Byung Kook Lim

9.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
44 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Byung Kook Lim is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Byung Kook Lim has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Byung Kook Lim's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (11 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers). Byung Kook Lim is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (21 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (11 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers). Byung Kook Lim collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and China. Byung Kook Lim's co-authors include Robert C. Malenka, Stephan Lammel, Kee Wui Huang, Karl Deisseroth, Kay M. Tye, Mu‐ming Poo, Ran Chen, Patrick E. Rothwell, Varoth Lilascharoen and Daniel Knowland and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Byung Kook Lim

42 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

2012 977 citations Stephan Lammel, Byung Kook Lim et al. Nature profile →
Reward and aversion in a heterogeneous midbrain dopamine system

2013 578 citations Stephan Lammel, Byung Kook Lim et al. profile →
Diverging neural pathways assemble a behavioural state from separable features in anxiety

2013 474 citations Byung Kook Lim, Robert C. Malenka et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Byung Kook Lim United States	31	3.1k	1.9k	1.5k	684	585	44	5.2k
Larry S. Zweifel United States	43	3.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.6×	942 1.4×	969 1.7×	102	6.5k
Max B. Kelz United States	36	2.9k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	350 0.5×	571 1.0×	91	5.4k
Stephan Lammel United States	21	3.9k 1.3×	2.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	776 1.1×	554 0.9×	28	5.6k
Mazen A. Kheirbek United States	29	3.4k 1.1×	2.8k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	546 0.8×	228 0.4×	44	6.4k
F. Woodward Hopf United States	42	3.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	2.2k 1.5×	420 0.6×	595 1.0×	82	5.0k
Avishek Adhikari United States	24	3.0k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	558 1.0×	33	5.6k
Jean‐Christophe Cassel France	44	3.1k 1.0×	2.7k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	421 0.6×	280 0.5×	176	5.4k
Mark A. Ungless United Kingdom	29	4.0k 1.3×	2.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.5×	517 0.8×	454 0.8×	51	5.6k
Barbara A. Sorg United States	41	3.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	665 1.0×	507 0.9×	110	5.4k
Alexxai V. Kravitz United States	31	3.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	384 0.6×	460 0.8×	69	5.2k

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Lukácsovich, Tamás, Hongbin Yang, Jeroen P. H. Verharen, et al.. (2025). Changes in neurotensin signalling drive hedonic devaluation in obesity. Nature. 641(8065). 1238–1247. 7 indexed citations

Kang, Chan Woo, Eun Kyung Wang, Soo Hyun Lee, et al.. (2025). Novel mechanism whereby metformin improves glucose homeostasis: TXNIP–GLUT1 axis modulation enhances intestinal glucotonic effects. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 57(8). 1775–1788.

Hattori, Ryoma, Nathan G. Hedrick, Anant Jain, et al.. (2023). Meta-reinforcement learning via orbitofrontal cortex. Nature Neuroscience. 26(12). 2182–2191. 22 indexed citations

Jeong, Minju, Youngsoo Kim, Eric Hou-Jen Wang, et al.. (2021). Interhemispheric Cortico-Cortical Pathway for Sequential Bimanual Movements in Mice. eNeuro. 8(4). ENEURO.0200–21.2021. 3 indexed citations

Markowitz, Jeffrey E., Varoth Lilascharoen, Sandra L. Taylor, et al.. (2021). Flexible scaling and persistence of social vocal communication. Nature. 593(7857). 108–113. 46 indexed citations

McElvain, Lauren E., Yuncong Chen, Jeffrey D. Moore, et al.. (2021). Specific populations of basal ganglia output neurons target distinct brain stem areas while collateralizing throughout the diencephalon. Neuron. 109(10). 1721–1738.e4. 82 indexed citations

Yamaguchi, Takashi, Dongyu Wei, Soomin C. Song, et al.. (2020). Posterior amygdala regulates sexual and aggressive behaviors in male mice. Nature Neuroscience. 23(9). 1111–1124. 64 indexed citations

Winterer, Jochen, Johannes W. de Jong, David Lukacsovich, et al.. (2019). Chronic Stress Induces Activity, Synaptic, and Transcriptional Remodeling of the Lateral Habenula Associated with Deficits in Motivated Behaviors. Neuron. 104(5). 899–915.e8. 129 indexed citations

Knowland, Daniel & Byung Kook Lim. (2018). Circuit-based frameworks of depressive behaviors: The role of reward circuitry and beyond. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 174. 42–52. 70 indexed citations

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Zutshi, Ipshita, et al.. (2018). Recurrent circuits within medial entorhinal cortex superficial layers support grid cell firing. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3701–3701. 33 indexed citations

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Knowland, Daniel, Varoth Lilascharoen, Christopher Pham Pacia, et al.. (2017). Distinct Ventral Pallidal Neural Populations Mediate Separate Symptoms of Depression. Cell. 170(2). 284–297.e18. 195 indexed citations

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Shin, Sora, et al.. (2017). Drd3 Signaling in the Lateral Septum Mediates Early Life Stress-Induced Social Dysfunction. Neuron. 97(1). 195–208.e6. 85 indexed citations

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Yoo, Ji Hoon, Vivien Zell, Lauren Faget, et al.. (2017). Activation of Pedunculopontine Glutamate Neurons Is Reinforcing. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(1). 38–46. 1 indexed citations

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Yoo, Ji Hoon, Vivien Zell, Xinyi Shen, et al.. (2016). Activation of Pedunculopontine Glutamate Neurons Is Reinforcing. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(1). 38–46. 46 indexed citations

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Lim, Byung Kook, Kee Wui Huang, Brad A. Grueter, Patrick E. Rothwell, & Robert C. Malenka. (2012). Anhedonia requires MC4R-mediated synaptic adaptations in nucleus accumbens. Nature. 487(7406). 183–189. 298 indexed citations

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Shelly, Maya, Laura Cancedda, Byung Kook Lim, et al.. (2011). Semaphorin3A Regulates Neuronal Polarization by Suppressing Axon Formation and Promoting Dendrite Growth. Neuron. 71(3). 433–446. 171 indexed citations

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Lim, Byung Kook, Sung–Jin Cho, Germán Sumbre, & Mu‐ming Poo. (2010). Region-Specific Contribution of Ephrin-B and Wnt Signaling to Receptive Field Plasticity in Developing Optic Tectum. Neuron. 65(6). 899–911. 22 indexed citations

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Lü, Hui, Byung Kook Lim, & Mu‐ming Poo. (2009). Cocaine ExposureIn UteroAlters Synaptic Plasticity in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Postnatal Rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(40). 12664–12674. 43 indexed citations

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Lim, Byung Kook, Naoto Matsuda, & Mu‐ming Poo. (2008). Ephrin-B reverse signaling promotes structural and functional synaptic maturation in vivo. Nature Neuroscience. 11(2). 160–169. 97 indexed citations

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Rho, Seong‐Hwan, Hyun Ho Park, Gil Bu Kang, et al.. (2007). Crystal structure of Bacillus subtilis CodW, a noncanonical HslV‐like peptidase with an impaired catalytic apparatus. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 71(2). 1020–1026. 5 indexed citations

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