Cindy D. Liu

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 982 citations indexed

About

Cindy D. Liu is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Cindy D. Liu has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 982 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 3 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Cindy D. Liu's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (3 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (3 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (2 papers). Cindy D. Liu is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (3 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (3 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (2 papers). Cindy D. Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. Cindy D. Liu's co-authors include Liqun Luo, Laura A. DeNardo, William E. Allen, Drew Friedmann, Eliza L. Adams, Casey J. Guenthner, Marc Tessier‐Lavigne, Kyle M. Loh, Lief E. Fenno and Charu Ramakrishnan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Cindy D. Liu

5 papers receiving 974 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Temporal evolution of cortical ensembles promoting remote memory retrieval

2019 336 citations Laura A. DeNardo, Cindy D. Liu et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Anatomically Defined and Functionally Distinct Dorsal Raphe Serotonin Sub-systems

2018 306 citations Jing Ren, Drew Friedmann et al. Cell profile →

Peers

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Casey J. Guenthner United States

Kimberly A. Kempadoo United States

Valentina Ferretti Italy

Houri Hintiryan United States

Congping Shang China

Yingjie Zhu China

Lin Gou United States

Haohong Li China

Varoth Lilascharoen United States

Teemu Aitta‐aho Finland

Casey J. Guenthner United States

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767 ×1.4

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629 ×1.2

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322 ×1.5

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182 ×1.1

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157 ×0.9

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Citations per year, relative to Cindy D. Liu Cindy D. Liu (= 1×) peers Casey J. Guenthner

Countries citing papers authored by Cindy D. Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cindy D. Liu

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Cindy D. Liu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Cindy D. Liu. The network helps show where Cindy D. Liu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cindy D. Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cindy D. Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cindy D. Liu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cindy D. Liu. Cindy D. Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Liu, Cindy D., et al.. (2025). Paradoxical increases in anterior cingulate cortex activity during nitrous oxide–induced analgesia reveal a signature of pain affect. Pain. 166(11). 2576–2587.

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DeNardo, Laura A., Cindy D. Liu, William E. Allen, et al.. (2019). Temporal evolution of cortical ensembles promoting remote memory retrieval. Nature Neuroscience. 22(3). 460–469. 336 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ren, Jing, Drew Friedmann, Jing Xiong, et al.. (2018). Anatomically Defined and Functionally Distinct Dorsal Raphe Serotonin Sub-systems. Cell. 175(2). 472–487.e20. 306 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ren, Jing, Drew Friedmann, Jing Xiong, et al.. (2018). Anatomical, Physiological, and Functional Heterogeneity of the Dorsal Raphe Serotonin System. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Allen, William E., Laura A. DeNardo, Michael Z. Chen, et al.. (2017). Thirst-associated preoptic neurons encode an aversive motivational drive. Science. 357(6356). 1149–1155. 244 indexed citations

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Keene, Christopher S., John Bladon, Sam McKenzie, et al.. (2016). Complementary Functional Organization of Neuronal Activity Patterns in the Perirhinal, Lateral Entorhinal, and Medial Entorhinal Cortices. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(13). 3660–3675. 95 indexed citations

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