Herbert E. Covington

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

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Herbert E. Covington is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert E. Covington has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 23 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 18 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Herbert E. Covington's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (25 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (23 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (18 papers). Herbert E. Covington is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (25 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (23 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (18 papers). Herbert E. Covington collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Brazil. Herbert E. Covington's co-authors include Klaus A. Miczek, Scott J. Russo, Eric J. Nestler, Olivier Berton, Sam A. Golden, Ian Maze, Rachael L. Neve, Vincent Vialou, Quincey LaPlant and William Renthal and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Herbert E. Covington

47 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

A standardized protocol for repeated social defeat stress in mice

2011 1.1k citations Sam A. Golden, Herbert E. Covington et al. Nature Protocols profile →
Cell Type–Specific Loss of BDNF Signaling Mimics Optogenetic Control of Cocaine Reward

2010 658 citations Mary Kay Lobo, Herbert E. Covington et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Herbert E. Covington United States	30	3.2k	2.6k	2.3k	1.6k	1.6k	47	7.0k
Maarten van den Buuse Australia	48	3.4k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	254	7.7k
Vincent Vialou United States	38	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	64	6.1k
Stephanie C. Dulawa United States	33	3.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	966 0.6×	58	7.3k
Thomas Steckler Belgium	41	2.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	892 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	138	6.7k
Bart Ellenbroek Netherlands	45	3.5k 1.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	983 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	173	7.1k
Ming‐Hu Han United States	41	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	80	6.8k
Nadia M. Tsankova United States	7	1.8k 0.6×	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	10	5.6k
William Renthal United States	31	3.2k 1.0×	4.5k 1.7×	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	52	9.3k
Benjamin K. Yee Switzerland	48	3.8k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	149	9.2k
Luca Santarelli United States	21	3.4k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	927 0.6×	813 0.5×	35	7.2k

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Salvo, G., Sasha L. Fulton, Jennifer C Chan, et al.. (2024). Histone serotonylation in dorsal raphe nucleus contributes to stress- and antidepressant-mediated gene expression and behavior. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5042–5042. 16 indexed citations

Miczek, Klaus A., et al.. (2022). Excessive alcohol consumption after exposure to two types of chronic social stress: intermittent episodes vs. continuous exposure in C57BL/6J mice with a history of drinking. Psychopharmacology. 239(10). 3287–3296. 5 indexed citations

Covington, Herbert E., et al.. (2019). Persistent increase of I.V. cocaine self-administration in a subgroup of C57BL/6J male mice after social defeat stress. Psychopharmacology. 236(7). 2027–2037. 15 indexed citations

Covington, Herbert E., Emily L. Newman, Steven Tran, et al.. (2018). The Urge to Fight: Persistent Escalation by Alcohol and Role of NMDA Receptors in Mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 12. 206–206. 18 indexed citations

Covington, Herbert E., Ian Maze, Vincent Vialou, & Eric J. Nestler. (2015). Antidepressant action of HDAC inhibition in the prefrontal cortex. Neuroscience. 298. 329–335. 64 indexed citations

Covington, Herbert E., Ian Maze, HaoSheng Sun, et al.. (2011). A Role for Repressive Histone Methylation in Cocaine-Induced Vulnerability to Stress. Neuron. 71(4). 656–670. 228 indexed citations

Covington, Herbert E., Vincent Vialou, Quincey LaPlant, Yoshinori N. Ohnishi, & Eric J. Nestler. (2011). Hippocampal-dependent antidepressant-like activity of histone deacetylase inhibition. Neuroscience Letters. 493(3). 122–126. 143 indexed citations

Wilkinson, Matthew B., Caroline Dias, Michelle S. Mazei‐Robison, et al.. (2011). A Novel Role of the WNT-Dishevelled-GSK3 Signaling Cascade in the Mouse Nucleus Accumbens in a Social Defeat Model of Depression. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(25). 9084–9092. 131 indexed citations

Golden, Sam A., Herbert E. Covington, Olivier Berton, & Scott J. Russo. (2011). A standardized protocol for repeated social defeat stress in mice. Nature Protocols. 6(8). 1183–1191. 1142 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cao, Jun‐Li, Herbert E. Covington, Allyson K. Friedman, et al.. (2010). Mesolimbic Dopamine Neurons in the Brain Reward Circuit Mediate Susceptibility to Social Defeat and Antidepressant Action. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(49). 16453–16458. 307 indexed citations

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Renthal, William, Arvind Kumar, Guanghua Xiao, et al.. (2009). Genome-wide Analysis of Chromatin Regulation by Cocaine Reveals a Role for Sirtuins. Neuron. 62(3). 335–348. 300 indexed citations

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Krishnan, Vaishnav, Ming‐Hu Han, Michelle S. Mazei‐Robison, et al.. (2008). AKT Signaling within the Ventral Tegmental Area Regulates Cellular and Behavioral Responses to Stressful Stimuli. Biological Psychiatry. 64(8). 691–700. 144 indexed citations

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Fowler, Stephen C., Herbert E. Covington, & Klaus A. Miczek. (2007). Stereotyped and complex motor routines expressed during cocaine self-administration: results from a 24-h binge of unlimited cocaine access in rats. Psychopharmacology. 192(4). 465–478. 24 indexed citations

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Berton, Olivier, Herbert E. Covington, Karl Ebner, et al.. (2007). Induction of ΔFosB in the Periaqueductal Gray by Stress Promotes Active Coping Responses. Neuron. 56(3). 574–574. 3 indexed citations

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Covington, Herbert E., Thomas F. Tropea, Anjali M. Rajadhyaksha, Barry E. Kosofsky, & Klaus A. Miczek. (2007). NMDA receptors in the rat VTA: a critical site for social stress to intensify cocaine taking. Psychopharmacology. 197(2). 203–216. 60 indexed citations

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Renthal, William, Ian Maze, Vaishnav Krishnan, et al.. (2007). Histone Deacetylase 5 Epigenetically Controls Behavioral Adaptations to Chronic Emotional Stimuli. Neuron. 56(3). 517–529. 476 indexed citations

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Berton, Olivier, Herbert E. Covington, Karl Ebner, et al.. (2007). Induction of ΔFosB in the Periaqueductal Gray by Stress Promotes Active Coping Responses. Neuron. 55(2). 289–300. 105 indexed citations

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Covington, Herbert E., et al.. (2004). Brief Social Defeat Stress: Long Lasting Effects on Cocaine Taking During a Binge and Zif268 mRNA Expression in the Amygdala and Prefrontal Cortex. Neuropsychopharmacology. 30(2). 310–321. 113 indexed citations

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Yap, Jasmine, et al.. (2004). Behavioral sensitization due to social defeat stress in mice: antagonism at mGluR5 and NMDA receptors. Psychopharmacology. 179(1). 230–239. 62 indexed citations

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Covington, Herbert E. & Klaus A. Miczek. (2003). Vocalizations during withdrawal from opiates and cocaine: possible expressions of affective distress. European Journal of Pharmacology. 467(1-3). 1–13. 89 indexed citations

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