Leif Hertz

Leif Hertz 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 Leif Hertz sits on this spectrum.

Leif Hertz 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 Leif Hertz sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Functional interactions between neurons and astrocytes I. Turnover and metabolism of putative amino acid transmitters.

  Leif Hertz

  889
  Citations

• Energy metabolism in astrocytes: high rate of oxidative metabolism and spatiotemporal dependence on glycolysis/glycogenolysis.

  Leif Hertz;Liang Peng;Gerald A Dienel

  811
  Citations

• Astrocytic control of glutamatergic activity: astrocytes as stars of the show

  Leif Hertz;H. Ronald Zielke

  646
  Citations

• Glutathione is present in high concentrations in cultured astrocytes but not in cultured neurons

  Stephen P. Raps;James C.K. Lai;Leif Hertz;Arthur J.L. Cooper

  605
  Citations

• Pyruvate Carboxylase Activity in Primary Cultures of Astrocytes and Neurons

  A. C. H. Yu;J. Drejer;L. Hertz;A. Schousboe

  589
  Citations

• UPTAKE AND METABOLISM OF GLUTAMATE IN ASTROCYTES CULTURED FROM DISSOCIATED MOUSE BRAIN HEMISPHERES

  A. Schousboe;G. Svenneby;L. Hertz

  501
  Citations

• Glucose and lactate metabolism during brain activation.

  Gerald A. Dienel;Leif Hertz

  440
  Citations

• Metabolic Fate of 14C‐Labeled Glutamate in Astrocytes in Primary Cultures

  A C Yu;A Schousboe;A Schousboe;L Hertz

  410
  Citations

• Neurotransmitters as developmental signals

  E. Meier;L. Hertz;A. Schousboe

  404
  Citations

• Inhibition of glycogenolysis in astrocytes interrupts memory consolidation in young chickens

  Marie Elizabeth Gibbs;Damian G Anderson;Leif Hertz

  336
  Citations

• Kinetic characteristics of the glutamate uptake into normal astrocytes in cultures

  Leif Hertz;Arne Schousboe;Norma Boechler;Srimathie Mukerji

  297
  Citations

• Functional interactions between neurons and astrocytes. II. Potassium homeostasis at the cellular level.

  Wolfgang Walz;Leif Hertz

  293
  Citations

• Adrenoceptors in brain: Cellular gene expression and effects on astrocytic metabolism and [Ca2+]i

  Leif Hertz;Ditte Lovatt;Steven A. Goldman

  285
  Citations

• The Glutamate-Glutamine (GABA) Cycle: Importance of Late Postnatal Development and Potential Reciprocal Interactions between Biosynthesis and Degradation.

  Leif Hertz

  273
  Citations

• Uptake and metabolism of GABA in astrocytes cultured from dissociated mouse brain hemispheres.

  A. Schousboe;L. Hertz;G. Svenneby

  266
  Citations

• Bioenergetics of cerebral ischemia: a cellular perspective

  Leif Hertz

  257
  Citations

• Advances in Cellular Neurobiology

  Sergey Fedoroff;Leif Hertz

  251
  Citations

• GFA Content, Glutamate Uptake and Activity of Glutamate Metabolizing Enzymes in Differentiating Mouse Astrocytes in Primary Cultures

  Leif Hertz;Elisabeth Bock;Arne Schousboe

  247
  Citations

• Glutamate and glutamine metabolism and compartmentation in astrocytes.

  Arne Schousboe;Niels Westergaard;Ursula Sonnewald;Steffen B. Petersen

  242
  Citations

• Why are Astrocytes Important

  Alexei Verkhratsky;Leif Hertz

  231
  Citations