J.E. LeDoux

3.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

J.E. LeDoux is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Behavioral Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, J.E. LeDoux has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 5 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in J.E. LeDoux's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (8 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (5 papers). J.E. LeDoux is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (8 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (5 papers). J.E. LeDoux collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and France. J.E. LeDoux's co-authors include Asla Pitkänen, Vesa Savander, Joshua P. Johansen, Linnaea Ostroff, Christopher K. Cain, Grace E. Stutzmann, Glenn E. Schafe, Lizabeth M. Romanski, Theresa M. Desrochers and Yu Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

J.E. LeDoux

17 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Molecular Mechanisms of Fear Learning and Memory

2011 758 citations Joshua P. Johansen, Christopher K. Cain et al. Cell profile →
Organization of intra-amygdaloid circuitries in the rat: an emerging framework for understanding functions of the amygdala

1997 748 citations Asla Pitkänen, Vesa Savander et al. Trends in Neurosciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J.E. LeDoux United States	12	1.8k	1.6k	845	569	375	17	2.6k
Claudia R. Farb United States	22	1.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	580 0.7×	426 0.7×	576 1.5×	28	2.6k
M. Davis United States	21	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	838 1.0×	587 1.0×	525 1.4×	37	3.1k
Elizabeth P. Bauer United States	21	2.1k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	828 1.0×	614 1.1×	669 1.8×	29	3.1k
Francisco Sotres-Bayón Mexico	15	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	967 1.1×	623 1.1×	288 0.8×	24	2.6k
Devin Mueller United States	21	1.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	876 1.0×	621 1.1×	518 1.4×	33	2.9k
Sarina M. Rodrigues United States	16	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	741 0.9×	962 1.7×	442 1.2×	16	2.8k
Sevil Duvarci United States	21	2.1k 1.2×	1.7k 1.0×	879 1.0×	713 1.3×	421 1.1×	26	3.0k
Mouna Maroun Israel	28	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	763 1.3×	349 0.9×	64	2.7k
Janice L. Muir United Kingdom	27	2.7k 1.5×	2.3k 1.4×	618 0.7×	558 1.0×	774 2.1×	40	4.0k
Kevin A. Corcoran United States	20	2.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	539 0.9×	411 1.1×	28	3.1k

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Mocaër, Elisabeth, Lorenzo Díaz-Mataix, Laure Seguin, & J.E. LeDoux. (2012). P.2.d.005 Agomelatine reduces long-term fear memory but not acquisition or short-term fear memories – involvement of melatonergic and 5-HT2C receptors. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 22. S270–S270. 3 indexed citations

Johansen, Joshua P., Christopher K. Cain, Linnaea Ostroff, & J.E. LeDoux. (2011). Molecular Mechanisms of Fear Learning and Memory. Cell. 147(3). 509–524. 758 indexed citations breakdown →

Lamprecht, Raphael, et al.. (2009). Fear conditioning induces distinct patterns of gene expression in lateral amygdala. Genes Brain & Behavior. 8(8). 735–743. 33 indexed citations

Little, Justin P., et al.. (2007). Relationship between memory 'strength' and the number of phosphorylated MAPK neurons in the lateral amygdala. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

Desrochers, Theresa M., et al.. (2001). Two different lateral amygdala cell populations contribute to the initiation and storage of memory. Nature Neuroscience. 4(7). 724–731. 337 indexed citations

Schafe, Glenn E., et al.. (2000). Functional inactivation of amygdala nuclei during acquisition of Pavlovian fear conditioning. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 26. 4659. 9 indexed citations

Schafe, Glenn E., et al.. (1999). Functional Inactivation of the Amygdala before But Not after Auditory Fear Conditioning Prevents Memory Formation. Journal of Neuroscience. 19(24). RC48–RC48. 173 indexed citations

Stutzmann, Grace E. & J.E. LeDoux. (1999). GABAergic Antagonists Block the Inhibitory Effects of Serotonin in the Lateral Amygdala: A Mechanism for Modulation of Sensory Inputs Related to Fear Conditioning. Journal of Neuroscience. 19(11). RC8–RC8. 155 indexed citations

Stutzmann, Grace E., Bruce S. McEwen, & J.E. LeDoux. (1998). Serotonin Modulation of Sensory Inputs to the Lateral Amygdala: Dependency on Corticosterone. Journal of Neuroscience. 18(22). 9529–9538. 117 indexed citations

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Savander, Vesa, Raija Miettinen, J.E. LeDoux, & Asla Pitkänen. (1997). Lateral nucleus of the rat amygdala is reciprocally connected with basal and accessory basal nuclei: a light and electron microscopic study. Neuroscience. 77(3). 767–781. 41 indexed citations

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Pitkänen, Asla, Vesa Savander, & J.E. LeDoux. (1997). Organization of intra-amygdaloid circuitries in the rat: an emerging framework for understanding functions of the amygdala. Trends in Neurosciences. 20(11). 517–523. 748 indexed citations breakdown →

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Quirk, Gregory J., et al.. (1996). Emotional memory: a search for sites of plasticity.. PubMed. 61. 247–57. 23 indexed citations

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Pitkänen, Asla, et al.. (1995). The lateral nucleus of the rat amygdala is reciprocally connected with its main intra-amygdaloid target nuclei. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 21. 930. 2 indexed citations

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Romanski, Lizabeth M. & J.E. LeDoux. (1993). Organization of Rodent Auditory Cortex: Anterograde Transport of PHA-L from MGv to Temporal Neocortex. Cerebral Cortex. 3(6). 499–514. 116 indexed citations

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LeDoux, J.E. & Claudia R. Farb. (1991). Neurons of the acoustic thalamus that project to the amygdala contain glutamate. Neuroscience Letters. 134(1). 145–149. 52 indexed citations

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Reis, D.J. & J.E. LeDoux. (1987). Some central neural mechanisms governing resting and behaviorally coupled control of blood pressure.. PubMed. 76(1 Pt 2). I2–9. 49 indexed citations

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Schacter, Daniel L., J.E. LeDoux, & Warren D. Hirst. (1986). A psychological view of the neurobiology of memory. 4 indexed citations

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