Jessica J. Walsh

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Jessica J. Walsh is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jessica J. Walsh has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 8 papers in Social Psychology and 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jessica J. Walsh's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (8 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (8 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (5 papers). Jessica J. Walsh is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (8 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (8 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (5 papers). Jessica J. Walsh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Russia. Jessica J. Walsh's co-authors include Ming‐Hu Han, Allyson K. Friedman, Robert C. Malenka, Eric J. Nestler, Barbara Juarez, Daniel J. Christoffel, Karl Deisseroth, Lin W. Hung, Dipesh Chaudhury and Stacy M. Ku and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jessica J. Walsh

27 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Gating of social reward by oxytocin in the ventral tegmental area

2017 383 citations Lin W. Hung, Sophie Neuner et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jessica J. Walsh United States	21	1.1k	794	639	627	623	27	2.7k
Francesco Papaleo Italy	30	1.1k 1.0×	736 0.9×	755 1.2×	896 1.4×	471 0.8×	82	2.9k
Michelle S. Mazei‐Robison United States	32	1.8k 1.6×	526 0.7×	598 0.9×	1.1k 1.7×	749 1.2×	51	3.3k
Daniel J. Christoffel United States	20	940 0.8×	451 0.6×	561 0.9×	523 0.8×	592 1.0×	23	2.2k
Heather N. Richardson United States	32	1.3k 1.1×	586 0.7×	453 0.7×	650 1.0×	1.0k 1.6×	42	2.9k
Andre Der‐Avakian United States	26	932 0.8×	634 0.8×	643 1.0×	428 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	41	2.6k
Allyson K. Friedman United States	18	1.5k 1.3×	372 0.5×	644 1.0×	828 1.3×	567 0.9×	31	2.6k
Mark S. Ansorge United States	24	1.7k 1.5×	939 1.2×	704 1.1×	829 1.3×	713 1.1×	36	3.5k
Charlotte A. Oomen Netherlands	20	806 0.7×	661 0.8×	776 1.2×	422 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	38	3.0k
Shannon L. Gourley United States	31	1.6k 1.4×	675 0.9×	919 1.4×	720 1.1×	1.2k 1.9×	77	3.2k
Dipesh Chaudhury United States	25	2.0k 1.7×	541 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	986 1.6×	674 1.1×	39	3.6k

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Walsh, Jessica J., Daniel J. Christoffel, & Robert C. Malenka. (2022). Neural circuits regulating prosocial behaviors. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(1). 79–89. 34 indexed citations

Morel, Carole, Sarah Montgomery, Long Li, et al.. (2022). Midbrain projection to the basolateral amygdala encodes anxiety-like but not depression-like behaviors. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1532–1532. 103 indexed citations

Walsh, Jessica J., Daniel F. Cardozo Pinto, Wendy Wenderski, et al.. (2021). Systemic enhancement of serotonin signaling reverses social deficits in multiple mouse models for ASD. Neuropsychopharmacology. 46(11). 2000–2010. 34 indexed citations

Christoffel, Daniel J., Jessica J. Walsh, Boris D. Heifets, et al.. (2021). Input-specific modulation of murine nucleus accumbens differentially regulates hedonic feeding. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2135–2135. 41 indexed citations

Heifets, Boris D., Paul Hoerbelt, Daniel F. Cardozo Pinto, et al.. (2019). Distinct neural mechanisms for the prosocial and rewarding properties of MDMA. Science Translational Medicine. 11(522). 72 indexed citations

Walsh, Jessica J., Daniel J. Christoffel, Boris D. Heifets, et al.. (2018). 5-HT release in nucleus accumbens rescues social deficits in mouse autism model. Nature. 560(7720). 589–594. 180 indexed citations

Hung, Lin W., Sophie Neuner, Jai S. Polepalli, et al.. (2017). Gating of social reward by oxytocin in the ventral tegmental area. Science. 357(6358). 1406–1411. 383 indexed citations breakdown →

Friedman, Allyson K., Barbara Juarez, Stacy M. Ku, et al.. (2016). KCNQ channel openers reverse depressive symptoms via an active resilience mechanism. Nature. 35 indexed citations

Golden, Sam A., Mitra Heshmati, Meghan E. Flanigan, et al.. (2016). Basal forebrain projections to the lateral habenula modulate aggression reward. Nature. 534(7609). 688–692. 165 indexed citations

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Friedman, Allyson K., Barbara Juarez, Stacy M. Ku, et al.. (2016). KCNQ channel openers reverse depressive symptoms via an active resilience mechanism. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11671–11671. 118 indexed citations

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Koo, Ja Wook, Benoît Labonté, Olivia Engmann, et al.. (2015). Essential Role of Mesolimbic Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Chronic Social Stress–Induced Depressive Behaviors. Biological Psychiatry. 80(6). 469–478. 167 indexed citations

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Friedman, Allyson K., Jessica J. Walsh, Barbara Juarez, et al.. (2014). Enhancing Depression Mechanisms in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Achieves Homeostatic Resilience. Science. 344(6181). 313–319. 358 indexed citations

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Whittle, Andrew J., Jessica J. Walsh, & Luı́s de Lecea. (2014). Light and chemical control of neuronal circuits: possible applications in neurotherapy. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. 14(9). 1007–1017. 4 indexed citations

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Walsh, Jessica J., Allyson K. Friedman, HaoSheng Sun, et al.. (2013). Stress and CRF gate neural activation of BDNF in the mesolimbic reward pathway. Nature Neuroscience. 17(1). 27–29. 165 indexed citations

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Walsh, Jessica J., Jessica J. Walsh, Dipesh Chaudhury, et al.. (2012). Optogenetic manipulation of Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) Neurons that project to the Nucleus Accumbens (NAc) and medial Prefrontal Cortex (mPFC). Protocol Exchange. 2 indexed citations

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Tyan, Sheue-Houy, Jessica J. Walsh, Hiroko Maruyama, et al.. (2012). Amyloid precursor protein (APP) regulates synaptic structure and function. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 51(1-2). 43–52. 137 indexed citations

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Choi, Kwang H., Scott Edwards, Danielle Graham, et al.. (2011). Reinforcement-Related Regulation of AMPA Glutamate Receptor Subunits in the Ventral Tegmental Area Enhances Motivation for Cocaine. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(21). 7927–7937. 35 indexed citations

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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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Dickstein, Dara L., Jessica J. Walsh, Hannah Brautigam, et al.. (2010). Role of Vascular Risk Factors and Vascular Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine A Journal of Translational and Personalized Medicine. 77(1). 82–102. 158 indexed citations

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Zamboni, William C., Peter J. Houghton, Mark N. Kirstein, et al.. (1999). Relationship between tumor extracellular fluid exposure to topotecan and tumor response in human neuroblastoma xenograft and cell lines. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 43(4). 269–276. 31 indexed citations

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