Ute Hochgeschwender

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Ute Hochgeschwender is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Ute Hochgeschwender has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 17 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Ute Hochgeschwender's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (19 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (16 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (13 papers). Ute Hochgeschwender is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (19 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (16 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (13 papers). Ute Hochgeschwender collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Korea. Ute Hochgeschwender's co-authors include Miles B. Brennan, Nicole L. Diehl, Linda Yaswen, Stacy Forbes, Ken Berglund, S. Bui, George J Augustine, Bryan L. Roth, Jörg T. Epplen and Hans Ulrich Weltzien and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ute Hochgeschwender

74 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Obesity in the mouse mode... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Obesity in the mouse model of pro-opiomelanocortin deficiency responds to peripheral melanocortin
    1999 782 citations Miles B. Brennan, Ute Hochgeschwender et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ute Hochgeschwender United States 27 1.0k 940 872 600 532 75 2.9k
Melanie Clements United Kingdom 29 2.1k 2.0× 609 0.6× 661 0.8× 292 0.5× 710 1.3× 48 3.9k
Jari Rossi Finland 24 698 0.7× 633 0.7× 796 0.9× 315 0.5× 751 1.4× 31 2.3k
Y. Peng Loh United States 38 2.3k 2.2× 536 0.6× 1.4k 1.6× 219 0.4× 671 1.3× 128 4.5k
Emmanuel Moyse France 30 1.2k 1.2× 440 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 248 0.4× 418 0.8× 82 3.1k
D Fellmann France 31 676 0.7× 1.6k 1.7× 891 1.0× 532 0.9× 309 0.6× 156 3.2k
Sarah C. Rogan United States 12 851 0.8× 828 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 357 0.6× 431 0.8× 19 2.8k
Lucy R. Berkemeier United States 6 934 0.9× 2.1k 2.3× 1.4k 1.7× 1.6k 2.7× 882 1.7× 6 3.9k
Gajanan Nilaver United States 31 1.5k 1.4× 768 0.8× 2.0k 2.2× 120 0.2× 472 0.9× 81 4.2k
Koh Shinoda Japan 27 945 0.9× 273 0.3× 881 1.0× 138 0.2× 228 0.4× 90 2.6k
Seiji Miyata Japan 33 860 0.8× 643 0.7× 710 0.8× 131 0.2× 471 0.9× 125 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ute Hochgeschwender

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ute Hochgeschwender

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ute Hochgeschwender. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ute Hochgeschwender based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ute Hochgeschwender. Ute Hochgeschwender is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, Cheng‐Han, Yu‐Wei Wu, Guy S. Bewick, et al.. (2025). A role for proprioceptors in sngception. Science Advances. 11(5). eabc5219–eabc5219. 3 indexed citations
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Prakash, Mansi, Gerard G. Lambert, Diane Lipscombe, et al.. (2024). Engineering luminopsins with improved coupling efficiencies. Neurophotonics. 11(2). 24208–24208. 3 indexed citations
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Lambert, Gerard G., Mansi Prakash, Diane Lipscombe, et al.. (2024). Efficient opto- and chemogenetic control in a single molecule driven by FRET-modified bioluminescence. Neurophotonics. 11(2). 21005–21005. 4 indexed citations
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Franco, Elisa, et al.. (2023). Bioluminescent Genetically Encoded Glutamate Indicators for Molecular Imaging of Neuronal Activity. ACS Synthetic Biology. 12(8). 2301–2309. 10 indexed citations
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Aggarwal, Anu G., et al.. (2022). Restoring Function After Severe Spinal Cord Injury Through BioLuminescent-OptoGenetics. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 792643–792643. 19 indexed citations
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Prakash, Mansi, Robyn St. Laurent, Julie A. Kauer, et al.. (2022). Selective control of synaptically-connected circuit elements by all-optical synapses. Communications Biology. 5(1). 33–33. 14 indexed citations
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Prakash, Mansi, et al.. (2022). Improved Locomotor Recovery in a Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury by BioLuminescent-OptoGenetic (BL-OG) Stimulation with an Enhanced Luminopsin. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21). 12994–12994. 11 indexed citations
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Hochgeschwender, Ute, et al.. (2022). Behavioral context improves optogenetic stimulation of transplanted dopaminergic cells in unilateral 6-OHDA rats. Behavioural Brain Research. 441. 114279–114279. 4 indexed citations
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Prakash, Mansi, W. Pieter Medendorp, Nathan C. Shaner, et al.. (2021). Bioluminescent optogenetic (BL-OG) activation of neurons during mouse postnatal brain development. STAR Protocols. 2(3). 100667–100667. 6 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lu, Diptadip Dattaroy, Jonathan Pham, et al.. (2019). Intraislet glucagon signaling is critical for maintaining glucose homeostasis. JCI Insight. 4(10). 116 indexed citations
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Hochgeschwender, Ute, et al.. (2018). Neural Stem Cells Derived Directly from Adipose Tissue. Stem Cells and Development. 27(9). 637–647. 11 indexed citations
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Pfenning, Andreas, et al.. (2016). Characterization and genetic manipulation of primed stem cells into a functional naïve state with ESRRB. World Journal of Stem Cells. 8(10). 355–355. 5 indexed citations
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Dai, Rui, et al.. (2014). Maintenance and Neuronal Differentiation of Chicken Induced Pluripotent Stem-Like Cells. Stem Cells International. 2014. 1–14. 13 indexed citations
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Hochgeschwender, Ute, et al.. (2010). Impaired neonatal survival of pro-opiomelanocortin null mutants. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 336(1-2). 6–13. 1 indexed citations
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Watson, Maria, et al.. (2010). Analysis of bone in POMC knockout mice. Bone. 46(5). 1465–1465.
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Costa, Jessica L., Stacy Forbes, Miles B. Brennan, & Ute Hochgeschwender. (2010). Genetic modifications of mouse proopiomelanocortin peptide processing. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 336(1-2). 14–22. 4 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Carol L., Seung‐Hyuk Chung, John N. Armstrong, et al.. (2009). A novel somatostatin‐immunoreactive mossy fiber pathway asssociated with HSP25‐immunoreactive purkinje cell stripes in the mouse cerebellum. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 517(4). 524–538. 28 indexed citations
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Donahoo, William T., Teri L. Hernandez, Jessica L. Costa, et al.. (2008). Plasma α–melanocyte-stimulating hormone: sex differences and correlations with obesity. Metabolism. 58(1). 16–21. 11 indexed citations
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Hochgeschwender, Ute & Katheleen Gardiner. (1994). Identification of Transcribed Sequences. 15 indexed citations
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Samuels, Stanley, Irving Fish, Stephen A. Schwartz, & Ute Hochgeschwender. (1983). Age related changes in blood-to-brain amino acid transport and incorporation into brain protein. Neurochemical Research. 8(2). 167–177. 23 indexed citations

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