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Matthias Mölle

Matthias Mölle

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Neuroscience

D-Index
50
Citations
15805
World Ranking
5638
National Ranking
474

Matthias Mölle 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 Matthias Mölle sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 97 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Matthias Mölle 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 Matthias Mölle sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Matthias Mölle is affiliated with the University of Lübeck in Germany and focuses primarily on research in neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans several subfields, including cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, endocrine and autonomic systems, developmental and educational psychology, as well as cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The main research topics covered by Matthias Mölle include:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Matthias has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Nature Communications
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • SLEEP
  • NeuroImage
  • SLEEP Advances

Their recent notable research articles include:

  • "Sleep-dependent memory consolidation in infants protects new episodic memories from existing semantic memories" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Acoustic closed-loop stimulation during sleep improves consolidation of reward-related memory information in healthy children but not in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder" (2020, SLEEP)
  • "Coupling of gamma band activity to sleep spindle oscillations - a combined EEG/MEG study" (2020, NeuroImage)
  • "Memory for nonadjacent dependencies in the first year of life and its relation to sleep" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Acute mild dim light at night slightly modifies sleep but does not affect glucose homeostasis in healthy men" (2021, Sleep Medicine)

Among frequent co-authors, Matthias has collaborated regularly with Jan Born, Lisa Marshall, Manuela Friedrich, Maxim Bazhenov, and Angela D. Friederici.

Matthias Mölle's work intersects extensive research into the neural mechanisms underlying memory consolidation during sleep, as well as how brain oscillations relate to cognitive processes. The combination of EEG and MEG methods appears in their investigations, reflecting an interest in brain-computer interfaces and neural dynamics.

In recognition of contributions to their scientific field, Matthias Mölle was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Boosting slow oscillations during sleep potentiates memory

    Lisa Marshall;Halla Helgadóttir;Matthias Mölle;Jan Born

  • Learning-dependent increases in sleep spindle density.

    Steffen Gais;Matthias Mölle;Kay Helms;Jan Born

  • Auditory Closed-Loop Stimulation of the Sleep Slow Oscillation Enhances Memory

    Hong Viet V. Ngo;Thomas Martinetz;Jan Born;Jan Born;Matthias Mölle;Matthias Mölle

  • Effects of sleep and circadian rhythm on human circulating immune cells

    Jan Born;Tanja Lange;Kirsten Hansen;Matthias Molle

  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation during Sleep Improves Declarative Memory

    Lisa Marshall;Matthias Mölle;Manfred Hallschmid;Jan Born

  • Grouping of Spindle Activity during Slow Oscillations in Human Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

    Matthias Mölle;Lisa Marshall;Steffen Gais;Jan Born

  • Fast and slow spindles during the sleep slow oscillation: disparate coalescence and engagement in memory processing.

    Matthias Mölle;Til O. Bergmann;Lisa Marshall;Jan Born;Jan Born

  • Temporal coupling of parahippocampal ripples, sleep spindles and slow oscillations in humans

    Zsófia Clemens;Matthias Mölle;Lóránd Eross;Péter Barsi

  • Sleep Selectively Enhances Memory Expected to Be of Future Relevance

    Ines Wilhelm;Susanne Diekelmann;Ina Molzow;Amr Ayoub

  • Hippocampal sharp wave-ripples linked to slow oscillations in rat slow-wave sleep.

    Matthias Mölle;Oxana Yeshenko;Lisa Marshall;Susan J. Sara

  • The influence of learning on sleep slow oscillations and associated spindles and ripples in humans and rats

    Matthias Mölle;Oxana Eschenko;Steffen Gais;Susan J. Sara

  • Slow oscillations orchestrating fast oscillations and memory consolidation.

    Matthias Mölle;Jan Born;Jan Born

  • Sustained increase in hippocampal sharp-wave ripple activity during slow-wave sleep after learning

    Oxana Eschenko;Wiâm Ramadan;Matthias Mölle;Jan Born

  • Learning increases human electroencephalographic coherence during subsequent slow sleep oscillations

    Matthias Mölle;Lisa Marshall;Steffen Gais;Jan Born

  • Elevated sleep spindle density after learning or after retrieval in rats.

    Oxana Eschenko;Matthias Mölle;Jan Born;Susan J Sara

  • Timing the end of nocturnal sleep.

    Jan Born;Kirsten Hansen;Lisa Marshall;Matthias Mölle

  • Fine-tuned coupling between human parahippocampal ripples and sleep spindles.

    Zsófia Clemens;Matthias Mölle;Loránd Eross;Rita Jakus

  • Sleep spindle-related reactivation of category-specific cortical regions after learning face-scene associations.

    Til Ole Bergmann;Matthias Mölle;Jens Diedrichs;Jan Born;Jan Born

  • Transcranial Electrical Currents to Probe EEG Brain Rhythms and Memory Consolidation during Sleep in Humans

    Lisa Marshall;Roumen Kirov;Roumen Kirov;Julian Brade;Matthias Mölle

  • Driving Sleep Slow Oscillations by Auditory Closed-Loop Stimulation—A Self-Limiting Process

    Hong-Viet V. Ngo;Arjan Miedema;Isabel Faude;Thomas Martinetz

  • Bifrontal transcranial direct current stimulation slows reaction time in a working memory task

    Lisa Marshall;Matthias Mölle;Hartwig R Siebner;Jan Born

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Born
Jan Born University of Tübingen
Lisa Marshall
Lisa Marshall University of Lübeck
Horst L. Fehm
Horst L. Fehm University of Lübeck
Manfred Hallschmid
Manfred Hallschmid University of Tübingen
Til Ole Bergmann
Til Ole Bergmann University of Tübingen
Reinhard Pietrowsky
Reinhard Pietrowsky Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Björn Rasch
Björn Rasch University of Fribourg
Steffen Gais
Steffen Gais University of Tübingen
Susan J. Sara
Susan J. Sara Collège de France
Angela D. Friederici
Angela D. Friederici Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

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