Lukas Mesik

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Lukas Mesik is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lukas Mesik has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lukas Mesik's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). Lukas Mesik is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). Lukas Mesik collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Lukas Mesik's co-authors include Huizhong W. Tao, Brian Zingg, Li I. Zhang, Xiao-lin Chou, Zhenggang Zhang, Feixue Liang, Xuying Ji, Leena A. Ibrahim, Zhongju Xiao and Ya-tang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Lukas Mesik

11 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

AAV-Mediated Anterograde Transsynaptic Tagging: Mapping Corticocollicular Input-Defined Neural Pathways for Defense Behaviors

2016 493 citations Brian Zingg, Xiao-lin Chou et al. Neuron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lukas Mesik United States	10	733	652	213	183	95	11	1.1k
Feixue Liang China	11	849 1.2×	668 1.0×	213 1.0×	191 1.0×	68 0.7×	19	1.2k
Véronique Coizet France	18	892 1.2×	802 1.2×	228 1.1×	89 0.5×	84 0.9×	39	1.5k
Xiao-lin Chou United States	9	524 0.7×	528 0.8×	188 0.9×	98 0.5×	49 0.5×	11	916
Han Xu China	11	511 0.7×	489 0.8×	196 0.9×	112 0.6×	35 0.4×	30	872
Congping Shang China	11	436 0.6×	439 0.7×	230 1.1×	113 0.6×	36 0.4×	13	862
Monica Y. Song United States	6	739 1.0×	595 0.9×	200 0.9×	69 0.4×	32 0.3×	6	1.2k
Houri Hintiryan United States	10	781 1.1×	605 0.9×	205 1.0×	74 0.4×	31 0.3×	15	1.3k
Kerry McAlonan United States	10	1.1k 1.5×	686 1.1×	244 1.1×	99 0.5×	92 1.0×	12	1.5k
Joseph M. Stujenske United States	8	1.1k 1.4×	883 1.4×	216 1.0×	56 0.3×	63 0.7×	10	1.5k
Vikram Jakkamsetti United States	13	644 0.9×	305 0.5×	171 0.8×	149 0.8×	54 0.6×	25	1.1k

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Mesik, Lukas, Daniel Severín, Cristian Moreno, et al.. (2024). Transcranial Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Stimulation of the Visual Thalamus Produces Long-Term Depression of Thalamocortical Synapses in the Adult Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 44(11). e0784232024–e0784232024. 7 indexed citations

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Hong, Su Z., Lukas Mesik, Cooper D. Grossman, et al.. (2022). Norepinephrine potentiates and serotonin depresses visual cortical responses by transforming eligibility traces. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3202–3202. 19 indexed citations

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Rodrı́guez, Gabriela, et al.. (2019). Disruption of NMDAR Function Prevents Normal Experience-Dependent Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(39). 7664–7673. 18 indexed citations

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Mesik, Lukas, Junxiang Huang, Li I. Zhang, & Huizhong W. Tao. (2019). Sensory- and Motor-Related Responses of Layer 1 Neurons in the Mouse Visual Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(50). 10060–10070. 17 indexed citations

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Chou, Xiao-lin, Xiyue Wang, Zhenggang Zhang, et al.. (2018). Inhibitory gain modulation of defense behaviors by zona incerta. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1151–1151. 103 indexed citations

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Ibrahim, Leena A., Lukas Mesik, Xuying Ji, et al.. (2016). Cross-Modality Sharpening of Visual Cortical Processing through Layer-1-Mediated Inhibition and Disinhibition. Neuron. 89(5). 1031–1045. 194 indexed citations

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Zingg, Brian, Xiao-lin Chou, Zhenggang Zhang, et al.. (2016). AAV-Mediated Anterograde Transsynaptic Tagging: Mapping Corticocollicular Input-Defined Neural Pathways for Defense Behaviors. Neuron. 93(1). 33–47. 493 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ji, Xuying, Brian Zingg, Lukas Mesik, et al.. (2015). Thalamocortical Innervation Pattern in Mouse Auditory and Visual Cortex: Laminar and Cell-Type Specificity. Cerebral Cortex. 26(6). 2612–2625. 115 indexed citations

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Mesik, Lukas, Wenpei Ma, Lingyun Li, et al.. (2015). Functional response properties of VIP-expressing inhibitory neurons in mouse visual and auditory cortex. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 9. 22–22. 53 indexed citations

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Xiong, Xiaorui, Feixue Liang, Haifu Li, et al.. (2013). Interaural Level Difference-Dependent Gain Control and Synaptic Scaling Underlying Binaural Computation. Neuron. 79(4). 738–753. 54 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yi, Lukas Mesik, Yujiao Jennifer Sun, et al.. (2012). Generation of Spike Latency Tuning by Thalamocortical Circuits in Auditory Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(29). 9969–9980. 41 indexed citations

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