2026 Thomas Wichmann: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	59	3940	3608	1788	1611	155	18089

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Neuroscience

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Overview

Thomas Wichmann is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with particular focus on Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. They have also contributed to Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The primary topics covered in their work include:

Neurological disorders and treatments
Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Nerve injury and regeneration

Their frequent coauthors consist of:

Adriana Galván
Yoland Smith
Benjamin B. Risk
Stewart A. Factor
Mark A. G. Eldridge

Wichmann has published regularly in several venues, notably:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Movement Disorders
Neuron

Notable recent papers include:

"An Open Resource for Non-human Primate Optogenetics," 2020, Neuron
"Translational molecular imaging and drug development in Parkinson's disease," 2023, Molecular Neurodegeneration
"A Wearable System for Attenuating Essential Tremor Based on Peripheral Nerve Stimulation," 2020, IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
"Clinical outcomes of globus pallidus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: a comparison of intraoperative MRI- and MER-guided lead placement," 2020, Journal of neurosurgery
"Dysfunction of motor cortices in Parkinson's disease," 2024, Cerebral Cortex

Best Publications

Reversal of experimental parkinsonism by lesions of the subthalamic nucleus

Hagai Bergman;Thomas Wichmann;Mahlon R. DeLong

2221
Citations
The primate subthalamic nucleus. II. Neuronal activity in the MPTP model of parkinsonism

H. Bergman;T. Wichmann;B. Karmon;M. R. DeLong

1622
Citations
Circuits and Circuit Disorders of the Basal Ganglia

Mahlon R. DeLong;Thomas Wichmann

1428
Citations
Functional and pathophysiological models of the basal ganglia.

Thomas Wichmann;Mahlon R DeLong

1068
Citations
Pathophysiology of Parkinsonism

Adriana Galvan;Thomas Wichmann

681
Citations
The primate subthalamic nucleus. III. Changes in motor behavior and neuronal activity in the internal pallidum induced by subthalamic inactivation in the MPTP model of parkinsonism

T. Wichmann;H. Bergman;M. R. DeLong

517
Citations
The Primate Subthalamic Nucleus. I. Functional Properties in Intact Animals

T. Wichmann;H. Bergman;M. R. DeLong

482
Citations
Deep Brain Stimulation for Neurologic and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Thomas Wichmann;Thomas Wichmann;Mahlon R. DeLong

452
Citations
Comparison of MPTP-induced changes in spontaneous neuronal discharge in the internal pallidal segment and in the substantia nigra pars reticulata in primates.

Thomas Wichmann;Hagai Bergman;Philip A. Starr;Thyagarajan Subramanian

363
Citations
Oscillations in the basal ganglia under normal conditions and in movement disorders

Plamen Gatev;Olivier Darbin;Thomas Wichmann

361
Citations
Pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease: the MPTP primate model of the human disorder.

Thomas Wichmann;Mahlon R. DeLONG

352
Citations
Update on models of basal ganglia function and dysfunction

Mahlon DeLong;Thomas Wichmann

297
Citations
Parkinson's Disease Therapeutics: New Developments and Challenges Since the Introduction of Levodopa

Yoland Smith;Thomas Wichmann;Thomas Wichmann;Stewart A Factor;Mahlon R DeLong

290
Citations
Role of external pallidal segment in primate parkinsonism: comparison of the effects of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism and lesions of the external pallidal segment.

Jesus Soares;Michele A. Kliem;Ranjita Betarbet;J. Timothy Greenamyre

274
Citations
The thalamostriatal system in normal and diseased states

Y Smith;A Galvan;T J Ellender;N Doig

266
Citations
Basal Ganglia Circuits as Targets for Neuromodulation in Parkinson Disease

Mahlon R. DeLong;Thomas Wichmann;Thomas Wichmann

263
Citations
Neuronal firing before and after burst discharges in the monkey basal ganglia is predictably patterned in the normal state and altered in parkinsonism.

Thomas Wichmann;Jesus Soares

261
Citations
The Thalamostriatal Systems: Anatomical and Functional Organization in Normal and Parkinsonian States

Yoland Smith;Dinesh Raju;Bijli Nanda;Jean-Francois Pare

249
Citations
Alterations in neuronal activity in basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuits in the parkinsonian state.

Adriana Galvan;Annaelle Devergnas;Thomas Wichmann;Thomas Wichmann

247
Citations
Functional neuroanatomy of the basal ganglia in Parkinson's disease.

Thomas Wichmann;Mahlon R DeLong

227
Citations
Milestones in research on the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease.

Thomas Wichmann;Mahlon R. DeLong;Jorge Guridi;Jose A. Obeso

220
Citations