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2715
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Horst Przuntek 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 Horst Przuntek sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 340 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Horst Przuntek 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 Horst Przuntek sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Horst Przuntek is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. The subfields of study focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Neurology, Speech and Hearing, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The primary topics covered by Przuntek's work include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Noteworthy recent papers authored or co-authored by Horst Przuntek include:

  • Propionic Acid Shapes the Multiple Sclerosis Disease Course by an Immunomodulatory Mechanism (2020, Cell)
  • Interventional Influence of the Intestinal Microbiome Through Dietary Intervention and Bowel Cleansing Might Improve Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease (2020, Cells)
  • Supplementation with short-chain fatty acids and the prebiotic 2FL improves clinical outcome in PD (2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

Frequent co-authors associated with Przuntek's research are:

  • Alexander Duscha
  • Tobias Hegelmaier
  • Aiden Haghikia
  • Nissan Yissachar
  • Gabriele I. Stangl

The main publication venues where Przuntek has contributed work include:

  • Cell
  • Cells
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Ala30Pro mutation in the gene encoding alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease.

    Rejko Krüger;Wilfried Kuhn;Thomas Müller;Dirk Woitalla

  • Interleukin-1β and interleukin-6 are elevated in the cerebrospinal fluid of Alzheimer's and de novo Parkinson's disease patients

    Doris Blum-Degen;Thomas Müller;Wilfried Kuhn;Manfred Gerlach

  • Neural structures associated with recognition of facial expressions of basic emotions

    R. Sprengelmeyer;M. Rausch;U. T. Eysel;H. Przuntek

  • Induction of a non-encephalitogenic type 2 T helper-cell autoimmune response in multiple sclerosis after administration of an altered peptide ligand in a placebo- controlled, randomized phase II trial

    Ludwig Kappos;Giancarlo Comi;Hillel Panitch;Joel Oger

  • MPTP mechanisms of neurotoxicity and their implications for Parkinson's disease

    Manfred Gerlach;Peter Riederer;Horst Przuntek;Moussa B.H. Youdim

  • Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia: Phenotypic differences in genetically defined subtypes?

    Ludger Schöls;Georgios Amoiridis;Thomas Büttner;Horst Przuntek

  • Facial expression recognition in people with medicated and unmedicated Parkinson's disease.

    R. Sprengelmeyer;A.W. Young;K. Mahn;U. Schroeder

  • Knowing no fear.

    Reiner Sprengelmeyer;Andrew W Young;Ulrike Schroeder;Peter G Grossenbacher

  • Increased susceptibility to sporadic Parkinson's disease by a certain combined alpha-synuclein/apolipoprotein E genotype.

    Rejko Krüger;Ana Maria Menezes Vieira‐Saecker;Wilfried Kuhn;Daniela Berg

  • Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6: genotype and phenotype in German kindreds

    Ludger Schöls;Rejko Krüger;Georgios Amoiridis;Horst Przuntek

  • Oral fumaric acid esters for the treatment of active multiple sclerosis: an open-label, baseline-controlled pilot study.

    S. Schimrigk;N. Brune;K. Hellwig;C. Lukas

  • Interleukin-6 levels in cerebrospinal fluid inversely correlate to severity of Parkinson's disease.

    T. Müller;D. Blum-Degen;H. Przuntek;W. Kuhn

  • Riluzole in Huntington's disease: a 3-year, randomized controlled study.

    G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer;Bruno Dubois;Justo Garcia de Yébenes;Berry Kremer

  • Disgust implicated in obsessive–compulsive disorder

    R. Sprengelmeyer;A. W. Young;I. Pundt;A. Sprengelmeyer

  • Mitochondrial impairment in patients and asymptomatic mutation carriers of Huntington's disease.

    Carsten Saft;Jochen Zange;Jiirgen Andrich;Klaus Müller

  • Friedreich's ataxia. Revision of the phenotype according to molecular genetics.

    L Schöls;G Amoiridis;H Przuntek;G Frank

  • Elevated plasma levels of homocysteine in Parkinson's disease.

    W. Kuhn;R. Roebroek;H. Blom;D. van Oppenraaij

  • Sleep disturbance in spinocerebellar ataxias Is the SCA3 mutation a cause of restless legs syndrome

    L. Schöls;J. Haan;O. Riess;G. Amoiridis

  • Trinucleotide expansion within the MJD1 gene presents clinically as spinocerebellar ataxia and occurs most frequently in German SCA patients

    Ludger Schöls;Ana Maria Menezes Vieira-Saecker;Stephan Schöls;Horst Przuntek

  • Mutation analysis and association studies of the UCHL1 gene in German Parkinson's disease patients.

    Philip Wintermeyer;Rejko Krüger;Wilfried Kuhn;Thomas Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller Ruhr University Bochum
Jörg T. Epplen
Jörg T. Epplen Ruhr University Bochum
Ludger Schöls
Ludger Schöls University of Tübingen
Olaf Riess
Olaf Riess University of Tübingen
Rejko Krüger
Rejko Krüger University of Luxembourg
Carsten Saft
Carsten Saft Ruhr University Bochum
Peter Jutzi
Peter Jutzi Bielefeld University
Peter Riederer
Peter Riederer University of Würzburg
Klaus Berger
Klaus Berger University of Münster
Daniela Berg
Daniela Berg University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein

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