Karl Deisseroth

Research focus

Work appears regularly in Nature, Nature Neuroscience, Neuron. See the publication list below for the most-cited works compiled from OpenAlex.

Recent publications

1. Millisecond-timescale, genetically targeted optical control of neural activity2005 · Nature Neuroscience · 4901 citationsDOI
2. Driving fast-spiking cells induces gamma rhythm and controls sensory responses2009 · Nature · 2719 citationsDOI
3. Parvalbumin neurons and gamma rhythms enhance cortical circuit performance2009 · Nature · 2687 citationsDOI
4. Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction2011 · Nature · 2503 citationsDOI
5. Structural and molecular interrogation of intact biological systems2013 · Nature · 2070 citationsDOI
6. Regulation of parkinsonian motor behaviours by optogenetic control of basal ganglia circuitry2010 · Nature · 1905 citationsDOI
7. Optogenetics in Neural Systems2011 · Neuron · 1900 citationsDOI
8. The Development and Application of Optogenetics2011 · Annual Review of Neuroscience · 1866 citationsDOI
9. Optogenetics2010 · Nature Methods · 1834 citationsDOI
10. Optogenetic stimulation of a hippocampal engram activates fear memory recall2012 · Nature · 1731 citationsDOI

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External profiles

• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9440-3967
• OpenAlex: openalex.org

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