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Benedikt Berninger

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Neuroscience

D-Index
52
Citations
13146
World Ranking
5236
National Ranking
429

Benedikt Berninger 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 Benedikt Berninger sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 139 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Benedikt Berninger 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 Benedikt Berninger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Benedikt Berninger is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields within the life sciences, primarily focusing on Neuroscience and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They have produced 33 publications in each of these main disciplines.

The scientist's work is particularly concentrated in the following subfields: Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cancer Research, and Neurology.

The key topics addressed throughout their research include:

  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Benedikt Berninger has a range of recent scholarly articles. Notable papers include:

  • "Reprogramming reactive glia into interneurons reduces chronic seizure activity in a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy," 2021, published in Cell Stem Cell
  • "Astrocytes and neurons share region-specific transcriptional signatures that confer regional identity to neuronal reprogramming," 2021, published in Science Advances
  • "Extensive transcriptional and chromatin changes underlie astrocyte maturation in vivo and in culture," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression in serotonergic neurons improves stress resilience and promotes adult hippocampal neurogenesis," 2022, published in Progress in Neurobiology
  • "The transcriptional co-activator Yap1 promotes adult hippocampal neural stem cell activation," 2023, published in The EMBO Journal

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Nicolás Marichal
  • Sophie Péron
  • Marisa Karow
  • Chiara Galante
  • Carol Schuurmans

In terms of dissemination, Benedikt Berninger has published extensively in several venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Stem Cell
  • Science Advances
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • cAMP-Dependent Growth Cone Guidance by Netrin-1

    Guo Li Ming;Hong Jun Song;Benedikt Berninger;Christine E. Holt

  • The stem cell potential of glia: lessons from reactive gliosis.

    Stefanie Robel;Benedikt Berninger;Magdalena Götz

  • Directing Astroglia from the Cerebral Cortex into Subtype Specific Functional Neurons

    Christophe Heinrich;Robert Blum;Sergio Gascón;Giacomo Masserdotti

  • Functional Properties of Neurons Derived from In Vitro Reprogrammed Postnatal Astroglia

    Benedikt Berninger;Marcos R. Costa;Ursula Koch;Timm Schroeder

  • Adult generation of glutamatergic olfactory bulb interneurons

    Monika S Brill;Jovica Ninkovic;Eleanor Winpenny;Rebecca D Hodge

  • Quiescence Modulates Stem Cell Maintenance and Regenerative Capacity in the Aging Brain

    Georgios Kalamakis;Georgios Kalamakis;Daniel Brüne;Srikanth Ravichandran;Jan Bolz

  • Identification and Successful Negotiation of a Metabolic Checkpoint in Direct Neuronal Reprogramming

    Sergio Gascón;Elisa Murenu;Giacomo Masserdotti;Felipe Ortega;Felipe Ortega;Felipe Ortega

  • Sox2-Mediated Conversion of NG2 Glia into Induced Neurons in the Injured Adult Cerebral Cortex

    Christophe Heinrich;Matteo Bergami;Sergio Gascón;Alexandra Lepier

  • Phospholipase C-γ and Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Mediate Cytoplasmic Signaling in Nerve Growth Cone Guidance

    Guo-li Ming;Hong-jun Song;Benedikt Berninger;Naoyuki Inagaki

  • Reprogramming of Pericyte-Derived Cells of the Adult Human Brain into Induced Neuronal Cells

    Marisa Karow;Rodrigo Sánchez;Christian Schichor;Giacomo Masserdotti

  • GABAergic stimulation regulates the phenotype of hippocampal interneurons through the regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

    Serge Marty;Benedikt Berninger;Patrick Carroll;Hans Thoenen

  • Neurotrophin release by neurotrophins: Implications for activity-dependent neuronal plasticity

    Marco Canossa;Oliver Griesbeck;Benedikt Berninger;Gabriele Campana

  • BDNF reduces miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents by rapid downregulation of GABA(A) receptor surface expression.

    Ina Brünig;Silke Penschuck;Benedikt Berninger;Jack Benson

  • GABAergic stimulation switches from enhancing to repressing BDNF expression in rat hippocampal neurons during maturation in vitro

    B. Berninger;S. Marty;F. Zafra;M. da Penha Berzaghi

  • Neurotrophins and activity-dependent plasticity of cortical interneurons

    Serge Marty;Maria da;Benedikt Berninger

  • Inflammation-Induced Alteration of Astrocyte Mitochondrial Dynamics Requires Autophagy for Mitochondrial Network Maintenance

    Elisa Motori;Julien Puyal;Nicolas Toni;Alexander Ghanem

  • Continuous live imaging of adult neural stem cell division and lineage progression in vitro

    Marcos R. Costa;Felipe Ortega;Monika S. Brill;Ruth Beckervordersandforth

  • BDNF and NT-3 induce intracellular Ca2+ elevation in hippocampal neurones.

    Benedikt Berninger;David E. García;Naoyuki Inagaki;Christian Hahnel

  • Oligodendrogliogenic and neurogenic adult subependymal zone neural stem cells constitute distinct lineages and exhibit differential responsiveness to Wnt signalling

    Felipe Ortega;Felipe Ortega;Sergio Gascón;Giacomo Masserdotti;Aditi Deshpande

  • Parkin Mediates Neuroprotection through Activation of IκB Kinase/Nuclear Factor-κB Signaling

    Iris H. Henn;Lena Bouman;Julia S. Schlehe;Anita Schlierf

Frequent Co-Authors

Magdalena Götz
Magdalena Götz Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Timm Schroeder
Timm Schroeder ETH Zurich
Dan Lindholm
Dan Lindholm Minerva Foundation
Aránzazu del Campo
Aránzazu del Campo Leibniz Association
François Guillemot
François Guillemot The Francis Crick Institute
Hans Thoenen
Hans Thoenen Max Planck Society
Eero Castrén
Eero Castrén University of Helsinki
Mu-ming Poo
Mu-ming Poo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Olivier Raineteau
Olivier Raineteau Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Karl-Klaus Conzelmann
Karl-Klaus Conzelmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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