Eric J. Nestler

131.6k total citations · 32 hit papers
667 papers, 92.0k citations indexed

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Eric J. Nestler is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric J. Nestler has authored 667 papers receiving a total of 92.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 390 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 349 papers in Molecular Biology and 100 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Eric J. Nestler's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (260 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (209 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (177 papers). Eric J. Nestler is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (260 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (209 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (177 papers). Eric J. Nestler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Eric J. Nestler's co-authors include Vaishnav Krishnan, Scott J. Russo, Steven E. Hyman, Ronald S. Duman, Amelia J. Eisch, Olivier Berton, William A. Carlezon, David W. Self, Michel Barrot and William Renthal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Eric J. Nestler

653 papers receiving 90.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Neurobiology of Depression

2002 2.5k citations Eric J. Nestler, Michel Barrot et al. Neuron profile →
Chronic Antidepressant Treatment Increases Neurogenesis in Adult Rat Hippocampus

2000 2.5k citations Eric J. Nestler, Ronald S. Duman et al. profile →
The molecular neurobiology of depression

2008 2.2k citations Vaishnav Krishnan, Eric J. Nestler profile →
NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ADDICTION: The Role of Reward-Related Learning and Memory

2006 2.0k citations Eric J. Nestler et al. profile →
Essential Role of BDNF in the Mesolimbic Dopamine Pathway in Social Defeat Stress

2006 1.7k citations Olivier Berton, Colleen A. McClung et al. Science profile →
The Mesolimbic Dopamine Reward Circuit in Depression

2006 1.6k citations Eric J. Nestler, William A. Carlezon Biological Psychiatry profile →
Animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders

2010 1.5k citations Eric J. Nestler et al. profile →
Molecular basis of long-term plasticity underlying addiction

2001 1.5k citations Eric J. Nestler profile →
Sustained hippocampal chromatin regulation in a mouse model of depression and antidepressant action

2006 1.3k citations Olivier Berton, Eric J. Nestler et al. profile →
The brain reward circuitry in mood disorders

2013 1.3k citations Scott J. Russo, Eric J. Nestler profile →
New approaches to antidepressant drug discovery: beyond monoamines

2006 1.2k citations Olivier Berton, Eric J. Nestler profile →
Molecular and Cellular Basis of Addiction

1997 1.1k citations Eric J. Nestler et al. Science profile →
Is there a common molecular pathway for addiction?

2005 1.0k citations Eric J. Nestler profile →
Epigenetic regulation in psychiatric disorders

2007 1.0k citations Eric J. Nestler et al. profile →
Psychobiology and molecular genetics of resilience

2009 876 citations Eric J. Nestler et al. profile →
Neurobiology of resilience

2012 800 citations Scott J. Russo, Ming‐Hu Han et al. profile →
Transcriptional and epigenetic mechanisms of addiction

2011 697 citations Eric J. Nestler et al. profile →
Early Life Programming and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

2010 696 citations Eric J. Nestler et al. Biological Psychiatry profile →
Cell Type–Specific Loss of BDNF Signaling Mimics Optogenetic Control of Cocaine Reward

2010 658 citations Ja Wook Koo, Ezekiell Mouzon et al. Science profile →
Mania-like behavior induced by disruption of CLOCK

2007 617 citations Kole T. Roybal, Ami Graham et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
ngs.plot: Quick mining and visualization of next-generation sequencing data by integrating genomic databases

2014 610 citations Li Shen, Eric J. Nestler et al. profile →
Regulation of Cocaine Reward by CREB

1998 601 citations William A. Carlezon, Ronald S. Duman et al. Science profile →
Chromatin Remodeling Is a Key Mechanism Underlying Cocaine-Induced Plasticity in Striatum

2005 594 citations Scott J. Russo, Eric J. Nestler et al. Neuron profile →
Molecular mechanisms of drug addiction

2004 572 citations Eric J. Nestler profile →
Essential role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in adult hippocampal function

2004 552 citations Lisa M. Monteggia, Michel Barrot et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Impaired adult myelination in the prefrontal cortex of socially isolated mice

2012 535 citations Vincent Vialou, Eric J. Nestler et al. profile →
Regulation of gene expression and cocaine reward by CREB and ΔFosB

2003 516 citations Colleen A. McClung, Eric J. Nestler profile →
Expression of the transcription factor ΔFosB in the brain controls sensitivity to cocaine

1999 514 citations William A. Carlezon, Ronald S. Duman et al. profile →
Nuclear factor-κB is a critical mediator of stress-impaired neurogenesis and depressive behavior

2010 509 citations Ja Wook Koo, Scott J. Russo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Linking Molecules to Mood: New Insight Into the Biology of Depression

2010 502 citations Vaishnav Krishnan, Eric J. Nestler American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
The orexigenic hormone ghrelin defends against depressive symptoms of chronic stress

2008 501 citations Shari G. Birnbaum, Eric J. Nestler et al. profile →
Ventral hippocampal afferents to the nucleus accumbens regulate susceptibility to depression

2015 363 citations Rosemary C. Bagot, Eric M. Parise et al. Nature Communications profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cocaine-context memories are transcriptionally encoded in nucleus accumbens Arc ensembles 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Marine Salery, Arthur Godino, (unknown), John F. Fullard, Romain Durand-de Cuttoli, (unknown), Leanne M. Holt, Scott J. Russo, Panos Roussos, Eric J. Nestler	1
2	Acute opioid responses are modulated by dynamic interactions of Oprm1 and Fgf12 2025 ·eLife ·(unknown), Yanning Zuo, Alexander S. Hatoum, Price E. Dickson, Guy Mittleman, Arpana Agrawal, Benjamin C. Reiner, Wade H. Berrettini, David G. Ashbrook, (unknown), Xusheng Wang, Megan K. Mulligan, Caleb J. Browne, Eric J. Nestler, Francesca Telese, Robert W. Williams, Hao Chen	0
3	Temporal dynamics of nucleus accumbens neurons in male mice during reward seeking 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William J. Wright, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lirong Wang, Yanhua H. Huang, Oliver M. Schlüter, Eric J. Nestler, Edward H. Nieh, Yan Dong	2
4	Mono-methylation of lysine 27 at histone 3 confers lifelong susceptibility to stress 2024 ·Neuron ·Angélica Torres‐Berrío, Molly Estill, (unknown), (unknown), Hope Kronman, (unknown), Orna Issler, Caleb J. Browne, Eric M. Parise, Yentl Y. van der Zee, Deena M. Walker, Freddyson J. Martínez-Rivera, Casey K. Lardner, Romain Durand-de Cuttoli, Scott J. Russo, (unknown), Simone Sidoli, Eric J. Nestler	11
5	Intravenous administration of blood–brain barrier-crossing conjugates facilitate biomacromolecule transport into central nervous system 2024 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Chang Wang, Siyu Wang, Yonger Xue, (unknown), Haoyuan Li, Xucheng Hou, Diana D. Kang, Zhengwei Liu, Meng Tian, Leiming Wang, Dinglingge Cao, Yang Yu, (unknown), Xiaolin Cheng, Tamara Markovic, (unknown), Brian H. Kopell, Alexander W. Charney, Eric J. Nestler, Yizhou Dong	16
6	Anandamide Hydrolysis Inhibition Modulates Stress Markers via Beta-Catenin in the PFC in A Rat Model Of PTSD 2023 ·Progress in Neurobiology ·Irit Akirav, (unknown), (unknown), Eric J. Nestler, Eric M. Parise, Tomer Mizrachi Zer‐Aviv	1
7	Integrating genetics and transcriptomics to study major depressive disorder: a conceptual framework, bioinformatic approaches, and recent findings 2023 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Emily M. Hicks, Carina Seah, (unknown), (unknown), Kristen Brennand, Eric J. Nestler, Matthew J. Girgenti, Laura M. Huckins	7
8	Paternal transgenerational epigenetic mechanisms mediating stress phenotypes of offspring 2019 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·Ashley M. Cunningham, Deena M. Walker, Eric J. Nestler	31
9	A 64-Tile 2.4-Mb In-Memory-Computing CNN Accelerator Employing Charge-Domain Compute 2019 ·IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits ·Hossein Valavi, Peter J. Ramadge, Eric J. Nestler, Naveen Verma	213
10	A Mixed-Signal Binarized Convolutional-Neural-Network Accelerator Integrating Dense Weight Storage and Multiplication for Reduced Data Movement 2018 ·Hossein Valavi, Peter J. Ramadge, Eric J. Nestler, Naveen Verma	113
11	The Role of Deimination in Regenerative Reprogramming of Neurons 2018 ·Molecular Neurobiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John W. Thompson, Tsung-Han Chou, Miguel A. Pérez‐Pinzón, Vittorio Porciatti, Susan B. Udin, Eric J. Nestler, Sanjoy K. Bhattacharya	5
12	DNA methyltransferase DNMT3a contributes to neuropathic pain by repressing Kcna2 in primary afferent neurons 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Jian‐Yuan Zhao, Lingli Liang, Xiyao Gu, Zhisong Li, Shaogen Wu, Linlin Sun, Fidelis E. Atianjoh, Jian Feng, Kai Mo, Shushan Jia, Brianna Marie Lutz, Alex Bekker, Eric J. Nestler, Yuan‐Xiang Tao	153
13	Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in the Mesolimbic Reward Circuitry Mediates Nociception in Chronic Neuropathic Pain 2017 ·Biological Psychiatry ·Hongxing Zhang, (unknown), Chen Li, Di Liu, Lei Wang, Xiaoyi Wang, Meijun Liu, He Liu, Song Zhang, (unknown), Jun-Xia Yang, Hai‐Lei Ding, Ja Wook Koo, Ezekiell Mouzon, Karl Deisseroth, Eric J. Nestler, Venetia Zachariou, Ming‐Hu Han, Jun‐Li Cao	79
14	Tet1 in Nucleus Accumbens Opposes Depression- and Anxiety-Like Behaviors 2017 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Jian Feng, Catherine J. Peña, Immanuel Purushothaman, Olivia Engmann, Deena M. Walker, Amber N. Brown, Orna Issler, Marie A. Doyle, (unknown), Ezekiell Mouzon, Vincent Vialou, Li Shen, Meelad M. Dawlaty, Rudolf Jaenisch, Eric J. Nestler	49
15	In vivo imaging identifies temporal signature of D1 and D2 medium spiny neurons in cocaine reward 2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Erin S. Calipari, Rosemary C. Bagot, Immanuel Purushothaman, Thomas J. Davidson, Jordan T. Yorgason, Catherine J. Peña, Deena M. Walker, (unknown), Kevin G. Guise, Charu Ramakrishnan, Karl Deisseroth, Eric J. Nestler	221
16	Nuclear factor-κB is a critical mediator of stress-impaired neurogenesis and depressive behavior breakdown → 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ja Wook Koo, Scott J. Russo, Deveroux Ferguson, Eric J. Nestler, Ronald S. Duman	509
17	Linking Molecules to Mood: New Insight Into the Biology of Depression breakdown → 2010 ·American Journal of Psychiatry ·Vaishnav Krishnan, Eric J. Nestler	502
18	Norbin Is an Endogenous Regulator of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Signaling 2009 ·Science ·Hong Wang, (unknown), Yi Nong, Shari G. Birnbaum, Jacob Bendor, Hjalmar Brismar, Eric J. Nestler, Anita Aperia, Marc Flajolet, Paul Greengard	105
19	Mania-like behavior induced by disruption of CLOCK breakdown → 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kole T. Roybal, (unknown), Ami Graham, Jennifer A. DiNieri, Scott J. Russo, Vaishnav Krishnan, Sumana Chakravarty, Joseph Peevey, (unknown), Shari G. Birnbaum, Martha Hotz Vitaterna, Paul J. Orsulak, Joseph S. Takahashi, Eric J. Nestler, William A. Carlezon, Colleen A. McClung	617
20	Essential role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in adult hippocampal function breakdown → 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lisa M. Monteggia, Michel Barrot, Craig M. Powell, Olivier Berton, (unknown), Terry Gemelli, Sven G. Meuth, András Nagy, Robert Greene, Eric J. Nestler	552

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