Donna Toufexis

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
58 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Donna Toufexis is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Donna Toufexis has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 33 papers in Social Psychology and 17 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Donna Toufexis's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (44 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (32 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (10 papers). Donna Toufexis is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (44 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (32 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (10 papers). Donna Toufexis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Chile. Donna Toufexis's co-authors include Michael Davis, David Walker, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Michelle Wilson, Sayamwong E. Hammack, Karyn M. Myers, Victor Viau, Hernán E. Lara, M A Rivarola and Claire‐Dominique Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Donna Toufexis

57 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis versus the amygdala in fear, stress, and anxiety

2003 682 citations David Walker, Donna Toufexis et al. European Journal of Pharmacology profile →
Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with PACAP and the PAC1 receptor

2011 617 citations Sayamwong E. Hammack, Donna Toufexis et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donna Toufexis

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Gonadectomy maintains goal-directed responding in female rats and accelerates habit formation in male rats. 2025 ·Behavioral Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), A. Kraus, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Donna Toufexis	0
2	Acute stress facilitates habitual behavior in female rats 2024 ·Physiology & Behavior ·(unknown), Eric A. Thrailkill, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), A. Kraus, Donna Toufexis	2
3	Effects of sex and retention interval on the retrieval and extinction of auditory fear conditioning 2022 ·Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Neil E. Winterbauer, Donna Toufexis, Travis P. Todd	4
4	Dopamine sensitization by methamphetamine treatment prior to instrumental training delays the transition into habit in female rats 2021 ·Behavioural Brain Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ari P. Kirshenbaum, Donna Toufexis	2
5	Effects of social subordination and oestradiol on resting‐state amygdala functional connectivity in adult female rhesus monkeys 2019 ·Journal of Neuroendocrinology ·(unknown), David S. Grayson, Óscar Miranda-Domínguez, (unknown), Michelle Wilson, Donna Toufexis, Damien A. Fair, Mar M. Sánchez	8
6	Female rats express habitual behavior earlier in operant training than males. 2018 ·Behavioral Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael A. Kelberman, Donna Toufexis	22
7	The Effects of Prior Stress on Anxiety-Like Responding to Intra-BNST Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide in Male and Female Rats 2017 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Donna Toufexis, William A. Falls, Karen M. Braas, Víctor May, Sayamwong E. Hammack	28
8	Place and Response Learning in the Open-field Tower Maze 2015 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Olga Lipatova, (unknown), Donna Toufexis, (unknown)	2
9	Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) increases corticosterone in male and female rats 2014 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·Kimberly R. Lezak, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Galen Missig, Carolyn W. Roman, Karen M. Braas, Donna Toufexis, Víctor May, Sayamwong E. Hammack	38
10	Exercise-Associated Changes in the Corticosterone Response to Acute Restraint Stress: Evidence for Increased Adrenal Sensitivity and Reduced Corticosterone Response Duration 2013 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Brendan Hare, (unknown), Donna Toufexis, Sayamwong E. Hammack, William A. Falls	64
11	Gonadal hormones and voluntary exercise interact to improve discrimination ability in a set-shift task. 2013 ·Behavioral Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), Donna Toufexis, John T. Green	8
12	Social environment is associated with gene regulatory variation in the rhesus macaque immune system 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jenny Tung, Luis B. Barreiro, Zachary P. Johnson, Kasper D. Hansen, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Donna Toufexis, Katelyn Michelini, Michelle Wilson, Yoav Gilad	203
13	Social status modifies estradiol activation of sociosexual behavior in female rhesus monkeys 2012 ·Hormones and Behavior ·(unknown), Vasiliki Michopoulos, Kim Wallen, Mar M. Sánchez, Michelle Wilson, Donna Toufexis	18
14	Estrogen enhances the retention of spatial reference memory in the open field tower task, but disrupts the expression of spatial memory following a novel start position 2012 ·Neurobiology of Learning and Memory ·Olga Lipatova, Donna Toufexis	11
15	Social stress interacts with diet history to promote emotional feeding in females 2012 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·Vasiliki Michopoulos, Donna Toufexis, Michelle Wilson	46
16	Estrogen Disrupts the Inhibition of Fear in Female Rats, Possibly through the Antagonistic Effects of Estrogen Receptor α (ERα) and ERβ 2007 ·Journal of Neuroscience Nursing ·Donna Toufexis, Karyn M. Myers, (unknown), Michael Davis	14
17	Changes of metabolite profile in kainic acid induced hippocampal injury in rats measured by HRMAS NMR 2007 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Hui Mao, Donna Toufexis, Xiaoxia Wang, Agnès Lacreuse, Shaoxiong Wu	18
18	Sex Differences in Hormonal Modulation of Anxiety Measured with Light-Enhanced Startle: Possible Role for Arginine Vasopressin in the Male 2005 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Donna Toufexis, (unknown), Alexis S. Hammond, Michael Davis	41
19	Role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis versus the amygdala in fear, stress, and anxiety breakdown → 2003 ·European Journal of Pharmacology ·David Walker, Donna Toufexis, Michael Davis	682
20	Noradrenergic facilitation of the adrenocorticotropin response to stress is absent during lactation in the rat 1996 ·Brain Research ·Donna Toufexis, Claire‐Dominique Walker	64

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