Brady K. Atwood

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Brady K. Atwood is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Brady K. Atwood has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Brady K. Atwood's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (20 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (10 papers). Brady K. Atwood is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (20 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (10 papers). Brady K. Atwood collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Germany. Brady K. Atwood's co-authors include Ken Mackie, Alex Straiker, James Wager‐Miller, David M. Lovinger, Braulio Muñoz, Jacqueline Lopez, Gregory G. Grecco, David L. Haggerty, John W. Huffman and Brandon M. Fritz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Brady K. Atwood

53 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

CB2: a cannabinoid receptor with an identity crisis 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. CB2: a cannabinoid receptor with an identity crisis
    2010 486 citations Brady K. Atwood, Ken Mackie profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brady K. Atwood United States 23 1.4k 1.1k 694 430 291 55 2.6k
Zuzana Justinová United States 38 2.4k 1.8× 2.0k 1.8× 1.2k 1.7× 458 1.1× 289 1.0× 65 3.7k
María Scherma Italy 26 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 530 0.8× 250 0.6× 244 0.8× 67 2.1k
Alex Straiker United States 33 1.9k 1.4× 2.7k 2.5× 789 1.1× 828 1.9× 234 0.8× 81 3.7k
Rosa M. Tolón Spain 28 1.7k 1.2× 2.4k 2.3× 605 0.9× 545 1.3× 368 1.3× 52 3.3k
Ainhoa Bilbao Germany 33 2.0k 1.5× 1.7k 1.6× 1.1k 1.6× 701 1.6× 513 1.8× 63 4.2k
Jocelyn F. Krey United States 21 836 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 895 1.3× 435 1.0× 504 1.7× 35 2.8k
Natalia Realini Italy 25 1.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.5× 582 0.8× 322 0.7× 230 0.8× 43 2.4k
Patrick M. Beardsley United States 30 2.1k 1.5× 546 0.5× 1.2k 1.7× 289 0.7× 394 1.4× 111 3.1k
Balapal S. Basavarajappa United States 40 1.8k 1.3× 2.2k 2.1× 827 1.2× 363 0.8× 375 1.3× 70 3.7k
Emilio Fernández‐Espejo Spain 27 1.3k 1.0× 607 0.6× 533 0.8× 369 0.9× 387 1.3× 89 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brady K. Atwood

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All Works

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Jury, Nur, et al.. (2025). Tau depletion diminishes vascular amyloid‐related deficits in a mouse model of cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 21(5). e70238–e70238. 1 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Braulio & Brady K. Atwood. (2023). A novel inhibitory corticostriatal circuit that expresses mu opioid receptor-mediated synaptic plasticity. Neuropharmacology. 240. 109696–109696. 1 indexed citations
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Chhabra, Kavaljit H., et al.. (2023). ADGRL1 is a glucose receptor involved in mediating energy and glucose homeostasis. Diabetologia. 67(1). 170–189. 5 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Braulio, Brandon M. Fritz, Fuqin Yin, & Brady K. Atwood. (2022). HCN1 channels mediate mu opioid receptor long‐term depression at insular cortex inputs to the dorsal striatum. The Journal of Physiology. 600(22). 4917–4938. 4 indexed citations
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Haggerty, David L., et al.. (2022). The role of anterior insular cortex inputs to dorsolateral striatum in binge alcohol drinking. eLife. 11. 20 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Braulio, et al.. (2022). Opioid Receptor-Mediated Regulation of Neurotransmission in the Brain. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 15. 919773–919773. 66 indexed citations
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Smith, Daniel C., Byung-Wook Kim, Md. Mamun Al-Amin, et al.. (2021). Deletion of Abi3 gene locus exacerbates neuropathological features of Alzheimer’s disease in a mouse model of Aβ amyloidosis. Science Advances. 7(45). eabe3954–eabe3954. 37 indexed citations
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Bozadjieva-Kramer, Nadejda, Rachel Ross, Henning Fenselau, et al.. (2021). The Role of Mediobasal Hypothalamic PACAP in the Control of Body Weight and Metabolism. Endocrinology. 162(4). 18 indexed citations
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Grecco, Gregory G., Yong Gao, Hongyu Gao, Yunlong Liu, & Brady K. Atwood. (2021). Prenatal opioid administration induces shared alterations to the maternal and offspring gut microbiome: A preliminary analysis. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 227. 108914–108914. 19 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Braulio, David L. Haggerty, & Brady K. Atwood. (2020). Synapse-specific expression of mu opioid receptor long-term depression in the dorsomedial striatum. PMC. 1 indexed citations
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Grecco, Gregory G., Brandon M. Fritz, Braulio Muñoz, et al.. (2020). Mu opioid receptors on vGluT2‐expressing glutamatergic neurons modulate opioid reward. Addiction Biology. 26(3). e12942–e12942. 22 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Braulio, David L. Haggerty, & Brady K. Atwood. (2020). Synapse-specific expression of mu opioid receptor long-term depression in the dorsomedial striatum. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7234–7234. 18 indexed citations
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Atwood, Brady K., et al.. (2020). Basal ganglia role in learning rewarded actions and executing previously learned choices: Healthy and diseased states. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0228081–e0228081. 9 indexed citations
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Haggerty, David L., et al.. (2019). Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors in Neuroscience Research. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 17. 69–82. 80 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Braulio, Brandon M. Fritz, Fuqin Yin, & Brady K. Atwood. (2018). Alcohol exposure disrupts mu opioid receptor-mediated long-term depression at insular cortex inputs to dorsolateral striatum. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Atwood, Brady K., David A. Kupferschmidt, & David M. Lovinger. (2014). Opioids induce dissociable forms of long-term depression of excitatory inputs to the dorsal striatum. Nature Neuroscience. 17(4). 540–548. 97 indexed citations
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Atwood, Brady K., Donghoon Lee, Alex Straiker, Theodore S. Widlanski, & Ken Mackie. (2011). CP47,497-C8 and JWH073, commonly found in ‘Spice’ herbal blends, are potent and efficacious CB1 cannabinoid receptor agonists. European Journal of Pharmacology. 659(2-3). 139–145. 93 indexed citations

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