Cyriel M. A. Pennartz

15.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
173 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Cyriel M. A. Pennartz is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 97 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 24 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Cyriel M. A. Pennartz's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (97 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (71 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (64 papers). Cyriel M. A. Pennartz is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (97 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (71 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (64 papers). Cyriel M. A. Pennartz collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Cyriel M. A. Pennartz's co-authors include Henk J. Groenewegen, Martin Vinck, Francesco P. Battaglia, Marijn van Wingerden, Carien S. Lansink, Trevor W. Robbins, Pieter Voorn, Robert Oostenveld, Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren and Jan Lankelma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Cyriel M. A. Pennartz

165 papers receiving 10.9k 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.

An improved index of phase-synchronization for electrophysiological data in the presence of volume-conduction, noise and sample-size bias

2011 1.1k citations Francesco P. Battaglia, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz et al. profile →
Putting a spin on the dorsal–ventral divide of the striatum

2004 894 citations Cyriel M. A. Pennartz et al. profile →
The nucleus accumbens as a complex of functionally distinct neuronal ensembles: An integration of behavioural, electrophysiological and anatomical data

1994 676 citations Cyriel M. A. Pennartz et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cyriel M. A. Pennartz Netherlands	57	7.7k	5.9k	1.6k	1.1k	853	173	11.0k
Barry D. Waterhouse United States	46	4.3k 0.6×	4.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	879 0.8×	859 1.0×	125	8.4k
Yang Dan United States	59	10.9k 1.4×	8.3k 1.4×	2.0k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	385 0.5×	104	14.6k
Angela Roberts United Kingdom	55	7.6k 1.0×	4.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	555 0.5×	1.6k 1.9×	119	12.3k
E. Szabadi United Kingdom	50	4.2k 0.5×	3.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	796 0.8×	743 0.9×	276	8.8k
Mark G. Baxter United States	60	6.1k 0.8×	4.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	409 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	173	12.1k
Susan J. Sara France	47	7.3k 1.0×	5.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	544 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	104	9.8k
Robert J. McDonald Canada	49	6.3k 0.8×	5.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	937 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	152	10.4k
James H. Fallon United States	48	3.5k 0.4×	4.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.7×	798 0.8×	630 0.7×	107	10.2k
Hans‐Christian Pape Germany	54	5.7k 0.7×	7.5k 1.3×	3.7k 2.3×	845 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	187	11.2k
Andreas Draguhn Germany	52	7.5k 1.0×	7.7k 1.3×	3.7k 2.4×	452 0.4×	476 0.6×	179	13.5k

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Yuste, Rafael, et al.. (2025). Testing the role of spontaneous activity in visuospatial perception with patterned optogenetics. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0318863–e0318863.

Dora, Shirin, et al.. (2025). Diverse and flexible behavioral strategies arise in recurrent neural networks trained on multisensory decision making. PLoS Computational Biology. 21(10). e1013559–e1013559.

Storm, Johan F., P. Christiaan Klink, Jaan Aru, et al.. (2024). An integrative, multiscale view on neural theories of consciousness. Neuron. 112(10). 1531–1552. 39 indexed citations

Bjaalie, Jan G., et al.. (2024). Neural correlates of object identity and reward outcome in the sensory cortical-hippocampal hierarchy: coding of motivational information in perirhinal cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 34(2). 3 indexed citations

Lohuis, Matthijs N. Oude, et al.. (2024). Triple dissociation of visual, auditory and motor processing in mouse primary visual cortex. Nature Neuroscience. 27(4). 758–771. 11 indexed citations

Benitez, Federico, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz, & Walter Senn. (2024). The conductor model of consciousness, our neuromorphic twins, and the human-AI deal. AI and Ethics. 5(3). 2695–2716.

Mejías, Jorge F., et al.. (2023). Spontaneous variations in arousal modulate subsequent visual processing and local field potential dynamics in the ferret during quiet wakefulness. Cerebral Cortex. 33(12). 7564–7581. 8 indexed citations

Lohuis, Matthijs N. Oude, et al.. (2023). Coherent mapping of position and head direction across auditory and visual cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 33(12). 7369–7385. 4 indexed citations

Lohuis, Matthijs N. Oude, et al.. (2022). Functional (ir)Relevance of Posterior Parietal Cortex during Audiovisual Change Detection. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(26). 5229–5245. 7 indexed citations

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Amunts, Katrin, Alois Knoll, Thomas Lippert, et al.. (2019). The Human Brain Project—Synergy between neuroscience, computing, informatics, and brain-inspired technologies. PLoS Biology. 17(7). e3000344–e3000344. 53 indexed citations

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Pennartz, Cyriel M. A., et al.. (2018). Impaired hippocampal representation of place in the Fmr1-knockout mouse model of fragile X syndrome. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8889–8889. 14 indexed citations

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Battaglia, Francesco P., et al.. (2018). Abnormal hippocampal theta and gamma hypersynchrony produces network and spike timing disturbances in the Fmr1-KO mouse model of Fragile X syndrome. Neurobiology of Disease. 114. 65–73. 26 indexed citations

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Goltstein, Pieter M., Guido T. Meijer, & Cyriel M. A. Pennartz. (2018). Conditioning sharpens the spatial representation of rewarded stimuli in mouse primary visual cortex. eLife. 7. 30 indexed citations

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Storm, Johan F., Mélanie Boly, Adenauer G. Casali, et al.. (2017). Consciousness Regained: Disentangling Mechanisms, Brain Systems, and Behavioral Responses. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(45). 10882–10893. 78 indexed citations

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Montijn, Jorrit S., Umberto Olcese, & Cyriel M. A. Pennartz. (2016). Visual Stimulus Detection Correlates with the Consistency of Temporal Sequences within Stereotyped Events of V1 Neuronal Population Activity. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(33). 8624–8640. 16 indexed citations

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Guger, Christoph, Thomas Gener, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz, et al.. (2011). Real-Time Position Reconstruction with Hippocampal Place Cells. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 5. 85–85. 24 indexed citations

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Plasse, G, et al.. (2009). Single-Cell and Population Coding of Expected Reward Probability in the Orbitofrontal Cortex of the Rat. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(28). 8965–8976. 59 indexed citations

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Buijs, Ruud M., Andries Kalsbeek, H.J. Romijn, Cyriel M. A. Pennartz, & Majid Mirmiran. (1996). Hypothalamic integration of circadian rhythms. Progress in brain research. 60 indexed citations

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Pennartz, Cyriel M. A., Peter H. Boeijinga, S.T. Kitai, & F. H. Lopes da Silva. (1991). Contribution of NMDA receptors to postsynaptic potentials and paired-pulse facilitation in identified neurons of the rat nucleus accumbens in vitro. Experimental Brain Research. 86(1). 190–198. 65 indexed citations

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Melchers, Bert P.C. & Cyriel M. A. Pennartz. (1987). Low-magnesium induced long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus in vitro. Neuroscience Research Communications. 1(1). 115–121. 2 indexed citations

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