Sam Merlin

1.1k total citations
17 papers, 632 citations indexed

About

Sam Merlin is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Merlin has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 632 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sam Merlin's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (9 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (7 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). Sam Merlin is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (9 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (7 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). Sam Merlin collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Sam Merlin's co-authors include Alessandra Angelucci, Frederick Federer, Lauri Nurminen, Maryam Bijanzadeh, Paul C. Bressloff, Mriganka Sur, Catherine A. Leamey, Atomu Sawatari, Kelly A. Glendining and Reinhard Fässler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Sam Merlin

17 papers receiving 628 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sam Merlin Australia 11 398 312 183 41 35 17 632
Staci A. Sorensen United States 9 246 0.6× 309 1.0× 221 1.2× 55 1.3× 38 1.1× 12 612
Debora Ledergerber Switzerland 10 508 1.3× 524 1.7× 109 0.6× 102 2.5× 35 1.0× 15 797
Hidetoshi Urakubo Japan 11 352 0.9× 423 1.4× 209 1.1× 42 1.0× 17 0.5× 27 706
Péter Buzás Hungary 21 640 1.6× 394 1.3× 315 1.7× 26 0.6× 17 0.5× 37 869
Homare Yamahachi Switzerland 8 346 0.9× 402 1.3× 149 0.8× 86 2.1× 23 0.7× 11 626
Farid Hamzei‐Sichani United States 14 499 1.3× 520 1.7× 138 0.8× 32 0.8× 17 0.5× 17 995
Jennifer M. Ichida United States 15 707 1.8× 345 1.1× 213 1.2× 54 1.3× 15 0.4× 16 848
J Sawiński Germany 6 291 0.7× 279 0.9× 156 0.9× 44 1.1× 15 0.4× 10 571
Mark T. Harnett United States 13 385 1.0× 555 1.8× 304 1.7× 49 1.2× 37 1.1× 19 824
Jiannis Taxidis United States 8 461 1.2× 430 1.4× 88 0.5× 48 1.2× 33 0.9× 11 717

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Merlin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Merlin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Merlin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sam Merlin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sam Merlin 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 Sam Merlin. Sam Merlin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Furlong, Teri M., Nigel Turner, Khawar Sohail Siddiqui, et al.. (2023). Antioxidant Behavioural Phenotype in the Immp2l Gene Knock-Out Mouse. Genes. 14(9). 1717–1717. 7 indexed citations
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Merlin, Sam & Trichur R. Vidyasagar. (2023). Optogenetics in primate cortical networks. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 17. 1193949–1193949. 3 indexed citations
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Merlin, Sam, et al.. (2022). Targeting the lateral hypothalamus with short hairpin RNAs reduces habitual behaviour following extended instrumental training in rats. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 193. 107657–107657. 2 indexed citations
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Merlin, Sam & Teri M. Furlong. (2022). Habitual behaviour associated with exposure to high-calorie diet is prevented by an orexin-receptor-1 antagonist. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100036–100036. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Cong, Teri M. Furlong, Peter Stratton, et al.. (2021). Hippocampus–Prefrontal Coupling Regulates Recognition Memory for Novelty Discrimination. Journal of Neuroscience. 41(46). 9617–9632. 44 indexed citations
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Federer, Frederick, et al.. (2021). Stream-specific feedback inputs to the primate primary visual cortex. Nature Communications. 12(1). 228–228. 21 indexed citations
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Merlin, Sam, et al.. (2021). A direct interareal feedback-to-feedforward circuit in primate visual cortex. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4911–4911. 22 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Robert A., Mario Prsa, Manuel Schottdorf, et al.. (2020). Orientation Preference Maps in Microcebus murinus Reveal Size-Invariant Design Principles in Primate Visual Cortex. Current Biology. 31(4). 733–741.e7. 13 indexed citations
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Habiba, Umma, Sam Merlin, Jeremiah K. H. Lim, et al.. (2020). Age-Specific Retinal and Cerebral Immunodetection of Amyloid-β Plaques and Oligomers in a Rodent Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 76(3). 1135–1150. 25 indexed citations
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Bijanzadeh, Maryam, Lauri Nurminen, Sam Merlin, Andrew M. Clark, & Alessandra Angelucci. (2018). Distinct Laminar Processing of Local and Global Context in Primate Primary Visual Cortex. Neuron. 100(1). 259–274.e4. 34 indexed citations
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Nurminen, Lauri, Sam Merlin, Maryam Bijanzadeh, Frederick Federer, & Alessandra Angelucci. (2018). Top-down feedback controls spatial summation and response amplitude in primate visual cortex. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2281–2281. 114 indexed citations
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Angelucci, Alessandra, Maryam Bijanzadeh, Lauri Nurminen, et al.. (2017). Circuits and Mechanisms for Surround Modulation in Visual Cortex. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 40(1). 425–451. 147 indexed citations
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Federer, Frederick, David S. Williams, Jennifer M. Ichida, Sam Merlin, & Alessandra Angelucci. (2013). Two Projection Streams from Macaque V1 to the Pale Cytochrome Oxidase Stripes of V2. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(28). 11530–11539. 21 indexed citations
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Merlin, Sam, Sam Horng, L.R. Marotte, et al.. (2012). Deletion of Ten-m3 Induces the Formation of Eye Dominance Domains in Mouse Visual Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 23(4). 763–774. 37 indexed citations
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Leamey, Catherine A., Sam Merlin, Atomu Sawatari, et al.. (2007). Ten_m3 Regulates Eye-Specific Patterning in the Mammalian Visual Pathway and Is Required for Binocular Vision. PLoS Biology. 5(9). e241–e241. 127 indexed citations

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