Dori Derdikman

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Dori Derdikman is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dori Derdikman has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Dori Derdikman's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (22 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers). Dori Derdikman is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (22 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (19 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers). Dori Derdikman collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Norway. Dori Derdikman's co-authors include Ehud Ahissar, Edvard I Moser, May‐Britt Moser, Chunxiu Yu, Marianne Fyhn, Torkel Hafting, Sebastian Haidarliu, Omri Barak, Per Magne Knutsen and Nachum Ulanovsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Dori Derdikman

35 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Grid cells require excitatory drive from the hippocampus 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Grid cells require excitatory drive from the hippocampus
    2013 249 citations Marianne Fyhn, Torkel Hafting et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers

Dori Derdikman
Douglas A. Nitz United States
Stephen Burton United Kingdom
Emilio Kropff Argentina
Thomas J. Wills United Kingdom
Trygve Solstad Norway
Lisa M. Giocomo United States
Aman B. Saleem United Kingdom
Ila Fiete United States
Francesca Sargolini France
Mayank Mehta United States
Douglas A. Nitz United States
Dori Derdikman
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Countries citing papers authored by Dori Derdikman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dori Derdikman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dori Derdikman

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aljadeff, Johnatan, et al.. (2023). Are grid cells used for navigation? On local metrics, subjective spaces, and black holes. Neuron. 111(12). 1858–1875. 19 indexed citations
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Barak, Omri, et al.. (2023). Active experience, not time, determines within-day representational drift in dorsal CA1. Neuron. 111(15). 2348–2356.e4. 39 indexed citations
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Morris, Genela & Dori Derdikman. (2022). The chicken and egg problem of grid cells and place cells. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 27(2). 125–138. 11 indexed citations
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Wirth, Sylvia, Amélie Soumier, Marina Eliava, et al.. (2021). Territorial blueprint in the hippocampal system. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 25(10). 831–842. 5 indexed citations
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Slutsky, Inna, et al.. (2021). Hippocampal sub-networks exhibit distinct spatial representation deficits in Alzheimer’s disease model mice. Current Biology. 31(15). 3292–3302.e6. 8 indexed citations
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Ulanovsky, Nachum, et al.. (2021). Directional tuning in the hippocampal formation of birds. Current Biology. 31(12). 2592–2602.e4. 38 indexed citations
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Styr, Boaz, N Gonen, Antonella Ruggiero, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial Regulation of the Hippocampal Firing Rate Set Point and Seizure Susceptibility. Neuron. 102(5). 1009–1024.e8. 85 indexed citations
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Boccara, Charlotte N., Li Lu, May‐Britt Moser, et al.. (2019). Dissociation between Postrhinal Cortex and Downstream Parahippocampal Regions in the Representation of Egocentric Boundaries. Current Biology. 29(16). 2751–2757.e4. 55 indexed citations
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Barak, Omri, et al.. (2017). Grid Cells Encode Local Positional Information. Current Biology. 27(15). 2337–2343.e3. 44 indexed citations
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Rapoport, S. Sh., et al.. (2017). Consistency of Spatial Representations in Rat Entorhinal Cortex Predicts Performance in a Reorientation Task. Current Biology. 27(23). 3658–3665.e4. 21 indexed citations
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Finkelstein, Arseny, Dori Derdikman, Alon Rubin, et al.. (2014). Three-dimensional head-direction coding in the bat brain. Nature. 517(7533). 159–164. 158 indexed citations
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Bagdasarian, Knarik, Marcin Szwed, Per Magne Knutsen, et al.. (2013). Pre-neuronal morphological processing of object location by individual whiskers. Nature Neuroscience. 16(5). 622–631. 71 indexed citations
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Yu, Chunxiu, et al.. (2013). Coding of Object Location in the Vibrissal Thalamocortical System. Cerebral Cortex. 25(3). 563–577. 26 indexed citations
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Whitlock, Jonathan R. & Dori Derdikman. (2012). Head direction maps remain stable despite grid map fragmentation. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 6. 9–9. 13 indexed citations
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Derdikman, Dori & Edvard I Moser. (2010). A manifold of spatial maps in the brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 14(12). 561–569. 118 indexed citations
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Derdikman, Dori, Jonathan R. Whitlock, Albert Tsao, et al.. (2009). Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment. Nature Neuroscience. 12(10). 1325–1332. 218 indexed citations
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Derdikman, Dori, Chunxiu Yu, Sebastian Haidarliu, et al.. (2006). Layer-Specific Touch-Dependent Facilitation and Depression in the Somatosensory Cortex during Active Whisking. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(37). 9538–9547. 58 indexed citations
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Yu, Chunxiu, Dori Derdikman, Sebastian Haidarliu, & Ehud Ahissar. (2006). Parallel Thalamic Pathways for Whisking and Touch Signals in the Rat. PLoS Biology. 4(5). e124–e124. 176 indexed citations
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Szwed, Marcin, et al.. (2005). Responses of Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons to the Radial Distance of Contact During Active Vibrissal Touch. Journal of Neurophysiology. 95(2). 791–802. 79 indexed citations
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Knutsen, Per Magne, Dori Derdikman, & Ehud Ahissar. (2004). Tracking Whisker and Head Movements in Unrestrained Behaving Rodents. Journal of Neurophysiology. 93(4). 2294–2301. 105 indexed citations

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