Urs Frey

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Urs Frey is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Urs Frey has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 51 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 35 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Urs Frey's work include Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (58 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (47 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (27 papers). Urs Frey is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (58 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (47 papers) and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (27 papers). Urs Frey collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Japan and Germany. Urs Frey's co-authors include Andreas Hierlemann, Douglas J. Bakkum, Marie Engelene J. Obien, F J de Heer, Torsten Bullmann, Kosmas Deligkaris, S. Hafizovic, Michele Fiscella, Miloš Radivojević and Jan Müller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Urs Frey

72 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Revealing neuronal function through microelectrode array recordings

2015 497 citations Marie Engelene J. Obien, Kosmas Deligkaris et al. Frontiers in Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Urs Frey Switzerland	24	2.1k	1.3k	1.1k	741	276	76	2.7k
Luca Berdondini Italy	31	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	891 0.8×	791 1.1×	417 1.5×	104	3.0k
Douglas J. Bakkum Switzerland	22	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	850 0.8×	483 0.7×	232 0.8×	49	2.3k
Yasuhiko Jimbo Japan	26	2.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	599 0.5×	646 0.9×	372 1.3×	186	2.9k
Jerome Pine United States	17	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	740 0.7×	528 0.7×	347 1.3×	25	2.9k
Michela Chiappalone Italy	32	2.8k 1.3×	2.4k 1.8×	930 0.8×	609 0.8×	514 1.9×	126	3.9k
Sérgio Martinoia Italy	41	3.6k 1.7×	2.5k 2.0×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.7×	583 2.1×	160	5.1k
Ulrich Egert Germany	26	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	462 0.4×	440 0.6×	510 1.8×	55	2.5k
Pascale Quilichini France	18	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	755 0.7×	676 0.9×	257 0.9×	31	2.8k
Paolo Massobrio Italy	24	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	631 0.6×	467 0.6×	229 0.8×	83	2.2k
Alessandro Maccione Italy	22	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	531 0.5×	447 0.6×	301 1.1×	56	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Urs Frey

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hierlemann, Andreas, et al.. (2021). Extracellular Recording of Entire Neural Networks Using a Dual-Mode Microelectrode Array With 19 584 Electrodes and High SNR. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 56(8). 2466–2475. 34 indexed citations

Schröter, Manuel, Marie Engelene J. Obien, Michele Fiscella, et al.. (2020). Versatile live-cell activity analysis platform for characterization of neuronal dynamics at single-cell and network level. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4854–4854. 60 indexed citations

Bullmann, Torsten, Miloš Radivojević, Stefan T. Huber, et al.. (2019). Large-Scale Mapping of Axonal Arbors Using High-Density Microelectrode Arrays. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 13. 404–404. 14 indexed citations

Ronchi, Silvia, Michele Fiscella, Vijay Viswam, et al.. (2019). Single-Cell Electrical Stimulation Using CMOS-Based High-Density Microelectrode Arrays. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 13. 208–208. 52 indexed citations

Obien, Marie Engelene J. & Urs Frey. (2019). Large-Scale, High-Resolution Microelectrode Arrays for Interrogation of Neurons and Networks. Advances in neurobiology. 22. 83–123. 6 indexed citations

Obien, Marie Engelene J., et al.. (2018). Dual-mode Microelectrode Array Featuring 20k Electrodes and High SNR for Extracellular Recording of Neural Networks. PubMed. 2018. 1–4. 13 indexed citations

Seichepine, Florent, et al.. (2018). Monolithic CMOS sensor platform featuring an array of 9’216 carbon-nanotube-sensor elements and low-noise, wide-bandwidth and wide-dynamic-range readout circuitry. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 279. 255–266. 13 indexed citations

Jäckel, David, Douglas J. Bakkum, Tom Russell, et al.. (2017). Combination of High-density Microelectrode Array and Patch Clamp Recordings to Enable Studies of Multisynaptic Integration. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 978–978. 52 indexed citations

Viswam, Vijay, Marie Engelene J. Obien, Urs Frey, Felix Franke, & Andreas Hierlemann. (2017). Acquisition of bioelectrical signals with small electrodes. PubMed. 2017. 1–4. 8 indexed citations

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Bakkum, Douglas J., Miloš Radivojević, Urs Frey, et al.. (2014). Parameters for burst detection. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 7. 193–193. 73 indexed citations

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Ballini, Marco, Jan Müller, Paolo Livi, et al.. (2014). A 1024-Channel CMOS Microelectrode Array With 26,400 Electrodes for Recording and Stimulation of Electrogenic Cells In Vitro. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 49(11). 2705–2719. 176 indexed citations

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Bakkum, Douglas J., Urs Frey, Miloš Radivojević, et al.. (2013). Tracking axonal action potential propagation on a high-density microelectrode array across hundreds of sites. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2181–2181. 187 indexed citations

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Mita, Takeshi, Julien Hubert, Douglas J. Bakkum, et al.. (2013). Multiple Time Scales Observed in Spontaneously Evolved Neurons on High-density CMOS Electrode Array. 1075–1082. 3 indexed citations

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Fiscella, Michele, Karl Farrow, Ian L. Jones, et al.. (2012). Recording from defined populations of retinal ganglion cells using a high-density CMOS-integrated microelectrode array with real-time switchable electrode selection. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 211(1). 103–113. 42 indexed citations

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Frey, Urs, et al.. (2008). Modulation of Cardiomyocyte Electrical Properties Using Regulated Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Expression. Tissue Engineering Part A. 14(12). 1969–1988. 20 indexed citations

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Weber, Wilfried, et al.. (2008). A synthetic mammalian electro-genetic transcription circuit. Nucleic Acids Research. 37(4). e33–e33. 46 indexed citations

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Frey, Urs, Ulrich Egert, F J de Heer, S. Hafizovic, & Andreas Hierlemann. (2008). Microelectronic system for high-resolution mapping of extracellular electric fields applied to brain slices. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 24(7). 2191–2198. 168 indexed citations

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Heer, F J de, et al.. (2007). Using microelectronics technology to communicate with living cells. Conference proceedings. 86. 6081–6084. 2 indexed citations

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Hafizovic, S., F J de Heer, Urs Frey, et al.. (2007). A CMOS-based microelectrode array for interaction with neuronal cultures. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 164(1). 93–106. 60 indexed citations

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Heer, F J de, S. Hafizovic, Urs Frey, et al.. (2006). Single-chip microelectronic system to interface with living cells. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 22(11). 2546–2553. 62 indexed citations

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