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Izhar Bar-Gad

Izhar Bar-Gad

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Neuroscience

D-Index
35
Citations
4396
World Ranking
9224
National Ranking
74

Izhar Bar-Gad 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 Izhar Bar-Gad sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 74 publications — 5th percentile

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Izhar Bar-Gad 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 Izhar Bar-Gad sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Izhar Bar-Gad is affiliated with Bar-Ilan University in Israel and focuses research efforts primarily in the fields of Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience. Their work intersects several subfields, including Neurology, Clinical Psychology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, with additional interests in Physiology and Signal Processing.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of neurological and psychiatric conditions, emphasizing the following areas:

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Voice and Speech Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Bar-Gad's recent publications highlight investigations into neurobehavioral mechanisms and experimental models, focusing on motor tics, Parkinson's disease, and sleep-related neural dynamics. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Common neuronal mechanisms underlying tics and hyperactivity," 2020, published in Cortex
  • "Developing better digital health measures of Parkinson's disease using free living data and a crowdsourced data analysis challenge," 2023, published in PLOS Digital Health
  • "Dissociation of tic generation from tic expression during the sleep-wake cycle," 2021, published in iScience
  • "Generating Acute and Chronic Experimental Models of Motor Tic Expression in Rats," 2021, published twice in the Journal of Visualized Experiments

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a core group of co-authors, including Katya Belelovsky, Ayala Matzner, Esther Vinner, Yocheved Loewenstern, and Lilach Gorodetski. These collaborations underscore a consistent focus on experimental and clinical neuroscience research.

Bar-Gad's work is often published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Visualized Experiments, Scientific Reports, Research Square, and Cortex. The distribution of publications across these sources reflects a blend of preprints, experimental protocols, and peer-reviewed articles.

Best Publications

  • Information processing, dimensionality reduction and reinforcement learning in the basal ganglia.

    Izhar Bar-Gad;Genela Morris;Hagai Bergman

  • Complex Locking Rather Than Complete Cessation of Neuronal Activity in the Globus Pallidus of a 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine-Treated Primate in Response to Pallidal Microstimulation

    Izhar Bar-Gad;Shlomo Elias;Eilon Vaadia;Hagai Bergman

  • Stepping out of the box: information processing in the neural networks of the basal ganglia

    Izhar Bar-Gad;Hagai Bergman

  • Subthalamic nucleus functional organization revealed by parkinsonian neuronal oscillations and synchrony

    A. Moran;H. Bergman;Z. Israel;I. Bar-Gad

  • Beta oscillations in the cortico-basal ganglia loop during parkinsonism

    Edward Stein;Izhar Bar-Gad

  • Dopamine Replacement Therapy Reverses Abnormal Synchronization of Pallidal Neurons in the 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine Primate Model of Parkinsonism

    Gali Heimer;Izhar Bar-Gad;Joshua A. Goldberg;Hagai Bergman

  • Mechanisms of magnetic stimulation of central nervous system neurons.

    Tamar Pashut;Shuki Wolfus;Alex Friedman;Michal Lavidor

  • The neurophysiological correlates of motor tics following focal striatal disinhibition

    Kevin W. McCairn;Maya Bronfeld;Katya Belelovsky;Izhar Bar-Gad

  • Dopamine Replacement Therapy Does Not Restore the Full Spectrum of Normal Pallidal Activity in the 1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetra-Hydropyridine Primate Model of Parkinsonism

    Gali Heimer;Michal Rivlin-Etzion;Izhar Bar-Gad;Joshua A. Goldberg

  • Failure in identification of overlapping spikes from multiple neuron activity causes artificial correlations.

    Izhar Bar-Gad;Ya'acov Ritov;Eilon Vaadia;Hagai Bergman

  • Real-time refinement of subthalamic nucleus targeting using Bayesian decision-making on the root mean square measure.

    Anan Moran;Izhar Bar-Gad;Hagai Bergman;Zvi Israel

  • Functional Correlations between Neighboring Neurons in the Primate Globus Pallidus Are Weak or Nonexistent

    Izhar Bar-Gad;Gali Heimer;Ya'acov Ritov;Hagai Bergman

  • Motor tics evoked by striatal disinhibition in the rat.

    Maya Bronfeld;Dorin Yael;Katya Belelovsky;Izhar Bar-Gad

  • Local shuffling of spike trains boosts the accuracy of spike train spectral analysis.

    Michal Rivlin-Etzion;Ya'acov Ritov;Gali Heimer;Hagai Bergman

  • Pathophysiology of tic disorders

    Dorin Yael;Esther Vinner;Izhar Bar-Gad

  • Reinforcement-driven dimensionality reduction--a model for information processing in the basal ganglia.

    I Bar-Gad;G Havazelet-Heimer;J A Goldberg;E Ruppin

  • Decoupling neuronal oscillations during subthalamic nucleus stimulation in the parkinsonian primate.

    A. Moran;E. Stein;H. Tischler;I. Bar-Gad

  • Generalized framework for stimulus artifact removal

    Yaara Erez;Hadass Tischler;Anan Moran;Izhar Bar-Gad

  • Dynamic stereotypic responses of Basal Ganglia neurons to subthalamic nucleus high-frequency stimulation in the parkinsonian primate.

    Anan Moran;Edward Stein;Hadass Tischler;Katya Belelovsky

  • Patch-clamp recordings of rat neurons from acute brain slices of the somatosensory cortex during magnetic stimulation

    Tamar Pashut;Dafna Magidov;Hana Ben-Porat;Shuki Wolfus

  • Tic Disorders What Happens in the Basal Ganglia

    Maya Bronfeld;Izhar Bar-Gad

Frequent Co-Authors

Hagai Bergman
Hagai Bergman Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ya'acov Ritov
Ya'acov Ritov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michal Lavidor
Michal Lavidor Bar-Ilan University
Yasin Temel
Yasin Temel Maastricht University
Eilon Vaadia
Eilon Vaadia Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Zvi Israel
Zvi Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Albert F.G. Leentjens
Albert F.G. Leentjens Maastricht University
Ahmed A. Moustafa
Ahmed A. Moustafa Bond University
Donald B. Katz
Donald B. Katz Brandeis University
Jörg M. Fegert
Jörg M. Fegert University of Ulm

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