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Alexander Dityatev

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Neuroscience

D-Index
69
Citations
15420
World Ranking
2656
National Ranking
232

Alexander Dityatev publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Dityatev sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 185 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Alexander Dityatev D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Dityatev sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 69 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexander Dityatev is affiliated with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist has published extensively in the areas of cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, molecular biology, cell biology, and cognitive neuroscience. Their work covers numerous topics including neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, cellular transport and secretion, neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, and neural dynamics and brain function.

Notable frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Rahul Kaushik, Shaobo Jia, David Baidoe-Ansah, Stefanie Schreiber, and Hadi Mirzapourdelavar.

Alexander Dityatev has published in several scientific journals and venues, with multiple papers appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cells, the European Journal of Neuroscience, Science, and eLife.

Recent papers by Alexander Dityatev include:

  • A synthetic synaptic organizer protein restores glutamatergic neuronal circuits, 2020, Science
  • A shift in the mechanisms controlling hippocampal engram formation during brain maturation, 2023, Science
  • Microglia Depletion-Induced Remodeling of Extracellular Matrix and Excitatory Synapses in the Hippocampus of Adult Mice, 2021, Cells
  • Introduction to the EQIPD quality system, 2021, eLife
  • Serotonin 5-HT4 receptor boosts functional maturation of dendritic spines via RhoA-dependent control of F-actin, 2020, Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • Direct generation of functional dopaminergic neurons from mouse and human fibroblasts

    Massimiliano Caiazzo;Maria Teresa Dell’Anno;Elena Dvoretskova;Dejan Lazarevic;Dejan Lazarevic

  • Extracellular matrix molecules and synaptic plasticity

    Alexander Dityatev;Melitta Schachner

  • The dual role of the extracellular matrix in synaptic plasticity and homeostasis

    Alexander Dityatev;Melitta Schachner;Peter Sonderegger

  • Mice Deficient in the Polysialyltransferase ST8SiaIV/PST-1 Allow Discrimination of the Roles of Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Protein and Polysialic Acid in Neural Development and Synaptic Plasticity

    Matthias Eckhardt;Olena Bukalo;Geneviève Chazal;Lihua Wang

  • Activity-dependent formation and functions of chondroitin sulfate-rich extracellular matrix of perineuronal nets

    Alexander Dityatev;Gert Brückner;Galina Dityateva;Jens Grosche

  • Modification of extracellular matrix by enzymatic removal of chondroitin sulfate and by lack of tenascin-R differentially affects several forms of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus

    O Bukalo;M Schachner;A Dityatev

  • Cosignaling of NCAM via lipid rafts and the FGF receptor is required for neuritogenesis.

    Philipp Niethammer;Markus Delling;Vladimir Sytnyk;Alexander Dityatev

  • Polysialylated Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Promotes Remodeling and Formation of Hippocampal Synapses

    Alexander Dityatev;Galina Dityateva;Vladimir Sytnyk;Markus Delling

  • Molecular signals of plasticity at the tetrapartite synapse.

    Alexander Dityatev;Dmitri A Rusakov

  • Targeting the neural extracellular matrix in neurological disorders.

    S. Soleman;M.A. Filippov;A. Dityatev;A. Dityatev;J.W. Fawcett

  • Crosstalk between glia, extracellular matrix and neurons

    Inseon Song;Alexander Dityatev;Alexander Dityatev

  • Compartmentalization from the outside: the extracellular matrix and functional microdomains in the brain

    Alexander Dityatev;Constanze I. Seidenbecher;Melitta Schachner

  • 5-HT7 Receptor Is Coupled to Gα Subunits of Heterotrimeric G12-Protein to Regulate Gene Transcription and Neuronal Morphology

    Elena Kvachnina;Guoquan Liu;Alexander Dityatev;Ute Renner

  • The Extracellular Matrix Molecule Hyaluronic Acid Regulates Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity by Modulating Postsynaptic L-Type Ca2+ Channels

    Gaga Kochlamazashvili;Christian Henneberger;Olena Bukalo;Elena Dvoretskova

  • Cell adhesion molecules in synapse formation.

    Philip Washbourne;Alexander Dityatev;Peter Scheiffele;Thomas Biederer

  • Importance of Shank3 Protein in Regulating Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 (mGluR5) Expression and Signaling at Synapses

    Chiara Verpelli;Elena Dvoretskova;Cinzia Vicidomini;Francesca Rossi

  • Heterodimerization of serotonin receptors 5-HT1A and 5-HT7 differentially regulates receptor signalling and trafficking

    Ute Renner;Andre Zeug;Andrew Woehler;Marcus Niebert

  • Reduced Perisomatic Inhibition, Increased Excitatory Transmission, and Impaired Long-Term Potentiation in Mice Deficient for the Extracellular Matrix Glycoprotein Tenascin-R

    Armen K. Saghatelyan;Alexander Dityatev;Sandra Schmidt;Thomas Schuster

  • Sialyltransferase ST8Sia-II assembles a subset of polysialic acid that directs hippocampal axonal targeting and promotes fear behavior.

    Kiyohiko Angata;Jeffrey M. Long;Olena Bukalo;Wenjau Lee

  • Synaptic strength as a function of post- versus presynaptic expression of the neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM.

    Alexander Dityatev;Galina Dityateva;Melitta Schachner

Frequent Co-Authors

Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Evgeni Ponimaskin
Evgeni Ponimaskin Hannover Medical School
Rita Gerardy-Schahn
Rita Gerardy-Schahn Hannover Medical School
Dmitri A. Rusakov
Dmitri A. Rusakov University College London
Constanze I. Seidenbecher
Constanze I. Seidenbecher Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Udo Bartsch
Udo Bartsch Universität Hamburg
Christian Henneberger
Christian Henneberger University of Bonn
Eckart D. Gundelfinger
Eckart D. Gundelfinger Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Andre Fischer
Andre Fischer University of Göttingen
Diethelm W. Richter
Diethelm W. Richter University of Göttingen

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