Martin Deschênes

13.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Martin Deschênes is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Deschênes has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 88 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 16 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Martin Deschênes's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (68 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (65 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers). Martin Deschênes is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (68 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (65 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers). Martin Deschênes collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Martin Deschênes's co-authors include Mircea Steriade, Jacques Bourassa, Didier Pinault, David Kleinfeld, Zhongwei Zhang, Pierre Veinante, Christophe Mulle, Iván Soltész, G. Oakson and Philippa C. Lavallée and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Martin Deschênes

116 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

The thalamus as a neuronal oscillator

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Deschênes Canada	55	7.0k	6.8k	1.3k	700	674	118	9.4k
Cyriel M. A. Pennartz Netherlands	57	7.7k 1.1×	5.9k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	518 0.8×	173	11.0k
Peter Redgrave United Kingdom	52	6.2k 0.9×	5.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	422 0.6×	1.9k 2.9×	168	10.3k
Barry D. Waterhouse United States	46	4.3k 0.6×	4.8k 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	879 1.3×	345 0.5×	125	8.4k
Robert P. Vertes United States	37	5.9k 0.8×	5.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	353 0.5×	64	8.5k
James H. Fallon United States	48	3.5k 0.5×	4.7k 0.7×	2.6k 2.1×	798 1.1×	895 1.3×	107	10.2k
Susan J. Sara France	47	7.3k 1.0×	5.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	544 0.8×	261 0.4×	104	9.8k
Adriano B. L. Tort Brazil	38	4.8k 0.7×	3.5k 0.5×	850 0.7×	344 0.5×	461 0.7×	99	6.5k
Stephen L. Foote United States	41	3.8k 0.5×	4.7k 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	870 1.2×	487 0.7×	62	8.5k
Hajime Hirase Japan	45	6.7k 0.9×	7.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	341 0.5×	379 0.6×	94	10.0k
C.H. Vanderwolf Canada	45	7.0k 1.0×	5.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	523 0.7×	179 0.3×	130	8.8k

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Kleinfeld, David, Martin Deschênes, Michael N. Economo, et al.. (2023). Low- and high-level coordination of orofacial motor actions. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 83. 102784–102784. 6 indexed citations

Deschênes, Martin, Jun Takatoh, Jeffrey D. Moore, et al.. (2016). Inhibition, Not Excitation, Drives Rhythmic Whisking. Neuron. 90(2). 374–387. 55 indexed citations

Moore, Jeffrey D., Martin Deschênes, & David Kleinfeld. (2015). Juxtacellular Monitoring and Localization of Single Neurons within Sub-cortical Brain Structures of Alert, Head-restrained Rats. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

Kleinfeld, David, Martin Deschênes, Fan Wang, & Jeffrey D. Moore. (2014). More than a rhythm of life: breathing as a binder of orofacial sensation. Nature Neuroscience. 17(5). 647–651. 85 indexed citations

Kleinfeld, David, Jeffrey D. Moore, Fan Wang, & Martin Deschênes. (2014). The Brainstem Oscillator for Whisking and the Case for Breathing as the Master Clock for Orofacial Motor Actions. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 79. 29–39. 25 indexed citations

Kleinfeld, David & Martin Deschênes. (2011). Neuronal Basis for Object Location in the Vibrissa Scanning Sensorimotor System. Neuron. 72(3). 455–468. 109 indexed citations

Demers, Maxime, et al.. (2010). Feedforward Inhibition Determines the Angular Tuning of Vibrissal Responses in the Principal Trigeminal Nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(3). 1057–1063. 19 indexed citations

Furuta, Takahiro, Takeshi Kaneko, & Martin Deschênes. (2009). Septal Neurons in Barrel Cortex Derive Their Receptive Field Input from the Lemniscal Pathway. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(13). 4089–4095. 59 indexed citations

Deschênes, Martin, Elena Timofeeva, Philippa C. Lavallée, & Caroline Dufresne. (2005). The vibrissal system as a model of thalamic operations. Progress in brain research. 149. 31–40. 26 indexed citations

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Lavallée, Philippa C. & Martin Deschênes. (2004). Dendroarchitecture and Lateral Inhibition in Thalamic Barreloids. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(27). 6098–6105. 31 indexed citations

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Deschênes, Martin, Jacques Bourassa, Van Diep Doan, & André Parent. (1996). A Single‐cell Study of the Axonal Projections Arising from the Posterior Intralaminar Thalamic Nuclei in the Rat. European Journal of Neuroscience. 8(2). 329–343. 142 indexed citations

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Bourassa, Jacques, Didier Pinault, & Martin Deschênes. (1995). Corticothalamic Projections from the Cortical Barrel Field to the Somatosensory Thalamus in Rats: A Single‐fibre Study Using Biocytin as an Anterograde Tracer. European Journal of Neuroscience. 7(1). 19–30. 297 indexed citations

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Deschênes, Martin, Jacques Bourassa, & Didier Pinault. (1994). Corticothalamic projections from layer V cells in rat are collaterals of long-range corticofugal axons. Brain Research. 664(1-2). 215–219. 236 indexed citations

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Pinault, Didier & Martin Deschênes. (1992). Control of 40-Hz firing of reticular thalamic cells by neurotransmitters. Neuroscience. 51(2). 259–268. 57 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, David Paré, Didier Bouhassira, Martin Deschênes, & G. Oakson. (1989). Phasic activation of lateral geniculate and perigeniculate thalamic neurons during sleep with ponto-geniculo-occipital waves. Journal of Neuroscience. 9(7). 2215–2229. 50 indexed citations

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Mulle, Christophe, et al.. (1986). Morphology and electrophysiological properties of reticularis thalami neurons in cat: in vivo study of a thalamic pacemaker. Journal of Neuroscience. 6(8). 2134–2145. 167 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea, et al.. (1985). Abolition of spindle oscillations in thalamic neurons disconnected from nucleus reticularis thalami. Journal of Neurophysiology. 54(6). 1473–1497. 466 indexed citations

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Roy, J.P., et al.. (1984). Electrophysiology of neurons of lateral thalamic nuclei in cat: mechanisms of long-lasting hyperpolarizations. Journal of Neurophysiology. 51(6). 1220–1235. 128 indexed citations

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Deschênes, Martin, et al.. (1982). A reanalysis of the ventrolateral input in slow and fast pyramidal tract neurons of the cat motor cortex. Neuroscience. 7(9). 2149–2157. 26 indexed citations

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Steriade, Mircea & Martin Deschênes. (1974). Inhibitory processes and interneuronal apparatus in motor cortex during sleep and waking. II. Recurrent and afferent inhibition of pyramidal tract neurons.. Journal of Neurophysiology. 37(5). 1093–1113. 71 indexed citations

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