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Ralf Schneggenburger

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Neuroscience

D-Index
47
Citations
10595
World Ranking
6359
National Ranking
149

Ralf Schneggenburger 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 Ralf Schneggenburger sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 85 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ralf Schneggenburger 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 Ralf Schneggenburger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ralf Schneggenburger is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with a substantial body of work exploring various subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Molecular Biology, and Social Psychology.

Their research topics encompass a diverse range including Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques, Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior, and Stress Responses and Cortisol.

Ralf Schneggenburger has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed articles published across various journals and platforms. Recent papers include:

  • "A VTA to Basal Amygdala Dopamine Projection Contributes to Signal Salient Somatosensory Events during Fear Learning" (2020, Journal of Neuroscience)
  • "Optogenetic Stimulation of Basal Forebrain Parvalbumin Neurons Activates the Default Mode Network and Associated Behaviors" (2020, Cell Reports)
  • "Stimulation of medial amygdala GABA neurons with kinetically different channelrhodopsins yields opposite behavioral outcomes" (2022, Cell Reports)
  • "A striatal circuit balances learned fear in the presence and absence of sensory cues" (2023, eLife)
  • "Fear Learning: An Evolving Picture for Plasticity at Synaptic Afferents to the Amygdala" (2022, The Neuroscientist)

Frequent co-authors include Olexiy Kochubey, Michael Kintscher, Denys Osypenko, Aiste Baleisyte, and Shriya Palchaudhuri.

Publication venues where Ralf Schneggenburger has often contributed include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • eLife

Best Publications

  • Intracellular calcium dependence of transmitter release rates at a fast central synapse

    Ralf Schneggenburger;Erwin Neher

  • Released Fraction and Total Size of a Pool of Immediately Available Transmitter Quanta at a Calyx Synapse

    Ralf Schneggenburger;Alexander C. Meyer;Erwin Neher

  • Vesicle pools and short-term synaptic depression: lessons from a large synapse

    Ralf Schneggenburger;Takeshi Sakaba;Erwin Neher

  • Presynaptic calcium and control of vesicle fusion

    Ralf Schneggenburger;Erwin Neher

  • Allosteric modulation of the presynaptic Ca2+ sensor for vesicle fusion

    Xuelin Lou;Volker Scheuss;Ralf Schneggenburger

  • RIM Determines Ca2+ Channel Density and Vesicle Docking at the Presynaptic Active Zone

    Yunyun Han;Pascal S. Kaeser;Thomas C. Südhof;Ralf Schneggenburger

  • Fractional Contribution of Calcium to the Cation Current through Glutamate Receptor Channels

    R. Schneggenburger;Z. Zhou;A. Konnerth;E. Neher

  • The Synaptic Vesicle Protein CSPα Prevents Presynaptic Degeneration

    Rafael Fernández-Chacón;Rafael Fernández-Chacón;Markus Wölfel;Hiroshi Nishimune;Lucia Tabares

  • Presynaptic Depression at a Calyx Synapse: The Small Contribution of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors

    Henrique von Gersdorff;Ralf Schneggenburger;Sibylle Weis;Erwin Neher

  • The calyx of Held

    Ralf Schneggenburger;Ian D. Forsythe

  • Probing the intracellular calcium sensitivity of transmitter release during synaptic facilitation

    Felix Felmy;Erwin Neher;Ralf Schneggenburger

  • The Epithelial Inward Rectifier Channel Kir7.1 Displays Unusual K+ Permeation Properties

    Frank Döring;Christian Derst;Erhard Wischmeyer;Christine Karschin

  • Estimation of Quantal Size and Number of Functional Active Zones at the Calyx of Held Synapse by Nonstationary EPSC Variance Analysis

    Alexander C. Meyer;Erwin Neher;Ralf Schneggenburger

  • Interplay between Na+/Ca2+ Exchangers and Mitochondria in Ca2+ Clearance at the Calyx of Held

    Myoung-Hwan Kim;Natalya Korogod;Ralf Schneggenburger;Won-Kyung Ho

  • Phorbol Esters Modulate Spontaneous and Ca2+-Evoked Transmitter Release via Acting on Both Munc13 and Protein Kinase C

    Xuelin Lou;Natalya Korogod;Nils Brose;Ralf Schneggenburger

  • Nigrostriatal overabundance of α-synuclein leads to decreased vesicle density and deficits in dopamine release that correlate with reduced motor activity

    Meret Nora Gaugler;Ozgur Genc;Wojciech Bobela;Safa Mohanna

  • Parvalbumin is a mobile presynaptic Ca2+ buffer in the calyx of Held that accelerates the decay of Ca2+ and short-term facilitation.

    Martin Müller;Felix Felmy;Beat Schwaller;Ralf Schneggenburger

  • Separation of Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Contributions to Depression by Covariance Analysis of Successive EPSCs at the Calyx of Held Synapse

    Volker Scheuss;Ralf Schneggenburger;Erwin Neher

  • A mechanism intrinsic to the vesicle fusion machinery determines fast and slow transmitter release at a large CNS synapse.

    Markus Wölfel;Xuelin Lou;Ralf Schneggenburger

  • Control of Exocytosis by Synaptotagmins and Otoferlin in Auditory Hair Cells

    Maryline Beurg;Nicolas Michalski;Saaid Safieddine;Yohan Bouleau

  • Synaptotagmin increases the dynamic range of synapses by driving Ca2+ - evoked release and by clamping a near-linear remaining Ca2+ sensor

    Olexiy Kochubey;Ralf Schneggenburger

  • Developmental expression of the Ca2+-binding proteins calretinin and parvalbumin at the calyx of Held of rats and mice

    Felix Felmy;Ralf Schneggenburger

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur Konnerth
Arthur Konnerth Technical University of Munich
Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas C. Südhof Stanford University
Alain Chédotal
Alain Chédotal Institut de la Vision
Graham Knott
Graham Knott École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Christian Rosenmund
Christian Rosenmund Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Bernhard Bettler
Bernhard Bettler University of Basel
Zhuan Zhou
Zhuan Zhou Peking University
David J. Perkel
David J. Perkel University of Washington
Takeshi Sakaba
Takeshi Sakaba Doshisha University
Matthijs Verhage
Matthijs Verhage Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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