Christopher D. Fiorillo

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher D. Fiorillo is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher D. Fiorillo has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christopher D. Fiorillo's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (15 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers). Christopher D. Fiorillo is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (15 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers). Christopher D. Fiorillo collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Switzerland. Christopher D. Fiorillo's co-authors include Wolfram Schultz, Philippe N. Tobler, John T. Williams, William T. Newsome, Hitoshi Morikawa, Carlos A. Paladini, Kerstin Preuschoff, Peter Bossaerts, JT Williams and Ming Hsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christopher D. Fiorillo

27 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Discrete Coding of Reward Probability and Uncertainty by Dopamine Neurons

2003 1.4k citations Christopher D. Fiorillo, Philippe N. Tobler et al. Science profile →
Adaptive Coding of Reward Value by Dopamine Neurons

2005 913 citations Philippe N. Tobler, Christopher D. Fiorillo et al. Science profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Theory of optimal balance predicts and explains the amplitude and decay time of synaptic inhibition 2017 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Christopher D. Fiorillo	4
2	Neuroscience: Rationality, uncertainty, dopamine 2017 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Christopher D. Fiorillo	2
3	T-type calcium channels cause bursts of spikes in motor but not sensory thalamic neurons during mimicry of natural patterns of synaptic input 2015 ·Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience ·(unknown), Su Z. Hong, Christopher D. Fiorillo	4
4	The meaning of spikes from the neuronâ€™s point of view: predictive homeostasis generates the appearance of randomness 2014 ·Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience ·Christopher D. Fiorillo, (unknown), Su Z. Hong	16
5	Two Dimensions of Value: Dopamine Neurons Represent Reward But Not Aversiveness 2013 ·Science ·Christopher D. Fiorillo	133
6	Multiphasic Temporal Dynamics in Responses of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons to Appetitive and Aversive Stimuli 2013 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Christopher D. Fiorillo, (unknown), (unknown)	77
7	Diversity and Homogeneity in Responses of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons 2013 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Christopher D. Fiorillo, (unknown), (unknown)	75
8	Optogenetic Mimicry of the Transient Activation of Dopamine Neurons by Natural Reward Is Sufficient for Operant Reinforcement 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Michael V. Baratta, Aimei Yang, Doheon Lee, Edward S. Boyden, Christopher D. Fiorillo	98
9	Beyond Bayes: On the Need for a Unified and Jaynesian Definition of Probability and Information within Neuroscience 2012 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Christopher D. Fiorillo	17
10	Transient activation of midbrain dopamine neurons by reward risk 2011 ·Neuroscience ·Christopher D. Fiorillo	35
11	Optical activation of dopamine neurons for 200 milliseconds is sufficient for operant 2010 ·Social Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), Aimei Yang, Edward S. Boyden, Doheon Lee, Christopher D. Fiorillo	2
12	The temporal precision of reward prediction in dopamine neurons 2008 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Christopher D. Fiorillo, William T. Newsome, Wolfram Schultz	223
13	Towards a General Theory of Neural Computation Based on Prediction by Single Neurons 2008 ·PLoS ONE ·Christopher D. Fiorillo	40
14	Explicit neural signals reflecting reward uncertainty 2008 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Wolfram Schultz, Kerstin Preuschoff, Colin F. Camerer, Ming Hsu, Christopher D. Fiorillo, Philippe N. Tobler, Peter Bossaerts	172
15	Adaptive Coding of Reward Value by Dopamine Neurons breakdown → 2005 ·Science ·Philippe N. Tobler, Christopher D. Fiorillo, Wolfram Schultz	913
16	Discrete Coding of Reward Probability and Uncertainty by Dopamine Neurons breakdown → 2003 ·Science ·Christopher D. Fiorillo, Philippe N. Tobler, Wolfram Schultz	1385
17	The uncertain nature of dopamine 2003 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Christopher D. Fiorillo	10
18	Amphetamine selectively blocks inhibitory glutamate transmission in dopamine neurons 2001 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Carlos A. Paladini, Christopher D. Fiorillo, Hitoshi Morikawa, John T. Williams	103
19	Glutamate mediates an inhibitory postsynaptic potential in dopamine neurons 1998 ·Nature ·Christopher D. Fiorillo, John T. Williams	230
20	D I-Receptor Regulation of Synaptic Potentials in the Ventral Tegmental Area after Chronic Drug Treatment 1997 ·Advances in pharmacology ·Christopher D. Fiorillo, John T. Williams, Antonello Bonci	3

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