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U. Valentin Nägerl

U. Valentin Nägerl

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
7413
World Ranking
8040
National Ranking
373

U. Valentin Nägerl 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 U. Valentin Nägerl sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 82 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

U. Valentin Nägerl 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 U. Valentin Nägerl 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.

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Overview

U. Valentin Nägerl is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and is active in research fields related to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their publication record includes 60 works in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, alongside 33 contributions in neuroscience. Within these broader categories, their subfields of study encompass biophysics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, structural biology, and neurology.

Their research focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid and Hydrocephalus

Nägerl's recent notable publications include:

  • "The glymphatic system: Current understanding and modeling" (2022, iScience)
  • "LTP Induction Boosts Glutamate Spillover by Driving Withdrawal of Perisynaptic Astroglia" (2020, Neuron)
  • "Structural basis of astrocytic Ca2+ signals at tripartite synapses" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Salivary gland macrophages and tissue-resident CD8 + T cells cooperate for homeostatic organ surveillance" (2020, Science Immunology)
  • "Ultrastructural Imaging of Activity-Dependent Synaptic Membrane-Trafficking Events in Cultured Brain Slices" (2020, Neuron)

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Glia, Neurophotonics, and Neuron, with the most publications appearing in bioRxiv.

Frequent collaborators include Stéphane Bancelin, Misa Arizono, Agata Idziak, V. V. G. Krishna Inavalli, and Luc Mercier, with collaboration counts ranging from 8 to 20 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Bidirectional activity-dependent morphological plasticity in hippocampal neurons.

    U.Valentin Nägerl;Nicola Eberhorn;Sidney B. Cambridge;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Spine neck plasticity regulates compartmentalization of synapses

    Jan Tønnesen;Gergely Katona;Balázs Rózsa;U Valentin Nägerl

  • Live-cell imaging of dendritic spines by STED microscopy.

    U. Valentin Nägerl;Katrin I. Willig;Birka Hein;Stefan W. Hell

  • A Balance of Protein Synthesis and Proteasome-Dependent Degradation Determines the Maintenance of LTP

    Rosalina Fonseca;Ramunas M. Vabulas;F. Ulrich Hartl;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • STED Nanoscopy of Actin Dynamics in Synapses Deep Inside Living Brain Slices

    Nicolai T. Urban;Katrin I. Willig;Stefan W. Hell;U. Valentin Nägerl;U. Valentin Nägerl

  • The glymphatic system: Current understanding and modeling

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  • Super-Resolution Imaging of the Extracellular Space in Living Brain Tissue

    Jan Tønnesen;V.V.G. Krishna Inavalli;V.V.G. Krishna Inavalli;U. Valentin Nägerl;U. Valentin Nägerl

  • Live imaging of effector cell trafficking and autoantigen recognition within the unfolding autoimmune encephalomyelitis lesion

    Naoto Kawakami;U. Valentin Nägerl;Francesca Odoardi;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Early synaptic deficits in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease involve neuronal adenosine A2A receptors.

    Silvia Viana da Silva;Matthias Georg Haberl;Pei Zhang;Philipp Bethge

  • LTP Induction Boosts Glutamate Spillover by Driving Withdrawal of Perisynaptic Astroglia.

    Christian Henneberger;Christian Henneberger;Christian Henneberger;Lucie Bard;Aude Panatier;Aude Panatier;Aude Panatier;James P. Reynolds

  • Binding Kinetics of Calbindin-D28k Determined by Flash Photolysis of Caged Ca2+

    U. Valentin Nägerl;David Novo;Istvan Mody;Julio L. Vergara

  • Competing for Memory: Hippocampal LTP under Regimes of Reduced Protein Synthesis

    Rosalina Fonseca;U.Valentin Nägerl;Richard G.M. Morris;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Structural basis of astrocytic Ca2+ signals at tripartite synapses.

    Misa Arizono;Misa Arizono;Misa Arizono;V. V. G. Krishna Inavalli;V. V. G. Krishna Inavalli;Aude Panatier;Aude Panatier;Thomas Pfeiffer;Thomas Pfeiffer

  • Chronic 2P-STED imaging reveals high turnover of dendritic spines in the hippocampus in vivo.

    Thomas Pfeiffer;Thomas Pfeiffer;Stefanie Poll;Stephane Bancelin;Stephane Bancelin;Julie Angibaud;Julie Angibaud

  • Neuronal activity determines the protein synthesis dependence of long-term potentiation.

    Rosalina Fonseca;U Valentin Nägerl;Tobias Bonhoeffer

  • Two-Photon Excitation STED Microscopy in Two Colors in Acute Brain Slices

    Philipp Bethge;Philipp Bethge;Ronan Chéreau;Ronan Chéreau;Elena Avignone;Elena Avignone;Giovanni Marsicano

  • Surviving granule cells of the sclerotic human hippocampus have reduced Ca(2+) influx because of a loss of calbindin-D(28k) in temporal lobe epilepsy

    U. Valentin Nägerl;Istvan Mody;Monika Jeub;Ailing A. Lie

  • Superresolution imaging reveals activity-dependent plasticity of axon morphology linked to changes in action potential conduction velocity.

    Ronan Chéreau;Ronan Chéreau;G. Ezequiel Saraceno;G. Ezequiel Saraceno;Julie Angibaud;Julie Angibaud;Daniel Cattaert

  • Dendritic Spines as Tunable Regulators of Synaptic Signals.

    Jan Tønnesen;Jan Tønnesen;U. Valentin Nägerl;U. Valentin Nägerl

  • In Vivo Imaging of Intersynaptic Vesicle Exchange Using VGLUT1Venus Knock-In Mice

    Etienne Herzog;Fabien Nadrigny;Katlin Silm;Katlin Silm;Katlin Silm;Christoph Biesemann

  • Altered morphological dynamics of activated microglia after induction of status epilepticus.

    Elena Avignone;Elena Avignone;Marilyn Lepleux;Marilyn Lepleux;Julie Angibaud;Julie Angibaud;U. Valentin Nägerl;U. Valentin Nägerl

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Henneberger
Christian Henneberger University of Bonn
Jean-Baptiste Sibarita
Jean-Baptiste Sibarita Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Dmitri A. Rusakov
Dmitri A. Rusakov University College London
Tobias Bonhoeffer
Tobias Bonhoeffer Max Planck Society
Giovanni Marsicano
Giovanni Marsicano University of Bordeaux
Michael G. Stewart
Michael G. Stewart The Open University
Erlend A. Nagelhus
Erlend A. Nagelhus University of Oslo
Nils Brose
Nils Brose Max Planck Society
Stefan W. Hell
Stefan W. Hell Max Planck Society

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