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D-Index
35
Citations
5623
World Ranking
9164
National Ranking
3869

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Lisa M. Giocomo is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, neurology, sensory systems, and biophysics.

They have a significant publication record, with 128 publications focused on neuroscience. Key topics within their research include memory and neural mechanisms, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neural dynamics and brain function, sleep and wakefulness research, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, as well as olfactory and sensory function studies.

Frequent publication outlets for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • Nature reviews. Neuroscience

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Navigating for reward" (2021) published in Nature reviews. Neuroscience
  • "All-optical physiology resolves a synaptic basis for behavioral timescale plasticity" (2023) published in Cell
  • "A unified theory for the computational and mechanistic origins of grid cells" (2022) published in Neuron
  • "Experience-dependent contextual codes in the hippocampus" (2021) published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Distance-tuned neurons drive specialized path integration calculations in medial entorhinal cortex" (2021) published in Cell Reports

They have collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Isabel I. C. Low (11 co-authored papers)
  • Yanjun Sun (9 co-authored papers)
  • Surya Ganguli (9 co-authored papers)
  • Mark Plitt (8 co-authored papers)
  • Malcolm Campbell (7 co-authored papers)

Lisa M. Giocomo was awarded the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2013. Their research contributions provide insights into various mechanisms of brain function, particularly in memory processing and neural circuit dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Temporal Frequency of Subthreshold Oscillations Scales with Entorhinal Grid Cell Field Spacing

    Lisa M. Giocomo;Eric A. Zilli;Erik Fransén;Michael E. Hasselmo

  • A Multiplexed, Heterogeneous, and Adaptive Code for Navigation in Medial Entorhinal Cortex.

    Kiah Hardcastle;Niru Maheswaranathan;Surya Ganguli;Lisa M. Giocomo

  • Grid cell firing may arise from interference of theta frequency membrane potential oscillations in single neurons

    Michael E. Hasselmo;Lisa M. Giocomo;Eric A. Zilli

  • Environmental boundaries as an error correction mechanism for grid cells.

    Kiah Hardcastle;Surya Ganguli;Lisa M. Giocomo

  • Computational Models of Grid Cells

    Lisa M. Giocomo;May-Britt Moser;Edvard I. Moser

  • Cholinergic modulation of cortical function.

    M. E. Hasselmo;L. M. Giocomo

  • Remembered reward locations restructure entorhinal spatial maps.

    William N. Butler;Kiah Hardcastle;Lisa M. Giocomo

  • Phase precession and variable spatial scaling in a periodic attractor map model of medial entorhinal grid cells with realistic after‐spike dynamics

    Zaneta Navratilova;Lisa M. Giocomo;Lisa M. Giocomo;Jean Marc Fellous;Michael E. Hasselmo

  • Principles governing the integration of landmark and self-motion cues in entorhinal cortical codes for navigation

    Malcolm G Campbell;Samuel A Ocko;Caitlin S Mallory;Isabel I C Low

  • Grid Cells Use HCN1 Channels for Spatial Scaling

    Lisa M. Giocomo;Syed A. Hussaini;Fan Zheng;Eric R. Kandel

  • Topography of Head Direction Cells in Medial Entorhinal Cortex

    Lisa M. Giocomo;Tor Stensola;Tora Bonnevie;Tiffany Van Cauter

  • Neuromodulation by Glutamate and Acetylcholine can Change Circuit Dynamics by Regulating the Relative Influence of Afferent Input and Excitatory Feedback

    Lisa M. Giocomo;Michael E. Hasselmo

  • All-optical physiology resolves a synaptic basis for behavioral timescale plasticity

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  • Time Constants of h Current in Layer II Stellate Cells Differ along the Dorsal to Ventral Axis of Medial Entorhinal Cortex

    Lisa M. Giocomo;Michael E. Hasselmo

  • Knock-out of HCN1 subunit flattens dorsal-ventral frequency gradient of medial entorhinal neurons in adult mice.

    Lisa M. Giocomo;Michael E. Hasselmo

  • Navigating for reward.

    Marielena Sosa;Lisa M. Giocomo

  • Cholinergic Modulation of the Resonance Properties of Stellate Cells in Layer II of Medial Entorhinal Cortex

    James G. Heys;Lisa M. Giocomo;Michael E. Hasselmo

  • Experience-dependent contextual codes in the hippocampus

    Mark H Plitt;Lisa M Giocomo

  • Computation by oscillations: implications of experimental data for theoretical models of grid cells.

    Lisa M. Giocomo;Michael E. Hasselmo

  • A positively tuned voltage indicator for extended electrical recordings in the brain

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  • Emergent elasticity in the neural code for space.

    Samuel A. Ocko;Kiah Hardcastle;Lisa M. Giocomo;Surya Ganguli

  • Frequency of Subthreshold Oscillations at Different Membrane Potential Voltages in Neurons at Different Anatomical Positions on the Dorsoventral Axis in the Rat Medial Entorhinal Cortex

    Motoharu Yoshida;Lisa M. Giocomo;Ian Boardman;Michael E. Hasselmo

  • A unified theory for the computational and mechanistic origins of grid cells

    Ben Sorscher;Gabriel C. Mel;Samuel A. Ocko;Lisa Giocomo

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Hasselmo
Michael E. Hasselmo Boston University
Edvard I. Moser
Edvard I. Moser Norwegian University of Science and Technology
May-Britt Moser
May-Britt Moser Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Thomas R. Clandinin
Thomas R. Clandinin Stanford University
Bruce L. McNaughton
Bruce L. McNaughton University of California, Irvine
Peyman Golshani
Peyman Golshani University of California, Los Angeles
Anne K. Churchland
Anne K. Churchland University of California, Los Angeles
Shan X. Wang
Shan X. Wang Stanford University
Gang Zhang
Gang Zhang Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Nicholas A. Melosh
Nicholas A. Melosh Stanford University

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