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Ofer Yizhar is primarily affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and has contributed extensively to the field of Neuroscience. Their research predominantly focuses on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, with significant work in Cognitive Neuroscience and related subfields such as Social Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Molecular Biology.

The topics central to their research encompass photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neural dynamics and brain function, neuroscience and neural engineering, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, memory and neural mechanisms, as well as the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Ofer Yizhar has published regularly in several scientific venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Neuron
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Their recent scholarly papers include:

  • "Optogenetics for light control of biological systems," 2022, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Locus coeruleus norepinephrine activity mediates sensory-evoked awakenings from sleep," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Efficient optogenetic silencing of neurotransmitter release with a mosquito rhodopsin," 2021, Neuron
  • "Anatomically and functionally distinct thalamocortical inputs to primary and secondary mouse whisker somatosensory cortices," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "In situ electrochemical generation of nitric oxide for neuronal modulation," 2020, Nature Nanotechnology

Frequent collaborators in their work include Julien Dine, Jonas Wietek, Anna Litvin, Rivka Levy, and Asaf Benjamin. These co-authors have partnered with Yizhar on multiple projects, indicating a consistent collaborative network.

Best Publications

  • Parvalbumin neurons and gamma rhythms enhance cortical circuit performance

    Vikaas S. Sohal;Feng Zhang;Ofer Yizhar;Karl Deisseroth

  • Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction

    Ofer Yizhar;Ofer Yizhar;Lief E. Fenno;Matthias Prigge;Franziska Schneider

  • Optogenetics in neural systems.

    Ofer Yizhar;Lief E. Fenno;Thomas J. Davidson;Murtaza Mogri

  • The Development and Application of Optogenetics

    Lief Fenno;Ofer Yizhar;Karl Deisseroth

  • Tuning arousal with optogenetic modulation of locus coeruleus neurons.

    Matthew E Carter;Ofer Yizhar;Sachiko Chikahisa;Sachiko Chikahisa;Hieu Nguyen

  • Ultrafast optogenetic control

    Lisa A Gunaydin;Ofer Yizhar;André Berndt;Vikaas S Sohal

  • Principles for applying optogenetic tools derived from direct comparative analysis of microbial opsins

    Joanna Mattis;Kay M Tye;Emily A Ferenczi;Charu Ramakrishnan

  • Bi-stable neural state switches.

    André Berndt;Ofer Yizhar;Lisa A Gunaydin;Peter Hegemann

  • Recombinase-Driver Rat Lines: Tools, Techniques, and Optogenetic Application to Dopamine-Mediated Reinforcement

    Ilana B. Witten;Elizabeth E. Steinberg;Soo Yeun Lee;Thomas J. Davidson

  • Red-shifted optogenetic excitation: a tool for fast neural control derived from Volvox carteri

    Feng Zhang;Matthias Prigge;Florent Beyrière;Satoshi P Tsunoda

  • The Microbial Opsin Family of Optogenetic Tools

    Feng Zhang;Johannes Vierock;Ofer Yizhar;Lief E. Fenno

  • Crystal structure of the channelrhodopsin light-gated cation channel

    Hideaki E. Kato;Feng Zhang;Ofer Yizhar;Charu Ramakrishnan

  • An optogenetic toolbox designed for primates

    Ilka Diester;Matthew T Kaufman;Murtaza Mogri;Ramin Pashaie;Ramin Pashaie

  • Optogenetics for light control of biological systems

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  • Biophysical constraints of optogenetic inhibition at presynaptic terminals

    Mathias Mahn;Matthias Prigge;Shiri Ron;Rivka Levy

  • Two-photon optogenetic toolbox for fast inhibition, excitation and bistable modulation

    Rohit Prakash;Ofer Yizhar;Benjamin Grewe;Charu Ramakrishnan

  • High-efficiency optogenetic silencing with soma-targeted anion-conducting channelrhodopsins.

    Mathias Mahn;Lihi Gibor;Pritish Patil;Katayun Cohen-Kashi Malina

  • Silencing Neurons: Tools, Applications, and Experimental Constraints

    J. Simon Wiegert;Mathias Mahn;Matthias Prigge;Yoav Printz

  • A sexually dimorphic hypothalamic circuit controls maternal care and oxytocin secretion

    Niv Scott;Matthias Prigge;Ofer Yizhar;Tali Kimchi

  • Chronic optogenetic activation augments aβ pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer disease.

    Kaoru Yamamoto;Zen ichi Tanei;Tadafumi Hashimoto;Tomoko Wakabayashi

  • Manipulating fear associations via optogenetic modulation of amygdala inputs to prefrontal cortex

    Oded Klavir;Matthias Prigge;Ayelet Sarel;Rony Paz

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Charu Ramakrishnan
Charu Ramakrishnan Stanford University
Alon Chen
Alon Chen Weizmann Institute of Science
Vikaas S. Sohal
Vikaas S. Sohal University of California, San Francisco
Ilan Lampl
Ilan Lampl Weizmann Institute of Science
Yuval Nir
Yuval Nir Tel Aviv University
Tommaso Fellin
Tommaso Fellin Italian Institute of Technology
Kay M. Tye
Kay M. Tye Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Jochen F. Staiger
Jochen F. Staiger University of Göttingen

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