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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 - Hellman Fellow
  • 1998 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Yang Dan is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their primary field of study is Neuroscience, with significant contributions to related areas such as Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Cognitive Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The scientist has published extensively on topics that encompass neural dynamics and brain function, sleep and wakefulness research, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research. Other notable areas covered by their research include circadian rhythm and melatonin, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, memory and neural mechanisms, and neural and behavioral psychology studies.

Yang Dan has contributed to numerous papers, some of the recent notable publications being:

  • "Standardized and reproducible measurement of decision-making in mice" (2021, eLife)
  • "A database and deep learning toolbox for noise-optimized, generalized spike inference from calcium imaging" (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "A common hub for sleep and motor control in the substantia nigra" (2020, Science)
  • "Microglia regulate sleep through calcium-dependent modulation of norepinephrine transmission" (2024, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "A Brain-Wide Map of Neural Activity during Complex Behaviour" (2023, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Fei Hu
  • Guido T. Meijer
  • Jean-Paul Noel
  • Niccolò Bonacchi
  • Matteo Carandini

Yang Dan's research is commonly published in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuron
  • Cell
  • eLife
  • Nature Neuroscience

The scientist's recognition includes membership in the National Academy of Sciences awarded in 2018. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and received the Hellman Fellowship in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Spike timing-dependent plasticity: a Hebbian learning rule

    Natalia Caporale;Yang Dan

  • Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity of Neural Circuits

    Yang Dan;Mu-ming Poo

  • Spike-timing-dependent synaptic modification induced by natural spike trains

    Robert C. Froemke;Yang Dan

  • Do we know what the early visual system does

    Matteo Carandini;Jonathan B. Demb;Valerio Mante;David J. Tolhurst

  • Long-range and local circuits for top-down modulation of visual cortex processing

    Siyu Zhang;Min Xu;Tsukasa Kamigaki;Johnny Phong Hoang Do

  • Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity: From Synapse to Perception

    Yang Dan;Mu-Ming Poo

  • Removing Brakes on Adult Brain Plasticity: From Molecular to Behavioral Interventions

    Daphne Bavelier;Dennis M. Levi;Roger W. Li;Yang Dan

  • Neuromodulation of Brain States

    Seung-Hee Lee;Yang Dan

  • Activation of specific interneurons improves V1 feature selectivity and visual perception

    Seung-Hee Lee;Alex C. Kwan;Siyu Zhang;Victoria Phoumthipphavong

  • Basal forebrain activation enhances cortical coding of natural scenes

    Michael Goard;Yang Dan

  • Efficient Coding of Natural Scenes in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus: Experimental Test of a Computational Theory

    Yang Dan;Joseph J. Atick;R. Clay Reid

  • Fast modulation of visual perception by basal forebrain cholinergic neurons

    Lucas Pinto;Michael J Goard;Michael J Goard;Daniel Estandian;Min Xu

  • Basal forebrain circuit for sleep-wake control

    Min Xu;Shinjae Chung;Siyu Zhang;Peng Zhong

  • Spike-timing-dependent synaptic plasticity depends on dendritic location

    Robert C. Froemke;Mu-ming Poo;Yang Dan

  • What is memory? The present state of the engram

    Mu ming Poo;Michele Pignatelli;Tomás J. Ryan;Tomás J. Ryan;Susumu Tonegawa;Susumu Tonegawa

  • Asymmetric modulation of cytosolic cAMP activity induces growth cone turning

    AM Lohof;M Quillan;Y Dan;MM Poo

  • Cell-Type-Specific Activity in Prefrontal Cortex during Goal-Directed Behavior.

    Lucas Pinto;Yang Dan

  • Circuit-based interrogation of sleep control

    Franz Weber;Yang Dan

  • A natural approach to studying vision

    Gidon Felsen;Yang Dan

  • Reconstruction of Natural Scenes from Ensemble Responses in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

    Garrett B. Stanley;Fei F. Li;Yang Dan

Frequent Co-Authors

Mu-ming Poo
Mu-ming Poo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liqun Luo
Liqun Luo Stanford University
Sonja B. Hofer
Sonja B. Hofer University College London
Fei Hu
Fei Hu University of Alabama
R. Clay Reid
R. Clay Reid Allen Institute for Brain Science
Michael Häusser
Michael Häusser University College London
Matteo Carandini
Matteo Carandini University College London
Ilana B. Witten
Ilana B. Witten Princeton University
Richard H. Kramer
Richard H. Kramer University of California, Berkeley
Anne K. Churchland
Anne K. Churchland University of California, Los Angeles

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