Mark W. Howe

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Mark W. Howe is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark W. Howe has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mark W. Howe's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (9 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (7 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers). Mark W. Howe is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (9 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (7 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers). Mark W. Howe collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Mark W. Howe's co-authors include Daniel A. Dombeck, Ann M. Graybiel, Hisham E. Atallah, Stefan G. Sandberg, Patrick L. Tierney, Paul E. M. Phillips, Catherine A. Thorn, Lin Tian, Aaron Marley and Katharina Merten and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mark W. Howe

13 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ultrafast neuronal imaging of dopamine dynamics with designed genetically encoded sensors

2018 669 citations Tommaso Patriarchi, Jounhong Ryan Cho et al. Science profile →
Rapid signalling in distinct dopaminergic axons during locomotion and reward

2016 400 citations Mark W. Howe, Daniel A. Dombeck Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark W. Howe United States	10	1.5k	1.0k	725	260	108	14	2.1k
Enrique Pérez‐Garci Switzerland	15	1.4k 1.0×	851 0.8×	679 0.9×	228 0.9×	95 0.9×	16	1.9k
Jones G. Parker United States	14	1.1k 0.8×	670 0.7×	452 0.6×	168 0.6×	118 1.1×	19	1.5k
Guohong Cui United States	18	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	773 1.1×	422 1.6×	145 1.3×	28	2.7k
Talia N. Lerner United States	18	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	618 0.9×	224 0.9×	261 2.4×	28	2.4k
Tommaso Patriarchi United States	27	1.7k 1.2×	736 0.7×	1.4k 2.0×	154 0.6×	108 1.0×	48	2.8k
Minsuk Hyun United States	14	1.3k 0.9×	787 0.8×	534 0.7×	101 0.4×	191 1.8×	17	2.0k
Ingo Willuhn Netherlands	23	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	772 1.1×	184 0.7×	368 3.4×	46	2.6k
Jason Tucciarone United States	16	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.5×	636 0.9×	86 0.3×	228 2.1×	18	2.4k
Kevin J. Bender United States	29	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	966 1.3×	105 0.4×	242 2.2×	51	2.8k
Jounhong Ryan Cho United States	10	833 0.6×	554 0.5×	459 0.6×	108 0.4×	67 0.6×	12	1.4k

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14 of 14 papers shown

Vu, Mai-Anh, et al.. (2026). Striatum-wide dopamine encodes trajectory errors separated from value. Nature.

Vu, Mai-Anh, et al.. (2025). Distinct spatially organized striatum-wide acetylcholine dynamics for the learning and extinction of Pavlovian associations. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5169–5169. 2 indexed citations

Vu, Mai-Anh, Zicheng Zhang, Yulong Li, et al.. (2024). Targeted micro-fiber arrays for measuring and manipulating localized multi-scale neural dynamics over large, deep brain volumes during behavior. Neuron. 112(6). 909–923.e9. 9 indexed citations

Howe, Mark W., et al.. (2019). Coordination of rapid cholinergic and dopaminergic signaling in striatum during spontaneous movement. eLife. 8. 61 indexed citations

Patriarchi, Tommaso, Jounhong Ryan Cho, Katharina Merten, et al.. (2018). Ultrafast neuronal imaging of dopamine dynamics with designed genetically encoded sensors. Science. 360(6396). 669 indexed citations breakdown →

Howe, Mark W. & Daniel A. Dombeck. (2016). Rapid signalling in distinct dopaminergic axons during locomotion and reward. Nature. 535(7613). 505–510. 400 indexed citations breakdown →

Atallah, Hisham E., et al.. (2014). Neurons in the Ventral Striatum Exhibit Cell-Type-Specific Representations of Outcome during Learning. Neuron. 82(5). 1145–1156. 74 indexed citations

Howe, Mark W., Patrick L. Tierney, Stefan G. Sandberg, Paul E. M. Phillips, & Ann M. Graybiel. (2013). Prolonged dopamine signalling in striatum signals proximity and value of distant rewards. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations

Hernández, Ledia F., et al.. (2013). Selective Effects of Dopamine Depletion and L-DOPA Therapy on Learning-Related Firing Dynamics of Striatal Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(11). 4782–4795. 34 indexed citations

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Howe, Mark W., Patrick L. Tierney, Stefan G. Sandberg, Paul E. M. Phillips, & Ann M. Graybiel. (2013). Prolonged dopamine signalling in striatum signals proximity and value of distant rewards. Nature. 500(7464). 575–579. 371 indexed citations

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Hernández, Ledia F., et al.. (2012). Effects of dopamine depletion on LFP oscillations in striatum are task- and learning-dependent and selectively reversed by l -DOPA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(44). 18126–18131. 67 indexed citations

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Howe, Mark W., et al.. (2011). Habit learning is associated with major shifts in frequencies of oscillatory activity and synchronized spike firing in striatum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(40). 16801–16806. 81 indexed citations

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Thorn, Catherine A., Hisham E. Atallah, Mark W. Howe, & Ann M. Graybiel. (2010). Differential Dynamics of Activity Changes in Dorsolateral and Dorsomedial Striatal Loops during Learning. Neuron. 66(5). 781–795. 293 indexed citations

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Howe, Mark W., Sherry L. Feig, Susan Osting, & Lewis B. Haberly. (2007). Cellular and subcellular localization of Kir2.1 subunits in neurons and glia in piriform cortex with implications for K⁺ spatial buffering. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 506(5). 877–893. 23 indexed citations

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