Benjamin Jurek

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Jurek is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Jurek has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Social Psychology, 9 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 6 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Jurek's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (15 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (8 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (6 papers). Benjamin Jurek is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (15 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (8 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (6 papers). Benjamin Jurek collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Iran and United Kingdom. Benjamin Jurek's co-authors include Inga D. Neumann, Julia Winter, Erwin H. van den Burg, David A. Slattery, Oliver J. Bosch, Anna Bludau, Stefanie M. Klampfl, Rohit Menon, Thomas Grund and Trynke R. de Jong and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Physiological Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Jurek

27 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

The Oxytocin Receptor: From Intracellular Signaling to Behavior

2018 646 citations Benjamin Jurek, Inga D. Neumann profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Jurek Germany	17	1.1k	439	308	307	227	29	1.5k
William M. Kenkel United States	22	941 0.8×	241 0.5×	322 1.0×	275 0.9×	153 0.7×	41	1.3k
Masahide Yoshida Japan	15	1.4k 1.2×	567 1.3×	410 1.3×	314 1.0×	357 1.6×	40	1.7k
Marta Busnelli Italy	20	1.4k 1.3×	629 1.4×	415 1.3×	291 0.9×	373 1.6×	35	2.0k
Danielle S. Stolzenberg United States	15	927 0.8×	201 0.5×	136 0.4×	372 1.2×	64 0.3×	26	1.2k
Josephine M. Johns United States	27	1.3k 1.1×	418 1.0×	218 0.7×	378 1.2×	144 0.6×	63	1.9k
Pamela L. Noble United States	12	583 0.5×	106 0.2×	229 0.7×	181 0.6×	129 0.6×	16	851
Jack D. Caldwell United States	29	2.1k 1.9×	885 2.0×	459 1.5×	898 2.9×	263 1.2×	69	2.8k
Eliane Tribollet France	20	1.5k 1.3×	819 1.9×	228 0.7×	361 1.2×	221 1.0×	30	1.7k
J.J. Dreifuss France	17	1.4k 1.3×	817 1.9×	282 0.9×	377 1.2×	224 1.0×	25	1.6k
Vicky Tobin United Kingdom	17	681 0.6×	419 1.0×	101 0.3×	175 0.6×	121 0.5×	38	1.0k

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Sterlemann, Vera, Margherita Springer, Daniela Harbich, et al.. (2025). The Glucocorticoid Receptor Co‐Chaperone FKBP51 in the Adrenal Cortex Is Not Involved in Regulating Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Activity in the Mouse. European Journal of Neuroscience. 62(3). e70213–e70213. 1 indexed citations

Jurek, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Long-term deep phenotyping of behavioral traits in mice using homecage monitoring. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 180. 106453–106453.

Pandamooz, Sareh, Mohammad Saied Salehi, Benjamin Jurek, et al.. (2023). Oxytocin Receptor Expression in Hair Follicle Stem Cells: A Promising Model for Biological and Therapeutic Discovery in Neuropsychiatric Disorders. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 19(7). 2510–2524. 1 indexed citations

Pandamooz, Sareh, Benjamin Jurek, Mehdi Dianatpour, et al.. (2023). The beneficial effects of chick embryo extract preconditioning on hair follicle stem cells: A promising strategy to generate Schwann cells. Cell Proliferation. 56(7). e13397–e13397. 10 indexed citations

Jurek, Benjamin, Mercedes Alfonso‐Prieto, Vladimir M. Milenkovic, et al.. (2022). Structure-function relationships of the disease-linked A218T oxytocin receptor variant. Molecular Psychiatry. 27(2). 907–917. 19 indexed citations

Salehi, Mohammad Saied, Benjamin Jurek, Saeideh Karimi‐Haghighi, et al.. (2022). Intranasal application of stem cells and their derivatives as a new hope in the treatment of cerebral hypoxia/ischemia: a review. Reviews in the Neurosciences. 33(6). 583–606. 13 indexed citations

Jurek, Benjamin, Lucia Denk, Nicole Schäfer, et al.. (2022). Oxytocin accelerates tight junction formation and impairs cellular migration in 3D spheroids: evidence from Gapmer-induced exon skipping. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 1000538–1000538. 2 indexed citations

Salehi, Mohammad Saied, Anahid Safari, Sareh Pandamooz, et al.. (2021). The Beneficial Potential of Genetically Modified Stem Cells in the Treatment of Stroke: a Review. Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. 18(2). 412–440. 22 indexed citations

Salehi, Mohammad Saied, Inga D. Neumann, Benjamin Jurek, & Sareh Pandamooz. (2021). Co-Stimulation of Oxytocin and Arginine-Vasopressin Receptors Affect Hypothalamic Neurospheroid Size. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(16). 8464–8464. 10 indexed citations

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Winter, Julia, Ilona Berger, Marta Bianchi, et al.. (2021). Chronic oxytocin-driven alternative splicing of Crfr2α induces anxiety. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(11). 4742–4755. 32 indexed citations

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Pandamooz, Sareh, Benjamin Jurek, Mohammad Saied Salehi, et al.. (2021). The Implementation of Preconditioned Epidermal Neural Crest Stem Cells to Combat Ischemic Stroke. Comment on Othman, F.A.; Tan, S.C. Preconditioning Strategies to Enhance Neural Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Ischemic Stroke. Brain Sci. 2020, 10, 893. Brain Sciences. 11(5). 653–653. 4 indexed citations

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Winter, Julia, et al.. (2020). Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2A (MEF2A) Defines Oxytocin-Induced Morphological Effects and Regulates Mitochondrial Function in Neurons. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(6). 2200–2200. 17 indexed citations

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Jurek, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Anxiolytic and Anxiogenic? How the Transcription Factor MEF2 Might Explain the Manifold Behavioral Effects of Oxytocin. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 11. 186–186. 26 indexed citations

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Jurek, Benjamin, et al.. (2019). De Novo Protein Synthesis Mediated by the Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 2 Is Required for the Anxiolytic Effect of Oxytocin. Biological Psychiatry. 85(10). 802–811. 21 indexed citations

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Berger, Ilona, et al.. (2018). Oxytocin alters the morphology of hypothalamic neurons via the transcription factor myocyte enhancer factor 2A (MEF-2A). Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 477. 156–162. 18 indexed citations

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Winter, Julia & Benjamin Jurek. (2018). The interplay between oxytocin and the CRF system: regulation of the stress response. Cell and Tissue Research. 375(1). 85–91. 99 indexed citations

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Jurek, Benjamin, David A. Slattery, Yuichi Hiraoka, et al.. (2015). Oxytocin Regulates Stress-InducedCrfGene Transcription through CREB-Regulated Transcription Coactivator 3. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(35). 12248–12260. 102 indexed citations

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Jurek, Benjamin, et al.. (2015). Antagonism of V1b receptors promotes maternal motivation to retrieve pups in the MPOA and impairs pup-directed behavior during maternal defense in the mpBNST of lactating rats. Hormones and Behavior. 79. 18–27. 20 indexed citations

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Palmer, Glen A., et al.. (2014). Psychometric Properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II for OEF/OIF Veterans in a Polytrauma Sample. Military Medicine. 179(8). 879–884. 18 indexed citations

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Jurek, Benjamin, David A. Slattery, Rodrigue Maloumby, et al.. (2012). Differential Contribution of Hypothalamic MAPK Activity to Anxiety-Like Behaviour in Virgin and Lactating Rats. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e37060–e37060. 67 indexed citations

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