Andreas Lüthi

19.7k total citations · 11 hit papers
80 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

Andreas Lüthi is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Lüthi has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 62 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 21 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Andreas Lüthi's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (55 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (54 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (21 papers). Andreas Lüthi is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (55 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (54 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (21 papers). Andreas Lüthi collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Andreas Lüthi's co-authors include Cyril Herry, Philip Tovote, Jonathan P. Fadok, Steffen B. E. Wolff, Stéphane Ciocchi, Johannes J. Letzkus, Yann Humeau, Ingrid Ehrlich, Christian Müller and Jan Gründemann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Lüthi

79 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Neuronal circuits for fear a... 1994 2026 2004 2015 2015 2008 2010 2009 2010 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Neuronal circuits for fear and anxiety
    2015 1.2k citations Philip Tovote, Jonathan P. Fadok et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
  2. Switching on and off fear by distinct neuronal circuits
    2008 761 citations Cyril Herry, Stéphane Ciocchi et al. Nature profile →
  3. Encoding of conditioned fear in central amygdala inhibitory circuits
    2010 712 citations Stéphane Ciocchi, Cyril Herry et al. Nature profile →
  4. Amygdala Inhibitory Circuits and the Control of Fear Memory
    2009 703 citations Ingrid Ehrlich, Yann Humeau et al. Neuron profile →
  5. Genetic dissection of an amygdala microcircuit that gates conditioned fear
    2010 642 citations Stéphane Ciocchi, Andreas Lüthi et al. Nature profile →
  6. A disinhibitory microcircuit for associative fear learning in the auditory cortex
    2011 615 citations Johannes J. Letzkus, Steffen B. E. Wolff et al. Nature profile →
  7. Perineuronal Nets Protect Fear Memories from Erasure
    2009 578 citations Nadine Gogolla, Pico Caroni et al. Science profile →
  8. Midbrain circuits for defensive behaviour
    2016 502 citations Philip Tovote, Maria Soledad Esposito et al. Nature profile →
  9. Hippocampal long-term potentiation and neural cell adhesion molecules L1 and NCAM
    1994 502 citations Andreas Lüthi et al. Nature profile →
  10. Long-Range Connectivity Defines Behavioral Specificity of Amygdala Neurons
    2014 395 citations Steffen B. E. Wolff, Cyril Herry et al. Neuron profile →
  11. A competitive inhibitory circuit for selection of active and passive fear responses
    2017 312 citations Jonathan P. Fadok, Sabine Krabbe et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andreas Lüthi Switzerland 50 8.8k 8.2k 3.1k 2.8k 2.7k 80 14.1k
David M. Bannerman United Kingdom 66 8.7k 1.0× 8.6k 1.0× 2.9k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 2.4k 0.9× 202 16.6k
Stan Floresco Canada 72 10.6k 1.2× 8.9k 1.1× 3.9k 1.2× 2.2k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 162 16.4k
Jeansok J. Kim United States 57 8.5k 1.0× 8.7k 1.1× 2.4k 0.8× 3.1k 1.1× 5.3k 2.0× 117 15.2k
Timothy J. Bussey United Kingdom 75 7.8k 0.9× 10.3k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 159 16.0k
Karim Nader Canada 58 8.0k 0.9× 9.3k 1.1× 3.1k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 2.7k 1.0× 118 14.1k
Kay M. Tye United States 47 9.1k 1.0× 7.6k 0.9× 3.5k 1.1× 3.3k 1.2× 2.3k 0.9× 77 15.6k
Charu Ramakrishnan United States 56 10.9k 1.2× 7.8k 0.9× 5.3k 1.7× 1.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 100 18.1k
Lisa M. Saksida United Kingdom 62 5.7k 0.7× 7.2k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 160 12.5k
David Braff United States 79 9.0k 1.0× 10.5k 1.3× 4.8k 1.5× 2.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 231 23.6k
Anthony G. Phillips Canada 86 14.3k 1.6× 8.4k 1.0× 5.9k 1.9× 3.7k 1.3× 2.6k 1.0× 297 21.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Yuhan, Sabine Krabbe, Mark Eddison, et al.. (2023). Multimodal mapping of cell types and projections in the central nucleus of the amygdala. eLife. 12. 38 indexed citations
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Whittle, Nigel, Jonathan P. Fadok, Kathryn P. MacPherson, et al.. (2021). Central amygdala micro-circuits mediate fear extinction. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4156–4156. 49 indexed citations
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Hagihara, Kenta M., Olena Bukalo, Martin Zeller, et al.. (2021). Intercalated amygdala clusters orchestrate a switch in fear state. Nature. 594(7863). 403–407. 71 indexed citations
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Fustiñana, María Sol, Tobias Eichlisberger, Tewis Bouwmeester, Yael Bitterman, & Andreas Lüthi. (2021). State-dependent encoding of exploratory behaviour in the amygdala. Nature. 592(7853). 267–271. 28 indexed citations
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Gründemann, Jan, Yael Bitterman, Ting‐Jia Lu, et al.. (2019). Amygdala ensembles encode behavioral states. Science. 364(6437). 131 indexed citations
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Krabbe, Sabine, Enrica Paradiso, Simon d‘Aquin, et al.. (2019). Adaptive disinhibitory gating by VIP interneurons permits associative learning. Nature Neuroscience. 22(11). 1834–1843. 108 indexed citations
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Kasugai, Yu, Heide Hörtnagl, Enrica Paradiso, et al.. (2019). Structural and Functional Remodeling of Amygdala GABAergic Synapses in Associative Fear Learning. Neuron. 104(4). 781–794.e4. 25 indexed citations
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Narita, Yuichi, Jonathan P. Fadok, Sébastien Ducret, et al.. (2017). Hox2 Genes Are Required for Tonotopic Map Precision and Sound Discrimination in the Mouse Auditory Brainstem. Cell Reports. 18(1). 185–197. 24 indexed citations
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Bidinosti, Michael, Paolo Botta, Sebastian Krüttner, et al.. (2016). CLK2 inhibition ameliorates autistic features associated with SHANK3 deficiency. Science. 351(6278). 1199–1203. 115 indexed citations
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Tovote, Philip, Jonathan P. Fadok, & Andreas Lüthi. (2015). Neuronal circuits for fear and anxiety. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 16(6). 317–331. 1220 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pecho‐Vrieseling, Eline, Claus Rieker, Dorothée Bleckmann, et al.. (2014). Transneuronal propagation of mutant huntingtin contributes to non–cell autonomous pathology in neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 17(8). 1064–1072. 133 indexed citations
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Rubehn, Birthe, Steffen B. E. Wolff, Philip Tovote, et al.. (2011). Polymer-based shaft microelectrodes with optical and fluidic capabilities as a tool for optogenetics. PubMed. 2011. 2969–2972. 12 indexed citations
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Vlachos, Ioannis, Cyril Herry, Andreas Lüthi, Ad Aertsen, & Arvind Kumar. (2011). Context-Dependent Encoding of Fear and Extinction Memories in a Large-Scale Network Model of the Basal Amygdala. PLoS Computational Biology. 7(3). e1001104–e1001104. 40 indexed citations
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Herry, Cyril, Francesco Ferraguti, Nicolas Singewald, et al.. (2010). Neuronal circuits of fear extinction. European Journal of Neuroscience. 31(4). 599–612. 381 indexed citations
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Meins, Marita, Cyril Herry, Christian D. Muller, et al.. (2010). Impaired fear extinction in mice lacking protease nexin‐1. European Journal of Neuroscience. 31(11). 2033–2042. 18 indexed citations
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Gogolla, Nadine, Pico Caroni, Andreas Lüthi, & Cyril Herry. (2009). Perineuronal Nets Protect Fear Memories from Erasure. Science. 325(5945). 1258–1261. 578 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shaban, Hamdy, Yann Humeau, Cyril Herry, et al.. (2006). Generalization of amygdala LTP and conditioned fear in the absence of presynaptic inhibition. Nature Neuroscience. 9(8). 1028–1035. 163 indexed citations
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Humeau, Yann, Hamdy Shaban, Stéphanie Bissière, & Andreas Lüthi. (2003). Presynaptic induction of heterosynaptic associative plasticity in the mammalian brain. Nature. 426(6968). 841–845. 211 indexed citations
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Mateos, José Marı́a, Mathias Abegg, Lotty Rietschin, et al.. (2002). Physiological and morphological plasticity induced by chronic treatment with NT‐3 or NT‐4/5 in hippocampal slice cultures. European Journal of Neuroscience. 16(10). 1939–1948. 27 indexed citations
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Benke, Tim A., Andreas Lüthi, Mary J. Palmer, et al.. (2001). Mathematical modelling of non‐stationary fluctuation analysis for studying channel properties of synaptic AMPA receptors. The Journal of Physiology. 537(2). 407–420. 33 indexed citations

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