Daniel A. Dombeck

8.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
43 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Daniel A. Dombeck is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel A. Dombeck has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 12 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Daniel A. Dombeck's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (14 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (11 papers). Daniel A. Dombeck is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (16 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (14 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (11 papers). Daniel A. Dombeck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Daniel A. Dombeck's co-authors include David W. Tank, Forrest Collman, Christopher D. Harvey, Mark W. Howe, Watt W. Webb, Lin Tian, Mark Sheffield, Loren L. Looger, Karl A. Kasischke and James G. Heys and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daniel A. Dombeck

42 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Imaging Large-Scale Neural Activity with Cellular Resolution in Awake, Mobile Mice

2007 773 citations Daniel A. Dombeck, Forrest Collman et al. Neuron profile →
Ultrafast neuronal imaging of dopamine dynamics with designed genetically encoded sensors

2018 669 citations Tommaso Patriarchi, Jounhong Ryan Cho et al. Science profile →
Intracellular dynamics of hippocampal place cells during virtual navigation

2009 621 citations Christopher D. Harvey, Forrest Collman et al. Nature profile →
Functional imaging of hippocampal place cells at cellular resolution during virtual navigation

2010 567 citations Daniel A. Dombeck, Christopher D. Harvey et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Rapid signalling in distinct dopaminergic axons during locomotion and reward

2016 400 citations Mark W. Howe, Daniel A. Dombeck Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel A. Dombeck United States	28	3.6k	2.8k	1.3k	1.0k	549	43	5.6k
Tsai‐Wen Chen United States	18	4.3k 1.2×	2.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	403 0.7×	23	7.1k
Mark Hübener Germany	41	4.4k 1.2×	4.0k 1.4×	1.9k 1.5×	670 0.6×	664 1.2×	72	6.9k
Lin Tian United States	39	5.2k 1.5×	2.5k 0.9×	3.4k 2.6×	1.1k 1.1×	519 0.9×	98	8.5k
Daniel Huber Switzerland	29	4.7k 1.3×	4.6k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	584 0.6×	343 0.6×	51	7.7k
Joshua T. Trachtenberg United States	32	4.4k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	2.3k 1.8×	510 0.5×	826 1.5×	45	7.1k
Peyman Golshani United States	38	3.2k 0.9×	3.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	467 0.5×	854 1.6×	74	6.2k
Sabine L. Renninger Portugal	9	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.9k 1.5×	816 0.8×	290 0.5×	12	5.4k
Jason N. D. Kerr Germany	23	2.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	941 0.7×	858 0.8×	387 0.7×	38	4.0k
Thomas J. Davidson United States	28	5.6k 1.6×	4.6k 1.7×	2.4k 1.8×	861 0.8×	445 0.8×	49	9.6k
Leopoldo Petreanu United States	18	4.2k 1.2×	2.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.4×	405 0.4×	718 1.3×	22	6.7k

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Climer, Jason R., et al.. (2025). Hippocampal representations drift in stable multisensory environments. Nature. 645(8080). 457–465.

Gaertner, Zachary, Chuyu Chen, Daniel A. Dombeck, et al.. (2025). Molecular and spatial transcriptomic classification of midbrain dopamine neurons and their alterations in a LRRK2G2019S model of Parkinson’s disease. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Gaertner, Zachary, Chuyu Chen, Daniel A. Dombeck, et al.. (2024). Molecular and spatial transcriptomic classification of midbrain dopamine neurons and their alterations in a LRRK2G2019S model of Parkinson’s disease. eLife. 13. 3 indexed citations

Dombeck, Daniel A., et al.. (2024). A robot-rodent interaction arena with adjustable spatial complexity for ethologically relevant behavioral studies. Cell Reports. 43(2). 113671–113671. 8 indexed citations

Gaertner, Zachary, Maite Azcorra, Daniel A. Dombeck, & Rajeshwar Awatramani. (2022). Molecular heterogeneity in the substantia nigra: A roadmap for understanding PD motor pathophysiology. Neurobiology of Disease. 175. 105925–105925. 15 indexed citations

Climer, Jason R. & Daniel A. Dombeck. (2021). Information Theoretic Approaches to Deciphering the Neural Code with Functional Fluorescence Imaging. eNeuro. 8(5). ENEURO.0266–21.2021. 14 indexed citations

Climer, Jason R., et al.. (2021). Behavior determines the hippocampal spatial mapping of a multisensory environment. Cell Reports. 36(5). 109444–109444. 31 indexed citations

Heys, James G., et al.. (2020). Inactivation of the Medial Entorhinal Cortex Selectively Disrupts Learning of Interval Timing. Cell Reports. 32(12). 108163–108163. 24 indexed citations

Patriarchi, Tommaso, Jounhong Ryan Cho, Katharina Merten, et al.. (2018). Ultrafast neuronal imaging of dopamine dynamics with designed genetically encoded sensors. Science. 360(6396). 669 indexed citations breakdown →

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Poulin, Jean‐François, Giuliana Caronia, Qiaoling Cui, et al.. (2018). Mapping projections of molecularly defined dopamine neuron subtypes using intersectional genetic approaches. Nature Neuroscience. 21(9). 1260–1271. 255 indexed citations

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Sheffield, Mark & Daniel A. Dombeck. (2018). Dendritic mechanisms of hippocampal place field formation. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 54. 1–11. 34 indexed citations

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Heys, James G. & Daniel A. Dombeck. (2018). Evidence for a subcircuit in medial entorhinal cortex representing elapsed time during immobility. Nature Neuroscience. 21(11). 1574–1582. 76 indexed citations

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Sheffield, Mark, et al.. (2017). Increased Prevalence of Calcium Transients across the Dendritic Arbor during Place Field Formation. Neuron. 96(2). 490–504.e5. 116 indexed citations

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Heys, James G., et al.. (2014). The Functional Micro-organization of Grid Cells Revealed by Cellular-Resolution Imaging. Neuron. 84(5). 1079–1090. 98 indexed citations

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Dombeck, Daniel A., Christopher D. Harvey, Lin Tian, Loren L. Looger, & David W. Tank. (2010). Functional imaging of hippocampal place cells at cellular resolution during virtual navigation. Nature Neuroscience. 13(11). 1433–1440. 567 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dombeck, Daniel A., Michael S. A. Graziano, & David W. Tank. (2009). Functional Clustering of Neurons in Motor Cortex Determined by Cellular Resolution Imaging in Awake Behaving Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(44). 13751–13760. 148 indexed citations

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Díaz‐Ríos, Manuel, Daniel A. Dombeck, Watt W. Webb, & Ronald M. Harris‐Warrick. (2007). Serotonin Modulates Dendritic Calcium Influx in Commissural Interneurons in the Mouse Spinal Locomotor Network. Journal of Neurophysiology. 98(4). 2157–2167. 32 indexed citations

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Dombeck, Daniel A., et al.. (2007). Imaging Large-Scale Neural Activity with Cellular Resolution in Awake, Mobile Mice. Neuron. 56(1). 43–57. 773 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dombeck, Daniel A., Mireille Blanchard‐Desce, & Watt W. Webb. (2004). Optical Recording of Action Potentials with Second-Harmonic Generation Microscopy. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(4). 999–1003. 128 indexed citations

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Dombeck, Daniel A., et al.. (2003). Multi-photon microscopy of deep tissue with gradient index lenses. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 88. 742–744. 2 indexed citations

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