2026 Venkatesh N. Murthy: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	55	4619	4247	2084	1885	140	20313

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Research.com Recognitions

2000 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Venkatesh N. Murthy is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and is active in the field of neuroscience. Their research primarily focuses on sensory systems, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biomedical engineering, cognitive neuroscience, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics including olfactory and sensory function studies, advanced chemical sensor technologies, neurobiology and insect physiology research, neural dynamics and brain function, insect pheromone research and control, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, and biochemical analysis and sensing techniques.

Venkatesh N. Murthy has contributed extensively to academic publications with a particular presence in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), eLife, arXiv (Cornell University), and Nature Communications.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Murthy include:

Multi-animal pose estimation, identification and tracking with DeepLabCut, 2022, Nature Methods
Olfactory Sensing and Navigation in Turbulent Environments, 2021, Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics
Antagonistic odor interactions in olfactory sensory neurons are widespread in freely breathing mice, 2020, Nature Communications
Multi-animal pose estimation and tracking with DeepLabCut, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Rapid Learning of Odor-Value Association in the Olfactory Striatum, 2020, Journal of Neuroscience

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Some of the most common coauthors are Catherine Dulac, Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis, Alexander Mathis, Jessy Lauer, and Mu Zhou.

Venkatesh N. Murthy was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2000.

Best Publications

DeepLabCut: markerless pose estimation of user-defined body parts with deep learning

Alexander Mathis;Pranav Mamidanna;Kevin M. Cury;Taiga Abe

5104
Citations
Coherent 25- to 35-Hz oscillations in the sensorimotor cortex of awake behaving monkeys.

Venkatesh N. Murthy;Eberhard E. Fetz

1257
Citations
All-optical electrophysiology in mammalian neurons using engineered microbial rhodopsins

Daniel R Hochbaum;Yongxin Zhao;Samouil L Farhi;Nathan Klapoetke

870
Citations
Inactivity produces increases in neurotransmitter release and synapse size.

Venkatesh N Murthy;Thomas Schikorski;Charles F Stevens;Yongling Zhu

741
Citations
Heterogeneous release properties of visualized individual hippocampal synapses.

Venkatesh N. Murthy;Terrence J. Sejnowski;Charles F. Stevens

691
Citations
Oscillatory activity in sensorimotor cortex of awake monkeys: synchronization of local field potentials and relation to behavior

Venkatesh N. Murthy;Eberhard E. Fetz

635
Citations
Rapid turnover of actin in dendritic spines and its regulation by activity

Erin N. Star;David J. Kwiatkowski;Venkatesh N. Murthy

594
Citations
Multiple forms of synaptic plasticity triggered by selective suppression of activity in individual neurons

Juan Burrone;Michael O'Byrne;Venkatesh N. Murthy

594
Citations
Gradients of substrate-bound laminin orient axonal specification of neurons

Stephan K. W. Dertinger;Xingyu Jiang;Zhiying Li;Venkatesh N. Murthy

583
Citations
Synchronization of neurons during local field potential oscillations in sensorimotor cortex of awake monkeys

Venkatesh N. Murthy;Eberhard E. Fetz

511
Citations
Role of Astrocytes in Neurovascular Coupling

Gabor C. Petzold;Gabor C. Petzold;Venkatesh N. Murthy

472
Citations
CELL BIOLOGY OF THE PRESYNAPTIC TERMINAL

Venkatesh N. Murthy;Pietro De Camilli

427
Citations
Precision and diversity in an odor map on the olfactory bulb

Edward Richard Soucy;Dinu F. Albeanu;Antoniu L. Fantana;Venkatesh N. Murthy

382
Citations
Molecular Organization of Vomeronasal Chemoreception

Yoh Isogai;Sheng Si;Lorena Pont-Lezica;Lorena Pont-Lezica;Taralyn Marie Tan

353
Citations
Synaptic vesicles retain their identity through the endocytic cycle

Venkatesh N. Murthy;Charles F. Stevens

325
Citations
Reversal of synaptic vesicle docking at central synapses

Venkatesh N. Murthy;Venkatesh N. Murthy;Charles F. Stevens

305
Citations
Neuronal Representation of Social Information in the Medial Amygdala of Awake Behaving Mice

Ying Li;Alexander Mathis;Benjamin F. Grewe;Jessica A. Osterhout;Jessica A. Osterhout

299
Citations
Inhibition of dynamin completely blocks compensatory synaptic vesicle endocytosis

A. Jamila Newton;Tom Kirchhausen;Venkatesh N. Murthy

296
Citations
Coupling of Neural Activity to Blood Flow in Olfactory Glomeruli Is Mediated by Astrocytic Pathways

Gabor C. Petzold;Dinu F. Albeanu;Tomokazu F. Sato;Venkatesh N. Murthy

291
Citations
Synaptic gain control and homeostasis.

Juan Burrone;Venkatesh N Murthy

269
Citations
Serotonergic modulation of odor input to the mammalian olfactory bulb.

Gabor C Petzold;Gabor C Petzold;Akari Hagiwara;Venkatesh N Murthy

258
Citations
Markerless tracking of user-defined features with deep learning

Alexander Mathis;Pranav Mamidanna;Taiga Abe;Kevin M. Cury

24
Citations
All-optical electrophysiology in mammalian neurons using engineered microbial rhodopsins

Daniel R Hochbaum;Yongxin Zhao;Samouil L Farhi;Christopher A Werley

0
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