Alex Dranovsky

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Alex Dranovsky is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Dranovsky has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alex Dranovsky's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (12 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (6 papers). Alex Dranovsky is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (12 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (6 papers). Alex Dranovsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Alex Dranovsky's co-authors include René Hen, Nesha S. Burghardt, Mazen A. Kheirbek, Alexis S. Hill, Kimberly N. Scobie, Amar Sahay, C. O’Carroll, André A. Fenton, E. David Leonardo and Dmitry Goldgaber and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Alex Dranovsky

34 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Increasing adult hippocampal neurogenesis is sufficient to improve pattern separation

2011 1.2k citations Alex Dranovsky, René Hen et al. profile →
Hippocampal Neurogenesis: Regulation by Stress and Antidepressants

2006 518 citations Alex Dranovsky, René Hen Biological Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Dranovsky United States	21	2.0k	1.4k	1.3k	713	633	34	3.9k
Zhe-Yu Chen China	32	3.3k 1.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	807 1.1×	644 1.0×	75	5.5k
Masami Kojima Japan	23	3.2k 1.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.9×	527 0.8×	51	5.4k
Chitra D. Mandyam United States	31	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	992 0.8×	592 0.8×	437 0.7×	79	3.4k
Gitta Wörtwein Denmark	35	1.9k 1.0×	604 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	610 0.9×	634 1.0×	96	3.7k
Christine A. Denny United States	30	1.7k 0.9×	775 0.5×	841 0.7×	1.3k 1.8×	597 0.9×	71	3.7k
Tomi Rantamäki Finland	31	1.7k 0.8×	807 0.6×	804 0.6×	505 0.7×	691 1.1×	65	3.5k
Christine Pesold United States	30	2.8k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	636 1.0×	38	4.7k
Julie C. Lauterborn United States	35	2.9k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	867 1.2×	399 0.6×	62	4.2k
Mariana Alonso France	22	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	984 0.8×	795 1.1×	326 0.5×	34	4.0k
Benjamin A. Samuels United States	25	1.4k 0.7×	776 0.5×	940 0.7×	417 0.6×	924 1.5×	45	3.4k

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Margolis, Amy, Alex Dranovsky, David Pagliaccio, et al.. (2025). Annual Research Review: Exposure to environmental chemicals and psychosocial stress and the development of children's learning difficulties. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 66(4). 547–568. 1 indexed citations

Margolis, Amy, et al.. (2023). The Role of Environmental Chemicals in the Etiology of Learning Difficulties: A Novel Theoretical Framework. Mind Brain and Education. 17(4). 301–311. 2 indexed citations

Meng, Qingyuan, Álvaro L. Garcia‐García, Alex Dranovsky, & E. David Leonardo. (2023). Inhibition of norepinephrine signaling during a sensitive period disrupts locus coeruleus circuitry and emotional behaviors in adulthood. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 3077–3077. 2 indexed citations

Kosmidis, Stylianos, et al.. (2018). RbAp48 Protein Is a Critical Component of GPR158/OCN Signaling and Ameliorates Age-Related Memory Loss. Cell Reports. 25(4). 959–973.e6. 58 indexed citations

Garcia‐García, Álvaro L., Qingyuan Meng, Sarah Canetta, et al.. (2017). Serotonin Signaling through Prefrontal Cortex 5-HT1A Receptors during Adolescence Can Determine Baseline Mood-Related Behaviors. Cell Reports. 18(5). 1144–1156. 49 indexed citations

Garcia‐García, Álvaro L., et al.. (2016). 5-HT_1AAgonist Properties Contribute to a Robust Response to Vilazodone in the Novelty Suppressed Feeding Paradigm. The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. 19(10). pyw057–pyw057. 3 indexed citations

Garcia‐García, Álvaro L., Qingyuan Meng, Jesse W. Richardson-Jones, Alex Dranovsky, & E. David Leonardo. (2015). Disruption of 5-HT 1A function in adolescence but not early adulthood leads to sustained increases of anxiety. Neuroscience. 321. 210–221. 17 indexed citations

Samuels, Benjamin A., Christoph Anacker, Marjorie R. Levinstein, et al.. (2015). 5-HT1A receptors on mature dentate gyrus granule cells are critical for the antidepressant response. Nature Neuroscience. 18(11). 1606–1616. 149 indexed citations

Kirshenbaum, Greer S., et al.. (2014). Adolescent but not adult-born neurons are critical for susceptibility to chronic social defeat. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8. 289–289. 20 indexed citations

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Richardson-Jones, Jesse W., Caryne P. Craige, Thanh H. Nguyen, et al.. (2011). Serotonin-1A Autoreceptors Are Necessary and Sufficient for the Normal Formation of Circuits Underlying Innate Anxiety. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(16). 6008–6018. 155 indexed citations

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Dranovsky, Alex, Alexander C. Sisti, Atsushi Yamada, et al.. (2011). Experience Dictates Stem Cell Fate in the Adult Hippocampus. Neuron. 70(5). 908–923. 152 indexed citations

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Dranovsky, Alex & E. David Leonardo. (2011). Is there a role for young hippocampal neurons in adaptation to stress?. Behavioural Brain Research. 227(2). 371–375. 27 indexed citations

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Cazorla, Maxime, Anne Jouvenceau, Christiane Rose, et al.. (2010). Cyclotraxin-B, the First Highly Potent and Selective TrkB Inhibitor, Has Anxiolytic Properties in Mice. PLoS ONE. 5(3). e9777–e9777. 74 indexed citations

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Richardson-Jones, Jesse W., Caryne P. Craige, Bruno P. Guiard, et al.. (2010). 5-HT1A Autoreceptor Levels Determine Vulnerability to Stress and Response to Antidepressants. Neuron. 65(1). 40–52. 354 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingwen, Alex Dranovsky, & René Hen. (2008). The When and Where of BDNF and the Antidepressant Response. Biological Psychiatry. 63(7). 640–641. 44 indexed citations

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Dranovsky, Alex & René Hen. (2006). Hippocampal Neurogenesis: Regulation by Stress and Antidepressants. Biological Psychiatry. 59(12). 1136–1143. 518 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dranovsky, Alex, Inez Vincent, Luisa Gregori, et al.. (2001). Cdc2 phosphorylation of nucleolin demarcates mitotic stages and Alzheimer’s disease pathology. Neurobiology of Aging. 22(4). 517–528. 73 indexed citations

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Singh, Nandita, Maria Tsiper, Alex Dranovsky, et al.. (2001). The Role of Alzheimer's Disease-Related Presenilin 1 in Intercellular Adhesion. Experimental Cell Research. 263(1). 1–13. 24 indexed citations

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Schwarzman, A. L., Nandita Singh, Maria Tsiper, et al.. (1999). Endogenous presenilin 1 redistributes to the surface of lamellipodia upon adhesion of Jurkat cells to a collagen matrix. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(14). 7932–7937. 58 indexed citations

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Kazantsev, A.D., et al.. (1999). Insoluble detergent-resistant aggregates form between pathological and nonpathological lengths of polyglutamine in mammalian cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(20). 11404–11409. 383 indexed citations

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