Talia N. Lerner

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Talia N. Lerner is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Talia N. Lerner has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Talia N. Lerner's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (14 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (7 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers). Talia N. Lerner is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (14 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (7 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (7 papers). Talia N. Lerner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and France. Talia N. Lerner's co-authors include Karl Deisseroth, Thomas J. Davidson, Anatol C. Kreitzer, Kelly A. Zalocusky, Ye Li, Robert C. Malenka, Liqun Luo, Kevin T. Beier, Charu Ramakrishnan and Joshua H. Jennings and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Talia N. Lerner

26 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Intact-Brain Analyses Reveal Distinct Information Carried by SNc Dopamine Subcircuits

2015 524 citations Talia N. Lerner, Carrie Shilyansky et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Talia N. Lerner United States	18	1.5k	1.1k	618	261	224	28	2.4k
Christophe D. Proulx Canada	16	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	707 1.1×	286 1.1×	202 0.9×	24	2.7k
Eleanor H. Simpson United States	31	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.8×	347 1.3×	198 0.9×	59	3.1k
Nicholas Wall United States	9	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	685 1.1×	312 1.2×	137 0.6×	12	2.3k
Jonathan P. Britt United States	17	1.8k 1.2×	824 0.7×	942 1.5×	202 0.8×	208 0.9×	23	2.3k
Nicolas X. Tritsch United States	21	1.9k 1.3×	966 0.9×	1.1k 1.8×	257 1.0×	230 1.0×	29	3.1k
Katherine E. DeLoach United States	7	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	623 1.0×	247 0.9×	104 0.5×	8	2.1k
Sachie K. Ogawa United States	15	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.3×	665 1.1×	251 1.0×	168 0.8×	36	2.6k
Thomas C. Jhou United States	25	2.3k 1.5×	1.4k 1.3×	977 1.6×	325 1.2×	258 1.2×	41	3.2k
Kevin J. Bender United States	29	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	966 1.6×	242 0.9×	105 0.5×	51	2.8k
Lucas Lecourtier France	18	1.1k 0.7×	670 0.6×	460 0.7×	180 0.7×	189 0.8×	33	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lerner, Talia N., et al.. (2026). Dopamine’s secret agent: serotonin. Trends in Neurosciences. 49(2). 77–79.

Schaid, Michael D., et al.. (2025). Region-specific nucleus accumbens dopamine signals encode distinct aspects of avoidance learning. Current Biology. 35(10). 2433–2443.e5. 3 indexed citations

Lerner, Talia N., et al.. (2024). How dopamine enables learning from aversion. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 61. 101476–101476. 4 indexed citations

Seiler, Jillian L., et al.. (2024). Dopamine across timescales and cell types: Relevance for phenotypes in Parkinson's disease progression. Experimental Neurology. 374. 114693–114693.

Lerner, Talia N., et al.. (2023). Hidden variables in stress neurobiology research. Trends in Neurosciences. 47(1). 9–17. 7 indexed citations

Schaid, Michael D., et al.. (2023). Chronically dysregulated corticosterone impairs dopaminergic transmission in the dorsomedial striatum by sex-divergent mechanisms. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(9). 1328–1337. 11 indexed citations

Xu, Jian, Andrew Jo, J. Marshall, et al.. (2022). Intersectional mapping of multi-transmitter neurons and other cell types in the brain. Cell Reports. 40(1). 111036–111036. 17 indexed citations

Schaid, Michael D., et al.. (2021). GuPPy, a Python toolbox for the analysis of fiber photometry data. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 24212–24212. 58 indexed citations

Pamukcu, Arin, Qiaoling Cui, Harry S. Xenias, et al.. (2020). Parvalbumin ⁺ and Npas1 ⁺ Pallidal Neurons Have Distinct Circuit Topology and Function. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(41). 7855–7876. 48 indexed citations

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Lerner, Talia N., et al.. (2020). Dopamine, Updated: Reward Prediction Error and Beyond. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 67. 123–130. 77 indexed citations

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Steinberg, Elizabeth E., Felicity Gore, Boris D. Heifets, et al.. (2020). Amygdala-Midbrain Connections Modulate Appetitive and Aversive Learning. Neuron. 106(6). 1026–1043.e9. 60 indexed citations

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Andalman, Aaron S., Matthew Lovett-Barron, Michael Broxton, et al.. (2019). Neuronal Dynamics Regulating Brain and Behavioral State Transitions. Cell. 177(4). 970–985.e20. 158 indexed citations

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Kim, Christina K., Samuel Yang, Nandini Pichamoorthy, et al.. (2016). Simultaneous fast measurement of circuit dynamics at multiple sites across the mammalian brain. Nature Methods. 13(4). 325–328. 315 indexed citations

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Zalocusky, Kelly A., Charu Ramakrishnan, Talia N. Lerner, et al.. (2016). Nucleus accumbens D2R cells signal prior outcomes and control risky decision-making. Nature. 531(7596). 642–646. 154 indexed citations

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Lerner, Talia N., Ye Li, & Karl Deisseroth. (2016). Communication in Neural Circuits: Tools, Opportunities, and Challenges. Cell. 164(6). 1136–1150. 120 indexed citations

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Lerner, Talia N., Carrie Shilyansky, Thomas J. Davidson, et al.. (2015). Intact-Brain Analyses Reveal Distinct Information Carried by SNc Dopamine Subcircuits. Cell. 162(3). 635–647. 524 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adhikari, Avishek, Talia N. Lerner, Joel Finkelstein, et al.. (2015). Basomedial amygdala mediates top-down control of anxiety and fear. Nature. 527(7577). 179–185. 358 indexed citations

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Lerner, Talia N. & Anatol C. Kreitzer. (2012). RGS4 Is Required for Dopaminergic Control of Striatal LTD and Susceptibility to Parkinsonian Motor Deficits. Neuron. 73(2). 347–359. 146 indexed citations

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Lerner, Talia N. & Anatol C. Kreitzer. (2011). Neuromodulatory control of striatal plasticity and behavior. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 21(2). 322–327. 56 indexed citations

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Lerner, Talia N., Eric A. Horne, Nephi Stella, & Anatol C. Kreitzer. (2010). Endocannabinoid Signaling Mediates Psychomotor Activation by Adenosine A _2A Antagonists. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(6). 2160–2164. 62 indexed citations

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