2026 Christopher I. Moore: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	59	3933	3601	1783	1606	160	20567

Overview

Christopher I. Moore is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas primarily within neuroscience and molecular biology, with significant contributions to understanding neural dynamics, brain function, and cellular mechanisms underlying neurological processes.

The scientist focuses on several main fields of study:

Neuroscience
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, their work touches upon various subfields, including:

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Neurology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

The primary topics they investigate include:

Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Christopher I. Moore has published extensively, with frequent venues including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Neurophotonics
eLife
Neuron
Cell

Recent representative scientific papers are:

"Wave-like dopamine dynamics as a mechanism for spatiotemporal credit assignment," 2021, Cell
"Dysfunction of cortical GABAergic neurons leads to sensory hyper-reactivity in a Shank3 mouse model of ASD," 2020, Nature Neuroscience
"Human Neocortical Neurosolver (HNN), a new software tool for interpreting the cellular and network origin of human MEG/EEG data," 2020, eLife
"Magnify is a universal molecular anchoring strategy for expansion microscopy," 2023, Nature Biotechnology
"Tracking Calcium Dynamics and Immune Surveillance at the Choroid Plexus Blood-Cerebrospinal Fluid Interface," 2020, Neuron

The scientist collaborates frequently with several colleagues, with whom they have co-authored numerous publications. Frequent co-authors include:

Nathan C. Shaner
Diane Lipscombe
Ute Hochgeschwender
Emmanuel L. Crespo
Mansi Prakash

Best Publications

Driving fast-spiking cells induces gamma rhythm and controls sensory responses

Jessica A. Cardin;Marie Carlén;Marie Carlén;Konstantinos Meletis;Konstantinos Meletis;Ulf Knoblich

3039
Citations
Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness

Sara W. Lazar;Catherine E. Kerr;Rachel H. Wasserman;Jeremy R. Gray

2946
Citations
Acupuncture modulates the limbic system and subcortical gray structures of the human brain: Evidence from fMRI studies in normal subjects

Kathleen K.S. Hui;Jing Liu;Nikos Makris;Randy L. Gollub

1008
Citations
A critical role for NMDA receptors in parvalbumin interneurons for gamma rhythm induction and behavior

M. Carlén;M. Carlén;K. Meletis;K. Meletis;J. H. Siegle;J. A. Cardin;J. A. Cardin

758
Citations
Targeted optogenetic stimulation and recording of neurons in vivo using cell-type-specific expression of Channelrhodopsin-2

Jessica A Cardin;Marie Carlén;Marie Carlén;Konstantinos Meletis;Konstantinos Meletis;Ulf Knoblich

667
Citations
Neural mechanisms of transient neocortical beta rhythms: Converging evidence from humans, computational modeling, monkeys, and mice.

Maxwell A. Sherman;Shane Lee;Robert Law;Saskia Haegens;Saskia Haegens

504
Citations
Mindfulness starts with the body: somatosensory attention and top-down modulation of cortical alpha rhythms in mindfulness meditation

Catherine E. Kerr;Matthew D. Sacchet;Sara W. Lazar;Christopher I. Moore

403
Citations
The rate of transient beta frequency events predicts behavior across tasks and species

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389
Citations
Spatio-Temporal Subthreshold Receptive Fields in the Vibrissa Representation of Rat Primary Somatosensory Cortex

Christopher I. Moore;Sacha B. Nelson

377
Citations
Selective optical drive of thalamic reticular nucleus generates thalamic bursts and cortical spindles

Michael M Halassa;Joshua H Siegle;Jason T Ritt;Jonathan T Ting

347
Citations
Mapping brain networks in awake mice using combined optical neural control and fMRI

Mitul Desai;Itamar Kahn;Ulf Knoblich;Jacob Bernstein

306
Citations
Cued spatial attention drives functionally relevant modulation of the mu rhythm in primary somatosensory cortex.

Stephanie R. Jones;Catherine E. Kerr;Qian Wan;Dominique L. Pritchett

303
Citations
The hemo-neural hypothesis: on the role of blood flow in information processing.

Christopher Irwin Moore;Rosa Cao

290
Citations
Quantitative Analysis and Biophysically Realistic Neural Modeling of the MEG Mu Rhythm: Rhythmogenesis and Modulation of Sensory-Evoked Responses

Stephanie R. Jones;Dominique L. Pritchett;Michael A. Sikora;Steven M. Stufflebeam

249
Citations
Embodied Information Processing: Vibrissa Mechanics and Texture Features Shape Micromotions in Actively Sensing Rats

Jason T. Ritt;Mark L. Andermann;Christopher I. Moore

240
Citations
Structural and functional plasticity in the somatosensory cortex of chronic stroke patients

Judith D. Schaechter;Judith D. Schaechter;Christopher I. Moore;Brendan D. Connell;Brendan D. Connell;Bruce R. Rosen;Bruce R. Rosen

238
Citations
Vibrissa Resonance as a Transduction Mechanism for Tactile Encoding

Maria A. Neimark;Mark L. Andermann;John J. Hopfield;Christopher I. Moore

236
Citations
Development of combination therapies to maximize the impact of KRAS-G12C inhibitors in lung cancer.

Miriam Molina-Arcas;Miriam Molina-Arcas;Christopher Moore;Sareena Rana;Sareena Rana;Febe van Maldegem

234
Citations
Dynamics of neuronal processing in rat somatosensory cortex

Christopher I. Moore;Sacha B. Nelson;Mriganka Sur

228
Citations
Hippocampal plasticity induced by primed burst, but not long-term potentiation, stimulation is impaired in area CA1 of aged Fischer 344 rats

Christopher I. Moore;Michael D. Browning;Gregory M. Rose

219
Citations
Wave-like dopamine dynamics as a mechanism for spatiotemporal credit assignment

Arif A. Hamid;Michael J. Frank;Christopher I. Moore

215
Citations
A Pilot Study of Somatotopic Mapping After Cortical Infarct

Steven C. Cramer;Christopher I. Moore;Seth P. Finklestein;Bruce R. Rosen

212
Citations
Targeted optogenetic stimulation and recording of neurons in vivo using cell-type-specific expression of Channelrhodopsin-2

Ulf Knoblich;Feng Zhang;Karl Deisseroth;Li-Huei Tsai

1
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