Alice M. Stamatakis

5.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
20 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

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Alice M. Stamatakis is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alice M. Stamatakis has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alice M. Stamatakis's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (8 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (7 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers). Alice M. Stamatakis is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (8 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (7 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers). Alice M. Stamatakis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Denmark. Alice M. Stamatakis's co-authors include Garret D. Stuber, Joshua H. Jennings, Randall L. Ung, Dennis R. Sparta, Karl Deisseroth, Pranish A. Kantak, Thomas L. Kash, Kristen E. Pleil, Giorgio Rizzi and Grace A. Blair and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Alice M. Stamatakis

19 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Excitatory transmission from the amygdala to nucleus accumbens facilitates reward seeking

2011 636 citations Garret D. Stuber, Dennis R. Sparta et al. Nature profile →
Distinct extended amygdala circuits for divergent motivational states

2013 534 citations Joshua H. Jennings, Dennis R. Sparta et al. Nature profile →
Visualizing Hypothalamic Network Dynamics for Appetitive and Consummatory Behaviors

2015 399 citations Joshua H. Jennings, Randall L. Ung et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alice M. Stamatakis United States	16	2.4k	1.8k	930	863	674	20	3.7k
Joshua H. Jennings United States	19	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	709 0.8×	719 0.8×	640 0.9×	20	3.4k
Byung Kook Lim United States	31	3.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	585 0.7×	684 1.0×	44	5.2k
Dipesh Chaudhury United States	25	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	986 1.1×	672 0.8×	541 0.8×	39	3.6k
Alexxai V. Kravitz United States	31	3.3k 1.3×	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	460 0.5×	384 0.6×	69	5.2k
Dennis R. Sparta United States	21	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	690 0.7×	381 0.4×	462 0.7×	36	2.7k
Stephan Lammel United States	21	3.9k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	2.1k 2.2×	554 0.6×	776 1.2×	28	5.6k
Randall L. Ung United States	11	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	480 0.5×	692 0.8×	504 0.7×	12	2.3k
Ilana B. Witten United States	28	3.6k 1.5×	3.0k 1.7×	1.7k 1.9×	375 0.4×	582 0.9×	50	5.7k
John S. Yeomans Canada	35	2.7k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	422 0.5×	482 0.7×	77	4.0k
Evgeny A. Budygin United States	33	2.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	318 0.4×	450 0.7×	74	3.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Stamatakis, Alice M., Shanna L. Resendez, Morgana Favero, et al.. (2021). Miniature microscopes for manipulating and recording in vivo brain activity. Microscopy. 70(5). 399–414. 23 indexed citations

Ung, Randall L., Pranish A. Kantak, Garret D. Stuber, et al.. (2021). Inhibition of projections from the basolateral amygdala to the entorhinal cortex disrupts the acquisition of contextual fear. UNC Libraries. 1 indexed citations

Rodríguez-Romaguera, Jose, Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, Marcus L. Basiri, Alice M. Stamatakis, & Garret D. Stuber. (2020). Developments from Bulk Optogenetics to Single-Cell Strategies to Dissect the Neural Circuits that Underlie Aberrant Motivational States. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 12(3). a039792–a039792. 8 indexed citations

Pleil, Kristen E., Garret D. Stuber, Thomas L. Kash, et al.. (2020). Presynaptic Inhibition of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Release in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis by Kappa Opioid Receptor Signaling. UNC Libraries.

Stamatakis, Alice M., et al.. (2018). Simultaneous Optogenetics and Cellular Resolution Calcium Imaging During Active Behavior Using a Miniaturized Microscope. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12. 496–496. 66 indexed citations

Berrios, Janet, Alice M. Stamatakis, Pranish A. Kantak, et al.. (2016). Loss of UBE3A from TH-expressing neurons suppresses GABA co-release and enhances VTA-NAc optical self-stimulation. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10702–10702. 52 indexed citations

Stamatakis, Alice M., Maaike M.H. van Swieten, Marcus L. Basiri, et al.. (2016). Lateral Hypothalamic Area Glutamatergic Neurons and Their Projections to the Lateral Habenula Regulate Feeding and Reward. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(2). 302–311. 238 indexed citations

Jennings, Joshua H., Randall L. Ung, Shanna L. Resendez, et al.. (2015). Visualizing Hypothalamic Network Dynamics for Appetitive and Consummatory Behaviors. Cell. 160(3). 516–527. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

Stuber, Garret D., Alice M. Stamatakis, & Pranish A. Kantak. (2015). Considerations When Using Cre-Driver Rodent Lines for Studying Ventral Tegmental Area Circuitry. Neuron. 85(2). 439–445. 83 indexed citations

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Sparta, Dennis R., Alice M. Stamatakis, Joshua H. Jennings, et al.. (2014). Inhibition of projections from the basolateral amygdala to the entorhinal cortex disrupts the acquisition of contextual fear. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8. 129–129. 57 indexed citations

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Jennings, Joshua H., Giorgio Rizzi, Alice M. Stamatakis, Randall L. Ung, & Garret D. Stuber. (2013). The Inhibitory Circuit Architecture of the Lateral Hypothalamus Orchestrates Feeding. Science. 341(6153). 1517–1521. 369 indexed citations

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Jennings, Joshua H., Dennis R. Sparta, Alice M. Stamatakis, et al.. (2013). Distinct extended amygdala circuits for divergent motivational states. Nature. 496(7444). 224–228. 534 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stamatakis, Alice M., Joshua H. Jennings, Randall L. Ung, et al.. (2013). A Unique Population of Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons Inhibits the Lateral Habenula to Promote Reward. Neuron. 80(4). 1039–1053. 271 indexed citations

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Robinson, J. Elliott, Meng Chen, Alice M. Stamatakis, et al.. (2013). Levetiracetam Has Opposite Effects on Alcohol- and Cocaine-Related Behaviors in C57BL/6J Mice. Neuropsychopharmacology. 38(7). 1322–1333. 10 indexed citations

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Stamatakis, Alice M., Dennis R. Sparta, Joshua H. Jennings, et al.. (2013). Amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis circuitry: Implications for addiction-related behaviors. Neuropharmacology. 76. 320–328. 107 indexed citations

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Li, Chia, Kristen E. Pleil, Alice M. Stamatakis, et al.. (2012). Presynaptic Inhibition of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Release in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis by Kappa Opioid Receptor Signaling. Biological Psychiatry. 71(8). 725–732. 112 indexed citations

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Stamatakis, Alice M. & Garret D. Stuber. (2012). Activation of lateral habenula inputs to the ventral midbrain promotes behavioral avoidance. Nature Neuroscience. 15(8). 1105–1107. 421 indexed citations

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Stuber, Garret D., Dennis R. Sparta, Alice M. Stamatakis, et al.. (2011). Excitatory transmission from the amygdala to nucleus accumbens facilitates reward seeking. Nature. 475(7356). 377–380. 636 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saddoris, Michael P., Alice M. Stamatakis, & Regina M. Carelli. (2011). Neural correlates of Pavlovian‐to‐instrumental transfer in the nucleus accumbens shell are selectively potentiated following cocaine self‐administration. European Journal of Neuroscience. 33(12). 2274–2287. 65 indexed citations

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Sparta, Dennis R., et al.. (2011). Construction of implantable optical fibers for long-term optogenetic manipulation of neural circuits. Nature Protocols. 7(1). 12–23. 295 indexed citations

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