Christopher D. Makinson

4.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher D. Makinson is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher D. Makinson has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christopher D. Makinson's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (10 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (7 papers). Christopher D. Makinson is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers), Epilepsy research and treatment (10 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (7 papers). Christopher D. Makinson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and India. Christopher D. Makinson's co-authors include John R. Huguenard, Sergiu P. Pașca, Nina Huber, Nancy O’Rourke, Daniel H. Geschwind, Jimena Andersen, Chul Hoon Kim, Anca M. Pașca, Laura Clarke and Khoa D. Nguyen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher D. Makinson

23 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Functional cortical neurons and astrocytes from human pluripotent stem cells in 3D culture

2015 1.1k citations Christopher D. Makinson, Nina Huber et al. profile →
Assembly of functionally integrated human forebrain spheroids

2017 888 citations Fikri Birey, Jimena Andersen et al. Nature profile →
Long-term maturation of human cortical organoids matches key early postnatal transitions

2021 228 citations Aaron Gordon, Se‐Jin Yoon et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Amygdala AVPR1A mediates susceptibility to chronic social isolation in female mice 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Marie François, Kelly A. Vranich, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas L. Davis, Eastman M. Lewis, (unknown), Rim Hassouna, (unknown), (unknown), Lucas A. C. Souza, Daniele Neri, Youjin Oh, Christopher D. Makinson, Kevin G. Bath, Gül Dölen, Lori M. Zeltser	1
2	A mouse model of GRIN2D developmental and epileptic encephalopathy recapitulates the human disease 2025 ·Brain ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Rinon Gal, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christopher D. Makinson, Moran Hausman‐Kedem, Aviva Fattal‐Valevski, Wayne N. Frankel, Karen B. Avraham, Moran Rubinstein	1
3	Prime editing for the investigation of aberrant splicing defect associated with a pathogenic PRPH2 variant 2025 ·Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids ·(unknown), Katie Helms, (unknown), Yi‐Ting Tsai, (unknown), Siyuan Liu, José Ronaldo Lima de Carvalho, (unknown), Salahaldin A. Tahir, Christopher D. Makinson, Stephen H. Tsang, Peter M. J. Quinn	0
4	De novo design of a peptide modulator to reverse sodium channel dysfunction linked to cardiac arrhythmias and epilepsy 2025 ·Cell ·(unknown), Bence Hegyi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lin Yang, Bi-Xing Chen, Alexander N. Katchman, (unknown), Ruiping Ji, Elaine Y. Wan, Jared Kushner, Steven O. Marx, Sergey Ovchinnikov, Christopher D. Makinson, Donald M. Bers, Manu Ben‐Johny	1
5	Functional architecture of intracellular oscillations in hippocampal dendrites 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Zhenrui Liao, Kevin C. Gonzalez, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Natalie McClain, Guofeng Zhang, Stephen W. Evans, Mariya Chavarha, (unknown), Christopher D. Makinson, Michael Z. Lin, Attila Losonczy, Adrian Negrean	5
6	Impaired axon initial segment structure and function in a model of ARHGEF9 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Wanqi Wang, Damian J. Williams, (unknown), (unknown), Aamir Zuberi, Cathleen Lutz, Wayne N. Frankel, Christopher D. Makinson	1
7	Behavioral control through the direct, focal silencing of neuronal activity 2024 ·Cell chemical biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Damian J. Williams, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), David Ehrlich, Christopher D. Makinson, J. Du Bois	3
8	Epilepsy in a mouse model of GNB1 encephalopathy arises from altered potassium (GIRK) channel signaling and is alleviated by a GIRK inhibitor 2023 ·Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience ·Sophie Colombo, (unknown), Sabrina Petri, Damian J. Williams, (unknown), Ryan S. Dhindsa, Sahar Gelfman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yueqing Peng, Christopher D. Makinson, Michael J. Boland, Wayne N. Frankel, David B. Goldstein, Nathan Dascal	7
9	Control of non-REM sleep by ventrolateral medulla glutamatergic neurons projecting to the preoptic area 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Sasa Teng, (unknown), Li Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hao Jin, Christopher D. Makinson, Yueqing Peng	17
10	Precise spatiotemporal control of voltage-gated sodium channels by photocaged saxitoxin 2021 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Christopher D. Makinson, (unknown), John R. Huguenard, J. Du Bois	15
11	Long-term maturation of human cortical organoids matches key early postnatal transitions breakdown → 2021 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Aaron Gordon, Se‐Jin Yoon, Stephen Tran, Christopher D. Makinson, Taiho Park, Jimena Andersen, Alfredo M. Valencia, Steve Horvath, Xinshu Xiao, John R. Huguenard, Sergiu P. Pașca, Daniel H. Geschwind	228
12	Selective targeting of Scn8a prevents seizure development in a mouse model of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Jennifer C. Wong, Christopher D. Makinson, (unknown), Qi Cheng, Jeffrey C. Wingard, Ernest F. Terwilliger, Andrew Escayg	27
13	Regulation of Thalamic and Cortical Network Synchrony by Scn8a 2017 ·Neuron ·Christopher D. Makinson, Brian S. Tanaka, Jordan M. Sorokin, Jennifer C. Wong, Catherine A. Christian, Alan L. Goldin, Andrew Escayg, John R. Huguenard	70
14	Assembly of functionally integrated human forebrain spheroids breakdown → 2017 ·Nature ·Fikri Birey, Jimena Andersen, Christopher D. Makinson, (unknown), Wei Wu, Nina Huber, H. Christina Fan, Kimberly R. Cordes Metzler, Georgia Panagiotakos, (unknown), Nancy O’Rourke, Lars M. Steinmetz, Jonathan A. Bernstein, Joachim Hallmayer, John R. Huguenard, Sergiu P. Pașca	888
15	An Scn1a epilepsy mutation in Scn8a alters seizure susceptibility and behavior 2015 ·Experimental Neurology ·Christopher D. Makinson, (unknown), Frank Lin, Ligia A. Papale, Anupama Shankar, (unknown), Robert Liu, Alan L. Goldin, Andrew Escayg	16
16	Role of the hippocampus in Nav1.6 (Scn8a) mediated seizure resistance 2014 ·Neurobiology of Disease ·Christopher D. Makinson, Brian S. Tanaka, (unknown), Alan L. Goldin, Andrew Escayg	34
17	Effects of an epilepsy-causing mutation in the SCN1A sodium channel gene on cocaine-induced seizure susceptibility in mice 2013 ·Psychopharmacology ·Ryan H. Purcell, Ligia A. Papale, Christopher D. Makinson, (unknown), Jason P. Schroeder, Andrew Escayg, David Weinshenker	13
18	Preferential inactivation of Scn1a in parvalbumin interneurons increases seizure susceptibility 2012 ·Neurobiology of Disease ·Stacey B. B. Dutton, Christopher D. Makinson, Ligia A. Papale, Anupama Shankar, Bindu Balakrishnan, Kazu Nakazawa, Andrew Escayg	91
19	Ablation of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Forebrain Neurons is Neuroprotective and Dampens Brain Inflammation after Status Epilepticus 2011 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Geidy E. Serrano, Nadia Lelutiu, Asheebo Rojas, (unknown), Reneé Shaw, Christopher D. Makinson, (unknown), Garret A. FitzGerald, Raymond Dingledine	139
20	Tactile co-activation improves detection of afferent spatial modulation 2009 ·Experimental Brain Research ·(unknown), Christopher D. Makinson, K. Sathian	2

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