Daniel Saal

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Daniel Saal is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Saal has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 2 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Daniel Saal's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (5 papers). Daniel Saal is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (9 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (5 papers). Daniel Saal collaborates with scholars based in United States. Daniel Saal's co-authors include Yan Dong, Robert C. Malenka, Antonello Bonci, Eric J. Nestler, Rachael L. Neve, Hélène Marie, Thomas Green, Jaak Panksepp, Mark J. Thomas and Terry E. Robinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, JAMA and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Saal

12 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Drugs of Abuse and Stress Trigger a Common Synaptic Adaptation in Dopamine Neurons

2003 864 citations Daniel Saal, Yan Dong et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Saal United States	9	1.1k	620	425	277	211	12	1.5k
Osnat Ben‐Shahar United States	20	1.3k 1.1×	594 1.0×	490 1.2×	211 0.8×	226 1.1×	31	1.5k
Erin B. Larson United States	20	1.0k 0.9×	490 0.8×	300 0.7×	288 1.0×	318 1.5×	24	1.5k
R.E. See United States	24	1.6k 1.4×	710 1.1×	632 1.5×	202 0.7×	278 1.3×	32	1.9k
Joshua M. Gulley United States	24	1.1k 0.9×	476 0.8×	345 0.8×	225 0.8×	266 1.3×	56	1.6k
Paul D. Shepard United States	22	1.0k 0.9×	604 1.0×	448 1.1×	265 1.0×	256 1.2×	34	1.7k
Timothy W. Whitfield United States	12	1.0k 0.9×	459 0.7×	256 0.6×	249 0.9×	144 0.7×	13	1.4k
Simon R. Howes United Kingdom	10	920 0.8×	418 0.7×	428 1.0×	216 0.8×	314 1.5×	12	1.2k
Scott A. Chen United States	13	935 0.8×	425 0.7×	279 0.7×	248 0.9×	145 0.7×	15	1.3k
Nicole A. Crowley United States	19	1.0k 0.9×	520 0.8×	479 1.1×	256 0.9×	183 0.9×	34	1.5k
M. Stacy Hooks United States	18	1.5k 1.3×	642 1.0×	427 1.0×	383 1.4×	352 1.7×	20	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel Saal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Saal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Saal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Daniel Saal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Daniel Saal based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Daniel Saal. Daniel Saal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Saal, Daniel & Frank Lee. (2020). Rapid Induction Therapy for Opioid-Use Disorder Using Buprenorphine Transdermal Patch: A Case Series. The Permanente Journal. 24(2). 25 indexed citations

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Saal, Daniel. (2015). Rewriting the Script. JAMA. 313(23). 2323–2323. 2 indexed citations

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Daftary, Shabrine S., Jaak Panksepp, Yan Dong, & Daniel Saal. (2009). Stress-induced, glucocorticoid-dependent strengthening of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in midbrain dopamine neurons. Neuroscience Letters. 452(3). 273–276. 40 indexed citations

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Mu, Ping, Thomas Fuchs, Daniel Saal, et al.. (2009). Repeated cocaine exposure induces sensitization of ultrasonic vocalization in rats. Neuroscience Letters. 453(1). 31–35. 69 indexed citations

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Lee, Brian, Ping Mu, Daniel Saal, Catherine Ulibarri, & Yan Dong. (2008). Homeostatic recovery of downstate–upstate cycling in nucleus accumbens neurons. Neuroscience Letters. 434(3). 282–288. 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Yanhua H., Ying Lin, Travis E. Brown, et al.. (2007). CREB Modulates the Functional Output of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(5). 2751–2760. 60 indexed citations

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Dong, Yan, Thomas Green, Daniel Saal, et al.. (2006). CREB modulates excitability of nucleus accumbens neurons. Nature Neuroscience. 9(4). 475–477. 266 indexed citations

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Saal, Daniel & Robert C. Malenka. (2005). The role of synaptic plasticity in addiction. Clinical Neuroscience Research. 5(2-4). 141–146. 2 indexed citations

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Dong, Yan, Daniel Saal, Mark J. Thomas, et al.. (2004). Cocaine-induced potentiation of synaptic strength in dopamine neurons: Behavioral correlates in GluRA(–/–) mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(39). 14282–14287. 127 indexed citations

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Saal, Daniel, Yan Dong, Antonello Bonci, & Robert C. Malenka. (2003). Drugs of Abuse and Stress Trigger a Common Synaptic Adaptation in Dopamine Neurons. Neuron. 37(4). 577–582. 864 indexed citations breakdown →

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Roy, Mary Louise, Daniel Saal, Teresa M. Perney, et al.. (1996). Manipulation of the delayed rectifier Kv1.5 potassium channel in glial cells by antisense oligodeoxynucleotides. Glia. 18(3). 177–184. 43 indexed citations

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Chung, Sungkwon, Daniel Saal, & L. K. Kaczmarek. (1995). Elimination of potassium channel expression by antisense oligonucleotides in a pituitary cell line.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(13). 5955–5959. 26 indexed citations

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