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Carl C. H. Petersen

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
64
Citations
20643
World Ranking
3213
National Ranking
82

Carl C. H. Petersen publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carl C. H. Petersen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 150 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Carl C. H. Petersen D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carl C. H. Petersen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Carl C. H. Petersen is affiliated with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Neuroscience, with significant contributions in Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Additional subfields include Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biophysics.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, such as:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Function
  • eLife

Selected recent papers demonstrate the scope and diversity of their research:

  • Neuronal Circuits in Barrel Cortex for Whisker Sensory Perception, 2020, Physiological Reviews
  • Anatomically and functionally distinct thalamocortical inputs to primary and secondary mouse whisker somatosensory cortices, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Rapid suppression and sustained activation of distinct cortical regions for a delayed sensory-triggered motor response, 2021, Neuron
  • Cell-type-specific nicotinic input disinhibits mouse barrel cortex during active sensing, 2021, Neuron
  • Somatostatin enhances visual processing and perception by suppressing excitatory inputs to parvalbumin-positive interneurons in V1, 2020, Science Advances

Their frequent co-authors include Sylvain Crochet, Georgios Foustoukos, Yanqi Liu, Keita Tamura, and Vahid Esmaeili. Collaborative efforts with these researchers reflect a sustained body of work across multiple projects.

Best Publications

  • Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex

    Giorgio A. Ascoli;Lidia Alonso-Nanclares;Stewart A. Anderson;German Barrionuevo

  • The Excitatory Neuronal Network of the C2 Barrel Column in Mouse Primary Somatosensory Cortex

    Sandrine Lefort;Christian Tomm;J.-C. Floyd Sarria;Carl C.H. Petersen

  • Internal brain state regulates membrane potential synchrony in barrel cortex of behaving mice

    James F. A. Poulet;Carl C. H. Petersen

  • The Functional Organization of the Barrel Cortex

    Carl C.H. Petersen

  • Interaction of sensory responses with spontaneous depolarization in layer 2/3 barrel cortex

    Carl C. H. Petersen;Thomas T. G. Hahn;Mayank Mehta;Amiram Grinvald

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of cortical sensorimotor integration in behaving mice.

    Isabelle Ferezou;Florent Haiss;Luc J. Gentet;Rachel Aronoff

  • Correlating whisker behavior with membrane potential in barrel cortex of awake mice

    Sylvain Crochet;Carl C H Petersen

  • Visualizing the Cortical Representation of Whisker Touch: Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging in Freely Moving Mice

    Isabelle Ferezou;Sonia Bolea;Carl C.H. Petersen

  • Unique functional properties of somatostatin-expressing GABAergic neurons in mouse barrel cortex

    Luc J Gentet;Yves Kremer;Hiroki Taniguchi;Z Josh Huang

  • Membrane Potential Dynamics of GABAergic Neurons in the Barrel Cortex of Behaving Mice

    Luc J. Gentet;Michael Avermann;Ferenc Matyas;Jochen F. Staiger

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of sensory responses in layer 2/3 of rat barrel cortex measured in vivo by voltage-sensitive dye imaging combined with whole-cell voltage recordings and neuron reconstructions.

    Carl C. H. Petersen;Amiram Grinvald;Bert Sakmann

  • Motor control by sensory cortex

    Ferenc Matyas;Varun Sreenivasan;Fred Marbach;Catherine Wacongne;Catherine Wacongne

  • Membrane potential correlates of sensory perception in mouse barrel cortex

    Shankar Sachidhanandam;Varun Sreenivasan;Alexandros Kyriakatos;Yves Kremer

  • Ultrastructural analysis of adult mouse neocortex comparing aldehyde perfusion with cryo fixation

    Natalya Korogod;Carl C H Petersen;Graham W Knott

  • Barrel cortex function

    Dirk Feldmeyer;Michael Brecht;Fritjof Helmchen;Carl C. H. Petersen

  • All-or-none potentiation at CA3-CA1 synapses

    Carl C. H. Petersen;Robert C. Malenka;Roger A. Nicoll;John J. Hopfield

  • Long-range connectivity of mouse primary somatosensory barrel cortex.

    Rachel Aronoff;Ferenc Matyas;Ferenc Matyas;Celine Mateo;Carine Ciron

  • Thalamic control of cortical states.

    James F A Poulet;Laura M J Fernandez;Sylvain Crochet;Carl C H Petersen

  • Calcium and Hormone Action

    Ole H. Petersen;Carl C. H. Petersen;Haruo Kasai

  • Synaptic Mechanisms Underlying Sparse Coding of Active Touch

    Sylvain Crochet;Sylvain Crochet;James F.A. Poulet;James F.A. Poulet;James F.A. Poulet;Yves Kremer;Carl C.H. Petersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sylvain Crochet
Sylvain Crochet École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Wulfram Gerstner
Wulfram Gerstner École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Ole H. Petersen
Ole H. Petersen Cardiff University
Graham Knott
Graham Knott École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Michael J. Berridge
Michael J. Berridge Babraham Institute
Jochen F. Staiger
Jochen F. Staiger University of Göttingen
James F.A. Poulet
James F.A. Poulet Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Bert Sakmann
Bert Sakmann Max Planck Society
Roger A. Nicoll
Roger A. Nicoll University of California, San Francisco
Feng Zhang
Feng Zhang MIT

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