Alexa H. Veenema

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

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Alexa H. Veenema is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexa H. Veenema has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Social Psychology, 49 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 24 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alexa H. Veenema's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (59 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (49 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (22 papers). Alexa H. Veenema is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (59 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (49 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (22 papers). Alexa H. Veenema collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Alexa H. Veenema's co-authors include Inga D. Neumann, Remco Bredewold, Kelly M. Dumais, Michael Lukas, Jaap M. Koolhaas, Stefan O. Reber, E. R. de Kloet, Daniela I. Beiderbeck, Caroline J. Smith and Iulia Toth and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Alexa H. Veenema

69 papers receiving 5.8k citations

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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.

Vasopressin and oxytocin receptor systems in the brain: Sex differences and sex-specific regulation of social behavior

2015 386 citations Kelly M. Dumais, Alexa H. Veenema profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexa H. Veenema United States	41	4.4k	2.8k	1.2k	1.1k	775	70	5.9k
A. Courtney DeVries United States	50	3.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	980 1.3×	133	7.7k
Mario Engelmann Germany	45	3.9k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	650 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	1.0k 1.3×	103	6.3k
David A. Slattery Germany	39	2.8k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	688 0.6×	797 0.8×	1.4k 1.7×	83	5.5k
Alison S. Fleming Canada	58	6.5k 1.5×	3.1k 1.1×	920 0.8×	943 0.9×	725 0.9×	170	9.7k
James Winslow United States	37	3.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	688 0.6×	715 0.9×	63	5.4k
Karen J. Parker United States	39	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	664 0.6×	279 0.4×	87	6.4k
Brian C. Trainor United States	42	2.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	609 0.6×	828 1.1×	104	5.1k
Oliver J. Bosch Germany	33	3.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	982 0.9×	815 0.8×	357 0.5×	62	4.3k
C.D. Ingram United Kingdom	38	3.0k 0.7×	2.6k 0.9×	344 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	885 1.1×	105	5.1k
Josie Diorio Canada	37	5.9k 1.3×	5.4k 2.0×	860 0.7×	766 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	55	11.4k

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Bredewold, Remco, et al.. (2024). Vasopressin regulates social play behavior in sex-specific ways through glutamate modulation in the lateral septum. Neuropsychopharmacology. 50(4). 630–639. 6 indexed citations

Joel, Daphna, Caroline J. Smith, & Alexa H. Veenema. (2023). Beyond the binary: Characterizing the relationships between sex and neuropeptide receptor binding density measures in the rat brain. Hormones and Behavior. 159. 105471–105471. 1 indexed citations

Reppucci, Christina J., et al.. (2020). Involvement of orexin/hypocretin in the expression of social play behaviour in juvenile rats. International Journal of Play. 9(1). 108–127. 10 indexed citations

DiBenedictis, Brett T., et al.. (2019). Involvement of ventral pallidal vasopressin in the sex-specific regulation of sociosexual motivation in rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 111. 104462–104462. 14 indexed citations

Raam, Tara, Kathleen M. McAvoy, B Antoine, Alexa H. Veenema, & Amar Sahay. (2017). Hippocampal oxytocin receptors are necessary for discrimination of social stimuli. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2001–2001. 198 indexed citations

Smith, Caroline J., et al.. (2016). Age and sex differences in oxytocin and vasopressin V1a receptor binding densities in the rat brain: focus on the social decision-making network. Brain Structure and Function. 222(2). 981–1006. 107 indexed citations

Dumais, Kelly M., et al.. (2016). Role of the oxytocin system in amygdala subregions in the regulation of social interest in male and female rats. Neuroscience. 330. 138–149. 30 indexed citations

Varian, Bernard J., Theofilos Poutahidis, Brett T. DiBenedictis, et al.. (2016). Microbial lysate upregulates host oxytocin. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 61. 36–49. 111 indexed citations

Smith, Caroline J., et al.. (2015). Social Novelty Investigation in the Juvenile Rat: Modulation by the μ‐Opioid System. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 27(10). 752–764. 58 indexed citations

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Veenema, Alexa H., Remco Bredewold, & Geert J. De Vries. (2013). Sex-specific modulation of juvenile social play by vasopressin. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 38(11). 2554–2561. 109 indexed citations

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Veenema, Alexa H.. (2011). Toward understanding how early-life social experiences alter oxytocin- and vasopressin-regulated social behaviors. Hormones and Behavior. 61(3). 304–312. 127 indexed citations

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Veenema, Alexa H., Daniela I. Beiderbeck, Michael Lukas, & Inga D. Neumann. (2010). Distinct correlations of vasopressin release within the lateral septum and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis with the display of intermale aggression. Hormones and Behavior. 58(2). 273–281. 132 indexed citations

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Lukas, Michael, Remco Bredewold, Rainer Landgraf, Inga D. Neumann, & Alexa H. Veenema. (2010). Early life stress impairs social recognition due to a blunted response of vasopressin release within the septum of adult male rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 36(6). 843–853. 100 indexed citations

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Veenema, Alexa H., et al.. (2008). Early Life Stress Enhances the Vulnerability to Chronic Psychosocial Stress and Experimental Colitis in Adult Mice. Endocrinology. 149(6). 2727–2736. 108 indexed citations

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Veenema, Alexa H. & Inga D. Neumann. (2008). Central vasopressin and oxytocin release: regulation of complex social behaviours. Progress in brain research. 170. 261–276. 264 indexed citations

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Neumann, Inga D., Luz Torner, Nicola Toschi, & Alexa H. Veenema. (2006). Oxytocin actions within the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei: differential effects on peripheral and intranuclear vasopressin release. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 291(1). R29–R36. 33 indexed citations

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Veenema, Alexa H., Thomas I.F.H. Cremers, Minke E. Jongsma, et al.. (2004). Differences in the effects of 5-HT1A receptor agonists on forced swimming behavior and brain 5-HT metabolism between low and high aggressive mice. Psychopharmacology. 178(2-3). 151–160. 50 indexed citations

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Datson, Nicole A., et al.. (2003). Serial analysis of gene expression predicts structural differences in hippocampus of long attack latency and short attack latency mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 17(2). 379–387. 45 indexed citations

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Rijsdijk, Frühling, et al.. (2002). Animal models on aggressive behavior: Focus on underlying dimensions and Y chromosomal effects in male mice. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 114(7). 885–885. 1 indexed citations

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Ábrahám, István M., et al.. (1997). Effect of Corticosterone and Adrenalectomy on NMDA‐Induced Cholinergic Cell Death in Rat Magnocellular Nucleus Basalis. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 9(9). 713–720. 18 indexed citations

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