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Volker Neugebauer 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 Neugebauer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Volker Neugebauer 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 Neugebauer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Volker Neugebauer is affiliated with The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with a strong focus on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. Additional subfields include Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's main topics of work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology, Ginger and Zingiberaceae research, Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Stress Responses and Cortisol, and Dermatology and Skin Diseases.

Neugebauer has published extensively in several key venues, notably including:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • Innovation in Aging
  • Neuropharmacology
  • Cells
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Guangchen Ji, Chwan-Li Shen, Takaki Kiritoshi, Peyton Presto, and Vadim Yakhnitsa.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Neugebauer demonstrate the thematic range and focus of their work. These include:

  • "Amygdala, neuropeptides, and chronic pain-related affective behaviors," 2020, Neuropharmacology
  • "The prolactin receptor long isoform regulates nociceptor sensitization and opioid-induced hyperalgesia selectively in females," 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Dietary supplementation of gingerols- and shogaols-enriched ginger root extract attenuate pain-associated behaviors while modulating gut microbiota and metabolites in rats with spinal nerve ligation," 2021, The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
  • "Sex differences in pain along the neuraxis," 2022, Neuropharmacology
  • "Optogenetic manipulations of CeA-CRF neurons modulate pain- and anxiety-like behaviors in neuropathic pain and control rats," 2022, Neuropharmacology

Best Publications

  • The Amygdala and Persistent Pain

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  • Alzheimer brain-derived tau oligomers propagate pathology from endogenous tau.

    Cristian A. Lasagna-Reeves;Diana L. Castillo-Carranza;Urmi Sengupta;Marcos J. Guerrero-Munoz

  • Amygdala pain mechanisms.

    Volker Neugebauer

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors: novel targets for pain relief.

    Volker Neugebauer

  • Forebrain pain mechanisms.

    Volker Neugebauer;Vasco Galhardo;Sabatino Maione;Sean C. Mackey

  • Cognitive Impairment in Pain through Amygdala-Driven Prefrontal Cortical Deactivation

    Guangchen Ji;Hao Sun;Yu Fu;Zhen Li

  • Evidence for a central component in the sensitization of spinal neurons with joint input during development of acute arthritis in cat's knee.

    V. Neugebauer;H. G. Schaible

  • The cannabinoid system and pain

    Stephen G. Woodhams;Victoria Chapman;David P. Finn;Andrea G. Hohmann

  • Synaptic plasticity in the amygdala in a model of arthritic pain: differential roles of metabotropic glutamate receptors 1 and 5.

    Volker Neugebauer;Weidong Li;Gary C. Bird;Gautam Bhave

  • Hemispheric Lateralization of Pain Processing by Amygdala Neurons

    Guangchen Ji;Volker Neugebauer

  • Amygdala Plasticity and Pain.

    Jeremy M. Thompson;Volker Neugebauer

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors – important modulators of nociception and pain behavior

    Volker Neugebauer

  • Requirement of metabotropic glutamate receptors for the generation of inflammation-evoked hyperexcitability in rat spinal cord neurons.

    Volker Neugebauer;Thomas Lücke;Hans‐Georg Schaible

  • Differential mechanisms of CRF1 and CRF2 receptor functions in the amygdala in pain-related synaptic facilitation and behavior

    Yu Fu;Volker Neugebauer

  • Differential Sensitization of Amygdala Neurons to Afferent Inputs in a Model of Arthritic Pain

    Volker Neugebauer;Weidong Li

  • Critical Role of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide 1 Receptors in the Amygdala in Synaptic Plasticity and Pain Behavior

    Jeong S Han;Weidong Li;Volker Neugebauer

  • Techniques for assessing knee joint pain in arthritis

    Volker Neugebauer;Jeong S Han;Hita Adwanikar;Yu-ru Fu

  • Spinal endocannabinoids and CB1 receptors mediate C-fiber-induced heterosynaptic pain sensitization.

    Alejandro J. Pernía-Andrade;Ako Kato;Ako Kato;Robert Witschi;Robert Witschi;Rita Nyilas

  • Processing of Nociceptive Mechanical and Thermal Information in Central Amygdala Neurons With Knee-Joint Input

    Volker Neugebauer;Weidong Li

  • Corticotropin-Releasing Factor and Urocortin I Modulate Excitatory Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission

    Jie Liu;Baojian Yu;Volker Neugebauer;Dimitri E. Grigoriadis

  • Role of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype mGluR1 in Brief Nociception and Central Sensitization of Primate STT Cells

    Volker Neugebauer;Ping-Sun Chen;William D. Willis

Frequent Co-Authors

Patricia Shinnick-Gallagher
Patricia Shinnick-Gallagher The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
William D. Willis
William D. Willis The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Rakez Kayed
Rakez Kayed The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Kelly T. Dineley
Kelly T. Dineley The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Sabatino Maione
Sabatino Maione University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Giulio Taglialatela
Giulio Taglialatela The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Enza Palazzo
Enza Palazzo University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer
Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer University of Zurich
Frank Porreca
Frank Porreca University of Arizona
Smriti Iyengar
Smriti Iyengar Eli Lilly (United States)

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