Sam Vesuna

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sam Vesuna is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Vesuna has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Biophysics and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sam Vesuna's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (6 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (3 papers). Sam Vesuna is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (6 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (3 papers). Sam Vesuna collaborates with scholars based in United States. Sam Vesuna's co-authors include Karl Deisseroth, Charu Ramakrishnan, William E. Allen, Kathryn E. Evans, Xiao Wang, Emily Sylwestrak, Matthew A. Wright, Felice-Alessio Bava, Garry P. Nolan and Jia Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sam Vesuna

13 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Three-dimensional intact-tissue sequencing of single-cell transcriptional states

2018 941 citations Xiao Wang, William E. Allen et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam Vesuna United States	10	959	332	269	257	160	14	1.5k
Emily Sylwestrak United States	9	1.2k 1.3×	531 1.6×	257 1.0×	243 0.9×	167 1.0×	9	1.7k
Talley J. Lambert United States	18	733 0.8×	299 0.9×	167 0.6×	117 0.5×	73 0.5×	23	1.5k
Daniel Fürth Sweden	9	635 0.7×	382 1.2×	152 0.6×	353 1.4×	69 0.4×	12	1.2k
Julián Taranda United States	16	578 0.6×	371 1.1×	301 1.1×	374 1.5×	36 0.2×	22	1.5k
Vamsi Mangena United States	4	349 0.4×	263 0.8×	238 0.9×	246 1.0×	37 0.2×	6	1.1k
Ruiyu Wang China	15	541 0.6×	226 0.7×	74 0.3×	125 0.5×	99 0.6×	37	1.0k
Jesper Ryge Sweden	12	971 1.0×	506 1.5×	66 0.2×	199 0.8×	83 0.5×	16	1.5k
Kristen R. Maynard United States	18	932 1.0×	310 0.9×	107 0.4×	144 0.6×	132 0.8×	42	1.5k
Jai‐Yoon Sul United States	23	1.2k 1.2×	596 1.8×	84 0.3×	99 0.4×	74 0.5×	38	1.8k
Ayumu Konno Japan	21	806 0.8×	657 2.0×	111 0.4×	241 0.9×	99 0.6×	63	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Vesuna

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

All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Duncan, Laramie E., Leili Mortazavi, Sam Vesuna, et al.. (2025). Mapping the cellular etiology of schizophrenia and complex brain phenotypes. Nature Neuroscience. 28(2). 248–258. 6 indexed citations

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Sylwestrak, Emily, YoungJu Jo, Sam Vesuna, et al.. (2022). Cell-type-specific population dynamics of diverse reward computations. Cell. 185(19). 3568–3587.e27. 33 indexed citations

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Vesuna, Sam, et al.. (2022). PROFOUND VERAPAMIL INTOLERANCE WITH NEAR HEMODYNAMIC COLLAPSE; AN UNUSUAL CASE OF CARDIOGENIC SHOCK IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79(9). 2654–2654.

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Fenno, Lief E., Charu Ramakrishnan, Yoon Seok Kim, et al.. (2020). Comprehensive Dual- and Triple-Feature Intersectional Single-Vector Delivery of Diverse Functional Payloads to Cells of Behaving Mammals. Neuron. 107(5). 836–853.e11. 103 indexed citations

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Vesuna, Sam, Isaac Kauvar, Ethan B. Richman, et al.. (2020). Deep posteromedial cortical rhythm in dissociation. Nature. 586(7827). 87–94. 146 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiao, William E. Allen, Matthew A. Wright, et al.. (2018). Three-dimensional intact-tissue sequencing of single-cell transcriptional states. Science. 361(6400). 941 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lovett-Barron, Matthew, Aaron S. Andalman, William E. Allen, et al.. (2017). Ancestral Circuits for the Coordinated Modulation of Brain State. Cell. 171(6). 1411–1423.e17. 112 indexed citations

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Iyer, Shrivats M., Sam Vesuna, Charu Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2016). Optogenetic and chemogenetic strategies for sustained inhibition of pain. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 30570–30570. 71 indexed citations

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Christensen, Amelia J., Shrivats M. Iyer, Amaury François, et al.. (2016). In Vivo Interrogation of Spinal Mechanosensory Circuits. Cell Reports. 17(6). 1699–1710. 53 indexed citations

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Calle, Elizabeth A., Sam Vesuna, Sashka Dimitrievska, et al.. (2013). The Use of Optical Clearing and Multiphoton Microscopy for Investigation of Three-Dimensional Tissue-Engineered Constructs. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 20(7). 570–577. 20 indexed citations

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Torres, Richard, Sam Vesuna, & Michael J. Levene. (2013). High-Resolution, 2- and 3-Dimensional Imaging of Uncut, Unembedded Tissue Biopsy Samples. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 138(3). 395–402. 26 indexed citations

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Vesuna, Sam, et al.. (2012). Multiphoton Microscopy of Cleared Mouse Brain Expressing YFP. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e3848–e3848. 9 indexed citations

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Vesuna, Sam, et al.. (2012). Multiphoton Microscopy of Cleared Mouse Brain Expressing YFP. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations

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Vesuna, Sam, Richard Torres, & Michael J. Levene. (2011). Multiphoton fluorescence, second harmonic generation, and fluorescence lifetime imaging of whole cleared mouse organs. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 16(10). 1–1. 16 indexed citations

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