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Jessica A. Cardin

Jessica A. Cardin

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
38
Citations
11130
World Ranking
8434
National Ranking
3600

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Jessica A. Cardin is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and works primarily within the field of Neuroscience. Their research spans various subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Neurology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks

Jessica A. Cardin's notable recent papers are:

  • "Mechanisms underlying gain modulation in the cortex," 2020, published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience
  • "Simultaneous cortex-wide fluorescence Ca2+ imaging and whole-brain fMRI," 2020, published in Nature Methods
  • "Spatiotemporally heterogeneous coordination of cholinergic and neocortical activity," 2022, published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Mesoscopic Imaging: Shining a Wide Light on Large-Scale Neural Dynamics," 2020, published in Neuron
  • "Dual-polarity voltage imaging of the concurrent dynamics of multiple neuron types," 2022, published in Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

  • Michael J. Higley
  • Andrew H. Moberly
  • Sweyta Lohani
  • Quentin Perrenoud
  • Katie Ferguson

Jessica A. Cardin's work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Methods
  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Neuron

In 2012, Jessica A. Cardin was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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

  • Arousal and Locomotion Make Distinct Contributions to Cortical Activity Patterns and Visual Encoding

    Martin Vinck;Renata Batista-Brito;Ulf Knoblich;Jessica A. Cardin

  • Waking State: Rapid Variations Modulate Neural and Behavioral Responses.

    Matthew J. McGinley;Martin Vinck;Jacob Reimer;Renata Batista-Brito

  • 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

  • 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

  • Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin

    Amy S. Chuong;Mitra L. Miri;Volker Busskamp;Gillian A.C. Matthews

  • Mechanisms underlying gain modulation in the cortex

    Katie A. Ferguson;Jessica A. Cardin

  • Inhibitory Interneurons Regulate Temporal Precision and Correlations in Cortical Circuits.

    Jessica A. Cardin

  • Stimulus Feature Selectivity in Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons in Primary Visual Cortex

    Jessica A. Cardin;Larry A. Palmer;Diego Contreras

  • Optical Neural Interfaces

    Melissa R. Warden;Jessica A. Cardin;Karl Deisseroth

  • Spatiotemporally heterogeneous coordination of cholinergic and neocortical activity

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  • Simultaneous cortex-wide fluorescence Ca2+ imaging and whole-brain fMRI.

    Evelyn M. R. Lake;Xinxin Ge;Xilin Shen;Peter Herman

  • Simultaneous mesoscopic and two-photon imaging of neuronal activity in cortical circuits.

    Daniel Barson;Ali S Hamodi;Xilin Shen;Gyorgy Lur;Gyorgy Lur

  • Optogenetics: 10 years after ChR2 in neurons--views from the community.

    Antoine Roger Adamantidis;Antoine Roger Adamantidis;Silvia Arber;Silvia Arber;Jaideep S Bains;Ernst Bamberg

  • Developmental Dysfunction of VIP Interneurons Impairs Cortical Circuits

    Renata Batista-Brito;Martin Vinck;Katie A. Ferguson;Jeremy T. Chang

  • Song System Auditory Responses Are Stable and Highly Tuned During Sedation, Rapidly Modulated and Unselective During Wakefulness, and Suppressed By Arousal

    Jessica A. Cardin;Marc F. Schmidt

  • Computational Modeling of Distinct Neocortical Oscillations Driven by Cell-Type Selective Optogenetic Drive: Separable Resonant Circuits Controlled by Low-Threshold Spiking and Fast-Spiking Interneurons

    Dorea Vierling-Claassen;Jessica A. Cardin;Christopher I. Moore;Stephanie R. Jones

  • Auditory responses in multiple sensorimotor song system nuclei are co-modulated by behavioral state.

    Jessica A. Cardin;Marc F. Schmidt

  • Snapshots of the Brain in Action: Local Circuit Operations through the Lens of γ Oscillations.

    Jessica A Cardin

  • Mesoscopic Imaging: Shining a Wide Light on Large-Scale Neural Dynamics

    Jessica A. Cardin;Michael C. Crair;Michael J. Higley

  • Noradrenergic Inputs Mediate State Dependence of Auditory Responses in the Avian Song System

    Jessica A. Cardin;Marc F. Schmidt

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Higley
Michael J. Higley Yale University
Martin Vinck
Martin Vinck Max Planck Society
Christopher I. Moore
Christopher I. Moore Brown University
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Michael C. Crair
Michael C. Crair Yale University
Dustin Scheinost
Dustin Scheinost Yale University
Botond Roska
Botond Roska University of Basel
Fahmeed Hyder
Fahmeed Hyder Yale University
Mark J. Schnitzer
Mark J. Schnitzer Stanford University

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