James M. Otis

2.7k total citations
24 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

James M. Otis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Otis has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in James M. Otis's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (11 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (9 papers). James M. Otis is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (11 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers) and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (9 papers). James M. Otis collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ukraine. James M. Otis's co-authors include Garret D. Stuber, Oksana Kosyk, Jenna A. McHenry, Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, Mark A. Rossi, Shanna L. Resendez, J. Elliott Robinson, Randall L. Ung, Jose Rodríguez-Romaguera and Jacqueline F. McGinty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

James M. Otis

23 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers

James M. Otis
Tiago Branco United Kingdom
Laura A. DeNardo United States
Brandon Weissbourd United States
Katherine E. DeLoach United States
Nicholas Wall United States
Mark A. Rossi United States
Aslihan Selimbeyoglu United States
Minsuk Hyun United States
Talia N. Lerner United States
Casey J. Guenthner United States
Tiago Branco United Kingdom
James M. Otis
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of James M. Otis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of James M. Otis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with James M. Otis. James M. Otis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Martino, Michael R., Jacqueline E. Paniccia, Elizabeth M. Doncheck, et al.. (2025). A model of ethanol self‐administration in head‐fixed mice. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 49(9). 2103–2112. 1 indexed citations
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Paniccia, Jacqueline E., Lisa M. Green, Roger I. Grant, et al.. (2023). Restoration of a paraventricular thalamo-accumbal behavioral suppression circuit prevents reinstatement of heroin seeking. Neuron. 112(5). 772–785.e9. 13 indexed citations
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Siemsen, Benjamin M., Sarah M. Barry, Lisa M. Green, et al.. (2022). A Subset of Nucleus Accumbens Neurons Receiving Dense and Functional Prelimbic Cortical Input Are Required for Cocaine Seeking. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 844243–844243. 18 indexed citations
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Green, Lisa M., Roger I. Grant, Elizabeth M. Doncheck, et al.. (2022). An opioid-gated thalamoaccumbal circuit for the suppression of reward seeking in mice. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6865–6865. 24 indexed citations
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Paniccia, Jacqueline E., James M. Otis, & Michael D. Scofield. (2022). Looking to the stars for answers: Strategies for determining how astrocytes influence neuronal activity. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 20. 4146–4156. 6 indexed citations
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Doncheck, Elizabeth M., Roger I. Grant, Lisa M. Green, et al.. (2021). A Novel Assay Allowing Drug Self-Administration, Extinction, and Reinstatement Testing in Head-Restrained Mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 15. 744715–744715. 11 indexed citations
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McGinty, Jacqueline F. & James M. Otis. (2020). Heterogeneity in the Paraventricular Thalamus: The Traffic Light of Motivated Behaviors. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 14. 590528–590528. 46 indexed citations
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Resendez, Shanna L., Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, James M. Otis, et al.. (2020). Social Stimuli Induce Activation of Oxytocin Neurons Within the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus to Promote Social Behavior in Male Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(11). 2282–2295. 98 indexed citations
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Rodríguez-Romaguera, Jose, Randall L. Ung, Hiroshi Nomura, et al.. (2020). Prepronociceptin-Expressing Neurons in the Extended Amygdala Encode and Promote Rapid Arousal Responses to Motivationally Salient Stimuli. Cell Reports. 33(6). 108362–108362. 42 indexed citations
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Rossi, Mark A., Marcus L. Basiri, Jenna A. McHenry, et al.. (2019). Obesity remodels activity and transcriptional state of a lateral hypothalamic brake on feeding. Science. 364(6447). 1271–1274. 112 indexed citations
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Guo, Jiami, James M. Otis, Lei Xing, et al.. (2019). Primary Cilia Signaling Promotes Axonal Tract Development and Is Disrupted in Joubert Syndrome-Related Disorders Models. Developmental Cell. 51(6). 759–774.e5. 65 indexed citations
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Parker, Kyle E., Christian E. Pedersen, Adrian M. Gomez, et al.. (2019). A Paranigral VTA Nociceptin Circuit that Constrains Motivation for Reward. Cell. 178(3). 653–671.e19. 71 indexed citations
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Namboodiri, Vijay Mohan K, et al.. (2019). Single-cell activity tracking reveals that orbitofrontal neurons acquire and maintain a long-term memory to guide behavioral adaptation. Nature Neuroscience. 22(7). 1110–1121. 88 indexed citations
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Otis, James M., Manhua Zhu, Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, et al.. (2019). Paraventricular Thalamus Projection Neurons Integrate Cortical and Hypothalamic Signals for Cue-Reward Processing. Neuron. 103(3). 423–431.e4. 134 indexed citations
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Otis, James M., Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, Oksana Kosyk, et al.. (2017). Prefrontal cortex output circuits guide reward seeking through divergent cue encoding. Nature. 543(7643). 103–107. 267 indexed citations
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Guo, Jiami, James M. Otis, Holden Higginbotham, et al.. (2017). Primary Cilia Signaling Shapes the Development of Interneuronal Connectivity. Developmental Cell. 42(3). 286–300.e4. 86 indexed citations
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Hutton, Scott R., et al.. (2017). ERK/MAPK Signaling Is Required for Pathway-Specific Striatal Motor Functions. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(34). 8102–8115. 45 indexed citations
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McHenry, Jenna A., James M. Otis, Mark A. Rossi, et al.. (2017). Hormonal gain control of a medial preoptic area social reward circuit. Nature Neuroscience. 20(3). 449–458. 194 indexed citations
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Resendez, Shanna L., Randall L. Ung, Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, et al.. (2016). Visualization of cortical, subcortical and deep brain neural circuit dynamics during naturalistic mammalian behavior with head-mounted microscopes and chronically implanted lenses. Nature Protocols. 11(3). 566–597. 206 indexed citations

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