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Volker A. Coenen

Volker A. Coenen

University of Freiburg
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
45
Citations
7756
World Ranking
6926
National Ranking
584

Volker A. Coenen 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 Volker A. Coenen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 205 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Volker A. Coenen 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 Volker A. Coenen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Volker A. Coenen is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with particular focus on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers main topics including:

  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Frequent publication venues for Volker A. Coenen include:

  • Brain Stimulation
  • Acta Neurochirurgica
  • NeuroImage Clinical
  • Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
  • Brain Sciences

Their recent papers include:

  • "Deep brain stimulation for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): emerging or established therapy?", 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • "The dentato-rubro-thalamic tract as the potential common deep brain stimulation target for tremor of various origin: an observational case series", 2020, Acta Neurochirurgica
  • "Deep Brain Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in the MORE Multicenter Patient Registry", 2023, Neurology
  • "Deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a crisis of access", 2022, Nature Medicine
  • "Tractographic description of major subcortical projection pathways passing the anterior limb of the internal capsule. Corticopetal organization of networks relevant for psychiatric disorders", 2020, NeuroImage Clinical

Co-authors who have frequently collaborated with Volker A. Coenen include:

  • Peter C. Reinacher
  • Marco Reisert
  • Bastian Sajonz
  • Horst Urbach
  • Máté D. Döbrössy

Best Publications

  • Rapid effects of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant major depression.

    Thomas E. Schlaepfer;Bettina H. Bewernick;Sarah Kayser;Burkhard Mädler

  • Human Medial Forebrain Bundle (MFB) and Anterior Thalamic Radiation (ATR): Imaging of Two Major Subcortical Pathways and the Dynamic Balance of Opposite Affects in Understanding Depression

    Volker A. Coenen;Jaak Panksepp;Trevor A. Hurwitz;Horst Urbach

  • Cross-species affective functions of the medial forebrain bundle-implications for the treatment of affective pain and depression in humans.

    Volker A. Coenen;Thomas E. Schlaepfer;Thomas E. Schlaepfer;Burkhard Maedler;Jaak Panksepp

  • Modulation of the cerebello-thalamo-cortical network in thalamic deep brain stimulation for tremor: a diffusion tensor imaging study.

    Volker A. Coenen;Niels Allert;Sebastian Paus;Martin Kronenbürger

  • Efficacy of transluminal angioplasty for the management of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

    Richard S. Polin;Volker A. Coenen;Carolyn Apperson Hansen;Peter Shin

  • A role of diffusion tensor imaging fiber tracking in deep brain stimulation surgery: DBS of the dentato-rubro-thalamic tract (drt) for the treatment of therapy-refractory tremor

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  • Individual fiber anatomy of the subthalamic region revealed with diffusion tensor imaging: a concept to identify the deep brain stimulation target for tremor suppression

    Volker A. Coenen;Burkhard Mädler;Hagen Schiffbauer;Horst Urbach

  • MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE STIMULATION AS A PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISM FOR HYPOMANIA IN SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE

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  • A prospective, multicenter study of cardiac-based seizure detection to activate vagus nerve stimulation

    Paul Boon;Kristl Vonck;Kenou van Rijckevorsel;Riem El Tahry

  • Superolateral medial forebrain bundle deep brain stimulation in major depression: a gateway trial

    Volker A. Coenen;Volker A. Coenen;Bettina H. Bewernick;Sarah Kayser;Hannah Kilian;Hannah Kilian

  • Deep brain stimulation of the human reward system for major depression--rationale, outcomes and outlook.

    Thomas E Schlaepfer;Bettina H Bewernick;Sarah Kayser;Rene Hurlemann

  • Deep brain stimulation to the medial forebrain bundle for depression- long-term outcomes and a novel data analysis strategy

    Bettina H. Bewernick;Sarah Kayser;Sabrina M. Gippert;Christina Switala

  • Probabilistic mapping of the antidystonic effect of pallidal neurostimulation: a multicentre imaging study.

    Martin M Reich;Andreas Horn;Florian Lange;Jonas Roothans

  • Residual Tumor Volume as Best Outcome Predictor in Low Grade Glioma – A Nine-Years Near-Randomized Survey of Surgery vs. Biopsy

    Roland Roelz;David Strohmaier;Ramazan Jabbarli;Rainer Kraeutle

  • Balance and motor speech impairment in essential tremor.

    Martin Kronenbuerger;Juergen Konczak;Wolfram Ziegler;Paul Buderath

  • The anatomy of the human medial forebrain bundle: Ventral tegmental area connections to reward-associated subcortical and frontal lobe regions.

    Volker Arnd Coenen;Lena Valerie Schumacher;Christoph Kaller;Thomas Eduard Schlaepfer

  • Fiber tracking with distinct software tools results in a clear diversity in anatomical fiber tract portrayal.

    U Bürgel;B Mädler;C R Honey;A Thron

  • The medial forebrain bundle as a target for deep brain stimulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Volker A Coenen;Thomas E Schlaepfer;Peter Goll;Peter C Reinacher

  • Tractographic Analysis of Historical Lesion Surgery for Depression

    Jan-Christoph Schoene-Bake;Yaroslav Parpaley;Bernd Weber;Jaak Panksepp

  • Deep brain stimulation for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): emerging or established therapy?

    Hemmings Wu;Marwan Hariz;Veerle Visser-Vandewalle;Ludvic Zrinzo

  • Affective Neuroscience Strategies for Understanding and Treating Depression: From Preclinical Models to Three Novel Therapeutics

    Jaak Panksepp;Jason S. Wright;Máté D. Döbrössy;Thomas E. Schlaepfer;Thomas E. Schlaepfer

  • The dentato-rubro-thalamic tract as the potential common deep brain stimulation target for tremor of various origin: an observational case series

    Volker Arnd Coenen;Bastian Sajonz;Bastian Sajonz;Thomas Prokop;Thomas Prokop;Marco Reisert;Marco Reisert

  • Tractography-assisted deep brain stimulation of the superolateral branch of the medial forebrain bundle (slMFB DBS) in major depression

    Volker A. Coenen;Bastian Sajonz;Marco Reisert;Jan Bostroem

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas E. Schlaepfer
Thomas E. Schlaepfer University of Freiburg
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage University of Freiburg
Joachim K. Krauss
Joachim K. Krauss Hannover Medical School
Christoph P. Kaller
Christoph P. Kaller University of Freiburg
Lars Timmermann
Lars Timmermann Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Michel Rijntjes
Michel Rijntjes University of Freiburg
Alfons Schnitzler
Alfons Schnitzler Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Andrea A. Kühn
Andrea A. Kühn Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Martin S. Hirsch
Martin S. Hirsch Harvard Medical School
Jan Vesper
Jan Vesper Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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