David C. Lyon

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

David C. Lyon is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Lyon has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David C. Lyon's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (32 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (15 papers). David C. Lyon is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (32 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (15 papers). David C. Lyon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Germany. David C. Lyon's co-authors include Jon H. Kaas, Edward M. Callaway, Takuma Mori, Stefan Finke, Karl‐Klaus Conzelmann, John A. T. Young, Ian R. Wickersham, Richard J. O. Barnard, Jonathan J. Nassi and J. H. Kaas and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

David C. Lyon

49 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Monosynaptic Restriction of Transsynaptic Tracing from Single, Genetically Targeted Neurons

2007 867 citations Ian R. Wickersham, David C. Lyon et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David C. Lyon United States	26	2.0k	1.2k	829	208	193	54	2.9k
Brian Zingg United States	17	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	769 0.9×	159 0.8×	290 1.5×	18	2.8k
Bence P. Ölveczky United States	28	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	777 0.9×	479 2.3×	181 0.9×	44	4.1k
Siegrid Löwel Germany	29	2.0k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 1.6×	107 0.5×	246 1.3×	84	3.5k
Bryan M. Hooks United States	20	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	703 0.8×	79 0.4×	379 2.0×	28	2.8k
Adam W. Hantman United States	18	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	509 0.6×	161 0.8×	379 2.0×	22	2.1k
James A. Bourne Australia	30	1.4k 0.7×	922 0.8×	761 0.9×	231 1.1×	220 1.1×	82	2.6k
Brett D. Mensh United States	30	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	598 0.7×	117 0.6×	500 2.6×	56	3.6k
Noritaka Ichinohe Japan	25	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	500 0.6×	246 1.2×	206 1.1×	96	2.1k
James H. Marshel United States	11	1.7k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	563 0.7×	250 1.2×	119 0.6×	14	2.6k
Priscilla Wu United States	15	838 0.4×	1.6k 1.4×	911 1.1×	167 0.8×	239 1.2×	16	2.5k

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Gao, Fangyuan, Alexander V. Kolesnikov, Yutong Sha, et al.. (2025). Retinal polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation reverses aging-related vision decline in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 17(817). eads5769–eads5769.

Lyon, David C., et al.. (2025). Medial ganglionic eminence transplantation restores inhibition after central visual system brain injury. PNAS Nexus. 4(3). pgaf077–pgaf077.

Choi, Elliot H., Susie Suh, Andrzej T. Foik, et al.. (2022). In vivo base editing rescues cone photoreceptors in a mouse model of early-onset inherited retinal degeneration. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1830–1830. 60 indexed citations

Lyon, David C., et al.. (2022). Brain-wide reconstruction of inhibitory circuits after traumatic brain injury. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3417–3417. 18 indexed citations

Foik, Andrzej T., et al.. (2021). Traumatic brain injury to primary visual cortex produces long-lasting circuit dysfunction. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1297–1297. 9 indexed citations

Suh, Susie, Elliot H. Choi, Henri Leinonen, et al.. (2020). Publisher Correction: Restoration of visual function in adult mice with an inherited retinal disease via adenine base editing. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 4(11). 1119–1119. 4 indexed citations

Suh, Susie, Elliot H. Choi, Henri Leinonen, et al.. (2020). Restoration of visual function in adult mice with an inherited retinal disease via adenine base editing. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 5(2). 169–178. 116 indexed citations

Foik, Andrzej T., et al.. (2020). Visual Response Characteristics in Lateral and Medial Subdivisions of the Rat Pulvinar. Neuroscience. 441. 117–130. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Yong‐Jun, et al.. (2012). Sharper orientation tuning of the extraclassical suppressive-surround due to a neuron’s location in the V1 orientation map emerges late in time. Neuroscience. 229. 100–117. 8 indexed citations

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Connolly, Jason D., et al.. (2011). Parallel feedback pathways in visual cortex of cats revealed through a modified rabies virus. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 520(5). 988–1004. 11 indexed citations

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Lyon, David C., Jonathan J. Nassi, & Edward M. Callaway. (2010). A Disynaptic Relay from Superior Colliculus to Dorsal Stream Visual Cortex in Macaque Monkey. Neuron. 65(2). 270–279. 169 indexed citations

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Stimberg, Marcel, Klaus Wimmer, Robert L. Martin, et al.. (2009). The Operating Regime of Local Computations in Primary Visual Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 19(9). 2166–2180. 25 indexed citations

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Wimmer, Klaus, Marcel Stimberg, Robert L. Martin, et al.. (2008). Dependence of Orientation Tuning on Recurrent Excitation and Inhibition in a Network Model of V1. Neural Information Processing Systems. 21. 1769–1776.

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Wickersham, Ian R., David C. Lyon, Richard J. O. Barnard, et al.. (2007). Monosynaptic Restriction of Transsynaptic Tracing from Single, Genetically Targeted Neurons. Neuron. 53(5). 639–647. 867 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nassi, Jonathan J., David C. Lyon, & Edward M. Callaway. (2006). The Parvocellular LGN Provides a Robust Disynaptic Input to the Visual Motion Area MT. Neuron. 50(2). 319–327. 100 indexed citations

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Collins, Christine E., David C. Lyon, & Jon H. Kaas. (2005). Distribution across cortical areas of neurons projecting to the superior colliculus in new world monkeys. The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology. 285A(1). 619–627. 62 indexed citations

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Mariño, Jorge, James Schummers, David C. Lyon, et al.. (2005). Invariant computations in local cortical networks with balanced excitation and inhibition. Nature Neuroscience. 8(2). 194–201. 231 indexed citations

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Lyon, David C. & Jon H. Kaas. (2002). Evidence from V1 connections for both dorsal and ventral subdivisions of V3 in three species of new world monkeys. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 449(3). 281–297. 52 indexed citations

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Qi, Hui‐Xin, David C. Lyon, & Jon H. Kaas. (2002). Cortical and thalamic connections of the parietal ventral somatosensory area in marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus). The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 443(2). 168–182. 82 indexed citations

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Lyon, David C., Neeraj Jain, & Jon H. Kaas. (1998). Cortical connections of striate and extrastriate visual areas in tree shrews. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 401(1). 109–128. 55 indexed citations

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