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Alexander Münchau

Alexander Münchau

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
84
Citations
21197
World Ranking
1406
National Ranking
120

Alexander Münchau 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 Münchau sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 494 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alexander Münchau 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 Münchau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Alexander Münchau is affiliated with the University of Lübeck in Germany. Their research spans multiple domains within neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, focusing extensively on cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, and neurology, among other related subfields.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Their research addresses several subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Neurology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Molecular Biology

Alexander Münchau's topics of work encompass:

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Action Observation and Synchronization

The scientist's recent notable publications include:

  • European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders-version 2.0. Part III: pharmacological treatment (2021), published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders-version 2.0. Part I: assessment (2021), published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Towards a systematization of brain oscillatory activity in actions (2023), published in Communications Biology
  • Connecting EEG signal decomposition and response selection processes using the theory of event coding framework (2020), published in Human Brain Mapping
  • Increased perception-action binding in Tourette syndrome (2020), published in Brain

The venues where they publish frequently include:

  • Movement Disorders
  • Scientific Reports
  • Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
  • Brain Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Alexander Münchau has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Christian Beste
  • Tobias Bäumer
  • Veit Roessner
  • Christian Frings
  • Anne Weißbach

Best Publications

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Long-lasting increase in corticospinal excitability after 1800 pulses of subthreshold 5 Hz repetitive TMS to the primary motor cortex.

    Alexander Peinemann;Bibiana Reimer;Christian Löer;Angelo Quartarone

  • GLUT1 mutations are a cause of paroxysmal exertion-induced dyskinesias and induce hemolytic anemia by a cation leak

    Yvonne G. Weber;Alexander Storch;Thomas V. Wuttke;Knut Brockmann

  • Identification of genetic variants associated with Huntington's disease progression: a genome-wide association study

    Davina J Hensman Moss;Antonio F Pardiñas;Douglas Langbehn;Kitty Lo

  • Functional Connectivity of Human Premotor and Motor Cortex Explored with Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

    A. Münchau;B. R. Bloem;K. Irlbacher;M. R. Trimble

  • The phenotypic spectrum of rapid-onset dystonia–parkinsonism (RDP) and mutations in the ATP1A3 gene

    Allison Brashear;William B. Dobyns;Patricia de Carvalho Aguiar;Michel Borg

  • Premotor transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) affects primary motor excitability in humans.

    Klára Boros;Csaba Poreisz;Alexander Münchau;Walter Paulus

  • Uses of botulinum toxin injection in medicine today

    A Münchau;K P Bhatia

  • Parkinson’s disease in GTP cyclohydrolase 1 mutation carriers

    Niccolò E. Mencacci;Niccolò E. Mencacci;Ioannis U. Isaias;Martin M. Reich;Christos Ganos;Christos Ganos

  • The functional anatomy of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.

    Christos Ganos;Veit Roessner;Alexander Münchau

  • Natural history and syndromic associations of orthostatic tremor: a review of 41 patients.

    Willibald Gerschlager;Alexander Münchau;Regina Katzenschlager;Peter Brown

  • Shaping the excitability of human motor cortex with premotor rTMS

    Vincenzo Rizzo;Vincenzo Rizzo;Hartwig R. Siebner;Hartwig R. Siebner;Nicola Modugno;Alessandra Pesenti

  • De Novo Coding Variants Are Strongly Associated with Tourette Disorder.

    A. J. Willsey;T. V. Fernandez;D. Yu;R. A. King

  • Repeated premotor rTMS leads to cumulative plastic changes of motor cortex excitability in humans.

    Tobias Bäumer;Rüdiger Lange;Joachim Liepert;Cornelius Weiller

  • Mutations in THAP1 (DYT6) and generalised dystonia with prominent spasmodic dysphonia: a genetic screening study.

    Ana Djarmati;Susanne A Schneider;Katja Lohmann;Susen Winkler

  • Generalised muscular weakness after botulinum toxin injections for dystonia: a report of three cases

    K P Bhatia;A Münchau;P D Thompson;M Houser

  • Neuromodulation in Tourette syndrome: Dopamine and beyond

    Judith Buse;Katja Schoenefeld;Alexander Münchau;Veit Roessner

  • Magnetic stimulation of human premotor or motor cortex produces interhemispheric facilitation through distinct pathways.

    Tobias Bäumer;Franka Bock;Giacomo Koch;Rüdiger Lange

  • Whispering dysphonia (DYT4 dystonia) is caused by a mutation in the TUBB4 gene

    Katja Lohmann;Robert A. Wilcox;Susen Winkler;Alfredo Ramirez;Alfredo Ramirez

  • Activity parameters of subthalamic nucleus neurons selectively predict motor symptom severity in Parkinson's disease.

    Andrew Sharott;Andrew Sharott;Alessandro Gulberti;Simone Zittel;Adam A. Tudor Jones

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

Frequent Co-Authors

Tobias Bäumer
Tobias Bäumer University of Lübeck
Christine Klein
Christine Klein University of Lübeck
Christos Ganos
Christos Ganos Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Christian Gerloff
Christian Gerloff University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Götz Thomalla
Götz Thomalla Universität Hamburg
Alfons Schnitzler
Alfons Schnitzler Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Carolyn M. Sue
Carolyn M. Sue Royal North Shore Hospital
Kailash P. Bhatia
Kailash P. Bhatia University College London
Veit Roessner
Veit Roessner TU Dresden

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