2026 Frank Zufall: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	64	3299	3017	290	270	144	13150

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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

675
Citations
Altered sexual and social behaviors in trp2 mutant mice

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

658
Citations
MHC Class I Peptides as Chemosensory Signals in the Vomeronasal Organ

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

641
Citations
Pheromonal communication in vertebrates

Peter A. Brennan;Frank Zufall

605
Citations
Deficient pheromone responses in mice lacking a cluster of vomeronasal receptor genes

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

418
Citations
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

394
Citations
Subsystem organization of the mammalian sense of smell.

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

348
Citations
The cellular and molecular basis of odor adaptation.

Frank Zufall;Trese Leinders-Zufall

348
Citations
Loss-of-function mutations in sodium channel Nav1.7 cause anosmia

Jan Weiss;Martina Pyrski;Eric Jacobi;Bernd Bufe

330
Citations
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

329
Citations
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

301
Citations
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

256
Citations
Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channels and Sensory Transduction in Olfactory Receptor Neurons

F Zufall;S Firestein;G M Shepherd

236
Citations
G protein Gαo is essential for vomeronasal function and aggressive behavior in mice

Pablo Chamero;Vicky Katsoulidou;Philipp Hendrix;Bernd Bufe

224
Citations
MHC peptides and the sensory evaluation of genotype.

Thomas Boehm;Frank Zufall

206
Citations
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

200
Citations
Single odor-sensitive channels in olfactory receptor neurons are also gated by cyclic nucleotides

S Firestein;F Zufall;GM Shepherd

189
Citations
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

184
Citations
Innate Predator Odor Aversion Driven by Parallel Olfactory Subsystems that Converge in the Ventromedial Hypothalamus

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

182
Citations
From genes to social communication: molecular sensing by the vomeronasal organ

Pablo Chamero;Trese Leinders-Zufall;Frank Zufall

176
Citations
Central role of the CNGA4 channel subunit in Ca2+-calmodulin-dependent odor adaptation

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

168
Citations