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Hillel Adesnik is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of neuroscience, with a concentration on cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as cognitive neuroscience. Additional areas of study include electrical and electronic engineering, biophysics, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Hillel Adesnik has contributed to multiple recent publications, including:

  • "Ultrasound activates mechanosensitive TRAAK K + channels through the lipid membrane," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Probing neural codes with two-photon holographic optogenetics," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "High-performance microbial opsins for spatially and temporally precise perturbations of large neuronal networks," 2022, Neuron
  • "Cortical VIP neurons locally control the gain but globally control the coherence of gamma band rhythms," 2022, Neuron
  • "The logic of recurrent circuits in the primary visual cortex," 2024, Nature Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors working alongside Hillel Adesnik include:

  • Hayley A. Bounds
  • Marta Gajowa
  • Masato Sadahiro
  • Ian Antón Oldenburg
  • Karthika Gopakumar

Their scholarly output appears regularly in several publication venues, with the most frequent being:

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

Best Publications

  • A neural circuit for spatial summation in visual cortex

    Hillel Adesnik;William Bruns;Hiroki Taniguchi;Z. Josh Huang

  • Gain control by layer six in cortical circuits of vision

    Shawn R. Olsen;Dante S. Bortone;Hillel Adesnik;Massimo Scanziani

  • Identification of PSD-95 palmitoylating enzymes.

    Masaki Fukata;Yuko Fukata;Hillel Adesnik;Roger A. Nicoll

  • Stargazin modulates AMPA receptor gating and trafficking by distinct domains

    Susumu Tomita;Hillel Adesnik;Masayuki Sekiguchi;Wei Zhang

  • Epilepsy-Related Ligand/Receptor Complex LGI1 and ADAM22 Regulate Synaptic Transmission

    Yuko Fukata;Hillel Adesnik;Tsuyoshi Iwanaga;David S. Bredt

  • Lateral competition for cortical space by layer-specific horizontal circuits

    Hillel Adesnik;Massimo Scanziani

  • Cortical gamma band synchronization through somatostatin interneurons

    Julia Veit;Richard Hakim;Richard Hakim;Monika P Jadi;Terrence J Sejnowski;Terrence J Sejnowski

  • Input normalization by global feedforward inhibition expands cortical dynamic range

    Frédéric Pouille;Antonia Marin-Burgin;Hillel Adesnik;Bassam V Atallah

  • TARP gamma-8 controls hippocampal AMPA receptor number, distribution and synaptic plasticity.

    Nathalie Rouach;Keith Byrd;Ronald S Petralia;Guillermo M Elias

  • Precise multimodal optical control of neural ensemble activity

    Alan R Mardinly;Ian Antón Oldenburg;Nicolas C Pégard;Savitha Sridharan

  • Photoinactivation of Native AMPA Receptors Reveals Their Real-Time Trafficking

    Hillel Adesnik;Roger A. Nicoll;Pamela M. England

  • Conservation of Glutamate Receptor 2-Containing AMPA Receptors during Long-Term Potentiation

    Hillel Adesnik;Roger A Nicoll

  • Optogenetic pharmacology for control of native neuronal signaling proteins

    Richard H Kramer;Alexandre Mourot;Hillel Adesnik

  • 3D computer-generated holography by non-convex optimization

    Jingzhao Zhang;Nicolas Pégard;Jingshan Zhong;Hillel Adesnik

  • Three-dimensional scanless holographic optogenetics with temporal focusing

    Laura Waller;Hillel Adesnik;Nicolas C. Pégard

  • Regional Distribution of Cortical Interneurons and Development of Inhibitory Tone Are Regulated by Cxcl12/Cxcr4 Signaling

    Guangnan Li;Hillel Adesnik;Jennifer Li;Jason Long

  • Compressive light-field microscopy for 3D neural activity recording

    Nicolas C. Pégard;Hsiou-Yuan Liu;Nick Antipa;Maximillian Gerlock

  • Sensory experience regulates cortical inhibition by inducing IGF1 in VIP neurons

    A. R. Mardinly;I. Spiegel;A. Patrizi;E. Centofante

  • NMDA receptors inhibit synapse unsilencing during brain development

    Hillel Adesnik;Guangnan Li;Matthew J. During;Samuel J. Pleasure

  • Synaptic Mechanisms of Feature Coding in the Visual Cortex of Awake Mice

    Hillel Adesnik

  • Inhibitory Circuits in Cortical Layer 5.

    Alexander Naka;Hillel Adesnik

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger A. Nicoll
Roger A. Nicoll University of California, San Francisco
John Ngai
John Ngai University of California, Berkeley
Massimo Scanziani
Massimo Scanziani University of California, San Francisco
Stefano Cabrini
Stefano Cabrini Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Richard H. Kramer
Richard H. Kramer University of California, Berkeley
Kenneth D. Miller
Kenneth D. Miller Columbia University
Samuel J. Pleasure
Samuel J. Pleasure University of California, San Francisco
Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Michael E. Greenberg
Michael E. Greenberg Harvard University
Keiji Wada
Keiji Wada Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

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