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Gina G. Turrigiano

Gina G. Turrigiano

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Neuroscience

D-Index
70
Citations
33113
World Ranking
2457
National Ranking
1160

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2007 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
  • 2000 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Gina G. Turrigiano is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States and is recognized for extensive research in the field of neuroscience. Their work primarily focuses on various aspects of neural dynamics, brain function, and cellular mechanisms underlying network regulation.

The main fields of study for this researcher are Neuroscience, with significant contributions in subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Molecular Biology.

The topics frequently addressed in their research include:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus

Gina G. Turrigiano has contributed to numerous recent papers, including the following:

  • Autism-Associated Shank3 Is Essential for Homeostatic Compensation in Rodent V1, 2020, Neuron
  • Sleep Promotes Downward Firing Rate Homeostasis, 2020, Neuron
  • Homeostatic mechanisms regulate distinct aspects of cortical circuit dynamics, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Homeostatic synaptic scaling establishes the specificity of an associative memory, 2021, Current Biology
  • Keeping Your Brain in Balance: Homeostatic Regulation of Network Function, 2024, Annual Review of Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Chi-Hong Wu
  • Wei Wen
  • Brian Cary
  • Stephen D. Van Hooser
  • Juliet Bottorff

Publications have appeared mainly in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • eLife

Gina G. Turrigiano has received multiple awards, reflecting recognition in the scientific community. These awards include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2012
  • National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award, 2007
  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 2000
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1997

Best Publications

  • Homeostatic plasticity in the developing nervous system

    Gina G. Turrigiano;Sacha B. Nelson

  • Activity-dependent scaling of quantal amplitude in neocortical neurons

    Gina G. Turrigiano;Kenneth R. Leslie;Niraj S. Desai;Lana C. Rutherford

  • The Self-Tuning Neuron: Synaptic Scaling of Excitatory Synapses

    Gina G. Turrigiano

  • Rate, Timing, and Cooperativity Jointly Determine Cortical Synaptic Plasticity

    Per Jesper Sjöström;Gina G Turrigiano;Sacha B Nelson

  • Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity: Local and Global Mechanisms for Stabilizing Neuronal Function

    Gina Turrigiano

  • Homeostatic plasticity in neuronal networks: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

    Gina G Turrigiano

  • Plasticity in the intrinsic excitability of cortical pyramidal neurons

    Niraj S. Desai;Lana C. Rutherford;Gina G. Turrigiano

  • Stable Hebbian Learning from Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity

    M. C. W. van Rossum;G. Q. Bi;G. G. Turrigiano

  • Hebb and homeostasis in neuronal plasticity.

    Gina G Turrigiano;Sacha B Nelson

  • Too Many Cooks? Intrinsic and Synaptic Homeostatic Mechanisms in Cortical Circuit Refinement

    Gina Turrigiano

  • Critical periods for experience-dependent synaptic scaling in visual cortex.

    Niraj S. Desai;Robert H. Cudmore;Sacha B. Nelson;Gina G. Turrigiano

  • Reduced cortical activity due to a shift in the balance between excitation and inhibition in a mouse model of Rett syndrome.

    Vardhan S. Dani;Qiang Chang;Arianna Maffei;Gina G. Turrigiano

  • Neocortical LTD via Coincident Activation of Presynaptic NMDA and Cannabinoid Receptors

    Per Jesper Sjöström;Gina G Turrigiano;Sacha B Nelson

  • Activity-dependent changes in the intrinsic properties of cultured neurons

    Gina Turrigiano;L. F. Abbott;Eve Marder

  • BDNF Has Opposite Effects on the Quantal Amplitude of Pyramidal Neuron and Interneuron Excitatory Synapses

    Lana C Rutherford;Sacha B Nelson;Gina G Turrigiano

  • Rapid Synaptic Scaling Induced by Changes in Postsynaptic Firing

    Keiji Ibata;Qian Sun;Gina G. Turrigiano

  • Potentiation of cortical inhibition by visual deprivation

    Arianna Maffei;Kiran Nataraj;Sacha B. Nelson;Gina G. Turrigiano

  • Selective reconfiguration of layer 4 visual cortical circuitry by visual deprivation.

    Arianna Maffei;Sacha B Nelson;Gina G Turrigiano

  • Activity Deprivation Reduces Miniature IPSC Amplitude by Decreasing the Number of Postsynaptic GABAA Receptors Clustered at Neocortical Synapses

    Valerie L. Kilman;Mark C. W. van Rossum;Gina G. Turrigiano

  • Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Mediates the Activity-Dependent Regulation of Inhibition in Neocortical Cultures

    Lana C. Rutherford;Andrew DeWan;Holly M. Lauer;Gina G. Turrigiano

Frequent Co-Authors

Sacha B. Nelson
Sacha B. Nelson Brandeis University
Eve Marder
Eve Marder Brandeis University
Allen I. Selverston
Allen I. Selverston University of California, San Diego
Mark J. Schnitzer
Mark J. Schnitzer Stanford University
Donald B. Katz
Donald B. Katz Brandeis University
Piali Sengupta
Piali Sengupta Brandeis University
A. Paul Alivisatos
A. Paul Alivisatos University of Chicago
Michael L. Roukes
Michael L. Roukes California Institute of Technology
Paul L. McEuen
Paul L. McEuen Cornell University
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles

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