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Axel Becker 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 Axel Becker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 128 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Axel Becker 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 Axel Becker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Axel Becker is affiliated with Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in Germany. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily Medicine and Social Sciences, with a notable focus on the intersection of Digitalization, Law, and Regulation.

The main fields of study for Becker include Medicine, featuring 11 publications, and Social Sciences, also with 11 publications. Subfields of particular interest are Law, Pharmacology, Neurology, Economics and Econometrics, and Strategy and Management.

Research topics frequently addressed by Becker encompass:

  • Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
  • Ginger and Zingiberaceae research
  • Corporate Governance and Management
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Biological and pharmacological studies of plants

Becker has contributed to scientific literature with papers including:

  • "Methanol extract of Ficus platyphylla decreases cerebral ischemia induced injury in mice," 2021, Journal of Ethnopharmacology
  • "API co-crystals - Trends in CMC-related aspects of pharmaceutical development beyond solubility," 2023, Drug Discovery Today

Other recent notable publications in related areas include:

  • "Fine structure analysis of perineuronal nets in the ketamine model of schizophrenia," 2020, European Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Influence of COVID-19 on air travel - A scenario study toward future trusted aviation," 2022, Journal of Air Transport Management
  • "Individualisation of Inflight Catering Meals-An Automation Concept for Integrating Pre-Ordered Meals during the Flight for All Passengers," 2022, Aerospace

Frequent co-authors in Becker's research collaborations include:

  • Maria Dzolic
  • Alexander Dityatev
  • Naomi Lämmlin
  • Hendrik Mattern
  • Melina Westhues

Publication venues where Becker's work often appears include:

  • Zeitschrift Interne Revision/ZIR digital
  • Pharmaceutical Medicine
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Journal of Air Transport Management
  • Drug Discovery Today

Becker has also contributed to book literature, including a publication titled "Prüfungsleitfaden BAIT" released in 2022 by IIR-Forum/DIIR-Forum.

Best Publications

  • Ketamine-induced changes in rat behaviour: A possible animal model of schizophrenia.

    Axel Becker;Brigitte Peters;Helmut Schroeder;Tobias Mann

  • Repeated application of ketamine to rats induces changes in the hippocampal expression of parvalbumin, neuronal nitric oxide synthase and cFOS similar to those found in human schizophrenia.

    G Keilhoff;A Becker;G Grecksch;G Wolf

  • Social behaviour in rats lesioned with ibotenic acid in the hippocampus: quantitative and qualitative analysis.

    Axel Becker;Gisela Grecksch;Hans-Gert Bernstein;Volker Höllt

  • Transient prenatal vitamin D deficiency is associated with subtle alterations in learning and memory functions in adult rats.

    Axel Becker;Darryl W. Eyles;Darryl W. Eyles;John J. McGrath;John J. McGrath;Gisela Grecksch

  • Ketamine-induced changes in rat behaviour: a possible animal model of schizophrenia. Test of predictive validity

    Axel Becker;Gisela Grecksch

  • Transient prenatal Vitamin D deficiency is associated with hyperlocomotion in adult rats.

    Thomas Henry Johnston Burne;Axel Becker;Jillanne Brown;Darryl W. Eyles;Darryl W. Eyles

  • Kindling and its consequences on learning in rats.

    Axel Becker;Gisela Grecksch;Heide-Linde Ruthrich;Wulf Pohle

  • Rewarding effects of ethanol and cocaine in µ opioid receptor-deficient mice

    Axel Becker;Gisela Grecksch;Jürgen Kraus;Horace H. Loh

  • Dopamine D1-deficient mutant mice do not express the late phase of hippocampal long-term potentiation.

    Henry Matthies;Axel Becker;Helmut Schröeder;Jürgen Kraus

  • Glutamate binding to brain membranes is increased in pentylenetetrazole-kindled rats.

    Helmut Schröder;Axel Becker;Bernd Lössner

  • Disruption of Latent Inhibition in Rats with Postnatal Hippocampal Lesions

    G Grecksch;HG Bernstein;A Becker;V Höllt

  • Cell proliferation is influenced by bulbectomy and normalized by imipramine treatment in a region-specific manner.

    Gerburg Keilhoff;Axel Becker;Gisela Grecksch;Hans-Gert Bernstein

  • Increased neurogenesis in a rat ketamine model of schizophrenia.

    Gerburg Keilhoff;Hans-Gert Bernstein;Axel Becker;Gisela Grecksch

  • Morphine self-administration in µ-opioid receptor-deficient mice

    Axel Becker;Gisela Grecksch;Rudolf Brödemann;Jürgen Kraus

  • Alterations of the dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission in adult rats with postnatal ibotenic acid hippocampal lesion.

    H Schroeder;G Grecksch;A Becker;B Bogerts

  • Piracetam prevents pentylenetetrazol kindling-induced neuronal loss and learning deficits

    W. Pohle;A. Becker;G. Grecksch;A. Juhre

  • Development of tolerance and sensitization to different opioid agonists in rats.

    Gisela Grecksch;Katharina Bartzsch;Antje Widera;Axel Becker

  • Risperidone and haloperidol promote survival of stem cells in the rat hippocampus

    Gerburg Keilhoff;Gisela Grecksch;Hans-Gert Bernstein;Thomas Roskoden

  • Influence of olfactory bulbectomy and subsequent imipramine treatment on 5‐hydroxytryptaminergic presynapses in the rat frontal cortex: behavioural correlates

    Gisela Grecksch;Dan Zhou;Christian Franke;Ulrike Schröder

  • Analgesic tolerance to high-efficacy agonists but not to morphine is diminished in phosphorylation-deficient S375A μ-opioid receptor knock-in mice.

    Gisela Grecksch;Sascha Just;Claudia Pierstorff;Anne-Katja Imhof

  • Transient prenatal vitamin D deficiency is associated with changes of synaptic plasticity in the dentate gyrus in adult rats.

    Gisela Grecksch;Heinz Rüthrich;Volker Höllt;Axel Becker

Frequent Co-Authors

Gisela Grecksch
Gisela Grecksch Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Volker Höllt
Volker Höllt Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Gerburg Keilhoff
Gerburg Keilhoff Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Hans-Gert Bernstein
Hans-Gert Bernstein Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Bernhard Bogerts
Bernhard Bogerts Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Thomas Walther
Thomas Walther University College Cork
Alexander Dityatev
Alexander Dityatev German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Stefan Schulz
Stefan Schulz Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Horace H. Loh
Horace H. Loh University of Minnesota
Darryl W. Eyles
Darryl W. Eyles University of Queensland

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