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Petra Wahle

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Neuroscience

D-Index
39
Citations
5146
World Ranking
8387
National Ranking
715

Petra Wahle 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 Petra Wahle sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 110 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Petra Wahle 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 Petra Wahle sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

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

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Overview

Petra Wahle is affiliated with Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and specializes in the field of neuroscience, focusing on cellular and molecular aspects. Their research encompasses several subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, developmental neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and neurology.

Their research topics cover a variety of key areas within neuroscience, including:

  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms
  • Axon guidance and neuronal signaling
  • Neuroscience and neural engineering
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Genetically Encoded Calcium Indicators Can Impair Dendrite Growth of Cortical Neurons," 2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • "GluN2B but Not GluN2A for Basal Dendritic Growth of Cortical Pyramidal Neurons," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
  • "Development of microglia in fetal and postnatal neocortex of the pig, the European wild boar ( Sus scrofa )," 2021, The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • "Development of myelin in fetal and postnatal neocortex of the pig, the European wild boar Sus scrofa," 2023, Brain Structure and Function
  • "Chemogenetic Silencing of Differentiating Cortical Neurons Impairs Dendritic and Axonal Growth," 2022, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Petra Wahle has published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • The Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Collaborations have been established with multiple co-authors, including:

  • Eric Sobierajski
  • Steffen Gonda
  • Gundela Meyer
  • Christa Beemelmans
  • Christoph Beemelmans

Best Publications

  • Sensory Impairments and Delayed Regeneration of Sensory Axons in Interleukin-6-Deficient Mice

    Jian Zhong;Irmgard D. Dietzel;Petra Wahle;Manfred Kopf

  • Cellular and Molecular Characterization of a Brain-enriched Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase

    LM Boulanger;PJ Lombroso;A Raghunathan;MJ During

  • Morphology and quantitative changes of transient NPY‐ir neuronal populations during early postnatal development of the cat visual cortex

    Petra Wahle;Gundela Meyer

  • Parvalbumin Expression in Visual Cortical Interneurons Depends on Neuronal Activity and TrkB Ligands during an Early Period of Postnatal Development

    Silke Patz;Jochen Grabert;Thorsten Gorba;Marcus J. Wirth

  • Site-specific and developmental expression of pannexin1 in the mouse nervous system.

    Arundhati Ray;Georg Zoidl;Svenja Weickert;Petra Wahle

  • Neurotransmitter profile of saccadic omnipause neurons in nucleus raphe interpositus

    Anja K. E. Horn;J. A. Büttner-Ennever;P. Wahle;I. Reichenberger

  • Expression of TrkB and TrkC but not BDNF mRNA in neurochemically identified interneurons in rat visual cortex in vivo and in organotypic cultures

    Thorsten Gorba;Petra Wahle

  • Transgenic Activation of Ras in Neurons Promotes Hypertrophy and Protects from Lesion-Induced Degeneration

    Rolf Heumann;Christoph Goemans;Daniela Bartsch;Kurt Lingenhöhl

  • A period of structural plasticity at the axon initial segment in developing visual cortex.

    Annika Gutzmann;Nursah Ergül;Rebecca Grossmann;Christian Schultz

  • Morphology of neurons in the white matter of the adult human neocortex

    G. Meyer;P. Wahle;A. Castaneyra-Perdomo;R. Ferres-Torres

  • Accelerated dendritic development of rat cortical pyramidal cells and interneurons after biolistic transfection with BDNF and NT4/5.

    Marcus J. Wirth;Annika Brün;Jochen Grabert;Silke Patz

  • Neuronal activity and neurotrophic factors regulate GAD-65/67 mRNA and protein expression in organotypic cultures of rat visual cortex.

    Silke Patz;Marcus J. Wirth;Thorsten Gorba;Oliver Klostermann

  • The paleocortical ventricle is the origin of reelin-expressing neurons in the marginal zone of the foetal human neocortex.

    Gundela Meyer;Petra Wahle

  • Exercise Can Rescue Recognition Memory Impairment in a Model with Reduced Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

    Pauline Lafenetre;Oliver Leske;Zhanlu Ma-Högemeie;Aiden Haghikia

  • Morphology and axon terminal pattern of glutamate decarboxylase-immunoreactive cell types in the white matter of the cat occipital cortex during early postnatal development.

    P. Wahle;G. Meyer;J.-Y. Wu;K. Albus

  • Neuronal activation of Ras regulates synaptic connectivity.

    Thomas Arendt;Ulrich Gartner;Gudrun Seeger;Gleb Barmashenko

  • Patterns of spontaneous activity and morphology of interneuron types in organotypic cortex and thalamus-cortex cultures

    O. Klostermann;P. Wahle

  • Heterogeneity of the Axon Initial Segment in Interneurons and Pyramidal Cells of Rodent Visual Cortex.

    Felix Höfflin;Alexander Jack;Christian Riedel;Julia Mack-Bucher

  • Pannexin expression in the cerebellum

    Arundhati Ray;Georg Zoidl;Petra Wahle;Rolf Dermietzel

  • Concurrent visualization of choline acetyltransferase-like immunoreactivity and retrograde transport of neocortically injected markers in basal forebrain neurons of cat and rat

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  • Structural and Functional Organization of the Neocortex

    Birgit Albowitz;Klaus Albus;Ulrich Kuhnt;Hans-Christoph Nothdurft

Frequent Co-Authors

Gundela Meyer
Gundela Meyer University of La Laguna
Hans-Christian Pape
Hans-Christian Pape University of Münster
Rolf Heumann
Rolf Heumann Ruhr University Bochum
Michael R. Kreutz
Michael R. Kreutz Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Michael Hollmann
Michael Hollmann Ruhr University Bochum
Janice R. Naegele
Janice R. Naegele Wesleyan University
Lamberto Maffei
Lamberto Maffei National Research Council (CNR)
Nicoletta Berardi
Nicoletta Berardi University of Florence
Joachim H. R. Lübke
Joachim H. R. Lübke Forschungszentrum Jülich
Anja K. E. Horn
Anja K. E. Horn Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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