Lief E. Fenno

17.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
51 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Lief E. Fenno is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Lief E. Fenno has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Lief E. Fenno's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (34 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (11 papers). Lief E. Fenno is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (34 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (11 papers). Lief E. Fenno collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Hungary. Lief E. Fenno's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lief E. Fenno

49 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction

2011 1.8k citations Ofer Yizhar, Lief E. Fenno et al. Nature profile →
Optogenetics in Neural Systems

2011 1.4k citations Ofer Yizhar, Lief E. Fenno et al. Neuron profile →
The Development and Application of Optogenetics

2011 1.3k citations Lief E. Fenno, Ofer Yizhar et al. profile →
Natural Neural Projection Dynamics Underlying Social Behavior

2014 973 citations Lisa A. Gunaydin, Logan Grosenick et al. Cell profile →
Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectional control of anxiety

2011 932 citations Kay M. Tye, Rohit Prakash et al. Nature profile →
Principles for applying optogenetic tools derived from direct comparative analysis of microbial opsins

2011 571 citations Joanna Mattis, Kay M. Tye et al. Nature Methods profile →
Temporally precise in vivo control of intracellular signalling

2009 528 citations Raag D. Airan, Kimberly R. Thompson et al. Nature profile →
Midbrain circuits for defensive behaviour

2016 502 citations Philip Tovote, Maria Soledad Esposito et al. Nature profile →
Next-generation probes, particles, and proteins for neural interfacing

2017 399 citations Huiliang Wang, Lief E. Fenno et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Salience Signaling and Stimulus Scaling of Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate Neuron Subtypes 2025 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yoon Seok Kim, Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Michael V. Baratta, Christopher Ford, David H. Root	0
2	Monosynaptic Inputs to Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate and GABA Co-transmitting Neurons 2024 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yoon Seok Kim, Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, David H. Root	2
3	Prefrontal cortical dynorphin peptidergic transmission constrains threat-driven behavioral and network states 2024 ·Neuron ·Huikun Wang, Rodolfo J. Flores, (unknown), Aaron Limoges, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert P. Ganley, Charu Ramakrishnan, Lief E. Fenno, Yoon Kim, Karl Deisseroth, (unknown), Chunyang Dong, Mark A. Hoon, Lin Tian, Hugo A. Tejeda	13
4	Ultrasound-Induced Cascade Amplification in a Mechanoluminescent Nanotransducer for Enhanced Sono-Optogenetic Deep Brain Stimulation 2023 ·ACS Nano ·Wenliang Wang, (unknown), Ilya Pyatnitskiy, Xiangping Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Jinmo Jeong, Thomas Wynn, (unknown), Andrew J. Baker, Ju-Chun Hsieh, (unknown), (unknown), Lief E. Fenno, Vivek Buch, Huiliang Wang	20
5	Cell-type-specific population dynamics of diverse reward computations 2022 ·Cell ·Emily Sylwestrak, YoungJu Jo, Sam Vesuna, Xiao Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Doo Kyung Kim, Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, William E. Allen, Ritchie Chen, Krishna V. Shenoy, David Sussillo, Karl Deisseroth	33
6	Reciprocal Lateral Hypothalamic and Raphe GABAergic Projections Promote Wakefulness 2021 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Mary Gazea, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Giuseppe Di Giovanni, Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, Joanna Mattis, Karl Deisseroth, Susan M. Dymecki, Antoine Adamantidis, Magor L. Lörincz	22
7	Genetically targeted chemical assembly of functional materials in living cells, tissues, and animals 2020 ·Science ·Jia Liu, (unknown), Claire E. Richardson, (unknown), Charu Ramakrishnan, Fikri Birey, Toru Katsumata, Shucheng Chen, Cheng Wang, Xiao Wang, Lydia‐Marie Joubert, Yuanwen Jiang, Huiliang Wang, Lief E. Fenno, Jeffrey B.‐H. Tok, Sergiu P. Pașca, Kang Shen, Zhenan Bao, Karl Deisseroth	157
8	Distinct Signaling by Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate, GABA, and Combinatorial Glutamate-GABA Neurons in Motivated Behavior 2020 ·Cell Reports ·David H. Root, David J. Barker, David J. Estrin, Jorge Miranda‐Barrientos, Bing Liu, Shiliang Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Charu Ramakrishnan, Yoon Seok Kim, Lief E. Fenno, Karl Deisseroth, Marisela Morales	65
9	Comprehensive Dual- and Triple-Feature Intersectional Single-Vector Delivery of Diverse Functional Payloads to Cells of Behaving Mammals 2020 ·Neuron ·Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, Yoon Seok Kim, Kathryn E. Evans, Maisie Lo, Sam Vesuna, Masatoshi Inoue, (unknown), (unknown), Nandini Pichamoorthy, (unknown), Karl Deisseroth	103
10	Excitation of Diverse Classes of Cholecystokinin Interneurons in the Basal Amygdala Facilitates Fear Extinction 2019 ·eNeuro ·Laura Rovira-Esteban, Ozge Gunduz‐Cinar, Olena Bukalo, Aaron Limoges, Emma T. Brockway, (unknown), Lief E. Fenno, Yoon Seok Kim, Charu Ramakrishnan, (unknown), Karl Deisseroth, Andrew Holmes, Norbert Hájos	28
11	Structural mechanisms of selectivity and gating in anion channelrhodopsins 2018 ·Nature ·Hideaki Kato, Yoon Seok Kim, Joseph M. Paggi, Kathryn E. Evans, William E. Allen, Claire E. Richardson, Keiichi Inoue, Shota Ito, Charu Ramakrishnan, Lief E. Fenno, Keitaro Yamashita, Daniel Hilger, Soo Yeun Lee, A. Berndt, Kang Shen, Hideki Kandori, Ron O. Dror, Brian K. Kobilka, Karl Deisseroth	60
12	Thirst-associated preoptic neurons encode an aversive motivational drive 2017 ·Science ·William E. Allen, Laura A. DeNardo, Michael Z. Chen, Cindy D. Liu, Kyle M. Loh, Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Liqun Luo	244
13	The central amygdala controls learning in the lateral amygdala 2017 ·Nature Neuroscience ·Kai Yu, Sandra Ahrens, Xian Zhang, Hillary C. Schiff, Charu Ramakrishnan, Lief E. Fenno, Karl Deisseroth, Fei Zhao, Min‐Hua Luo, Ling Gong, Miao He, Pengcheng Zhou, Liam Paninski, Bo Li	129
14	Distinct Thalamic Reticular Cell Types Differentially Modulate Normal and Pathological Cortical Rhythms 2017 ·Cell Reports ·Alexandra Clemente-Perez, (unknown), Bryan Higashikubo, (unknown), Frances S. Cho, (unknown), Stephanie S. Holden, (unknown), Csaba Dávid, Lief E. Fenno, László Acsády, Karl Deisseroth, Jeanne T. Paz	135
15	Midbrain circuits for defensive behaviour breakdown → 2016 ·Nature ·Philip Tovote, Maria Soledad Esposito, Paolo Botta, Fabrice Chaudun, Jonathan P. Fadok, Milica Marković, Steffen B. E. Wolff, Charu Ramakrishnan, Lief E. Fenno, Karl Deisseroth, Cyril Herry, Silvia Arber, Andreas Lüthi	502
16	Natural Neural Projection Dynamics Underlying Social Behavior breakdown → 2014 ·Cell ·Lisa A. Gunaydin, Logan Grosenick, Joel Finkelstein, Isaac Kauvar, Lief E. Fenno, Avishek Adhikari, Stephan Lammel, Julie J. Mirzabekov, Raag D. Airan, Kelly A. Zalocusky, Kay M. Tye, Polina Anikeeva, Robert C. Malenka, Karl Deisseroth	973
17	Targeting cells with single vectors using multiple-feature Boolean logic 2014 ·Nature Methods ·Lief E. Fenno, Joanna Mattis, Charu Ramakrishnan, Minsuk Hyun, Soo Yeun Lee, Miao He, Jason Tucciarone, Aslihan Selimbeyoglu, A. Berndt, Logan Grosenick, Kelly A. Zalocusky, Hannah L. Bernstein, H. T. Swanson, Chelsey Perry, Ilka Diester, Frederick M. Boyce, Caroline E. Bass, Rachael L. Neve, Z. Josh Huang, Karl Deisseroth	373
18	Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectional control of anxiety breakdown → 2011 ·Nature ·Kay M. Tye, Rohit Prakash, Sung‐Yon Kim, Lief E. Fenno, Logan Grosenick, (unknown), Kimberly R. Thompson, Viviana Gradinaru, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth	932
19	Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction breakdown → 2011 ·Nature ·Ofer Yizhar, Lief E. Fenno, Matthias Prigge, Franziska Schneider, Thomas J. Davidson, Daniel J. O’Shea, Vikaas S. Sohal, Inbal Goshen, Joel Finkelstein, Jeanne T. Paz, Katja Stehfest, Roman Fudim, Charu Ramakrishnan, John R. Huguenard, Peter Hegemann, Karl Deisseroth	1788
20	Global and local fMRI signals driven by neurons defined optogenetically by type and wiring 2010 ·Nature ·Jin Hyung Lee, Rémy Durand, Viviana Gradinaru, Feng Zhang, Inbal Goshen, Dae‐Shik Kim, Lief E. Fenno, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth	490

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