# Ofer Yizhar

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/ofer-yizhar/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 21,824 |
| Field | Photoreceptor and optogenetics research |
| h-index | 49 |
| i10-index | 74 |
| Last Known Institution | Weizmann Institute of Science |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5037720828 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4228-1448 |
| Works | 131 |

## Researcher papers

- [Tuning arousal with optogenetic modulation of locus coeruleus neurons](https://scholariq.org/papers/tuning-arousal-with-optogenetic-modulation-of-locus-coeruleus-neurons/)
- [The Anterior Insular Cortex→Central Amygdala Glutamatergic Pathway Is Critical to Relapse after Contingency Management](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-anterior-insular-cortex-central-amygdala-glutamatergic-pathway-is-critical/)

## Researcher topics

- [Photoreceptor and optogenetics research](https://scholariq.org/topics/photoreceptor-and-optogenetics-research/)
- [Neural dynamics and brain function](https://scholariq.org/topics/neural-dynamics-and-brain-function/)
- [Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuroscience-and-neuropharmacology-research/)
- [Neuroscience and Neural Engineering](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuroscience-and-neural-engineering/)
- [Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior](https://scholariq.org/topics/neuroendocrine-regulation-and-behavior/)

## Researcher university

- [Weizmann Institute of Science](https://scholariq.org/institutions/weizmann-institute-of-science/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.