2026 Michael M. Halassa: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	39	8205	7576	3516	3179	87	11638

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Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Michael M. Halassa is a researcher affiliated with MIT in the United States, specializing primarily in the field of Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Molecular Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research focuses on a range of topics such as Neural dynamics and brain function, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Recent publications by Michael M. Halassa include:

Distinct subnetworks of the thalamic reticular nucleus (2020, Nature)
Thalamic subnetworks as units of function (2022, Nature Neuroscience)
An Ultra-Sensitive Step-Function Opsin for Minimally Invasive Optogenetic Stimulation in Mice and Macaques (2020, Neuron)
Thalamic circuits for independent control of prefrontal signal and noise (2021, Nature)
Variation of connectivity across exemplar sensory and associative thalamocortical loops in the mouse (2020, eLife)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Michael include:

Ralf Wimmer
Arghya Mukherjee
Norman H. Lam
Bin Wang
Burkhard Pleger

The main venues in which this researcher has published are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature
Nature Communications
Neuron
Cell Reports Medicine

Michael M. Halassa has also contributed to academic books, with a publication titled "The Thalamus" (2022) through Cambridge University Press.

The researcher was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2015.

Best Publications

The tripartite synapse: roles for gliotransmission in health and disease

Michael M. Halassa;Tommaso Fellin;Philip G. Haydon

1057
Citations
Integrated brain circuits: astrocytic networks modulate neuronal activity and behavior.

Michael M. Halassa;Philip G. Haydon

939
Citations
Astrocytic Modulation of Sleep Homeostasis and Cognitive Consequences of Sleep Loss

Michael M. Halassa;Michael M. Halassa;Cedrick Florian;Tommaso Fellin;James R. Munoz

924
Citations
Synaptic Islands Defined by the Territory of a Single Astrocyte

Michael M. Halassa;Tommaso Fellin;Hajime Takano;Jing-Hui Dong

904
Citations
Thalamic amplification of cortical connectivity sustains attentional control

L. Ian Schmitt;Ralf D. Wimmer;Miho Nakajima;Michael Happ

647
Citations
Thalamic control of sensory selection in divided attention

Ralf D. Wimmer;L. Ian Schmitt;Thomas J. Davidson;Miho Nakajima

543
Citations
Thalamic functions in distributed cognitive control.

Michael M. Halassa;Michael M. Halassa;Michael M. Halassa;Sabine Kastner

496
Citations
Selective optical drive of thalamic reticular nucleus generates thalamic bursts and cortical spindles

Michael M Halassa;Joshua H Siegle;Jason T Ritt;Jonathan T Ting

347
Citations
State-Dependent Architecture of Thalamic Reticular Subnetworks

Michael M. Halassa;Zhe Chen;Ralf D. Wimmer;Philip M. Brunetti

330
Citations
Fusion-related Release of Glutamate from Astrocytes

Qi Zhang;Tina Pangrsic;Marko Kreft;Mojca Krzan

290
Citations
Thalamic regulation of switching between cortical representations enables cognitive flexibility.

Rajeev V Rikhye;Aditya Gilra;Michael M Halassa;Michael M Halassa

287
Citations
Thalamocortical Circuit Motifs: A General Framework.

Michael M. Halassa;S. Murray Sherman

283
Citations
The impact of NMDA receptor hypofunction on GABAergic neurons in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia

Samuel M. Cohen;Richard W. Tsien;Donald C. Goff;Donald C. Goff;Michael M. Halassa

273
Citations
Tripartite synapses: roles for astrocytic purines in the control of synaptic physiology and behavior.

Michael M. Halassa;Tommaso Fellin;Philip G. Haydon

269
Citations
IL-17a promotes sociability in mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Michael Douglas Reed;Michael Douglas Reed;Yeong Shin Yim;Yeong Shin Yim;Ralf D. Wimmer;Ralf D. Wimmer;Ralf D. Wimmer;Hyunju Kim

265
Citations
Endogenous nonneuronal modulators of synaptic transmission control cortical slow oscillations in vivo

Tommaso Fellin;Michael M. Halassa;Miho Terunuma;Francesca Succol

255
Citations
Astrocyte-Derived Adenosine and A1 Receptor Activity Contribute to Sleep Loss-Induced Deficits in Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity and Memory in Mice

Cédrick Florian;Christopher G. Vecsey;Michael M. Halassa;Philip G. Haydon

229
Citations
Thalamic reticular nucleus induces fast and local modulation of arousal state

Laura D Lewis;Laura D Lewis;Jakob Voigts;Francisco J Flores;Francisco J Flores;L Ian Schmitt

220
Citations
Thalamic control of functional cortical connectivity.

Miho Nakajima;Michael M Halassa;Michael M Halassa

219
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Thalamic Inhibition: Diverse Sources, Diverse Scales

Michael M. Halassa;Michael M. Halassa;László Acsády

218
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