Hoa A. Lam

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Hoa A. Lam is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hoa A. Lam has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 9 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Hoa A. Lam's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (8 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (7 papers). Hoa A. Lam is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (8 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (8 papers) and Sleep and Wakefulness Research (7 papers). Hoa A. Lam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Argentina and United Kingdom. Hoa A. Lam's co-authors include Nigel T. Maidment, Jerome M. Siegel, Niall Murphy, Larry C. Ackerson, Joshi John, Michael S. Levine, Carlos Cepeda, Nanping Wu, Matthew S. Goldberg and Edward G. Meloni and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hoa A. Lam

27 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Parkin-deficient Mice Exhibit Nigrostriatal Deficits but Not Loss of Dopaminergic Neurons

2003 686 citations Matthew S. Goldberg, Sheila M. Fleming et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Exogenous and evoked oxytocin restores social behavior in the Cntnap2 mouse model of autism

2015 292 citations Hoa A. Lam, Nigel T. Maidment et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hoa A. Lam United States	20	932	768	725	625	622	27	2.4k
Kebreten F. Manaye United States	31	1.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	847 1.2×	360 0.6×	771 1.2×	55	3.7k
Stewart D. Clark United States	20	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	166 0.2×	552 0.9×	444 0.7×	44	2.1k
Christopher Bishop United States	35	1.9k 2.1×	461 0.6×	1.8k 2.4×	179 0.3×	423 0.7×	103	3.1k
Kunio Kitahama France	38	1.9k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	378 0.5×	1.3k 2.1×	760 1.2×	122	3.7k
Edward G. Meloni United States	26	1.5k 1.6×	651 0.8×	527 0.7×	153 0.2×	887 1.4×	37	2.7k
Kyriaki Sidiropoulou Greece	19	766 0.8×	508 0.7×	143 0.2×	329 0.5×	485 0.8×	42	1.7k
Dawn H. Loh United States	26	800 0.9×	491 0.6×	204 0.3×	1.1k 1.7×	543 0.9×	34	2.0k
Martin Darvas United States	25	1.1k 1.2×	771 1.0×	259 0.4×	308 0.5×	747 1.2×	60	2.3k
Anne Bérod France	34	2.2k 2.4×	753 1.0×	189 0.3×	1.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.9×	70	3.8k
Gerald J. LaHoste United States	22	1.3k 1.3×	833 1.1×	288 0.4×	195 0.3×	604 1.0×	38	2.1k

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Ostlund, Sean B., Grace Chen, Alisa R. Kosheleff, et al.. (2025). Early emergence of motivational and hedonic feeding deficits in the TgF344-AD rat model of Alzheimer’s disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 17. 1572956–1572956. 1 indexed citations

McGregor, R. L., Ming‐Fung Wu, Brent Holmes, et al.. (2021). Hypocretin/Orexin Interactions with Norepinephrine Contribute to the Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(2). 255–263. 16 indexed citations

Lam, Hoa A., Michael Helwig, Nikolai Lorenzen, et al.. (2016). The neural chaperone proSAAS blocks α-synuclein fibrillation and neurotoxicity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(32). E4708–15. 35 indexed citations

Blouin, Ashley M., Itzhak Fried, Charles L. Wilson, et al.. (2013). Human hypocretin and melanin-concentrating hormone levels are linked to emotion and social interaction. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1547–1547. 194 indexed citations

Fitzmaurice, Arthur G., Shannon Rhodes, Aaron Lulla, et al.. (2012). Aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibition as a pathogenic mechanism in Parkinson disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(2). 636–641. 152 indexed citations

Lawal, Hakeem O., Hoa A. Lam, Jin‐Young Jang, et al.. (2012). Drosophila modifier screens to identify novel neuropsychiatric drugs including aminergic agents for the possible treatment of Parkinson’s disease and depression. Molecular Psychiatry. 19(2). 235–242. 25 indexed citations

Lam, Hoa A., Nanping Wu, Ingrid Cely, et al.. (2011). Elevated tonic extracellular dopamine concentration and altered dopamine modulation of synaptic activity precede dopamine loss in the striatum of mice overexpressing human α‐synuclein. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 89(7). 1091–1102. 132 indexed citations

Wu, Ming‐Fung, Robert Nienhuis, Nigel T. Maidment, Hoa A. Lam, & Jerome M. Siegel. (2011). Role of the Hypocretin (Orexin) Receptor 2 (Hcrt-r2) in the Regulation of Hypocretin Level and Cataplexy. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(17). 6305–6310. 11 indexed citations

Wu, Ming‐Fang, R. Nienhuis, Nigel T. Maidment, Hoa A. Lam, & Jerome M. Siegel. (2011). Cerebrospinal fluid hypocretin (orexin) levels are elevated by play but are not raised by exercise and its associated heart rate, blood pressure, respiration or body temperature changes.. PubMed. 149(4). 492–8. 21 indexed citations

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Lutfy, Kabirullah, et al.. (2008). Alterations in the level of OFQ/N-IR in rat brain regions by cocaine. Neuropharmacology. 55(2). 198–203. 9 indexed citations

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Phillips, Janice M., Hoa A. Lam, Larry C. Ackerson, & Nigel T. Maidment. (2006). Blockade of mGluR₅ glutamate receptors in the subthalamic nucleus ameliorates motor asymmetry in an animal model of Parkinson's disease. European Journal of Neuroscience. 23(1). 151–160. 40 indexed citations

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Lam, Hoa A., et al.. (2005). Endogenous enkephalins, not endorphins, modulate basal hedonic state in mice. European Journal of Neuroscience. 21(5). 1379–1384. 63 indexed citations

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Murphy, Niall, et al.. (2004). Nociceptin/orphanin fq modulation of rat midbrain dopamine neurons in primary culture. Neuroscience. 127(4). 929–940. 15 indexed citations

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Lam, Hoa A., et al.. (2004). Endogenous opioids mediate basal hedonic tone independent of dopamine d-1 or d-2 receptor activation. Neuroscience. 124(1). 241–246. 30 indexed citations

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John, Joshi, Ming‐Fung Wu, Nigel T. Maidment, et al.. (2004). Developmental changes in CSF hypocretin‐1 (orexin‐A) levels in normal and genetically narcoleptic Doberman pinschers. The Journal of Physiology. 560(2). 587–592. 22 indexed citations

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Goldberg, Matthew S., Sheila M. Fleming, James Palacino, et al.. (2003). Parkin-deficient Mice Exhibit Nigrostriatal Deficits but Not Loss of Dopaminergic Neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(44). 43628–43635. 686 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kiyashchenko, Lyudmila I., Boris Y. Mileykovskiy, Nigel T. Maidment, et al.. (2002). Release of Hypocretin (Orexin) during Waking and Sleep States. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(13). 5282–5286. 259 indexed citations

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Murphy, Niall, et al.. (2002). Heroin-induced locomotion and mesolimbic dopamine release is unchanged in mice lacking the ORL.1 receptor gene. Brain Research. 953(1-2). 276–280. 19 indexed citations

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Murphy, Niall, Hoa A. Lam, & Nigel T. Maidment. (2001). A comparison of morphine‐induced locomotor activity and mesolimbic dopamine release in C57BL6, 129Sv and DBA2 mice. Journal of Neurochemistry. 79(3). 626–635. 104 indexed citations

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Unterwald, Ellen M., et al.. (1998). Quantitative immunolocalization of mu opioid receptors: regulation by naltrexone. Neuroscience. 85(3). 897–905. 48 indexed citations

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