Karl Deisseroth

131.0k citations

419 papers · 88.3k indexed · 63 hit papers · h-index 152

Impact in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Cognitive Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Papers in

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 332
- Photoreceptor and optogenetics research 211
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 148
- Neuroscience and Neural Engineering 104
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior 43
Cognitive Neuroscience 208
- Neural dynamics and brain function 137
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms 65

Co-authors: Ofer Yizhar Feng Zhang Lief E. Fenno Charu Ramakrishnan Richard W. Tsien Viviana Gradinaru Kay M. Tye Edward S. Boyden
Journals: Nature (46 papers)Nature Neuroscience (33 papers)Neuron (33 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (27 papers)Cell (26 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Japan

In The Last Decade

Karl Deisseroth

415 papers receiving 87.1k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Cortical layer–specific critical dynamics triggering perception 2019 · 364 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Science
2019 Science
2018 Science
2018 Neuron
2017 Science Advances
2017 Nature reviews. Neuroscience
2017 Science
2016 Nature
2016 Nature
2015 Nature Communications
2015 Nature Neuroscience
2015 Science
2015 Nature Methods
2015 Cell
2015 Science
2015 Cell
2015 Cell
2014 Nature Protocols
2014 Cell
2013 Nature Methods
2013 Optics Express
2013 Nature
2013 Nature
2013 Nature Neuroscience
2012 Nature
2012 Nature reviews. Neuroscience
2012 Nature
2012 Neuron
2012 Neuron
2012 Nature
2012 Nature
2011 Molecular Psychiatry
2011 Nature
2011 Nature Methods
2011 Nature
2011 Annual Review of Neuroscience
2011 Neuron
2011 Nature
2010 Cell
2010 Nature
2010 Science
2010 Nature
2010 Nature Protocols
2010 Science
2010 Nature
2010 Nature Neuroscience
2010 Nature Methods
2010 Nature Neuroscience
2009 Science
2009 Nature
2009 Nature
2009 Science
2009 Nature
2007 Journal of Neural Engineering
2007 Neuron
2007 Nature
2006 Nature Methods
2006 Journal of Neuroscience
2005 Nature Neuroscience
2004 Neuron
1999 Nature
1998 Nature
1996 Neuron

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Karl Deisseroth, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Lifelong restructuring of 3D genome architecture in cerebellar granule cells Science ·Longzhi Tan, Jenny Shi, Siavash Moghadami, Bibudha Parasar, Cydney P. Wright, Yunji Seo, Kristen Vallejo, Inma Cobos, Laramie E. Duncan, Ritchie Chen, Karl Deisseroth	2023	28
2	High-speed interferometric imaging reveals dynamics of neuronal deformation during the action potential Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tong Ling, Kevin C. Boyle, Valentina Zuckerman, Thomas Flores, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Daniel Palanker	2020	68
3	Functional maturation of human neural stem cells in a 3D bioengineered brain model enriched with fetal brain-derived matrix Scientific Reports ·Disha Sood, Dana M. Cairns, Jayanth M. Dabbi, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Lauren D. Black, Sabato Santaniello, David L. Kaplan	2019	54
4	Investigating the feasibility of channelrhodopsin variants for nanoscale optogenetics Neurophotonics ·Markus A. Stahlberg, Charu Ramakrishnan, Katrin I. Willig, Edward S. Boyden, Karl Deisseroth, Camin Dean	2019	15
5	Cortical layer–specific critical dynamics triggering perception Science ·James H. Marshel, Yoon Seok Kim, Timothy A. Machado, Sean Quirin, Brandon Benson, Jonathan Kadmon, Cephra Raja, Adelaida Chibukhchyan, Charu Ramakrishnan, Masatoshi Inoue, Janelle Shane, Douglas J. McKnight, Susumu Yoshizawa, Hideaki Kato, Surya Ganguli, Karl Deisseroth Hit paper breakdown →	2019	364
6	Thirst regulates motivated behavior through modulation of brainwide neural population dynamics Science ·William E. Allen, Michael Z. Chen, Nandini Pichamoorthy, Rebecca H. Tien, Marius Pachitariu, Liqun Luo, Karl Deisseroth	2019	220
7	Three-dimensional intact-tissue sequencing of single-cell transcriptional states Science ·Xiao Wang, William E. Allen, Matthew A. Wright, Emily Sylwestrak, Nikolay Samusik, Sam Vesuna, Kathryn E. Evans, Cindy Liu, Charu Ramakrishnan, Jia Liu, Garry P. Nolan, Felice-Alessio Bava, Karl Deisseroth Hit paper breakdown →	2018	941
8	Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in the Mesolimbic Reward Circuitry Mediates Nociception in Chronic Neuropathic Pain Biological Psychiatry ·Hongxing Zhang, Yiling Qian, Chen Li, Di Liu, Lei Wang, Xiaoyi Wang, Meijun Liu, He Liu, Song Zhang, Xiao-Yun Guo, Jun-Xia Yang, Hai‐Lei Ding, Ja Wook Koo, Ezekiell Mouzon, Karl Deisseroth, Eric J. Nestler, Venetia Zachariou, Ming‐Hu Han, Jun‐Li Cao	2017	79
9	In vivo imaging identifies temporal signature of D1 and D2 medium spiny neurons in cocaine reward Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Erin S. Calipari, Rosemary C. Bagot, Immanuel Purushothaman, Thomas J. Davidson, Jordan T. Yorgason, Catherine J. Peña, Deena M. Walker, Stephen T. Pirpinias, Kevin G. Guise, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Eric J. Nestler	2016	221
10	Prefrontal cortical regulation of brainwide circuit dynamics and reward-related behavior Science ·Emily Ferenczi, Kelly A. Zalocusky, Conor Liston, Logan Grosenick, Melissa R. Warden, Debha N. Amatya, Kiefer Katovich, Hershel Mehta, Brian Patenaude, Charu Ramakrishnan, Paul Kalanithi, Amit Etkin, Brian Knutson, Gary H. Glover, Karl Deisseroth Hit paper breakdown →	2015	386
11	The BRAIN Initiative: developing technology to catalyse neuroscience discovery. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Lyric A. Jorgenson, William T. Newsome, David J. Anderson, Cornelia I. Bargmann, Emery N. Brown, Karl Deisseroth, John P. Donoghue, Kathy Hudson, Geoffrey Ling, Peter R. MacLeish, Eve Marder, Richard A. Normann, Joshua R. Sanes, Mark J. Schnitzer, Terrence J. Sejnowski, David W. Tank, Roger Y. Tsien, Kâmil Uǧurbil, John C. Wingfield	2015	0
12	Left–right dissociation of hippocampal memory processes in mice Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Olivia A. Shipton, Mohamady El-Gaby, John Apergis‐Schoute, Karl Deisseroth, David M. Bannerman, Ole Paulsen, Michael M. Kohl	2014	140
13	Repeated Cortico-Striatal Stimulation Generates Persistent OCD-Like Behavior Science ·Susanne E. Ahmari, Timothy Spellman, Neria L. Douglass, Mazen A. Kheirbek, H. Blair Simpson, Karl Deisseroth, Joshua A. Gordon, René Hen	2013	358
14	Cholinergic Interneurons Control Local Circuit Activity and Cocaine Conditioning Science ·Ilana B. Witten, Shih-Chun Lin, Matthew Brodsky, Rohit Prakash, Ilka Diester, Polina Anikeeva, Viviana Gradinaru, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth	2010	370
15	Astrocytes Control Breathing Through pH-Dependent Release of ATP Science ·Alexander V. Gourine, Vitaliy Kasymov, Nephtalı́ Marina, Feige Tang, Melina F. Figueiredo, Samantha Lane, Anja G. Teschemacher, K. Michael Spyer, Karl Deisseroth, Sergey Kasparov Hit paper breakdown →	2010	674
16	Genetic Reactivation of Cone Photoreceptors Restores Visual Responses in Retinitis Pigmentosa Science ·Volker Busskamp, Jens Duebel, D. Bálya, Mathias Fradot, Tim J. Viney, Sandra Siegert, Anna C. Groner, Erik Cabuy, Valérie Forster, Mathias W. Seeliger, Martin Biel, Peter Humphries, Michel Pâques, Saddek Mohand‐Saïd, Didier Trono, Karl Deisseroth, José‐Alain Sahel, Serge Picaud, Botond Roska	2010	487
17	Optical Deconstruction of Parkinsonian Neural Circuitry Science ·Viviana Gradinaru, Murtaza Mogri, Kimberly R. Thompson, Jaimie M. Henderson, Karl Deisseroth Hit paper breakdown →	2009	1155
18	Phasic Firing in Dopaminergic Neurons Is Sufficient for Behavioral Conditioning Science ·Hsing-Chen Tsai, Feng Zhang, Antoine Adamantidis, Garret D. Stuber, Antonello Bonci, Luı́s de Lecea, Karl Deisseroth Hit paper breakdown →	2009	914
19	High-Speed Imaging Reveals Neurophysiological Links to Behavior in an Animal Model of Depression Science ·Raag D. Airan, Leslie Meltzer, Madhuri Roy, Yuqing Gong, Han Chen, Karl Deisseroth	2007	311
20	Calmodulin priming: Nuclear translocation of a calmodulin complex and the memory of prior neuronal activity Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·P. Mermelstein, Karl Deisseroth, Neela Dasgupta, Ann L. Isaksen, Richard W. Tsien	2001	74

About Karl Deisseroth

Karl Deisseroth is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Biophysics and Behavioral Neuroscience, having authored 419 papers that have together received 88.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (211 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (148 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (137 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (104 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (65 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (51 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (43 papers) and Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks (36 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (58.8k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (36.6k citations), Behavioral Neuroscience (4.4k citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (7.5k citations) and Developmental Neuroscience (3.6k citations). Karl Deisseroth has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Ofer Yizhar, Feng Zhang, Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, Richard W. Tsien, Viviana Gradinaru, Kay M. Tye, Edward S. Boyden, Kimberly R. Thompson and Thomas J. Davidson. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience and Cell.

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