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Vikaas Sohal

Deputy Vice Chair for Research - Basic · University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine

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History

University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
Present
University of Rochester Medicine
Present

Neurological Surgery
University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine
2005–2012
Psychiatry
Stanford Univ Med Center
2005–2009
University of Cambridge in England
Stanford University School of Medicine
2001–2005
Stanford University
1997–2001
University of Cambridge in England
1995–1998

Research

Parvalbumin neurons and gamma rhythms enhance cortical circuit performance
Nature · 2009 · First of 4 authors · 2,094 citations
Neocortical excitation/inhibition balance in information processing and social dysfunction
Nature · 2011 · 1,912 citations
Excitation-inhibition balance as a framework for investigating mechanisms in neuropsychiatric disorders
Review · Molecular Psychiatry · 2019 · First of 2 authors · Corresponding · 787 citations

JR
John Rubenstein
16 papers
Anthony Lee
8 papers · 1 as a resident
Nicholas Frost
6 papers
Edward Chang
5 papers · 3 as a resident
Karl Deisseroth
5 papers
Amber Nolan
3 papers · 1 as a fellow
Cathryn Cadwell
3 papers
David Shin
3 papers
Ling-Lin Pai
3 papers
Matthew State
3 papers
AB
Audrey Brumback
2 papers
Ben Cheyette
2 papers

Grants

Molecular and Functional Dissection of Prefrontal-Hippocampal Long-Range Inhibition
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $800.4K · University of California, San Francisco
2026–2030
Mechanisms and Functions of Amygdala-Hippocampus Beta Synchrony
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $1.2M · University of California, San Francisco
2024–2029
Neurodevelopmental Defects of the Thalamocortical Pathway as a Convergent Feature of Psychiatric Disorders
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
PI · $3M · University of California, San Francisco
2023–2028
Improving Cognition by Understanding and Harnessing the Plasticity of Gamma-Generating Circuits in Prefrontal Cortex
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $2.7M · University of California, San Francisco
2022–2027