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Massimo Scanziani

University of California, San Francisco · US
Area of research
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience · Cognitive Neuroscience
Research interest
Research interests include Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and Visual perception and processing mechanisms.
h-index
51
citations
17,642
works
100
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Vision shapes neural maps of space through an ancient midbrain pathway
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Inter- and intrahemispheric sources of vestibular signals to V1.
2025cited by 2position: contributordoi
Contextual modulation emerges by integrating feedforward and feedback processing in mouse visual cortex
Cell Reports 2024cited by 7position: middledoi
The brain simulates actions and their consequences during REM sleep
2024cited by 6position: contributordoi
A genetically defined tecto-thalamic pathway drives a system of superior-colliculus-dependent visual cortices
Neuron 2023cited by 29position: lastdoi
Brain State-Dependent Modulation of Thalamic Visual Processing by Cortico-Thalamic Feedback
Journal of Neuroscience 2023cited by 28position: lastdoi
A cognitive process occurring during sleep is revealed by rapid eye movements
Science 2022cited by 91position: lastdoi
Distinguishing externally from saccade-induced motion in visual cortex
Nature 2022cited by 79position: lastdoi
A cognitive process occurring during sleep is revealed by rapid eye movements.
2022cited by 63position: contributordoi
Distinguishing externally from saccade-induced motion in visual cortex.
2022cited by 55position: contributordoi
Publisher Correction: Distinguishing externally from saccade-induced motion in visual cortex.
2022cited by 1position: contributordoi
How Cortical Circuits Implement Cortical Computations: Mouse Visual Cortex as a Model
Annual Review of Neuroscience 2021cited by 122position: lastdoi
Erasing motion: Scrambling direction selectivity in visual cortex during saccades
2021cited by 3position: contributordoi
Feedback generates a second receptive field in neurons of the visual cortex
Nature 2020cited by 229position: lastdoi
A Disinhibitory Circuit for Contextual Modulation in Primary Visual Cortex
Neuron 2020cited by 161position: lastdoi
Feedback generates a second receptive field in neurons of the visual cortex.
2020cited by 159position: contributordoi
Head Movements Control the Activity of Primary Visual Cortex in a Luminance-Dependent Manner
Neuron 2020cited by 80position: lastdoi
Learning speed and detection sensitivity controlled by distinct cortico-fugal neurons in visual cortex
eLife 2020cited by 31position: lastdoi
Learning speed and detection sensitivity controlled by distinct cortico-fugal neurons in visual cortex.
2020cited by 29position: contributordoi
A Disinhibitory Circuit for Contextual Modulation in Primary Visual Cortex
2020cited by 7position: contributordoi
Multicolor Polymeric Nanoparticle Neuronal Tracers
ACS Central Science 2020cited by 6position: middledoi
Neurons in Visual Cortex are Driven by Feedback Projections when their Feedforward Sensory Input is Missing
2020cited by 2position: contributordoi
Author response: Learning speed and detection sensitivity controlled by distinct cortico-fugal neurons in visual cortex
2020cited by 1position: contributordoi
A collicular visual cortex: Neocortical space for an ancient midbrain visual structure
Science 2019cited by 215position: lastdoi
A collicular visual cortex: Neocortical space for an ancient midbrain visual structure.
2019cited by 146position: contributordoi
Reorganization of Recurrent Layer 5 Corticospinal Networks Following Adult Motor Training
Journal of Neuroscience 2019cited by 28position: middledoi
Reorganization of Recurrent Layer 5 Corticospinal Networks Following Adult Motor Training.
2019cited by 24position: contributordoi
Cortical direction selectivity emerges at convergence of thalamic synapses
Nature 2018cited by 146position: lastdoi
First spikes in visual cortex enable perceptual discrimination
eLife 2018cited by 134position: lastdoi
Visual physiology of the layer 4 cortical circuit in silico
PLoS Computational Biology 2018cited by 93position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 14 papers (2019–2026)Shawn R. Olsen · Allen Institute5 papers (2012–2018)Sarah Ruediger · University College London5 papers (2018–2023)J. M. Conner · University of California, San Diego4 papers (2015–2019)Arbora Resulaj · Howard Hughes Medical Institute4 papers (2018–2023)Bassam V. Atallah · Champalimaud Foundation3 papers (2012–2014)Mark H. Tuszynski · United States Department of Veterans Affairs3 papers (2015–2019)Anthony D. Lien · Georgia Institute of Technology3 papers (2013–2018)Dante S. Bortone · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3 papers (2012–2020)Morgane Roth · University of California, San Francisco3 papers (2020–2024)Andreas Keller · University of California, San Francisco3 papers (2020–2024)Jeremy S. Biane · University of California, San Francisco3 papers (2015–2019) · 3 papers (2020–2026) · 3 papers (2020–2020)Yuta Senzai · NYU Langone Health3 papers (2022–2026) · 3 papers (2020–2020)Satoru Miura · Howard Hughes Medical Institute3 papers (2021–2022)Riccardo Beltramo · University of Cambridge3 papers (2015–2023)Andrew J. Trevelyan · Newcastle University2 papers (2012–2013)Yoshio Takashima · National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology2 papers (2016–2019)