Leopoldo Petreanu

9.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
22 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Leopoldo Petreanu is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Leopoldo Petreanu has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Leopoldo Petreanu's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (16 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Leopoldo Petreanu is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (16 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers). Leopoldo Petreanu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and France. Leopoldo Petreanu's co-authors include Karel Svoboda, Arturo Álvarez-Buylla, Daniel Huber, Tianyi Mao, Scott M. Sternson, Aleksander Sobczyk, José Manuel García‐Verdugo, Isabelle Caillé, Fiona Doetsch and Lin Tian and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Leopoldo Petreanu

21 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Imaging neural activity i... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2009 2002 2009 2007 2003 500 1000 1.5k
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. Imaging neural activity in worms, flies and mice with improved GCaMP calcium indicators
    2009 1.5k citations Lin Tian, Samuel Andrew Hires et al. Nature Methods profile →
  2. EGF Converts Transit-Amplifying Neurogenic Precursors in the Adult Brain into Multipotent Stem Cells
    2002 808 citations Fiona Doetsch, Leopoldo Petreanu et al. Neuron profile →
  3. The subcellular organization of neocortical excitatory connections
    2009 761 citations Leopoldo Petreanu, Tianyi Mao et al. Nature profile →
  4. Channelrhodopsin-2–assisted circuit mapping of long-range callosal projections
    2007 687 citations Leopoldo Petreanu, Daniel Huber et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  5. Becoming a new neuron in the adult olfactory bulb
    2003 621 citations Alan Carleton, Leopoldo Petreanu et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  6. Maturation and Death of Adult-Born Olfactory Bulb Granule Neurons: Role of Olfaction
    2002 550 citations Leopoldo Petreanu, Arturo Álvarez-Buylla profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leopoldo Petreanu United States 18 4.2k 2.7k 1.8k 1.7k 718 22 6.7k
Anthony Holtmaat Switzerland 37 5.4k 1.3× 2.6k 1.0× 1.9k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 1.6× 69 7.7k
Marie Carlén Sweden 25 4.3k 1.0× 3.3k 1.2× 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 662 0.9× 38 6.9k
Konstantinos Meletis Sweden 28 3.9k 0.9× 2.7k 1.0× 2.6k 1.5× 1.7k 1.0× 660 0.9× 48 7.5k
Hiroyuki Hioki Japan 36 3.0k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 453 0.3× 459 0.6× 93 5.4k
Egbert Welker Switzerland 39 5.3k 1.2× 3.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 1.0k 0.6× 1.0k 1.4× 65 7.2k
John F. Guzowski United States 36 5.4k 1.3× 4.1k 1.5× 2.2k 1.2× 1.0k 0.6× 1.3k 1.9× 52 8.3k
Joshua T. Trachtenberg United States 32 4.4k 1.0× 3.0k 1.1× 2.3k 1.3× 883 0.5× 826 1.2× 45 7.1k
Peyman Golshani United States 38 3.2k 0.7× 3.2k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 512 0.3× 854 1.2× 74 6.2k
Thomas A. Woolsey United States 45 5.9k 1.4× 5.1k 1.9× 1.8k 1.0× 992 0.6× 1.3k 1.8× 91 9.5k
Shiaoching Gong United States 30 3.3k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 4.2k 2.3× 733 0.4× 574 0.8× 60 8.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gjorgjieva, Julijana, et al.. (2026). Visual experience exerts an instructive role on cortical feedback inputs to the primary visual cortex. Current Biology. 36(4). 1033–1044.e7.
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Marques, Tiago, et al.. (2024). Visual experience reduces the spatial redundancy between cortical feedback inputs and primary visual cortex neurons. Neuron. 112(19). 3329–3342.e7. 1 indexed citations
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Petreanu, Leopoldo, et al.. (2024). Auditory cortex conveys non-topographic sound localization signals to visual cortex. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3116–3116. 6 indexed citations
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Broussard, Gerard Joey & Leopoldo Petreanu. (2021). Eavesdropping wires: Recording activity in axons using genetically encoded calcium indicators. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 360. 109251–109251. 16 indexed citations
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Marques, Tiago, et al.. (2018). A Role for Mouse Primary Visual Cortex in Motion Perception. Current Biology. 28(11). 1703–1713.e6. 37 indexed citations
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Broussard, Gerard Joey, Yajie Liang, М. В. Фридман, et al.. (2018). In vivo measurement of afferent activity with axon-specific calcium imaging. Nature Neuroscience. 21(9). 1272–1280. 137 indexed citations
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Marques, Tiago, et al.. (2018). The functional organization of cortical feedback inputs to primary visual cortex. Nature Neuroscience. 21(5). 757–764. 70 indexed citations
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Morgenstern, Nicolás A., et al.. (2016). Multilaminar networks of cortical neurons integrate common inputs from sensory thalamus. Nature Neuroscience. 19(8). 1034–1040. 41 indexed citations
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Clack, Nathan, Daniel H. O’Connor, Daniel Huber, et al.. (2012). Automated Tracking of Whiskers in Videos of Head Fixed Rodents. PLoS Computational Biology. 8(7). e1002591–e1002591. 104 indexed citations
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Petreanu, Leopoldo, Diego A. Gutnisky, Daniel Huber, et al.. (2012). Activity in motor–sensory projections reveals distributed coding in somatosensation. Nature. 489(7415). 299–303. 242 indexed citations
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Mao, Tianyi, et al.. (2011). Long-Range Neuronal Circuits Underlying the Interaction between Sensory and Motor Cortex. Neuron. 72(1). 111–123. 368 indexed citations
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Hooks, Bryan M., Samuel Andrew Hires, Daniel Huber, et al.. (2011). Laminar Analysis of Excitatory Local Circuits in Vibrissal Motor and Sensory Cortical Areas. PLoS Biology. 9(1). e1000572–e1000572. 170 indexed citations
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Tian, Lin, Samuel Andrew Hires, Tianyi Mao, et al.. (2009). Imaging neural activity in worms, flies and mice with improved GCaMP calcium indicators. Nature Methods. 6(12). 875–881. 1501 indexed citations breakdown →
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Petreanu, Leopoldo, Tianyi Mao, Scott M. Sternson, & Karel Svoboda. (2009). The subcellular organization of neocortical excitatory connections. Nature. 457(7233). 1142–1145. 761 indexed citations breakdown →
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Petreanu, Leopoldo, Daniel Huber, Aleksander Sobczyk, & Karel Svoboda. (2007). Channelrhodopsin-2–assisted circuit mapping of long-range callosal projections. Nature Neuroscience. 10(5). 663–668. 687 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huber, Daniel, Leopoldo Petreanu, Nima Ghitani, et al.. (2007). Sparse optical microstimulation in barrel cortex drives learned behaviour in freely moving mice. Nature. 451(7174). 61–64. 392 indexed citations
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Carleton, Alan, Leopoldo Petreanu, Rusty Lansford, Arturo Álvarez-Buylla, & Pierre‐Marie Lledo. (2003). Becoming a new neuron in the adult olfactory bulb. Nature Neuroscience. 6(5). 507–518. 621 indexed citations breakdown →
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Doetsch, Fiona, Leopoldo Petreanu, Isabelle Caillé, José Manuel García‐Verdugo, & Arturo Álvarez-Buylla. (2002). EGF Converts Transit-Amplifying Neurogenic Precursors in the Adult Brain into Multipotent Stem Cells. Neuron. 36(6). 1021–1034. 808 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cecchi, Guillermo, Leopoldo Petreanu, Arturo Álvarez-Buylla, & Marcelo O. Magnasco. (2001). Unsupervised Learning and Adaptation in a Model of Adult Neurogenesis. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 11(2). 175–182. 89 indexed citations

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