Martin Heisenberg

Martin Heisenberg 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 Martin Heisenberg sits on this spectrum.

Martin Heisenberg 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 Martin Heisenberg sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 1998 - Member of Academia Europaea
• 1989 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

• Mushroom body memoir: From maps to models

  Martin Heisenberg

  1784
  Citations

• Dopamine and Octopamine Differentiate between Aversive and Appetitive Olfactory Memories in Drosophila

  Martin Schwaerzel;Maria Monastirioti;Henrike Scholz;Florence Friggi-Grelin

  911
  Citations

• Associative odor learning in Drosophila abolished by chemical ablation of mushroom bodies

  JS de Belle;M Heisenberg

  909
  Citations

• Drosophila Mushroom Body Mutants are Deficient in Olfactory Learning

  Martin Heisenberg;Alexander Borst;Sibylle Wagner;Duncan Byers

  846
  Citations

• Localization of a short-term memory in Drosophila.

  T. Zars;M. Fischer;R. Schulz;M. Heisenberg

  692
  Citations

• A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

  Kei Ito;Kazunori Shinomiya;Masayoshi Ito;J. Douglas Armstrong

  669
  Citations

• A high-level 3D visualization API for Java and ImageJ

  Benjamin Schmid;Johannes E. Schindelin;Albert Cardona;Mark Longair

  620
  Citations

• Distinct memory traces for two visual features in the Drosophila brain

  Gang Liu;Holger Seiler;Ai Wen;Troy Zars

  497
  Citations

• What Do the Mushroom Bodies Do for the Insect Brain? An Introduction

  Martin Heisenberg

  496
  Citations

• The rôle of retinula cell types in visual behavior of Drosophila melanogaster

  Martin Heisenberg;Erich Buchner

  392
  Citations

• Neural reorganization during metamorphosis of the corpora pedunculata in Drosophila melanogaster

  Gerhard Technau;Martin Heisenberg

  371
  Citations

• Octopamine in male aggression of Drosophila

  Susanne C. Hoyer;Andreas Eckart;Anthony Herrel;Troy Zars

  350
  Citations

• Context generalization in Drosophila visual learning requires the mushroom bodies

  Li Liu;Reinhard Wolf;Roman Ernst;Martin Heisenberg

  341
  Citations

• The Swiss Cheese Mutant Causes Glial Hyperwrapping and Brain Degeneration in Drosophila

  Doris Kretzschmar;Gaiti Hasan;Sugandha Sharma;Martin Heisenberg

  331
  Citations

• Dissection of the peripheral motion channel in the visual system of Drosophila melanogaster.

  Jens Rister;Dennis Pauls;Bettina Schnell;Chun Yuan Ting

  302
  Citations

• Separation of Receptor and Lamina Potentials in the Electroretinogram of Normal and Mutant Drosophila

  Martin Heisenberg

  295
  Citations

• Mushroom Bodies Suppress Locomotor Activity in Drosophila melanogaster

  Jean-René Martin;Roman Ernst;Martin Heisenberg

  291
  Citations

• The Drosophila standard brain.

  Karlheinz Rein;Malte Zöckler;Michael T. Mader;Cornelia Grübel

  277
  Citations

• Central complex substructures are required for the maintenance of locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster.

  J.-R. Martin;T. Raabe;M. Heisenberg

  267
  Citations

• Basic organization of operant behavior as revealed in Drosophila flight orientation.

  Reinhard Wolf;Martin Heisenberg

  250
  Citations

• Optomotor-blindH31—aDrosophila mutant of the lobula plate giant neurons

  M. Heisenberg;R. Wonneberger;R. Wolf

  245
  Citations

• Article Octopamine in Male Aggression of Drosophila

  Susanne C. Hoyer;Andreas Eckart;Anthony Herrel;Troy Zars

  0
  Citations