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Michael Brecht 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 Michael Brecht sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 157 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Brecht 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 Michael Brecht sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Brecht is affiliated with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany and has a research focus primarily in the fields of neuroscience and psychology. Their work spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, endocrine and autonomic systems, and sensory systems.

The scientist's research addresses diverse topics such as neural dynamics and brain function, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, memory and neural mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, primate behavior and ecology, olfactory and sensory function studies, and the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Michael Brecht has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in prominent scientific outlets. The most common venues for their work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, Scientific Reports, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, and Current Opinion in Neurobiology.

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Michael Brecht include:

  • Perirhinal input to neocortical layer 1 controls learning (2020, Science)
  • Microcircuits for spatial coding in the medial entorhinal cortex (2021, Physiological Reviews)
  • The lateral septum mediates kinship behavior in the rat (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Trigeminal ganglion and sensory nerves suggest tactile specialization of elephants (2022, Current Biology)
  • Dense reconstruction of elephant trunk musculature (2023, Current Biology)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Lena V. Kaufmann, Lennart Eigen, Thomas B. Hildebrandt, Ann M. Clemens, and Ben Gerhardt, each featuring in multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Map plasticity in somatosensory cortex.

    Daniel E. Feldman;Michael Brecht

  • Functional architecture of the mystacial vibrissae.

    Michael Brecht;Bruno Preilowski;Michael M. Merzenich

  • Behavioural report of single neuron stimulation in somatosensory cortex

    Arthur R. Houweling;Michael Brecht

  • In vivo, low-resistance, whole-cell recordings from neurons in the anaesthetized and awake mammalian brain.

    Troy W. Margrie;Michael Brecht;Bert Sakmann

  • Lentivirus-based genetic manipulations of cortical neurons and their optical and electrophysiological monitoring in vivo

    Tanjew Dittgen;Axel Nimmerjahn;Shoji Komai;Pawel Licznerski

  • Dynamic representation of whisker deflection by synaptic potentials in spiny stellate and pyramidal cells in the barrels and septa of layer 4 rat somatosensory cortex.

    Michael Brecht;Bert Sakmann

  • Whisker movements evoked by stimulation of single pyramidal cells in rat motor cortex

    Michael Brecht;Miriam Schneider;Bert Sakmann;Troy W. Margrie

  • Barrel cortex function

    Dirk Feldmeyer;Michael Brecht;Fritjof Helmchen;Carl C. H. Petersen

  • Intracellular determinants of hippocampal CA1 place and silent cell activity in a novel environment.

    Jérôme Epsztein;Michael Brecht;Albert K. Lee;Albert K. Lee

  • Dynamic Receptive Fields of Reconstructed Pyramidal Cells in Layers 3 and 2 of Rat Somatosensory Barrel Cortex

    Michael Brecht;Arnd Roth;Bert Sakmann

  • Role of the temporal domain for response selection and perceptual binding.

    A K Engel;P R Roelfsema;P Fries;M Brecht

  • Whole-Cell Recordings in Freely Moving Rats

    Albert K. Lee;Ian D. Manns;Bert Sakmann;Michael Brecht;Michael Brecht

  • Targeted whole−cell recordings in the mammalian brain in vivo

    Troy W Margrie;Axel H Meyer;Antonio Caputi;Hannah Monyer

  • Sub- and suprathreshold receptive field properties of pyramidal neurones in layers 5A and 5B of rat somatosensory barrel cortex

    Ian D. Manns;Bert Sakmann;Michael Brecht

  • Tactile guidance of prey capture in Etruscan shrews.

    Farzana Anjum;Hendrik Turni;Paul G. H. Mulder;Johannes van der Burg

  • Sparse and powerful cortical spikes

    Jason Wolfe;Arthur R Houweling;Michael Brecht

  • Barrel cortex and whisker-mediated behaviors

    Michael Brecht

  • Organization of rat vibrissa motor cortex and adjacent areas according to cytoarchitectonics, microstimulation, and intracellular stimulation of identified cells.

    Michael Brecht;Andreas Krauss;Sajjad Muhammad;Laleh Sinai-Esfahani

  • Grid-Layout and Theta-Modulation of Layer 2 Pyramidal Neurons in Medial Entorhinal Cortex

    Saikat Ray;Robert Naumann;Andrea Burgalossi;Qiusong Tang

  • Whisker maps of neuronal subclasses of the rat ventral posterior medial thalamus, identified by whole‐cell voltage recording and morphological reconstruction

    Michael Brecht;Bert Sakmann

  • Microcircuits of Functionally Identified Neurons in the Rat Medial Entorhinal Cortex

    Andrea Burgalossi;Lucas Herfst;Moritz von Heimendahl;Henning Förste

  • Monosynaptic Pathway from Rat Vibrissa Motor Cortex to Facial Motor Neurons Revealed by Lentivirus-Based Axonal Tracing

    Valery Grinevich;Michael Brecht;Pavel Osten

  • Motor cortex — to act or not to act?

    Christian Laut Ebbesen;Michael Brecht

  • Correlation analysis of corticotectal interactions in the cat visual system.

    Michael Brecht;Wolf Singer;Andreas K. Engel

  • Axonal synapse sorting in medial entorhinal cortex

    Helene Schmidt;Anjali Gour;Jakob Straehle;Kevin M. Boergens

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew E. Larkum
Matthew E. Larkum Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Pavel Osten
Pavel Osten Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dietmar Schmitz
Dietmar Schmitz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Troy W. Margrie
Troy W. Margrie University College London
Arno Villringer
Arno Villringer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Fritjof Helmchen
Fritjof Helmchen University of Zurich
Richard Kempter
Richard Kempter Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
James F.A. Poulet
James F.A. Poulet Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Ehud Ahissar
Ehud Ahissar Weizmann Institute of Science
David Golomb
David Golomb Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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