Colin J. Akerman

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Colin J. Akerman is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin J. Akerman has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 30 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Colin J. Akerman's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (36 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (22 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (16 papers). Colin J. Akerman is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (36 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (22 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (16 papers). Colin J. Akerman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Africa. Colin J. Akerman's co-authors include Hollis T. Cline, Joseph V. Raimondo, Timothy Lillicrap, Douglas Tweed, Daniel Cownden, Geoffrey E. Hinton, Luke Marris, Adam Santoro, Sarah E. Newey and Tommas J. Ellender and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Colin J. Akerman

52 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

Backpropagation and the brain

2020 432 citations Timothy Lillicrap, Adam Santoro et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
Random synaptic feedback weights support error backpropagation for deep learning

2016 366 citations Timothy Lillicrap, Colin J. Akerman et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Colin J. Akerman

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Michele Migliore Italy

Blake A. Richards Canada

Niraj S. Desai United States

Hugh P. C. Robinson United Kingdom

Yousheng Shu China

Panayiota Poirazi Greece

Sridhar Raghavachari United States

Karunesh Ganguly United States

Hua Hu China

Michele Migliore Italy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin J. Akerman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin J. Akerman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin J. Akerman 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 Colin J. Akerman. Colin J. Akerman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Vyazovskiy, Vladyslav V., et al.. (2025). Sleep-wake-related changes in intracellular chloride regulate plasticity at glutamatergic cortical synapses. Current Biology. 35(6). 1373–1381.e3. 2 indexed citations

Burman, Richard J., et al.. (2024). Optogenetic Determination of Dynamic and Cell-Type-Specific Inhibitory Reversal Potentials. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(20). e1392232024–e1392232024. 2 indexed citations

Krone, Lukas B., Cristina Blanco‐Duque, Angus S. Fisk, et al.. (2024). Somnotate: A probabilistic sleep stage classifier for studying vigilance state transitions. PLoS Computational Biology. 20(1). e1011793–e1011793. 3 indexed citations

Pokhilko, Alexandra, Adam E. Handel, Fabiola Curion, et al.. (2021). Targeted single-cell RNA sequencing of transcription factors enhances the identification of cell types and trajectories. Genome Research. 31(6). 1069–1081. 23 indexed citations

Lillicrap, Timothy, Adam Santoro, Luke Marris, Colin J. Akerman, & Geoffrey E. Hinton. (2020). Backpropagation and the brain. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 21(6). 335–346. 432 indexed citations breakdown →

Hedegaard, Anne, Jimena Monzón‐Sandoval, Sarah E. Newey, et al.. (2020). Pro-maturational Effects of Human iPSC-Derived Cortical Astrocytes upon iPSC-Derived Cortical Neurons. Stem Cell Reports. 15(1). 38–51. 44 indexed citations

Ellender, Tommas J., Jakub Scaber, Joram J. van Rheede, et al.. (2019). Embryonic progenitor pools generate diversity in fine-scale excitatory cortical subnetworks. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5224–5224. 27 indexed citations

Burman, Richard J., Joseph V. Raimondo, John G. R. Jefferys, Arjune Sen, & Colin J. Akerman. (2019). The transition to status epilepticus: how the brain meets the demands of perpetual seizure activity. Seizure. 75. 137–144. 9 indexed citations

Wright, Rebecca A., Sarah E. Newey, Andrei Ilie, et al.. (2017). Neuronal Chloride Regulation via KCC2 Is Modulated through a GABA_BReceptor Protein Complex. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(22). 5447–5462. 41 indexed citations

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Rheede, Joram J. van, Blake A. Richards, & Colin J. Akerman. (2015). Sensory-Evoked Spiking Behavior Emerges via an Experience-Dependent Plasticity Mechanism. Neuron. 87(5). 1050–1062. 25 indexed citations

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Raimondo, Joseph V., Richard J. Burman, Arieh A. Katz, & Colin J. Akerman. (2015). Ion dynamics during seizures. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 9. 419–419. 138 indexed citations

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Herrgen, Leah, et al.. (2014). Calcium-Dependent Neuroepithelial Contractions Expel Damaged Cells from the Developing Brain. Developmental Cell. 31(5). 599–613. 19 indexed citations

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Ellender, Tommas J., et al.. (2014). Excitatory Effects of Parvalbumin-Expressing Interneurons Maintain Hippocampal Epileptiform Activity via Synchronous Afterdischarges. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(46). 15208–15222. 132 indexed citations

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Raimondo, Joseph V., Henry Markram, & Colin J. Akerman. (2012). Short-term ionic plasticity at GABAergic synapses. Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience. 4. 5–5. 57 indexed citations

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Richards, Blake A., et al.. (2010). GABAergic circuits control stimulus-instructed receptive field development in the optic tectum. Nature Neuroscience. 13(9). 1098–1106. 23 indexed citations

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McGuinness, Lindsay, et al.. (2006). State-Dependent Mechanisms of LTP Expression Revealed by Optical Quantal Analysis. Neuron. 52(4). 649–661. 48 indexed citations

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Aizenman, Carlos D., et al.. (2003). Visually Driven Regulation of Intrinsic Neuronal Excitability Improves Stimulus Detection In Vivo. Neuron. 39(5). 831–842. 120 indexed citations

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Akerman, Colin J., Darragh Smyth, & Ian D. Thompson. (2002). Visual Experience before Eye-Opening and the Development of the Retinogeniculate Pathway. Neuron. 36(5). 869–879. 86 indexed citations

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Krug, Kristine, Colin J. Akerman, & Ian D. Thompson. (2001). Responses of Neurons in Neonatal Cortex and Thalamus to Patterned Visual Stimulation Through the Naturally Closed Lids. Journal of Neurophysiology. 85(4). 1436–1443. 66 indexed citations

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Akerman, Colin J., et al.. (2000). Role for visual experience before eye-opening in the development of the retinogeniculate pathway.. European Journal of Neuroscience. 12. 299–299. 1 indexed citations

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