Matthew H. Higgs

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Matthew H. Higgs is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew H. Higgs has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Matthew H. Higgs's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (18 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (10 papers). Matthew H. Higgs is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (18 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (10 papers). Matthew H. Higgs collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. Matthew H. Higgs's co-authors include William J. Spain, Adrienne L. Fairhall, Brian N. Lundstrom, Sean J. Slee, Peter D. Lukasiewicz, Charles J. Wilson, Robert C. Foehring, Christopher B. Ransom, Dabo Guan and Wucheng Tao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Nature Neuroscience and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Matthew H. Higgs

29 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fractional differentiation by neocortical pyramidal neurons

2008 528 citations Brian N. Lundstrom, Matthew H. Higgs et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew H. Higgs United States	16	718	625	411	271	266	30	1.3k
William J. Spain United States	26	2.5k 3.5×	1.7k 2.7×	480 1.2×	285 1.1×	1.3k 4.7×	43	3.7k
David Pinto United States	13	700 1.0×	1.1k 1.8×	400 1.0×	327 1.2×	79 0.3×	19	1.3k
Magnus J. E. Richardson United Kingdom	22	816 1.1×	1.3k 2.1×	656 1.6×	165 0.6×	121 0.5×	45	1.6k
Klaus M. Stiefel United States	14	466 0.6×	490 0.8×	155 0.4×	97 0.4×	177 0.7×	40	852
Bruce Graham United Kingdom	23	922 1.3×	758 1.2×	73 0.2×	47 0.2×	407 1.5×	67	1.7k
Roberto F. Galán United States	23	545 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	473 1.2×	343 1.3×	149 0.6×	46	1.8k
J. D. Cowan United States	4	291 0.4×	1.1k 1.8×	423 1.0×	303 1.1×	59 0.2×	5	1.3k
Thomas J. Anastasio United States	18	122 0.2×	459 0.7×	143 0.3×	98 0.4×	96 0.4×	64	1.1k
Ernest Barreto United States	21	509 0.7×	929 1.5×	782 1.9×	828 3.1×	173 0.7×	40	1.6k
Duane Q. Nykamp United States	13	386 0.5×	876 1.4×	365 0.9×	133 0.5×	131 0.5×	33	1.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Higgs, Matthew H. & Michael J. Beckstead. (2024). Impact of Unitary Synaptic Inhibition on Spike Timing in Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons. eNeuro. 11(7). ENEURO.0203–24.2024.

Higgs, Matthew H., et al.. (2023). SK and Kv4 Channels Limit Spike Timing Perturbations in Pacemaking Dopamine Neurons. eNeuro. 10(4). ENEURO.0445–22.2023. 4 indexed citations

Higgs, Matthew H., et al.. (2023). Spontaneous Activity of the Local GABAergic Synaptic Network Causes Irregular Neuronal Firing in the External Globus Pallidus. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(8). 1281–1297. 7 indexed citations

Higgs, Matthew H., et al.. (2022). Local inhibition in a model of the indirect pathway globus pallidus network slows and deregularizes background firing, but sharpens and synchronizes responses to striatal input. Journal of Computational Neuroscience. 50(2). 251–272. 5 indexed citations

Cui, Qiaoling, Arin Pamukcu, Harry S. Xenias, et al.. (2021). Dissociable Roles of Pallidal Neuron Subtypes in Regulating Motor Patterns. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(18). 4036–4059. 36 indexed citations

Morales, Juan Carlos, Matthew H. Higgs, Soomin C. Song, & Charles J. Wilson. (2020). Broadband Entrainment of Striatal Low-Threshold Spike Interneurons. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 14. 36–36. 5 indexed citations

Higgs, Matthew H., et al.. (2018). Predicting responses to inhibitory synaptic input in substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 120(5). 2679–2693. 14 indexed citations

Higgs, Matthew H. & Charles J. Wilson. (2017). Measurement of phase resetting curves using optogenetic barrage stimuli. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 289. 23–30. 7 indexed citations

Tao, Wucheng, Matthew H. Higgs, William J. Spain, & Christopher B. Ransom. (2013). Postsynaptic GABA_BReceptors Enhance Extrasynaptic GABA_AReceptor Function in Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(9). 3738–3743. 54 indexed citations

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Higgs, Matthew H., Marina S. Kuznetsova, & William J. Spain. (2012). Adaptation of Spike Timing Precision Controls the Sensitivity to Interaural Time Difference in the Avian Auditory Brainstem. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(44). 15489–15494. 6 indexed citations

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Higgs, Matthew H. & William J. Spain. (2011). Kv1 channels control spike threshold dynamics and spike timing in cortical pyramidal neurones. The Journal of Physiology. 589(21). 5125–5142. 76 indexed citations

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Slee, Sean J., Matthew H. Higgs, Adrienne L. Fairhall, & William J. Spain. (2010). Tonotopic Tuning in a Sound Localization Circuit. Journal of Neurophysiology. 103(5). 2857–2875. 26 indexed citations

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Higgs, Matthew H. & William J. Spain. (2009). Conditional Bursting Enhances Resonant Firing in Neocortical Layer 2–3 Pyramidal Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(5). 1285–1299. 68 indexed citations

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Kuznetsova, Marina S., Matthew H. Higgs, & William J. Spain. (2008). Adaptation of Firing Rate and Spike-Timing Precision in the Avian Cochlear Nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(46). 11906–11915. 24 indexed citations

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Lundstrom, Brian N., Matthew H. Higgs, William J. Spain, & Adrienne L. Fairhall. (2008). Fractional differentiation by neocortical pyramidal neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 11(11). 1335–1342. 528 indexed citations breakdown →

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Guan, Dabo, et al.. (2007). Functional Roles of Kv1 Channels in Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 97(3). 1931–1940. 68 indexed citations

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Higgs, Matthew H., Sean J. Slee, & William J. Spain. (2006). Diversity of Gain Modulation by Noise in Neocortical Neurons: Regulation by the Slow Afterhyperpolarization Conductance. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(34). 8787–8799. 101 indexed citations

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Slee, Sean J., Matthew H. Higgs, Adrienne L. Fairhall, & William J. Spain. (2005). Two-Dimensional Time Coding in the Auditory Brainstem. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(43). 9978–9988. 67 indexed citations

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Higgs, Matthew H., Corrado Romano, & Peter D. Lukasiewicz. (2002). Presynaptic effects of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors on excitatory synaptic transmission in the retina. Neuroscience. 115(1). 163–172. 28 indexed citations

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Tran, My, Matthew H. Higgs, & Peter D. Lukasiewicz. (1999). AMPA receptor kinetics limit retinal amacrine cell excitatory synaptic responses. Visual Neuroscience. 16(5). 835–842. 22 indexed citations

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