Deniz Atasoy

7.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
39 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Deniz Atasoy is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deniz Atasoy has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 17 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Deniz Atasoy's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (16 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (8 papers). Deniz Atasoy is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (16 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (8 papers). Deniz Atasoy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Denmark. Deniz Atasoy's co-authors include Scott M. Sternson, Helen Hong Su, Yeka Aponte, Thomas C. Südhof, Ege T. Kavalali, J. Nicholas Betley, Xinran Liu, Yıldırım Sara, Thomas Biederer and Marina G. Mozhayeva and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Deniz Atasoy

38 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

AGRP neurons are sufficient to orchestrate feeding behavior rapidly and without training

2011 872 citations Yeka Aponte, Deniz Atasoy et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Deconstruction of a neural circuit for hunger

2012 741 citations Deniz Atasoy, J. Nicholas Betley et al. Nature profile →
SynCAM, a Synaptic Adhesion Molecule That Drives Synapse Assembly

2002 612 citations Thomas Biederer, Yıldırım Sara et al. profile →
Activity-Dependent Validation of Excitatory versus Inhibitory Synapses by Neuroligin-1 versus Neuroligin-2

2007 455 citations Alexander A. Chubykin, Deniz Atasoy et al. Neuron profile →
Double-knockout mice for α- and β-synucleins: Effect on synaptic functions

2004 335 citations Deniz Atasoy, Robert E. Hammer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deniz Atasoy United States	26	2.4k	1.9k	1.8k	1.1k	1.1k	39	5.7k
Thomas S. Hnasko United States	35	3.0k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	745 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	64	5.1k
Larry S. Zweifel United States	43	3.8k 1.6×	2.3k 1.2×	969 0.5×	784 0.7×	1.9k 1.8×	102	6.5k
D.J.S. Sirinathsinghji United Kingdom	38	3.3k 1.4×	2.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	2.3k 2.1×	555 0.5×	106	7.2k
Patria E. Danielson United States	25	2.1k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	3.1k 1.7×	621 0.6×	3.1k 2.9×	34	7.6k
Benjamin R. Arenkiel United States	35	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	635 0.3×	465 0.4×	942 0.9×	97	4.4k
Kunihiko Obata Japan	55	6.4k 2.6×	3.9k 2.0×	768 0.4×	987 0.9×	2.3k 2.2×	167	10.6k
J. Peter H. Burbach Netherlands	48	3.6k 1.5×	3.8k 2.0×	1.0k 0.5×	603 0.5×	633 0.6×	146	7.6k
M. Tohyama Japan	52	5.6k 2.3×	3.8k 2.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	878 0.8×	190	8.7k
Richard J. Reimer United States	31	3.9k 1.6×	3.2k 1.7×	512 0.3×	680 0.6×	918 0.9×	53	6.7k
Linh Vong United States	20	1.5k 0.6×	968 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	993 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	21	4.1k

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Sayar, Nilüfer, Yavuz Yavuz, Chunyang Dong, et al.. (2024). Opioidergic signaling contributes to food-mediated suppression of AgRP neurons. Cell Reports. 43(1). 113630–113630. 6 indexed citations

Sayar, Nilüfer, et al.. (2024). Stress integration by an ascending adrenergic-melanocortin circuit. Neuropsychopharmacology. 49(9). 1361–1372.

Yavuz, Yavuz, et al.. (2024). Effects of chronic high fat diet on mediobasal hypothalamic satiety neuron function in POMC-Cre mice. Molecular Metabolism. 82. 101904–101904. 9 indexed citations

Spicer, Mackenzie M., et al.. (2024). Regulator of G protein signaling 6 mediates exercise-induced recovery of hippocampal neurogenesis, learning, and memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Neural Regeneration Research. 20(10). 2969–2981. 2 indexed citations

Yavuz, Yavuz, et al.. (2024). Postweaning Social Isolation Alters Puberty Onset by Suppressing Electrical Activity of Arcuate Kisspeptin Neurons. Neuroendocrinology. 114(5). 439–452. 1 indexed citations

Sayar, Nilüfer, İltan Aklan, Yavuz Yavuz, et al.. (2023). AgRP neurons encode circadian feeding time. Nature Neuroscience. 27(1). 102–115. 24 indexed citations

Sayar, Nilüfer, İltan Aklan, Hyojin Kim, et al.. (2023). Adrenergic modulation of melanocortin pathway by hunger signals. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6602–6602. 17 indexed citations

Fernández, Gimena, Pablo N. De Francesco, María Paula Cornejo, et al.. (2023). Ghrelin Action in the PVH of Male Mice: Accessibility, Neuronal Targets, and CRH Neurons Activation. Endocrinology. 164(11). 7 indexed citations

Aklan, İltan, Nilüfer Sayar, Fei Deng, et al.. (2023). Dorsal raphe serotonergic neurons suppress feeding through redundant forebrain circuits. Molecular Metabolism. 69. 101676–101676. 13 indexed citations

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Chanaday, Natalí L., E. D. Nosyreva, Ok-Ho Shin, et al.. (2021). Presynaptic store-operated Ca2+ entry drives excitatory spontaneous neurotransmission and augments endoplasmic reticulum stress. Neuron. 109(8). 1314–1332.e5. 64 indexed citations

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Aklan, İltan, Nilüfer Sayar, Yavuz Yavuz, et al.. (2019). NTS Catecholamine Neurons Mediate Hypoglycemic Hunger via Medial Hypothalamic Feeding Pathways. Cell Metabolism. 31(2). 313–326.e5. 107 indexed citations

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Sternson, Scott M., Deniz Atasoy, J. Nicholas Betley, Fredrick E. Henry, & Shengjin Xu. (2015). An Emerging Technology Framework for the Neurobiology of Appetite. Cell Metabolism. 23(2). 234–253. 43 indexed citations

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Atasoy, Deniz, J. Nicholas Betley, Weiping Li, et al.. (2014). A genetically specified connectomics approach applied to long-range feeding regulatory circuits. Nature Neuroscience. 17(12). 1830–1839. 63 indexed citations

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Atasoy, Deniz, J. Nicholas Betley, Helen Hong Su, & Scott M. Sternson. (2012). Deconstruction of a neural circuit for hunger. Nature. 488(7410). 172–177. 741 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aponte, Yeka, Deniz Atasoy, & Scott M. Sternson. (2011). AGRP neurons are sufficient to orchestrate feeding behavior rapidly and without training. Nature Neuroscience. 14(3). 351–355. 872 indexed citations breakdown →

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Atasoy, Deniz, Yeka Aponte, Helen Hong Su, & Scott M. Sternson. (2008). A FLEX Switch Targets Channelrhodopsin-2 to Multiple Cell Types for Imaging and Long-Range Circuit Mapping. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(28). 7025–7030. 491 indexed citations

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Chubykin, Alexander A., Deniz Atasoy, Mark R. Etherton, et al.. (2007). Activity-Dependent Validation of Excitatory versus Inhibitory Synapses by Neuroligin-1 versus Neuroligin-2. Neuron. 54(6). 919–931. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Atasoy, Deniz & Ege T. Kavalali. (2006). Presynaptic Unsilencing: Searching for a Mechanism. Neuron. 50(3). 345–346. 6 indexed citations

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Ho, Angela, Wade Morishita, Deniz Atasoy, et al.. (2006). Genetic Analysis of Mint/X11 Proteins: Essential Presynaptic Functions of a Neuronal Adaptor Protein Family. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(50). 13089–13101. 84 indexed citations

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Sara, Yıldırım, Thomas Biederer, Deniz Atasoy, et al.. (2005). Selective Capability of SynCAM and Neuroligin for Functional Synapse Assembly. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(1). 260–270. 143 indexed citations

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