Lief E. Fenno

17.8k citations
51 papers · 12.4k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 34
Topics
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (34 papers)Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers)Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (11 papers)

In The Last Decade

Lief E. Fenno

49 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information ...20092026201420202011201120112014201150010001.5k

Peers

Lief E. Fenno
Comparison fields: 5 of 159
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 8.5k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 5.2k
  • Molecular Biology 3.1k
  • Biomedical Engineering 1.5k
  • Social Psychology 1.3k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lief E. Fenno

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All Works

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Midbrain circuits for defensive behaviourbreakdown →
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Natural Neural Projection Dynamics Underlying Social Behaviorbreakdown →
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Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectional control of anxietybreakdown →
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Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunctionbreakdown →
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About Lief E. Fenno

Lief E. Fenno is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience, having authored 51 papers that have together received 12.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (34 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (8.5k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (5.2k citations) and Behavioral Neuroscience (682 citations). Lief E. Fenno has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Hungary. Frequent co-authors include Karl Deisseroth, Ofer Yizhar, Charu Ramakrishnan, Thomas J. Davidson, Murtaza Mogri, Kay M. Tye, Kimberly R. Thompson, Viviana Gradinaru, Joel Finkelstein and Logan Grosenick. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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