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Christian Lüscher

University of Geneva · CH
Area of research
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, and Neural dynamics and brain function.
h-index
69
citations
20,936
works
194
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Roadmap for direct and indirect translation of optogenetics into discoveries and therapies for humans
Nature Neuroscience 2025cited by 4position: firstdoi
Optogenetics for light control of biological systems
Nature Reviews Methods Primers 2022cited by 442position: middledoi
The transition to compulsion in addiction
Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2020cited by 483position: firstdoi
The mesoSPIM initiative: open-source light-sheet microscopes for imaging cleared tissue
Nature Methods 2019cited by 356position: middledoi
The Molecular Basis of Drug Addiction: Linking Epigenetic to Synaptic and Circuit Mechanisms
Neuron 2019cited by 340position: lastdoi
Biomarkers for closed-loop deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease and beyond
Nature Reviews Neurology 2019cited by 228position: middledoi
Stochastic synaptic plasticity underlying compulsion in a model of addiction
Nature 2018cited by 188position: lastdoi
Psychostimulant effect of dopaminergic treatment and addictions in Parkinson's disease
Movement Disorders 2017cited by 70position: middledoi
Hippocampal Somatostatin Interneurons Control the Size of Neuronal Memory Ensembles
Neuron 2016cited by 273position: middledoi
The Emergence of a Circuit Model for Addiction
Annual Review of Neuroscience 2016cited by 265position: firstdoi
Accumbal D1R Neurons Projecting to Lateral Hypothalamus Authorize Feeding
Neuron 2015cited by 326position: lastdoi
Sufficiency of Mesolimbic Dopamine Neuron Stimulation for the Progression to Addiction
Neuron 2015cited by 317position: lastdoi
Refining deep brain stimulation to emulate optogenetic treatment of synaptic pathology
Science 2015cited by 281position: lastdoi
Optogenetics: 10 years after ChR2 in neurons—views from the community
Nature Neuroscience 2015cited by 137position: middledoi
Contrasting forms of cocaine-evoked plasticity control components of relapse
Nature 2014cited by 396position: lastdoi
Pathological circuit function underlying addiction and anxiety disorders
Nature Neuroscience 2014cited by 200position: lastdoi
Cocaine Disinhibits Dopamine Neurons by Potentiation of GABA Transmission in the Ventral Tegmental Area
Science 2013cited by 312position: lastdoi
In vivo reprogramming of circuit connectivity in postmitotic neocortical neurons
Nature Neuroscience 2013cited by 186position: middledoi
NMDA Receptor-Dependent Long-Term Potentiation and Long-Term Depression (LTP/LTD)
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 2012cited by 1,090position: firstdoi
GABA Neurons of the VTA Drive Conditioned Place Aversion
Neuron 2012cited by 664position: lastdoi
Ventral tegmental area GABA projections pause accumbal cholinergic interneurons to enhance associative learning
Nature 2012cited by 373position: lastdoi
A Comparison of Striatal-Dependent Behaviors in Wild-Type and Hemizygous Drd1a and Drd2 BAC Transgenic Mice
Journal of Neuroscience 2012cited by 58position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Vincent Pascoli · University of Geneva7 papers (2012–2018)Eoin C. O’Connor · Roche (Switzerland)3 papers (2012–2015)Masaya Harada · AstraZeneca (Japan)2 papers (2015–2018)Jean Terrier · University of Geneva2 papers (2014–2015)Dominique Müller · University of Geneva2 papers (2012–2016)Kelly R. Tan · University of Basel2 papers (2012–2013)Cédric Yvon · University of Geneva2 papers (2012–2013) · 2 papers (2022–2025)Paul Krack · University of Bern2 papers (2017–2019)Karl Deisseroth · Stanford University2 papers (2012–2025)Ofer Yizhar · Weizmann Institute of Science2 papers (2022–2025)Robert C. Malenka · Stanford Medicine2 papers (2012–2012)Agnès Hiver · University of Geneva2 papers (2015–2018) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Walid Bouthour · Hôpital Beau-Séjour1 papers (2019–2019) · 1 papers (2022–2022)Emilia Entcheva · George Washington University1 papers (2022–2022)Giao B. Hang · Gladstone Institutes1 papers (2012–2012)Eric J. Nestler · Allen Institute for Brain Science1 papers (2019–2019)Viviana Gradinaru · Aligning Science Across Parkinson's1 papers (2025–2025)