José Amat

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

José Amat is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, José Amat has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 22 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in José Amat's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (22 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (11 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (11 papers). José Amat is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (22 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (11 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (11 papers). José Amat collaborates with scholars based in United States, Venezuela and Australia. José Amat's co-authors include Steven F. Maier, Linda R. Watkins, Evan D. Paul, Michael V. Baratta, Sondra T. Bland, Patricia Matus-Amat, Luis Puelles, M. Martínez-de-la-Torre, Horacio Vanegas and John P. Christianson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

José Amat

58 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Medial prefrontal cortex determines how stressor controllability affects behavior and dorsal raphe nucleus

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
José Amat United States	37	1.6k	1.5k	1.4k	1.1k	940	58	4.8k
Maribel Rios United States	29	2.7k 1.7×	1.1k 0.7×	935 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	718 0.8×	46	5.9k
Gabriele Flügge Germany	38	2.0k 1.2×	2.4k 1.6×	827 0.6×	829 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	62	5.6k
Kevin D. Beck United States	33	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	973 0.7×	702 0.7×	802 0.9×	101	4.2k
Adam C. Mar United Kingdom	32	2.5k 1.6×	958 0.6×	2.0k 1.4×	918 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	56	5.1k
Kevin G. Bath United States	41	2.8k 1.8×	2.1k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	69	6.8k
Alexander R. Cools Netherlands	39	2.7k 1.7×	830 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	1000 1.1×	146	4.9k
Cathy Fernandes United Kingdom	40	1.4k 0.9×	790 0.5×	848 0.6×	1.6k 1.6×	678 0.7×	106	4.6k
Susan B. Powell United States	37	1.7k 1.0×	559 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	690 0.7×	85	4.0k
Deqiang Jing United States	22	2.4k 1.5×	937 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	845 0.8×	602 0.6×	35	4.6k
Rosemary C. Bagot Canada	35	1.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	933 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.4×	56	4.9k

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Amat, José, et al.. (2022). Elevated prefrontal dopamine interferes with the stress-buffering properties of behavioral control in female rats. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(3). 498–507. 9 indexed citations

Dolzani, Samuel D, Michael V. Baratta, José Amat, et al.. (2016). Activation of a Habenulo–Raphe Circuit Is Critical for the Behavioral and Neurochemical Consequences of Uncontrollable Stress in the Male Rat. eNeuro. 3(5). ENEURO.0229–16.2016. 47 indexed citations

Amat, José, et al.. (2016). Previous Ketamine Produces an Enduring Blockade of Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of Uncontrollable Stress. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(1). 153–161. 66 indexed citations

Clark, Peter, et al.. (2015). Running Reduces Uncontrollable Stress-Evoked Serotonin and Potentiates Stress-Evoked Dopamine Concentrations in the Rat Dorsal Striatum. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0141898–e0141898. 41 indexed citations

Gerra, Maria Lidia, Carlo Marchesi, José Amat, et al.. (2014). Does Negative Affectivity Predict Differential Response to an SSRI Versus a Non-SSRI Antidepressant?. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 75(9). e939–e944. 11 indexed citations

Stewart, Jonathan W., Patrick J. McGrath, Claude Blondeau, et al.. (2013). Combination antidepressant therapy for major depressive disorder: Speed and probability of remission. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 52. 7–14. 29 indexed citations

Baratta, Michael V., et al.. (2008). Role of the ventral medial prefrontal cortex in mediating behavioral control-induced reduction of later conditioned fear. Learning & Memory. 15(2). 84–87. 43 indexed citations

Wexler, Bruce E., Hongtu Zhu, Morris D. Bell, et al.. (2008). Neuropsychological Near Normality and Brain Structure Abnormality in Schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry. 166(2). 189–195. 72 indexed citations

Baratta, Michael V., John P. Christianson, Devan M. Gomez, et al.. (2007). Controllable versus uncontrollable stressors bi-directionally modulate conditioned but not innate fear. Neuroscience. 146(4). 1495–1503. 128 indexed citations

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Peterson, Bradley S., Xuejun Hao, José Amat, et al.. (2007). Morphologic Features of the Amygdala and Hippocampus in Children and Adults With Tourette Syndrome. Archives of General Psychiatry. 64(11). 1281–1281. 98 indexed citations

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Amat, José, Richard A. Bronen, Sanjay Saluja, et al.. (2006). Increased Number of Subcortical Hyperintensities on MRI in Children and Adolescents With Tourette’s Syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry. 163(6). 1106–1108. 19 indexed citations

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Wiedenmayer, Christoph P., Ravi Bansal, George M. Anderson, et al.. (2006). Cortisol Levels and Hippocampus Volumes in Healthy Preadolescent Children. Biological Psychiatry. 60(8). 856–861. 30 indexed citations

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Amat, José, et al.. (2006). Previous Experience with Behavioral Control over Stress Blocks the Behavioral and Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Activating Effects of Later Uncontrollable Stress: Role of the Ventral Medial Prefrontal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(51). 13264–13272. 186 indexed citations

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Schechter, Daniel S., et al.. (2003). Fits and starts: A mother–infant case‐study involving intergenerational violent trauma and pseudoseizures across three generations. Infant Mental Health Journal. 24(5). 510–528. 22 indexed citations

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Amat, José, Patricia Matus-Amat, L.R. Watkins, & Steven F. Maier. (1998). Escapable and inescapable stress differentially alter extracellular levels of 5-HT in the basolateral amygdala of the rat. Brain Research. 812(1-2). 113–120. 177 indexed citations

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Amat, José, Patricia Matus-Amat, Linda R. Watkins, & Steven F. Maier. (1998). Escapable and inescapable stress differentially and selectively alter extracellular levels of 5-HT in the ventral hippocampus and dorsal periaqueductal gray of the rat. Brain Research. 797(1). 12–22. 130 indexed citations

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Geschwind, Michael D., Christopher J. Hartnick, W. Liu, et al.. (1996). Defective HSV-1 Vector Expressing BDNF in Auditory Ganglia Elicits Neurite Outgrowth: Model for Treatment of Neuron Loss Following Cochlear Degeneration. Human Gene Therapy. 7(2). 173–182. 83 indexed citations

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Amat, José, et al.. (1993). Differential effect of footshock stress on humoral and cellular immune responses of the rat. Life Sciences. 53(4). 315–322. 7 indexed citations

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Amat, José, Kay L. Fields, & Ulrich K. Schubart. (1991). Distribution of phosphoprotein p19 in rat brain during ontogeny: stage-specific expression in neurons and glia. Developmental Brain Research. 60(2). 205–218. 45 indexed citations

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Puelles, Luis, José Amat, & M. Martínez-de-la-Torre. (1987). Segment‐related, mosaic neurogenetic pattern in the forebrain and mesencephalon of early chick embryos: I. Topography of ache‐positive neuroblasts up to stage HH18. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 266(2). 247–268. 224 indexed citations

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