Lee E. Eiden

19.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
304 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Lee E. Eiden is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee E. Eiden has authored 304 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 158 papers in Molecular Biology and 40 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lee E. Eiden's work include Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (134 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (90 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (39 papers). Lee E. Eiden is often cited by papers focused on Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (134 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (90 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (39 papers). Lee E. Eiden collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Lee E. Eiden's co-authors include Eberhard Weihe, Jeffrey D. Erickson, Martin Schäfer, Anna Iacangelo, David Vaudry, Robert L. Eskay, Douglas E. Brenneman, Edward Herbert, Philip Lazarovici and Philip A. Stork and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lee E. Eiden

301 papers receiving 16.0k citations

Hit Papers

Signaling Pathways for PC... 1982 2026 1996 2011 2002 1982 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Signaling Pathways for PC12 Cell Differentiation: Making the Right Connections
    2002 691 citations David Vaudry, Lee E. Eiden et al. profile →
  2. Primary structure of the human Met- and Leu-enkephalin precursor and its mRNA
    1982 560 citations Lee E. Eiden et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lee E. Eiden 8.6k 7.9k 2.0k 1.6k 1.5k 304 16.3k
Illana Gozes 8.2k 1.0× 7.7k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 3.2k 2.1× 1.2k 0.8× 379 16.7k
Masaya Tohyama 10.6k 1.2× 11.6k 1.5× 4.3k 2.1× 3.9k 2.5× 1.6k 1.0× 516 24.2k
Brian F. O’Dowd 11.1k 1.3× 11.7k 1.5× 912 0.4× 1.8k 1.2× 2.3k 1.6× 187 19.2k
Sadao Shiosaka 6.5k 0.8× 4.7k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 880 0.6× 269 11.9k
Michael Brownstein 9.2k 1.1× 8.8k 1.1× 913 0.4× 2.7k 1.7× 1.6k 1.1× 191 23.2k
Pertti Panula 5.9k 0.7× 6.7k 0.8× 2.9k 1.4× 1.9k 1.2× 733 0.5× 344 16.9k
Wolfgang Wurst 5.6k 0.7× 14.7k 1.9× 2.0k 1.0× 2.3k 1.5× 787 0.5× 372 25.5k
Joël Bockaert 19.6k 2.3× 17.9k 2.3× 1.6k 0.8× 3.8k 2.4× 1.5k 1.0× 410 30.5k
Willem Hendrik Gispen 7.0k 0.8× 4.9k 0.6× 2.2k 1.1× 3.2k 2.1× 780 0.5× 299 15.2k
Susan Amara 15.0k 1.8× 11.1k 1.4× 747 0.4× 2.0k 1.3× 1.4k 0.9× 165 20.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lee E. Eiden

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All Works

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Hernández, Vito S., et al.. (2025). Comprehensive chemoanatomical mapping, and the gonadal regulation, of seven kisspeptin neuronal populations in the mouse brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 37(5). e70019–e70019. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Limei, et al.. (2025). Kisspeptin fiber and receptor distribution analysis suggests its potential role in central sensorial processing and behavioral state control. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 37(5). e70007–e70007. 2 indexed citations
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Gavrilova, Oksana, Sunny Zhihong Jiang, Snehashis Roy, et al.. (2023). Constitutive and conditional deletion reveals distinct phenotypes driven by developmental versus neurotransmitter actions of the neuropeptide PACAP. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 35(11). e13286–e13286. 3 indexed citations
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Jiang, Sunny Zhihong, Haiying Zhang, & Lee E. Eiden. (2023). PACAP Controls Endocrine and Behavioral Stress Responses via Separate Brain Circuits. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science. 3(4). 673–685. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Limei, et al.. (2022). Vasopressin acts as a synapse organizer in limbic regions by boosting PSD95 and GluA1 expression. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 34(9). e13164–e13164. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Limei, Vito S. Hernández, Charles R. Gerfen, et al.. (2021). Behavioral role of PACAP signaling reflects its selective distribution in glutamatergic and GABAergic neuronal subpopulations. eLife. 10. 30 indexed citations
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Zhang, Limei, et al.. (2021). ACE2 in the second act of COVID‐19 syndrome: Peptide dysregulation and possible correction with oestrogen. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 33(2). e12935–e12935. 12 indexed citations
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Godefroy, David, Loubna Boukhzar, Christophe Dubessy, et al.. (2020). Three-dimensional mapping of tyrosine hydroxylase in the transparent brain and adrenal of prenatal and pre-weaning mice: Comprehensive methodological flowchart and quantitative aspects of 3D mapping. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 335. 108596–108596. 2 indexed citations
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Eiden, Lee E., Ki A. Goosens, Kenneth A. Jacobson, Lorenzo Leggio, & Limei Zhang. (2020). Peptide-Liganded G Protein-Coupled Receptors as Neurotherapeutics. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science. 3(2). 190–202. 5 indexed citations
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Eiden, Lee E., Andrew L. Gundlach, Valery Grinevich, et al.. (2020). Regulatory peptides and systems biology: A new era of translational and reverse‐translational neuroendocrinology. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 32(5). 50–55. 3 indexed citations
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Eiden, Lee E.. (2013). Neuropeptide–Catecholamine Interactions in Stress. Advances in pharmacology. 68. 399–404. 25 indexed citations
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Mustafa, Tomris, M. Grimaldi, & Lee E. Eiden. (2007). The Hop Cassette of the PAC1 Receptor Confers Coupling to Ca2+ Elevation Required for Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-activating Polypeptide-evoked Neurosecretion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(11). 8079–8091. 37 indexed citations
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Ravni, Aurélia, Steve Bourgault, Alexis Lebon, et al.. (2006). The neurotrophic effects of PACAP in PC12 cells: control by multiple transduction pathways. Journal of Neurochemistry. 98(2). 321–329. 103 indexed citations
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O’Connor, Daniel T. & Lee E. Eiden. (2002). The chromaffin cell : transmitter biosynthesis, storage, release, actions and informatics. New York Academy of Sciences eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Erickson, Jeffrey D., Eberhard Weihe, Elaine A. Neale, et al.. (1996). Chapter 5 The VAChT/ChAT “cholinergic gene locus”: new aspects of genetic and vesicular regulation of cholinergic function. Progress in brain research. 69–82. 27 indexed citations
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Lifson, Jeffrey D., Dianne M. Rausch, Vaniambadi S. Kalyanaraman, Keumrock Hwang, & Lee E. Eiden. (1991). Synthetic Peptides Allow Discrimination of Structural Features of CD4(81-92) Important for HIV-1 Infection Versus HIV-1-Induced Syncytium Formation. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 7(6). 521–527. 23 indexed citations

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