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Stephan Kröger

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Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
6374
World Ranking
8094
National Ranking
681

Stephan Kröger 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 Stephan Kröger sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 75 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephan Kröger 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 Stephan Kröger sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephan Kröger is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Neurology as subfields.

The scientist's work explores areas such as Muscle Physiology and Disorders, Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology, Ion channel regulation and function, and Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephan Kröger are:

  • Muscle spindle function in healthy and diseased muscle, 2021, Skeletal Muscle
  • The mechanosensitive ion channel ASIC2 mediates both proprioceptive sensing and spinal alignment, 2023, Experimental Physiology
  • Impaired muscle spindle function in murine models of muscular dystrophy, 2020, The Journal of Physiology
  • Methocarbamol blocks muscular Nav1.4 channels and decreases isometric force of mouse muscles, 2020, Muscle & Nerve
  • Severe congenital myasthenic syndromes caused by agrin mutations affecting secretion by motoneurons, 2022, Acta Neuropathologica

Stephan Kröger frequently publishes in venues including:

  • Experimental Physiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Muscle & Nerve
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Journal of Neuroimmunology

The scientist has collaborated often with coauthors such as Bridgette Watkins, Jürgen Schultheiß, Benedikt Schoser, Andi Rafuna, and Stefan Hintze, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Agrin is a heparan sulfate proteoglycan.

    Guoshan Tsen;Willi Halfter;Stephan Kröger;Gregory J. Cole

  • Anti-LRP4 autoantibodies in AChR- and MuSK-antibody-negative myasthenia gravis.

    Alexandra Pevzner;Benedikt Schoser;Katja Peters;Nicoleta-Carmen Cosma

  • Developmental Regulation of the Laminin α5 Chain Suggests a Role in Epithelial and Endothelial Cell Maturation

    L.M. Sorokin;F. Pausch;M. Frieser;S. Kröger

  • The agrin gene codes for a family of basal lamina proteins that differ in function and distribution

    Markus A. Ruegg;Karl W.K. Tsim;Sharon E. Horton;Stephan Kröger

  • The neurobiology of duchenne muscular dystrophy: learning lessons from muscle?

    Derek J. Blake;Stephan Kröger

  • Redistribution of aquaporin-4 in human glioblastoma correlates with loss of agrin immunoreactivity from brain capillary basal laminae.

    Arne Warth;Stephan Kröger;Hartwig Wolburg

  • cDNA that encodes active agrin.

    Karl Wah Keung Tsim;Markus Andreas Rüegg;Gérard Escher;Stephan Kröger

  • Extracellular matrix and the blood-brain barrier in glioblastoma multiforme: spatial segregation of tenascin and agrin

    Gesa Rascher;Arne Fischmann;Stephan Kröger;Frank Duffner

  • Agrin isoforms and their role in synaptogenesis

    Uel J. McMahan;Sharon E. Horton;Michael J. Werle;Lawrence S. Honig

  • Anti-agrin autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis

    Christiane Gasperi;Arthur Melms;Benedikt Schoser;Yina Zhang

  • Dissociation of the dystroglycan complex in caveolin-3-deficient limb girdle muscular dystrophy

    Ralf Herrmann;Volker Straub;Martina Blank;Christian Kutzick

  • Nondirected axonal growth on basal lamina from avian embryonic neural retina

    W. Halfter;W. Reckhaus;Stephan Kröger

  • Functional requirements for fukutin-related protein in the Golgi apparatus

    Chris T. Esapa;Matthew A. Benson;Jörn E. Schröder;Enca Martin-Rendon

  • Immunocytochemical localization of the GABA(C) receptor rho subunits in the cat, goldfish, and chicken retina

    Peter Koulen;Johann Helmut Brandstätter;Stephan Kröger;Ralf Enz

  • An alternative amino-terminus expressed in the central nervous system converts agrin to a type II transmembrane protein.

    Frank R. Neumann;Godela Bittcher;Maik Annies;Beat Schumacher

  • Substrate-bound agrin induces expression of acetylcholine receptor epsilon-subunit gene in cultured mammalian muscle cells

    Graham Jones;Alexander Herczeg;Markus A. Ruegg;Marianne Lichtsteiner

  • Effects of agrin on the expression and distribution of the water channel protein aquaporin-4 and volume regulation in cultured astrocytes.

    Susan Noell;Petra Fallier-Becker;Cordian Beyer;Stephan Kröger

  • A comparative study of α-dystroglycan glycosylation in dystroglycanopathies suggests that the hypoglycosylation of α-dystroglycan does not consistently correlate with clinical severity

    Cecilia Jimenez-Mallebrera;Silvia Torelli;Lucy Feng;Jihee Kim

  • Muscle spindle function in healthy and diseased muscle

    Stephan Kröger;Bridgette Watkins

  • Mouse Testican-2 EXPRESSION, GLYCOSYLATION, AND EFFECTS ON NEURITE OUTGROWTH

    Anke Schnepp;Patricia Komp Lindgren;Hanni Hülsmann;Stephan Kröger

  • Formation of synaptic specializations in the inner plexiform layer of the developing chick retina

    H Hering;S Kröger

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus A. Rüegg
Markus A. Rüegg University of Basel
Derek J. Blake
Derek J. Blake Cardiff University
Caroline Sewry
Caroline Sewry Great Ormond Street Hospital
Karl Wah Keung Tsim
Karl Wah Keung Tsim Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hartwig Wolburg
Hartwig Wolburg University of Tübingen
Francesco Muntoni
Francesco Muntoni University College London
Fritz G. Rathjen
Fritz G. Rathjen Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Paul G. Layer
Paul G. Layer Technical University of Darmstadt
Agnès Gruart
Agnès Gruart Pablo de Olavide University
Frank Kirchhoff
Frank Kirchhoff University of Ulm

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