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Charu Ramakrishnan

Howard Hughes Medical Institute · US
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Area of research
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience · Cognitive Neuroscience
Research interest
Research interests include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neural dynamics and brain function, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.
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69
citations
28,826
works
166
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Recent publications

Mimicking opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits
Nature 2026cited by 2position: middledoi
Three-photon holographic microscopy for deep precise optogenetics
Research Square 2026cited by 0position: middledoi
Raster photostimulation of large-scale neural populations
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2026cited by 0position: middledoi
Enhancer AAVs for targeting spinal motor neurons and descending motor pathways in rodents and macaque
Cell Reports 2025cited by 19position: middledoi
Food and water intake are regulated by distinct central amygdala circuits revealed using intersectional genetics
Nature Communications 2025cited by 11position: middledoi
Salience Signaling and Stimulus Scaling of Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate Neuron Subtypes
Journal of Neuroscience 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Environmental Novelty Modulates Rapid Cortical Plasticity During Navigation
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
Large-scale cellular-resolution read/write of activity enables discovery of cell types defined by complex circuit properties
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling at inhibitory synapses in vivo
Science 2024cited by 49position: middledoi
The parasubthalamic nucleus refeeding ensemble delays feeding initiation and hastens water drinking
Molecular Psychiatry 2024cited by 10position: middledoi
Neocortical long-range inhibition promotes cortical synchrony and sleep
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 9position: middledoi
Cholinergic Neuronal Activity Promotes Diffuse Midline Glioma Growth through Muscarinic Signaling
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 7position: middledoi
Monosynaptic Inputs to Ventral Tegmental Area Glutamate and GABA Co-transmitting Neurons
Journal of Neuroscience 2024cited by 6position: middledoi
Food and water uptake are regulated by distinct central amygdala circuits revealed using intersectional genetics
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Cardiogenic control of affective behavioural state
Nature 2023cited by 316position: middledoi
All-optical physiology resolves a synaptic basis for behavioral timescale plasticity
Cell 2023cited by 146position: middledoi
Orbitofrontal cortex control of striatum leads economic decision-making
Nature Neuroscience 2023cited by 53position: middledoi
Structural basis for ion selectivity in potassium-selective channelrhodopsins
Cell 2023cited by 52position: middledoi
Genetically targeted chemical assembly of polymers specifically localized extracellularly to surface membranes of living neurons
Science Advances 2023cited by 30position: middledoi
Human OPRM1 and murine Oprm1 promoter driven viral constructs for genetic access to μ-opioidergic cell types
Nature Communications 2023cited by 24position: middledoi
Structural basis for channel conduction in the pump-like channelrhodopsin ChRmine
Cell 2022cited by 146position: middledoi
Cell-type-specific population dynamics of diverse reward computations
Cell 2022cited by 78position: middledoi
Similar neural and perceptual masking effects of low-power optogenetic stimulation in primate V1
eLife 2022cited by 14position: middledoi
Genetically identified amygdala–striatal circuits for valence-specific behaviors
Nature Neuroscience 2021cited by 125position: middledoi
A neural circuit state change underlying skilled movements
Cell 2021cited by 87position: middledoi
Transcriptional and functional divergence in lateral hypothalamic glutamate neurons projecting to the lateral habenula and ventral tegmental area
Neuron 2021cited by 83position: middledoi
Dendritic calcium signals in rhesus macaque motor cortex drive an optical brain-computer interface
Nature Communications 2021cited by 71position: middledoi
An uncommon neuronal class conveys visual signals from rods and cones to retinal ganglion cells
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 13position: middledoi
Deep brain optogenetics without intracranial surgery
Nature Biotechnology 2020cited by 235position: middledoi
Genetically targeted chemical assembly of functional materials in living cells, tissues, and animals
Science 2020cited by 199position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Karl Deisseroth · Stanford University76 papers (2012–2026)Lief E. Fenno · The University of Texas at Austin19 papers (2014–2025)Soo Yeun Lee · Allen Institute10 papers (2014–2018)Yoon Seok Kim · Hannam University8 papers (2018–2025)A. Berndt · California Institute for Regenerative Medicine7 papers (2014–2018)Thomas J. Davidson · Howard Hughes Medical Institute6 papers (2013–2017)Sam Vesuna · Stanford University6 papers (2016–2022)Joshua H. Jennings · Stanford University6 papers (2013–2023) · 5 papers (2024–2026)Yoon Seok Kim · Palo Alto University5 papers (2019–2024)William E. Allen · Stanford University5 papers (2016–2022) · 5 papers (2016–2023)Joanna Mattis · University of Michigan5 papers (2013–2017)Tanya L. Daigle · Allen Institute for Brain Science5 papers (2024–2026)Scott L. Delp · Stanford University4 papers (2014–2016)Christina K. Kim · Princeton University4 papers (2015–2019)James H. Marshel · Stanford University4 papers (2015–2021)Kelly A. Zalocusky · Gladstone Institutes4 papers (2013–2016)Miao He · Deyang Stomatological Hospital4 papers (2014–2021) · 4 papers (2012–2019)
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