocampal Excitatory Synapses

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Schikorski Puerto Rico	15	2.0k	1.4k	906	675	222	29	3.0k
Volker Scheuß Germany	20	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	822 0.9×	595 0.9×	215 1.0×	26	2.6k
Karen Zito United States	25	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	496 0.5×	377 0.6×	245 1.1×	39	2.3k
Hyung-Bae Kwon United States	19	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	559 0.6×	407 0.6×	182 0.8×	20	2.4k
Nigel J. Emptage United Kingdom	25	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	732 0.8×	321 0.5×	103 0.5×	56	2.7k
Naoki Honkura Japan	11	2.0k 1.0×	962 0.7×	698 0.8×	325 0.5×	365 1.6×	21	2.7k
Edward S. Ruthazer Canada	33	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	940 1.0×	352 0.5×	527 2.4×	72	3.4k
Jennifer N. Bourne United States	20	1.8k 0.9×	959 0.7×	784 0.9×	379 0.6×	402 1.8×	31	2.8k
Josef Špaček Czechia	17	1.7k 0.8×	877 0.6×	576 0.6×	316 0.5×	354 1.6×	31	2.4k
Takuya Sasaki Japan	33	2.4k 1.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	662 1.0×	217 1.0×	109	4.4k
Da‐Ting Lin United States	23	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	615 0.7×	281 0.4×	151 0.7×	60	2.5k

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Helm, Martin S., Sunit Mandad, Burkhard Rammner, et al.. (2021). A large-scale nanoscopy and biochemistry analysis of postsynaptic dendritic spines. Nature Neuroscience. 24(8). 1151–1162. 69 indexed citations

Wildhagen, Hanna, et al.. (2018). Comparative synaptosome imaging: a semi-quantitative method to obtain copy numbers for synaptic and neuronal proteins. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 14838–14838. 13 indexed citations

Wasser, Catherine R., et al.. (2016). Synaptic vesicle pool‐specific modification of neurotransmitter release by intravesicular free radical generation. The Journal of Physiology. 595(4). 1223–1238. 13 indexed citations

Schikorski, Thomas. (2016). Monitoring Synaptic Vesicle Protein Sorting with Enhanced Horseradish Peroxidase in the Electron Microscope. Methods in molecular biology. 1474. 327–341. 2 indexed citations

Schikorski, Thomas. (2016). Functional Nanoscale Imaging of Synaptic Vesicle Cycling with Superfast Fixation. Methods in molecular biology. 1474. 343–358. 1 indexed citations

Schikorski, Thomas. (2014). Readily releasable vesicles recycle at the active zone of hippocampal synapses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(14). 5415–5420. 32 indexed citations

Schikorski, Thomas. (2014). Catching synaptic vesicles in action. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 7(4). e29429–e29429. 1 indexed citations

Schikorski, Thomas. (2010). Pre-embedding Immunogold Localization of Antigens in Mammalian Brain Slices. Methods in molecular biology. 657. 133–144. 13 indexed citations

Schikorski, Thomas. (2010). Monitoring Rapid Endocytosis in the Electron Microscope via Photoconversion of Vesicles Fluorescently Labeled with FM1-43. Methods in molecular biology. 657. 329–346. 10 indexed citations

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Schikorski, Thomas. (2010). Horseradish Peroxidase as a Reporter Gene and as a Cell-Organelle-Specific Marker in Correlative Light-Electron Microscopy. Methods in molecular biology. 657. 315–327. 6 indexed citations

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Qu, Lei, et al.. (2009). Synapse‐to‐synapse variation in mean synaptic vesicle size and its relationship with synaptic morphology and function. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 514(4). 343–352. 62 indexed citations

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Mozhui, Khyobeni, D. C. Ciobanu, Thomas Schikorski, et al.. (2008). Dissection of a QTL Hotspot on Mouse Distal Chromosome 1 that Modulates Neurobehavioral Phenotypes and Gene Expression. PLoS Genetics. 4(11). e1000260–e1000260. 74 indexed citations

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Schikorski, Thomas, et al.. (2007). Horseradish peroxidase cDNA as a marker for electron microscopy in neurons. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 165(2). 210–215. 31 indexed citations

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Chklovskii, Dmitri B., Thomas Schikorski, & Charles F. Stevens. (2002). Wiring Optimization in Cortical Circuits. Neuron. 34(3). 341–347. 339 indexed citations

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Murthy, Venkatesh N., Thomas Schikorski, Charles F. Stevens, & Yongling Zhu. (2001). Inactivity Produces Increases in Neurotransmitter Release and Synapse Size. Neuron. 32(4). 673–682. 484 indexed citations

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Schikorski, Thomas, et al.. (2001). Morphological correlates of functionally defined synaptic vesicle populations. Nature Neuroscience. 4(4). 391–395. 394 indexed citations

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Chiang, Ming-Yi, Dinah Misner, Gerd Kempermann, et al.. (1998). An Essential Role for Retinoid Receptors RARβ and RXRγ In Long-Term Potentiation and Depression. Neuron. 21(6). 1353–1361. 274 indexed citations

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Schikorski, Thomas, Norbert Braun, & Herbert Zimmermann. (1994). Projection of Brain Stem Neurons to the Giant Electromotoneurons in the Cervical Spinal Cord of the Electric Catfish <i>Malapterurus electricus</i>. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 43(6). 306–318. 3 indexed citations

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Schikorski, Thomas, Norbert Braun, & Herbert Zimmermann. (1994). Immunocytochemical characterization of the synaptic innervation of a single spinal neuron, the electric catfish electromotoneuron. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 343(4). 647–657. 3 indexed citations

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Braun, N., Thomas Schikorski, & Herbert Zimmermann. (1993). Cytoplasmic segregation and cytoskeletal organization in the electric catfish giant electromotoneuron with special reference to the axon hillock region. Neuroscience. 52(3). 745–756. 10 indexed citations

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