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Overview

Charles R. Gerfen is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, contributing extensively to Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology, Molecular Biology, and Sensory Systems.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Charles R. Gerfen has published frequently in several venues. The most notable publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Neuron
  • Nature Communications
  • Cell

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • A midbrain-thalamus-cortex circuit reorganizes cortical dynamics to initiate movement, 2022, Cell
  • Postingestive Modulation of Food Seeking Depends on Vagus-Mediated Dopamine Neuron Activity, 2020, Neuron
  • Cell-type-specific recruitment of GABAergic interneurons in the primary somatosensory cortex by long-range inputs, 2021, Cell Reports
  • A Causal Role for Mouse Superior Colliculus in Visual Perceptual Decision-Making, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience
  • An Amygdala Circuit Mediates Experience-Dependent Momentary Arrests during Exploration, 2020, Cell

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gerfen include:

  • Ronald F. Paletzki
  • Bryan M. Hooks
  • Sunny Zhihong Jiang
  • Lee E. Eiden
  • H. Inagaki

Best Publications

  • D1 and D2 dopamine receptor-regulated gene expression of striatonigral and striatopallidal neurons

    Charles R. Gerfen;Thomas M. Engber;Lawrence C. Mahan;Zvi Susel

  • The neostriatal mosaic: multiple levels of compartmental organization.

    Charles R. Gerfen

  • A mesoscale connectome of the mouse brain

    Seung Wook Oh;Julie A. Harris;Lydia Ng;Brent Winslow

  • Modulation of Striatal Projection Systems by Dopamine

    Charles R. Gerfen;D. James Surmeier

  • The neostriatal mosaic: multiple levels of compartmental organization in the basal ganglia.

    Charles R. Gerfen

  • A Designer AAV Variant Permits Efficient Retrograde Access to Projection Neurons.

    D. Gowanlock R. Tervo;Bum Yeol Hwang;Sarada Viswanathan;Thomas Gaj

  • Targeting Cre recombinase to specific neuron populations with bacterial artificial chromosome constructs.

    Shiaoching Gong;Martin Doughty;Carroll R. Harbaugh;Alexander Cummins

  • The neostriatal mosaic: compartmentalization of corticostriatal input and striatonigral output systems

    Charles R. Gerfen;Charles R. Gerfen

  • The neostriatal mosaic: II. Patch- and matrix-directed mesostriatal dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic systems

    CR Gerfen;M Herkenham;J Thibault

  • Distribution of striatonigral and striatopallidal peptidergic neurons in both patch and matrix compartments: an in situ hybridization histochemistry and fluorescent retrograde tracing study

    Charles R. Gerfen;W. Scott Young

  • The organization of projections from the cortex, amygdala, and hypothalamus to the nucleus of the solitary tract in rat.

    D van der Kooy;L Y Koda;J F McGinty;C R Gerfen

  • GENSAT BAC Cre-Recombinase Driver Lines to Study the Functional Organization of Cerebral Cortical and Basal Ganglia Circuits

    Charles R. Gerfen;Ronald Paletzki;Nathaniel Heintz

  • Hierarchical organization of cortical and thalamic connectivity

    Julie A. Harris;Stefan Mihalas;Karla E. Hirokawa;Jennifer D. Whitesell

  • Multiple D2 dopamine receptors produced by alternative RNA splicing.

    Frederick J. Monsma;Loris D. McVittie;Charles R. Gerfen;Lawrence C. Mahan

  • The neostriatal mosaic: compartmental distribution of calcium-binding protein and parvalbumin in the basal ganglia of the rat and monkey

    Charles R. Gerfen;Kenneth G. Baimbridge;James J. Miller

  • Chapter II The basal ganglia

    Charles R. Gerfen;Charles J. Wilson

  • The neostriatal mosaic. I. Compartmental organization of projections from the striatum to the substantia nigra in the rat.

    Charles R. Gerfen

  • The Neostriatal Mosaic: Striatal Patch-Matrix Organization is Related to Cortical Lamination

    Charles R. Gerfen

  • Dopamine differentially regulates dynorphin, substance P, and enkephalin expression in striatal neurons: in situ hybridization histochemical analysis

    CR Gerfen;JF McGinty;d Ws Young

  • Molecular cloning and expression of a D1 dopamine receptor linked to adenylyl cyclase activation

    Frederick J. Monsma;Lawrence C. Mahan;Loris D. McVittie;Charles R. Gerfen

  • Current protocols in neuroscience

    Charles R. Gerfen;Jacqueline N. Crawley;Ron McKay

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinz Steiner
Heinz Steiner Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Karel Svoboda
Karel Svoboda Allen Institute
Rui M. Costa
Rui M. Costa Columbia University
Lee E. Eiden
Lee E. Eiden National Institutes of Health
Lydia Ng
Lydia Ng Allen Institute for Brain Science
Hongkui Zeng
Hongkui Zeng Allen Institute for Brain Science
Emmanuel Valjent
Emmanuel Valjent Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
John Drago
John Drago University of Melbourne
C. Savio Chan
C. Savio Chan Northwestern University

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