Andrew M. Leifer

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Andrew M. Leifer is a scholar working on Aging, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew M. Leifer has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Aging, 19 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Andrew M. Leifer's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (24 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (19 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (12 papers). Andrew M. Leifer is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (24 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (19 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (12 papers). Andrew M. Leifer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Belgium. Andrew M. Leifer's co-authors include Mark J. Alkema, Aravinthan D. T. Samuel, Marc Gershow, Christopher Fang‐Yen, Joshua W. Shaevitz, Kristin Branson, David J. Anderson, Pietro Perona, Sandeep Robert Datta and Mochi Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Andrew M. Leifer

30 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Large-scale neural recordings call for new insights to link brain and behavior

2022 150 citations Anne E Urai, Brent Doiron et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Decoding sexual dimorphism of the sex-shared nervous system at single-neuron resolution 2025 ·Science Advances ·Rizwanul Haque, (unknown), Ramiro Lorenzo, Gil Stelzer, Ron Rotkopf, Yehuda Salzberg, (unknown), Sandeep Kumar, (unknown), Andrew M. Leifer, Elad Schneidman, Patrick Laurent, Meital Oren‐Suissa	3
2	Navigation strategies in Caenorhabditis elegans are differentially altered by learning 2025 ·PLoS Biology ·Kevin S. Chen, Anuj Kumar Sharma, Jonathan W. Pillow, Andrew M. Leifer	0
3	Hierarchical behavior control by a single class of interneurons 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jing Huo, (unknown), Qi Liu, (unknown), Sandeep Kumar, Xiaoqian Zhang, Andrew M. Leifer, Quan Wen	3
4	TWISP: a transgenic worm for interrogating signal propagation in Caenorhabditis elegans 2024 ·Genetics ·Anuj Kumar Sharma, Francesco Randi, Sandeep Kumar, (unknown), Andrew M. Leifer	0
5	Inhibitory feedback from the motor circuit gates mechanosensory processing in Caenorhabditis elegans 2023 ·PLoS Biology ·Sandeep Kumar, Anuj Kumar Sharma, (unknown), Mochi Liu, Andrew M. Leifer	7
6	Neural signal propagation atlas of Caenorhabditis elegans 2023 ·Nature ·Francesco Randi, Anuj Kumar Sharma, (unknown), Andrew M. Leifer	63
7	Continuous odor profile monitoring to study olfactory navigation in small animals 2023 ·eLife ·Kevin S. Chen, (unknown), Marc Gershow, Andrew M. Leifer	4
8	A high-throughput method to deliver targeted optogenetic stimulation to moving C. elegans populations 2022 ·PLoS Biology ·Mochi Liu, Sandeep Kumar, Anuj Kumar Sharma, Andrew M. Leifer	6
9	Correcting motion induced fluorescence artifacts in two-channel neural imaging 2022 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Matthew S. Creamer, Kevin S. Chen, Andrew M. Leifer, Jonathan W. Pillow	1
10	Large-scale neural recordings call for new insights to link brain and behavior breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Anne E Urai, Brent Doiron, Andrew M. Leifer, Anne K. Churchland	150
11	Decoding locomotion from population neural activity in moving C. elegans 2021 ·eLife ·(unknown), Ross Dempsey, Monika Scholz, (unknown), Ashley Linder, Francesco Randi, Anuj Kumar Sharma, Joshua W. Shaevitz, Andrew M. Leifer	2
12	Nonequilibrium Green’s Functions for Functional Connectivity in the Brain 2021 ·Physical Review Letters ·Francesco Randi, Andrew M. Leifer	2
13	Fast deep neural correspondence for tracking and identifying neurons in C. elegans using semi-synthetic training 2021 ·eLife ·(unknown), Matthew S. Creamer, Francesco Randi, Anuj Kumar Sharma, Scott W. Linderman, Andrew M. Leifer	17
14	Temporal processing and context dependency in Caenorhabditis elegans response to mechanosensation 2018 ·eLife ·Mochi Liu, Anuj Kumar Sharma, Joshua W. Shaevitz, Andrew M. Leifer	41
15	Automatically tracking neurons in a moving and deforming brain 2017 ·PLoS Computational Biology ·Jeffrey Nguyen, Ashley Linder, George S. Plummer, Joshua W. Shaevitz, Andrew M. Leifer	46
16	Whole-brain calcium imaging with cellular resolution in freely behaving Caenorhabditis elegans 2016 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Jeffrey Nguyen, Frederick B. Shipley, Ashley Linder, George S. Plummer, Mochi Liu, Sagar Setru, Joshua W. Shaevitz, Andrew M. Leifer	29
17	Simultaneous optogenetic manipulation and calcium imaging in freely moving C. elegans [preprint] 2014 ·The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network (American Medical Association) ·Frederick B. Shipley, Christopher M. Clark, Mark J. Alkema, Andrew M. Leifer	51
18	Proprioceptive Coupling within Motor Neurons Drives C. elegans Forward Locomotion 2012 ·Neuron ·Quan Wen, Michelle D. Po, (unknown), Sway P. Chen, Xinyu Liu, Sen Wai Kwok, Marc Gershow, Andrew M. Leifer, Victoria Butler, Christopher Fang‐Yen, Taizo Kawano, William R Schafer, George M. Whitesides, Matthieu Wyart, Dmitri B. Chklovskii, Mei Zhen, Aravinthan D. T. Samuel	186
19	Submicrometre geometrically encoded fluorescent barcodes self-assembled from DNA 2012 ·Nature Chemistry ·Chenxiang Lin, Ralf Jungmann, Andrew M. Leifer, Chao Li, Daniel Levner, George M. Church, William M. Shih, Peng Yin	241
20	Optogenetic manipulation of neural activity in freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans 2011 ·Nature Methods ·Andrew M. Leifer, Christopher Fang‐Yen, Marc Gershow, Mark J. Alkema, Aravinthan D. T. Samuel	239

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