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Frank Zufall 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 Frank Zufall sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 144 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Frank Zufall 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 Frank Zufall sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frank Zufall is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and specializes in the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on related subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their research primarily addresses key topics including Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, Ion Channel Regulation and Function, Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry, Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Zufall have included Trese Leinders-Zufall, Martina Pyrski, Ulrich Boehm, Navin K. Ojha, and Jan Weiss.

They have published several papers in notable venues, illustrating a consistent publication record across high-impact journals and repositories. Common publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Immunity, and Science Advances.

Key recent works authored or coauthored by Zufall include:

  • Chemosensory Cell-Derived Acetylcholine Drives Tracheal Mucociliary Clearance in Response to Virulence-Associated Formyl Peptides, 2020, Immunity
  • A central mechanism of analgesia in mice and humans lacking the sodium channel NaV1.7, 2021, Neuron
  • A succinate/SUCNR1-brush cell defense program in the tracheal epithelium, 2023, Science Advances
  • Gαi2+ vomeronasal neurons govern the initial outcome of an acute social competition, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Danger perception and stress response through an olfactory sensor for the bacterial metabolite hydrogen sulfide, 2021, Neuron

Best Publications

  • Ultrasensitive pheromone detection by mammalian vomeronasal neurons.

    Trese Leinders-Zufall;Andrew P. Lane;Adam C. Puche;Weidong Ma

  • Altered sexual and social behaviors in trp2 mutant mice

    Bradley G. Leypold;C. Ron Yu;Trese Leinders-Zufall;Michelle M. Kim

  • MHC Class I Peptides as Chemosensory Signals in the Vomeronasal Organ

    Trese Leinders-Zufall;Peter Brennan;Patricia Widmayer;Prashanth Chandramani S.

  • Pheromonal communication in vertebrates

    Peter A. Brennan;Frank Zufall

  • Deficient pheromone responses in mice lacking a cluster of vomeronasal receptor genes

    Karina Del Punta;Trese Leinders-Zufall;Ivan Rodriguez;Ivan Rodriguez;David Jukam

  • A Diacylglycerol-Gated Cation Channel in Vomeronasal Neuron Dendrites Is Impaired in TRPC2 Mutant Mice: Mechanism of Pheromone Transduction

    Philippe Lucas;Kyrill Ukhanov;Trese Leinders-Zufall;Frank Zufall

  • Subsystem organization of the mammalian sense of smell.

    Steven D. Munger;Trese Leinders-Zufall;Frank Zufall

  • The cellular and molecular basis of odor adaptation.

    Frank Zufall;Trese Leinders-Zufall

  • Loss-of-function mutations in sodium channel Nav1.7 cause anosmia

    Jan Weiss;Martina Pyrski;Eric Jacobi;Bernd Bufe

  • Essential Role of the Main Olfactory System in Social Recognition of Major Histocompatibility Complex Peptide Ligands

    Marc Spehr;Kevin R. Kelliher;Xiao-Hong Li;Thomas Boehm

  • Retinal ganglion cells express a cGMP-gated cation conductance activatable by nitric oxide donors

    Iqbal Ahmad;Trese Leinders-Zufall;Jeffery D. Kocsis;Gordon M. Shepherd

  • Contribution of the receptor guanylyl cyclase GC-D to chemosensory function in the olfactory epithelium.

    Trese Leinders-Zufall;Renee E. Cockerham;Stylianos Michalakis;Martin Biel

  • Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channels and Sensory Transduction in Olfactory Receptor Neurons

    F Zufall;S Firestein;G M Shepherd

  • G protein Gαo is essential for vomeronasal function and aggressive behavior in mice

    Pablo Chamero;Vicky Katsoulidou;Philipp Hendrix;Bernd Bufe

  • MHC peptides and the sensory evaluation of genotype.

    Thomas Boehm;Frank Zufall

  • An olfactory subsystem that detects carbon disulfide and mediates food-related social learning.

    Steven D. Munger;Trese Leinders-Zufall;Lisa M. McDougall;Renee E. Cockerham

  • Single odor-sensitive channels in olfactory receptor neurons are also gated by cyclic nucleotides

    S Firestein;F Zufall;GM Shepherd

  • Calcium Entry through Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channels in Individual Cilia of Olfactory Receptor Cells: Spatiotemporal Dynamics

    Trese Leinders-Zufall;Mark N. Rand;Gordon M. Shepherd;Charles A. Greer

  • Innate Predator Odor Aversion Driven by Parallel Olfactory Subsystems that Converge in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus

    Anabel Pérez-Gómez;Katherin Bleymehl;Benjamin Stein;Martina Pyrski

  • From genes to social communication: molecular sensing by the vomeronasal organ

    Pablo Chamero;Trese Leinders-Zufall;Frank Zufall

  • Central role of the CNGA4 channel subunit in Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent odor adaptation

    Steven D. Munger;Andrew P. Lane;Haining Zhong;Trese Leinders-Zufall

Frequent Co-Authors

Trese Leinders-Zufall
Trese Leinders-Zufall Saarland University
Hanns Hatt
Hanns Hatt Ruhr University Bochum
Gordon M. Shepherd
Gordon M. Shepherd Yale School of Medicine
Steven D. Munger
Steven D. Munger University of Florida
Stuart Firestein
Stuart Firestein Columbia University
Charles A. Greer
Charles A. Greer Yale University
John Wood
John Wood University College London
Lutz Birnbaumer
Lutz Birnbaumer National Institutes of Health
Peter Mombaerts
Peter Mombaerts Rockefeller University
Colin J. Barnstable
Colin J. Barnstable Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

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