Karen A. Scott

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Karen A. Scott is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Behavioral Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen A. Scott has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 19 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 17 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Karen A. Scott's work include Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (22 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (19 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers). Karen A. Scott is often cited by papers focused on Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (22 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (19 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers). Karen A. Scott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and United Kingdom. Karen A. Scott's co-authors include Timothy H. Moran, Randall R. Sakai, Timothy G. Dinan, Gerard M. Moloney, John F. Cryan, Susan J. Melhorn, Sheng Bi, Gerard Clarke, Catherine Stanton and R. Paul Ross and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Karen A. Scott

65 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Transferring the blues: Depression-associated gut microbiota induces neurobehavioural changes in the rat

2016 1.2k citations Karen A. Scott, Gerard M. Moloney et al. profile →
Central and peripheral GLP-1 systems independently suppress eating

2021 180 citations Daniel I. Brierley, Marie K. Holt et al. Nature Metabolism profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cardiometabolic and anxiogenic consequences of chronic social defeat stress in male mice 2025 ·Neurobiology of Stress ·Karen A. Scott, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alessandro Bartolomucci, Colin Sumners, (unknown), Annette D. de Kloet	0
2	Mechanosensation of the heart and gut elicits hypometabolism and vigilance in mice 2025 ·Nature Metabolism ·Karen A. Scott, Yalun Tan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matthew K. Kirchner, (unknown), (unknown), Javier E. Stern, Guillaume de Lartigue, Annette D. de Kloet, Eric G. Krause	6
3	A closed-loop approach to monitor and manipulate the neural control of blood pressure 2025 ·Journal of Neuroscience Methods ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Karen A. Scott, (unknown), Annette D. de Kloet	0
4	Optical perturbation of Agtr1a-containing neurons and afferents within the caudal nucleus of the solitary tract modulates sodium intake 2024 ·Physiology & Behavior ·(unknown), (unknown), Karen A. Scott, Eric G. Krause, Annette D. de Kloet	1
5	A Novel Organ-Specific Approach to Selectively Target Sensory Afferents Innervating the Aortic Arch 2022 ·Frontiers in Physiology ·(unknown), Scott W. Harden, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Justin A. Smith, Karen A. Scott, Charles J. Frazier, Annette D. de Kloet, Eric G. Krause	7
6	Targeting angiotensin type-2 receptors located on pressor neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract to relieve hypertension in mice 2021 ·Cardiovascular Research ·Mazher Mohammed, (unknown), Lei Wang, Scott W. Harden, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Bäder, U. Muscha Steckelings, Karen A. Scott, Charles J. Frazier, Colin Sumners, Eric G. Krause, Annette D. de Kloet	19
7	Early-life oxytocin attenuates the social deficits induced by caesarean-section delivery in the mouse 2021 ·Neuropsychopharmacology ·Lívia H. Morais, Anna V. Golubeva, (unknown), Karen A. Scott, Ana Paula Costa, Gerard M. Moloney, Timothy G. Dinan, John F. Cryan	17
8	Central and peripheral GLP-1 systems independently suppress eating breakdown → 2021 ·Nature Metabolism ·Daniel I. Brierley, Marie K. Holt, Arashdeep Singh, Alan de Araujo, Molly McDougle, Macarena Vergara, (unknown), Shin Jae Lee, Karen A. Scott, Calyn B. Maske, Wolfgang Langhans, Eric G. Krause, Annette D. de Kloet, Fiona M. Gribble, Frank Reimann, Linda Rinaman, Guillaume de Lartigue, Stefan Trapp	180
9	Identification of Novel Cross-Talk between the Neuroendocrine and Autonomic Stress Axes Controlling Blood Pressure 2021 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), Matthew K. Kirchner, Mazher Mohammed, (unknown), (unknown), Karen A. Scott, Annette D. de Kloet, Javier E. Stern, Eric G. Krause	28
10	Mid-life microbiota crises: middle age is associated with pervasive neuroimmune alterations that are reversed by targeting the gut microbiome 2019 ·Molecular Psychiatry ·Marcus Boehme, Marcel van de Wouw, Thomaz F. S. Bastiaanssen, Loreto Olavarría‐Ramírez, Katríona Lyons, Fiona Fouhy, Anna V. Golubeva, Gerard M. Moloney, (unknown), Kiran V. Sandhu, Karen A. Scott, Gerard Clarke, Catherine Stanton, Timothy G. Dinan, Harriët Schellekens, John F. Cryan	100
11	Susceptibility or resilience? Prenatal stress predisposes male rats to social subordination, but facilitates adaptation to subordinate status 2017 ·Physiology & Behavior ·Karen A. Scott, Annette D. de Kloet, Michael D. Smeltzer, Eric G. Krause, Jonathan N. Flak, Susan J. Melhorn, Michelle T. Foster, Kellie L. Tamashiro, Randall R. Sakai	7
12	A closer look at the subordinate population within the visible burrow system 2017 ·Physiology & Behavior ·Susan J. Melhorn, Clinton Elfers, Karen A. Scott, Randall R. Sakai	12
13	MicroRNAs as biomarkers for major depression: a role for let-7b and let-7c 2016 ·Translational Psychiatry ·Anand Gururajan, M. Naughton, Karen A. Scott, Richard M. O’Connor, Gerard M. Moloney, Gerard Clarke, Joshua L. Dowling, Annabel Walsh, Muhammad Ismail, George Shorten, Lucinda V. Scott, Declan M. McLoughlin, John F. Cryan, Timothy G. Dinan	111
14	Adipocyte glucocorticoid receptors mediate fat-to-brain signaling 2015 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·Annette D. de Kloet, Eric G. Krause, Matia B. Solomon, Jonathan N. Flak, Karen A. Scott, Dong Hoon Kim, Brent Myers, Yvonne M. Ulrich‐Lai, Stephen C. Woods, Randy J. Seeley, James P. Herman	39
15	Fourth ventricular CART peptide induces c-fos in the area postrema and nucleus of the solitary tract via a CRF-receptor dependent mechanism 2015 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Ulrika Smedh, Karen A. Scott, Timothy H. Moran	10
16	Effects of Chronic Social Stress on Obesity 2012 ·Current Obesity Reports ·Karen A. Scott, Susan J. Melhorn, Randall R. Sakai	187
17	Characterization of the feeding inhibition and neural activation produced by dorsomedial hypothalamic cholecystokinin administration 2007 ·Neuroscience ·Jie Chen, Karen A. Scott, Zhuo Zhao, Timothy H. Moran, Sheng Bi	43
18	Lateral ventricular ghrelin and fourth ventricular ghrelin induce similar increases in food intake and patterns of hypothalamic gene expression 2006 ·American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology ·Kimberly P. Kinzig, Karen A. Scott, Jayson Hyun, Sheng Bi, Timothy H. Moran	17
19	Postnatal behavioral and physiological responses of piglets from gilts housed individually or in groups during gestation 2006 ·Journal of Animal Science ·(unknown), S.D. Eicher, Karen A. Scott, Moira Harris, Edmond A. Pajor, D. C. Lay, B. T. Richert	19
20	Altered Hypothalamic Signaling and Responses to Food Deprivation in Rats Fed a Low‐Carbohydrate Diet 2005 ·Obesity Research ·Kimberly P. Kinzig, Karen A. Scott, Jayson Hyun, Sheng Bi, Timothy H. Moran	40

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