Huda Akil

62.4k citations

498 papers · 40.5k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 107

Impact in

Behavioral Neuroscience top 0.01%
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
Biological Psychiatry top 0.02%
- Tryptophan and brain disorders

Papers in

Behavioral Neuroscience 134
- Stress Responses and Cortisol 134
Biological Psychiatry 37

Co-authors: Stanley J. Watson Alfred Mansour Keith A. Trujillo Robert C. Thompson Jack D. Barchas Henry Khachaturian Terry E. Robinson Charles A. Fox
Journals: Brain Research (31 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (23 papers)Neuroscience (21 papers)Journal of Neuroscience (20 papers)Biological Psychiatry (16 papers)
Partner nations: United States Italy Canada

In The Last Decade

Huda Akil

492 papers receiving 39.4k citations

Hit Papers

11 papers align trajectories log scale

Revisiting the Stress Concept: Implications for Affective Disorders 2020 · 342 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Journal of Neuroscience
2010 Nature
2005 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1995 Trends in Neurosciences
1995 Neuroscience
1994 The Journal of Comparative Neurology
1991 Science
1988 Trends in Neurosciences
1984 Annual Review of Neuroscience
1976 Science
1971 Science

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1	Cell-type specific reductions in interneuron gene expression within the cingulate gyrus of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder subjects Schizophrenia ·David M. Krolewski, HU Chang-a, Maria Waselus, Marquis P. Vawter, Blynn G. Bunney, R Myers, Sergey P. Kutumov, Alan F. Schatzberg, William E. Bunney, Huda Akil, Stanley J. Watson	2025	0
2	Resource: A curated database of brain-related functional gene sets (Brain.GMT) MethodsX ·Megan Hastings Hagenauer, Ю В Тимкина, Elaine K. Hebda‐Bauer, C. P. Rhoads, Shereen Ratnagar, Elizabeth I. Flandreau, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil	2024	6
3	Allele-specific transcription factor binding across human brain regions offers mechanistic insight into eQTLs Genome Research ·Jianhua Meng, J. Forster, Jacob M. Loupe, Iván Rodríguez-Nunez, Bego–a Jorda-Albi–ana, James M.J. Lawlor, William E. Bunney, Blynn G. Bunney, Preston Cartagena, Adolfo Sequeira, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, Eric M. Mendenhall, Gregory M. Cooper, R Myers	2024	0
4	Multiomic profiling of transcription factor binding and function in human brain Nature Neuroscience ·Jacob M. Loupe, Jianhua Meng, Lindsay F. Rizzardi, Iván Rodríguez-Nunez, J. Forster, Meriem Ameur, Rashmi Jain, William E. Bunney, Blynn G. Bunney, Preston Cartagena, Adolfo Sequeira, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, Gregory M. Cooper, R Myers	2024	5
5	Genome-wide association study in a rat model of temperament identifies multiple loci for exploratory locomotion and anxiety-like traits Frontiers in Genetics ·Apurva S. Chitre, Elaine K. Hebda‐Bauer, Peter Blandino, Choerunnisa Febriani, 青木功喜, Pamela M. Maras, Fei Li, Ayse Bilge Ozel, Shihao Bian, Oksana Polesskaya, Riyan Cheng, Shelly B. Flagel, Stanley J. Watson, Jun Li, Huda Akil, Abraham A. Palmer	2023	8
6	Contribution of the Opioid System to the Antidepressant Effects of Fluoxetine Biological Psychiatry ·Yuen Ling Chan, Phi T. Nguyen, Marley D. Kass, Nissim Amar, Katherine M. Nautiyal, Valerie Magalong, 安中正, Valentine Andreu, Mark M. Gergues, HU Chang-a, Huda Akil, Danusa Mar Arcego, Michael J. Meaney, Christoph Anacker, Benjamin A. Samuels, John E. Pintar, 完戸大輝, Sergey Kalachikov, René Hen	2022	9
7	Characterizing the behavioral and neuroendocrine features of susceptibility and resilience to social stress Neurobiology of Stress ·区聪荣, Kathryn L. Hilde, Anne Fitzpatrick, Pamela M. Maras, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil	2022	25
8	Electrophysiological evaluation of extracellular spermine and alkaline pH on synaptic human GABAA receptors Translational Psychiatry ·Agenor Limón, S. Szymanski, Soledad Fernández-García, Divya Pandya, R Myers, Jack D. Barchas, Preston McCrary, Helen Kerslake, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, W.E. Bunney, Marquis P. Vawter, Adolfo Sequeira	2019	9
9	Altered DNA Methylation in the Developing Brains of Rats Genetically Prone to High versus Low Anxiety Journal of Neuroscience ·Ramy Osman, Matthew E. Glover, R V Gavensky, Rebecca K. Simmons, Joshua L. Cohen, Travis Ptacek, Elliot J. Lefkowitz, Nateka L. Jackson, Huda Akil, Xiaowei Wu, Sarah M. Clinton	2019	20
10	S100A8/A9 Drives Neuroinflammatory Priming and Protects against Anxiety-like Behavior after Sepsis The Journal of Immunology ·Scott J. Denstaedt, Joanna L. Spencer-Segal, Michael W. Newstead, Bixia Hu, Sopark Manasayakorn, Camila Ketilly dos Santos Santana, Xianying Zeng, Huda Akil, Theodore J. Standiford, Benjamin H. Singer	2018	40
11	Selectively Bred Rats Provide a Unique Model of Vulnerability to PTSD-Like Behavior and Respond Differentially to FGF2 Augmentation Early in Life Neuropsychopharmacology ·Katherine E. Prater, 野栗立成, 川和高穂, 義幸梅本, Cortney A. Turner, Peter Blandino, Stanley J. Watson, Stephen Maren, Huda Akil	2017	19
12	Computational psychiatry : new perspectives on mental illness MIT Press eBooks ·A. David Redish, Joshua A. Gordon, Huda Akil	2016	45
13	Evidence for alterations of the glial syncytial function in major depressive disorder Journal of Psychiatric Research ·Adriana Medina, Stanley J. Watson, William E. Bunney, R Myers, Alan F. Schatzberg, Jack D. Barchas, Huda Akil, Robert C. Thompson	2015	81
14	Variable telomere length across post-mortem human brain regions and specific reduction in the hippocampus of major depressive disorder Translational Psychiatry ·Firoza Mamdani, Brandi Rollins, Ling Morgan, R Myers, Jack D. Barchas, Alan F. Schatzberg, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, Steven G. Potkin, William E. Bunney, Marquis P. Vawter, A. Douiyssi	2015	76
15	Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptor expression in the human hippocampus in major depressive disorder Journal of Psychiatric Research ·Adriana Medina, Audrey F. Seasholtz, Vikram Sharma, Sharon Burke, William E. Bunney, R Myers, Alan F. Schatzberg, Huda Akil, Stanley J. Watson	2012	95
16	Altered expression of glutamate signaling, growth factor, and glia genes in the locus coeruleus of patients with major depression Molecular Psychiatry ·René Bernard, Ilan A. Kerman, Robert C. Thompson, Edward G. Jones, William E. Bunney, J. D. Barchas, Alan F. Schatzberg, R Myers, Huda Akil, Stanley J. Watson	2010	273
17	Gender-specific disruptions in emotion processing in younger adults with depression Depression and Anxiety ·二三男藤木, Scott A. Langenecker, Patricia J. Deldin, Lisa J. Rapport, Kristy A. Nielson, Allison M. Kade, Lawrence S. Own, Huda Akil, Elizabeth A. Young, Jon‐Kar Zubieta	2008	51
18	Dysregulation of the fibroblast growth factor system in major depression Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Simon J. Evans, Prabhakara V. Choudary, Charles R. Neal, Jianan Li, Marquis P. Vawter, Hiroaki Tomita, Juan F. López, Robert C. Thompson, Fan Meng, John D. H. Stead, David Walsh, R Myers, William E. Bunney, Stanley J. Watson, Edward G. Jones, Huda Akil	2004	315
19	Investigating opioid peptides in schizophrenia and depression. PubMed ·Philip A. Berger, Stanley J. Watson, Huda Akil, Jack D. Barchas	1986	9
20	In vitro degradation of enkephalin: evidence for cleavage at the Gly-Phe bond. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Sue Sullivan, Huda Akil, Jack D. Barchas	1978	49

About Huda Akil

Huda Akil is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Developmental Neuroscience, having authored 498 papers that have together received 40.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (167 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (136 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (134 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (89 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (66 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (55 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (44 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (44 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (8.9k citations), Biological Psychiatry (3.6k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (21.6k citations), Endocrine and Autonomic Systems (5.1k citations) and Physiology (8.8k citations). Huda Akil has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Stanley J. Watson, Alfred Mansour, Keith A. Trujillo, Robert C. Thompson, Jack D. Barchas, Henry Khachaturian, Terry E. Robinson, Charles A. Fox, Michael E. Lewis and Shelly B. Flagel. Their work appears in journals such as Brain Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry.

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