Ofer Yizhar

Ofer Yizhar

Weizmann Institute of Science

H-index: 52

Asia-Israel

About Ofer Yizhar

Ofer Yizhar, With an exceptional h-index of 52 and a recent h-index of 41 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Weizmann Institute of Science, specializes in the field of Neuroscience, optogenetics, prefrontal cortex, synaptic connectivity.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Studying dominance and aggression requires ethologically relevant paradigms

Oxytocin signaling regulates maternally-directed behavior during early life

Neural basis for fasting activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis

A bistable inhibitory OptoGPCR for multiplexed optogenetic control of neural circuits

The neural basis for fasting activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis

Determinants of functional synaptic connectivity among amygdala-projecting prefrontal cortical neurons in male mice

Localized chemogenetic silencing of inhibitory neurons: a novel mouse model of focal cortical epileptic activity

A non-canonical striatopallidal Go pathway that supports motor control

Ofer Yizhar Information

University

Position

Neurobiology Department

Citations(all)

21634

Citations(since 2020)

9997

Cited By

15994

hIndex(all)

52

hIndex(since 2020)

41

i10Index(all)

75

i10Index(since 2020)

68

Email

University Profile Page

Weizmann Institute of Science

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Ofer Yizhar Skills & Research Interests

Neuroscience

optogenetics

prefrontal cortex

synaptic connectivity

Top articles of Ofer Yizhar

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Studying dominance and aggression requires ethologically relevant paradigms

Yair Shemesh

Asaf Benjamin

Keren Shoshani-Haye

Ofer Yizhar

Alon Chen

2024/6/1

Oxytocin signaling regulates maternally-directed behavior during early life

bioRxiv

Daniel Zelmanoff

Menachem Kaufman

Julien Dine

Jonas Wietek

Anna Litvin

...

2024

Neural basis for fasting activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis

Nature

Amelia M Douglass

Jon M Resch

Joseph C Madara

Hakan Kucukdereli

Ofer Yizhar

...

2023/8/3

A bistable inhibitory OptoGPCR for multiplexed optogenetic control of neural circuits

BioRxiv

Jonas Wietek

Adrianna Nozownik

Mauro Pulin

Inbar Saraf-Sinik

Noa Matosevich

...

2023/7/2

The neural basis for fasting activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis

Jon Resch

Amelia Douglass

Joseph Madara

Hakan Kucukdereli

Ofer Yizhar

...

2023/5/1

Determinants of functional synaptic connectivity among amygdala-projecting prefrontal cortical neurons in male mice

Nature communications

Yoav Printz

Pritish Patil

Mathias Mahn

Asaf Benjamin

Anna Litvin

...

2023/3/25

Localized chemogenetic silencing of inhibitory neurons: a novel mouse model of focal cortical epileptic activity

Cerebral Cortex

Adi Miriam Goldenberg

Sarah Schmidt

Rea Mitelman

Dana Rubi Levy

Matthias Prigge

...

2023/3/15

A non-canonical striatopallidal Go pathway that supports motor control

Nature communications

Marie A Labouesse

Arturo Torres-Herraez

Muhammad O Chohan

Joseph M Villarin

Julia Greenwald

...

2023/10/23

A Glowing Protein Helps Scientists Visualize Brain Cell Activity

Frontiers for young minds

Sophie Bouccara

Ofer Yizhar

2022/4/21

Exercise increases information content and affects long-term stability of hippocampal place codes

Cell Reports

Yoav Rechavi

Alon Rubin

Ofer Yizhar

Yaniv Ziv

2022/11/22

Neurophotonic tools for microscopic measurements and manipulation: status report

Neurophotonics

Ahmed S Abdelfattah

Sapna Ahuja

Taner Akkin

Srinivasa Rao Allu

Joshua Brake

...

2022/1/1

Optogenetics at the presynapse

Benjamin R Rost

Jonas Wietek

Ofer Yizhar

Dietmar Schmitz

2022/8

Molecular optimization of rhodopsin-based tools for neuroscience applications

Lief E Fenno

Rivka Levy

Ofer Yizhar

2022/7/21

Optogenetics for light control of biological systems

Valentina Emiliani

Emilia Entcheva

Rainer Hedrich

Peter Hegemann

Kai R Konrad

...

2022/7/21

Rhodopsin-bestrophin fusion proteins from unicellular algae form gigantic pentameric ion channels

Nature structural & molecular biology

Andrey Rozenberg

Igor Kaczmarczyk

Donna Matzov

Johannes Vierock

Takashi Nagata

...

2022/6

Optogenetic strategies for high-efficiency all-optical interrogation using blue-light-sensitive opsins

Elife

Angelo Forli

Matteo Pisoni

Yoav Printz

Ofer Yizhar

Tommaso Fellin

2021/5/25

Efficient optogenetic silencing of neurotransmitter release with a mosquito rhodopsin

Neuron

Mathias Mahn

Inbar Saraf-Sinik

Pritish Patil

Mauro Pulin

Eyal Bitton

...

2021/5/19

Optogenetic silencing of neurotransmitter release with a naturally occurring invertebrate rhodopsin

bioRxiv

Mathias Mahn

Inbar Saraf-Sinik

Pritish Patil

Mauro Pulin

Eyal Bitton

...

2021/2/18

Bistable type ii opsins and uses thereof

2021/12/30

The social dilemma: prefrontal control of mammalian sociability

Ofer Yizhar

Dana R Levy

2021/6/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 180
Karl Deisseroth

Karl Deisseroth

Stanford University

H-index: 111
Feng Zhang

Feng Zhang

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

H-index: 89
John Huguenard

John Huguenard

Stanford University

H-index: 84
Peter Hegemann

Peter Hegemann

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

H-index: 44
Vikaas Sohal

Vikaas Sohal

University of California, San Francisco

H-index: 41
Uri Ashery

Uri Ashery

Tel Aviv University

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