2026 Klaus-Armin Nave: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	129	292	263	22	20	498	60316
Biology and Biochemistry	129	426	381	30	27	495	60327
Medicine	129	2600	2427	129	125	500	60310

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
2014 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Klaus-Armin Nave is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has an extensive research profile focused on neuroscience and related biomedical fields. Their work spans multiple interconnected disciplines, reflecting a broad expertise in brain function and neurological disorders.

The main fields of study for Klaus-Armin Nave include:

Neuroscience
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Within these areas, the scientist has contributed significantly to various subfields, notably:

Molecular Biology
Neurology
Developmental Neuroscience
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Physiology

Their research topics demonstrate a focus on understanding brain mechanisms and neurological diseases. Key topics include:

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
Hereditary Neurological Disorders
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
MicroRNA in disease regulation
RNA Research and Splicing

Klaus-Armin Nave has published in several prominent scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Neuroscience
Nature Communications
Molecular Psychiatry
Glia

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by this scientist cover topics related to neurodegenerative diseases, brain energy metabolism, and neuroinflammation. These include:

Brain energy rescue: an emerging therapeutic concept for neurodegenerative disorders of ageing, 2020, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Myelin dysfunction drives amyloid-β deposition in models of Alzheimer's disease, 2023, Nature
Microglia facilitate repair of demyelinated lesions via post-squalene sterol synthesis, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease, 2024, Nature reviews. Immunology
Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines: Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors, 2020, Neuron

Collaboration has been an important aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

Wiebke Möbius
Hannelore Ehrenreich
Hauke Werner
Torben Ruhwedel
Constanze Depp

Klaus-Armin Nave has been recognized by scientific organizations, receiving awards such as:

German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2014) for work in Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine
Membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

Multiple Sclerosis: An Immune or Neurodegenerative Disorder?

Bruce D Trapp;Klaus Armin Nave

2054
Citations
Glycolytic oligodendrocytes maintain myelin and long-term axonal integrity

Ursula Fünfschilling;Lotti Marianna Supplie;Don Mahad;Don Mahad;Susann Boretius

1638
Citations
Disruption of Cnp1 uncouples oligodendroglial functions in axonal support and myelination

Corinna Lappe-Siefke;Sandra Goebbels;Michel Gravel;Eva Nicksch

1186
Citations
Myelination and support of axonal integrity by glia

Klaus-Armin Nave

1182
Citations
Axonal neuregulin-1 regulates myelin sheath thickness

Galin V. Michailov;Michael W. Sereda;Bastian G. Brinkmann;Tobias M. Fischer

1149
Citations
Axonal swellings and degeneration in mice lacking the major proteolipid of myelin

Ian Griffiths;Matthias Klugmann;Matthias Klugmann;Matthias Klugmann;Thomas Anderson;Thomas Anderson;Thomas Anderson;Donald Yool;Donald Yool;Donald Yool

1050
Citations
The transcription factor Sox10 is a key regulator of peripheral glial development

Stefan Britsch;Derk E. Goerich;Derk E. Goerich;Dieter Riethmacher;Reto I. Peirano;Reto I. Peirano

1041
Citations
Myelination of the nervous system: mechanisms and functions

Klaus-Armin Nave;Hauke B. Werner

1015
Citations
Neurotransmitter-Triggered Transfer of Exosomes Mediates Oligodendrocyte–Neuron Communication

Carsten Frühbeis;Dominik Fröhlich;Wen Ping Kuo;Jesa Amphornrat

949
Citations
New Horizons in Diabetic Neuropathy: Mechanisms, Bioenergetics, and Pain

Eva L. Feldman;Klaus Armin Nave;Troels S. Jensen;David L.H. Bennett

939
Citations
High cholesterol level is essential for myelin membrane growth.

Gesine Saher;Britta Brügger;Corinna Lappe-Siefke;Wiebke Möbius

900
Citations
Oligodendrocytes: Myelination and Axonal Support

Mikael Simons;Klaus Armin Nave

884
Citations
Brain energy rescue: an emerging therapeutic concept for neurodegenerative disorders of ageing

Stephen C. Cunnane;Eugenia Trushina;Cecilie Morland;Alessandro Prigione

882
Citations
The endocannabinoid system controls key epileptogenic circuits in the hippocampus.

Krisztina Monory;Federico Massa;Federico Massa;Michaela Egertová;Matthias Eder

835
Citations
Axon-Glial Signaling and the Glial Support of Axon Function

Klaus Armin Nave;Bruce D. Trapp

785
Citations
Myelination and the trophic support of long axons

Klaus-Armin Nave

758
Citations
Neuregulin-ERBB Signaling in the Nervous System and Neuropsychiatric Diseases

Lin Mei;Lin Mei;Klaus Armin Nave

640
Citations
Genetic targeting of principal neurons in neocortex and hippocampus of NEX-Cre mice

Sandra Goebbels;Ingo Bormuth;Ulli Bode;Ola Hermanson

634
Citations
Oligodendroglial NMDA receptors regulate glucose import and axonal energy metabolism.

Aiman S. Saab;Iva D. Tzvetavona;Andrea Trevisiol;Selva Baltan

609
Citations
Oligodendrocytes secrete exosomes containing major myelin and stress-protective proteins: Trophic support for axons?

Eva-Maria Krämer-Albers;Niko Bretz;Stefan Tenzer;Christine Winterstein

601
Citations
Assembly of CNS Myelin in the Absence of Proteolipid Protein

Matthias Klugmann;Markus H. Schwab;Anja Pühlhofer;Armin Schneider

567
Citations