Erwin Neher

Specialty: Biophysics

Location: Gottingen, Germany

Tier: TITAN

H-Index: 129

Years Active: 0

Hospital Affiliations

• Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry - Professor

Techniques Invented

• Patch clamp technique (co-developer) [Gold Standard]

Key Publications

1. "Improved patch-clamp techniques for high-resolution current recording from cells and cell-free membrane patches" - Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology (1981) [18478 citations]
2. "Single-Channel Recording" - Unknown Journal (1995) [2546 citations]
3. "Single-channel currents recorded from membrane of denervated frog muscle fibres" - Nature (1976) [2530 citations]
4. "[6] Correction for liquid junction potentials in patch clamp experiments" - Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology (1992) [1139 citations]
5. "Vesicle Pools and Ca2+ Microdomains: New Tools for Understanding Their Roles in Neurotransmitter Release" - Neuron (1998) [1018 citations]
6. "Discrete changes of cell membrane capacitance observed under conditions of enhanced secretion in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells." - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1982) [1011 citations]
7. "Sodium and calcium channels in bovine chromaffin cells" - The Journal of Physiology (1982) [967 citations]
8. "Multiple Roles of Calcium Ions in the Regulation of Neurotransmitter Release" - Neuron (2008) [926 citations]
9. "Local anaesthetics transiently block currents through single acetylcholine‐receptor channels." - The Journal of Physiology (1978) [849 citations]
10. "A patch‐clamp study of bovine chromaffin cells and of their sensitivity to acetylcholine." - The Journal of Physiology (1982) [813 citations]

Knowledge Graph Relationships

Erwin Neher is a Biophysics specialist affiliated with Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. Invented techniques: Patch clamp technique (co-developer). Authored 10 scholarly articles.