Matthew A. Wilson

23.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
91 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Matthew A. Wilson is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew A. Wilson has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 66 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Matthew A. Wilson's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (60 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (60 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers). Matthew A. Wilson is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (60 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (60 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (41 papers). Matthew A. Wilson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Australia. Matthew A. Wilson's co-authors include Bruce L. McNaughton, David J. Foster, Matthew W. Jones, Emery N. Brown, Albert K. Lee, Susumu Tonegawa, Loren M. Frank, Carol A. Barnes, William E. Skaggs and Michael C. Quirk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Matthew A. Wilson

88 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

Reactivation of Hippocampal Ensemble Memories During Sleep 1993 2026 2004 2015 1994 1993 1996 2006 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Reactivation of Hippocampal Ensemble Memories During Sleep
    1994 2.1k citations Matthew A. Wilson, Bruce L. McNaughton Science profile →
  2. Dynamics of the Hippocampal Ensemble Code for Space
    1993 1.7k citations Matthew A. Wilson, Bruce L. McNaughton Science profile →
  3. Theta phase precession in hippocampal neuronal populations and the compression of temporal sequences
    1996 1.2k citations William E. Skaggs, Bruce L. McNaughton et al. Hippocampus profile →
  4. Reverse replay of behavioural sequences in hippocampal place cells during the awake state
    2006 1.1k citations David J. Foster, Matthew A. Wilson profile →
  5. Memory of Sequential Experience in the Hippocampus during Slow Wave Sleep
    2002 888 citations Matthew A. Wilson et al. Neuron profile →
  6. Requirement for Hippocampal CA3 NMDA Receptors in Associative Memory Recall
    2002 802 citations Kazu Nakazawa, Michael C. Quirk et al. Science profile →
  7. Theta Rhythms Coordinate Hippocampal–Prefrontal Interactions in a Spatial Memory Task
    2005 767 citations Matthew W. Jones, Matthew A. Wilson profile →
  8. Prefrontal Phase Locking to Hippocampal Theta Oscillations
    2005 765 citations Matthew A. Wilson et al. Neuron profile →
  9. Dentate Gyrus NMDA Receptors Mediate Rapid Pattern Separation in the Hippocampal Network
    2007 737 citations Thomas J. McHugh, Matthew W. Jones et al. Science profile →
  10. Hippocampal Replay of Extended Experience
    2009 544 citations Matthew A. Wilson et al. Neuron profile →
  11. Trajectory Encoding in the Hippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex
    2000 505 citations Loren M. Frank, Emery N. Brown et al. Neuron profile →

Peers

Matthew A. Wilson
Craig E.L. Stark United States
Loren M. Frank United States
Michael E. Hasselmo United States
A. David Redish United States
Itzhak Fried United States
James Knierim United States
Yang Dan United States
Robert J. Sutherland Canada
Jonathan O. Dostrovsky Canada
Alessandro Treves Italy
Craig E.L. Stark United States
Matthew A. Wilson
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew A. Wilson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matthew A. Wilson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matthew A. Wilson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Matthew A. Wilson. Matthew A. Wilson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Jie, et al.. (2024). Pix2HDR - A Pixel-Wise Acquisition and Deep Learning-Based Synthesis Approach for High-Speed HDR Videos. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 46(12). 8771–8787.
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Galazo, María J., et al.. (2023). Hippocampal memory reactivation during sleep is correlated with specific cortical states of the retrosplenial and prefrontal cortices. Learning & Memory. 30(9). 221–236. 10 indexed citations
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Sanders, Honi, Daoyun Ji, Takuya Sasaki, et al.. (2018). Temporal coding and rate remapping: Representation of nonspatial information in the hippocampus. Hippocampus. 29(2). 111–127. 25 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhe & Matthew A. Wilson. (2017). Deciphering Neural Codes of Memory during Sleep. Trends in Neurosciences. 40(5). 260–275. 46 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen, Sarah A. Weiss, Michael M. Halassa, et al.. (2016). Tracking the Time-Dependent Role of the Hippocampus in Memory Recall Using DREADDs. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0154374–e0154374. 18 indexed citations
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Wilson, Matthew A., Carmen Varela, & Miguel Remondes. (2015). Phase organization of network computations. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 31. 250–253. 19 indexed citations
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Gorochowski, Thomas E., et al.. (2014). . SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Halassa, Michael M., Zhe Chen, Ralf Wimmer, et al.. (2014). State-Dependent Architecture of Thalamic Reticular Subnetworks. Cell. 158(4). 808–821. 229 indexed citations
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Varela, Carmen, et al.. (2013). Anatomical substrates for direct interactions between hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex, and the thalamic nucleus reuniens. Brain Structure and Function. 219(3). 911–929. 193 indexed citations
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Miller, Earl K. & Matthew A. Wilson. (2008). All My Circuits: Using Multiple Electrodes to Understand Functioning Neural Networks. Neuron. 60(3). 483–488. 51 indexed citations
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McHugh, Thomas J., Matthew W. Jones, Jennifer J. Quinn, et al.. (2007). Dentate Gyrus NMDA Receptors Mediate Rapid Pattern Separation in the Hippocampal Network. Science. 317(5834). 94–99. 737 indexed citations breakdown →
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Foster, David J. & Matthew A. Wilson. (2007). Hippocampal theta sequences. Hippocampus. 17(11). 1093–1099. 236 indexed citations
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Nakazawa, Kazu, Michael C. Quirk, Raymond A. Chitwood, et al.. (2002). Requirement for Hippocampal CA3 NMDA Receptors in Associative Memory Recall. Science. 297(5579). 211–218. 802 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barbieri, Riccardo, Michael C. Quirk, Loren M. Frank, Matthew A. Wilson, & Emery N. Brown. (2001). Construction and analysis of non-Poisson stimulus-response models of neural spiking activity. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 105(1). 25–37. 150 indexed citations
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Wilson, Matthew A.. (1996). Dynamics of hippocampal memory formation in waking and sleep states. Journal of Physiology-Paris. 90(5-6). 351–352. 1 indexed citations
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Skaggs, William E., Bruce L. McNaughton, Matthew A. Wilson, & Carol A. Barnes. (1996). Theta phase precession in hippocampal neuronal populations and the compression of temporal sequences. Hippocampus. 6(2). 149–172. 1183 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilson, Matthew A. & James M. Bower. (1989). The simulation of large-scale neural networks. MIT Press eBooks. 291–333. 86 indexed citations
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Wilson, Matthew A. & James M. Bower. (1989). Computer Simulation of Oscillatory Behavior in Cerebral Cortical Networks. CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology). 2. 84–91. 5 indexed citations
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Bower, James M. & Matthew A. Wilson. (1987). A Computer Simulation of Olfactory Cortex with Functional Implications for Storage and Retrieval of Olfactory Information. Neural Information Processing Systems. 114–126. 36 indexed citations

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