Eckart D. Gundelfinger

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• SynGO : An Evidence-Based, Expert-Curated Knowledge Base for the Synapse

  Frank Koopmans;Pim van Nierop;Maria Andres-Alonso;Andrea Byrnes

  966
  Citations

• The strychnine-binding subunit of the glycine receptor shows homology with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

  Gabriele Grenningloh;Axel Rienitz;Bertram Schmitt;Christoph Methfessel;Christoph Methfessel

  930
  Citations

• Autistic-like behaviours and hyperactivity in mice lacking ProSAP1/Shank2

  Michael J. Schmeisser;Elodie Ey;Stephanie Wegener;Juergen Bockmann

  740
  Citations

• Kainate-induced seizures alter protein composition and N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor function of rat forebrain postsynaptic densities

  U Wyneken;K.-H Smalla;K.-H Smalla;J.J Marengo;D Soto

  694
  Citations

• Brain extracellular matrix affects AMPA receptor lateral mobility and short-term synaptic plasticity

  Renato Frischknecht;Martin Heine;David Perrais;Constanze I. Seidenbecher

  653
  Citations

• Hair cell synaptic ribbons are essential for synchronous auditory signalling

  Darina Khimich;Régis Nouvian;Régis Nouvian;Rémy Pujol;Susanne tom Dieck;Susanne tom Dieck

  642
  Citations

• SAP102, a Novel Postsynaptic Protein That Interacts with NMDA Receptor Complexes In Vivo

  Bettina M. Müller;Ute Kistner;Ute Kistner;Stefan Kindler;Stefan Kindler;Wook Joon Chung

  534
  Citations

• Assembling the presynaptic active zone : a characterization of an active one precursor vesicle

  Rong Grace Zhai;Hagit Vardinon-Friedman;Claudia Cases-Langhoff;Birgit Becker

  534
  Citations

• SAP90, a rat presynaptic protein related to the product of the Drosophila tumor suppressor gene dlg-A.

  U Kistner;B M Wenzel;R W Veh;C Cases-Langhoff

  516
  Citations

• Molecular characterization and spatial distribution of SAP97, a novel presynaptic protein homologous to SAP90 and the Drosophila discs-large tumor suppressor protein

  BM Muller;U Kistner;RW Veh;C Cases-Langhoff

  460
  Citations

• Bassoon, a Novel Zinc-finger CAG/Glutamine-repeat Protein Selectively Localized at the Active Zone of Presynaptic Nerve Terminals

  Susannetom Dieck;Lydia Sanmartí-Vila;Kristina Langnaese;Karin Richter

  451
  Citations

• The Presynaptic Active Zone Protein Bassoon Is Essential for Photoreceptor Ribbon Synapse Formation in the Retina

  Oliver Dick;Susanne tom Dieck;Susanne tom Dieck;Wilko Detlef Altrock;Josef Ammermüller

  437
  Citations

• ProSAP/Shank proteins - a family of higher order organizing molecules of the postsynaptic density with an emerging role in human neurological disease.

  Tobias M. Boeckers;Jürgen Bockmann;Michael R. Kreutz;Eckart D. Gundelfinger

  424
  Citations

• Unitary assembly of presynaptic active zones from Piccolo-Bassoon transport vesicles

  Mika Shapira;R.Grace Zhai;Thomas Dresbach;Tal Bresler

  412
  Citations

• Molecular organization of the presynaptic active zone.

  Susanne Schoch;Eckart D. Gundelfinger

  403
  Citations

• BDNF and its pro-peptide are stored in presynaptic dense core vesicles in brain neurons.

  Sandra Dieni;Tomoya Matsumoto;Martijn Dekkers;Stefanie Rauskolb

  397
  Citations

• Molecular dissection of the photoreceptor ribbon synapse: physical interaction of Bassoon and RIBEYE is essential for the assembly of the ribbon complex

  Susanne tom Dieck;Susanne tom Dieck;Wilko D. Altrock;Michael M. Kessels;Britta Qualmann

  396
  Citations

• Piccolo, a Presynaptic Zinc Finger Protein Structurally Related to Bassoon

  Steven D Fenster;Wook Joon Chung;Rong Zhai;Claudia Cases-Langhoff

  387
  Citations

• Three-dimensional architecture of presynaptic terminal cytomatrix.

  Léa Siksou;Philippe Rostaing;Jean-Pierre Lechaire;Thomas Boudier

  364
  Citations

• Temporal and spatial coordination of exocytosis and endocytosis.

  Eckart D. Gundelfinger;Michael M. Kessels;Britta Qualmann

  356
  Citations