Elyssa B. Margolis

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

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Elyssa B. Margolis is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Elyssa B. Margolis has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Elyssa B. Margolis's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (31 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (27 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers). Elyssa B. Margolis is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (31 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (27 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (18 papers). Elyssa B. Margolis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Elyssa B. Margolis's co-authors include Howard L. Fields, Gregory O. Hjelmstad, Marisela Morales, Saleem M. Nicola, Jocelyn M. Richard, Antonello Bonci, Jennifer Mitchell, Benjamin T. Saunders, Patricia H. Janak and Yanfang Xia and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

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Elyssa B. Margolis

38 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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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.

Ventral tegmental area: cellular heterogeneity, connectivity and behaviour

2017 754 citations Marisela Morales, Elyssa B. Margolis Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elyssa B. Margolis United States	26	3.5k	2.2k	1.4k	573	444	38	4.6k
F. Woodward Hopf United States	42	3.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	451 0.8×	595 1.3×	82	5.0k
Manuel Mameli France	39	3.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	321 0.6×	318 0.7×	80	4.2k
Mark A. Ungless United Kingdom	29	4.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.6×	451 0.8×	454 1.0×	51	5.6k
Yan Dong United States	39	4.4k 1.3×	2.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	487 0.8×	334 0.8×	116	5.9k
Veronica A. Alvarez United States	35	3.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	609 1.1×	228 0.5×	65	4.5k
Stephen G. Brickley United Kingdom	32	4.7k 1.4×	2.7k 1.3×	2.2k 1.6×	423 0.7×	538 1.2×	45	6.3k
Marco Capogna United Kingdom	43	4.1k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.7×	570 1.0×	275 0.6×	84	5.5k
Gaël Malleret France	25	3.1k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	486 0.8×	181 0.4×	45	5.5k
Joseph G. Wettstein United States	36	2.7k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	556 1.0×	868 2.0×	91	5.3k
Evgeny A. Budygin United States	33	2.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	241 0.4×	318 0.7×	74	3.7k

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Haddad, Dominik, Rose B. Creed, Zac Chatterton, et al.. (2024). Chronic hyperactivation of midbrain dopamine neurons causes preferential dopamine neuron degeneration. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Gomes, Ivone, Achla Gupta, Elyssa B. Margolis, Lloyd D. Fricker, & Lakshmi A. Devi. (2024). Ketamine and Major Ketamine Metabolites Function as Allosteric Modulators of Opioid Receptors. Molecular Pharmacology. 106(5). 240–252. 9 indexed citations

Waung, Maggie W., Joseph R. Driscoll, Christopher OʼBrien, et al.. (2022). A diencephalic circuit in rats for opioid analgesia but not positive reinforcement. Nature Communications. 13(1). 764–764. 15 indexed citations

Miranda‐Barrientos, Jorge, Smriti Mongia, Bing Liu, et al.. (2021). Ventral tegmental area GABA, glutamate, and glutamate‐GABA neurons are heterogeneous in their electrophysiological and pharmacological properties. European Journal of Neuroscience. 54(1). 4061–4084. 25 indexed citations

Gomes, Ivone, Salvador Sierra, Lindsay M. Lueptow, et al.. (2020). Biased signaling by endogenous opioid peptides. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(21). 11820–11828. 81 indexed citations

Driscoll, Joseph R., et al.. (2020). Differential Modulation of Ventral Tegmental Area Circuits by the Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ System. eNeuro. 7(5). ENEURO.0376–19.2020. 14 indexed citations

Fricker, Lloyd D., Elyssa B. Margolis, Ivone Gomes, & Lakshmi A. Devi. (2020). Five Decades of Research on Opioid Peptides: Current Knowledge and Unanswered Questions. Molecular Pharmacology. 98(2). 96–108. 95 indexed citations

Margolis, Elyssa B. & Anushree N. Karkhanis. (2019). Dopaminergic cellular and circuit contributions to kappa opioid receptor mediated aversion. Neurochemistry International. 129. 104504–104504. 37 indexed citations

Waung, Maggie W., Elyssa B. Margolis, Annabelle R. Charbit, & Howard L. Fields. (2019). A Midbrain Circuit that Mediates Headache Aversiveness in Rats. Cell Reports. 28(11). 2739–2747.e4. 21 indexed citations

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Breton, Jocelyn, Annabelle R. Charbit, Benjamin J. Snyder, et al.. (2018). Relative contributions and mapping of ventral tegmental area dopamine and GABA neurons by projection target in the rat. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 527(5). 916–941. 79 indexed citations

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Margolis, Elyssa B., Wakako Fujita, Lakshmi A. Devi, & Howard L. Fields. (2017). Two delta opioid receptor subtypes are functional in single ventral tegmental area neurons, and can interact with the mu opioid receptor. Neuropharmacology. 123. 420–432. 30 indexed citations

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Morales, Marisela & Elyssa B. Margolis. (2017). Ventral tegmental area: cellular heterogeneity, connectivity and behaviour. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 18(2). 73–85. 754 indexed citations breakdown →

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Margolis, Elyssa B., Gregory O. Hjelmstad, Wakako Fujita, & Howard L. Fields. (2014). Direct Bidirectional μ-Opioid Control of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(44). 14707–14716. 78 indexed citations

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Hjelmstad, Gregory O., Yanfang Xia, Elyssa B. Margolis, & Howard L. Fields. (2013). Opioid Modulation of Ventral Pallidal Afferents to Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(15). 6454–6459. 83 indexed citations

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Margolis, Elyssa B., Brian C. Toy, Patricia Himmels, Marisela Morales, & Howard L. Fields. (2012). Identification of Rat Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Neurons. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e42365–e42365. 145 indexed citations

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Margolis, Elyssa B., et al.. (2010). Glutamatergic and Nonglutamatergic Neurons of the Ventral Tegmental Area Establish Local Synaptic Contacts with Dopaminergic and Nondopaminergic Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(1). 218–229. 177 indexed citations

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Margolis, Elyssa B., Howard L. Fields, Gregory O. Hjelmstad, & Jennifer Mitchell. (2008). δ-Opioid Receptor Expression in the Ventral Tegmental Area Protects Against Elevated Alcohol Consumption. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(48). 12672–12681. 72 indexed citations

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Margolis, Elyssa B., et al.. (2006). κ opioids selectively control dopaminergic neurons projecting to the prefrontal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(8). 2938–2942. 263 indexed citations

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Margolis, Elyssa B., et al.. (2006). The ventral tegmental area revisited: is there an electrophysiological marker for dopaminergic neurons?. The Journal of Physiology. 577(3). 907–924. 415 indexed citations

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Margolis, Elyssa B., Gregory O. Hjelmstad, Antonello Bonci, & Howard L. Fields. (2004). Both Kappa and Mu Opioid Agonists Inhibit Glutamatergic Input to Ventral Tegmental Area Neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology. 93(6). 3086–3093. 71 indexed citations

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