Ian R. Wickersham

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Ian R. Wickersham is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian R. Wickersham has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 25 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ian R. Wickersham's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (19 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (10 papers). Ian R. Wickersham is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (19 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (10 papers). Ian R. Wickersham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Ian R. Wickersham's co-authors include Edward M. Callaway, Karl‐Klaus Conzelmann, Stefan Finke, Richard J. O. Barnard, David C. Lyon, Takuma Mori, John A. T. Young, Nicholas Wall, Gordon M. Shepherd and H. Sebastian Seung and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ian R. Wickersham

49 papers receiving 4.6k 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 →
A circuit mechanism for differentiating positive and negative associations

2015 391 citations Ian R. Wickersham et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian R. Wickersham United States	25	2.6k	2.2k	1.2k	471	395	50	4.6k
Martin K. Schwarz Germany	32	2.0k 0.8×	942 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	847 1.8×	470 1.2×	69	4.4k
Kevin T. Beier United States	31	2.3k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	653 1.4×	908 2.3×	57	4.8k
Joshua T. Dudman United States	30	2.6k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	288 0.6×	191 0.5×	44	4.5k
Fuqiang Xu China	38	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	406 0.9×	588 1.5×	180	5.3k
Mazen A. Kheirbek United States	29	3.4k 1.3×	2.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.1×	546 1.2×	228 0.6×	44	6.4k
Takahiro Furuta Japan	33	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	156 0.3×	272 0.7×	89	4.2k
Li I. Zhang United States	40	3.2k 1.2×	4.1k 1.8×	895 0.8×	332 0.7×	220 0.6×	74	5.8k
Jun Ding United States	40	4.5k 1.7×	1.9k 0.8×	2.1k 1.8×	273 0.6×	398 1.0×	70	6.8k
Peyman Golshani United States	38	3.2k 1.2×	3.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.4×	566 1.2×	222 0.6×	74	6.2k
Benjamin R. Arenkiel United States	35	1.7k 0.6×	942 0.4×	1.5k 1.3×	269 0.6×	635 1.6×	97	4.4k

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Jin, Lei, Heather A. Sullivan, Thomas K. Lavin, et al.. (2024). Long-term labeling and imaging of synaptically connected neuronal networks in vivo using double-deletion-mutant rabies viruses. Nature Neuroscience. 27(2). 373–383. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Aixin, Lei Jin, Shenqin Yao, et al.. (2024). Rabies virus-based barcoded neuroanatomy resolved by single-cell RNA and in situ sequencing. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Aixin, Lei Jin, Shenqin Yao, et al.. (2023). Rabies virus-based barcoded neuroanatomy resolved by single-cell RNA and in situ sequencing. eLife. 12. 6 indexed citations

Wander, Connor M., Yadong Li, Hechen Bao, et al.. (2023). Compensatory remodeling of a septo-hippocampal GABAergic network in the triple transgenic Alzheimer’s mouse model. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 258–258. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Guangwei, Can Tao, Junxiang Huang, et al.. (2023). Glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons in pontine central gray mediate opposing valence-specific behaviors through a global network. Neuron. 111(9). 1486–1503.e7. 16 indexed citations

Roy, Dheeraj S., Yi Zhu, Yefei Chen, et al.. (2022). Targeting thalamic circuits rescues motor and mood deficits in PD mice. Nature. 607(7918). 321–329. 59 indexed citations

Kwon, Jeong-Tae, Changhyeon Ryu, Hyeseung Lee, et al.. (2021). An amygdala circuit that suppresses social engagement. Nature. 593(7857). 114–118. 37 indexed citations

Huda, Rafiq, Grayson O. Sipe, Vincent Breton‐Provencher, et al.. (2020). Distinct prefrontal top-down circuits differentially modulate sensorimotor behavior. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6007–6007. 52 indexed citations

Li, Yadong, Hechen Bao, Yan‐Jia Luo, et al.. (2020). Supramammillary nucleus synchronizes with dentate gyrus to regulate spatial memory retrieval through glutamate release. eLife. 9. 53 indexed citations

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Cregg, Jared M., et al.. (2020). Brainstem neurons that command mammalian locomotor asymmetries. Nature Neuroscience. 23(6). 730–740. 85 indexed citations

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Monteiro, Patrícia, et al.. (2018). Dichotomous parvalbumin interneuron populations in dorsolateral and dorsomedial striatum. The Journal of Physiology. 596(16). 3695–3707. 25 indexed citations

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Ecker, Joseph R., Daniel H. Geschwind, Arnold R. Kriegstein, et al.. (2017). The BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Consortium: Lessons Learned toward Generating a Comprehensive Brain Cell Atlas. Neuron. 96(3). 542–557. 150 indexed citations

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Liu, Kai, Juhyun Kim, Dong Won Kim, et al.. (2017). Lhx6-positive GABA-releasing neurons of the zona incerta promote sleep. Nature. 548(7669). 582–587. 152 indexed citations

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Sullivan, Heather A. & Ian R. Wickersham. (2015). Concentration and Purification of Rabies Viral and Lentiviral Vectors. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2015(4). pdb.prot075887–pdb.prot075887. 5 indexed citations

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Wickersham, Ian R., Heather A. Sullivan, Gerald M. Pao, et al.. (2015). Lentiviral Vectors for Retrograde Delivery of Recombinases and Transactivators. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2015(4). pdb.prot075879–pdb.prot075879. 7 indexed citations

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Kohara, Keigo, Michele Pignatelli, Takashi Kitamura, et al.. (2013). Cell type–specific genetic and optogenetic tools reveal hippocampal CA2 circuits. Nature Neuroscience. 17(2). 269–279. 363 indexed citations

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Kiritani, Taro, Ian R. Wickersham, H. Sebastian Seung, & Gordon M. Shepherd. (2012). Hierarchical Connectivity and Connection-Specific Dynamics in the Corticospinal–Corticostriatal Microcircuit in Mouse Motor Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(14). 4992–5001. 134 indexed citations

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Wickersham, Ian R. & Evan H. Feinberg. (2012). New technologies for imaging synaptic partners. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 22(1). 121–127. 24 indexed citations

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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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Wickersham, Ian R., Stefan Finke, Karl‐Klaus Conzelmann, & Edward M. Callaway. (2006). Retrograde neuronal tracing with a deletion-mutant rabies virus. Nature Methods. 4(1). 47–49. 494 indexed citations

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