2026 Ansgar Büschges: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	59	4070	3730	349	327	217	9569

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9569

Overview

Ansgar Büschges is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, notably Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Biomedical Engineering, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics including:

Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
Robotic Locomotion and Control
Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Muscle activation and electromyography studies
Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
Physiological and biochemical adaptations

Büschges has contributed to multiple papers with significant citation counts. Some of the recent publications include:

"Two Brain Pathways Initiate Distinct Forward Walking Programs in Drosophila", 2020, published in Neuron
"Central pattern generating networks in insect locomotion", 2020, published in Developmental Neurobiology
"Distributed control of motor circuits for backward walking in Drosophila", 2020, published in Nature Communications
"Location and arrangement of campaniform sensilla in Drosophila melanogaster ", 2020, published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology
"Subsets of leg proprioceptors influence leg kinematics but not interleg coordination in Drosophila melanogaster walking", 2022, published in Journal of Experimental Biology

Frequent collaborators of Büschges include:

Till Bockemühl (16 joint publications)
Alexander Blanke (9 joint publications)
Matthias Gruhn (8 joint publications)
Nicholas S. Szczecinski (8 joint publications)
Moritz Haustein (8 joint publications)

The scientist's research outputs have been published mainly in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 10 publications
Current Biology with 7 publications
Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature with 6 publications
Journal of Neurophysiology with 4 publications
Journal of Experimental Biology with 3 publications

Best Publications

Pattern generation for stick insect walking movements-multisensory control of a locomotor program

Ulrich Bässler;Ansgar Büschges

342
Citations
Sensory control and organization of neural networks mediating coordination of multisegmental organs for locomotion.

Ansgar Büschges

320
Citations
Rhythmic patterns in the thoracic nerve cord of the stick insect induced by pilocarpine

Ansgar Büschges;Josef Schmitz;Ulrich Bässler

295
Citations
Load sensing and control of posture and locomotion

Sasha Zill;Josef Schmitz;Ansgar Büschges

238
Citations
Organizing network action for locomotion: Insights from studying insect walking

Ansgar Büschges;Turgay Akay;Jens P. Gabriel;Joachim Schmidt

227
Citations
Assessing sensory function in locomotor systems using neuro-mechanical simulations

Keir Pearson;Örjan Ekeberg;Ansgar Büschges

199
Citations
The Power of Human Protective Modifiers: PLS3 and CORO1C Unravel Impaired Endocytosis in Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Rescue SMA Phenotype

Seyyedmohsen Hosseinibarkooie;Miriam Peters;Laura Torres-Benito;Raphael H. Rastetter

194
Citations
Dynamic simulation of insect walking.

Örjan Ekeberg;Marcus Blümel;Ansgar Büschges

186
Citations
Sensory pathways and their modulation in the control of locomotion

Ansgar Büschges;Abdeljabbar El Manira

171
Citations
Six-legged walking in insects: how CPGs, peripheral feedback, and descending signals generate coordinated and adaptive motor rhythms

Salil Sanjay Bidaye;Till Bockemühl;Ansgar Büschges

164
Citations
Sensory Feedback Induced by Front-Leg Stepping Entrains the Activity of Central Pattern Generators in Caudal Segments of the Stick Insect Walking System

Anke Borgmann;Scott L Hooper;Ansgar Büschges

157
Citations
New Moves in Motor Control

Ansgar Büschges;Henrike Scholz;Abdeljabbar El Manira

156
Citations
The Role of Sensory Signals From the Insect Coxa-Trochanteral Joint in Controlling Motor Activity of the Femur-Tibia Joint

Turgay Akay;Ulrich Bässler;Petra Gerharz;Ansgar Büschges

154
Citations
Signals from load sensors underlie interjoint coordination during stepping movements of the stick insect leg.

Turgay Akay;Sebastian Haehn;Josef Schmitz;Ansgar Büschges

148
Citations
Initiation of Locomotion in Adult Zebrafish

Alexandros Kyriakatos;Riyadh Mahmood;Jessica Ausborn;Christian P. Porres

141
Citations
Role of Proprioceptive Signals From an Insect Femur-Tibia Joint in Patterning Motoneuronal Activity of an Adjacent Leg Joint

Dietmar Hess;Ansgar Büschges

133
Citations
Nonspiking pathways in a joint-control loop of the stick insect Carausius morosus.

Ansgar Büschges

128
Citations
Adaptive motor behavior in insects

Roy E Ritzmann;Ansgar Büschges

125
Citations
Neural Control of Unloaded Leg Posture and of Leg Swing in Stick Insect, Cockroach, and Mouse Differs from That in Larger Animals

Scott L Hooper;Christoph Guschlbauer;Marcus Blümel;Philipp Rosenbaum

119
Citations
Segment Specificity of Load Signal Processing Depends on Walking Direction in the Stick Insect Leg Muscle Control System

Turgay Akay;Björn Ch. Ludwar;Marie L. Göritz;Josef Schmitz

117
Citations
Role of local nonspiking interneurons in the generation of rhythmic motor activity in the stick insect.

Ansgar Büschges

108
Citations