Werner Sieghart

28.3k total citations · 8 hit papers
317 papers, 23.6k citations indexed

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Werner Sieghart is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Werner Sieghart has authored 317 papers receiving a total of 23.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 240 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 194 papers in Molecular Biology and 35 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Werner Sieghart's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (228 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (82 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (63 papers). Werner Sieghart is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (228 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (82 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (63 papers). Werner Sieghart collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and United Kingdom. Werner Sieghart's co-authors include Richard W. Olsen, Günther Sperk, Karoline Fuchs, Péter Somogyi, Zoltán Nusser, Christoph Schwarzer, Verena Tretter, Susanne Pirker, Jean‐Marc Fritschy and Manfred Karobath and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Werner Sieghart

313 papers receiving 22.9k 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.

Structure and pharmacology of gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptor subtypes.

1995 1.2k citations Werner Sieghart profile →
GABAA receptors: immunocytochemical distribution of 13 subunits in the adult rat brain

2000 1.1k citations Werner Sieghart, Günther Sperk et al. Neuroscience profile →
International Union of Pharmacology. XV. Subtypes of gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptors: classification on the basis of subunit structure and receptor function.

1998 1.0k citations Werner Sieghart et al. PubMed profile →
International Union of Pharmacology. LXX. Subtypes of γ-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptors: Classification on the Basis of Subunit Composition, Pharmacology, and Function. Update

2008 842 citations Richard W. Olsen, Werner Sieghart profile →
GABAA receptors: Subtypes provide diversity of function and pharmacology

2008 766 citations Richard W. Olsen, Werner Sieghart Neuropharmacology profile →
Subunit Composition, Distribution and Function of GABA-A Receptor Subtypes

2002 760 citations Werner Sieghart, Günther Sperk profile →
Segregation of Different GABA_AReceptors to Synaptic and Extrasynaptic Membranes of Cerebellar Granule Cells

1998 711 citations Werner Sieghart, Péter Somogyi et al. profile →
International Union of Pharmacology. XV. Subtypes of γ-Aminobutyric AcidA Receptors: Classification on the Basis of Subunit Structure and Receptor Function

1998 515 citations Werner Sieghart et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Werner Sieghart	17.8k	12.2k	4.3k	2.6k	1.6k	317	23.6k
Stephen J. Moss	14.1k 0.8×	11.5k 0.9×	2.5k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	236	20.4k
Jean‐Marc Fritschy	19.8k 1.1×	11.3k 0.9×	6.2k 1.4×	3.6k 1.4×	2.8k 1.7×	291	26.8k
Michel Baudry	13.1k 0.7×	9.7k 0.8×	4.3k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.9×	401	23.0k
William Wisden	14.6k 0.8×	10.0k 0.8×	4.5k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	163	19.6k
Joël Bockaert	19.6k 1.1×	17.9k 1.5×	2.4k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	3.8k 2.3×	410	30.5k
Richard W. Olsen	11.8k 0.7×	9.4k 0.8×	2.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	237	17.7k
Menahem Segal	13.0k 0.7×	7.5k 0.6×	5.2k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	286	19.9k
Hannah Monyer	21.2k 1.2×	14.7k 1.2×	8.5k 1.9×	3.7k 1.4×	2.2k 1.4×	211	29.2k
Piers C. Emson	12.5k 0.7×	8.0k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	3.8k 2.4×	208	19.9k
Raymond Dingledine	17.1k 1.0×	12.9k 1.1×	4.0k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	2.5k 1.6×	234	24.1k

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Chiou, Lih‐Chu & Werner Sieghart. (2025). IUPHAR Review: Alpha6-containing GABAA receptors – Novel targets for the treatment of schizophrenia. Pharmacological Research. 213. 107613–107613. 2 indexed citations

Belelli, Delia, Tim G. Hales, Jeremy J. Lambert, et al.. (2025). GABA<sub>A</sub> receptors in GtoPdb v.2025.3. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE. 2025(3).

Sieghart, Werner. (2024). Why Can Modulation of α6-Containing GABAA Receptors Reduce the Symptoms of Multiple Neuropsychiatric Disorders?. PubMed. 6(1). 1–7. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Ming Tatt, Daniel E. Knutson, James M. Cook, et al.. (2023). Cerebellar α6GABAA Receptors as a Therapeutic Target for Essential Tremor: Proof-of-Concept Study with Ethanol and Pyrazoloquinolinones. Neurotherapeutics. 20(2). 399–418. 13 indexed citations

Lee, Ming Tatt, Pi‐Chuan Fan, Daniel E. Knutson, et al.. (2020). α6GABAA Receptor Positive Modulators Alleviate Migraine-like Grimaces in Mice via Compensating GABAergic Deficits in Trigeminal Ganglia. Neurotherapeutics. 18(1). 569–585. 21 indexed citations

Sperk, Günther, Elke Kirchmair, Jaco Bakker, et al.. (2020). Immunohistochemical distribution of 10 GABA _A receptor subunits in the forebrain of the rhesus monkey Macaca mulatta . The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 528(15). 2551–2568. 27 indexed citations

Kasugai, Yu, Heide Hörtnagl, Enrica Paradiso, et al.. (2019). Structural and Functional Remodeling of Amygdala GABAergic Synapses in Associative Fear Learning. Neuron. 104(4). 781–794.e4. 25 indexed citations

Chiou, Lih‐Chu, Hsin‐Jung Lee, Margot Ernst, et al.. (2018). Cerebellar α₆‐subunit‐containing GABA_Areceptors: a novel therapeutic target for disrupted prepulse inhibition in neuropsychiatric disorders. British Journal of Pharmacology. 175(12). 2414–2427. 28 indexed citations

Fan, Pi‐Chuan, Ming Tatt Lee, Werner Sieghart, et al.. (2018). The α6 subunit-containing GABAA receptor: A novel drug target for inhibition of trigeminal activation. Neuropharmacology. 140. 1–13. 22 indexed citations

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Knutson, Daniel E., Michael Rajesh Stephen, Vladimir Dobričić, et al.. (2018). Design and Synthesis of Novel Deuterated Ligands Functionally Selective for the γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptor (GABA_AR) α6 Subtype with Improved Metabolic Stability and Enhanced Bioavailability. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 61(6). 2422–2446. 39 indexed citations

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Kudryavtsev, Denis S., Irina V. Shelukhina, Lucy O. Ojomoko, et al.. (2015). Neurotoxins from Snake Venoms and α-Conotoxin ImI Inhibit Functionally Active Ionotropic γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(37). 22747–22758. 41 indexed citations

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Varagić, Zdravko, Laurin Wimmer, Michael Schnürch, et al.. (2013). Identification of novel positive allosteric modulators and null modulators at the GABA _A receptor α+β− interface. British Journal of Pharmacology. 169(2). 371–383. 49 indexed citations

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Connelly, William M., Reinhard Lehner, Werner Sieghart, et al.. (2007). GABAA α6-Containing Receptors Are Selectively Compromised in Cerebellar Granule Cells of the Ataxic Mouse, Stargazer. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(40). 29130–29143. 21 indexed citations

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Wulff, Peer, Thomas E. Goetz, Elli Leppä, et al.. (2007). From synapse to behavior: rapid modulation of defined neuronal types with engineered GABAA receptors. Nature Neuroscience. 10(7). 923–929. 83 indexed citations

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Somogyi, Péter, Jean‐Marc Fritschy, Dietmar Benke, J. David B. Roberts, & Werner Sieghart. (1996). The γ2 Subunit of the GABA A Receptor is Concentrated in Synaptic Junctions Containing the α1 and β 23 Subunits in Hippocampus, Cerebellum and Globus Pallidus. Neuropharmacology. 35(9-10). 1425–1444. 151 indexed citations

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Fuchs, Karoline, Jürgen Zezula, Astrid Slany, & Werner Sieghart. (1995). Endogenous [3H]flunitrazepam binding in human embryonic kidney cell line 293. European Journal of Pharmacology Molecular Pharmacology. 289(1). 87–95. 36 indexed citations

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Fénelon, Valérie S., Werner Sieghart, & Allan E. Herbison. (1995). Cellular localization and differential distribution of GABAA receptor subunit proteins and messenger RNAs within hypothalamic magnocellular neurons. Neuroscience. 64(4). 1129–1143. 57 indexed citations

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Buchstaller, Andrea, D. Adamiker, Karoline Fuchs, & Werner Sieghart. (1991). N‐Deglycosylation and immunological identification indicates the existence of β‐subunit isoforms of the rat GABA_A receptor. FEBS Letters. 287(1-2). 27–30. 29 indexed citations

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Sieghart, Werner. (1988). Comparison of two different benzodiazepine binding proteins by peptide mapping after limited proteolysis. Brain. 2. 387–391. 1 indexed citations

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Sieghart, Werner. (1981). Glutamate‐Stimulated Phosphorylation of a Specific Protein in P₂ Fractions of Rat Cerebral Cortex. Journal of Neurochemistry. 37(5). 1116–1124. 17 indexed citations

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